#deadwitness ~ Harve Ringheim and Kieko Ringheim (Japanese Exchange Student, Asian )

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#deadwitness City clerk Deanna Despain found dead in Oakland

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City clerk Deanna Despain found dead in Oakland

January 9, 2012 12:05 pm by Lance Knobel

Update 2:35 p.m. The Associated Press is reporting that Deanna Despain’s death was apparently because of a fall down a staircase in her home. She was found by her husband. There were no signs of foul play.

Deanna Despain, Berkeley’s city clerk, was found dead in her home on the 4100 block of Lyman Road in Oakland at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning. The Oakland police are treating the death as suspicious.

The coroner’s office is not yet releasing any information about the death, referring enquiries to the Oakland Police Department.

Despain became acting city clerk in June, 2008, with the retirement of Pamyla Means. She was appointed city clerk in May 2009. She had worked for the city for over 10 years. The birth of her child, on March 22 last year, was applauded at that evening’s City Council meeting.

“Deanna was super smart, she was really on top of things,” said Mark Rhoades, who worked with Despain when he was in the city’s planning department. “She cared a lot about the city.”

In the city offices today, word about Despain’s death spread without any official news. City staff said they were working with Despain’s family on an announcement, pending official word from the OPD.

Berkeleyside is awaiting information from the OPD and will provide updates as details emerge.

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#deadwitness ~ Kip Dozier missing since June 2019 this was close to our last contact.

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#deadwitness Obituary: Adam Weeks 1982–2020 Changing Outcomes

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Adam Charles Weeks, 38, of Red Wing, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.

Adam was born June 30, 1982 to George and Mary Weeks, in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Adam’s father, George, passed away when Adam was 4 years old. Soon after, Mary and Adam relocated to Northfield, Minnesota.

Adam attended Northfield schools and graduated with the class of 2000. During his school days, Adam’s passion was “everything Ken Griffey Jr.” and the Seattle Mariners baseball team. He has collected hats, jackets, shoes, along with his prize collection of baseball cards. Adam had a smile for everyone he encountered – young or old! He had a passionate soul – he loved people, conversation, skiing, baseball, and politics.

His political energies were quite evident, as he is currently listed as a candidate on the 2020 Minnesota State Election Ballot, running for U.S. House representative for Minnesota 2nd District, under the Legal Marijuana Now Party.

Adam’s work history included an assortment of jobs, but he was happiest these past years with two quite different seasonal jobs. Most recently, during the winter months, he was manager of Mad Jax Bar & Grill at Welch Village in Welch, Minnesota. The spring, summer and fall months involved his love and talents of organic gardening. Adam was proud owner of Mississippi Hills Produce, Goodhue, Minnesota. He and his mom, Mary, grew the best organic produce in southern Minnesota. Even though it was a lot of hard physical work, this chemical free farm style was their pride and joy and offered up tremendous results. Their produce sold to CSA clientele, local restaurants and markets, and every Saturday, June through October, you would find them at the River Walk Market in Northfield. Adam was an active board member of the River Walk Market.

He was preceded in death by his father, George Weeks, grandparents, Norma and Chuck Weeks, Florence and Osmer Ryland, as well as uncles, Al Ryland, Ben Weeks, and aunt, Bev Bittmann. Adam is survived by his mom, Mary Weeks of Cannon Falls and Mike Hassig of Iowa Falls, Iowa. His aunts and uncles, Don and Peggy Ryland, Cannon Falls, Stan and Patty Ryland, Fargo, N.D., Linda Warmbold-Engle, his many special cousins and friends, and his “Farm Family” Paul and Emily Reese, Clyde, Oscar, Vivian, and Bridgette Reese. Adam would have wanted mention of his work family at Welch Village as well, as he so enjoyed these close friends.

An outdoor funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, at St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church, 7459 Hwy 19 Blvd., Cannon Falls. Visitation will be held at the church prior to the service, from 12:30-2 p.m. Immediately following the service there will be a gathering for friends and family at East Side Park, 499 Minnesota St., Cannon Falls. Memorials in Adam’s memory can be directed to St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church, 7459 Hwy 19 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009. Arrangements with Lundberg Funeral Home, Cannon Falls. Online condolences may be directed to www.LundbergFuneral.com.

