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Another storm hits Bay Area: 184k customers lose power

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) -- Tuesday's storm is unleashing fierce winds and pounding rain across the San Francisco Bay Area. Evening commuters are facing a hazardous journey home with many roads slick, flooded, and blocked by toppled trees. One driver was killed in Portola Valley near Highway 280 when trees fell on Alpine Road. After 14 atmospheric rivers, how full are California’s reservoirs? Follow along for the latest Bay Area storm updates:Tuesday, March 215:51 p.m. -- AC Transit suspends Transbay linesAC Transit said that eastbound Transbay lines have temporarily stopped running from the Salesforce Transit Center.The decision was made after a big rig truck overturned on the Bay Bridge, blocking four of its five lanes at one point. Riders are encouraged to use BART for commutes to the East Bay.Westbound Transbay bus lines will stop at the West Oakland BART station, where riders can take BART into the city. 5:43 p.m. -- 3rd Street Bridge damaged by bargeThe San Francis...

Traffic snarls on Bay Bridge after big-rig topples

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A big-rig truck toppled on its side and snarled traffic just before 5 p.m. Tuesday on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. The California Highway Patrol San Francisco issued a "major traffic alert" for eastbound drivers following the bridge crash near Treasure Island. "I-80 e/b (San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge), just east of 1st Street on-ramp, a big rig has overturned and the four left e/b lanes are currently blocked. Expect major delays! Please use alternate routes and avoid area if possible!" the CHP wrote on Twitter. Live Bay Area storm updates All trucks are being asked to exit Interstate-80 eastbound at Fourth Street. "Please do not attempt to cross the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge at this time. There is not sufficient clearance for any trucks to pass the overturned truck and it will only create further congestion," the CHP told truck drivers. A big-rig truck crashed on the Bay Bridge on March 21, 2023 during windy weather. (Image courtesy Oren Kroll...

Amtrak train hits tree and derails near Port Costa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

(KRON) -- Emergency personnel are responding to an Amtrak train that derailed east of Port Costa, according to a tweet from the Crockett-Carquinez Fire Department. The train reportedly derailed just southeast of Port Costa. There have been no reports of injuries. Bay Area storm updates: More than 100k without power Capitol Corridor train service is disrupted as a result of the incident with several trains held up along their routes. Capitol Corridor said it will provide updates as more information becomes available.Crockett-Carquinez Fire announced in a subsequent tweet that it had cleared the scene. There were 55 passengers on board the train when it derailed. The derailment was caused by a downed tree. No one was injured in the incident.BART will be offering assistance to passengers who need help following the train derailment through mutual aid."We are aware Capitol Corridor and Amtrak is experiencing mass delays due to a derailment involving a tree near Rodeo," BART tweeted. "...

Van driver killed by falling tree in San Mateo County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- Gusty winds on Tuesday brought down trees across the Bay Area, one of those trees claimed a life near Portola Valley.A tree fell on a vehicle that was driving on Alpine Road in San Mateo County near the 280 and the driver was killed earlier Tuesday. The CHP got a report of a tree strike on a van around 1:34 p.m. on Alpine Road just west of Interstate 280. Another storm hits Bay Area: 100k customers lose power Crews arrived on the scene and found a large eucalyptus tree had fallen on top of a white plumbing van, crushing its roof. The fire department tried to get the driver out of the van and while they were doing that, another tree came down striking another vehicle behind the van. No on was in the second vehicle and none of the firefighters were injured by the second tree fall.They were able to reach the sole occupant of the van at 1:55 p.m. and found that person had been killed on impact by the tree.Both directions on Alpine Road were closed a...

Man sentenced to 30 years after police officer shot friend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — LaKeith Smith was 15 when a police officer shot and killed his friend when the teens were caught burglarizing homes in Alabama, but it is Smith who will spend decades in prison for his friend’s death.A judge on Tuesday sentenced Smith, now 24, to 30 years in prison — a reduction from the more than 50 years he originally received, but a blow to his family and advocates who argued he should not spend decades in prison for a killing he did not commit.The new sentencing hearing was held after a judge ruled Smith’s original lawyer failed to present possible mitigating evidence about his home life and mental health.Circuit Judge Sibley Reynolds handed down the new sentence after a lengthy court hearing. Sibley gave Smith the same punishment he previously handed down — 30 years for the felony murder charge and 25 years for burglary and theft — but this time allowed the sentences to run concurrently, instead of stacked on top of one another. “What he received tod...

