Hastings firefighters are continuing a tradition of helping the community with the third annual Stache Bash fundraiser starting p.m. Friday at First Street Brewing Co., 119 N. St. Joseph Ave.
The event will include raffle prizes, split-the-pot and bidding for which mustaches will be shaved after the event.
Organized by the Hastings Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 675, the fundraiser will generate dollars to benefit two local families battling cancer. The group has raised more than $30,000 during the last two years to help local families battling cancer.
Food trucks will be available at the event and will donate a portion of sales to the fundraiser.
For more information, visit the Hastings Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 675 page on Facebook.
Man who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of charges
SAN FRANCISCO — A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer of federal charges of attempted kidnapping and assault.
The jury deliberated for about eight hours before finding David DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. He faces up to 50 years in prison.
DePape, 43, admitted during trial testimony that he broke into the Pelosis’ home on Oct. 28, 2022, intending to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and “break her kneecaps” if she lied to him. He also admitted to bludgeoning Paul Pelosi with a hammer after San Francisco police officers showed up at the home, saying his plan to end what he viewed as government corruption was unraveling.
