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Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman declares victory in bid for re-election

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

Incumbent Mike Coffman declared victory in the race for Aurora mayor Tuesday night after securing a decisive lead over challenger Juan Marcano in early returns.Marcano, though, was not prepared to concede Tuesday night.Coffman had received 26,834 votes, or 55.32% of the total, to Marcano’s 18,224 votes, or 37.57%, as of the latest results posted at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.The third candidate in the nonpartisan race, Jeff Sanford, who ran a limited campaign, had received 3,400 votes, or 7.12%.As of 9:40 p.m., Marcano said Coffman has not yet called him, and Marcano said he was not conceding the race until more votes were counted.Marcano noted that the votes that typically come in on the Monday and Tuesday of an election skew more progressive. He said until it’s clear how many votes were still outstanding and what the city’s election turnout was, it was premature to call the race.At Coffman’s election watch party after the 9 p.m. results were posted, Aurora Cit...

John Youngquist wins Denver school board’s at-large race; challengers lead incumbents by large margins

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

John Youngquist, a former East High School principal, trounced ex-Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman in the race for the open at-large seat on the Denver school board Tuesday night in an election that could also cost two incumbents their seats.Youngquist held a 37-percentage-point lead over Spearman as of the latest results at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Incumbents Scott Baldermann and Charmaine Lindsay also trailed challengers Kimberlee Sia and Marlene De La Rosa, respectively, by significant margins. “We feel pretty positive about the results. People are ready for an experienced group of leaders,”  Youngquist said, adding, “The families, the community is looking for change on the board.”Spearman told The Denver Post that he had called Younguist to congratulate him, saying that while he expected the margin to tighten as counting continued, “we believe the gap will be challenging to overcome.”The three candidates poised to gain seats on Denver Public School...

3 arrested in 2019 shooting that left man paralyzed

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

Three men have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Riverside County more than four years ago that left one of the victims permanently paralyzed from the neck down, authorities announced Tuesday.  The tragic incident unfolded just after midnight on March 3, 2019, when four suspects are accused of opening fire on a house in the 6400 block of Nidever Avenue in Riverside, a news release from the Riverside Police Department.   $10K in stolen retail merchandise recovered after 3 arrests made Two people inside the residence were struck by gunfire. One victim was treated at the hospital for minor injuries and released. Another victim, identified as Izaac Colunga, was critically injured and now suffers from quadriplegia.  The case was eventually handed over to Riverside PD’s Homicide Cold Case Unit, who developed investigative leads that resulted in the identification of the suspects, now identified as 26-year-old Dereck Anthony Wood and 26-year-old Raymond Floyd ...

Single-family residence sells for $2.6 million in Piedmont

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

68 Wyngaard Avenue – Google Street ViewA 3,054-square-foot house built in 1996 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the first block of Wyngaard Avenue in Piedmont was sold on Oct. 2, 2023, for $2,635,000, or $863 per square foot. This two-story house boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and three baths. Additionally, the house is equipped with a two-car garage, accommodating vehicles and storage needs efficiently.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:On Selborne Drive, Piedmont, in July 2022, a 4,130-square-foot home was sold for $4,082,500, a price per square foot of $988. The home has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.A 3,758-square-foot home on the first block of Selborne Drive in Piedmont sold in November 2022, for $2,850,000, a price per square foot of $758. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In June 2023, a 2,516-square-foot home on Saint James Drive in Piedmont sold for $2,000,000, a price per square foot of $795. The home has 4 bedroo...

Oakland school board election: Jorge Lerma with early lead, despite little financial backing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

OAKLAND — Jorge Lerma, a candidate with relatively little financial backing, is in front of Sasha Ritzie-Hernandez in the race for a crucial swing seat on the politically divided, cash-strapped Oakland Unified School District board.In early returns Tuesday night, Lerma had nearly 63% support to Ritzie-Hernandez’s 37%, with 2,240 ballots counted, including all 55 votes cast at polling places.These were the final election night results, though ballots that arrive by mail over the next week will still be counted. It’s unclear how many more are expected.The special election will fill the only vacancy on the Oakland school board, where the six existing members often find themselves divided over the interests of the district’s robust faculty union.If he emerges victorious, Lerma, a former school principal who based his candidacy on diversifying the school board, will represent the city’s largely Latino District 5, which spans parts of East Oakland south of I-...

