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Today's riddle: What is something you always have, but also leave behind? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• 76-Year-Old Crashes Into Bay Area Safeway, Injures 71-Year-Old Shopper: Report (patch.com) — Martinez police say a 76-year-old driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake at the Alhambra Avenue Safeway, sending her car over a curb and into the store wall. The crash toppled an ice machine that struck a 71-year-old shopper, who was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Concord as a precaution, while the driver was uninjured.
• Contra Costa DA secures county's first felony conviction under new sex buyer law (contracostaherald.com) — Contra Costa County’s first felony conviction under California’s new sex buyer law was announced out of Martinez, where the District Attorney’s Office prosecuted a Richmond man for paying a 16-year-old for sex. The case, handled under an amended Penal Code 647(b), led to a 180-day jail sentence, probation with warrantless search conditions, and restrictions aimed at curbing future exploitation of minors.
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