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Oprah Winfrey irks Montecito neighbors with new creek wall to stop floods

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

As with communities up and town the California coast, Oprah Winfrey’s hometown of Montecito faced the possibility of devastating floods during this past winter’s heavy rains.But the media mogul’s apparent effort to prevent flooding from a creek that runs along her Montecito estate has irked neighbors and and raised concerns among Santa Barbara County officials over whether the construction of a boulder wall was properly permitted, according to Santa Barbara County news site Noozhawk. They don’t know if the wall, built to prevent erosion along San Ysidro Creek, could stand up to a deluge from a next major storm or could reroute water in ways that could damage other properties, Noozhawk said.Earlier this year, Montecito was evacuated when a storm swept through the community. The town also was the scene of tragedy in 2018, when a mudslide killed 23 people, a number of whom were swept into San Ysidro Creek, the Los Angeles Times said. Winfrey herself posted video...

Fatal crash sparks blaze on major bridge in Connecticut

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

By Dave Collins | Associated PressA crash involving a fuel delivery truck and a car sparked a fire on a major Connecticut highway bridge Friday, with flames spreading to land on one side and officials closing Interstate 95 in both directions during the blaze. Officials said the truck driver died and other people were injured.The wreck happened shortly after 11 a.m. on the southbound side of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge carrying the highway over the Thames River between New London and Groton. The Gold Star actually comprises two steel truss bridges, one for southbound traffic and the other for northbound. The northbound side has since reopened.Gov. Ned Lamont and other officials said at an afternoon news conference that the truck spilled about 2,200 gallons (8,340 liters) of home heating oil, and some of it went into the river. State environmental crews worked to contain the spill.“This was a tragic accident at 11:15 this morning,” Lamont said. “It looks like a pas...

San Jose: Pedestrian dies from injuries suffered in collision Tuesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

SAN JOSE — A pedestrian hit by a vehicle earlier this week has died from his injuries, authorities said Friday.The unidentified man died Thursday at a hospital, two days after being hit when a vehicle veered into the southbound lanes of N. White Road. Authorities did not identify him, pending notification of his next of kin.The fatality marked the sixth pedestrian death of the year in San Jose. There have been eight fatal traffic collisions in the city this year and nine traffic deaths. In 2022, the city saw a modern-day record 65 traffic deaths.The collision happened about 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday on N. White Road near Kentridge Drive. Police took the driver of the vehicle into custody but did not announce that the person had been placed under arrest.Police urged anyone with information about the incident to contact Det. Rachel Bowen at 408-277-4654.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Driver who fatally hit woman at Danville intersection gets probation, community s...

Newsom expands storm state of emergency to East Bay county, three others

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

Across the state, counties have been scrambling to recover from the aftermath of last winter’s severe storms. To help, Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in four more counties, including Contra Costa County, in addition to the 47 already included in an earlier state of emergency.The winter storms caused severe destruction, with record snowfall accumulations in the mountains, flooding, power outages, high winds, numerous downed trees, hazardous debris flows, mudslides, landslides and levee failures. Hundreds of homes, structures and roadways were damaged or destroyed, including major highways.Contra Costa County, along with Riverside, San Diego and Yolo counties, is now eligible for disaster relief through the President Biden’s Presidential Emergency Declaration and the Presidential Major Disaster Declaration.The declaration makes affected residents eligible for several federal programs, including housing assistance, food aid, counseling, and medical and ...

Watch 49ers Christian McCaffrey and Sam Darnold cheer on Steph Curry

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

Game recognize game.The @49ers' own Christian McCaffrey was HYPED after Steph's tough two last night pic.twitter.com/9MQYiUhc7K— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) April 21, 2023Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry has been cheering 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey since his days with Curry’s childhood hometown team the Carolina Panthers.  It’s only fitting that McCaffrey was in the stands Thursday night to cheer on Curry and the Warriors in their statement Game 3 win.Christian McCaffrey courtside at the Warriors Kings game with new 49ers qb Sam Darnold pic.twitter.com/QuLrEhgKZ4— The Deep Dig – A Sports Pod (@TheDeepDigPod) April 21, 2023McCaffrey also brought a friend with him: new 49er quarterback Sam Darnold (black baseball cap and flannel shirt), who was equally swept up by Dub fever. Welcome to the Bay Area Sam!Former Stanford star McCaffrey has a lot to cheer about these days. The star running back is signed with the 49ers through the 2025 s...