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#deadcandidates #deadwitness Minnesota candidate’s death triggers special House election

RED WING (AP) — A Minnesota congressional race won’t be decided in November after one of the candidates died, triggering a provision in state law that it be pushed to a special election in February, the secretary of state said.

Adam Charles Weeks, of the Legal Marijuana Now Party, was running in the 2nd District, which represents a swath of Minnesota stre

Weeks’ obituary said he died Monday. Ulan said the cause of death wasn’t clear, and an autopsy had been requested. Red Wing Police Chief Roger Pohlman confirmed that officers carried out a welfare check Monday evening and found Weeks’ body, but declined further comment.

Democratic Rep. Angie Craig is seeking her second term in the district. Tyler Kistner is the Republican nominee.

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#deadwitness - Todd Cambra left to freeze to death denied HUD funded Homeless Services

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The way Todd Cambra died is unacceptable in a modern society. Todd like many homeless had issues. His worst issues were medical secondary was personal challenges. His worst challenge was banishment from Trinty Center Walnut Creek.

The County, the City and CORE Outreach (cracker delivery services) coupled with Health and Human Services lack accountabilty.

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His tragic end epitomizes the current state of the successful office holders. This man died from the elements in a town known for a moderate climate that include heat waves to below freezing temperatures. One night thosse freezing moments took his life.

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#deadwitness - Oracle Corporation, Nomoreh1b, Pete Bennett, Larry Ellison

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NewsHour Correspondent: Business leaders in Silicon Valley and other high-tech centers say they need more foreign workers to keep America competitive. Microsoft’s chairman Bill Gates made the case before Congress this spring.

BILL GATES, Chairman, Microsoft: Now we face a critical shortage of scientific talent. And there’s only one way to solve that crisis today: open our doors to highly talented scientists and engineers who want to live, work and pay taxes here.

SPENCER MICHELS: The law allows 65,000 specialized workers, ranging from engineers to architects, and even including fashion models, into the U.S. each year, plus another 20,000 graduate degree holders. They, plus some categories like teachers not included in the cap, get what is called an H-1B visa.

With that temporary pass, they can stay and work here for up to six years. Today, there are more than 260,000 H-1B employees in the U.S.

Companies insist they need foreign workers because there are not enough qualified Americans to fill the jobs.

ROBERT HOFFMAN, Oracle Corporation: The Senate and the House have made this issue a high priority.

SPENCER MICHELS: Robert Hoffman is a lobbyist for software maker Oracle, which currently has about 1,850 H-1B employees. He says the company needs software and computer engineers right away.

ROBERT HOFFMAN: Companies like Oracle and Microsoft have hundreds of job openings currently right now. We want to hire the American worker, but if they’re not there, what alternatives do we have? Either we hire the H-1Bs, or if the H-1Bs aren’t available, we’ll have to move work offshore. We’ll move the work where the workers are.

SPENCER MICHELS: According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Sharon Rummery, the demand this year for H-1B visas was enormous.

SHARON RUMMERY, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: On the very first day that the H-1B visa became available, we received more applications than we had available slots. As it turned out, we got more than 119,000 H-1B visa applications.

SPENCER MICHELS: So what do you do?

SHARON RUMMERY: When that happens, we go to a computer-generated, random selection process.

Securing the best and brightest

Christian Plante

Canadian H-1B Visa Holder

You want to make sure you make it easy for people to come here to the United States, and then you want to make sure that companies have the right means to keep them here.

SPENCER MICHELS: A large coalition of high-tech firms, called Compete America, and co-chaired by Oracle's Hoffman, says the global economy demands a free flow of workers.

ROBERT HOFFMAN: Half, or more than half in some instances, of our graduate students that are pursuing masters and PhDs are foreign-born. Companies like Google, Yahoo, eBay were all founded by immigrants. So what we're trying to do is making sure that we have the very best and the very brightest here in the country innovating and creating jobs.

SPENCER MICHELS: People like Umar Mughal, who lives today with his wife in an apartment in San Jose, he came to America from Pakistan to attend Purdue University in electrical engineering. After graduation, he got a job in Silicon Valley and got married on a visit home.

For the past six years, he's been working in marketing for Altera, a company that makes specialized computer chips and employs about 160 H-1B workers. He has applied for a green card, a work permit for permanent residents, so he can stay here after his visa expires.

UMAR MUGHAL, Pakistani H-1B Visa Holder: I wanted to be in tech. That's what I was passionate about, and I wanted to start working here. The other thing is, once I moved, I really like the lifestyle over here.

