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First cases of West Nile virus confirmed in San Bernardino County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

Cases of West Nile virus were confirmed in San Bernardino County on Tuesday as authorities are warning the public to be cautious.The infections mark the first locally acquired human cases of West Nile virus in the county this year and have been confirmed in Rialto and San Bernardino, according to the Department of Public Health.West Nile virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito.While many people infected with the virus may have no symptoms, older individuals and those with existing health issues are most likely to develop severe symptoms.“West Nile virus can cause a serious illness in humans,” said San Bernardino County Health Officer Michael A. Sequeira. “Therefore, I urge residents to take precautions to protect themselves against mosquito bites.”Those most susceptible to complications from infection include anyone over 50 years old, people with diabetes, cancer, hypertension, kidney disease, those who are immunocompromised, organ transplant recipien...

Now SF Giants teammates, Joc Pederson, Ross Stripling recall time they (almost) became Angels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

As he packed his bags for spring training three years ago, Ross Stripling didn’t know which team’s complex he would head to when his flight touched down. Already in the desert, A.J. Pollock hosted Joc Pederson but wasn’t sure if that was his teammate taking swings in his batting cage.“It was madness,” Stripling said.“It was weird, for sure,” Pederson said. “It sucked. It was stupid.”“I remember, Joc was coming over to hit,” Pollock said, “and I was trying to figure out if he’s on our team or if he’s not.”Reunited in San Francisco three years later, the contingent of former Dodgers in the Giants clubhouse was reminded this week on their visit to Angel Stadium of what happened there. Or almost did, but didn’t. Of the trade that was, and then wasn’t.For five days in February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, Pederson and Stripling thought they were Angels. Details of the b...

Miami police fishing abandoned cars out of Doral lake

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

WFOR via CNNMIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Miami-Dade police and Miami police divers are searching the murky waters of a lake in Doral were investigators believe as many as 30 cars are sunk on the bottom.Just after 10 a.m., a wrecker pulled the first car out of the water in the area of NW 90th Avenue and 13th Terrace, not too far from the CBS News Miami studios.Doral police said Sunday that they were alerted to the cars after the volunteer dive team, United Seach Corps, conducted a search of the lake over the water.“We have been informed that a private search company possibly located multiple sunken vehicles in the area of 9064 NW 13th Terrace. Although we cannot confirm at this time, we will continue to gather further information in the coming days and work with multiple entities to investigate this matter,” Doral police said in a statement.The search and recovery process is now in the hands of Miami-Dade police who also received word about the vehicles over the weekend....

‘I don’t buy that’: Questions arise over San Jose fire department’s Pink Poodle investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

A day after the release of an internal probe  into a San Jose fire crew’s infamous visit to the Pink Poodle strip club, experts in personnel investigations and the city’s former mayor are questioning the honesty of the employees involved in the incident — most of whom were not disciplined for behavior that appears to violate fire department policies.While the investigation finally revealed the purported reasoning behind the visit to the Pink Poodle — Fire Captain William Tognozzi claimed he was picking up a flash drive with images of his colleagues taken by a photographer who also worked at the strip club — it also indicated that firefighters never came clean about a subsequent visit to a second adult entertainment establishment.The four firefighters — Tognozzi, Brian Dragges, Zach Clark and Matthew Westcott — initially told investigators that they had simply returned to their station after the visit to the Pink Poodle. But they were later confron...

University of California admits a record number of California freshmen for the fall of 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

The University of California has admitted an unprecedented number of California students for the fall of 2023, with 88,285 first-year applicants coming from the Golden State alone.It’s an increase of 3.5% from last year, and part of an ongoing effort to get more Californians into the state’s higher education system. This year, the state’s budget included a 5% boost for the UC system — part of a multi-year agreement between Governor Gavin Newsom and the University of California — with the expectation that campuses would use that money to enroll more California students, among other educational objectives.Across the UC system, that seems to be exactly what happened. Admission rates for Californians increased to nearly 67% this year, as opposed to 64% in 2022.The surge was more prominent at UC Santa Cruz than any other campus. This fall, the school admitted 10,200 more first-year Californian students than the year prior, a 44.5% jump. Though final enrollment num...

