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U.S. Navy officer sentenced for fatal DUI crash on Highway 1 in Monterey

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

(KRON) -- A U.S. Navy Serviceman was sentenced to prison on Monday for causing a fatal head-on DUI crash on Highway 1 in Monterey, prosecutors said.A judge sentenced 25-year-old Christopher Witherspoon to serve six years behind prison bars. Witherspoon is a U.S. Navy Petty Officer and student at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, prosecutors said. On May 6 at 3:45 a.m., Witherspoon was driving drunk and the wrong-way on Highway 1 when his Toyota Camry sedan collided head-on into the victim's Mitsubishi Mirage, according to the Monterey County District Attorney's Office. Witherspoon drove northbound on Highway 1's southbound lanes near an interchange with Highway 68. "Due to his level of intoxication, Witherspoon failed to realize he was driving on the wrong side of the divided highway and crashed head-on into victim Luis Hernandez’s Mitsubishi Mirage," the District Attorney's Office wrote.The victim, 69-year-old Luis Hernandez of Seaside, was driving home from work at the t...

'Speedballs' and 'goofballs' prove deadly in San Francisco

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Fentanyl continues to be the number one cause of drug related deaths in San Francisco. But in the majority of those deaths, the drug is mixed with a stimulant like cocaine--to make "speedballs"-- or meth--to make "goofballs."Those terms aren't new to those familiar with drug addiction, but the addition of fentanyl is. The deadly drug caused a huge spike in deaths during the start of the pandemic and there’s been very little improvement.Drug addiction in San Francisco isn’t easy to solve, but it is easy to see. Tom Wolf is currently in recovery from drug addiction and says "speedballs" aren’t uncommon on the streets.“The idea behind that is people use the stimulant in the hopes that they won’t overdose or die from using the fentanyl, or they do it because they like the experience of feeling both wired and down and out at the same time," Wolf told KRON4.According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, "speedball" deaths are still happening. Officials...

Hero teachers save choking student at North Bay school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

TIBURON, Calif. (KRON) – Some fast thinking and good training likely saved a child’s life in the North Bay. When a seemingly normal lunch break turned into a choking incident, St. Hilary School staff sprung into action.  “I didn’t think much about it at first,” said St. Hilary teacher Tikiya Stewart. “I think I was in shock, but they said you saved a child’s life, and I feel really good about that.”Stewart, known as Kiki at St. Hilary School in Tiburon, says she was on yard duty as usual on Monday. But then the unexpected happened – a child couldn’t breathe because she was choking on her lunch. Three SF restaurants added to Michelin Guide “Some of the kids, at first I was a little skeptical, I mean kids kid all the time,” Stewart said. “But then I was like, ‘This is real.’” Stewart says she didn’t hesitate and stepped in, performing the Heimlich Maneuver. Dr. Marie Bordeleau, the school’s principal, says in her tenure she has focused on emergency preparedness. Agencies l...

Police officers posted at Santa Rosa schools after violence flares between students

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

(KRON) -- Police officers will be present on several Santa Rosa school campuses to provide security leading up to winter break.On Monday, Santa Rosa Police Department officers were posted on the campuses of five high schools and five middle schools. They will remain on-duty while classes are in session until schools close for winter break. SRPD said it deployed the officers at the request of Anna Trunnell, superintendent of Santa Rosa City Schools. There have been several troubling incidents of violence flaring between students this year, including a homicide at Montgomery High School and a recent classroom fight at Herbert Slater Middle School."When the request was made for officers to have a presence on campus for this short time period, we quickly selected five officers based on their desire to participate, prior relationships with school staff and students, and other special skills and training that would greatly benefit the students, staff, and families," SRPD wrote. Officer Lu...

Estas señales de alarma predicen la probabilidad de que una pareja se torne abusiva, según estudio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

(CNN) — En los primeros días de una relación, la pasión puede hacer que alguien atribuya el comportamiento cuestionable de su nueva pareja a un mal día. Y, con demasiada frecuencia, lo que una persona descarta como algo sin importancia puede convertirse en un trato abusivo que la haga sentirse desesperada por dejar la relación, pero atrapada porque ha invertido mucho.Por este motivo, investigadores de la Universidad de Western Ontario (Canadá) se propusieron averiguar si existen indicadores que precedan y predigan de forma fiable la violencia de pareja, es decir, la violencia física, sexual o psicológica ejercida por las personas hacia sus parejas románticas, según un estudio publicado este lunes en la revista académica Social Psychological and Personality Science.“Se trata de uno de los primeros estudios que identifican comportamientos que predicen el maltrato pero que no son en sí mismos abusivos”, afirma la autora principal del estudio, la Dra. Nicolyn Charlot, ...

