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Austin ISD discusses plan to add more school resource officers amid new state law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Independent School District officials project they will need more than 100 officers to comply with a new state law requiring armed officers on every campus. According to AISD Interim Superintendent Matias Segura, the district currently has two school resource officers in every high school and one in every middle school, but officers patrol the elementary schools."What we are moving to is a placement for every elementary school and what that will do is give us complete coverage," said Segura. "That will require us to expand our police department by a little over 70 officers, and when you do that you have to add other supervisors and pay for equipment and all the things needed to support that officer."Segura said he believes they will be able to meet the requirement for HB 3 over the course of about a year. Chief Jeffrey Yarbrough with the Hutto Police Department used to serve as the chief of Round Rock ISD and said having trained officers on campus is...

Franklin, Tiller: With more Alzheimer’s treatment options, when should doctors prescribe them?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

Alzheimer’s disease was first named and described in 1910. It is disgraceful that for most of the 20th century, the disease was underfunded by the government, neglected by most of the medical community and ignored by Big Pharma. It was not until 1994, more than 80 years after the disease was discovered, that the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug for Alzheimer’s. That medicine was not especially effective and was ultimately pulled from the market for safety concerns. Were it any other disease, such an approach would be unconscionable.Now things are changing. Every day, about 10,000 baby boomers — people born between 1946 and 1964 — turn 65, the average age of onset of the most common form of Alzheimer’s. In 2020, those older than 65 in the U.S. numbered about 56 million (nearly 17% of the total population); by 2030, every baby boomer will be older than 65, making up an estimated 73 million Americans.This has caused a rethinking of Alzh...

Meeting held to discuss Parkview Apartments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Members of the Parkview Tenant Association spoke with the Albany Housing and Community Development Committee. Thursday night's special meeting was for both the tenant association and the council to discuss what the next steps for the building will be.Those who live there want the owners of the building to transfer ownership, meaning the only business they would have with the building is liability. Those who live in the building said the current owners are slum lords. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! "I can tell you right now, 90 percent of the people that I talk to have some kind of health issues, and they are only getting worse," Parkview Tenant Association Pres. Diane Dietz said.The president of the tenant association hopes the meeting is the first of many to discuss how to handle the property.Twenty-five residents took part in a survey, and one of the key findings in the survey was more than 60 percent of resi...

Gillis family files lawsuit against alleged shooter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The family of the 20-year-old woman who was shot and killed in Hebron in April has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alleged shooter and his wife. Court documents show Kaylin Gillis's family is seeking damages from Kevin Monahan and his wife and any other relief the court deems appropriate. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Monahan is charged with second degree Murder. His attorney has sought to have the criminal charges against him dismissed. NEWS10 reached out to Monahan's lawyer for a response to the lawsuit and have not heard back. Monahan is being held in jail. He is accused of firing two shots toward a car Gillis was in when it accidentally went up his driveway. Gillis was with a group of friends looking for a different house down the road.The defense argues Monahan acted in self-defense.

State Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet picked to replace state Sen. Dominick Moreno

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

Democratic state Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet will replace outgoing state Sen. Dominick Moreno at the Capitol.Michaelson Jenet will represent Senate District 21, which includes Commerce City, Federal Heights, and parts of unincorporated Adams County. She was selected by a vacancy committee Thursday evening. She faced Adams 14 school district member and activist Lucy Molina.She will join a near supermajority of Democrats in the state Senate. Democrats hold trifecta control of state government, with a supermajority in the state House of Representatives and the governor’s office. Michaelson Jenet highlighted her work at the Capitol, including on youth diversion services, school meals and anti-suicide initiatives. She named housing as the biggest challenge facing the district.“The legislature needs to take quick, swift action to help build in our communities true affordable housing,” Michaelson Jenet said. “But this needs to not happen in a silo. It needs to happe...