Families of Montreal fire victims facing agonizing wait

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Family and friends of the presumed victims of a deadly fire in Old Montreal faced an agonizing wait Tuesday as a recovery team worked to enter the charred shell of the building where two bodies have been found and five people remain missing.Yukun Zeng said the wait to hear about what happened to his friend An Wu was “so heartbreaking.” Wu is one of the people unaccounted for after a fire ripped through a historic building in Old Montreal that included Airbnb units Thursday. The body of one woman was recovered Sunday, but she had not been identified. Police announced late Tuesday that the remains of a second victim had been recovered from the rubble and sent to a forensics laboratory for identification.“I also talked with An’s other friends and other relatives. We still cannot totally understand why it takes so long,” Zeng told reporters near the building. Zeng described Wu as a neuroscientist doing post-doctoral work at the University California San Diego who was in ...

Arrestan a sospechoso de intentar secuestrar a un estudiante de una parada de autobús en Gaithersburg

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

Un presunto intento de secuestro en el condado Montgomery tiene a toda una comunidad en alerta y a padres de familia preocupados ante el hecho. Todo sucedió en una parada de autobuses escolares en la intersección de Towne Crest Drive y Towne Crest Road en Gaithersburg poco antes de las 8 a.m. el lunes, cuando aparentemente un hombre que ya fue arrestado habría intentado secuestrar a un estudiante de una escuela cercana. Residentes de la zona describen al vecindario como tranquilo y sin mayores incidentes, en el que ayer algunos estudiantes vivieron un episodio de terror. El sospechoso, un hombre de 31 años identificado por la policía como Jamal Germany, presuntamente arrastró a un alumno de Redland Middle School hasta un complejo de apartamentos cercano, y fue allí cuando otros estudiantes intervinieron, logrando que la víctima escapara. “Estaban todos ahí reunidos y pues entre ellos se tuvieron que ayudar. Dicen que los compañeritos lo ayudaron a él”, comentó Do...

Children on ventilators enjoy day at the beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

A group of children getting a much-deserved beach day, and this trip was more than just a breath of fresh air.Most of us take going to the beach for granted, but these kids definitely do not because for many of them, Monday was the best day ever.Fun is about to be had, as Gavin and a bunch of his friends are at Miami Beach for the day.Normally, that wouldn’t be possible for these kids with medical limitations.“They have a safe day at the beach and have a normal day like any other child, and they really enjoy it,” said Dr. Maria Fanco of Ventilation Assisted Children’s Center.Eleven children dependant on ventilators, getting in some salt air, warm sunshine and the ocean.Nancy is Gavin’s mom — they drove down from Buffalo for this.“We really can’t go to the beach unless we carried him, which he’s getting bigger now,” she said. “Gavin’s 15 now, so he’s getting bigger and we gotta carry the ventilator, the suction, the emergenc...

Police search for mother after newborn baby found abandoned in Springfield

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

A baby is recovering this week after police said he was abandoned at a home in Springfield in recent days.Police said the newborn was found wrapped in blankets in a car seat at a home on Entrybrook Drive.Speaking with 7NEWS, Juliannys Aviles said she found the baby when she came home on Sunday night with her family and noticed something strange at the front door of her home. Aviles said she heard a soft cry. She said she saw the newborn boy wrapped up along with diapers, pacifiers, baby formula and a note when she looked inside the car seat. “It said ‘Please take good care of me. My mom loves me but she can’t take care of me right now,’” Aviles said of the note.Avilis immediately brought the newborn out of the cold, and called 911. Police later determined the boy was likely outside for nearly two days based on surveillance video from a neighbor.Aviles said the boy’s feet were cracked, swollen and red. “It’s not something, as a mother, I wanted to see,” she ...

Police investigating after teenager shot in Lynn

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:28 GMT

An investigation was underway in Lynn Tuesday after witnesses said a teenager was shot in broad daylight while riding a moped. The incident happened on Fayette Street Tuesday afternoon, where one witness said he heard “five or six shots.” Billy Hukill, who lives close to the scene, said she raced out of her house when she heard the gunshots, only to find the victim bleeding on the ground. Hukill said she jumped in to help.“He was asking me, ‘Please don’t let me die. Can I please have some water? Please don’t let me die.’” Hukill said. Police were seen collecting evidence including shell casings and the moped itself later Tuesday afternoon. “I have four kids and it’s a kid,” Hukill said. “Cars were driving past and weren’t helping him. So I ran down here as fast as I could.” Hukill said she made it to the scene in close to a minute. There, she said she started applying pressure while waiting for an ambulance.  Hukill said the teen was still conscious when he ...