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Map: Maui wildfires burning in Lahaina and upcountry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

Wildfires that started Tuesday on Maui have burned at least 20 square miles (13,000 acres), including the coastal town of Lahaina.The map above shows the areas of hotspots recorded by NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System as of Wednesday morning.The fires were whipped up by the winds of Hurricane Dora. Power was cut to about 14,000 residences, and 911 communications were down across the island.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | ‘It’s apocalyptic’: People jump into the ocean to flee Maui wildfires Crashes and Disasters | Editorial: New PG&E wildfire safety strategy requires scrutiny Crashes and Disasters | Opinion: How California’s landscape was transformed to fit European perceptions Crashes and Disasters | Cal Fire to probe tragic missteps in aerial firefighting ‘ballet’ Crashes and Disasters | Why are women more concerned about climate change than men?

East Palo Alto: Four indicted in 2022 park shootout that killed cousin of Raiders receiver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

EAST PALO ALTO — The last suspect in a deadly 2022 shootout at a city park teeming with children has been arrested, following several criminal indictments being handed down in connection with the daytime gun battle, authorities said.The shooting was reported the evening of May 17, 2022 at Jack Ferrell Park, involving two pairs of men opening fire at each other with several bystanders on scene. Five men were hit, and one of them, Ralph Fields Jr. — a cousin of Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver and East Palo Alto native Davante Adams —  died at the hospital.Early on, police emphasized that the shooting was not random, and tallied 33 shots fired between three rounds of gunfire. Police added that the five people who were hit were bystanders to the shooting. A week after the shooting, police announced that two people had been arrested.On Wednesday, East Palo Alto police announced that four men were indicted by a criminal grand jury Aug. 4 on multiple charges related to th...

Four indicted for East Palo Alto park gun battle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

(KRON) -- Four men who allegedly waged a gun battle in front of terrified children in an East Palo Alto park were indicted by a San Mateo County grand jury this week. Dozens of children were playing in Jack Farrell Park on May 17, 2022 when gunfire erupted and 33 shots were fired, Police Chief Jeff Liu said. Children ran for their lives and screamed for their parents. Five adults were shot and one man, 34-year-old Ralph Fields Jr., died. Fields is a cousin of Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams.The identities of the suspected shooters were released for the first time on Wednesday. The grand jury indicted Miguel Bracamontes, 21, of East Palo Alto; Bobby Williams, 49, of San Francisco; Luis Mariscal, 38, of East Palo Alto; and Michael Tyrone Darrell McNack, 20, of Union City, for numerous charges. Charges include assault with a firearm, as well as discharge of a firearm with gross negligence.The East Palo Alto Police Department wrote, "Witness statements obtained through inv...

Arson suspected in Antioch house fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

(KRON) -- A house fire in a suburban area of Antioch on Tuesday night is believed to be a result of arson, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. San Francisco Uber riders and drivers can audio record their trip Around 10:30 p.m., fire crews were called to a house fire on Mount Hamilton Drive. When they arrived, crews found the garage fully engulfed in flames. Crews managed to keep the fire contained to the garage. No occupants were in the home at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported, ConFire said. Investigators say it appears that a car crashed into the garage and then a fire was intentionally set in the garage.

Forward progress stopped in Vallejo fire that threatened structures

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

(KRON) -- Forward progress has been stopped in a fire that broke out on Renida Street and Warren Avenue in Vallejo, according to the Vallejo Fire Department. The fire was initially reported as a one-alarm fire, however a second alarm was requested.The fire had threatened multiple structures, but initial reports indicate that no structures were damaged, according to Vallejo FD. PHOTOS: Fires wreak havoc on Maui, historic Lahaina in flames No additional information is available at this time.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Fire at 18th and Kirkham in SF contained

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A fire that broke out at 18th Avenue and Kirkham Street in San Francisco is now contained, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. SFFD described the incident as an "isolated kitchen fire." No one was injured or displaced as a result of the one-alarm fire. People in Hawaii flee into ocean to escape wildfire destroying historic Maui tourist town No other information is available at this time.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

NYC mayor wants more aid from the Biden administration to offset $12B in costs for housing migrants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — With thousands of migrants still arriving in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday renewed his appeal to the federal government to help the city avert a budgetary crisis as expenses mount — now projected at $12.2 billion by the end of next year — because of the influx of people coming from the southern U.S. border seeking temporary care and shelter. “Our compassion may be limitless, but our resources are not. This is the budgetary reality we are facing if we don’t get the additional support we need,” Adams said during an address that sought to put the onus on the Biden administration to help relieve his city from the growing financial burden.“New Yorkers did not create an international humanitarian crisis. But our city’s residents have been left to deal with this crisis almost entirely on our own,” the mayor said in an address Wednesday morning.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently dispatched a small team to New York City to help determine how the ...

NFL preseason could be a good test of how teams approach the league’s new kickoff rule

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — As a player who solidified his place in the NFL as a special teams standout with his skill covering kicks and blocking for returns, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Oren Burks has a keen interest in the preseason.With a new rule on kickoffs giving return teams the ball at the 25 after fair catches in the field of play, Burks is waiting to see how often teams utilize the option and how often kicking teams try to prevent it with squib kicks.“I’m sure the preseason will be a time for coordinators to kind of play with the rules and see what works and what doesn’t,” Burks said. “But for a guy that loves covering kicks, I’m not a big fan of a lot of fair catches.”Burks is far from alone, as many of his fellow special teams standouts have been vocal about a rule change that was put in for safety reasons but could take away an aspect of the game that got many players into the NFL.Despite their opposition, owners voted in May for a one-year trial of an en...

Contentious Mississippi GOP primary race for lieutenant governor exposes rift among conservatives

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Republican primary challenger spent months telling people that first-term Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is insufficiently conservative and labeling him “Delbert the Democrat.”That tactic fell short in Tuesday’s GOP primary as Hosemann defeated the challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, in a contentious race that exposed rifts among conservative voters and Republicans in the Mississippi Senate.During this year’s campaign, Hosemann called McDaniel a “pathological liar.” Both men largely ignored the primary’s third candidate, educator Tiffany Longino, who ran a low-budget campaign and received a small share of the vote in her first try for public office.In his victory speech late Tuesday, Hosemann said shady groups spent almost a million dollars of undocumented money to support McDaniel of Ellisville in the final days of the campaign, and he said the spending “screams for reform.”Mississippi lieutenant governors wield considerable...

Brazil’s Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world’s rainforests, but no measurable goals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:37 GMT

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by some environmentalists to end deforestation.Leaders and ministers from eight Amazon nations signed a declaration Tuesday in Belem, Brazil, that laid out plans to drive economic development in their countries while preventing the Amazon’s ongoing demise “from reaching a point of no return.”Several environmental groups described the declaration as a compilation of good intentions with little in the way of measurable goals and timeframes. However, it was lauded by others, and the Amazon’s umbrella organization of Indigenous groups celebrated the inclusion of two of its main demands.“It is significant that the leaders of the countries of the region have listened to the science and understood the call of society: the Amazon is in danger, and we do not have much time t...