The HOPE Team takes careful steps to protect themselves from a dangerous job surrounded by hypodermic needles, human waste and rats. That’s the worst-case.
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New developments in Smart case
Kristin Smart’s haunting disappearance continued to make headlines around the world last week, with a father-son duo pleading not guilty Monday after a dramatic break in the nearly 25-year-old case led to their arrests the week before.
Though Ruben Flores, 80, father of prime suspect Paul Flores, 44, has been released on $50,000 bail, Denise and Stan Smart, who live in Stockton, filed a lawsuit in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court alleging that Smart’s body was buried in Ruben Flores’ backyard and he moved the body “under cover of darkness” to another location a few days after investigators searched his property in February 2020.
Coronado puts himself on the map in short season [The Record, Stockton, Calif]
Three months ago, Kimball junior quarterback Nicholas Coronado stood at the corner of South Lammers Street and Eleventh Avenue in Tracy and became a leading voice at Kimball for wanting high school sports back.
“We are going to keep trying. We are not going to stop,” Coronado said on Jan. 15 as high schools across California held #LetThemPlay rallies to bring prep sports back. “We are going to keep fighting for what we want and what we believe is best for us kids.”
A few months later, Coronado says that day was the turning point in getting high school football a five-game season.