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Man Killed in Pedestrian Collision on East Main Street [El Cajon, CA]

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

Male Pedestrian Pronounced Dead after Fatal Collision near North 2nd StreetEL CAJON, CA (May 19, 2023) – Late Saturday night, one man was pronounced dead after a pedestrian collision on East Main Street.Police responded to the scene around 11:00 p.m., near North 2nd Street on May 13th.Officers say they received reports about a man in his 70s or 80s that was struck by a vehicle.Due to the extent of injuries sustained, medics pronounced the male pedestrian dead at the scene. Although, authorities have not yet released his name or place of residency.Meanwhile, the driver that struck the man stayed at the scene and was cooperating with authorities.Following preliminary duties, alcohol or drugs were ruled out as a potential factor. Anyone with information about the crash is urged to call the El Cajon Police Department at (619) 579-3311. Once available, further details will be provided.The team at Sweet James offers their warm and sincerest sympathies to the friends and family of th...

Revolutionizing How to Directly Capture Product Sales Data Using Mobi Software

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

In an era where real-time data capture is no longer a luxury but a necessity, MFMsoft has launched an AI-driven software named “Mobi” that is set to transform the Consumer Product Industry. Mobi launched with one of the Coca-Cola Bottlers on October 24, 2022. Mobi is designed to effectively capture product sales data from customers’ systems, empowering businesses with access to real-time, and delivering invaluable insights.Reyes Coca-Cola, a global beverage behemoth, initiated this collaboration with MFMsoft in January 2021 which evolved into Mobi. MFMsoft’s primary objective (and challenge) was to develop software capable of capturing sales data without disrupting its customers’ digital environment. MFMsoft achieved this and more with Mobi. Unexpectedly, MFMsoft discovered an additional capability which enables consumer product companies to control product presence on customer online menus.Prior to Mobi’s inception, consumer product companies lacked a digital solu...

Peter Heaton Killed in Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident on Palm Drive [Desert Hot Springs, CA]

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

86-Year-Old Pedestrian Pronounced Dead after Fatal Collision near Hacienda AvenueDESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA (May 19, 2023) – Saturday afternoon, Peter Heaton was killed in a hit-and-run pedestrian accident on Palm Drive.Police arrived to the scene around 12:30 p.m., near Hacienda Avenue on May 13th.According to reports, 86-year-old Heaton was standing near a bus stop when Kristiana Raylene Saiz veered onto the sidewalk and struck him. Upon impact, Saiz fled the scene without rendering aid or contacting authorities.Despite life-saving efforts, medics later pronounced 86-year-old Heaton, of Desert Hot Springs dead at the scene.Following preliminary duties, officers located and arrested 33-year-old Saiz for hit-and-run causing death. At this time, the crash is still under investigation and any witnesses are encouraged to contact local authorities as soon as possible.No words can mend the broken hearts and sorrow felt during this delicate moment. Deepest condolences are with the famil...

Beyond Traditional Work Practices – Hounder Digital Design and Development Is Changing the Tech Space

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

Technology is ever evolving – with each passing day, new developments impact the progress of tech companies’ operations. This expansion calls for the implementation of the latest strategies. In this regard, Joshua Northcott and his team at Hounder offer desired results with a non-traditional approach, ready to cater to the client with efficient and budget-friendly solutions.Hounder was co-established by Northcott and his partner Justin Hough as a way to revolutionize the software services industry. As seasoned veterans in this field, Northcott and Hough felt the absence of client-oriented service – they noticed that some of the biggest partnering agencies often failed to provide results, causing a major loss to clients. Cost-friendly, quality projects were not delivered on time. These issues especially took a severe turn for small startups with limited budgets and resources to tackle such projects.Being in the industry for more than a decade, Northcott’s expert eye was able to detec...

Children’s Author Todd Strauss-Schulson’s Revelation: “Your Mind Makes Thoughts Like Your Butt Makes Farts”

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

From anxious kid to Hollywood director, Todd Strauss-Schulson had to learn mindfulness to work through all his anxious thoughts. His debut children’s book may be gross, but it’s a lesson in mindfulness for kids and parents alike. Anxiety, sorrow, fear – it’s not just the adult brain that has to go toe-to-toe with unpleasant thoughts sometimes. The kid brain is just as susceptible to the feelings, emotions, and thoughts that pop up through the day.It could be an anxiousness about fitting in at recess. It could be the sorrow of an early experience of loss. Maybe, it’s even the fear of the monster hiding under the bed. Kids have a lot to cope with between the ears – how about we start teaching them about mindfulness?But what is the best way to teach children about mindfulness and how to relate to their thoughts? That’s the riddle being solved by author Todd Strauss-Schulson.You probably know him as the Hollywood director behind A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, The Final Girls (the ...

