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SFPD arrests 5 alleged gang members in different Bay Area cities

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Francisco Police Department arrested five alleged gang members after serving search warrants, it announced Tuesday. The suspects did not just live in San Francisco -- all five of the apparent gang members lived in different Bay Area cities.SFPD said all five arrestees were members of a San Francisco-based street gang, but it did not provide the gang's name. The gang, which has ties across the Bay Area, is "known to have committed multiple violent and property crimes," SFPD said. The suspects were identified as:Maurkece Johns, 29, of San FranciscoEric Jones, 29, of ConcordDajuan Menifee, 34, of HerculesJohnnie Leonard, 23, of AlamedaKameron Kaywood, 34, of San RamonThe first arrest was made on April 19 in the area of Harbor Road and Bertha Lane in the Hunters Point neighborhood. Johns was taken into custody after a brief foot chase, SFPD said. Officers found two guns, ammunition and other evidence. 7 bodies found in search for two missing Oklahoma teens: authorit...

Missing Florida man found dead in San Francisco Bay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A missing Florida man's body was found floating in the San Francisco Bay near a marina in Berkeley, police said. A kite surfer spotted 57-year-old Vittorio Marianecci's body in the water just before 5 p.m. Monday. The kite surfer called 911 and law enforcement responded to the scene. Marianecci's family reported him missing last week. He was last seen alive in Florida on April 26, and he was supposed to catch a flight to Seattle on April 27. The San Francisco Police Department said the man never arrived in Seattle, but his family tracked his phone to San Francisco and Marin County on April 28. SFPD opened a missing person investigation because Marianecci was considered "at-risk." The Alameda County Sheriff's Coroner's Office is investigating Marianecci's cause of death.

Oakland teachers continue talks with district as strike looms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

(KRON) -- Representatives with the Oakland Education Association representing Oakland teachers resumed talks with the Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday after announcing a strike if no deal is reached by Thursday. The teachers union voted last week to approve a strike, telling KRON4 that no progress had been made in negotiations with the union.The OEA, which represents some 3,000 teachers and other educators, said that the past six months of negotiations have been "marked by management's continual meeting cancelations, non-serious offers and the presence of district negotiators lacking authority to make decisions," it said in a news release. 2 San Francisco Nordstroms closing this summer "This should have been settled long ago," said special education teacher and OEA Interim President Ismael Armendariz. "Some people think the District saves money by stonewalling. Not only is this unfair labor practice and illegal, delaying bargaining is costly to the District and its stude...

Starbucks beats sales forecasts as China recovers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

Starbucks posted stronger-than-expected sales in its fiscal second quarter as demand in China began to recover, but the company said that sales growth could moderate as the year progresses.The Seattle coffee giant said Tuesday that its net revenue jumped 14% in the January-March period to $8.72 billion. That was better than the $8.41 billion Wall Street had forecast, according to analysts polled by FactSet.Same-store sales — or sales at stores open at least a year — rose 11% as traffic picked up in stores. That also beat analysts’ forecast of a 7.3% increase.Same-store sales in China were up 3%, reversing a 29% decline the company saw in its October-December period due to a spike in COVID infections. It was the first time Starbucks had seen positive same-store sales in China since 2021.Starbucks Chief Financial Officer Rachel Ruggeri said traffic is strong in the afternoons and on weekends at stores in China. But the company is still uncertain about post-pandemic customer patt...

Late winner by Alba moves Barcelona closer to league title

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona kept wasting its chances against 10-man Osasuna at Camp Nou.Its top attackers all squandered good opportunities to break the deadlock, with Ansu Fati, Pedri, Ousmane Dembélé and Robert Lewandowski failing to find the target despite clear chances.It took a veteran defender to come through and move the Catalan club a step closer to its first Spanish league title in four years.Jordi Alba scored an 85th-minute winner not long after coming off the bench to give Barcelona a hard-fought 1-0 win against 10-man Osasuna on Tuesday.The victory gave Barcelona a 14-point lead over second-place Real Madrid, which later lost 2-0 at Real Sociedad. The combination of results means that the Catalan club can clinch the title as early as next weekend.“It was a very big step for us, but we suffered too much, wasted too many clear chances to score,” Barcelona coach Xavi said.Both Madrid and Osasuna are focused on Saturday’s Copa del Rey final between the clubs in Seville. Madrid i...

