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Drunk wrong-way driver arrested in fatal San Bernardino County crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

A 59-year-old man from Riverside is dead following a fatal traffic collision with a wrong-way driver suspected of being under the influence of alcohol, authorities announced Sunday.  Officers with the Rialto Police Department responded to reports of the deadly crash in the 300 block of West Santa Ana Avenue on June 24 at around 8:43 p.m., police said.  At the scene, first responders discovered one of the motorists, identified as Gregory Cruz, suffering from life-threatening injuries. Personnel with the Rialto Fire Department rushed the 59-year-old to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.  The second driver, identified as 48-year-old Jose Saavedra-Escoto from Bloomington, was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said.  Detectives with the police department’s Major Accident Investigation Team assumed the case. A preliminary investigation revealed that Saavedra-Escoto had been traveling westbound on Santa Ana Avenue from Willow Aven...

Starbucks workers 'Strike with Pride' in the Castro during SF Pride celebrations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

(KRON) -- A group of unionized Starbucks employees took to the streets in the heart of the Castro during Pride celebrations on Sunday morning. The group aimed to bring attention to claims of unfair bargaining and anti-LGBTQ+ incidents across the company. Man dies after vehicle crashes into building in Sunnyvale, DUI suspected The workers say they are also asking the company to "end its attacks on the LGBTQIA+ workers as part of its relentless union-busting campaign," a press release said. Starbucks Workers United is the union's name, and its efforts have helped to organize over 8,000 workers in 320 Starbucks stores in 38 states, the press release stated. The union efforts and the company's slow response, or in some cases lack of any response, has been noticed nationwide. The National Labor Relations Board is now prosecuting Starbucks on suspicion of failure to bargain in good faith with their workers, the group said. KRON4 reached out to Starbucks for comment on the demonstration...

VIDEO: Jeep flips onto its side in Lower Pac Heights

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

(KRON) -- A Jeep ended up on its side after in the middle of a busy Lower Pacific Heights intersection on Sunday, the San Francisco Fire Department confirmed to KRON4. Suspected DUI driver careens over the edge of Santa Cruz cliff The incident happened around 2 p.m. near Geary Boulevard and Divisadero Street. Video from the scene (above) shows San Francisco Police Department officers at the scene with a tow truck, and a blue Jeep Wrangler on its side. A silver Toyota Camry is also visible as a tow truck hoists the vehicle onto its trailer. Two people were inside of the Jeep when it tipped over. Both were taken to the hospital and are listed in stable condition, SFFD said.

Man dies after Saturday night shooting in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

(KRON) -- A man died after a shooting Saturday night in Oakland, the Oakland Police Department confirmed. The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. on the 6200 block of International Boulevard. OPD arrived at the scene and found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He died at the scene. His identity is not being released at this time.No arrests have been made in connection to this shooting. Police have not released a motive.The 6200 block of International Boulevard is approximately one mile northeast of the Oakland Coliseum. No other information was immediately available.

Yin wins Women’s PGA at Baltusrol, Bradley wins home game at Travelers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Ruoning Yin made a birdie putt from about 10 feet on the final hole and became the second woman from China to win a major, beating Yuka Saso by one shot in the Women’s PGA Championship on Sunday.After Saso made birdie ahead of her on the par-5 18th hole at Baltusrol to move into a tie for the lead, Yin found the rough with her tee shot, then hit her third shot into an ideal spot and curled in the right-to-left breaking putt, pumping her fist after it dropped.The 20-year-old Yin closed with a 4-under 67, finished at 8-under 276 and joined Shanshan Feng as Chinese winners of women’s majors. Feng won this event — then known as the LPGA Championship — in 2012 and is currently the Chinese national team coach.Rose Zhang, who won in her professional debut three weeks ago, also in New Jersey, made a charge with a final-round 67 and finished in a tie for eighth, three shots back.Saso, the U.S. Women’s Open champion in 2021, shot 66. The championship had a mid-r...

