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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Sport
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Léon Marchand beat out by Bobby Finke in 400-meter IM in French star's first post-Olympic meet
Nine months ago, Léon Marchand blew away the field in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2024 Olympics, the first leg of the loudest breakout in the Paris Games. He had less fortune in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. In his first meet since winning four gold medals in his native country, Marchand was edged by Bobby Finke in the 400-meter IM at a Tyr Pro Series meet, losing by 0.19 seconds on a dramatic last-lap comeback by the American. Marchand was significantly trailing after the butterfly and backstroke legs, but dominated the breaststroke enough to hold a small lead heading into the freestyle. Advertisement Before anyone starts speculating on the 22-year-old Marchand losing a step, it's worth noting that he has dealt with shoulder and rib injuries since the Olympics and only recently started training with coach Bob Bowman again, per SwimSwam. He also swam the 200-meter freestyle earlier Friday. Per Fox 40, Finke was happy about that: "I was just very thankful Leon had the 200 before," Finke said. Finke is an Olympic star in his own right, with three gold medals and a silver to his name between the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. He was the only American man to taste individual gold at the Games last year, and has made a career of dramatic comebacks. He was not in the 400-meter IM field in Paris, though.
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
San Diego immigration worker receives email ordering him to 'self-deport'...but there's a major issue
A San Diego immigration lawyer and longtime resident was stunned to receive a notice ordering him to 'self-deport immediately,' despite his US citizenship. Aldo Martinez-Gomez received the notice from the Department of Homeland Security on April 11, allowing him seven days to leave the United States. Yet, the immigration lawyer was born in San Diego County and has lived in the South Bay for most of his life. 'I was born in Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, and I was raised my whole life in Chula Vista,' he told Fox 40. However, he received the intimidating letter which said: 'If you do not depart the United States immediately, you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States.' His letter featured the same menacing warning as many others have, which said: 'Do not attempt to remain in the United States - The federal government will find you.' But the letter filled Martinez-Gomez with anxiety and fear, as he works full-time at a non-profit which helps people in immigration court. 'Where do you want me to go? I was born in National City. I was raised in San Diego County my whole life,' he told the outlet. The intimidating letter was received by a man who had been born in the US and had lived in the South Bay for most of his life. The letter has struck fear and anxiety into him, even though he is not in the country illegally 'When I represent people in immigration court, there's always an ICE office nearby. Will I be detained when I represent a client at a hearing? Will they come to my house?' A DHS official said in a statement to the outlet that at times notices may be sent 'to unintended recipients.' 'CBP used the known email addresses of the alien to send notifications. If a non-personal email - such as an American citizen contact - was provided by the alien, notices may have been sent to unintended recipients,' the senior official said. Yet, it hasn't calmed Martinez-Gomez's anxieties as he makes preparations if he should be deported. 'I've had to make contingency plans with my mom, something I never thought I'd have to do,' he said. 'I've been protecting myself and talking to people and doing interviews. I'm not seeking fame or attention. I just want to bring light to this issue because I'm not trying to be one of the government's mistakes.' However, Martinez-Gomez was not the only lawyer to receive the alarming letter that day. Carmen Bello, 43, was one of two lawyers in Boston to discuss receiving the email on that April morning after it ordered her to 'depart the United States immediately.' The letters they were sent came from the Department of Homeland Security, informing them that their 'parole' was terminated. Bello, however, became a US citizen in 2007 and has been practicing immigration law for 14 years, the Boston Globe reported. The letter threatened that she would be subject to criminal prosecution, civil fines and penalties if she didn't leave 'immediately.' She was also informed that her parole, and any work authorization as a consequence, would terminate in seven days. 'You are currently here because the Department of Homeland Security parole you into the United States for a limited period,' the letter, sent at 2:05 am, said, according to the Globe. 'DHS encourages you to leave immediately on your own. You can use the CBP Home mobile app on your phone to make arrangements for your departure,' the letter continued. Bello told she initially assumed the email was intended for one of her clients, but it included no case information or inclusion of her name. She said she 'realized the email was sent in error and was likely connected to a client's application for humanitarian parole.' 'Unfortunately, this type of mistaken notification is not uncommon and has been received by numerous individuals who have been paroled by the Department of Homeland Security,' Bello added. She strongly encouraged anyone who did receive the 'alarming' email to seek legal advice before taking any action. American citizen Nicole Micheroni was equally stunned when she opened the letter from the Department of Homeland Security on Friday morning. The Newton-born attorney initially assumed the email titled; 'Notification of Termination of Parole' was for one of her clients. 'Do not attempt to remain in the United States — the federal government will find you.' 