SPENCER MICHELS: We talked to Mughal and two other H-1B holders from Canada and India in Altera's cafeteria. All three agreed that, for its own benefit, America needs to encourage, not block, foreign workers. Christian Plante came here from Quebec.

CHRISTIAN PLANTE, Canadian H-1B Visa Holder: The goal is really to snatch talent and keep the talent here because it's going to go somewhere else. It's going to go to China; it's going to go to the European Union. You want to make sure you make it easy for people to come here to the United States, and then you want to make sure that companies have the right means to keep them here.

DEEPAK BOPPANA, Indian H-1B Visa Holder: I think reverse brain drain is, to a certain extent, very real. I've known friends who have gone back to India because of the booming economy there.

A 'money game'

Pete Bennett

Software Developer

It's really a game of two for one. I can get two H-1B visa workers for one American.

SPENCER MICHELS: But software developer and amateur guitar player Pete Bennett doesn't buy any of the arguments to bring in H-1B workers. Bennett, who runs a Web site called "No More H-1B," says he has a hard time finding work, and he blames the H-1B visa program.

PETE BENNETT, Software Developer: It's really a game of two for one. I can get two H-1B visa workers for one American. Many of the U.S. workers that were displaced are in the higher wage category. This is a money game; this is about big money.

SPENCER MICHELS: The workers we met at Altera said they were paid equally with Americans, but a recent survey from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think-tank, found that more than half of new H-1B high-tech employees were paid below the starting salary of an entry-level computer scientist.

The Department of Labor says that, under the law, companies where foreigners make up at least 15 percent of the workforce must attest that they've tried to hire Americans first. But most companies hire fewer foreigners than that, and they have no such requirement. They simply have to post internally their intention to hire a foreigner.

For those companies, a Labor Department document states, "H-1B workers may be hired even when a qualified U.S. worker wants the job, and a U.S. worker can be displaced from the job in favor of the foreign worker." That's a fact that frustrates these American high-tech professionals who are out of work.

Laid off Americans

SPENCER MICHELS: After being laid off, Andre Levy spent two-and-a-half years getting a master's degree to be more competitive. He's been looking for a job for more than a year.

ANDRE LEVY, American Citizen: I have a degree from a world-class university here in the bay. I have a master's degree from a pretty darn good university. I am not sure exactly what else I can do.

SPENCER MICHELS: He says he knows H-1Bs generally get paid less, because when he was a manager, he hired them.

ANDRE LEVY: It was a cost issue. I mean, they were cheaper because they were short-term. We didn't pay benefits or any of that sort of stuff. We had a number of folks from Russia, as well. They were willing to live four in a two-bedroom apartment.

SPENCER MICHELS: Kim Doty was laid off in January.

KIM DOTY, American Citizen: Not only are some of my jobs being outsourced, but when I look at other positions, I'm being told that I'm too qualified to take some of those roles. And a lot of it, I think, has to do with my salary, at this point demanding a lot higher salary than what they're looking at.

SPENCER MICHELS: Foreign workers also come with the skills industry wants now. And American workers say they need retraining to stay competitive.

But training funds have been cut, says the director of this job center in Silicon Valley. Companies pay the government $1,000 for each H-1B worker they hire, money to be used for job training. But much of it has been perted out of Silicon Valley to poorer communities, says Mike Curran.

MIKE CURRAN, North Valley Job Training Consortium: So what we used to have was millions of dollars of training six or seven years ago, because the H-1B created a pool for that, and we could take existing workers here and give them new networks, and new technologies, and new access to new training, has evaporated. All of that money has been taken off of the table.

Congress debates H-1B visas

Sen. Dick Durbin

(D) Illinois

We need to really put this back on track. And the first rule ought to be very simple: American workers take the jobs first.

SPENCER MICHELS: The H-1B debate is playing out in Congress right now as an important element in the broader immigration discussions. President Bush recently called on Congress to raise the cap. Republican Senator John Cornyn has been leading efforts in the Senate to get more H-1B visas.

SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R), Texas: There's been a lot of misunderstanding and some suggestion that you're actually bringing in foreign workers, paying them less, and putting Americans out of jobs. That's not the case. This is to supplement really our lack of qualified people in some of these high-skilled areas.

