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Big rig fire slows traffic on I-80

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

(KRON) -- A big rig caught fire on Interstate 80 Monday evening, slowing traffic on the highway, according to the Crockett-Carquinez Fire Department. Fire crews responded to westbound I-80 at Willow Avenue in the Rodeo/Hercules area. Images shared by the fire department showed firefighters working to extinguish the blaze. California Highway Patrol issued a severe traffic alert. The right lane and an exit ramp were blocked off. Drivers are told to expect delays.

Police search for man suspected of sexual assault in student housing at Sonoma State

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

(BCN) -- Sonoma State University police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man suspected in a sexual assault last week. Police say the assault happened early in the morning on Sept. 3 in Tuscany Village, a Sonoma State University student residence. Police describe the suspect as a Latino man, 19 to 22 years old, with a medium-heavy build, black hair, a goatee and stubble. He is possibly over 6 feet tall, police reported. Violent weekend in Oakland sees 3 homicides, multiple shootings He is described as having an olive complexion, an eye-freckle in his left eye, a mole next to his left nostril and acne on the left side of his mouth (towards his left cheek). He also has several tattoos, one reptile-like one on his right forearm and another with at least the number 198 on his left tricep muscle, according to police. He was seen wearing black cargo pants, a gray T-shirt with a picture of a sunset on the front and back and may have been carrying a black swea...

Hayward resident arrested for second-degree robbery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

(KRON) – San Mateo Police arrested a Hayward resident, Ruben Polanco, for second-degree robbery on September 9. On the evening of September 7, San Mateo police were alerted of a shoplifting and assault at  Hilldale Shopping Center’s Macy’s. According to the SMPD, the male suspect grabbed multiple perfume bottles and placed the bottles in a plastic bag. Once the suspect became aware that loss prevention was trailing him, he dropped several bottles. However, Polanco still had unpaid items leaving the store, police said.  Massive sinkhole forms in SF intersection after water main break A loss prevention agent attempted to receive the unpaid merchandise from Polanco and a “physical struggle ensued” according to SMPD.The agent was able to obtain the getaway car’s license plate as Polanco was fleeing the scene. According to the SMPD, the officers determined that the suspect was 33-year-old Polanco by witness statements and security footage. Fremont Police Depart...

Oakland: Ex-police chief Anne Kirkpatrick considered for New Orleans top cop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

(BCN) -- Former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick has been selected as the final candidate to take over leadership of the New Orleans Police Department. In a statement posted to her city's website Monday, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she picked Kirkpatrick after a nationwide search. "I am grateful that Anne Kirkpatrick has accepted the opportunity to lead the New Orleans Police Department and continue improving our city's public safety through a collaborative, holistic approach," Cantrell said. 7 suspected DUI drivers arrested in Petaluma The New Orleans City Council still must approve Kirkpatrick's hiring, according to Cantrell's statement. Kirkpatrick was fired by the Oakland police commission and then-Mayor Libby Schaaf in 2020 after almost three years on the job. She subsequently won a federal whistleblower lawsuit in which she alleged her firing was in retaliation for reporting several instances of police commissioner misconduct, including a...

South Korea’s military says it has assessed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it has assessed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia.Source

Matt Olson hits homers 49, 50, not enough as Phillies top Braves 7-5 in 2nd game of doubleheader.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brandon Marsh homered, Jake Cave hit a two-run triple and the Philadelphia Phillies spoiled Matt Olson’s 50th homer and salvaged a doubleheader split with a 7-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.Michael Harris II and Ronald Acuña Jr. went deep for the Braves in a 10-8, 10-inning win in the opener. Harris also homered in the nightcap.The Braves, who have secured at least a wild card and reached the postseason for the sixth straight year, need to win the final two games of the series to clinch the NL East in Philadelphia.Olson hit a three-run homer off the second deck in the third and added a solo shot for his MLB-best 50th in the sixth, both off Phillies starter Michael Lorenzen (9-9). Olson had already set career-highs in homers and RBIs with 127, a key reason why a sixth straight division title will soon belong to the Braves. Andruw Jones holds Atlanta’s single-season record with 51 in 2005.The Phillies are doing what they can to hang on to the t...

Alabama asks US Supreme Court again to intervene in redistricting case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a court order to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it. Despite losing at the Supreme Court earlier this year in the long-running redistricting case, Alabama is pursuing another appeal, hoping for a different result with the most recent GOP version of the map. Alabama asked the justices to stay a ruling issued last week by a three-judge panel that that blocked use of the latest GOP-drawn districts in upcoming elections and directed a court-appointed special master to propose new lines for the state. The judges, in their ruling, said Alabama lawmakers deliberately defied their directive to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it. The Alabama attorney general’s office asked justices to put the order on hold while the state appeals “so that millions of Alaba...

Teenager dead, man injured after Rhode Island Row shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

Police cars blocking Rhode Island Row after a shooting that killed a teenage boy and injured a man in Northeast D.C. (WTOP/Terik King) Police cars blocking Rhode Island Row after a shooting that killed a teenage boy and injured a man in Northeast D.C. (WTOP/Terik King) A teenage boy is dead and a man is in the hospital after a shooting in Northeast D.C. on Monday afternoon, according to D.C. police.An officer heard gunshots while on patrol at the 2300 block on Washington Place at around 4:34 p.m., according to a statement. The officer found two people suffering from gunshot wounds, a man and teenage boy.Detectives said the teenager was “a victim in an altercation” and the man had tried to intervene whe...

Sweeping California bill to make big businesses disclose climate emissions passes state Assembly, clearing a key hurdle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sweeping California bill to make big businesses disclose climate emissions passes state Assembly, clearing a key hurdle.Source

How much could Prop HH save you in property taxes? Try this calculator

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:15:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you're wondering how much Proposition HH could lower property taxes in Colorado, a new calculator gives an estimate.Prop HH will go before voters in November. The measure would lower property taxes for the next 10 years and increase the state's revenue cap to help fund local governments — meaning lower and sometimes nonexistent refund checks under the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Have things become more expensive in Denver? While Prop HH requires an initial vote of the people, it could be extended without voter approval.Prop HH property tax estimatesThe 2023 ballot information booklet was published by the nonpartisan Legislative Council of the Colorado legislature, which also published a tool to help estimate property taxes under Prop HH.The ballot book shows estimated property tax reductions for both residential and nonresidential properties.Residential property value2023: Average change in property tax2024: Average change in property tax$100,000-$167 to -$177-$2...