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		<title>The San Mateo police asks the general public for help to discover the suspect that&#8217;s involved in a collision that killed you &#8211; the Mercury News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A person was killed in a collision in San Mateo on Saturday in a collision in San Mateo, and the police asks the general public to discover the suspects involved. The victim was Mark Kremer, a 56-year-old inhabitant of San Mateo. The police said that the incident occurred on Saturday shortly before 9 p.m. in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>A person was killed in a collision in San Mateo on Saturday in a collision in San Mateo, and the police asks the general public to discover the suspects involved.</p>
<p>The victim was Mark Kremer, a 56-year-old inhabitant of San Mateo. The police said that the incident occurred on Saturday shortly before 9 p.m. in a press release from the police authority that the crash west of the 1400 block of the Fashion Island Boulevard near the bridge took place towards South Norfolk Street. The police said Kremer had been approached by an unknown automobile and died of his injuries on the scene.</p>
<p>The San Mateo police ask the general public whether there are witnesses or video material that might have caught the crash. The crash occurred near a pc business near Iona Technology Inc. The police asked the individuals who live, work, work or visited, or visited all of the camera meters that they might record between South Norfolk Street and Chess Drive concentrated specifically on the world of ​​1400 fashion Island BLVD. and South Norfolk Street, on Saturday between 8:45 p.m. and 9 p.m.</p>
<p>The police said that also they are open to Dash -CAM film material for vehicles which might be east or west of the South Norfolk Street on the Fashion Island Boulevard, which can have recorded other vehicles in the world before or after the crash.</p>
<p>The police also encouraged the suspect to report as an alternative of getting the police find.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is not easy to carry to carry the scene of the accident and we understand that he will probably refer to it,&#8221; the police said of their press release. &#8220;The stress of the unknown can be a severe burden, but we ask you to do the right thing and report it forward.&#8221;</p>
<p>Anyone who has details about this case has been instructed to contact the Jolivette commissioned by jjolivette@cityofsanmateo.org by email to jjolivette@cityofsanmateo.</p>
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		<title>Dismissed employees who&#8217;re involved within the persecution of the president</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[policy Washington (AP) &#8211; The Ministry of Justice announced on Monday that there was greater than a dozen employees who worked on President Donald Trump&#39;s prosecution, and quickly moved to retaliation against lawyers. The abrupt motion, which geared toward the profession lawyer, who worked within the special advisor Jack Smith&#39;s team, is the newest sign [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Washington (AP) &#8211; The Ministry of Justice announced on Monday that there was greater than a dozen employees who worked on President Donald Trump&#39;s prosecution, and quickly moved to retaliation against lawyers.</p>
<p>The abrupt motion, which geared toward the profession lawyer, who worked within the special advisor Jack Smith&#39;s team, is the newest sign of upheavals inside the Ministry of Justice and reflects the federal government&#39;s determination of cleansing the federal government of employees that it perceives as illoyal for the president .</p>
<p>The standard Shattering step, which wanes the re-assignment of several high-ranking profession officers across the divisions, was carried out, although a rating of the tradition for presidential administrations stays and shouldn&#8217;t be punished as a consequence of its participation in sensitive investigations. The shots are effective immediately.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, the incumbent Attorney General James Mchenry ended the employment of a number of Doj officials who played an important role in the persecution of President Trump,&#8221; said a declaration by the Ministry of Justice. “In view of her actions, the Attorney General doesn&#8217;t trust these officials to faithfully implement the president&#39;s agenda. This campaign is in keeping with the mission to finish the federal government&#39;s weapon. &#8220;</p>
<p>It was not immediately clear which prosecutors were affected by the arrangement or what number of who worked on Trump&#39;s investigation remained within the department. It was also not immediately known how most of the dismissed public prosecutors desired to query the dismissals by arguing that the department had ignored the protection of the federal staff&#39; federal staff.</p>
