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Former business manager for St. Louis Police Union suing, claims firing without cause

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The former business manager for the St. Louis Police Union is suing the union.FOX 2's partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Jeff Roorda says he was wrongfully fired six months into a two-year contract with the union. He also claims the St. Louis Police Officers Association owes him almost $300,000, including $150,000 in lost wages. Attorney general urges Tyson Foods to sell two southern Missouri plants The union argued they didn't renew Roorda's contract because he was running for a seat in the Mississippi Senate at the time.

Broncos roundtable: Takeaways as Sean Payton’s team hits the quarter pole

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

Parker Gabriel, Broncos beat reporter: Alright, gents, the Broncos have hit the quarter pole. Or, they will after 15 minutes against the Jets — thanks, 17-game season. Head coach Sean Payton said at the beginning of the season that the first quarter is a sprint to figure out who you are and how to get better. So, who are the Broncos? What have we learned? The options here are plentiful. Dreadful defense? Actually good, dangerous special teams? But one result so far that’s surprised me is who Denver is not: the rushing-based offense that we heard all offseason Payton wanted to oversee. The Broncos are at 63% passing so far this season, which is a top-five mark in the NFL. They’ve yet to run for more than 122 yards in a game. Some of that is game-flow dependent. You’re not going to pound the rock after Miami hangs its eighth touchdown on the board. Even still, after Sunday’s win against the Bears, Payton said running the ball is going to be this offense’s...

8 Colorado high school football games to watch in Week 7

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

CLASS 5ALegend (5-1) vs. Fountain-Fort Carson (5-1)When/where: 6 p.m. Thursday at Fountain-Fort Carson StadiumLast meeting: Legend 43, vs. FFC 24, Oct. 7, 2022A week after getting shut down in a 40-10 loss at second-ranked Pine Creek, Fountain-Fort Carson looks to regain its footing against another team just outside the top 10 in Class 5A. Like FFC, the Titans already have one rough loss on the resume (20-7 at No. 10 Castle View) and a collection of double-digit wins. Whoever emerges victorious from this one keeps their hopes of earning a first-round bye alive.No. 5 Arapahoe (5-1) vs. No. 6 Grandview (5-1)When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday at  Legacy StadiumLast meeting: Arapahoe 28, vs. Grandview 21, Oct. 6, 2022The last two Colorado programs to hand Cherry Creek a loss meet in what is likely an elimination game for the Centennial League title. Since losing a thriller vs. Columbine, Arapahoe has outscored its last two opponents by a combined score of 87-7, with the run game racking up 540...

Detached house sells in Fremont for $1.6 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

31 Snyder Way – Google Street ViewThe property located in the first block of Snyder Way in Fremont was sold on Aug. 23, 2023. The $1,605,000 purchase price works out to $1,170 per square foot. The house, built in 1981, has an interior space of 1,372 square feet. Additionally, the house includes a garage.Additional houses that have recently changed hands close by include:A 1,084-square-foot home on the 36000 block of Niles Boulevard in Fremont sold in January 2023, for $800,000, a price per square foot of $738. The home has 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom.On Plumeria Way, Fremont, in June 2023, a 1,936-square-foot home was sold for $1,701,000, a price per square foot of $879. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In January 2023, a 1,689-square-foot home on Linda Drive in Fremont sold for $1,080,000, a price per square foot of $639. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

UC Riverside grad sues Elon Musk for defamation over posts that falsely ID’d him in protest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

A UC Riverside graduate who says he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified posts on his social media platform X/Twitter that falsely placed the man at a confrontation involving far-right protesters sued the billionaire for defamation in a lawsuit filed Monday.Benjamin Brody, 22, is represented by Mark Bankston, a Texas attorney who won a defamation case last year against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a lawsuit brought by families of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. Brody is seeking a jury trial in Austin, Texas, and unspecified damages of at least $1 million.Attorneys for Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment left through a spokesperson.In June, video posted to X showed a confrontation involving protesters near a Pride festival in Oregon. Some of those involved wore the same colors of the Proud Boys extremist group, according to The Oregonian.On X, some users falsely identified one of the participants as Brody, highlighting his post-college plans to work fo...

