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Attorney demands Alameda DA Pamela Price’s dismissal from manslaughter case against former San Leandro officer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

The attorney for a former San Leandro police officer charged with killing a man three years ago is demanding that Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price be removed from the case — arguing she has shown “a consistent, publicly proclaimed animosity against the police profession in its entirety.”Mike Rains, whose law firm represents police unions across the Bay Area, filed a motion Wednesday which seeks to dismiss Price and her office from the prosecution of Jason Fletcher, a veteran police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the 2020 death of Steven Taylor. Rains asked that the California Attorney General’s Office take over the case.In arguing for Price’s office to be tossed, Rains cited a roughly decade-long run of statements by the longtime civil rights attorney. They included comments from Price alleging Fletcher “executed” and “murdered” Taylor during their deadly encounter three years ago in a San Leandro Wal...

Murder charges filed against man accused of killing girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

(KRON) -- Murder charges have been filed against the man accused of killing his girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter in a shooting in Oakland on Saturday night, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced on Wednesday. This isn't the first time he has faced charges related to domestic violence. Video captures moments after a baby was shot in Oakland Authorities allege that Antonio Lamont Powell killed his girlfriend Rebecca Jenkins while her one-year-old baby was with her in bed. Miraculously, the baby survived. Rebecca Jenkins and her daughter Desiree (Photo courtesy of GoFundMe)He then reportedly shot and killed Jenkins' 13-year-old daughter Desiree, according to the DA's office. Another child visiting for a sleepover was also shot during Powell's "violent spree," the DA said. Powell is now charged with two counts of murder and four separate counts of felony child abuse because other children also witnessed the shootings. He is facing enhancements for use of a f...

Elizabeth Holmes dodges prison, again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The clock is ticking for Silicon Valley's disgraced celebrity Elizabeth Holmes. The 39-year-old former Theranos CEO was ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by Thursday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for fraud.Holmes's defense attorneys, however, filed an 11th-hour appeal to her prison deadline that will keep Holmes out of jail for at least a few more weeks.Holmes, 39, of Woodside, was once a self-made billionaire and a superstar in the Silicon Valley biotech industry. After Theranos whistleblowers alerted investigators that the company's blood testing technology produced false results, prosecutors charged Holmes and her co-conspirator, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani with fraud and conspiracy in 2018. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / Getty Images)They were convicted i...

Wildfire season delayed due to record-breaking rainfall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

(KRON) -- Lush fields of green and flowers are a sight to see for many Californians, but some say we should expect that vegetation to become future fuels.“All that stuff that you see that’s green right now, by Fourth of July it’s going to be ready to burn,” said Tim Chavez, Cal Fire assistant fire chief. Students disarm classmate with BB gun on Pittsburg elementary school playground Chavez said record-breaking rainfall in California didn’t eliminate the worst of the flames, but rather delayed them. “By late August, early September, all over the State of California, fire season will come back and there will be big damaging fires,” said Chavez.Hundreds of inches of snow melting in the Sierra Nevada is causing a longer delay for wildfire season. “That moisture absorbs slowly into the larger logs and branches that are on the forest floor. It’s feeding the soil moistures,” said Chavez.“We had a vegetation fire about two months ago here in Napa County. This was a couple days after we re...

Car catches fire after DUI crash on Hwy 101 in Sunnyvale: authorities

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

(KRON) -- A drunk driver crashed into a power pole with high-voltage power lines over the weekend on Highway 101, according to a Facebook post on Wednesday from the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The car also caught fire, but it was contained before the blaze spread to the power lines. What will a DUI cost you in the Bay Area? A lot, says one police department After the crash, the driver tried to run away from the scene, authorities said. Shortly after, the suspect was caught and taken into custody.The driver "escaped a close call with death," Sunnyvale DPS said. The unidentified suspect is facing DUI charges, thousands of dollars in fines and a loss of driver's license.The crash involving a four-door sedan can be seen in the photo below.(Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety)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, .emb...

Maryland ranks 15th in financial hardship tied to COVID; study shows continued pressures on households

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

There’s surviving, and then there’s thriving — and a new national study sifted through the numbers to show the difference for many families struggling to cover their costs every month.According to the United Ways of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, data collected in 2021 showed 28% of the residents in each jurisdiction fall within what researchers refer to as the “ALICE” category.That is, they are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and earn more than the federal poverty level yet not enough to cover the cost of the basics, from rent, to transportation, to food and child care.Franklyn Baker with the United Way of Central Maryland explained, “These are people who are not below the federal poverty level; they’re working,” but he said, “they just can’t keep pace with their state’s high cost of living.” Baker said that while COVID-related aid helped many from falling further behind, as those benefits dry up, households face continued pressures from the cost of l...

Kansas abortion providers face new rule after veto overriden

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health care providers could face criminal charges over accusations about their care of newborns delivered during certain abortion procedures after the Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of their legislation.The new law takes effect July 1 and will require that heath care providers “exercise the same degree of professional skill, care and diligence” to preserve the health of newborns delivered during an abortion procedure that a “reasonably diligent and conscientious” provider would with other live births. The newborns will have to be transported to a hospital, and violating the law will be a felony, punishable up to a year’s probation for a first-time offender.GOP lawmakers and anti-abortion groups pushed for the new rule and other anti-abortion measures even though a decisive statewide vote in August 2022 affirmed abortion rights. Abortion opponents argued that voters still left room for “reaso...

Kansas City’s Fermin knocks cover off baseball vs. D-backs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Kansas City’s Freddy Fermin knocked the cover off the ball during Wednesday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He really did.The Royals catcher was facing Zac Gallen in the second inning when he swung early on an offspeed pitch. Fermin’s bat just knicked the baseball, sending it bouncing softly into foul ground close to the on-deck circle.As it came to a stop, it was clear that the cover had been partially torn from the ball. D-backs broadcaster Bob Brenly said during the game that he’s seen similar things happen a few times in his career. Brenly was a big league catcher in the 1980s and was also the D-backs manager from 2001-04.“You may ask yourself, how does that happen?” Brenly said. “This is what they call a cupped bat. They take some of the weight out of the end of the bat and when the hitter is out in front so far, it catches the back part of the cup and rips the cover off the baseball.”The Diamondbacks beat the Royals 2-0 on Wednes...

First pill for fecal transplants wins FDA approval

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help hard-to-treat patients. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the capsules for adults who face risks of repeat infections with Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that can cause severe nausea, cramping and diarrhea. C. diff is particularly dangerous when it reoccurs, leading to between 15,000 and 30,000 deaths per year. It can be killed with antibiotics but they also destroy good bacteria that live in the gut, leaving it more susceptible to future infections. The new capsules are approved for patients who have already received antibiotic treatment.More than 10 years ago, some doctors beg...

Colorado sees 1st tornadoes of the 2023 season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A strong storm system moved through Colorado on Tuesday, bringing in reports of snow, heavy rain and even the first tornadoes of 2023.There were three different tornado touchdowns on Tuesday, which were the first tornadoes in Colorado this year. The National Weather Service has had time to look over radar data as well as pictures, videos and reports from trained spotters and has now given all three tornadoes an EF-0 rating. Two tornado touch downs were from the same cell in Keenesburg, reported at 2:20 p.m. and 2:37 p.m. A third touch down of an EF-0 tornado was reported at 2:50 p.m. from a separate right-moving cell in Prospect Valley. Since there was no damage reported, the National Weather Service in Boulder was able to label these as EF-0 without sending out a team to survey. These are the best cities for summer vacation in the US The Enhanced Fujita Scale is used to give tornadoes their ranking on a scale of EF-0 to EF-5 based on the tornado's wind speed. E...