Texts reveal GOP operatives’ plans for breached Georgia voting data

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

By Zachary Cohen | CNNIn mid-January 2021, two men hired by former President Donald Trump’s legal team discussed over text message what to do with data obtained from a breached voting machine in a rural county in Georgia, including whether to use it as part of an attempt to decertify the state’s pending Senate runoff results.The texts, sent two weeks after operatives breached a voting machine in Coffee County, Georgia, reveal for the first time that Trump allies considered using voting data not only to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, but also in an effort to keep a Republican hold on the US Senate.“Here’s the plan. Let’s keep this close hold,” Jim Penrose, a former NSA official working with Trump lawyer Sidney Powell to access voting machines in Georgia, wrote in a January 19 text to Doug Logan, CEO of Cyber Ninjas, a firm that purports to run audits of voting systems.In the text, which was obtained by CNN and has not been ...

Chick-Fil-A set to open on Thursday in Emeryville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

(KRON) -- Chicken lovers, rejoice. A new Chick-Fil-A location will open in Emeryville on Thursday, April 27, the restaurant confirmed to KRON4.The store is located at 1525 40th Street, next to Target. It will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Oakland Cane’s dining room closed due to car break-ins in parking lot The new location will be the closest one for Oakland residents to get to. Currently, there are Chick-Fil-A restaurants in Walnut Creek, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, Livermore, and two in Fremont. There are 22 total locations across the Bay Area in the South Bay, North Bay and on the Peninsula. The Emeryville location will seat 44 diners inside and has 26 more seats on a patio. It is 3,750 square feet in size, and the patio is 860 square feet. The restaurant will be owned and operated locally by Jon Hooper. Hooper has worked for Chick-Fil-A for more than 20 years and recently operated one of its locations in Fremont.KRON ON is streaming news live now.embe...

Juvenile allegedly had loaded handgun at school taken into custody in San Jose

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

(KRON) -- A juvenile who allegedly had a loaded firearm in their possession on a middle school campus has been taken into custody, according to the San Jose Police Department. Police units are currently on the campus of Hoover Middle School investigating.The juvenile was taken into custody and a loaded handgun was seized, police said. There were no threats made to the school and there is no ongoing threat to the school or surrounding area, police said.An investigation into the incident is ongoing, according to police.

New UAW leader already has issues with Detroit automakers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — To say that the new president of the United Auto Workers union is unhappy with Detroit’s three automakers would be an understatement.Shawn Fain, who took office in March after workers voted to sweep out most of the union’s old leadership, listed grievances with Stellantis, General Motors and Ford in a wide-ranging talk Friday with reporters.The disputes surely will become part of national contract talks between the union and the auto companies that will begin this summer. Agreements with all three expire on Sept. 14, and bargaining is expected to be contentious.Speaking to the Automotive Press Association in Detroit, Fain said members are demanding that the union win back cost-of-living pay raises and pensions, and the elimination of tiers of workers who are paid differently but do the same jobs. They also want assurances that good-paying union jobs will be preserved as the companies transition from gas-powered vehicles to those that run on electricity.Aut...

Column: Another domino falls on road to MLB expansion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:37:28 GMT

The Oakland Athletics will be packing their bags for Las Vegas, a long-expected move that will affect baseball’s fandom far beyond those two cities. MLB is now a significant step closer to expansion, which will bring two more long-overdue franchises into the big leagues while also necessitating the creation of eight new minor-league teams around the country.When the Athletics tidy up the multi-billion-dollar details in Sin City, where they’re expected to reside by the 2027 season if not sooner, a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays will be the last hurdle to a 32-team major leagues.For sure, the lobbying has already begun for cities like Nashville, Charlotte, Montreal, Portland and recently pitched expansion candidate Salt Lake City.“The game is ready to grow its fan base,” said former big league pitcher Dave Stewart, one of the leaders of a Nashville expansion effort that already has nicknamed its potential team the Stars. “It’s trying to get today̵...