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An East Palo Alto man was arrested for having unlawful sex with a minor under 14 in Redwood City, according to police.
A U.S. Postal Service carrier was thrown to the ground and had her keys taken from her Saturday afternoon on the 700 block of Old County Road …
That’s a lot of Carlo Rossi — Someone was arrested for stealing $500 worth of wine on El Camino Real in Belmont; it was reported 8:26 p.m. Sun…
An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, "So I raped you," has been detained in France after a three-year search. Authorities in Metz on Tuesday say 31-year-old Ian Thomas Cleary of Saratoga, California, has been in custody since a routine police stop last month and will be held pending extradition proceedings. Former Gettysburg College student Shannon Keeler had long pushed for an arrest. Investigators filed an arrest warrant for Cleary in 2021 after an Associated Press investigation detailed the dearth of prosecutions for campus sex crimes. Neither Cleary's parents nor a court-appointed lawyer in France immediately returned messages Tuesday.
Violence is traumatizing Haitian children. Now the country's breaking its taboo on mental health services. Young Haitians are increasingly exposed to relentless sounds of violence and sidestep bodies in the streets. In the community of Bon Repos in northern Port-au-Prince, young students routinely throw up or wet themselves in class when gunfire erupts outside. The gang violence in Haiti's capital has left more than 2,500 people dead or wounded in the first three months of the year. Some 900 schools have closed across Port-au-Prince as shootings and kidnappings continue. That has an estimated 200,000 children with a limited education.
The daily struggle to find work for Chinese immigrants living illegally in a borough of New York is a far cry from the picture Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint. The former president has repeatedly suggested that Chinese migrants are a coordinated group of "military-age" men who have come to the United States to build an "army." Immigrants who talked to The Associated Press said they came to the U.S. to escape poverty in China or the threat of persecution in their repressive home country. Asian advocacy organizations say they're concerned the exaggerated rhetoric could fuel further harassment against Asians in the U.S.
Fire experts and officials are warning that an intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week. There are forecasts of strong winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze approaching Fort Nelson in British Columbia. Thousands of people have evacuated. A local official said Monday that emergency crews are preparing for a "last stand" as dozens of remaining residents are urged to leave. The blaze is one of several out-of-control wildfires in western Canada threatening communities in provinces such as Alberta and Manitoba. Drought has made the fires worse.
One of the county’s largest behavioral health contractors is attributing San Mateo’s 20% drop in mental health holds to a pilot program that p…
Cool picnic — Someone was given a citation for stealing a backpack and ice cream from a store on El Camino Real in San Bruno; it was reported …
