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Christie on past Trump support: ‘Turns out I was wrong’

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

By Shania Shelton and Kit Maher | CNNFormer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday he was “wrong” about former President Donald Trump, whom he twice supported and advised ahead of the 2020 election.“Turns out I was wrong. I couldn’t make him a better candidate and I couldn’t make him a better president, and he disappointed me,” Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” calling election night 2020 “the breaking point.”Christie, who announced his 2024 campaign on Tuesday, is putting attacks on the former president – currently the front-runner for the GOP nomination – at the center of his campaign.Asked about the federal investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents, which appears to be nearing its final stages, Christie, a former federal prosecutor, said the retention of classified information would be a “big problem.”“The classified documents that he had – that we now know he had – were things that should have never left the White House. And if he, in fact, ...

Single family residence sells for $4.4 million in Los Gatos

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

14715 Eastview Drive – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 14700 block of Eastview Drive in Los Gatos was sold on May 24, 2023. The $4,350,000 purchase price works out to $1,459 per square foot. The house, built in 1961, has an interior space of 2,982 square feet. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 0.4-acre lot.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:On La Rinconada Drive, Los Gatos, in September 2022, a 2,053-square-foot home was sold for $3,700,000, a price per square foot of $1,802. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In January 2023, a 3,531-square-foot home on La Rinconada Drive in Los Gatos sold for $4,900,000, a price per square foot of $1,388. The home has 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.A 3,126-square-foot home on the 14800 block of La Rinconada Drive in Los Gatos sold in April 2023, for $3,500,000, a price per square foot of $1,120. The home has 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. 

Harris, Noda help guide A’s to third series win of season, second straight win over Pirates

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

PITTSBURGH  — While the A’s potential future home was being debated in the Nevada Legislature, the team trying to avoid the worst record in modern baseball history capped its most dominant series of the season.Oakland began a three-game series in Pittsburgh by essentially doing whatever it could to give away what became a 15th straight road loss on Monday night. But rather than have another missed opportunity bleed into another, the A’s responded by doing something that’s been almost historically rare during the first two months of the season.They won. Twice. In dominating fashion.Wednesday, Ryan Noda homered and reached base four times and Hogan Harris took advantage of a massive first inning by his teammates to earn his first major league victory, 9-5 over Pittsburgh.Oakland Athletics’ Jace Peterson doubles off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Roansy Contreras, driving in two runs, during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (A...

Pence launches campaign with denunciation of Trump

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

By Jill Colvin and THomas Beaumont | Associated PressANKENY, Iowa — Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday with a firm denunciation of former President Donald Trump, accusing his two-time running mate of abandoning conservative principles and being guilty of dereliction of duty on Jan. 6, 2021.On that perilous day, Pence said, as Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and the president falsely insisted his vice president could overturn the election results, Trump “demanded I choose between him and our Constitution. Now voters will be faced with the same choice.”Pence, launching his campaign at a community college in a suburb of Des Moines, became the first vice president in modern history to challenge the president under whom he served. While he spent much of his speech criticizing Democratic President Joe Biden and the direction he has taken the country, he also addressed Jan. 6 head-on, saying Trump had ...

49ers minicamp: Top 10 things we learned from offseason program

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Let the record state that rookie Jake Moody’s first walk-off field goal came Wednesday, ending the 49ers’ minicamp practice.Did the 49ers win the offseason?Sure, let everyone eat cake Thursday at the team’s annual family picnic. Just know that when the 49ers report for training camp July 25, their Super Bowl aspirations should be stronger than ever.Here are 10 things we learned from the 7 1/2-week offseason program:San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks Trey Lance (5), Brandon Allen (4), and Sam Darnold (14) take part in a veteran mini-camp session on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Santa Clara, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) 1. QUARTERBACK OPTIONSNothing could be more encouraging than Brock Purdy’s recovery from elbow surgery. The fact he began a throwing program last week is ideal news, not just so he’s slightly ahead of schedule but it puts him on track to start the Sept. 10 season opener in Pittsburgh.Meanwhile, Trey Lance and Sam Darnold looked more serviceabl...