<p>Smith himself resigned from the department firstly of this month after submitting a two-volume report on the dual examinations for Trump&#39;s efforts to withdraw the 2020 presidential elections and his after-class documents on his Mar-Lago estate in Florida. At least one other key member of the team, Jay Bratt, also withdrew from the department this month after working as a senior public prosecutor within the case of classified documents.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Antioch police are looking for people involved in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting Tuesday morning, in line with a news release. The shooting happened around 11:24 a.m. near the Dutch Pride Gas and Food in the five hundred block of East 18th Street, authorities said. Police received several calls reporting shots fired and a vehicle collision. Callers [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Antioch police are looking for people involved in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting Tuesday morning, in line with a news release.</p>
<p>The shooting happened around 11:24 a.m. near the Dutch Pride Gas and Food in the five hundred block of East 18th Street, authorities said.</p>
<p>Police received several calls reporting shots fired and a vehicle collision. Callers reported seeing a person armed with a gun fleeing a silver sedan that had been left disabled in a car parking zone, authorities said.</p>
<p>When officers arrived on scene, they found the silver sedan within the car parking zone of 511 East 18th Street, authorities said.</p>
<p>During their initial investigation, officers learned that the motive force of the silver sedan was driving east on East 18th Street away from the gas station when an individual in a dark sedan traveling west opened fire as they pulled up A silver sedan passed by, police said.</p>
<p>The silver sedan then began to spin and crashed into cars within the car parking zone, authorities said. A person with a gun and a girl exited the silver sedan and ran in numerous directions. The man ran northwest and jumped over fences, witnesses told police.</p>
<p>The dark sedan fled the scene of the accident at high speed and couldn&#8217;t be found by the police. Authorities said police were unable to locate any of the occupants of the silver sedan.</p>
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<p>Rocketship Delta Prep School, which was positioned near the incident, was placed on lockdown out of an &#8220;out of abundance of caution&#8221; until the scene of the accident was declared secure, police said.</p>
<p>The investigation into the incident remains to be in its early stages, authorities added.</p>
<p>Police asked anyone with information concerning the incident to contact the Antioch Police Department&#39;s non-emergency line at (925) 778-2441 or the Bureau of Investigation at (925) 779-6925.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 05:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND — Authorities on Tuesday released a sketch of an individual involved within the shooting of a person last August in Oakland. A sketch of an individual involved within the shooting of 20-year-old Damani William in Oakland last August was released on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Oakland Police Department) The shooting happened shortly after midnight [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>OAKLAND — Authorities on Tuesday released a sketch of an individual involved within the shooting of a person last August in Oakland.</p>
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<p>The shooting happened shortly after midnight on August 30 in the five hundred block of East 18th Street.  When officers arrived, they found two men, ages 20 and 18, affected by gunshot wounds.</p>
<p>The 20-year-old man, identified as Demani William, was pronounced dead on the scene.</p>
<p>The 18-year-old man was taken to hospital but survived.</p>
<p>In addition to releasing a sketch of an individual of interest, authorities said the suspect was driving a white Ford F-150.</p>
<p>Oakland police haven&#8217;t released a motive for the fatal shooting.  In October, when the authorities for the primary time <a href="https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/10/10/oakland-police-identify-20-year-old-killed-in-double-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified the victim</a>Police were investigating the likelihood that it was gang-related.</p>
<p>A loaded handgun with an prolonged magazine was present in the victim&#39;s vehicle, police said.</p>
<p>In the times following William&#39;s death, his Instagram page was flooded with condolences.  There were also several comments from a report that mocked his violent death, including one which suggested he had first-hand knowledge of where he was shot.</p>
