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Centaurus teacher resigns, accuses BVSD of mishandling sexual harassment complaints

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

A teacher at Centaurus High School has resigned, saying he feels Boulder Valley School District officials were not properly handling sexual harassment complaints among students.Michael Ross, a science teacher who had been with the Lafayette school for nine years, sent an email Wednesday to an unknown number of parents and students announcing his decision. The Daily Camera was able to obtain a copy of the email, which was confirmed by school district officials.“I write to you with a heavy heart to inform you that I am resigning my position as a teacher at Centaurus High School, effective immediately,” Ross wrote. “This semester, I have observed such profound and immoral wrongs visited upon our students and a complete failure of our leadership to even acknowledge, let alone deal with, the harm and continuing danger, that I cannot continue to associate myself with this school or district. Not only has our leadership chosen not to inform the school community of this danger, but has acti...

Colorado sounds alarm over spike in syphilis among mothers, babies: “One case is one case too many”

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

Eight times as many babies were born with syphilis in Colorado in 2022 as in 2017, and while the numbers are still small, the public health community is racing to get the disease under control.Untreated syphilis during pregnancy can cause miscarriages, stillbirth or infant death; premature birth; low birthweight; and disabilities, including deafness or blindness. Some babies appear healthy at birth, but get sick from congenital syphilis in the following weeks.Colorado’s five-year increase, from four cases in 2017 to a preliminary count of 34 in 2022, is part of a nationwide trend — one that’s almost entirely preventable. State law requires that everyone get tested for syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection, during their first prenatal visit, and prompt antibiotic treatment can prevent complications.“One case is one case too many,” said Lacy Mulleavey, prevention and field services program manager for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Envi...

Bakersfield teens escape sidewalk assault; parents track down suspect for police

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

It had all the ingredients for a tragedy: Two teen girls walking home from school when suddenly, from behind, a stranger grabs one of the girls by her breasts. The start of a horror story? It might have been, if not for the two girls’ aggressive defense against the assailant, KTLA sister station KGET reports. The two girls, 14-year old eighth graders, were walking home from Freedom Middle School, heading east on Hageman Road at about 3:30 p.m. on April 26.A security camera at a church on Hageman Road caught a faraway image of the girls walking down the sidewalk when the stranger approached from behind. The girls ran to one of their homes in a panic, frantically trying to enter the code to unlock the door. The victim immediately called her mother at work. FBI warns about ‘trend’ of using rideshares for child abductions Suzanne Mendoza told her daughter to hang up and call 911. Then she got back on the phone for further explanation.“A man had run up behind her and grabbed her from b...

Californians can celebrate Cinco de Mayo with these limited-time deals

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, which falls on a Friday this year, many restaurants will keep the party going all weekend long with limited-time food and drink offerings.Here are some of the restaurants offering limited-time deals.Randy’s DonutsThe Inglewood-based doughnut chain will offer a Mango Tajin Doughnut throughout May, beginning on Cinco de Mayo. Taco Bell bringing back fan-favorite item with a spicy twist this week Acapulco Restaurant & CantinaThe Mexican restaurant will offer margarita specials, beer and tequila shots and a build-your-own taco bar beginning at 3 p.m.Black Angus SteakhouseThe restaurant will celebrate Cinco de Mayo all day with Happy Hour specials, such as messy Micheladas for $8.50, chili-lime chicken bites for $11.99, steakhouse bacon cheeseburgers for $15.99 and loaded potato skins for $7, Patch reported.El Pollo LocoLoco Rewards members can get a free Crunchy Birria Taco by purchasing any Shredded Beef Birria entrée. The deal is only available f...

From Cobra Man to Mikey Lion — the New LA Weekly Playlist is Live

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

From Cobra Man to Mikey Lion: The 155th LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic music from Mikey Lion, hip-hop from Coi Leray, punk from the Runaways and Glen Matlock, metal from Fear Factory, electro-pop from Alison Goldfrapp, and so much more.Find us on Spotify here,or on Soundcloud here.Don’t forget to “Like” the playlists and “Follow” the profiles.Alison Goldfrapp (Mat Maitland)From Cobra Man to Mikey LionAlso this week:Print star Alison Goldfrapp told us that, “I took a little sabbatical after (Silver Eye), I felt like I needed some time out to think about what I wanted to do next. Take a little check on where I was at in my life, personally, musically, creatively – and then the pandemic happened. But it was a really interesting time for me. I got my mojo back with music and felt like I had room to grow. But during the pandemic, I got a studio happening at home. That was a really interesting time for me...