2 injured in separate Mission District stabbings

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two people were hospitalized after separate stabbings in San Francisco's Mission District this week, the San Francisco Police Department said. The first stabbing happened Monday at approximately 4:54 p.m. in the area of 14th Street and Woodward Street. SFPD did not provide information on the severity of the victim's injuries. One person shot dead in incident involving Oakland police The other stabbing happened Tuesday at about 5:50 p.m. at 17th Street and Guerrero Street. That victim has life-threatening injuries. SFPD has not announced an arrest for either stabbing or mentioned whether the two incidents are related. Anyone with information is asked to call SFPD's tip line at (415) 575-4444.

Man reported missing by Sonoma County Sheriff's Office

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

(KRON) -- The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is searching for 79-year-old Jon Gordon Traub. Traub is a white man who stands 6-foot-7, weighs 220 pounds and has brown hair. He also suffers from dementia. He was last seen wearing a brown sweater, black pants and black braces on his feet, the sheriff's office said. Traub drives a gray/blue 2006 Ford Fusion with the license plate 5VNM568. He was in the area of Sonoma/Schellville when he was last heard from. Anyone who sees him asked to call (707) 565-2121.

Mainers vote against new utilities proposal, approve a stop to foreign spending in referendums

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters turned down an attempt to oust the state’s corporate-owned electric utilities among several ballot initiatives Tuesday, and approved one to stop foreign spending in referendums.Voters also decided to restore language about honoring obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of the state constitution. Polls closed at 8 p.m. on an Election Day that saw consistent participation despite a lack of statewide offices on the ballot.The Maine Department of the Secretary of State saw “steady turnout at the locations we’ve visited, maybe even strong for an odd-year election,” said Emily Cook, a spokesperson for the office.The state’s busy slate of referendums came a year before Maine will likely once again emerge as a battleground for a congressional seat and a presidential electoral vote in its more conservative 2nd Congressional District.NEW POWER COMPANYMaine voters rejected the proposed takeover of two investor-owned utilities that distrib...

Colorado voters reject measure that would have lowered property tax by eating into their tax refunds

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Despite seeing assessed home values soar by double digits, Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have lowered property tax bills for homeowners in return for decreasing a tax refund unique to the state that last year provided $750 to each taxpayer.Under the measure the the owner of a $500,000 home would have paid anywhere from $186 to $276 less in property taxes this year than they normally would, depending on local tax rates, according to estimates by legislative analysts.In exchange, after an initial increase in the taxpayer refund for everyone this year, the refund checks would have started to decrease and possibly disappear for people of all income levels over the next decade, depending on how much revenue the state takes in, according to legislative analysts.And renters would have gotten smaller taxpayer refunds — known as the TABOR refund, a reference to Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights — without getting any of the direct relief that homeown...

Democratic candidates win seats in key Virginia Senate districts; majorities still unclear

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:52:00 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats Schuyler VanValkenburg and Russet Perry won critical seats in Virginia’s state Senate on Tuesday, buoying their party’s bid to maintain control of the chamber and blunt GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s conservative agenda.The victories by VanValkenburg, Perry and others brought to at least 20 the number of seats that will be held by Democrats in the state’s 40-seat upper chamber, where the Republican lieutenant governor breaks ties. Other key Senate battlegrounds were too early to call. The balance of power in the House of Delegates was also at stake Tuesday, with Democrats aiming to defy Youngkin’s hopes of a trifecta. While all 140 General Assembly seats were on the ballot in a costly and competitive election year, the majorities were expected to be decided in about a dozen districts in Hampton Roads, suburban Richmond and northern Virginia. Vote counting was still underway late Tuesday. In a statement, VanValkenburg thanked his opponent, incumb...