Newsom commutes sentence of East Bay woman who killed stepfather
ADAM BEAM, Associated Press
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday commuted the life sentence of a San Leandro woman convicted of killing her stepfather in 1989, making her immediately eligible for release on parole.
Teresa Paulinkonis, 57, has been in prison for 31 years. When she was 24, prosecutors say she and her mother first attempted to kill Paul Paulinkonis, 67, by poisoning his meatloaf and drinks with oleander. When that did not work, Teresa Paulinkonis bludgeoned him to death with a pipe on New Year s Eve 1989. She was sentenced to 25 years to life for murder in 1992.
Elizabeth Holmes is pregnant: How does this impact the trial?
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FILE - Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at the Robert F. Peckham U.S. Federal Court on April 22, 2019 in San Jose, California. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former COO Ramesh Balwani appeared in federal court for a status hearing. Both are facing charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors with the Theranos blood testing lab services.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes criminal fraud trial may be pushed back yet again.
Holmes is pregnant and due to deliver in July, according to her defense attorneys and prosecutors who asked the California federal court in a filing made Friday to delay the start of the trial scheduled that month to August 31, 2021, CNN reported.
Still ineligible for a vaccine? Lucking into a leftover shot isn t easy.
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Everyone has a story about the elusive “leftover vaccine.”
Sarah’s friend got lucky last Saturday when she waited in line outside San Francisco’s Moscone Center for 45 minutes. Cynthia’s ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend snagged one just yesterday after waiting in line there. Someone posted on Cici’s apartment building message board that they got offered a vaccine simply walking by. It doesn’t matter the degree of separation, these people waiting in line at Moscone Center heard that someone, someday received a “leftover” vaccine, and they want to be that lucky person today.
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Kauai is rejoining Hawaii s Safe Travels. But the cost of its quarantine rules has been high.
Libby Leonard
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Kauai has been a success story when it comes to managing the COVID-19 pandemic with its stricter quarantine rules compared to the rest of Hawaii, but many small businesses have been forced to close.Mark Miller Photos/Getty Images
Last Friday, Hawaii Gov. David Ige approved Kauai’s re-entry into Hawaii’s Safe Travels program, after opting out in early December because of a rise in travel-related COVID cases and limited resources.
The move means that travel restrictions for the Garden Isle will ease. Previously, Kauai had one of the strictest restrictions in Hawaii but, starting on April 5, it will reopen to trans-Pacific travelers, who will be able to skip a 10-day quarantine with a negative test result prior to arrival.