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Prosecutors say Los Gatos party mom tried to flee justice, hide assets and smuggle drugs into jail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

Prosecutors and tearful parents and teens Friday urged the maximum 20 year sentence for a Los Gatos woman charged with hosting drunken parties for her teen son and his friends where girls were sexually assaulted as new allegations revealed she tried to flee justice, hide assets and smuggle drugs into jail.Shannon O’Connor, 48, jailed since her October 2021 arrest in Idaho, was in court Friday after asking a judge to say what sentence she’d receive if she pleaded guilty as charged. Prosecutors requested Friday’s hearing to present additional evidence and testimony before Judge Elizabeth C. Peterson to inform her decision.And parents and teens were unsparing in their assessment of the harm O’Connor had done to them.“She’s a very sick individual and a sexual predator,” the mother of one of the teen girls told the judge, fighting back tears as she spoke. “She taught our daughter how to drink like a rock star. She was only 14, had never had...

San Jose: Cinnaholic cinnamon roll bakery is closing downtown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

Cinnaholic, the vegan bakery that specializes in gourmet cinnamon rolls, will be baking just through the weekend at its downtown San Jose location, then closing that shop for good.The original Berkeley shop and Concord one remain open, as do locations in several other states. The San Jose Cinnaholic had been in business on East San Fernando Street near the San Jose State University campus for five years, surviving the business downturn of the pandemic.“It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the closing of our beloved bakery,” the owner of the San Jose franchise said in an email letter to customers. “We are so very thankful to our community, customers, employees, associates, friends, and family for all the love and support you have shown us throughout the years. We are grateful and will forever cherish the endless memories and relationships we have built through this journey.”No reason was given for the closure. The shop’s “final farewell&#...

Driver who fatally hit woman at Danville intersection gets probation, community service

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

MARTINEZ — The driver who hit and killed a Danville woman last year in the Blackhawk area of that town pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of manslaughter, authorities said.Steven Seltzer received a one-year court probation and 100 hours of community service as part of his guilty plea for the death of 32-year-old Joyce Huang on June 2, 2022, Contra Costa County District Attorney spokesperson Ted Asregadoo said. Huang was walking across the intersection of Camino Tassajara and Wood Ranch Road about 8:05 p.m., according to court records.Seltzer was driving a Ford when he hit Huang as she was in the crosswalk, authorities said. Seltzer stayed and cooperated with police.Seltzer told police he only got four hours of sleep the night before, nodded off while driving and didn’t notice Huang until he’d struck her. He said he drank about half of a beer roughly two hours before the crash and denied being on his cellphone, police said.As part of the plea agreement, he also mus...

Los Gatos Party Mom 'tore my life apart,' victim says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Current and former Los Gatos High School students tearfully urged a Santa Clara County judge to send an accused sexual predator, also known as "Party Mom," away to prison with a maximum sentence. Shannon O'Connor, 48, kept her head down and was silent while her alleged victims spoke in court Friday. According to the District Attorney’s Office, O’Connor threw disturbing and dangerous alcohol-fueled sex parties for teenagers between 2020-2021. The secret parties were organized by O'Connor at her Los Gatos mansion without her husband’s knowledge, investigators said. Millbrae 6th grade teacher arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting students "Party Mom" pressured teenagers to binge drink and engage in sex for O'Connor's own sexual gratification, according to investigators. O'Connor initially pleaded not guilty. She has remained in jail without bail for more than a year as she awaits trial. "Party Mom" was attacked by five female inmates at Elmwood Correctional Facility in...

Intruder who forced his way into woman's apartment arrested by San Mateo PD

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

(KRON) -- A suspect who allegedly forced his way into a woman's apartment Friday morning is in custody and charged with felony vandalism, according to the San Mateo Police Department. San Mateo PD officers were dispatched to an apartment on the 200 block of East 3rd Avenue shortly before 2:30 a.m. on the report of an unknown subject breaking into an apartment.Upon arriving at the scene, a woman told officers that the suspect pushed her locked door with enough force to break the doorframe and damage the lock. Once the subject gained entry, he told the resident that someone was chasing him and asked if he could stay there. Shooting near 4/20 celebrations being investigated by SFPD The victim told him to leave, but he refused. Only when the victim called police, did the suspect leave. By the time officers arrived, he had already fled the scene.Officers canvased the area for someone who matched the victim's description of the intruder. The suspect, later identified as Robert Najera, w...