Hotline mailbag: Media coverage of the Pac-12 and Big 12, ESPN’s role, deadline for a deal, Larry Scott’s legacy and more

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

The Hotline mailbag is published every week. Send questions to [email protected] and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline.Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity.What is your take on all of the Pac-12 media rights “reporting” out there, including from supposedly reputable outlets and reporters? — @Cargoman0363The Hotline has not commented on specific reporters or reports since this saga began and has no plans to start now.If an outlet breaks news that we believe is accurate and relevant to the Pac-12, we’ll make sure fans are aware of the development.Yes, there has been a mountainous amount of erroneous information published over the past 10 months — much of it fueled by social media and some of it courtesy of fans portraying themselves as “insiders” or operators of regional or local websites.(When it comes to realignment, everybody’s an expert. Everybody has a source.)In other instances, r...

Martinez refinery: Toxicologists to determine if residents were poisoned by tons of chemical dust

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

Tens of thousands of people living in and around the Martinez Refinery Company still don’t know for certain if—or to what extent—they were poisoned last November.But five months after 24 tons of toxic, dusty residue from gasoline, diesel and jet fuel flowing through the refinery first showered down on its next-door neighbors, new soil samples collected this week may finally confirm what dangers still linger there by late May or early June, county health officials announced Thursday.Last Thanksgiving, the company posted on Facebook that the fine white substance that blanketed cars, porches and plants over the holiday was from a “non-toxic”, “non-hazardous” and “naturally occurring” catalyst dust expelled from its facility on the edge of town.But within a few days, the Contra Costa County Health Department alerted residents that the ashy grit actually contained aluminum, barium, chromium and other hazardous metals — chemicals that are linked to nausea, vomiting, respiratory issu...

Free Comic Book Day 2023: 10 questions answered about the big event

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

Got questions about Free Comic Book Day?Well, you’re in the right place — because we’ve got answers to every frequently asked question about an event we like to call “Contra Costa County’s gift to the comic book world.”What is Free Comic Book Day?Basically everything you need to know is in the name: It’s a day when comic book stores across North America give out comic books for free.When is it?It happens the first Saturday in May each year. In 2023, that translates to May 6.Are all comics free on this day?No, so quit salivating over thoughts of getting that “Kamandi” No. 1 gratis. The comic books being given out for free were printed specially for the event.Related ArticlesEntertainment | What to watch: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ has never been better Entertainment | Best Graphic Novels 2022: Free Comic Book Day founder gives his 8 picks Entertainment | How comic book culture&...

4 Cambodians die in accident at unlicensed gold mine

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Four Cambodian prospectors who were digging for gold in the central province of Kampong Thom were killed when earth collapsed into the pit where they were mining, a government official and a fellow villager said Friday.Information Minister Khieu Kanharith on his Facebook page quoted reports from a local official saying the four men who died had been hired by a couple who own the mine in the rural jungle village of Snong An.The accident occurred Thursday morning as the men were digging, said Ven Srey Tith, a villager living near the site.Speaking by phone from her home, she said the pit was only a little more than two meters (six feet) deep, but mounds of excavated earth collapsed into it without warning and no one was nearby to see the men’s plight.Their bodies were retrieved the same day and sent to their families for religious rites.Mining without a license is illegal, and Ven Srey Tith said the authorities had told villagers a long time ago that ...

Sterling looks for respect against veteran Cejudo in UFC 288

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:45:06 GMT

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Henry Cejudo marched to the stage for a faceoff with his opponent and punted a pillow printed with an image of Aljamain Sterling into the crowd.As the days moved closer to their bantamweight title bout, hostilities finally started to flare much more than their awkward docile exchange earlier in the week inside a New Jersey hotel.The two UFC fighters were filmed making small talk when they bumped into each other ahead of Saturday’s main event fight at UFC 288. Sterling — who once made a rather suggestive comment where Cejudo could stick his Olympic gold medal — told his challenger he appreciated him taking the fight.Cejudo simply replied he’d been training hard and wished the champ luck.Maybe the fighters need a trash talk boot camp.Sterling, the 135-pound champion since 2021, caught Cejudo (16-2) by surprise when members of his crew filmed the meeting.“I don’t like it. This is personal, You can’t do that,” Cejudo said later, laughing. “I just think he wants t...