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D), Illinois: There are some who say, "Well, clearly, we need more H-1B visas." I disagree with that completely.

SPENCER MICHELS: On the other side, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin fears that foreigners will return to their own countries armed with technology learned here and compete with American companies.

SEN. DICK DURBIN: The system is clearly being abused. We need to really put this back on track. And the first rule ought to be very simple: American workers take the jobs first.

SPENCER MICHELS: As Congress continues to wrangle over immigration, the H-1B visa controversy is expected to remain a major issue in the debate.

JIM LEHRER: The Senate deal on immigration reached today would raise the cap on H-1B visas to 115,000, which is nearly double the current number allowed, and it would open the door to future increases.

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#deadwitness ~ Sonny Bono dies skiing at Tahoe (Jan. 5, 1998)

 

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California lawmaker killed in apparent accident at Heavenly: Ex-singer's body found after he had been reported missing.

Sonny Bono, a California congressman and entertainer who had performed at Lake Tahoe, died in an apparent skiing accident Monday at Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe. He was 62.

Bono's press secretary, Frank Cullen Jr., early today confirmed that the former singer, whose records with wife Cher topped charts in the 1960s, was dead. Bono was first reported missing at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Officials reported that the resort ski patrol found Bono's body between 6:30 and 7 p.m. after a search on the Nevada side of the mountain.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office positively identified Bono as the victim at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday.

"From all indications this appears to have been a skiing accident,'' said Lt. Ross Chichester. "No cause of death has been determined at this time, pending the results of a medical examination.''

Bono was on a vacation with his wife, Mary Whitaker, and their two children, 6-year-old Chianna and 9-year-old Chesare, when the accident happened. They are all from Palm Springs, Calif.

Dave Horsman, a bartender at the Fox and Hound in Stateline, said he had heard rumors of Bono's death before it was confirmed. He said ski patrol officers came in late for food, and he saw rescue helicopters making night runs above the resort.

A Douglas County sheriff's patrol unit was parked at the entrance to the Boulder Lift, one of two lifts at Kingsbury Grade on the Nevada side of the resort.

Fitzhenry's Funeral Home in Carson City said the body was being turned over to the coroner for further investigation.

Today in History for January 5th

Bono, a Republican and an avid skier, was first elected to the House in 1994 and was re-elected in 1996. He was a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Salvatore Bono, born Feb. 16, 1935, in Detroit, rose to stardom as part of husband-and-wife pop-singing duo Sonny and Cher. Their No. 1 hit, "I Got You Babe,'' spent 10 weeks at the top of Billboard chart in the summer of 1965.

Sonny and Cher had their own TV variety show in 1976-77, before they split up. They appeared at Harrah's Tahoe in the 1970s.

Bono got his start in politics when he won the Palm Springs mayoral race in 1988. He served until 1992.

His death comes just days after Michael Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, died of head injuries Dec. 31 in a ski accident in Aspen, Colo. Kennedy hit a tree while playing football on skis.

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#deadwitness ~JULIE STRACK Obituary

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Julie Denise Strack Resident of Benicia "Our Purple Rose" Julie Denise Strack entered tragically into rest on April 13, 2010. She was 49 years old. Born on July 30, 1960, Julie had worked for Ferguson Enterprises for many years as an industrial sales representative. Devoted to her family, Julie took great pride in her daughter and all of her accomplishments in life. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren. She owned a custom Harley motorcycle and rode in several charity events. Julie was a NASCAR fan who was very skilled at playing pool and darts. She will truly be missed by many. Julie is survived by her loving daughter, Samantha Strack of San Lorenzo and grandchildren Robert and Kaitlyn. She was the beloved daughter of Robert Strack. She will truly be missed by her sister and brother in law, Jeannette and Paul Frederick and brother and sister in law, Robert and Kay Strack. She was "Auntie" to Paul Michael Frederick, Jacquie Frederick, Jason Bernardino, Melissa Betts, and great Aunt to Jaycob, Adrian, Christopher, Tyson, Ambrielle and Ethan. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth. Visitation for Julie will be on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 4 to 5 pm at Grissom's Chapel & Mortuary, 267 E. Lewelling Blvd., San Lorenzo. A funeral service will begin at 5 pm at the chapel. Burial will be private. Grissom's Chapel & Mortuary 510 278-2800 www.grissomsmortuary.com

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#deadwitness ~ Another tragedy affecting yet another Tech Executive connected to Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Venture Capital

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#deadwitness WALNUT CREEK (KRON) — A man has died after an explosion at a Walnut Creek apartment on Wednesday night. Mar 30, 2017

Posted: Mar 30, 2017 / 05:16 AM PDT / Updated: Mar 30, 2017 / 05:16 AM PDT

WALNUT CREEK (KRON) — A man has died after an explosion at a Walnut Creek apartment on Wednesday night.