Commissioners in a Montana county remove election oversight from fellow Republican

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

A Montana clerk and recorder who expressed doubt about the integrity of the election process during her 2022 campaign lost her election oversight duties on Tuesday in a vote by county commissioners, reflecting some of the turmoil nationwide since conspiracy theories spread about the 2020 presidential election.Hundreds of people attended the meeting at the Cascade County fairgrounds, and nearly 100 testified either in person or online. More than half the speakers supported Sandra Merchant continuing to oversee elections, at least until her four-year term was up in January 2027. However, one person brought in a petition with 300 signatures in favor of a motion to transfer the election oversight to an appointed county employee, and the school district asked the county to remove election duties from the clerk and recorder’s office after issues with the school board election this year.Commissioners Joe Briggs, James Larson and Rae Grulkowski and the clerk are Republicans. Briggs an...

Zaidi: Giants made comparable offer to $700M deal Shohei Ohtani received from rival Dodgers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants made three offers to Shohei Ohtani, including a final proposal that president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi called “very comparable if not identical” to the record $700 million, 10-year contract the Japanese two-way star agreed to with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani spent two hours with the Giants for a ballpark meeting with Zaidi, Greg Johnson, former catcher Buster Posey and new manager Bob Melvin on Dec. 2. Zaidi said San Francisco increased its offers to meet Ohtani’s requests. “The proposal that was made was very comparable if not identical to what he wound up agreeing to,” Zaidi said during a conference call Tuesday.But when the Giants got the sense Ohtani seemed to want to stay in Southern California, Zaidi said there was a realization it might be a hard agreement to make happen despite the proposed financial commitment. Also, San Francisco’s executives hadn’t heard anything a couple of d...

Zelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his country was fighting for “our freedom and yours” as he made an impassioned plea Tuesday for Congress to approve more assistance to fight Russia’s invasion.But prospects for additional U.S. aid to Ukraine appeared seriously delayed, if not in grave doubt, despite his whirlwind diplomacy in Washington.After hours of talks on Capitol Hill, Zelenskyy spent more hours at the White House meeting with President Joe Biden and his aides about a way forward. The U.S. has already provided Ukraine $111 billion since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his grinding invasion more than 21 months ago, but Republicans are insisting on linking any more money to strict U.S.-Mexico border security changes that Democrats decry. The White House is warning that if new money isn’t provided by year’s end it will have swift consequences for Ukraine’s capacity to hold its territory, let alone take back land capt...

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic ejected in second quarter against Bulls

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was ejected in the second quarter of Tuesday night's game against the Chicago Bulls.It was unclear what exactly Jokic did to warrant the ejection. It looked as if the two-time NBA MVP felt he was fouled when he missed a reverse layup with 1:12 left, and he said something in the direction of a referee as he made his way back down the court. Is your vehicle legal to drive on I-70 this winter? Here’s what to check Jokic was promptly whistled for a technical and thrown out by official Mousa Dagher. The 7-foot center seemed confused by the sequence before making his way off the court.Jokic finished with four points, nine rebounds and six assists. Tuesday night's game is Denver's only scheduled visit to the United Center this season, and the crowd seemed to register its displeasure with the decision to throw Jokic out.It was a tough blow for a short-handed Denver team that was coming off a 129-122 victory at Atlanta on Monday night. Jamal ...

Children's Hospital Colorado changes course on employee tuition benefit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Multiple nurses at Children's Hospital Colorado say an employee program that guaranteed tuition for advanced medical degrees was pulled, but a few days after announcing the changes, the hospital is changing course.FOX31 and Channel 2 spoke with the nurses on Tuesday. They want to remain anonymous.“It was basically 100% guaranteed coverage of your tuition if you picked a program listed in their catalog, which a lot of us did," said one nurse pursuing a degree through the employee program, called Guild. Why you should throw these fruit puree pouches away This nurse said they were never told when they applied for the program back in 2022 that there would ever be an end date. But last week, multiple nurses said they received an email saying the tuition would be pulled come 2024.“They sent out an email to those just in school, not the general staff, saying they would be cutting the program funding starting Jan. 1, 2024," one nurse said.Nurses face debt or dropping outSh...