'It took me a couple of minutes to realize it was sent to me, instead of someone I represent,' Micheroni said. The DHS has since confirmed the email was sent in error. 'I never took DHS's scary-sounding notice that I had 7 days to leave the country too seriously, because it was obviously some kind of mistake,' Micheroni added. 'But what about the people the emails were actually aimed at?' The email was one of many sent as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation plans, according to Sarah Sherman-Stokes, associate director of the Immigrants' Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic at Boston University School of Law. She said the letters were predominantly sent to asylum seekers who were using the Biden-era CPB one app, which allowed them to schedule hearings and appointments. President Trump immediately axed the program upon taking office, leaving thousands of people scrambling for legal ways to pursue their asylum claims. The DHS has since said that more emails may have been incorrectly sent to US citizens if their details were used on CPB one applications. '[Customs and Border Protection] is monitoring communications and will address any issues on a case-by-case basis,' the statement said. But Micheroni said she is still perplexed over how she ended up receiving the email. 'The system doesn't let you include an attorney's contact info, so we still have no idea how I ended up on the list,' she added. 'CBP One was converted to "CBP Home," an app that "helps" immigrants "self-deport". 'Revocation of parole isn't the same as a deportation order, and this email does not initiate deportation proceedings. Anyone who has received this may still have options and should talk to an immigration lawyer now.' As part of the migration crackdown, the Trump administration had sought to deport hundreds of thousands of people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela by ending legal humanitarian protections granted under Biden. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said more than 500,000 people from the four countries would be given until April 24 to leave. However, the initiative suffered a setback earlier this month after a judge blocked the order. During a hearing, US District Judge Indira Talwani repeatedly questioned the government's assertion that it could end humanitarian parole for the four nationalities. She argued that immigrants in the program who are here legally now face an option of 'fleeing the country' or staying and 'risk losing everything.' 'The nub of the problem here is that the secretary, in cutting short the parole period afforded to these individuals, has to have a reasoned decision,' Talwani said, adding that the explanation for ending the program was 'based on an incorrect reading of the law.' 'There was a deal and now that deal has been undercut,' she said later in the hearing. DHS previously stated that the recent deportation push does not extend to Ukrainian and Afghan war refugees who have been granted a temporary special status.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Yahoo
Marysville Non-Profits Hold Another Donation Drive for Fallen Officers' Family
Marysville nonprofits held a 'spaghetti feed' with proceeds going to Back-the-Badge Yuba and Sutter County to support the family of fallen Police Officer Osmar Rodarte. Those in attendance told Fox40 that there was no question that the community would do all they could to help. 'We need this as a people, a society, to come together to support those that are defending us and protecting us, and that's what being a community is all about,' Rigo Diaz, General Manager of Recology, Yuba-Sutter County, said. 'And the community of Yuba-Sutter, this is what we do.' 'I love this community, and I respect the police department and what they do for the community, and this was unexpected,' Joginder Sekhon, a Marysville resident, tells Fox40. 'It has affected the whole community, everybody's upset about it. I feel like crying right now.' Man nearly escapes garbage truck after being thrown in while sleeping Marysville Chief of Police Christian Sachs says he wasn't at all surprised at the colossal support the agency has received. 'Here, the Yuba-Sutter community is just second to none,' Chief Sachs tells Fox40. 'I mean, besides the fundraisers like every other day, to them stopping in to sit and check on us, walking down the street, stopping to give everybody a hug, it just warms your heart.' Some residents were so eager to support this cause that some showed up hours early, others, right on time. 'I really respect that everybody that lends a helping hand,' Roleane Helder, a Marysville resident, tells Fox40 while waiting for her spaghetti. 'We just are heartbroken about this wonderful young man,' Jean Younggren, another Marysville resident waiting for her Spaghetti, says. 'His family is without his income now, and he can't possibly have had a pension. So, you know, we just need to come together and help them out. So, yeah, it's just what small towns do.' The organizers hope that the proceeds can take some of the financial pressure off Officer Rodarte's family. 'There's nothing worse for these children that already lost their dad than to watch their mom have to go through this, and if we can relieve just a little bit of stress off her, just a little bit, you know, then we've done our job,' Angie Gates, Co-Founder of SoYouCan, who helped organize the event tells us. If you weren't able to make it to Friday's event, you can check out Back The Badge Yuba-Sutter County to offer any support you can. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
California Lawmakers, Community Leaders and Law Enforcement Reflect on 100 Days of Prop 36
