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State Supreme Court agrees to hear UC Berkeley proposal for People’s Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

The Supreme Court of California agreed Wednesday to consider UC Berkeley regents’ petition to develop the university’s People’s Park site, setting aside a lower-court ruling earlier this year pushing school officials to study alternative sites.The university has long sought to construct housing with 1,100 beds for students, as well as a 125-unit building for extremely low-income, unhoused or formerly housed people, on the 2.8-acre site. A developer for that project pulled out of consideration just last week.People’s Park is seen from this drone view in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Protesters tore down a fence that UC Berkeley had erected around the park after more trees were cut down to make way for student housing. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) In a February ruling, the state’s First District Court of Appeals had sided with two neighborhood nonprofits, Make UC a Good Neighbor and the People’s Park Historic Advocacy Group, who filed...

Why did California doctor drive family over cliff in Tesla at Devils Slide?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

(KRON) -- Newly unsealed court records reveal more about why a Pasadena doctor and father of two drove his family off a cliff at Devils Slide in January. BART officer investigated for racist videos resigns, denied employment with San Ramon police Dharmesh Patel, 41, his wife, and their children aged 4 and 7 were heading south on the Highway 1 when their car plunged over the side of a cliff and fell more than 200 feet to the water's edge. Miraculously the entire family survived, though they each suffered injuries. The Patel family had to be extricated from the vehicle by emergency services, and authorities said Patel's wife was screaming that he had driven them over the cliff on purpose, court records show. Court documents say that while aboard a rescue helicopter, Patel's wife told officers, “He drove off. He’s depressed. He’s a doctor. He said he was going to drive off the cliff. He purposely drove off.”San Mateo County District Attorney Steven Wagstaffe tells KRON4 that multipl...

BART officer allegedly in racist videos resigns, denied work by San Ramon PD

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

(KRON) -- A former BART Police Department officer resigned after the department opened an investigation into his alleged racist behavior while off duty. He has since been denied work by a fellow Bay Area police department. Suspect shot in fatal Hayward shooting The department issued a statement about the investigation into his behavior on Thursday. The person who reported the videos told police that the BPD officer "used racist and abhorrent language in a video." “The language in the video is deeply offensive and has no place at the BART Police Department,” said interim Police Chief Kevin Franklin. “It does not reflect our values as individuals or as a department that prioritizes community policing. BART and the BART Police Department are committed to fighting racism.”The officer was placed on leave from BPD on May 10. An update posted by the department on Sunday stated that the officer had since resigned from BPD. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; pa...

Skrillex highlights Portola festival lineup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Portola is back in 2023 with a stacked group of musicians. The San Francisco music festival, which will happen on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, announced its lineup on Wednesday. Skrillex, Major Lazer, Nelly Furtado and Thundercat are among the musicians that will perform. The festival will take place at Pier 80 in the Dogpatch neighborhood. 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%; }The festival debuted in 2022, featuring acts such as Flume and James Blake. There was some controversy surrounding the event, as videos showed a group of people jumping barriers and noise complaints were made across the bay in Alameda. Passes for the 2023 festival go on sale May 22. One-day passes cost $223 and two-day passes are going for $340. Those...

Texas Legislature OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would become the largest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors under a bill sent Wednesday night to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has previously ordered child welfare officials to investigate such treatment as abuse. The bill cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature after a final vote in the Senate over the objections of Democrats, who used parliamentary maneuvers in recent weeks to delay passage but could not derail it entirely. Texas is now poised to join at least 17 other states that have enacted similar bans. Abbott’s office did not return an email seeking comment Wednesday night. Last year, Abbott became the first governor to order the investigation of families who were receiving care. The investigations were later halted by a Texas judge.Every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans and supported the medical care for minors when administered appropriately. Texas is among a number of ...

