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

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 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...

Defender Henry Kessler out 4 months after hamstring surgery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 GMT

New England Revolution central defender Henry Kessler had surgery on his right hamstring Friday, and the team said it expected him to be sidelined for four months.Kessler, 24, started New England’s first seven games and was hurt during the first half of the April 8 game against Montreal.Kessler made his Major League Soccer debut in 2020 and has four goals in 79 league appearances.He has made two appearances for the U.S. national team, entering in stoppage time of the second extra time of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Mexico and starting an exhibition that December against Bosnia and Herzegovina.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Delaware governor drops opposition to marijuana legalization

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:46:21 GMT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware Gov. John Carney said Friday that he will allow bills legalizing recreational marijuana use by adults in the state and authorizing the establishment of a state-licensed and regulated cannabis industry to become law without his signature.The Democratic governor’s move marks a turnaround from last year, when he vetoed a legalization bill championed by fellow Democrats. That led to a failed veto override attempt by House Democrats.Just last month, Carney’s office said he continued to have strong concerns about the unintended consequences of legalizing marijuana for recreational use, including the effects on young people and highway safety.“I want to be clear that my views on this issue have not changed. And I understand there are those who share my views who will be disappointed in my decision not to veto this legislation,” Carney said in a prepared statement Friday. “I came to this decision because I believe we’ve spent far too much time focused...