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San Francisco homicide: 5 shot in North Beach

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

Five people were shot, one of them fatally, in an attack Sunday night in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood.The shooting was reported at 10:58 p.m. near Grant and Columbus avenues.A 23-year-old man died at the scene; the four others were expected to survive, the San Francisco police said.“Investigators believe this was not a random attack,” the police statement said.No more information was released about the victims or any suspect.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Bay Area homicides 2023: Map and details

Prosecutors: Proud Boys saw themselves as ‘Trump’s Army’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

By Michael Kunzelman and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated PressWASHINGTON — Ready for “all-out war,” leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group viewed themselves as foot soldiers fighting for Donald Trump as the former president clung to power after the 2020 election, a prosecutor said Monday at the close of a historic trial over the U.S. Capitol insurrection.Jurors began hearing attorneys’ closing arguments for the case against former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants. They are charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors say was a plot to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory on Jan. 6, 2021, when the pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol.Proud Boys were “lined up behind Donald Trump and willing to commit violence on his behalf,” prosecutor Conor Mulroe told jurors, who heard more than three months of testimony. “These defendants saw themselves as Donald Trump...

Four-bedroom home sells for $2.7 million in Piedmont

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

535 Hampton Road – Google Street ViewA 2,423-square-foot house built in 1952 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 500 block of Hampton Road in Piedmont was sold on March 8, 2023, for $2,740,000, or $1,131 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage. It sits on a 0.3-acre lot.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:A 3,138-square-foot home on the 500 block of Hampton Road in Piedmont sold in March 2022, for $2,520,000, a price per square foot of $803. The home has 5 bedrooms and.In August 2022, a 5,490-square-foot home on Estates Drive in Piedmont sold for $5,600,000, a price per square foot of $1,020. The home has 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On Hampton Road, Piedmont, in September 2022, a 3,022-square-foot home was sold for $2,900,000, a price per square foot of $960. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Pac-12 MBB: Our early projections for the 2023-24 conference race

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

The first of three deadlines has come and gone for college basketball teams across the land. Early-entry candidates for the NBA Draft were required to file paperwork by Sunday and have until May 31 to formally withdraw and return to school.Unofficially, the Pac-12 lost at least 13 players to the pre-draft process, although the attrition was not divided equally. UCLA accounted for five of the 13 departures and Washington State for three more. Meanwhile, six teams didn’t lose any players to the draft.We suspect a few prospects will reverse course and return to college, but which ones? The conference race depends heavily on a small subset of those 13.For that reason, the following projections will be updated in early June.(Note: The other important date this spring is May 11, when the transfer window closes.)Here we go …1. USCThe return of all-conference guard Boogie Ellis and arrival of guard Isaiah Collier, the nation’s top-ranked recruit (at any position), give the...

Here's how long Bed Bath & Beyond coupons will be valid at these Bay Area locations

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

(KRON) -- Big box retail chain Bed Bath & Beyond announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection over the weekend, following nearly a decade of declining sales. The company's 360 stores -- including its nine in the Bay Area -- will remain open for the time being.In the bankruptcy filing, the beleaguered home goods retailer said it anticipates closing all of its stores by June 30. But while the stores may be open for a couple more months, the deadline to use the chain's popular 15% to 20% coupons is much sooner. PHOTOS: Group of Canadian students targeted in smash and grab at San Leandro In-N-Out How long can you use Bed Bath & Beyond coupons?The company anticipates accepting gift cards, gift certificates and loyalty certificates through May 8, according to the Associated Press. However, Bed Bath & Beyond will only be accepting coupons until this Wednesday, April 26.Bed Bath & Beyond Bay Area locationsBed Bath & Beyond's nine Bay Area stores will rem...

El Cerrito fatal shooting victim identified as Oakland man

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

(BCN) -- Authorities have released the name of 18-year-old man who was fatally shot over the weekend in El Cerrito. Sincere Martin, of Oakland, was identified as the victim of a shooting about 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Galvin Drive, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Coroner Division. PHOTOS: Group of Canadian students targeted in smash and grab at San Leandro In-N-Out Martin was found by police in the street with a gunshot wound and was airlifted to a trauma center, where he died from his injuries, police said. The shooter fled west on Stockton Avenue from Galvin Drive in a white car. Police are looking for residential and business surveillance footage in the area to try to identify the suspect. Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to contact the El Cerrito Police Department at (510) 237-3233. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Rolex robbery: $100K in jewelry stolen in downtown Walnut Creek

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

(KRON) -- A person was robbed of their Rolex watch and hit in the face with a firearm in a parking garage in downtown Walnut Creek on Friday night, The Walnut Creek Police Department said. California reservoir race: Which reservoir filled up first? The robbery took place around 10:21 p.m. in a parking garage on the 1600 block of Mount Diablo Boulevard. Police say the victim was hit in the face with a firearm and robbed of $100,000 in jewelry, including their Rolex. The victim said the suspects were three men wearing dark clothing while also carrying rifles. The suspects fled the scene in a gray sedan before police arrived, and the victim was treated for their minor injuries at the scene. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }WCPD is asking communi...

Oklahoma college issues alert of ‘active shooter situation’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — A two-year college in Oklahoma is telling students and employees to shelter in place amid reports of an active shooter on campus.Rose State College issued the alert at midday Monday. The school is in Midwest City, a suburb of Oklahoma City. It has about 13,000 students.It wasn’t immediately known what prompted the alert.Source

NC–Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m.

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

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US facilitating land evacuation of private citizens in Sudan

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:17:06 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has begun facilitating the departure of private U.S. citizens who want to leave Sudan, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.Sullivan said the U.S. has placed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets over the land evacuation route to help facilitate safe travel by land from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan, but does not have any U.S. troops on the ground.“We have started to see a more regular pattern of convoys begin to arrive, including convoys that have Americans in them,” Sullivan said. “Once at the port then we are using diplomatic facilities in neighboring countries to help those Americans with their onward travel so that they can get safely out of the country.”Source