Embattled Antioch Police Department names acting chief

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KRON) -- An acting chief has been named for the embattled Antioch Police Department. This is happening as the department's current chief; Dr. Steven Ford is set to retire Friday while dozens of officers remain under federal investigation.Acting Antioch Police Captain Joseph Vigil has been named the new acting police chief.He was among four internal candidates interviewed by Acting City Manager Kwame Reed for the job, who ultimately made the decision. Barricaded suspect with knife arrested in Oakland "There was not an application process," Reed said. "It was looking at our highest-ranking officers over there that I know of and that's what we did.""I think Joe Vigil, given where we're at, is the right choice for the city," said Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe.Reed will be tasked with hiring an interim chief, but he could not provide a timeline for that. As for determining the next permanent chief, Reed intends to hire a consulting firm and solicit input from the communit...

Barricaded suspect with knife arrested in Oakland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

(KRON) -- On what's turned into a violent afternoon in Oakland, a suspect who police say barricaded himself into a restroom stall with a knife has been arrested, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. Deputies assigned to Social Services at 2000 San Pablo Avenue responded at around 3 p.m. Tuesday to a man in his 40s who police say kicked a hole in the bathroom wall at that location. Home Depot guard shoots suspected shoplifter in San Carlos As deputies went to detain the man, he barricaded himself inside the restroom. The man said he had a saw-like knife, but police say he did not brandish it or threaten anyone with it.Officers from the Alameda County Sheriff's Crisis Intervention Unit, AC Transit Unit and the Oakland Police Department responded to the incident. The suspect surrendered shortly after crisis negotiators arrived, police said.No force was needed to take the man into custody. He was arrested and charged with vandalism and resisting/obstructing, an Alameda Co...

Man who tried to ram cyclist with truck arrested again in Novato

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

(KRON) -- A man who police say tried to ram a bicyclist with a pickup truck last week has been arrested a second time in the span of just seven days, according to the Novato Police Department. Brian Collins, 59, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 2 after he allegedly tried ram a cyclist with his truck and shouted racial epithets.In that incident, Collins was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats and hate crimes. Person shot dead outside Lake Merritt BART station A few days later, on Saturday Aug. 5, Novato PD received a call regarding a harassment incident in downtown. When officers arrived, they learned that Collins had been repetitively harassing the victim. At the time, Collins was out on bail for the previous incident.Collins was located by police the same day and re-booked into the Marin County Jail. This time he was charged with stalking, making threats, hate crime offenses, and committing a crime while on bail.As this is the second time in a week that Col...

Man found with fatal gunshot wound at Oakland park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

(KRON) -- A male was found dead with a gunshot wound at an Oakland park on Tuesday afternoon, the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) said. EBRPD officers responded to the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline boat launch at 2:19 p.m. for a reported shooting. They found the victim dead. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. There was a second fatal shooting in Oakland Tuesday right outside the Lake Merritt BART station. Police took a suspect into custody less than 90 minutes after that shooting. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Former US snowboard coach Peter Foley suspended for sexual misconduct

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:53 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Longtime snowboard coach Peter Foley was suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on Tuesday for sexual misconduct and violating policies at U.S. Ski and Snowboard.Foley’s suspension came after a near 18-month investigation that stemmed from an Instagram post by a former team member during last year’s Winter Olympics. That post led to allegations by others that Foley had molested them, coerced them into taking naked pictures, crawled into bed with them and nurtured an atmosphere in which women were treated as sex objects.A member of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s board of directors, Lisa Kosglow, also was suspended for “abuse of process” and “failure to report.”“U.S. Ski & Snowboard strongly believes that there is no place in sport for abuse and misconduct, and we support the Center’s mission to end abuse on behalf of athletes everywhere,” the federation said in a statement. A person familiar with the case who requested not to be named because...