Weinstein Conviction Upheld, Resentencing Ordered

A California appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction but ordered him to be resentenced, leaving his guilty verdicts intact.

The court rejected Weinstein’s claims that legal errors denied him a fair trial, though his attorneys say they will appeal to the California Supreme Court.

The ruling came a day after New York prosecutors dropped plans for a fourth rape trial, while Weinstein remains convicted on a separate New York sexual assault charge and awaits sentencing there in September.

Former SDSU Volleyball Star Found Dead at Ocean Beach

San Diego authorities identified the woman found dead in the Pacific Ocean near the Ocean Beach Pier on June 18 as Summer Nash, 34, a former San Diego State University volleyball player whose cause of death remains under investigation.

Lifeguards pulled Nash from the water near the 5000 block of Newport Avenue around 3 p.m. and she was pronounced dead at the scene. A four-year letterwinner for the Aztecs from 2010 to 2013, she played a key role on the program’s 2012 NCAA Tournament team and later went on to coach at Torrey Pines High School, Mira Costa College, San Diego State, and Stanford’s beach volleyball program.

Her former coach remembered Nash in an Instagram tribute as someone with “a beautiful spirit, a kind heart, and a presence that made those around her better.” The San Diego Police Department is continuing to investigate her death.

Travel Site Highlights Hidden California Trails

The travel site Islands just spotlighted nine underrated trails across California, a quieter answer to permit-choked icons like Half Dome and Mount Whitney.

The picks span the state, from the Canyon Creek Lakes Trail in the far-north Trinity Alps to Death Valley’s Desolation Canyon, the waterfalls of Yosemite’s lesser-known Hetch Hetchy, and the volcanic High Peaks of Pinnacles National Park.

The common thread is solitude: that Trinity Alps route holds a 4.8-star rating from about 1,000 AllTrails reviews, against more than 17,000 for Half Dome.

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➤ San Francisco: Two officers were hurt and five people arrested after a fight broke out at the city’s Trans March on Market Street Friday night, when police moved to stop suspects vandalizing property with paint. (More)

➤ Redding: Shasta State Historic Park, a free 19-acre Gold Rush ghost town just 15 minutes west on Route 299, preserves brick ruins, a restored courthouse and jail, and a general merchandise museum from California’s 1850s mining heyday. (More)

➤ San Benito County: District 5 Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez became the first county official ever recalled from office, losing by 33 votes, 1,312 to 1,279, in a June 2 result certified June 26. (More)

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➤ Central Coast: A sweeping bipartisan housing package co-led by Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, cleared Congress with provisions from his DASH Act, but President Trump will only sign it if the Senate first passes a voter-ID bill. (More)

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