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California mail carrier fights back after getting sucker punched, video shows
A mail carrier in Southern California was seen on video fighting back against a man who viciously attacked him in what appeared to be an unprovoked assault, according to a local report.
The mail carrier, who has not been identified publicly, is seen walking down the driveway of a home in Gardena as a man waits for him near the street, according to home surveillance video obtained by FOX11 Los Angeles.
The unidentified man approaches the mail carrier and makes comments as the victim tries to walk past him on his route, the video shows. The man also fakes throwing a punch at the mail carrier as he walks by.
When the mail carrier turns his back and continues to walk away, video shows the man following him and punching him in the back of the head. The hit causes the mail carrier to drop an armful of mail onto the street.
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The unidentified man is seen body-slamming the mail carrier to the ground. (Fox News )
The mail carrier is seen attempting to fight back against the man, who repeatedly punches the mail carrier in the head before slamming him to the ground.
The unidentified man is seen repeatedly punching the mail carrier. (Fox News)
It was unclear what injuries the mail carrier sustained, if any, during the incident.
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The man struck the mail carrier in the back of the head, causing him to drop mail onto the street, the video shows. (Fox News)
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to the station that it is investigating the alleged assault. No details about a suspect were immediately provided.
Assaulting a mail carrier can be prosecuted as a federal crime and lead to a 10-year sentence for the first offense, while repeat offenders can face up to 25 years behind bars.
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On Saturday, a USPS carrier in Warren, Ohio, was shot and killed, prompting officials to offer a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible.
Meanwhile, postal workers in Dallas have experienced an uptick in armed robberies and assaults, prompting a federal investigation.
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Arizona man convicted for role in bringing cocaine to Cincinnati, other US locations for over 5 years
CINCINNATI — An Arizona man has been found guilty of supplying dozens of kilograms of cocaine to multiple U.S. locations, including Cincinnati, bi-weekly for more than five years.
Tucson resident Cesar Cervantes, 52, was convicted of participating in drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies in a jury trial after the government seized more than 160 kilograms of cocaine, three kilograms of fentanyl and $1.4 million in cash from him.
According to court documents, Cervantes would use a network to deliver drugs that originated in Mexico to multiple locations across the country, including designated couriers in Cincinnati, between at least July 2018 and August 2023. Officials said he would supply between 25 and 50 kilograms biweekly to his coconspirators.
Cervantes would then use money launderers to funnel money back to Mexico. In one instance, court documents said he had coconspirators deliver around $300,000 to two separate money launderers — one based in China and another in Colombia.
The jury found Cervantes guilty on all counts for his role in the conspiracies following a trial before U.S. District Judge Matthew W. McFarland in the Southern District of Ohio. He faces at least 10 years and up to life in prison.
The IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could deliver billions of dollars to California’s coffers.
We’ve seen this movie before.
In 2022, California recorded a nearly $100 billion surplus, saved just $10 billion in its rainy day fund and then spent the rest. Two years later, a $56 billion deficit loomed.
Now, with the state facing ongoing operating deficits of more than $10 billion, we’re back in familiar territory.
The coming IPO windfall is a rare second chance. But we’ll only benefit from it if we first fix the structural flaw that’s caused us to squander every previous boom — a budget reserve that isn’t built to hold what we put in it.
The stakes this time are higher than ever. The war in Iran raised recession risk, and the federal government is systematically dismantling the funding streams California has depended on for decades.
When Washington retreats, Sacramento has to choose: cut services, raise taxes or have enough saved to bridge the gap. Right now, we don’t have enough saved.
We’re not outside observers wringing our hands. We helped shape the fiscal architecture the state is now straining against, and we’re here to say: It needs to be rebuilt.
As California state controller, one of us campaigned alongside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pass Proposition 58 in 2004 — creating California’s first Budget Stabilization Account. The other authored the Assembly Constitutional Amendment that became Proposition 2 in 2014 — the stronger, harder-to-raid replacement that voters approved with 69% support.
California’s tax system is the envy of progressive states and the nightmare of budget directors. We tax the wealthy at high rates, capture enormous capital gains revenue in boom years and then discover — every single time — that the peak doesn’t last.
If California treats the IPO windfall from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI as permanent revenue, our state would repeat exactly the mistake we made four years ago.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember Avelino Valencia have each proposed important reforms to strengthen the fund. First, they call for requiring the state to make deposits until the fund reaches 20% of the general fund total, rather than the current 10%. Second, they propose changing an arcane accounting rule that treats saving for future downturns as spending.
We see one additional opportunity to make the rainy day fund even stronger.
If we want a larger budget reserve, we have to do more than merely allow it — we need to require it. Proposition 58 taught us everything we need to know on this front: Between 2004 and 2014, with that proposition fund in place, only two deposits were made. If we want consistent deposits during the boom times, they can’t be optional.
These reforms should be a win-win for the California Legislature. A larger reserve is the most durable protection that public sector workers, social service recipients and education advocates have against the kind of emergency cuts that have repeatedly gutted programs during downturns.
It’s also the strongest argument against tax increases in a recession because you don’t need to raise taxes if you actually save during the booms.
Building a stronger rainy day fund isn’t the cautious choice. It’s the visionary one — the closest thing we have to investing in the next generation of Californians.
We built the last rainy day fund because we’d lived through the consequences of not having one. We’re making the same argument again, for the same reason except now the stakes are higher. This time, the federal backstop is weaker, and the next storm is closer than it looks.
Fix the fund this year. The next generation of Californians will thank us for it.
Mike Gatto served in the state Assembly between 2010 and 2016, and he authored the measure that created California’s current rainy day fund. Steve Westly served as state controller between 2003 and 2007, and he co-championed Proposition 58, California’s original rainy day fund. Westly chairs the 21st Century Alliance, a nonpartisan organization focused on solutions to the state’s most pressing challenges.
It’s game over for Colorado’s first arcade-bar as The 1up LoDo pulls the plug on its pinball machines and video game cabinets for the last time.
The spot, which billed itself as the first of its kind in the state, ceased operations on Monday, June 22, in anticipation of a 13,000-square-foot 1up location opening in Lakewood’s Belmar development.
“Our new home will occupy the former Lucky Strike space, at 415 Teller St. in Lakewood, and preserve much of the underground atmosphere that made the original LoDo location so memorable,” the owners wrote on Facebook on Monday. “It will be the largest 1up Arcade Bar we have ever built and will feature our most extensive collection of arcade games, pinball machines, redemption games, and attractions to date.”
The company decided to close the LoDo location at 1926 Blake St. in Denver, due to “the combination of changing conditions in downtown Denver and the increasing financial pressures facing the hospitality industry made it clear that it was time for the next chapter,” they wrote.
The original 1up opened on March 23, 2011, as the first full-service bar with a large collection of vintage video game cabinets, pinball machines, modest Skee-Ball lanes, and oversized Jenga blocks. A popular stop-off before and after Rockies games, concerts and downtown festivals, its subterranean lair became a reliable draw in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by TV-plastered sports bars and trendy, short-lived nightclubs.
“Today, gaming has become a major part of the hospitality landscape, and while the industry has evolved in countless ways, we are incredibly proud to have helped pioneer that movement here in Colorado,” owners wrote. “While our original location has closed, The 1up Arcade Bar is not going away. Our Colfax, Greenwood Village, and Westminster locations remain open and will continue serving the communities that have supported them for years.”
The closure hits just as two other LoDo businesses shutter, including the Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery on 16th and Curtis streets, and Church and Union on 17th Street, one of four restaurants from Jamie Lynch of “Top Chef” fame.
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