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A teenage student was arrested Wednesday afternoon at Pleasant Valley High School in Brodheadsville after he posted a threat on internet social media, police said.The threat was reported 12:54 p.m., state police at Fern Ridge said. School police officers immediately identified the author and detained him, police said.Trooper Chris Tomlinson said the boy has been charged with making terroristic threats. Police were not specific about what was in the threatening message that led to the arrest.Pleasant Valley High School classes and sports activities carried on as usual. The school on Route 209 has about 1,800 [email protected] … [Read more...] about Pleasant Valley High School student arrested after threat is posted online

By Kevin Modesti | [email protected] | Daily NewsPUBLISHED: April 3, 2018 at 8:30 pm | UPDATED: April 4, 2018 at 10:21 pm Democrat Luz Rivas finished first by a wide margin Tuesday and moved on to a runoff against Republican Ricardo Benitez in a special election to replace Raul Bocanegra representing the northeast San Fernando Valley in the California Assembly. With all precincts reporting, Rivas had 41.9 percent of the votes, Benitez 22 percent. Democrat Antonio Sanchez was third with 18.7 percent, Democrat Patty Lopez fourth with 9.9 percent. Five Democrats and one Republican were running in Assembly District 39, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 52.6 percent to 14.8 percent (with 27.6 percent declaring no party preference) in the latest voter-registration statistics. RELATED:  Find election results for all LA County special elections Under special-election rules, any candidate getting more than 50 percent Tuesday would have been the winner and begun serving a … [Read more...] about Election results: Rivas, Benitez go to runoff for Assembly in northeast San Fernando Valley

By Kevin Modesti | [email protected] | Daily NewsPUBLISHED: April 3, 2018 at 8:54 pm | UPDATED: April 4, 2018 at 4:42 pm Democrat Jesse Gabriel and 19-year-old Republican Justin Clark have advanced to a runoff in a special election to replace Matt Dababneh in a California Assembly seat representing the west San Fernando Valley. With all precincts reporting Tuesday, Gabriel, an attorney, had 32 percent of the votes among eight candidates, and Clark, a Cal State Northridge political science student who was the only Republican in the race. had 27.1 percent. Democrat Tricia Robbins Kasson was third with 16 percent, Democrat Ankur Patel fourth with 10.1 percent, and independent Dennis Zine fifth with 8.5 percent. Under special-election rules, any candidate getting more than 50 percent Tuesday would have won outright and soon begun serving the remaining months of a term that ends Dec. 3. Gabriel and Clark face a runoff June 5, which also is the day of the primary for the new full two-year … [Read more...] about Election results: Gabriel, 19-year-old Clark head to runoff in west San Fernando Valley Assembly race

The incoming "atmospheric river," a long plume of water vapor from the Pacific tropics, is expected to bring between 3.5 and 4 inches of rain to Yosemite Valley through Saturday, with the heaviest rain coming late Friday and into the early morning hours, said Jim Bagnall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford. … [Read more...] about Yosemite Valley to close to visitors as powerful storm moves in

Cyber meddling in US elections 'a very real danger,' Feinstein tells Silicon Valley Apr 06, 2018 U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, spoke to a group of Silicon Valley executives in Sunnyvale on April 2, warning of continued risk of Russians and others tampering with elections in the United States. Taryn Luna The Sacramento Bee … [Read more...] about Cyber meddling in US elections ‘a very real danger,’ Feinstein tells Silicon Valley