Antetokounmpo’s status for Game 3 remains uncertain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo’s status for Saturday’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Miami Heat remains uncertain, Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said Friday.The two-time MVP did some individual work before the Bucks’ practice, but Budenholzer said the All-Star didn’t do “team stuff.” Antetokounmpo left Game 1’s loss Sunday with a bruised lower back and didn’t play Wednesday in the Bucks’ 138-122 Game 2 victory. “We’re just going to monitor him the rest of today,” Budenholzer said before the Bucks left for Miami. “We’ll monitor him tomorrow and see where he is, and together with him make decisions.”Budenholzer did rule out Wesley Matthews’ availability for Game 3 — without saying whether the veteran guard might return later in the series. Matthews also sat out Game 2 after straining his right calf in Game 1.The Bucks went 11-8 during the regular season in games Antetokounmpo missed. They won without him again Wednesd...

Alejandro Giammattei visitará Taiwán, dice el Gobierno de Guatemala

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, realizará una visita a Taiwán del 24 al 26 de abril, “donde se reafirmarán los lazos de amistad y cooperación bilateral entre ambas naciones”, tuiteó el Gobierno de Guatemala este viernes.Este anuncio de su viaje se produce después de que la presidenta de Taiwán, Tsai Ing-wen, visitara Guatemala a principios de este mes como parte de una misión diplomática en Centroamérica.Honduras establece lazos diplomáticos con China y los rompe con TaiwánLa presidenta Tsai visitó Guatemala y Belice durante su viaje.Atrajo la ira de China al transitar por Nueva York y Los Ángeles en cada extremo de su visita a Centroamérica.Durante su estancia en Los Ángeles, la presidenta Tsai se reunió con el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Kevin McCarthy.Fue la primera vez que un mandatario en ejercicio de Taiwán se reunió con un actual presidente de la Cámara de Representantes en suelo estadounidense.The-CNN-Wire&trad...

Virginia high school athletes could soon profit from product endorsements, other deals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

A big change could be coming for high school athletes in Virginia. The state’s high school league is set to finalize a policy that would allow teens to make money off their name, image and likeness.Early next month, the Virginia High School League is expected to approve a so-called NIL policy with a two-thirds majority that will allow high school athletes to earn money off product endorsements and selling autographs and merchandise.Maryland and D.C. already have similar policies in place, and VHSL executive director Billy Haun told WTOP, at this point in high school sports, it’s inescapable.“What the policy is, is to help provide direction and guidance to our youth in schools and to parents about … how you can participate in an NIL without violating Virginia High School League rules,” Haun said.The policy would allow students to profit from:Product endorsementsPersonal appearancesAutograph sessionsMerchandise or apparel salesGroup licensingActing as a social ...

Mac Meissner becomes 8th Korn Ferry Tour player with 59

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (AP) — Mac Meissner made a 15-foot eagle putt Friday on his final hole for a 12-under 59, becoming the eighth player to break 60 on the Korn Ferry Tour.The Korn Ferry Tour record is 58 by Stephen Jaeger in 2016 at the Ellie Mae Classic.Meissner, in his second full year on the PGA Tour’s developmental circuit after finishing at SMU, opened with the Lecom Suncoast Classic with a 71 and was just hoping to make the cut. But when he made a 20-foot birdie putt on the eight hole at Lakewood National, he realized he could reach golf’s magic number with an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole.“We were kind of in between clubs in the fairway and my caddie looked at me and he goes, ‘Are we trying to shoot 59 or are we trying to shoot 60?’ So I pulled less club (6-iron) and went right at it,” Meissner said.Meissner was in a tie for third, four shots behind, when he finished. Of the seven other players who had sub-60 rounds on the Korn Ferry Tour, only Jaeger and Jason ...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater after 3 die

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:06:54 GMT

HAMPTON, N.H (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for a fisherman on Friday, a day the small boat he had been in was found capsized off the Massachusetts coast and the other three men who had been onboard were found unresponsive and later pronounced dead.The Coast Guard searched nearly 1,600 square miles (4,144 square kilometers) of ocean for the boat and its four passengers, who were reported missing just before midnight Wednesday. It found the boat about 7 miles (11 kilometers) northeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts.On Friday, it suspended the search for the last of the missing men, Bin “Michael” Cai.On Thursday search crews found 38-year-old Jia Fu Zheng and 43-year-old Daxiao Lin, both of Quincy, Massachusetts, and 42-year-old Jaime Liu, of Litchfield, New Hampshire. They were unresponsive when found and were pronounced dead after they were brought ashore in Gloucester, Massachusetts, officials said.The Coast Guard did not provide an age or hometown for Cai. The four l...