The elderly man was given CPR, as he was rushed to John Muir Medical Center. He has been identified as 91-year-old Wesley Peters, according to the Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office.

At about 6:30 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 200 block of Tono Way, located in an unincorporated area between Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek, Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said.

When crews arrived, they discovered an apartment unit on fire and received reports that a person was still inside.

Peters was burned and not breathing when firefighters pulled him from his burning home.

Peters was taken to the hospital where he died.

Peters lived at the Walnut Creek manor apartments on Mayhew Way right off Interstate 680 near the Pleasant Hill border.

Investigators say a propane tank is to blame.

“Some of the initial 911 calls were of an explosion,” Marshall said. “The propane inside did pressurize the structure to the point where the windows blew out. I don’t know that it was really an explosion, but there was definitely a flashback from the gas inside the apartment.”

HazMat teams responded.

No one else at the apartment complex was hurt.

The fire was under control by 6:43 p.m., Marshall said.

The exact cause of the explosion and fire are still under investigation and no other injuries were reported.

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#deadwitness Jeff Adachi Public Defender for the City of San Francisco

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Former Public Defender for the City of San Francisco

Jeff Adachi

August 29, 1959 - February 22, 2019

Jeff Adachi, a tireless advocate for equal justice, passed away suddenly on Feb. 22, 2019 at 59 years old. He was the elected public defender of San Francisco, a filmmaker and author, and a beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend.
Jeff was born Aug. 29, 1959. His parents and grandparents were among the nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into internment camps during World War II. Learning of their ordeal would cement Jeff's lifelong commitment to due process and the right to counsel.
Jeff's advocacy for the accused bloomed as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley after joining a student movement to free Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongly convicted of murder. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley in 1981 and his Juris Doctor from UC Hastings in 1985. He was hired as a deputy public defender at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office in 1986 and served as the office's chief attorney from 1998 to 2001.
He was elected Public Defender of the City and County of San Francisco in 2002 and took office on Jan. 8, 2003 following two years in private practice. Under his strong leadership and fierce advocacy, the San Francisco Public Defender's Office became a national model of holistic defense. Jeff battled on the steps of City Hall for adequate funding, in Sacramento for laws favoring treatment over incarceration, and in court for the clients he personally represented. He tried more than 150 jury trials and handled more than 3,000 criminal matters in his career, including some of the Bay Area's highest profile cases. Today, more than 23,000 people each year rely on the office and the innovative services Jeff instituted. These programs include in-house social workers; expungement and reentry programs; and literacy, health and recreation opportunities for low-income youth. Specialized teams of attorneys devote their expertise to juvenile defense, education advocacy, immigration, mental health, bail, and pretrial release.
Jeff was an advocate for racial justice and a watchdog against police and prosecutorial misconduct. Surveillance footage he turned over to the press and public led to federal investigations and criminal convictions against law enforcement officers who brutalized or stole from citizens, conducted warrantless searches, or fabricated evidence.
He served on the board of numerous professional organizations over his career, including the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, the National Board of Trial Advocacy, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association for Public Defense, and the California Public Defenders Association. He is the co-author of Chapter 25: Immunity for Testimony, in California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice. He was a BAR/BRI bar review professor for more than two decades and published five books on passing the bar exam. He recently completed two additional manuscripts—his autobiography and a biography of San Francisco's first public defender, Frank Egan, who would later be convicted of murder.
Jeff garnered numerous local, state and national awards for outstanding public service, managerial excellence, prisoner reentry, youth advocacy, and transparency.
Jeff was an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He wrote, produced and directed The Slanted Screen, a 2006 film that explored stereotypes of Asian men in American cinema. In 2009, he directed You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story and in 2016 made the short film America Needs a Racial Facial. His 2017 film, Defender, focused on his defense of a young black man following a racially charged encounter with police and followed the work of the office's fledgling immigration unit. Ricochet, to be released later this year, chronicles the tragic death of Kate Steinle and the trial of the immigrant accused of her murder. In addition to his own creative projects, Jeff provided opportunities to other artists through his work with California Humanities the Center for Asian American Media.
He is survived by Mutsuko "Muki" Adachi, his wife of 21 years; his daughter Lauren Adachi, a freshman at Brown University in Providence; his parents Sam and Gladys Adachi of Sacramento; and his brother Stan Adachi of Long Beach. He is also remembered by thousands of legal professionals across the country who benefitted from his mentorship, encouragement, and training and who will continue his legacy in the fight for justice.
A public memorial will be held Monday, March 4 at 11 a.m. at San Francisco City Hall. The family desires that a fellowship in Jeff's name be created to aid deserving young law students and lawyers. In lieu of flowers, a tax-deductible donation payable to "AABA Law Foundation – Adachi" may be mailed to Prather Law Offices, 245 Fifth Street, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94103. Donations in Jeff's name may also be made to gofundme.com/jeff-adachi-legacy-fund.

