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After allegedly dismembering his dead fiancée, Pleasanton man simply moved on with his life. But police were watching

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

PLEASANTON — Joseph Roberts didn’t know it, but before authorities found the dismembered body of his fiancée on the Alameda Shoreline, police had spent the past week surveilling him as he played golf, smoked cigarettes with friends and ate Mexican food.They’d listen to voicemails from another women calling him “handsome” and wishing him well, new records show.And now they were ready to arrest him on suspicion of killing Rachel “Imani” Buckner based on DNA evidence, in one of the Bay Area’s most shocking homicides in recent memory.On Sept. 6, police and the U.S. Marshals entered a Pleasanton apartment at 4857 Willow Road where Buckner and Roberts lived and immediately noticed strong indicators that they were standing inside a possible crime scene.There was an open bottle of Drano resting on the edge of a bathtub. The carpets had been removed just days earlier, and FBI cadaver dogs alerted to the scent of human decomposition in the bathroom, b...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 5 action

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …Ranked teamsNo. 1 Serra 61, Sacred Heart Cathedral 0The Bay Area News Group’s top-ranked team scored at least one touchdown in every quarter en route to its 16th straight win over Sacred Heart Cathedral. The visiting Padres (4–0) scored their first three touchdowns on the ground, one by Jaden Green and two by Nano Latu. Tight end Cole Harrison caught a TD pass midway through the second quarter to make it 28-0, then quarterback Maealiuaki S...

Preview: Killing goblins with the help of Pawns in ‘Dragons’ Dogma II’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

No goblins were spared. My level 15 Beastren fighter saw no reason for them to live. I wandered through the world of “Dragon’s Dogma II” and chopped them down along with my party of Max, a mage; George, an archer; and Sara, a thief. If we saw a goblin, we attacked it.As a fighter, I had the strength to lift a rock and throw it at them sending the creature flying. When the pitiful foe raised a shield to defend itself, I just grabbed the monster, dragged them to a ledge and tossed them into the brine. I dispatched goblins so easily that the Goblin Slayer would have approved.In the hourlong demo I played at Capcom’s TGS By the Bay event, I received a good sense of the combat in the upcoming action role-playing game. It still retains elements of the original. Most notably, Pawns play an important role. In my case, one of them named Max had knowledge the land we were traipsing and guided us as far as she knew.Players will have no shortage of ways to kill monsters ...

Photos: Bay Area high school football Week 5, 2023

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

De La Salle 14, Folsom 7See a photo you like? Click Here to see these and more and to purchase high-quality prints or a keepsake photos on mugs, buttons, greeting cards, and more.De La Salle quarterback Toa Fa’avae (13) runs with the ball against Folsom in the first quarter of their game at Folsom High School in Folsom, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) De La Salle’s Derrick Blanche (22) breaks through the line as he runs past Folsom’s Elijah Gulewich (8) in the fourth quarter of their game at Folsom High School in Folsom, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. De La Salle defeated Folsom 14-7. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) De La Salle’s Dominic Kelley (21) runs with the ball and is tackled by Folsom in the first quarter of their game at Folsom High School in Folsom, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) De La Salle’s Kai Moananu-Apela (57) tackles Folsom quarterback Ryder ...

Portugal denied a first Rugby World Cup win as Georgia scores late try in thrilling draw

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Portugal finally has some points at a Rugby World Cup.Still no win, though, for Os Lobos.They couldn’t have come closer on Saturday, conceding a game-tying try in the 78th minute and then missing a penalty with the clock in the red to settle for an 18-18 draw with big European rival Georgia in Toulouse.“We have built a base for the future,” Portugal captain Tomás Appleton said.A match that looked to have been settled by two blistering tries from Portugal winger Raffaele Storti had a thrilling climax that left both teams unsatisfied.Trailing 18-13 and having been surprisingly dominated by the Portuguese in the second half, Georgia’s grizzled set of forwards summoned up one last push with two minutes remaining and replacement hooker Tengizi Zamtaradze grounded at the back of a rolling maul to tie the score.There were barely 40 seconds left as Luka Matkava booted the touchline conversion right of the posts.Portugal’s players breathed a sigh of relief...

Girona beats Mallorca 5-3 to take provisional lead of Spanish league

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Girona routed Mallorca 5-3 to climb to the top of the Spanish league on Saturday ahead of other matches for this round.Girona moved one point ahead of overnight leader Real Madrid, which visits Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Barcelona can pull level with Girona if it beats Celta Vigo at home later Saturday.Under coach Míchel Sánchez, Girona is the revelation of the season so far. The modest team from Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region has won five straight games since a season-opening draw with Real Sociedad.After beating Granada 4-2 last round, it has now scored nine goals in its past two games.“(Being leader) is anecdotal, we are happy for the victory. Winning five in a row in the first division is not at easy task,” Míchel said. “Even more important than the results is the sensation we have, knowing that we are competing well and have a clear idea of how we want to play.”Mallorca went ahead early through a fourth-minute penalty converted by Vedat Muri...

Woman killed after hit-and-run crash in front of Aurora hospital

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A 42-year-old woman was killed after a hit-and-run crash Saturday morning in front of Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, according to police.The crash happened around 3:45 a.m. on East Colfax Avenue and Children's Way, right in front of the walking bridge near the hospital.Aurora Police said the initial investigation indicated a vehicle collided with the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead on the scene.Police told FOX31 that the driver did not stay on the scene.Police said the vehicle is believed to be a Silver Ford Explorer.

Aid convoys set course for Nagorno-Karabakh under new pact with Azerbaijan

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

KORNIDZOR, Armenia — Tons of humanitarian aid were en route on Saturday to Nagorno-Karabakh under the terms of a deal struck with the breakaway region’s Armenian leadership, Azerbaijan said.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday said it had dispatched its first shipment of food and fuel to reach the mountainous territory from Armenia since Azerbaijan launched its military offensive earlier this week. The convoy of four trucks drove across the Hakari Bridge, crossing the border amid warnings of a growing humanitarian crisis among the civilian population.“We are looking at the different needs of the population,” a spokesperson for the ICRC told POLITICO. “And, underlining our role as a neutral intermediary, we are of course in dialog with all the decision-makers to be able to provide assistance that is much needed.”The delivery marks only the second time civilian aid will reach Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia since Azerbaijan closed...

Russian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

United Nations (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat lashed out at the U.S. and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international order, but he didn’t discuss his country’s war in Ukraine in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. “The U.S. and its subordinate Western collective are continuing to fuel conflicts which artificially divide humanity into hostile blocks and hamper the achievement of overall aims. They’re doing everything they can to prevent the formation of a genuine multipolar world order,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “They are trying to force the world to play according to their own self-centered rules,” he said. As for the 19-month war in Ukraine, he briefly recapped some historical complaints going back to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union but didn’t delve into the current fighting. For a second year in a row, the General Assembly is taking place with no end to the war in sight. A three-month-long Ukrainian counte...

A Black student’s family sues Texas officials over his suspension for his hairstyle

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:07:48 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for his hairstyle. Darryl George, 17, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, has been serving an in-school suspension since Aug. 31 at the Houston-area school. School officials say his dreadlocks fall below his eyebrows and ear lobes and violate the district’s dress code. George’s mother, Darresha George, and the family’s attorney deny the teenager’s hairstyle violates the dress code, saying his hair is neatly tied in twisted dreadlocks on top of his head.The lawsuit accuses Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton of failing to enforce the CROWN Act, a new state law outlawing racial discrimination based on hairstyles. Darryl George’s supporters allege the ongoing suspension by the Barbers Hill Independent School District violates the l...