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Parks After Dark offers summer activities in 34 L.A. County parks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

Parks After Dark returns for its 13th summer season offering free, safe, family-centered activities in 34 parks across Los Angeles County. The L.A. County Department of Parks and Recreation initiative began Thursday and will run through August 5, with events taking place from 6-10 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Each week, Parks After Dark will offer different themes including 'Sports and Fitness Challenge', 'Backyard Boogie' and 'L.A. County Got Talent' to engage youth, families, seniors, and attendees of all ages. Attendees can expect a variety of enjoyable events including live concerts, dance lessons, outdoor movie screenings, and more. Parks After Dark aims to transform local parks into community safe havens with family-friendly gatherings and activities. “We are thrilled to bring back dynamic, free, accessible, summer programming for all members of the family through Parks After Dark,” said Norma García-González, Director of the L.A. County Department...

SF Giants vanquish Dodger Stadium demons with another come-from-behind win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The cardiac Giants found another way to get it done Friday night.Held hitless for six innings, trailing after seven, the Giants mounted yet another late-inning rally and vanquished one of their biggest demons in the process.Brandon Crawford lined a slider from Alex Vesia into right field for a single in the top of the 11th that drove home the go-ahead run in a heart-stopping 7-5 win over the archrival Dodgers, winning a game in a venue where they emerged victorious only once in nine tries last season.With Camilo Doval expended already, it was Jakob Junis who recorded the save, overcoming a dropped pop-up by Casey Schmitt and his own overthrow to first base, ending a back-and-forth game in an appropriate chaotic nature.For the third time in the past two weeks, the Giants came back to win a game in which they did not have a hit after five innings and trailed after seven. With their fifth straight win, matching a season-best streak, the Giants improved their record to fiv...

Pedestrian dead after hit-and-run in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

(KRON) -- A pedestrian is dead after a hit-and-run in Oakland Friday evening, the Oakland Police Department confirmed. The collision happened around 7 p.m. near the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Vicksburg Avenue where an adult pedestrian was hit by a vehicle. Officers arrived at the scene and took the victim to the hospital where they were initially listed in critical condition. However, OPD said later in the night the pedestrian died at a local hospital.The victim has not been identified. The collision happened approximately two blocks south of Horace Mann Elementary School.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }No other information was immediately available.

Only 3 of 45 people arrested in SF drug crackdown from city: SFPD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- At a recent San Francisco Police Commission meeting, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said two weeks of arrest data from the crackdown on open-air drug use in the Tenderloin shows that of the 45 drug users arrested, only three people were residents of San Francisco. Chief Scott said he is not quite sure what to make of that. Cinemark and Westfield abandoning downtown SF just the latest in string of bad news "I can give some anecdotal answers," Scott said. "I've talked to people and asked them why they chose to do it here. I've gotten answers like, 'drugs are cheap and readily available, and you got an environment where it is permitted.'""So what that tells us is that we've become a magnet, a regional magnet, and maybe even a national magnet," said San Francisco drug recovery advocate Tom Wolf.It is something that Wolf says he has been trying to get SF city leaders to recognize, something that he views as a key aspect of the city's drug problem."The pat...

SF Bay Area Pro-Am aims to bring elite basketball to the Bay this summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The SF Bay Area Pro-Am is back for the summer at the historic Kezar Pavilion gym for Bay Area hoop fans. The pro-am welcomes college players, pros, and even high school players to play in the league and showcase their skills. Some big names players who have played in the SF Bay Area Pro-Am over the years include Stephen Curry, Jason Kidd, Aaron Gordon, Jeremy Lin, Garry Payton, Brian Shaw, Jason Richardson, and Matt Barnes. Bay Area native Aaron Gordon of the Denver Nuggets, who this week helped the franchise win its first NBA championship, also played in the league. "The San Francisco Pro-Am is very proud of the achievement that Aaron Gordon has made and excited that another one of our alumni has had the opportunity to advance his skills to an NBA Championship," said Jon Greenberg-League Director for the San Francisco Pro-Am for the last 43 yrs. The Bay Raiders will play Bay City tonight at 8 p.m. at Kezar. For a complete list of upcoming games in ...