Escaped Mississippi prisoner found dead in New Orleans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail on April 22 has been found dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday.A security guard patrolling the truck stop Sunday morning found Casey Grayson, 34, unresponsive in a white pickup over one week after he and three other inmates escaped from the Raymond Detention Center near Jackson, Mississippi’s capital, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said.Grayson is the third escaped prisoner to be found in a multi-agency hunt. Dylan Arrington died after barricading himself in a central Mississippi home and setting it on fire during an armed standoff with deputies on April 26. He is suspected of killing 61-year-old Anthony Watts and stealing his truck after the escape. Jerry Raynes was arrested on April 27 after allegedly stealing a public works vehicle and fleeing to Texas. Investigators recovered drug paraphernalia in the truck where Grayson was found. But his cause of death will not be determined until ...

Family of dead bride urges drivers not to drive drunk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

The mother of the bride had just unwound with a change of clothes and a glass of wine on her short-term rental’s balcony when the sound of sirens gave the first impression that her daughter’s wedding night had gone awry.Within minutes, Lisa Miller was riding with her new in-laws to the South Carolina beach road where authorities say a woman driving under the influence at twice the speed limit slammed into the golf cart escorting a happy couple away from their sparkler-filled goodbye at a reception overlooking the Atlantic shoreline.A day that had begun blissfully with charcuterie and mimosas along the beach ended with hours spent in agony outside a hospital where she had wrongly been told her daughter had been taken. Then, Lisa Miller said she learned that the bride’s father had identified the body back at the crash site.Samantha Miller, 34, died Friday in Folly Beach, South Carolina, while still wearing her wedding dress. The groom, Aric Hutchinson, is recovering ...

Rockies pitcher Germán Márquez needs Tommy John surgery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies right-hander Germán Márquez will have Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the season, the pitcher told reporters on Tuesday.The surgery has not been scheduled as of yet.Márquez left last Wednesday’s start at Cleveland after feeling a sharp pain in his elbow in the bottom of the fourth inning on his 58th pitch of the game. He was making his first start since April 10, when he left an outing against St. Louis with right forearm tightness and went on the 15-day injured list the next day.An MRI after the team returned from Cleveland did not reveal any structural damage but more testing showed he needs surgery.“I was hoping for the best but instinctively I knew,” manager Bud Black said.Márquez is 2-2 with a 4.95 ERA in four starts this season and is two strikeouts shy of tying Jorge De La Rosa for Colorado’s franchise record of 985.He was an NL All-Star in 2021 when the game was played at Coors Field in Denver. He pitched the fourth inning of that ...

Too many patients, too few nurses a problem in Prince George’s Co.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

Too few nurses are caring for too few patients at local hospitals — that’s the concern of the Prince George’s County, Maryland, council.On Tuesday, members passed a resolution that would allow the county’s health board to study nurse-to-patient ratios.“They’re overworked,” Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay said. “When a family member comes and says, ‘I took my mother to the Capitol Regional Hospital, and then I didn’t see the nurse and nobody came,’ and all that. That’s because of nurses overwhelmed.”Blegay sponsored the resolution for the health board to collect empirical data that involves nurse and support staff ratio, and how it would also affect patient care within the county.“Where will the nurses come from to implement the goal of this resolution?” Council member Calvin Hawkins said before voting for the resolution. “And is there a risk this could result in fewer health care services for Prince George’s County residents if st...

Extra paid sick leave for COVID-19 to end soon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The public health emergency is coming to an end, and so is a benefit that helps workers get paid through a case of COVID-19.Colorado has required paid sick leave for all employees since 2021, when the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act took effect. The law also requires up to 80 hours of additional paid sick leave during a public health emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic.But that stage is coming to a close in the U.S., with the federal public health emergency to end on May 11. Colorado's emergency declaration will also end, the governor's office has said. So what does that mean for workers who need to use PHE leave for a COVID-related absence? Why you need to slow down to 20 mph on some Denver roads PHE leave applies not only to confirmed COVID cases but to related needs like testing, vaccination or caring for a family member. When the PHE ends, the benefit will not disappear right away.Employees can still use PHE leave for another four weeks after bot...