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Boxing champ Devin Haney arrested in Los Angeles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

Boxing star and Oakland native Devin Haney was arrested overnight Thursday, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department records. Haney was arrested in the Hollywood area around 1 a.m. on a felony charge, KTLA sister station KRON reports. The undisputed lightweight champion had a semi-automatic handgun in his car during a traffic stop and was arrested for "felony possession of a concealed weapon," according to TMZ. Although Haney was not behind the wheel, the car registered under his name made an unsafe lane change and failed to use a turn signal, the outlet reported. The boxer was booked into a Los Angeles jail at 3:48 a.m.He was released on $35,000 bail Thursday at 8:12 a.m., according to sheriff's records.Haney, 24, is coming off his biggest win in May over two-time gold medalist Vasiliy Lomachenko.

Dirty Weed Words: Commercial Viability

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

Commercial viability may be the phrase that has changed in cannabis the most over the decades for the industry.During my chat with First Smoke of The Day, which dropped last week, the subject of commercial viability came up. Basically, I said once you got past the lovely people that got screwed by circumstances of licensing or location, there are a lot of people who got eaten up by the times because they wouldn’t change their ways. This received the most positive feedback of anything I said during the hour-and-a-half talk. While I’ve attempted to articulate the idea of people not being able to keep up with the game, it was never with the ethos of how many of the world’s best growers hit me up or tagged me on Instagram over the last week. At its core, the attempt to define commercial viability in cannabis has proven a double-edged sword. On the one side, the meaning represents progress in the game. The bar for commercial viability has risen with the progress of the times across every...

Photos: Webb Space Telescope marks first year making cosmic images

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

What a difference a year makes: The James Webb Space Telescope has provided new photos of the most distant planets in our solar system, refreshed our views on the universe with the sharpest infrared images of it yet and in its latest feat, shown us the star-forming region nearest to our home planet.Related ArticlesScience | NASA’s first new wind tunnel in 40 years will turn science fiction to fact Science | A SpaceX rocket arcs across the California sky, hurling internet satellites to the heavens NASA on Wednesday marked the cosmic instrument’s first year of discovery and scientific operations by releasing a new, detailed view of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex — the closest star-forming area to Earth — exactly one year after broadcasting the first images made using the space telescope.The $10 billion Webb Telescope was named after the man who led NASA’s Apollo program from 1961 to 1968 and it replaced its predecessor, the Hubble Space Tele...

Leader in Guatemala presidential election suspends campaign

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

By Sonia Perez | Associated PressGUATEMALA CITY — The top vote-getter in the first round of Guatemala’s presidential election said Thursday she is suspending her campaign activities in solidarity with her opponent, whose party is being pursued by prosecutors.Sandra Torres said in a news conference that the current playing field between herself and Seed Party candidate Bernardo Arévalo is uneven.“We want to demonstrate our solidarity with the voters of the Seed party and also with those who came out to vote,” Torres said. “As a candidate I want to compete under equal conditions.”Torres’ announcement came the same day that the country’s top prosecutors raided the headquarters of the electoral authority just hours after it certified the June 25 results of the first round of the presidential election.The move by the Attorney General’s Office appeared aimed at stopping Arévalo, whose campaign platform is eliminating corruption, and it immed...

San Jose police detail homicide arrest after Sacramento standoff

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

SAN JOSE — A man who was arrested by San Jose police after a standoff in Sacramento earlier this week was wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in East San Jose in June, authorities said.Tyrese Burse, 21, of San Jose, was arrested Tuesday evening in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood of the state capital after he reportedly ran from an SJPD arrest team and holed up inside an apartment on Morse Avenue. After a few hours, Burse surrendered to a contingent of police that came to also include Sacramento-area law enforcement.San Jose police contend that Burse was responsible for a June 29 shooting near Lanai Avenue and Dixie Drive in San Jose that left a man seriously wounded. The victim died from his injuries at a local hospital July 7; his name has not been publicly released by police.Police have not disclosed the motive and circumstances behind the deadly shooting, saying only that the case remains under investigation.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Arson sp...