G-7 Hiroshima summit: Who’s attending, what will be discussed?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful democracies will gather this weekend for the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the location of the world’s first atomic attack at the end of World War II. From the emergence of crucial developing countries to security worries, including growing aggression from China, North Korea and Russia, here’s a look at the G-7, who will attend and some of the key issues:___WHAT IS THE G-7 SUMMIT?The Group of Seven is an informal group of leading industrialized nations. It consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. This year is Japan’s turn to host, but the presidency of G-7 summits revolves among the seven members. Two representatives of the European Union also join. As is customary in recent years, leaders from some non-G-7 countries and international organizations will also participate in some sessions.The leaders discuss a wide range of issues, including economic p...

Pasquantino hits 2-run homer, Royals beat struggling Padres 4-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — What was left of the crowd of 32,416 at Petco Park on a gloomy afternoon loudly booed the San Diego Padres after Ha-Seong Kim made the last out of a dismal 4-3 loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals. It wasn’t the first time Wednesday frustrated fans let the high-priced Padres have it as they continued to flounder with runners in scoring position and make baserunning blunders.The Padres were supposed to be so much better this year, with baseball’s third-highest payroll and a quartet of superstars in Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Juan Soto. Yet they dropped two of three to the Royals, who are last in the AL Central, and have lost nine of 11 overall to tumble to fourth place in the NL West, eight games behind the rival Los Angeles Dodgers and four games under .500.“I mean, we’re frustrated. The way that we finished the game, I would boo ourselves, too,” Tatis said.Machado, sidelined indefinitely after finding out he has a...

Police identify 3 family members stabbed to death in Prince William Co.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

Three family members — an adult son, mother and father — are dead following a domestic altercation in Prince William County, Virginia, early Tuesday morning, police say.The father, stabbed by a bayonet, called police at around 7:15 a.m. following the “altercation” inside of a Woodbridge home, Prince William County police said in a news release.The three deceased were identified in a news release Wednesday as father Rodney Clyde Reams, 67; mother Sandra W. Reams, 70; and son Nicholas Lee Reams, 38.According to the police’s preliminary investigation, the 38-year-old son started the deadly conflict when he fatally stabbed his 70-year-old mother at the 5100 block of Cannon Bluff Drive home. Then police believe the son and 67-year-old father continued the altercation and both sustained fatal injuries from a bayonet. The father was able to contact police before first responders transported him to a hospital.Sandra Reams was pronounced dead on the scene. Rodney Reams and ...

Orioles overcome Trout’s homer, drop Angels to .500 with 3-1 victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kyle Bradish pitched impressively into the seventh inning and Austin Hays homered to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.Mike Trout went deep for the Angels, but they fell back to .500 with their eighth loss in 11 games.Bradish (2-1) allowed a run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings against the team that drafted him. He struck out five without a walk. Danny Coulombe, Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista got the final seven outs, with Bautista working the ninth for his 11th save in 14 chances.Bautista walked Trout with one out, bringing Shohei Ohtani up as the tying run. Ohtani went down swinging and Hunter Renfroe flied out to deep center field to end it.Griffin Canning (2-2) allowed three runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.The Orioles loaded the bases with nobody out in the second, but Terrin Vavra hit into a 1-2-3 double play and Canning escaped the jam. Baltimore took the lead the following inning on Ryan Mountcastle&...

Soccer, health officials gather for head injury summit amid criticism from CTE researchers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:59 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Alecko Eskandrian starred at the University of Virginia before playing for five teams during seven seasons in Major League Soccer. The All-Star forward had five documented concussions during his MLS career, leading to his retirement in 2010.When it comes to head injuries and soccer, Eskandrian said, the sport has come a long way.“When I was younger, growing up, that wasn’t even a thing to, hey, report your concussion,” he said. “It was more of like, if you felt OK, you carried through, you carried through, and there were never discussions about short-term, long-terms effects, things like that.”The 40-year-old Eskandrian, who works for MLS in player relations and player development, shared his perspective while speaking on a panel Wednesday on the first day of a head injury summit at a downtown Chicago hotel.The conference of scientists, medical professionals and athletic trainers and officials was organized by U.S. Soccer, Major League Soccer, the National...