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Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

Concord City Council has approved an amended budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year that focuses on various key areas such as staffing, homelessness, and development of the Concord naval weapons stations while ensuring general fund reserves are maintained. The council has earmarked $5.4 million of Measure V and American Rescue Plan Act funds to address homelessness and support the development of strategic plans aimed at tackling the issue.City staff will use the funds to draft a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a new master developer, with the council prioritizing objective design standards for multifamily residential development and progress on the school.Concord has been grappling with staff shortage issues, and to address this, the council has approved an extension of the city manager’s authority to over-hire in all departments.The city has a $13.4 million budget residual from the 2021-22 budget for unforeseen economic uncertainties. Staff recommended allocating $10.5 milli...

Supreme Court: Trans girl can run girls track in W. Virginia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

By Mark Sherman | Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues.The justices refused to disturb an appeals court order that made it possible for the girl, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to continue playing on her school’s track and cross-country teams, where she regularly finishes near the back of the pack.Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas would have allowed West Virginia to enforce its law against Pepper-Jackson.Pepper-Jackson is in the middle of the outdoor track season. She had filed a lawsuit challenging the law, the Save Women’s Sports Act, which West Virginia lawmakers adopted in 2021. A federal appeals court had allowed her to compete while she appealed a lower court ruling that upheld the West Virginia law.In an emailed statement issued by the ACLU’s West Virginia chapter to The ...

Video shows man use gun to steal $45K Rolex in broad daylight; 2 arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

(KRON) -- Two people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the theft of a $45,000 Rolex watch outside a jewelry store, the San Pablo Police Department (SPPD) announced on Facebook. Surveillance video of the robbery (above) shows a suspect using an AR-15-style pistol to threaten the man before he removes his watch.The crime occurred at 4:19 p.m. on March 3 in front of H Bee Jewelry at the San Pablo Towne Center, located at 2415 San Pablo Dam Road. The video shows a man, later identified as 19-year-old Vallejo resident Timothy Harvey, approaching the victim and pointing a gun at his head before the victim takes off his watch and hands it over. SF cannabis store owners say they’ve had enough, call for more security According to SPPD, a second suspect, named by police as 26-year-old San Francisco resident Christopher Salmeron, was in the store with the victim and noticed the expensive watch. Police claim Salmeron got in contact with Harvey and planned the robbery. Harvey alle...

Fairfield man arrested on suspicion of stabbing death last October

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

(BCN) — A Fairfield man has been arrested on suspicion of the stabbing death of a man last October, police said Thursday. Milton O'Neal Jr., 40, was taken into custody on Monday by sheriff's deputies in Lassen County after working closely with Fairfield police to "diligently" track his location, Fairfield police said. Sunnyvale couple arrested with large stash of weapons and stolen vehicles O'Neal, also known as "Porkchop," is accused of fatally stabbing 48-year-old Suisun City resident Roderick Harris around 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 29 in the 300 block of Jefferson Street in Fairfield. Investigators believe that O'Neal and the victim knew each other, according to Fairfield police. O'Neal has been transported to Solano County Jail, where he was booked on suspicion of murder in the first degree, police said. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved.

SF cannabis store owners say they've had enough, call for more security

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A group of San Francisco cannabis store owners gathered on Thursday to air their grievances about an increase in robberies. They say they’ve become easy targets and that the city isn’t doing enough to protect them.The owners of these cannabis stores say their surveillance cameras show what appears to be the same group of people -- going from store to store in the city and taking what they want, including one of the workers. Elon Musk says violent crime in SF is ‘horrific.’ Is it? Cannabis dispensaries say this is a scene that plays out all too often on their security cameras.A car full of suspects pulling up with crowbars to rob their stores -- often times armed with guns.Chairman of the San Francisco Cannabis Oversight Committee, Ali Jamalian, says the store manager of Stiizy was taken at gunpoint during a recent robbery.“The store we’re standing in front was the recent victim of a kidnapping, so worker safety is the very driving force and the reason we’re...

San Leandro pool headed for a 'bummer in the summer'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KRON) -- Due to supply chain and labor shortage issues, the San Leandro Family Aquatic Center will remain closed until the summer of 2024. Repairs to the deteriorating facility worsened during the pandemic, and it is now deemed unsafe.The center has been shut down to the public since early last summer after the city determined the facility was no longer safe. Mayor Juan Gonzalez says that still remains the case."When facilities go unused and their deterioration is happening, sometimes you get a little bit surprised," Gonzalez said. Contra Costa County water district to end drought restrictions, surcharge What has thrown the city for a loop, Gonzalez says, is the nationwide supply-chain shortages and the struggle to find a pool resurfacing contractor. But that may not mean much to the families who rely on the aquatic center to stay cool in the summer."I know this pool is used by people from throughout San Leandro, and so people throughout San Leandro, not just ...

Green, Osman lead Cavaliers to 118-94 win over Magic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Danny Green scored 21 points, Cedi Osman added 19 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 118-94 on Thursday night in a game in which both teams rested their starters.Isaiah Mobley came off the bench with 18 points for the Cavaliers.Jalen Suggs led the Magic with 22 points in their home finale. Bol Bol added 18 points and eight rebounds in his first start since Dec. 30.The 35-year-old Green, who signed as a free agent with the Cavaliers on Feb. 14 after being waived by Houston, played 26 minutes and shot 5 for 9 from behind the arc.Only one of the 10 players who started Tuesday night’s Cavs-Magic game, in which Cleveland clinched the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference and the Magic were mathematically eliminated, started again Thursday. The Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell, who scored 43 points Tuesday to become the only NBA player this season to score 40 or more points in four straight games, sat out the game along with Evan Mobley, Jarrett Alle...

Kidney voucher program could help 100,00 in need, while giving priority to loved ones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

April is National Donate Life Month, which is aimed at encouraging people to become organ donors. That doesn’t necessarily mean waiting until a loved one needs an organ.“There’s almost 100,000 people out there that need a kidney,” said Dr. Jennifer Verbesey, director of the Living Donor Transplant program at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute.So, there’s a big push to get people to donate kidneys now, but many people are hesitant, Verbesey said.More Health & Fitness News“One thing we used to hear a lot is, ‘Well, I worry, what if my kids or someone in my family needs a kidney later,'” Verbesey said.The Family Voucher Program through the National Kidney Registry aims to ease that concern. As part of the program, anyone who donates a kidney now gets a voucher for a kidney for a family member later.“They come forward, and their kidney goes to someone who needs it. And that might start up a whole chain reaction of kidney transplants,” V...

Israel military says it launched strikes in Lebanon, and Lebanese TV station reports explosions in southern city of Tyre

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel military says it launched strikes in Lebanon, and Lebanese TV station reports explosions in southern city of Tyre.Source

Above-normal snowpack helps drought conditions in Colorado

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:56 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It has been a dry start to the month of April, and with fire season a year-round concern in Colorado, dry conditions are always a concern. However, this week's drought monitor update shows that most of Colorado is still drought-free, and snowpack is playing a big role in helping out. Colorado's snowpack is 140% of normal. The whole state is either around or above 100% of normal snowpack levels. San Juan is at 180% of normal snowpack, while to the southeast, the Arkansas River Basin is just below normal at 92% of average. The high snowpack has helped to keep the western half of Colorado out of drought concerns through the winter and early spring. However, the latest drought monitor, released on April 6, revealed much drier conditions in Southeast Colorado.So far, Denver has only picked up 0.2 inches of snowfall in April. It is only 6 days into the month, but that leaves a long way to go before Denver hits the monthly average of 8.8 inches of snow. Tribe, US offici...