Cal State student workers get OK to move forward with union vote

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

By Helena San Roque | CalMattersCalifornia State University student workers are one step closer to unionizing after announcing Wednesday, Oct. 4 that the California Public Employment Relations Board has deemed there is enough student support to trigger a union vote.After vetting thousands of union cards submitted by student assistants, the board notified the CSU Employees Union on Sept. 27 that they met the threshold following a wave of organizing this past year. Over 19,300 student assistants will soon vote on forming one of the largest student worker unions in U.S. history. Their ranks would more than double the size of the employees’ union, which already represents 16,000 support staff across the 23 campuses.Student assistants work at front desks and in back offices in many capacities throughout the campuses, such as information technology, financial aid, and facilities management. Both undergraduate and graduate students can hold these positions.Student assistants say unionizing...

What to do if you and your pet cross paths with a coyote

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

You’re walking your dog early in the morning, as usual. But as you amble up the sidewalk, you spot a furry brown shape up ahead. You tighten the leash, worried about an aggressive stray dog. Then you get a closer look.It’s a coyote.If you spend any time on social media, whether it’s your neighborhood’s Facebook page or NextDoor.com, it seems like coyote sightings have increased exponentially in the last few years. Not only that, but the canids, many claim, are multiplying by the day, and some areas are being overrun, threatening public safety.But is that really the case?“No,” says Seth Riley, chief wildlife ecologist for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, which is part of the National Park Service. “I’ve been hearing that exact same thing over 23 years.”Riley’s NPS colleague, Jeffrey Brown, who also is a wildlife ecologist and has been studying coyotes recently, says the uptick in sightings is likely related to the fact that so many people have doorbell cameras now...

Opinion: ‘Theft tax’ is costing California families more than $500 per year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

Unless you have hundreds of dollars a year to waste, and it doesn’t bother you to see lives wasted through treatable addiction, it is time to demand action from Sacramento politicians whose failed policies have accelerated California’s costly plague of retail thefts and functionally abandoned those suffering from drug addictions.The Department of Homeland Security estimates that organized retail theft costs the average family more than $500 a year to make up for the cost of massive theft, which in California totals $7.83 billion per year in direct losses and another $568 million in lost tax revenue in 2022 alone — and 2023 is looking to be worse.For some small businesses, the cost is far higher — with many businesses now being forced to close, citing the cost of retail thefts. National grocery and pharmacy stores are closing in high-crime areas, meaning many neighborhoods face the loss of vital services, and local communities must make up for the lost tax base with highe...

California cop, survivor of Las Vegas mass shooting, killed in freeway crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

A Manhattan Beach police officer who survived the 2017 Las Vegas music festival mass shooting died Wednesday, Oct. 4, when a car collided with his police motorcycle, throwing him to the ground, officials said.On 10-4-23, at about 5:15am, Manhattan Beach Police Department Motorcycle Officer Chad Swanson was involved in a fatal on duty traffic collision on the 405 Freeway. pic.twitter.com/C3eZjNojHI— Manhattan Beach PD (@manhattanbchpd) October 4, 2023Officer Chad Swanson, 35, was likely still headed in to work when the driver of one car apparently hit another on the northbound 405 Freeway on the edge of Carson near Del Amo Boulevard at around 5:15 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The second driver appeared to lose control and careened into Swanson.Manhattan Beach police Lt. Kelly Benjamin said Swanson was married with three sons.“We’re hurting, we’re grieving,” Benjamin said.https://t.co/Is0QhERz6d— Manhattan Beach PD (@manhattanbchpd) October 4, 2023A me...

Walters: Gov. Newsom’s rocky relationship with labor unions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:02 GMT

Gov. Gavin Newsom describes himself as a “progressive” and has said his vision for California includes a highly unionized workforce.However, his relationship with the state’s public and private employee unions has been a rocky one. Sometimes he and union leaders sing from the same hymnal, but they occasionally are at odds, particularly when labor is feuding with corporate interests that Newsom is also cultivating.That syndrome was displayed last weekend when he vetoed two of union leaders’ high priority measures, including one that would have given unemployment benefits to striking workers, but then chose a former union leader, Laphonza Butler, to fill a U.S. Senate seat that became vacant when Dianne Feinstein died.The juxtaposition drew a sharp retort from Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, who resigned from the Legislature last year to become head of the California Labor Federation.“Don’t get distracted,” Gonzalez Fletcher posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Gov. Newsom has vetoed th...