Letters: Homeless help | Misdirected outrage | Cancer screening

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.S.J. must help homelessget back on their feetAs some who has lived in downtown San Jose for more than 10 years, homelessness was always something normal to me. Not until I was around 14 did I realize that it was an actual problem.In 2023, a survey was done determining that San Jose is the leading city for homeless people in the South Bay. San Jose has 85 people living on the streets for every 100,000 people.If San Jose was able to create more housing for the homeless then rates could be cut down by a third, leaving more people to be able to worry less about housing and more about taking the next step in life and getting back on their feet.Melissa GutierrezSan JoseWill’s outrage should bedirected at abortion caseRe: “State pork ruling invites interstate economic war” (Page A7, May 18).George Will’s paroxysms over the Supreme Court’s decision to not hear a case that challenged California’...

San Jose community says goodbye to late Bishop Patrick J. McGrath

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

Scores of clergy joined family and community members at a funeral Mass on Friday for the Rev. Patrick J. McGrath, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of San Jose who died May 7 at age 77.Bishop Oscar Cantú, McGrath’s successor, presided over the service at St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica in downtown San Jose. McGrath’s brother, Tom, was along with nephews, nieces and extended family members. Dignitaries in attendance included Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, as well as several interfaith leaders who knew McGrath.A portrait of Patrick J. McGrath, retired bishop of the Diocese of San Jose, is displayed during his funeral Mass, on May 19, 2023, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) McGrath, known as “Bishop PJ” to many, was born in Ireland and came to the Bay Area in the 1970s to serve in the Archdiocese ...

Moscow bans 500 Americans from entering the country

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

By Johnny Hallam and Tara John | CNNFormer United States President Barack Obama, late night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN’s Erin Burnett are some of the “500 Americans” Russia has banned from entering the country.Russia on Friday announced it was banning “500 Americans,” many prominent figures of US executive power, from entering the country “in a response to the regularly anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Joe Biden administration,” according to a statement from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The list includes Obama, former US Ambassador Jon Huntsman, several US senators and the next expected chairman of the joint chiefs Charles Q. Brown Jr.The rambling list of names also includes American late night TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Colbert, and Seth Meyers.The statement also said: “The attached ‘list-500’ also includes those in government and law enforcement agencies who are directly involved in the persecution of dissidents in the wake of the so-called Storming the Capi...

Oakland: Man charged in fatal baseball-bat beating of unhoused victim

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

OAKLAND — A man has been charged with murder in the fatal baseball bat beating of an unhoused man who was apparently attacked while he was sleeping in a Chinatown doorway, according to authorities and court records.The suspect, Reddick Mickle Jr., 46, of San Francisco, is on federal probation for a 2008 federal court drug conviction in Iowa, according to court records.He was charged Thursday in the April 26 killing of 69-year-old Ronard Spann. Spann, who authorities said was unhoused, was found about 7:33 a.m. bludgeoned to death in the doorway to a vacant business in the 300 block of Tenth Street. where it appeared he had been sleeping.Surveillance video recovered in the area showed Spann was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat, authorities said.Investigators were eventually able to identify Mickle as the suspect with the help of his former and current probation officers, the documents say.Investigators said Mickle did not know Spann and that the motive for the deadly attack...

Mt. Diablo's north entrance closed until September for storm repair

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:33 GMT

(BCN) -- State park officials said Wednesday that Mount Diablo's North Gate Road will be closed from Friday through mid-September to rebuild and stabilize a section of road damaged by storms this winter. The road will close to pedestrians, vehicles, equestrians and bicyclists. Visitors will still be able to access the summit and developed areas of the park from the South Gate entrance (2675 Mt. Diablo Scenic Blvd. in Blackhawk) on the Danville side of the mountain. For updates on the progress of the project, visit Mount Diablo's Facebook page.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.