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Want a Bob Ross painting? Do you have $10M?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

By AJ Willingham | CNNIt’s hard to quantify the value of painter and all-around cultural icon Bob Ross, but $9.85 million is a good start.The very first on-air painting from the very first episode of Ross’ beloved series “The Joy of Painting” is looking for a new owner after being kept safe for decades by one of the show’s early volunteers.“A Walk in the Woods” was painted live on-air in January of 1983, and typifies everything the public came to love about Ross and his art-positive mission. It depicts a placid woodland scene in shades of gold and blue, painted with Ross’ preferred “wet on wet” technique, with deceptively complex-looking brushstrokes and, of course, an abundance of happy little trees. In the lower lefthand corner, Ross’ signature stands out in red.The work was acquired by Minneapolis-based art gallery Modern Artifact earlier this year. Before that, it was owned by a one-time volunteer at the Falls Church, Virginia PBS station where the first season of “The Joy of Pa...

Hours after arrest on misdemeanor charge, Oakland man allegedly kills cellmate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

DUBLIN — Just 17 hours after being booked into Santa Rita Jail for a misdemeanor vandalism arrest, an Oakland man allegedly killed his cellmate, police say.Bryson Levy, 33, killed Yuri Brand, 39, of El Cerrito, inside the jail cell they shared, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Police have not released the suspected motive, nor a cause of death.Brand had only been in the jail a few days when he was killed. He was charged on Sept. 11 with breaking into a Piedmont home, spending two days there and consuming $1,000 worth of food and beverages, KTVU reported.Brand’s family told KTVU that he had schizophrenia after suffering a head injury.The circumstances of Levy’s underlying arrest weren’t immediately available. Police say they’re turning over the case to the Alameda District Attorney with a request he be charged with murder.Levy remains in the jail on a no-bail hold, records show.

Thao will take over search for new Oakland police chief if commission fails to deliver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

(KRON) -- Former Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong was fired in February. Seven months later, the department is still without a police chief. The department's police commission is in charge of the search for a new chief. However, if the process continues to drag on, the mayor will step in to expedite it, she told KRON4 on Thursday.If she finds it necessary, Mayor Sheng Thao will call for a state of emergency in order to hire a police chief. Thao set a deadline for three candidates' names to be sent to her office by the end of the year. Oakland Police Commission slams Mayor Thao over police chief hiring process "If (the police commission) does not do this by the end of the year, I will call for a state of emergency so that I can go actually hire a police chief myself," Thao told KRON4's Stephanie Lin. (Watch the full interview in the player above.)Despite not having a police chief, Thao said the city received $1.2 million from the state for the 300 cameras to suppo...

Dogs from Oakland's 'Warriors House' in need of new home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

(KRON) -- The man who lived in the famous "Warriors House" in West Oakland died a couple of weeks ago, and his dogs Rambo and Baby Miracle are in need of a new home, according to Oakland Animal Services. The dogs were brought into the care of animal services. "He spent a ton of time with them and loved them so much," OAS shelter director Ann Dunn said of Lloyd Canamore, who lived in the house and owned the dogs. "Obviously we can't replace him, but we're looking for somebody that has a calm environment, that has a decent amount of time to spend with them, and more than anything will appreciate the trauma that they've been through in losing such an important part of their lives." WATCH: Dolphins swim through bioluminescent waters off California Rambo is about 10 years old. He is a male dog that weighs about 50 pounds. Baby Miracle is a 6-year-old female that weighs about 62 pounds. Dunn said they have been distressed since arriving at the shelter. She says they need normalcy, the c...

Hundreds of Google employees laid off: NYT

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

(KRON) -- Some Google employees were notified Wednesday that their job was on the chopping block as the tech giant conducted another round of layoffs, according to The New York Times. Hundreds of employees impacted by the latest layoff worked as recruiters for the company, the Times said.The layoffs were announced at a "last minute" meeting, and laid-off employees were told to go home if they were working in the office, according to an internal Google messaging board viewed by the Times. Google is headquartered in Mountain View. At the beginning of 2023, Google's parent company, Alphabet, slashed 12,000 jobs equating to 6 percent of its workforce. During the January cuts, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote that Google was "bound to go through difficult economic cycles. These are important moments to sharpen our focus, reengineer our cost base, and direct our talent and capital to our highest priorities."