( — State and local elected officials, law enforcement and community leaders came together to celebrate the first 100 days of Prop 36 and discuss their continued efforts to bring the Golden State back into a golden era with fewer crimes and better drug addiction treatment. The proposition, which was overwhelmingly approved by California voters, allows for felony charges and increased sentences for possessing certain drugs and theft under $950, if the defendant has two prior drug or theft convictions. '[It's been] 100 days since the people gave us more tools to combat retail effect and 100 days to help us bring mass treatment instead of mass incarceration to those that are suffering in the throes of addiction,' Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho said. The Sacramento County DA said they're prosecuting 12 people who knowingly sold fentanyl on murder charges. But their quest for better public safety is far from over. Those who spoke said several other important variables are still needed to carry out the law in the way it was intended, and they believe those missing elements can be addressed in two new pieces of legislation. 'One piece of legislation considering Prop 36 is in connection with the drug court-drug treatment aspect, and what it says is, look at every drug treatment court in California needs to employ best practices,' California State Senator Tom Umberg (D)- Santa Ana, tells Fox40. 'We want to do the best and most effective job we can.' The second bill would provide additional funding to sustain successful treatment programs. Without it, they said, people will continue to die. 'We're championing a budget request for $250 million as an investment because, in terms of long-term public safety, there is probably nothing more important, nothing more effective than drug treatment,' Sen. Umberg (D)-Santa Ana, continues. Fox40 asked the Sacramento County District Attorney if he believes putting $250 million towards this effort was the best use of funds rather than using that funding to stop the ultimate issue of drugs continuing to enter our communities in the first place. 'We have educational programs that we're getting to use on the prevention and intervention side, but we also need accountability to go after the peddlers of death, the peddlers of poison, and hold them accountable,' DA Ho told Fox40. 'But then we need treatment to get people off the drugs and off the streets, it's really a multi-front attack when it comes to public safety.' No one knows this issue better than Tom Wolf, Director of West Coast Initiatives at the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions. Wolf was formerly homeless and in recovery from heroin and fentanyl addiction. He now supports prop 36. 'It's more cruel to leave someone on the street alone with their fentanyl or meth addiction than to hold them accountable and give them a pathway to turn their lives around,' Wolf said. Those who spoke concluded that our elected officials owe it to all Californians to pass these next two pieces of legislation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Safe Schools and Places of Worship Act Passes CA Senate Public Safety Committee
( — A proposed change to state law could add more consequences for those who make threats against certain institutions. Under current law, it is a crime to make violent threats against a specific person at a school or house of worship. Senate Bill 19 has just passed the California Senate Public Safety Committee and would broaden the law to make it illegal to threaten violence toward the institution itself. 'California is falling short in tackling this issue and protecting schools and those institutions that worship from criminal threats,' said Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), the author of the Senate Bill. These threats often cause schools to go on lockdown and can lead to a large and expensive law enforcement response, causing major disruptions. The Safe Schools and Places of Worship Act aims to ensure that those who make these threats face the consequences. Several organizations support the Senate Bill, including the California District Attorneys' Association. 'Someone, for example, could threaten to shoot up this building, and without a specific person targeted or identified, I could not prosecute that,' California District Attorneys' Association Representative Rochelle Beardsley said in the hearing. Several schools in our area, including those in Elk Grove, Marysville, and Mountain House, were recently threatened. In a statement to Fox40, Marysville Acting Superintendent Jordan Reeves said in part, 'I wholeheartedly support legislation that will bolster school safety and enhance measures to keep our school communities safe.' San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow said the Mountain House bomb threat was a logistical nightmare for all involved. 'Even if there is no real threat of you showing up to kill somebody and you just think it's a joke, no no, no. There is a tremendous number of resources and trauma that happens because of this,' said the Sheriff tells Fox40. Sheriff Withrow classifies these threats as terrorism and believes any extra steps we can take to hold people more accountable is a step in the right direction. Marc Levine is a former California State Assemblymember, representative of the Anti-Defamation League and global leader in combatting antisemitism and extremist hate, spoke with Fox40 about this Legislation. 'If we look merely at bomb threats to synagogues and K-12 schools in the state of California, we saw about 96 of these threats,' Levine said. 'In 2023 and 2024 that number climbed to 204, a 113% increase year over year, so it's skyrocketed.' Levine adds that it's important that all Californians take any necessary action to stand against hate and hate-based threats. However, several organizations vehemently oppose the Senate Bill. Some cited concerns about the growing number of incarcerated individuals, including those struggling with mental health. 'It will target black and brown students the most,' a gentleman in attendance stated at the hearing. 'Schools are underfunded, mental health resources are stretched thin, and youth programs struggle for support instead of spending money locking up kids for things that can be resolved without police intervention. The California Department of Education told Fox40 they are still looking into this Senate Bill before they can provide comment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
