Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Gun violence is America’s deadliest scourge
I can’t quite agree with the author of “Dispelling myth of the ‘angry white man,’” an April 11 letter claiming that “the deadliest attack against Americans since the year 2000 was committed by 19 Islamic terrorists.”
Yes, the 9/11 attack that took the lives of almost 3,000 people was horrible and shocking. But, in the grand scale of things, our continuous gun violence has done much more damage to Americans and America.
In 2001 alone, gun violence took the lives of nearly 30,000 people, and the annual numbers have risen since then.
For years, studies have shown that we have the highest rate of gun homicides, gun suicides, gun injuries and mass shootings in the developed world.
GRASS VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT
7:48 a.m. A caller from Packard Drive reported a Social Security fraud call.
9:03 a.m. A caller from the 100 block of Eureka Street reported the theft of prescriptions.
1:37 p.m. A caller from the 600 block of South Auburn Street reported receiving a scam call from someone claiming to be a detective and asking for $3,000.
4:22 p.m. A caller from Race and Henderson streets reported a woman tried to break into a residence. She was admonished.
5:55 p.m. Several callers from Brunswick and Idaho Maryland roads reported a five-vehicle collision with no injuries.
7:20 p.m. A caller from the 300 block of Sutton Way reported six people who said they worked for PG&E but were trying to sell items in the apartment complex. They could not be located.
Wednesday s Daily Pulse | 12/30/2020
Newly signed COVID relief package could have big impact on Florida businesses
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, around 70% of all business partnerships were shown to fail. But now, all across the country, businesses of all kinds are being forced to shut their doors either temporarily or permanently as a response to our current health crisis. While Florida has done everything possible to keep businesses open during this time, many organizations are still hurting as a result of a severely reduced tourism industry and an increased emphasis on staying home. But the newly signed COVID-19 relief package, which was passed by Congress just before Christmas, could bring some much-needed help to small businesses in the Sunshine State. [Source: South Florida Reporter]
Starting next year, Westfield Siesta Key mall in Sarasota will no longer be a Westfield property.
The 435,000-square-foot mall, at U.S. 41 and Siesta Drive in the city of Sarasota, is now owned and operated by O’Connor Capital Partners, a real estate development, investment and management firm with offices in New York, Palm Beach and Mexico City.
Unibail Rodamco Westfield and O’Connor previously owned the mall in a joint-venture partnership in which O’Connor owned 49% of the property, but now O’Connor has acquired Westfield’s interest, according to a news release from both companies. Westfield will continue to manage the mall through Thursday, and after that, the property will be rebranded.
Monday
12:02 a.m. A caller from Townsend and West Main streets reported a vehicle being driven at high speed, running multiple stop signs. The driver was cited on unknown charges.
2:55 a.m. A caller from the 200 block of Colfax Avenue reported a theft.
7:23 a.m. A caller from the 300 block of Columbia Avenue reported the theft of a Honda dirt bike.
8:35 a.m. A caller from Packard Drive reported an attempted computer fraud.
3:52 p.m. A caller from a business in the 200 block of Sierra College Drive reported a man refusing to leave an employee break area and refusing to wear a mask. He was muttering “Control, Alt, Delete” and squatting in a chair. He agreed to leave and possibly had mental health issues.