As captured fugitive resumes sentence in the US, homicide in his native Brazil remains unsolved

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When the Brazilian prosecutor in charge of a homicide case targeting Danilo Cavalcante saw footage of the 34 year-old crab-walk out of a U.S. prison last month, he thought the fugitive might try to head home, where he stood to receive a considerably lighter sentence.Cavalcante fled Brazil in 2018, several months after allegedly shooting a man whose family members said owed him money. Today, Cavalcante faces life in a U.S. cell for the brutal killing of his girlfriend.“I thought he wanted to escape to Brazil,” Tocantins state prosecutor Rafael Pinto Alamy told The Associated Press on Thursday. “He would have to comply with the prison rules here, which are much more lenient.”A court hearing in Cavalcante’s Brazilian homicide case has been set for Oct. 11. The case is expected to go to a jury, probably next year, Alamy and Cavalcante’s lawyer told the AP.Brazil does not deliver life sentences. Even had Cavalcante been sentenced to the maximum 30 years, Alamy...

Western Loudoun Co. residents fight lights for new cricket fields in effort to stay rural

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

Western Loudon County is an area of Virginia that is rural, and residents and preservationists are working to keep it that way.Along a dusty dirt road off Route 50 sits Mickie Gordon Park. Before you get to the park, there are signs lining the road, reading: “Save Mickie Gordon Park.”The people behind the signs want the county’s parks and recreation department to reconsider a proposal to build 18, 100-foot tall lights in the park.A group of residents near Mickie Gordon Park oppose a plan to install new lights in the park because it takes away from the area’s small-town feel. (WTOP/Heather Gustafson)The lights would be installed for three new cricket fields. Cricket is a sport that requires a field two to three times the size of a baseball field.People who live close to the park said the current stadium lights can be seen for miles.“Like this alien spaceship landing in a farm,” said Middleburg resident David Blanchard.“It’s just really,...

Report: Where Loudoun Co. schools fell short in handling of sexual assaults by same student

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia took an “overly narrow view” of its Title IX responsibilities, according to the findings of a review of how the school system handled two in-school sexual assaults by the same student in 2021.A judge ruled that the report was to be made public Thursday, even after the school system argued it was covered under attorney-client privilege and should not be shared with the public.After the first sexual assault at Stone Bridge High School on May 28, 2021, the school system shouldn’t have delayed its Title IX complaint investigation, despite the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office suggesting it do so, the report said.The school system, according to the report, believed an agreement with law enforcement prevented it from launching its own investigation into the Stone Bridge sexual assault while the Sheriff’s Office looked into the case.Loudoun County schools, according to the report, also should have conducted a threat assessment...

Imágenes satelitales muestran el antes y el después de las mortales inundaciones en Libia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

(CNN) — Más de 5.000 personas murieron por las inundaciones catastróficas en el este de Libia, según funcionarios gubernamentales y de hospitales, luego de que las fuertes lluvias que dejó la tormenta Daniel inundaran la región costera del país. Se cree que unas 10.000 personas están desaparecidas, según la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja.Las extensas inundaciones en la ciudad nororiental de Derna, muy afectada, llevaron a que barrios enteros fueran “arrastrados hacia el mar”, según un portavoz del Ejército Nacional de Libia. Más de 30.000 personas fueron desplazadas por las inundaciones en Derna, dijo este miércoles la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones de las Naciones Unidas.Una toma general de Derna.La represa inferior rota.Una toma de las calles inundadas y de los edificios residenciales.Una carretera costera arrasada por las inundaciones.Una carretera en la costa de Derna.The-CNN-Wire™ & &co...

Brandon Hunter, former Ohio U star who played 2 years in NBA, dies at 42

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:36 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Hunter, who played two NBA seasons after starring in college at Ohio University, has died. He was 42.The Orlando Magic, for whom Hunter played in 2004-05, announced his death in a statement, as did the university. Hunter played the previous season for the Boston Celtics, who drafted him in 2003. He played overseas after his time in the NBA.Hunter’s mother-in-law, Carolyn Cliett, told NBC News that he died Tuesday after collapsing during a hot yoga workout in Orlando.“It was hot yoga, and he did it regularly,” she said. “He was in good shape as far as we know. We’re just shocked.”A Cincinnati native, the 6-foot-7 Hunter was a three-time first-team All-MAC selection at Ohio and the school’s all-time leading rebounder.“We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Brandon Hunter,” Ohio coach Jeff Boals said in a statement. “Brandon was a phenomenal player at Ohio who went on to have a great pro career. He was up on campus last year, with his ...