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Taking fireworks off San Mateo County streets, $75 at a time

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

As we approach the cacophonous Fourth of July holiday, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office coaxed residents to turn over nearly 400 pounds of fireworks in the county’s first “buy back” program.In recent years, booms and hisses have become the Peninsula’s summer soundtrack, starting at sundown and going well into the night. Fires are ignited, nerves get frayed and pets cower under beds.At the Sunday event, modeled after the popular gun buyback programs, community members earned up to $75 in cash, based on weight, by turning in their fireworks.The county’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians collected many illegal and potentially deadly pyrotechnics such as military grade smoke grenades, M-80s, aerial rockets and mortar style fireworks.Fireworks are prohibited in all Bay Area counties, with some exceptions in some cities for the “safe and sane” varieties, which are neither projectile nor explosive. “Safe and sane” fireworks include fountains, sparklers, smokeballs, snake-t...

VIDEO: Employee held at gunpoint during armed robbery at Oakland donut shop

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

(KRON) -- Three suspects are at large from an armed robbery that happened overnight on Friday. The armed robbery happened around 12:50 a.m. at Colonial Donuts.Video obtained by KRON4 shows the robbery in which three unknown individuals walked into the front door and robbed the business at 3318 Lakeshore Ave. In fear for their lives, the employee complied with the suspects' demands. The Oakland Police Department is investigating the robbery and said the suspects ran away from the area with an unknown amount of cash/belonging from the business.

Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman gets his 2,000th hit with a double vs. the Astros

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman got his 2,000th hit Sunday night, reaching the milestone in the eighth inning with his second double of the game against the Houston Astros. Freeman’s sharp line drive to right field drove in Mookie Betts, making him the 295th player in major league history to reach the mark.Freeman was playing in his 1,801 game, becoming the seventh player to reach 2,000 hits as a member of the Dodgers. Of those hits, 441 are doubles —- including his league-leading 27 this season.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts felt Freeman had been pressing to reach the milestone at home as he went hitless in seven at-bats through the first two games of the weekend series.Freeman, 33, spent his first 12 seasons with Atlanta after the Braves selected him in the second round of the 2007 draft. He had 1,704 hits in 1,565 games for the Braves before the Orange County native joined the Dodgers as a free agent before the 2022 season.___AP MLB: https...

Trump amplía ventaja sobre DeSantis a pesar de acusación federal, según encuesta de NBC News

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

MIAMI- El expresidente Donald Trump ha ampliado su ventaja sobre su inmediato competidor en las primarias republicanas, Ron DeSantis, a pesar de la acusación federal que afronta por los documentos clasificados recuperados de su mansión en Florida, según revela un sondeo dado a conocer este domingo.De acuerdo a una encuesta nacional de nuestra cadena hermana NBC News, el 51% de republicanos votaría por el exmandatario (2017-2021) en las primarias para elegir al candidato republicano en las elecciones presidenciales de 2024, mientras que el actual gobernador de Florida suma el 22% de intención de voto.El sondeo, hecho entre el 16 y 20 de junio, es decir después de darse a conocer la formulación de 37 cargos federal contra Trump, y de que DeSantis hiciera oficial su aspiración presidencial, refleja que respecto a una encuesta difundida en abril el expresidente ha ganado cinco puntos porcentuales y que el gobernador de Florida ha perdido nueve puntos.“No solo siguen con Trump desp...

Remember to hydrate as temps begin scorching the DC region

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

People exercise on the National Mall as temperatures are expected to reach near 100 degrees Fahrenheit on August 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The DC metropolitan region is under a heat advisory as a third day of extreme heat and humidity hits the nation's capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch) People exercise on the National Mall as temperatures are expected to reach near 100 degrees Fahrenheit on August 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The DC metropolitan region is under a heat advisory as a third day of extreme heat and humidity hits the nation's capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch) As heat and humidity descend on the D.C. region, the risk of de...

Veteran group ‘deploys’ into DC for community service in Wards 7 and 8

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

Volunteers with The Mission Continues at a service deployment recently. Volunteers with The Mission Continues at a service deployment recently. A military veterans’ nonprofit group is in the midst of a weeklong community service “deployment” in D.C. called “Operation District Drilldown.”The aim of the group’s operation is to help beautify underserviced areas in community, while also giving their volunteers purpose in their post-military life.“We’ve got folks who are ready to serve and have an enormous amount of potential energy, and we’ve got communities that need them,” said president and CEO of The Mission Continues, Mary Beth Bruggeman. “So we...

3 injured after ziplining collision in Castle Rock, 2 in critical condition

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (KDVR) -- Three people -- including two children -- were injured in a ziplining incident at Philip S. Miller Park in Castle Rock on Sunday. All three were taken to a local hospital, and one adult and one child were in critical condition.Castle Rock Fire said both the children were under the age of 10. First responders were dispatched to the incident around 6:15 p.m.

Denver weather: Sunny and warmer weather to start the week

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay sunny and warmer than normal for the first half of the workweek ahead of afternoon thunderstorms returning to the forecast Thursday and Friday. Weather tonight: Mostly clear, seasonalDenver will stay mainly clear and breezy tonight with wind gusts reaching up to 20 mph out of the south. Temperatures will stay seasonal and fall to the mid 50s. Weather tomorrow: Sunny, warmerMore sunshine is on the way Monday. This will help temperatures to quickly climb to the upper 80s, which is a few degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. Looking ahead: More sunshine and hot temperatures Sunshine and warmer temperatures will stick around for the first half of the workweek. This will put Denver on track to hit the first 90 degree day of the year on Tuesday, and stay near 90 degrees again on Wednesday. The weather pattern will shift on Thursday and Friday. Both days will start with a partly to mostly sunny sky, followed by the chance for...

Members of Aurora City Council visit D.C. for homeless resource funding

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) - Even with a camping ban, there are issues facing the City of Aurora and people experiencing homelessness there.Recently, FOX31 covered an encampment along Interstate-225 on the shoulder of a busy on-ramp.Two members of Aurora's City Council sat down with FOX31 about the outlook for the issue of homelessness in Aurora.Danielle Jurinsky and Dustin Zvonek talked about what they view as a solution or at least a path to a solution to homelessness and they're saying it only works if other communities join in."The hope would be to have a regional solution where all municipalities would have a similar camping ban where we could really try to get these people off the side of the sides our streets and into shelters where they could access services," Zvonek said. Large encampment appears on shoulder of I-225 ramp "I think one of the biggest problem we have in Aurora is addressing the C-DOT property along 225," Jurinsky said.C-DOT told FOX31 the encampments are not so e...

‘It was chaos’: Cruise ship passengers report long waits, disorganized crews after fatal boat crash off PortMiami led to delays

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:29:46 GMT

Cruise ships in PortMiami encountered delays when a boat wreck that left a man dead and sent another to the hospital forced authorities to shut down the waterway for hours, sparking frustrations among passengers.7News cameras captured the 30-foot boat involved in Sunday morning’s crash as it was pulled from the depths of Government Cut.Radio transmissions captured the moment first responders were alerted about the crash.“The far east side of Dodge Island reference a boat collision,” said a dispatcher.Just before 4 a.m., investigators said, the boat crashed into a Fisher Island ferry, just off the port.One man who was found in the water was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center. The second boater did not survive; his body was later recovered by the dive team.The investigation and subsequent salvage of the vessel involved shut down the North channel for hours, forcing cruise ships inbound to remain at sea.By mid-afternoon, the port was back open, and the ships were allowed t...