Nearly $200,000 worth of stolen items discovered in L.A. bust

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

Two suspects were arrested after authorities discovered nearly $200,000 worth of stolen items being sold in downtown Los Angeles.The suspects were only identified as a 47-year-old man from L.A. and a 43-year-old woman from Panorama City.The bust was a result of the LAPD's newly formed Organized Retail Crime Task Force.Detectives investigated a retail crime fence that was selling stolen merchandise taken from Victoria’s Secret and CVS stores across the L.A. region.The suspects were selling the items at a “makeshift storefront style display,” police said.Photos from the bust show many tables of stolen items including bras, underwear and clothing from Victoria’s Secret. Nearly $200,000 worth of stolen merchandise from Victoria’s Secret and CVS stores were recovered while suspects tried to sell the items in downtown L.A. (Los Angeles Police Department)Nearly $200,000 worth of stolen merchandise from Victoria’s Secret and CVS stores were recovered while suspects tried to sell the items i...

Man found guilty in landmark California fentanyl-related homicide case 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

A man has been found guilty of second-degree murder for the 2020 fentanyl related death of a 26-year-old woman in Temecula, marking the first such conviction in California history. According to a release from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, Vicente David Romero, 34, "split" a pill containing fentanyl with Kelsey King on June 16, 2020. “During the five-day trial, the prosecution called ten witnesses to testify and showed body-worn camera footage in which Romero said he gave and split a pill known as a ‘blue’ or ‘M30’ with King, which he knew to contain fentanyl,” the Riverside County District Attorney’s office said. Romero’s case is the first of 23 active homicide cases in Riverside County related to fentanyl poisonings to go to trial, the DA’s office said.  911 calls from Cook’s Corner mass shooting released (warning) “Today, our office has successfully provided justice to a victim’s family by securing the first-ever guilty verdict by a jury in a fentany...

Thieves hit Nordstrom in Orange County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

Police in Irvine have released surveillance footage of a man and a woman stealing several thousand dollars in merchandise from a Nordstrom earlier this week.  The incident occurred on Aug. 28 at the Nordstrom in the Irvine Spectrum Center, located at 800 Spectrum Drive.  Video of the theft shows the male suspect running through the store with an armload of merchandise, while the female suspect, also carrying stolen items, follows close behind. A short time later, the pair are seen running up a set of stairs toward their vehicle. The suspects then fled in a white Kia Forte, according to the Irvine Police Department.  A male and female suspect, seen here, captured on surveillance cameras while stealing merchandise from Nordstrom in Irvine on Aug. 28, 2023. (Irvine PD)A white Kia Forte that the two suspects were seen driving away in. (Irvine PD)The man and woman made off with an estimated $4,000 worth of stolen goods, officials said.Anyone with information about this inc...

International Overdose Awareness Day: Event held in San Rafael on how to use Narcan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

(KRON) -- Thursday is International Overdose Awareness Day. Many are spending the day spreading awareness about Narcan and how it’s used to stop an overdose.From doctors and harm reduction experts to parents who have lost their sons and daughters to an overdose. There was an overdose awareness day event in Marin County. Drug overdose deaths in San Francisco rise to 473 Narcan was free to anyone who wanted it at the Marin Ace Hardware store in San Rafael. Experts explained how to use the spray to stop an overdose and several parents shared their stories of they wish someone would have used Narcan on their child.A stop at Marin Ace wasn’t just an errand for customers on Thursday, but a chance to learn how Narcan works to stop an overdose.Director of Harm Reduction at The Spahr Center, Chris Brown, spent International Overdose Awareness Day handing out nasal sprays for free.“Here in Marin, there’s a fatal overdose about every five to six days and sixty percent of those overdoses invo...

Emeryville police searching for person of interest involved in stabbing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:45 GMT

(KRON) -- The Emeryville Police Department is searching for someone believed to be involved in last weekend's stabbing. An image of the person of interest is included above. Hundreds of juveniles were involved in a brawl that started at the Bay Street Mall on Sunday, according to police. Several small fights broke out, and a juvenile victim was stabbed. San Jose women charged after infested langsat fruit seized The stabbing happened near Elm Drive, according to police. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The person of interest is believed to be involved in the stabbing.Anyone with information is asked to contact Emeryville police at (510) 596-3700. Anyone who wishes to remain anonymous can do so. The events of the evening began at about 4:30 p.m. when a business at the mall reported a group of roughly 50 minors causing a disturbance at the store. Police tried to break up fights throughout the evening as other smaller fights spawned. A gunshot was repor...