<figure id="attachment_10685411" class="wp-caption alignright size-article_inline_half"><img decoding="async" class=" lazyautosizes lazyload" alt="The suspect in the shooting death of 20-year-old Damani William in Oakland last August was driving this white Ford F-150, according to authorities.  (Oakland Police Department)" width="416" data-sizes="auto" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-OAKSHOT-0509-02.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&#038;ssl=1" data-attachment-id="10685411" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-OAKSHOT-0509-02.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&#038;ssl=1 620w,https://i0.wp.com/www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-OAKSHOT-0509-02.jpg?fit=310%2C9999px&#038;ssl=1 310w"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">The suspect within the shooting death of 20-year-old Damani William in Oakland last August was driving this white Ford F-150, based on authorities.  (Oakland Police Department) </figcaption></figure>
<p>Anyone with information in regards to the case can contact the OPD Homicide Division at 510-238-3821 or the hotline at 510-238-7950.</p>
<p><em>Staff author Nate Gartrell contributed to this report.</em></p>
<p><em>Check back for updates.</em></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 14:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Grocery retailer Iceland has pledged to present its customers a voice within the upcoming UK election. If that seems like a great idea, our democracy could be in trouble. There are prone to be general elections within the United Kingdom second half of 2024 if greater than 45 million Registered voters have their say. There [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Grocery retailer Iceland has pledged to present its customers a voice within the upcoming UK election.  If that seems like a great idea, our democracy could be in trouble.</p>
<p>There are prone to be general elections within the United Kingdom <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62064552">second half of 2024</a> if greater than <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration">45 million</a> Registered voters have their say.  There will even be countless opinion polls on voting intentions and the parties and their policies.</p>
<p>Some voters may additionally express their views through one other platform.  Iceland recently announced it could be launching one <a href="https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2024/04/iceland-customer-panel/">“Customer Choice Manifesto”</a>. </p>
<p>The idea is that a bunch of seven customers meet monthly and present their views on political issues within the run-up to the election.  These will then be combined with surveys of 6,000 regular customers, which the retailer will publish as a “manifesto” over the summer and share with political parties.</p>
<p>At first glance, Iceland&#39;s customer manifesto seems like a fairly good idea. <a href="https://carnegieuktrust.org.uk/blog-posts/loss-of-public-trust-in-government-is-the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-in-england/">UK polls</a> and elsewhere recurrently reveal that individuals don&#8217;t trust politicians to make decisions that improve their lives. </p>
<p>With Iceland&#39;s support, customers are rather more prone to bring their views to politicians and maybe even take motion.  As Icelandic CEO Richard Walker <a href="https://www.grocerygazette.co.uk/2024/04/15/iceland-customer-manifesto/">said</a> on the time of the announcement: &#8220;Customers have told me they are tired of being told what is important to them and want to take their chance to be the voice of the high street.&#8221; The Island Manifesto is their probability , to do exactly that.”</p>
<p>Iceland&#39;s reinforcing potential is especially great because Walker himself could be very politically energetic.  He has been a vocal activist on social and environmental issues and in 2022 he&#8217;s <a href="https://www.retail-week.com/people/exclusive-iceland-boss-richard-walker-launches-bid-to-become-mp/7042566.article">introduced himself</a> to run as a Conservative MP.  More recently he has switched allegiances and now <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/29/britain-leadership-chaos-tories-labour-richard-walker-chairman-iceland">publicly supports Labor</a>. </p>
<p>Such politically engaged executives are more likely than most to bring their customers&#39; views to politicians.</p>
<p>However, the Icelandic manifesto also raises some troubling questions on what the corporate wants to attain.  While corporate involvement in politics all the time raises eyebrows, Walker has long maintained <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/29/britain-leadership-chaos-tories-labour-richard-walker-chairman-iceland">“Iceland is apolitical”</a>. </p>
<p>How he reconciles this claim with the proven fact that the corporate becomes a political platform for its customers requires further examination.  One explanation could possibly be that Iceland sees itself as an impartial translator of its customers&#39; political preferences to politicians.  Ultimately, this will not be the dealer’s opinion;  they&#8217;re simply those of his customers.</p>
<p>However, the concept each company stays neutral in all of this and plays no role in deciding what issues to boost with its customers and prioritize within the manifesto is difficult to sustain. </p>