LAX terminals cleared after suspicious package evacuations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

Authorities have cleared terminals at the Los Angeles International Airport that were evacuated after reports of a suspicious item was found on Friday night.The item, which was not publicly identified, was found around 9:30 p.m. Friday in an area prior to an official TSA security checkpoint.Passengers in Terminals 1 and 1.5 were evacuated out of caution, an airport spokesperson said. Vehicle traffic was diverted from the upper and lower levels as authorities responded to the scene. An LAPD bomb squad dispatched to the scene later cleared the package and determined the item was not a threat.Sky5 images showed traffic was severely backed up for miles on the freeway and surface streets leading to the airport's arrival and departure areas.Traffic severely backed up on freeways and surface streets as terminals in Los Angeles International Airport were shut down due to a suspicious package on June 16, 2023. (KTLA)Following the suspicious item's clearance, staff and passengers were allowed...

Rescuers are braving snipers and racing time to ferry Ukrainians out of Russian-occupied flood zones

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — At last, help came for Vitalii Shpalin. From a distance, he spotted the small Ukrainian rescue boat traversing floodwaters that had submerged the 60-year-old’s entire neighborhood after a catastrophic dam collapse in the country’s embattled south. He and others boarded with sighs of relief — interrupted suddenly by the crackle of bullets.Shpalin ducked, and a bullet scraped his back. He felt one pierce his arm, then his leg. The boat’s rescue worker cried into the radio for reinforcements. “Our boat is leaking,” Shpalin heard him say. An elderly man died before his eyes, his lips turning blue.Their vessel, taking civilians to safety in Kherson city across the river, had been shot by Russian soldiers positioned in a nearby house, according to Ukrianian officials and witnesses on the boat. “They (Russians) let the boats through, those coming to rescue people,” Shpalin said. “But when the boats were full of people, they started shooting.”Massive flooding f...

Man arrested for series of ATM heists across Southern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

A Riverside man was arrested in connection to a series of brazen ATM thefts across Southern California.The suspect was identified as Paul Kolacki, 34, by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Kolacki is accused of stealing at least 29 ATMs across multiple cities and counties.On Jan. 15, around 10:40 p.m., deputies responded to a burglary call in the 300 Block of Wilkerson Avenue in Perris. The victim received a notification that his business was being burglarized and responded to the scene.The victim witnessed two suspects stealing an ATM using a tow strap connected to the tow hitch of their Ford Ranger pickup truck. The thieves loaded the ATM into the back of the truck before fleeing the scene.Investigators later discovered there were nine ATM burglaries that occurred throughout Murrieta, Menifee, Perris, Moreno Valley, Jurupa Valley, and Norco.An additional 20 ATM burglaries also occurred in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego. Thousands prote...

Hernández hits go-ahead HR, Mariners strike out 16 and beat White Sox 3-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning, rookie Bryan Woo struck out nine and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Friday night for their third win in four games.Four Seattle pitchers combined to walk none and strike out 16, including Luis Robert four times and Jake Burger and Andrew Vaughn three times each. The White Sox have struck out 32 times in their last two games, sliding to their sixth loss in eight games.Hernández broke a 2-2 tie against Tanner Banks (0-1), driving a fastball 432 feet to center. He also tied the score 1-1 with an RBI double in the fifth and is hitting .364 with three homers and 10 RBIs in June.“We’ve been taking a lot of good at-bats,” Hernández said. “The better results are not always going to be there, but you have to keep fighting. The guys have been doing that. We’re fighting until we get the opportunity to put some runs on the scoreboard.”Woo made his first home start after outings at Te...

Maryland environmental coalition petitions federal judge to halt Beltway expansion project

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:28 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.A group of environmentalists and historic preservation groups challenging the expansion of Interstate 270 and the Capital Beltway in U.S. District Court have asked a judge to decide the case in their favor.The coalition, which includes the Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club, Friends of Moses Hall, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, filed a motion for summary judgment in the case on Friday.The groups argue that the Federal Highway Administration and Maryland Department of Transportation failed to adequately assess and disclose the project’s impacts. The Northern Virginia Citizens Association, which filed a separate lawsuit challenging the project, joined portions of the brief.The challenge was originally filed in U.S. District Court in October.The lawsuit claims that expanding the hig...