Chris Metinko
The issue of whether proffered statements were “verbal acts” came up recently in People v. Portillo (2023) 91 Cal.App.5th 577. That was a grand theft case, where there was a question as to the value of the stolen items (15 boxes of adjustable dumbbells). The majority opinion rejected...
After a month of personally dabbling in the market, Bankman-Fried launched Alameda Research, named after the California county that housed his first office.Bankman-Fried toldCNBC that the firm sometimes made as much as a million dollars a day trading bitcoin. Alameda's success spurred the launc...
Alexa Silva, MSW, works for the Alameda County Public Health Department’s Asthma Start Program as an asthma coordinator. Through her work with the Asthma Start Program, she connects asthmatic children and their families to the supplies and medication they need during her home evaluations and foll...
"Many Americans experienced smaller tax refunds this past tax season, and in many cases, there was an increase in people owing balances due compared to last year, " Jackson Hewitt Chief Tax Information Officer Mark Steber said. "Next year’s Tax Day might look very similar for many taxpayers...
In another virtual asbestos trial, also in Alameda County, a jury awarded the plaintiff $2.5 million. During the trial, the defendant made several motions for mistrial, saying that remote jurors were exercising, lying down, or using other computers during the proceedings, and pointing to the ...
An estimated 367,250 residents live in Aurora, Colorado, which is a major suburb of Denver and the third-largest city in Colorado overall.1 While the city has much to offer residents, it also has higher-than-average violent and property crime rates.2 The Aurora Police Department (APD) ...
●Pacific SurflinerThis is a busy network of trains that run from San Diego in the south via LA to as far north asSan Luis Obispo. Many parts of the route feature superb coastal scenery. Stops include San Diego's North County beach towns; Orange County'sSan Juan Capistranoand Anaheim, hom...
Houses that have been the center of family activities for many years can be painful to let go of. But in the long run, cutting ties quickly instead of holding on may prove to be a better solution. On the downside, trying to sell a house during a divorce adds an entirely new level ...
long commutes, moved away from urban cores. New York City’s urban core (that is, the dozen densest counties in the metropolitan area) lost 5% of its population from mid-2020 to mid-2022. San Francisco’s urban co...