<p>It seems not possible that positions which are contrary to the corporate&#39;s interests shall be prioritized in customer discussions or in the ultimate manifesto.  Iceland tells us that that is the voice of the shopper, but it surely is the corporate that decides exactly what that voice should say and the way it should say it.</p>
<h2>Basic problems</h2>
<p>There are two big problems behind this.  The first reason is the shortage of any external transparency of the method.  Political participation, for instance <a href="https://www.transparency.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/TI-UK_Lifting_the_Lid_on_Lobbying.pdf">Lobbying</a>is usually viewed as more democratic when it&#8217;s transparent. </p>
<p>However, Iceland has not committed to releasing the transcripts of its conversations with customers or politicians, nor the polls the country will use to form opinions.  We simply must depend on the opinions of corporations and communicate them to politicians.</p>
<p>A second major problem concerns the methodology.  Political surveys and focus group approaches have well-established methods to make sure their accuracy and validity.  However, official polling institutes often make mistakes.</p>
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<p><iframe title="Richard Walker: Breaking The Law To Give Struggling Families Formula | Good Morning Britain" width="1170" height="658" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y66QidNwfOY?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><figcaption><span class="caption">Walker has been politically energetic prior to now, commenting on infant formula pricing and promoting rules.</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>However, within the case of the Iceland Manifesto, there may be little evidence of any try to use robust research approaches.  Relying on a core group of just seven panel members is already a red flag, especially when there is no such thing as a details about how representative they&#8217;re of the broader population of Icelandic customers. </p>
<p>And if the initial <a href="https://www.deeside.com/deeside-based-iceland-launches-first-ever-supermarket-customer-election-manifesto/">Reports</a> If the primary panel meeting is anything to go by, statements like &#8220;100% claimed&#8221; and &#8220;83% said&#8221; are essentially meaningless from a statistical perspective, as they really mean &#8220;seven out of seven claimed&#8221; and &#8220;six didn&#39;t say out of seven said&#8221;. </p>
<p>Giving percentages from a sample of seven people is just bad practice and doesn&#8217;t bode well for sound scientific research into political views.</p>
<p>So should we welcome the Iceland Manifesto?  Given these problems, the manifesto appears to be a case of great idea and poor execution.  Finding latest and higher ways to hearken to residents is vital to revitalizing our democracy.  In principle, there is no such thing as a reason why a dealer shouldn&#8217;t play a task on this.  </p>
<p>However, retailers are private entities with primarily business objectives, and their role in collecting and reporting political views have to be rigorously planned to be sure that it&#8217;s legitimate.  Why do you have to consider me?  Because 100% of the individuals who wrote this text agree.</p>
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<p>An Icelandic spokesperson told The Conversation:</p>
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<p>Google laid off 28 employees within the wake of Tuesday&#39;s ceasefire protests at company facilities, in line with an organization memo sent to employees on Wednesday.</p>
<p>About 80 employees protested outside Google&#39;s Sunnyvale complex, demanding the corporate abandon Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract that gives computer services to the Israeli Defense Ministry.  They also called on the corporate to finish the harassment, intimidation and censorship of Muslim, Arab and Palestinian employees.  While the protest was peaceful, five were arrested by Sunnyvale police on trespassing charges following a sit-in at an organization constructing.  Similar sit-ins and protests took place at Google&#39;s New York office.</p>
<p>The memo, which was publicly shared online Wednesday by news outlets and employees, doesn&#8217;t indicate how lots of the 28 employees worked within the Bay Area.</p>
<p>Google says the protesters&#39; behavior violates several policies and codes of conduct that every one employees must adhere to.</p>
<p>“The company takes this extremely seriously and we will continue to apply our long-standing policies to address disruptive behavior – up to and including termination,” the memo said.</p>
<p>Advocacy group Notech4apartheid, which also helped organize the protest, condemned the firings in a web based statement.</p>
<p>“This blatant retaliation is a clear sign that Google values ​​its $1.2 billion contract with the genocidal Israeli government and military more than its own workers,” the group states.</p>
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