General’s ouster reveals cracks in Russian leadership

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

Associated PressMOSCOW — A Russian general in charge of forces fighting in southern Ukraine has been relieved of his duties after speaking out about problems faced by his troops, a move that reflected new fissures in the military command following a brief rebellion by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, the commander of the 58th army in the Zaporizhzhia region, which is a focal point in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, said in an audio statement to his troops released Wednesday night that he was dismissed after a meeting with the military brass in what he described as a “treacherous” stab in the back to Russian forces in Ukraine.Popov said the military leadership was angered by his frank talk about challenges faced by his forces, particularly the shortage of radars tracking enemy artillery, which resulted in massive Russian casualties.“The top officers apparently saw me as a source of threat and rapidly issued an order to get rid of me, which w...

Big-rig truck hits and kills pedestrian on I-880 in Oakland

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

OAKLAND — One person died early Thursday morning after a big-rig truck struck a pedestrian on Interstate 880, according to the California Highway Patrol.CHP officers responded to reports of a crash at about 3:39 a.m. Thursday just south of 16th Avenue. The person was walking on southbound I-880 for unknown reasons when they were hit by the truck, according to authorities.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Salinas man killed in crash on Highway 101 near Gilroy Crashes and Disasters | San Jose bicyclist dies from injuries in June hit-and-run Crashes and Disasters | Stolen car strikes, kills bicyclist in Oakland; driver flees scene, remains at large Crashes and Disasters | Family whose son was killed on California freeway sues Uber, saying driver left him there Crashes and Disasters | Oakland man arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run of 58-year-old woman The collision forced law enforcement to ...

Stockton cooling zones open for residents this weekend to help beat the heat

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

(BCN) -- With hot temperatures and excessive heat warnings making their way to Stockton over the weekend, the city is set to open cooling zones from Friday to Monday to help residents beat the heat. The National Weather Service said they expect Friday to be 102 degrees and Saturday and Sunday will be 107 degrees. Spare the Air alert issued for Friday due to excessive smog People can visit the Arnold Rue, Stribley, Seifert or Van Buskirk community centers, where there will be air-conditioned areas and water offered to visitors. Addresses and times for the community centers can be found here. Visitors are encouraged to bring activities such as books, games, and electronic devices to keep busy while at the centers, city officials said. Tips for hot days include staying indoors, keeping physical activity to a minimum, drinking plenty of water, and monitoring anyone who could be sensitive to the negative impact of heat such as children, or older people, as well as animals. ...

Boxing champ, Oakland native Haney arrested in LA

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

(KRON) -- Boxing star and Oakland native Devin Haney was arrested overnight Thursday, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department records. Haney was arrested in the Hollywood area around 1 a.m. on a felony charge. Report: ‘Slow Pace’ of Damian Lillard Trade Talks Making Things Harder for Heat The undisputed lightweight champion had a semi-automatic handgun in his car during a traffic stop and was arrested for "felony possession of a concealed weapon," TMZ reports. Although Haney was not behind the wheel, the car registered under his name made an unsafe lane change and failed to use a turn signal, the outlet reported. The boxer was booked into a Los Angeles jail at 3:48 a.m.He was released on $35,000 bail Thursday at 8:12 a.m., according to sheriff's records. Haney is scheduled to go to court on Aug. 3.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .em...

Man who barricaded himself in Sacramento home in custody, says sheriff's office

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:09:35 GMT

(KTXL) -- On Tuesday, a homicide suspect out of San Jose was arrested in Sacramento after he barricaded himself inside of a home, according to the San Jose Police Department. Tyrese Burse, 21, of San Jose, was barricaded in a home on the 1500 block of Morse Avenue while officers from the San Jose Police Department and the Sacramento Police Department attempted to detain him. At around 6 p.m., law enforcement were able to bring Burse into custody and transported him to San Jose, where he was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail. Burse is a suspect in a June 29 shooting that left one man with life-threatening injuries that he would later die from on July 7. According to police, Burce is facing a single charge of homicide.KRON On is streaming live news.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: ...