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An April shooting incident in Woodland led to the arrest of a local man on multiple weapons charges…

West Sacramento shooting victim ID’d Shares The victim of a fatal shooting last week in West Sacramento has been identified as Brenda Jimenez, 22. Jimenez, a West Sacramento resident, died of a gunshot she sustained to her right arm during a Thursday-morning incident that also involved a pair of vehicle crashes, Yolo County Chief Deputy Coroner Gina Moya said Monday. West Sacramento police reported Thursday that residents of the 600-block of Cummins Way, in the city’s Broderick neighborhood...

Are Westpac’s Chinese walls too flimsy for a solid defence? The bank’s defence of the regulator’s blockbuster insider trading case will likely succeed or fail on the strength of its internal information barriers. May 11, 2021 – 4.27pm Save Share It is said you can see the Great Wall of China from space, such is its scale and solidity. But could you say anything similar about Westpac’s Chinese wall? It’s one question that will be bouncing around the heads of Westpac...

County ready to administer Pfizer vaccine to ages 12-15 as soon as this week 3 minute read This screenshot shows vaccine numbers by Yolo County’s cities during county spokeswoman Jenny Tan’s COVID video update on Monday morning. Courtesy image Support Local Journalism Yolo County adolescents between 12 and 15 could begin receiving the Pfizer vaccine as soon as Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the emergency-use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to ev...

Mortgage Business Westpac taken to court over insider trading By Malavika Santhebennur 07 May 2021 ASIC has begun proceedings against the major bank for insider trading and breaches of its licensee obligations during the privatisation of Ausgrid. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced civil proceedings in the ...

Who knew what (and when) at Westpac? By Lachlan Maddock 05 May 2021 A potentially bloody legal stoush looms as ASIC looks to prove that Westpac had the inside run on the $12 billion interest rate swap that’s landed it in hot water.  Just a week ago, Westpac chief executive Peter King hailed a new era of success for the bank, which had finally put the messy AUSTRAC matter behind it after paying out more than a billion dollars...

Allegations shine a light on debt markets The insider trading scandal facing Westpac couldn’t come at a worse time. But it looms as a complex test of how the complex, hidden world of debt markets and derivatives operates.  Updated Save Share When Westpac chief executive Peter King announced his grand cost-cutting plan on Monday, he made it clear that a key motivation was to end the bank’s run of ugly surprises from the past. The royal commission remediation, the AUSTRAC scandal th...

Suspect Flees To Canada After Fatal Hit-and-Run   LUBBOCK, TX – A 29-year-old Shallowater man has been indicted and charged in connection to a fatal hit-and-run. According to law enforcement, Benjamin Mitchell was traveling in a Buick Lacrosse 4600 block of Avenue Q. An officer who was traveling in the opposite direction on Ave Q observed Mitchell driving at a high rate of speed. Before he could turn around and conduct a traffic stop, the officer heard tires screeching and the impact of the...

Prosecutors want juries to hear all crimes of accused Seminole Heights serial killer during each trial Gloria Gomez reports TAMPA, Fla. - The last time accused serial killer Howell "Trae" Donaldson was in court in October, he was in court wearing a face mask and getting a big win in court.  But now prosecutors trying to find a way around that ruling and still get what they want.  Prosecutors just filed a new motion asking the judge to allow Donaldsons prior bad acts and crimes in each trial, ...

>> reporter: but tonight, police dont know why donaldson, who graduated in january from new yorks st. johns university, where he was a walk-on basketball player, would allegedly kill four people at random over five weeks. all walking alone in the dark of night within blocks of each other. investigators say donaldson is the same man spotted on multiple cameras near the scene where the first victim, benjamin mitchell, was gunned down. his gun bought legally days before. this community has lived fo...