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Victims of deadly Long Beach boat fire identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

Authorities have identified the two people who were killed after a boat fire erupted in Long Beach earlier this month.On Aug. 5, two people were killed and three others were critically injured when flames ignited on a 35-foot pleasure craft at Alamitos Bay near the 200 block of Marina Drive.The two female victims were identified as Margaret Lynn Gentry, 60, from Inglewood and Sharon Gentry, 75, from Atlanta, Georgia.Reports from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office list Margaret’s cause of death as blunt head trauma and thermal burns. Sharon’s cause of death was listed as thermal burns and smoke inhalation.At the time, Long Beach fire crews responded to the burning craft at around 5:17 p.m. The boat was found in close proximity to a fuel dock near Fire Station 21, authorities said.Images from the scene show large plumes of smoke covering the pier as bystanders looked on. Both land and marine reinforcements responded to the scene the extinguish the blaze. Two people ...

SF Giants get the best of former reliever Littell to beat Rays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Zack Littell’s last two walks off the mound at Oracle Park have not been happy ones.Eleven months, three teams and a new role after publicly airing his grievances with manager Gabe Kapler last September, never to be seen in a Giants uniform again, Littell marched back to the visitor’s dugout in the sixth inning Tuesday evening after his shutout bid evaporated and his former club took a commanding lead in an eventual 7-0 win.Littell, now a starter — not an opener — for the Rays, traded zeros with Jakob Junis and Sean Manaea for five innings, frustrating Kapler enough to get him ejected in the fourth inning, before the Giants’ long-dormant bats revved up to finish with seven runs on nine hits, one of their best showings since the trade deadline.Thairo Estrada homered to left, breaking the scoreless tie, and Wade Meckler lined a single into center for his first MLB hit, bringing Rays manager Kevin Cash out with the hook. No protesting from Littell this...

Woman with knife arrested after altercation outside Oakley middle school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

(KRON) -- A woman with a knife was arrested and two teenage girls were detained after an altercation outside an Oakley middle school on Tuesday, the Oakley Police Department said. Police responded to Delta Vista Middle School, located at 4901 Frank Hengel Way, at about 3:25 p.m. Officers de-escalated an argument between two adults, but another altercation involving the same people broke out 15 minutes later, according to police. Petaluma bus driver arrested on suspicion of annoying a minor Yvette Brice, 61, of Antioch, was armed with a knife and yelling at adults, OPD said. Officers attempted to separate the group"As our officers took this action, Brice moved closer to the people she was angry with and she moved the knife into an even more threatening position," OPD wrote. This caused one officer to draw his gun. Brice was taken into custody "forcibly," police said. Nobody was injured. As she was being arrested, several students began fighting, per police. A 13-year-old girl and ...

Sexual assault along Millbrae trail has residents on edge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

MILLBRAE, Calif. (KRON) -- A woman out for an evening walk was the victim of a sexual assault Sunday at around 7:30 p.m. It happened on a popular neighborhood trail on the Peninsula. The police are asking for the public's help to identify the person responsible. Recall Alameda DA Pamela Price movement files official notice "It's very said. I hope they find the person responsible for this incident," said Millbrae resident Rosemary Ferdenzes.Investigators with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office say a 28-year-old female was walking alone along the Spur Trail when she was approached from behind and groped below the waist. The man then rode off on a black mountain bike. He matched the description of a person in this photo released by police. Image from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. People who use the trail in this quiet neighborhood say until now they considered it safe."Very safe," said Ferdenzes."It's always been very safe," agreed resident Daniel Lawson."Absolutely, bec...

SF reports 473 overdose deaths in first 7 months of 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Overdose deaths are on the rise in San Francisco. In fact, the city is setting new records. Public health officials say fentanyl is mostly to blame, and while it’s an uphill battle, they are still hoping an expansion of existing programs and treatments will bring those numbers down.At a news conference Tuesday, San Francisco Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax announced 71 people died of drug overdoses in July alone, bringing the total number of overdose deaths for the first seven months of the year to 473. 4-year-old girl killed, parents injured in crash near Oracle Park “It pains me to share that this is the highest overdose deaths San Francisco has experienced,” he said. “And it correlates with this overtake of fentanyl into our drug supply.”City officials say 80% of those overdose deaths are the result of fentanyl, which they say has become cheaper, more potent and more available.“We are flooding areas with Naloxone,” Colfax said. “Life-saving Naloxo...