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#deadwitness ~The CIA Databases Developed by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reveals facts on CIA Murders of my friends in 1975

My buds in 1975 before some died.

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Chiquita Blvd.  a/k/a the Columbian Runway
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This is Pete Bennett and his pals being more than slightly wild on Chiquita Blvd. located in Cape Coral Fl. where the local open secret was drug landing strip.  When analyzing flight times, locations and distances the location is a perfect way point for Mena Airport.  

Gary Webb - former reporter for Contra Costa Times 

Mr. Webb published a great story regarding the drugs coming in Los Angeles during the 1985. That was the dawn of crack designed to destroy neighborhoods, keep values down and kill as many as possible while those behind the Real Estate Investment Trust industry slowly use a series of corporate shields to "acquire" the land.   

Phillip Marshall - Author of False Flag 9/11 

This man found me in Walnut Creek at Panera Bread.  Once he started talking it was clear he knew about Chiquita Blvd. was used as a CIA Runway.  Several of my friends in the above picture were killed just a few months later.  One died while drilling a hole in the trailer while standing in water.

Another was killed via a car accident.  

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#deadwitness ~ Attorney Marc Angelucci killed before settlement in Wood vs. Contra Costa County (Bennett was waiting for call)

#deadattorney where winners take all losers get killed before reaching the courthouse steps

Pete Bennett has the unfortunate title of the biggest legal loser. He is not the only one but when Pete stood up people turned up dead

Marc Angelucci

Pete Bennett was introduced to Mr. Angelucci via the discovery of Woods v. Contra Costa County.  Woods is poised a game changing case in regards to CPS and Social Services.  

Bennett knows this story very well which is why he created deadwitness.com as his witnesses have been killed.  

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Pete has needed counsel for over 30 years with access blocked year after year while his witnesses get picked off

This bar association has denied Pete Bennett access to the legal community for 30 years. Bennett doesn't just have one witness murder he has many far too many for one constituent.

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Did this Sheriff? #deadwitness

Bennett knows this story very well, knows the history from the late 70s to the early 90s. This is the Sheriff that missed the sighting of Jaycee Duguard by Pete Bennett who spotted Duguard clinging to the window at a Chevron Gas Station just after the kidnapping. The Sheriff said yellow van when it was brown. Bennett knew Garrido but did not make that connection until the van showed up on Google.

Chief Chris Wenzel

This former Chief and Commander has a sorted leadership as far back to the early nineties as Sgt. Wenzel. On the circle band are the names of numerous victims and cases some were friends or coworkers with Pete Bennett.

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Past President

Quarles & Brady LLP

1990 N. California Blvd.,

8th Floor

Walnut Creek, CA 94596-7261

(925) 658-0300

David Erb

Director

Flicker, Kerin, Kruger

& Bissada, LLP

3130 Crow Canyon Place,

Suite 405

San Ramon, CA 94583

(925) 327-6200

Mark LeHocky

Director

ADR Services, Inc.