Florida sets College World Series record for runs with 24-4 win over LSU to force deciding Game 3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Florida scored the most runs in College World Series history and came up one short of the record for largest margin of victory in a 24-4 rout of LSU on Sunday that forced a deciding Game 3.The Gators hit six home runs on a windy day at Charles Schwab Field and pounded LSU pitching for a CWS record-tying 23 hits a day after Ty Floyd struck out 17 in the Tigers’ 4-3, 11-inning win in Game 1.The teams play the final game of the College World Series on Monday night, with the winner earning the national championship. Florida (54-16) came in having been involved in four of the CWS record-tying eight one-run games. The Gators had totaled 17 runs in four games here before the offense broke loose.Ty Evans and Jac Caglianone each homered twice, with Evans’ grand slam breaking things open early. Wyatt Langford and BT Riopelle also went deep.Florida’s 24 runs broke Notre Dame’s CWS record, set in a 23-2 win over Northern Colorado in 1957. The 20-run wi...

Dygert wins women’s US cycling title while Simmons captures men’s road race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — American cyclist Chloe Dygert followed up her time trial national title with a victory in the women’s road race on Sunday, while Quinn Simmons broke away from the field to win the shortened men’s race at the U.S. championships.Dygert pulled away from Coryn Labecki, who won the criterium title earlier in the weekend, on the final turns leading to the finish on Gay Street. Labecki took the silver medal while Skylar Schneider out-sprinted 2021 champ Lauren Stephens for third.The 26-year-old Dygert’s big weekend was the culmination of a long comeback from a career-threatening injury that she sustained in a crash during the 2020 world championships. She underwent numerous procedures to repair injuries to her left leg, and after she came back to help the U.S. win a team pursuit medal at the Tokyo Games, she was sidelined for nearly all of last season due to an abnormal heart rate and a bout with the Epstein-Barr virus.She competed at La Vuelta Fem...

Nelson sharp, Marte homers again as Diamondbacks top Giants 5-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ryne Nelson struck out six in seven innings in his strongest start of the season, Ketel Marte added two hits and homered for the second consecutive game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks held off the surging San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.Christian Walker extended his career-high hitting streak to 10 games with an RBI double for Arizona. Alek Thomas had three hits for the Diamondbacks, whose lead in the NL West had been trimmed to 1 ½ games over the Giants after San Francisco won the first two games of the series.Arizona set a franchise record with its 79th consecutive game without being shut out, the ninth-longest streak in the majors since 1998.J.D. Davis and Luis Matos each had two hits for San Francisco. It was the Giants’ second loss in 14 games and prevented them from claiming their fourth series sweep in the last six tries.San Francisco scored once in the eighth and appeared to load the bases on Patrick Bailey’s infield singl...

Woman dies after rafting accident in Colorado River

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- A 51-year-old woman died after a rafting accident on the Colorado River Sunday afternoon, according to the Grand County Sheriff's Office.Dispatch received a report of an overturned raft near the Radium Campground around 12:48 p.m.The woman had been pulled from the river and was unresponsive.Life-saving measures were attempted but were unsuccessful.The woman's family is from the Kremmling area, according to GCSO.

Greece’s conservatives win election majority to secure second term

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s conservatives won big on Sunday’s parliamentary elections, securing an outright majority. Far-right parties also made gains, while the left struggled, giving Greece’s parliament its most rightward slant since the restoration of democracy in 1974.The New Democracy party of Kyriakos Mitsotakis managed to widen its double-digit lead over its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party, and secured 158 seats in the country’s 300-seat parliament, under the new electoral system which awards the winning party 50 bonus seats.“Our goals are high and must be high in a second term that can transform Greece with dynamic growth rates that will raise wages and reduce inequalities,” Mitsotakis said in his first message from his party’s headquarters.“People gave us a safe majority. The major reforms will therefore proceed with speed as this is the choice of the Greek people and I will honor it in full.”Sunday’s elections were the second held in the country...