Dodgers win 9th in a row with 6-2 victory over Brewers in matchup of NL division leaders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rookie Bobby Miller tossed six innings of one-run ball and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their ninth straight game, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 on Tuesday night in a matchup of NL division leaders.The NL West-leading Dodgers are riding their longest winning streak since taking 12 in a row from July 31-Aug. 13 last year. They improved to 13-1 this month and are a season-best 26 games over .500 at 72-46.Miller (7-2) allowed one hit in his first win since July 22. The right-hander struck out four and walked one. Ryan Yarbrough earned his first save of the season with three innings of relief. The NL Central-leading Brewers had their three-game winning streak snapped.The Dodgers sent 10 batters to the plate and scored five runs while breaking open a tie game in the sixth.J.D. Martinez doubled off the wall in left, chasing Adrian Houser (4-4) and scoring Will Smith, who reached on a throwing error by third baseman Andruw Monasterio.Pinch-hitter Kiké Hernández follow...

Estrada, Flores hit home runs as Giants offense comes alive in 7-0 win over Rays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thairo Estrada homered with one out in the sixth to break up a scoreless game, Wilmer Flores hit a two-run drive three batters later, and the San Francisco Giants came alive on offense to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-0 on Tuesday night.Jakob Junis struck out seven over four scoreless innings then gave way to Sean Manaea (4-3), who struck out five and allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.A day after the Giants surrendered a season-high 18 hits — also the Rays’ most this season — they showed energy and enthusiasm for 27 outs to win for just the third time in 10 games. San Francisco added two more runs in the seventh on catcher René Pinto’s wild pickoff attempt throw that sailed over third baseman Isaac Paredes.Joc Pederson made a hard slide into home on Michael Conforto’s double in the eighth and Pederson looked up at Whitson and said “safe” as the umpire made the safe call. The play went to replay review and was confirmed.Manage...

France’s 10th-inning single lifts Mariners over Royals 10-8 after blown 7-run lead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ty France lined a two-run single to center in the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners rebounded from a blown-seven run lead to beat the Kansas City Royals 10-8 on Tuesday night. Eugenio Suárez, France, Teoscar Hernández and Josh Rojas homered in a seven-run fourth inning off Jordan Lyles, the Mariners’ first four-homer inning since May 2, 2002 at the Chicago White Sox. Suárez and France combined for Seattle’s sixth back-to-back homers this year as the Mariners took a 7-0 lead.Hernández tied his career high with five hits and had three RBIs, and France had four hits and three RBIs. Kansas City outhit the Mariners 15-14, and the Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. sparked the comeback in a five-run fifth with his second grand slam in an 18-day span.Kansas City (39-82) clinched its seventh straight losing season since winning the 2015 World Series. The Royals have had just five winning seasons in the last 30 years.Seattle, which had lost three straight gam...

Howard U. ramps up security after random mob attack on students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

Security is being ratcheted up on the D.C. campus of Howard University, after several students were randomly and viciously attacked this weekend by a group of teenagers, known to police for their troublemaking.Videos posted on social media this weekend showed the melee, in which Howard students were injured outside a residence hall — two victims managed to escape the violent mob of about 15 or more teenagers while another one of the victims was stabbed in the back, according to NBC4 Washington.With nearly 250,000 views as of Tuesday evening, one TikTok user describing herself as a sophomore journalism student said that one victim was “left to die on the concrete” as security walked away.@thesocialitechannel #greenscreen Four Howard university students were attacked by over 50 locals early Monday morning and the University is not doing as much as the students would like to see and respond to this incident.##fyp##trending##howarduniversity##hu25##hu26 ♬ original sound R...

2 victims of Maui wildfire identified. Death toll rises to 106. Follow live updates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:02 GMT

By The Associated PressFollow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing dozens of people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. The cause was under investigation. Even where the fires have retreated, authorities have warned that toxic byproducts may remain, including in drinking water, after the flames spewed poisonous fumes.Maui County released the names of two people killed in the wildfire that all but incinerated the historic town of Lahaina Tuesday evening, as the death toll rose to 106.A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify remains, as teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deployed a team of coroners, pathologists and technicians along with exam tables, X-ray units and other equipment to identify victims and process remains,...