118 Diablo View Dr.

Orinda, CA 94105

(510) 693-6443

 

David Marchiano

Director

Brown, Gee & Wenger, LLP

200 Pringle Ave., Suite 400

Walnut Creek CA 94596

(925) 943-5000

Ericka McKenna

Director

McKenna Brink Signorotti

1981 N. Broadway, Suite 255

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

(925) 433-5448

Cary McReynolds

Director

CDM Law

4125 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Suite 207

Danville, CA 94506

(925) 385-8545

Craig Nevin

Director

Law Offices of Craig Nevin

1401 Willow Pass Road,

Suite 1010

Concord, CA 94520-7921

(925) 639-0221

David Pearson

Director

Brothers Smith LLP

2033 N. Main St., Ste. 720

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

(925) 944-9700

Michael Pierson

Director

Key Counsel, P.C.

3440 Hillcrest Avenue,

Suite 100

Antioch, CA 94531

(925) 238-0444

David Ratner

Director

David Ratner Law Firm, LLP

33 Julianne Ct.

Walnut Creek, CA  94595

(415) 817-1200

 

Summer Selleck

Director

S.C. Selleck Law

150 N. Wiget Lane, Suite 105

Walnut Creek, CA 94598

(925) 899-9130

Marta Vanegas

Director

Martin & Vanegas,  APC

3100 Oak Road, Suite 230

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

(925) 937-5433

Qiana Washington

Director

Washington & Associates

1470 Maria Lane, Suite 240

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

(925) 278-1791

The Subjective Cases

The Scott Peterson Appeal

The conviction of Scott Peterson sits on shaky ground. There are several factors such as which individuals recovered Laci and Conner, why they headed to the Berkeley Marina and why they landed in the West County Area.

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James Hogan

Contra Costa Sheriff Search and Rescue (16yrs)

The death of search and rescue member jabs another stake in the heart of the conviction of Scott Peterson sits on shaky ground. Mr. Hogan career timeline placed near important rescues. At the time of his death he began his volunteer career in the mid nineties with strong correlation with Lace Peterson and the 2004 Kinder Morgan Explosion behind Las Lomas High School.

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Deputy Carlos Francies

This deputy was able to get out of custody before the illicit actions of another deputy plans were thwarted. That would be serious harm to Bennett inside the Martinez Detention Center during March 2012. Both of us existed the jail in the early morning hours allowing a 20 minute coversation. By 2012, Bennett was fully aware his witnesses were dead. That same night John Newman was beat to death in Concord then later on April 18th, 2012 the son of Contra Costa Bar President James S. Greenan died as a another accident victim.

The death of search and rescue member jabs another stake in the heart of the conviction of Scott Peterson sits on shaky ground. Mr. Hogan career timeline placed near important rescues. At the time of his death he began his volunteer career in the mid nineties with strong correlation with Lace Peterson and the 2004 Kinder Morgan Explosion behind Las Lomas High School.

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Nathaniel Greenan (

Nate raised in Danville but was residing in Pleasant Hill. He performed at VinniesBar.com at the weekly open mic. He is friends with many local Mormons and musicians.

He performed and Bennett performed and the the widow of a former Police Officer was present who worked with Nate at the Danville Musical Theater. At the time Bennett was attempting to recover funds from his stolen trust. Making many calls to local attorneys seeking redress via litigation as the trust drafted by Attorney Michael Harrington was flawed. Worse the correct Jurisdiction was Walnut Creek where officers refused to start the investigation. That problem extended over to Contra Costa District Attorney Mark Peterson involved in a separate murder coverup with then Sheriff Richard Rainey.

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Councilman Mike Shimansky

His nickname was Mr. Mayor, he walked our Cameo Acres neighborhood mmany times. Easy to chat with and ready to share . After the

After Bennett's truck exploded Council was concerned for the safety of Bennett and his family. Chief Wenzel professed to his committment to investigate but that never happend. Danville is a Town is better described as a murderous lot. What was unknown at the time is the corruption case that would emerge in 2011 with the arrest of officers and a private investigator. From there Bennett concluded that a long string of attempts on his life were connected to the theft of the Dorothea Leslie Milne Bennett Trust, a life death benefit policy valued at $855,000 by Prudential Life and receivables from Albert D. Seeno, SBCGlobal and other clients valued of over $100,000.

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Attorney Mark Angelucci

Bennett learned of Mr. Angelucci via Wood vs. Contra Costa who on appeal won her racketeering case against the county. The case calendered for settlement conference.

This case obviously will have impact around the country affecting overly zealous social workers and the financial network that springs up draining familie until they cannot get their children back from the system using the county treasury to fatten the wallet of attorneys, theraphists and specialist. The reality is often drug them until they can't cry for their families.

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