Santa Rosa stabbing on Joe Rodota trail being investigated

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

(KRON) -- A stabbing that occurred on the Joe Rodota Trail in Santa Rosa Tuesday is being investigated by the Santa Rosa Police Department, according to an official alert. Officers were dispatched to the area near Sebastopol Road and Dutton Avenue around 2:12 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a man being stabbed.At the scene, officers found a man in his 30s who was bleeding from the abdomen. He was treated by EMS and taken to the hospital for additional treatment. San Jose rampage suspect worked for Google, had meth problem: court documents During the ensuing investigation, officers ascertained that at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, the victim was walking on the trail when two men approached him. One man was riding a bicycle. A short interaction occurred before one of the men, who was wearing a mask, pulled a knife and stabbed the victim twice in the abdomen.The suspects fled, heading east on the trail. The victim's injuries were non-life threatening. The suspects are described as two adult males. ...

Men accused of mutilating Antioch woman's body will not stand trial

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

(KRON) -- A scandal involving racist text messages sent between Antioch Police Department officers tarnished a high-profile homicide case so severely that prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case. Ashton Montalvo, 32, and Deangelo Laraye Boone, 39, had been charged with felony arson and mutilation in 2022 after a young woman's body was found burning along an Antioch walking trail.The body of 25-year-old Mykaella Sharlman was burned beyond recognition. On Wednesday, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office announced that the case against Montalvo and Boone will not proceed to trial. Antioch Police Department officers who were key investigators for the case are currently embroiled in a racist text messaging scandal that targeted Black suspects. "In this case, the prosecution of Montalvo and Boone for mutilation of human remains and arsonon October 17, 2022, relied heavily on the investigative work of Antioch Police Officers who areassociated with racist text communications," ...

Arrest made in anti-LGBTQ hate crime assault in San Francisco

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

(KRON) -- A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime against a pair of men in the Castro on Monday morning, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Person on tracks causes BART delays, coroner responded to the scene at Bay Fair station The incident started near 18th and Hartford streets just before noon. The two victims, a 40-year-old man and a 58-year-old man, said a suspect was following them on foot while "aggressively shouting anti-LGBTQ language," police said. He then allegedly threw a glass object at the pair and the 40-year-old man suffered a non-life threatening injury. Officers investigating the attack found probable cause to arrest 20-year-old Muhammed Abdullah, who they found in the area of Dolores Park. Abdullah allegedly fled from police on foot, and was detained near 18th and Church streets. He was later booked into San Francisco County jail on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of committing a hate crime and res...

L.A. singer, model tried to traffic more than 200 pounds of cocaine in SUV: sheriff

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

(KTLA) -- A singer-songwriter from Van Nuys and her fitness influencer friend may be facing federal charges after they were arrested in Alabama last week while allegedly trafficking more than 200 pounds of cocaine, according to reports.Racquelle Dolores Anteola, 34, of Van Nuys and Melissa Dufour, 36, of Miramar, Florida, were arrested early Thursday while driving on Interstate 10 in Mobile County, Alabama, according to local media outlet Lagniappe. What happened to Frank Somerville? A timeline of events Racquelle Dolores Anteola of Van Nuys and Melissa Dufour are shown in these June 1, 2023, photos provided by the Mobile County Sheriff's Office. Anteola, aka Rahky, is a singer and rapper based in Los Angeles, according to her Instagram profile. Dufour, who goes by @melimacbarbie_on Instagram, is a fitness model and the owner and designer of a clothing brand called Sexy Sweats.Sheriff's officials told Lagniappe that the women were driving from Houston to Atlanta in a Ford Expediti...

Pence argues Jan. 6 is disqualifying for Trump as he launches campaign

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:31:34 GMT

Former Vice President Mike Pence launched his 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday by sharply breaking with former President Donald Trump, laying out clear differences on policy and values and arguing that Trump’s push to overturn the 2020 election should be disqualifying.Pence, speaking to a crowd of supporters in Ankeny, Iowa, offered his clearest rationale yet for why he is challenging his old running mate for the Republican nomination. Pence accused Trump of wavering on conservative policy priorities such as curtailing abortion access and balancing the budget and bemoaned Trump’s brand of politics as too divisive.The former vice president also focused extensively on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol trying to stop the certification of the 2020 election, with some chanting, “Hang Mike Pence.”The day marked a turning point in Pence’s relationship with his old boss, and Wednesday he argued Trump’s attempts to overturn the election — and his requ...