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Police video shows quick resolution to pursuit involving child

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

ST. ANN, Mo. – License plate readers and police communication led to the safe ending of a stolen car pursuit, which also involved a child in the car.The chase ended near Natural Bridge and Goodfellow, where two police jurisdictions not only worked together, but also tapped into new technology in order to track the stolen car as safely as possible.The pursuit ended with no reported injuries, even though police found a four-year-old child, unbuckled, in the back of the suspect’s car.It started with a frantic 911 call from a woman just minutes earlier from a St. Ann Quik Trip. She said her car had been stolen, with her son inside. Cardinals superfan charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint, Trump hat Police only had a plate to go on, which St. Ann Police Lt. Monica Ruelas says was entered into the license plate reader system.“Officers are not going to give up,” Lt. Ruelas said. “…especially for the safety of the child in this case. We were told the child was in danger.”The...

State officials address nuclear waste exposure in Weldon Spring and the cleanup efforts

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - St. Charles County residents got more information about radioactive exposure in Weldon Spring on Wednesday. Elected officials held a meeting to help provide more information about Senator Josh Hawley's compensation bill.Hundreds of people came out to the meeting to hear from State Representative Tricia Byrnes about high levels of uranium in Weldon Spring despite cleanup efforts from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.“Clean in DOE standards is not to be confused with a vernacular that means clean up," Byrnes said. "The groundwater will never be cleaned up at that site, and people don’t realize that."She said the town hall was; for some people, the first time they heard about radiation exposure in St. Charles County. Byrnes said during the town hall that the level of radiation could be worse than Westlake Landfill or Coldwater Creek. Cardinals superfan charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint, Trump hat “These people don’t understand i...

Man armed with shotgun arrested after making threats

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

A Moreno Valley man has been arrested and charged for assault with a deadly weapon after police were called to his residence on reports that he was armed with a shotgun and destroying the house, authorities announced earlier this week.  Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded to the domestic disturbance call in the 16000 block of Kensington Place on July 31 around 9:30 a.m., according to the department's news release. The suspect, identified as Gerardo Martin, was the only person inside the home when authorities arrived. All of his family members were standing outside, the release noted. Man found dead inside barrel at Malibu beach identified After speaking with family, investigators determined that Martin threatened a man with a shotgun two days prior and the man believed that the suspect was going to shoot him.  Gerardo Martin, seen here, was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon on July 31, 2023. (RCSD)A search warrant was obtained and t...

At long last, SF Giants string together offensive success — and wins — against D-backs

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Are they back?Brandon Crawford tripled, J.D. Davis drove home a pair and the Giants had — what’s that? come again? — a well-rounded offensive performance for a second straight game, securing at least a split of a four-game series against the Diamondbacks with a 4-2 win on Wednesday.Widening their advantage in the standings over Arizona (57-52) to three games, the Giants (60-49) scored four runs in consecutive games for the first time in more than two weeks. They improved to 51-13 when reaching that magic number, which they had failed to do 11 of their past 12 games before Tuesday’s 4-3 win.That success has been made possible by quality pitching, which on Wednesday came from Logan Webb, who recorded his 11th consecutive quality start at home, the longest active streak in the majors.Webb walked off the mound to a standing ovation after the seventh inning, limiting the D-backs to two runs on four hits.After Arizona plated two in the first, Webb retired 18 of...

Sale closed in Piedmont: $3.4 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

136 Dudley Avenue – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 100 block of Dudley Avenue in Piedmont was sold on June 26, 2023. The $3,400,000 purchase price works out to $1,405 per square foot. The house, built in 1957, has an interior space of 2,420 square feet. The layout of this single-story house consists of three bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the home provides a garage. The lot size of the property measures an impressive 9,000 square feet.Additional houses that have recently changed hands close by include:In May 2023, a 4,064-square-foot home on Bellevue Avenue in Piedmont sold for $5,650,000, a price per square foot of $1,390. The home has 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On Dudley Court, Piedmont, in March 2022, a 2,322-square-foot home was sold for $2,425,000, a price per square foot of $1,044. The home has 3 bedrooms.A 2,562-square-foot home on the first block of Calvert Court in Piedmont sold in July 2022, for $3,025,000, a price per square foot of $1,181....

CHP has seized 15K grams of fentanyl since May 1

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- It's been three months since California Highway Patrol launched its fentanyl operation in San Francisco. We are learning how much of the deadly drug that the agency has collected in the city.CHP recovered 15,000 grams of fentanyl, which is about 34 pounds -- enough to virtually wipe out the entire Bay Area. Philz Coffee to close original SF Mission District location "The big number to look at here is that's about 7.7 million fatal doses for an adult human being," said CHP Officer Andrew Barclay.Barclay, who is with CHP's Golden Gate Division, says that's how much fentanyl was seized in san francisco over the last 90 days.Officials say it takes just two milligrams of fentanyl for a person to overdose."The population for the Bay Area in 2018 was 7.75 million people so we're looking at enough fentanyl to cover the entire Bay Area or to make it a little smaller if we're looking at Levi's Stadium that's enough fentanyl to cover Levi's Stadium 112 times over," Ba...

Hudson works 7 strong innings and the Cardinals hit 4 HRs in 7-3 win over AL Central-leading Twins

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson pitched seven strong innings in his second start of the season and Alex Burleson hit a three-run homer, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-3 win over the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.“At the end of the day, I tried to execute every pitch,” Hudson said. “That’s a good team. I didn’t feel like I was predictable in counts or anything. I was just moving the ball around and keep them guessing.”St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol agreed.“Man, that was a really good outing,” Marmol said. “He pounded the zone. Sinker. Slider. Overall, it was a really nice job. That was a really positive outing. It was fun to watch.”Lars Nootbaar added a two-run homer and Tyler O’Neill and Jordan Walker added solo homers for the Cardinals. St. Louis had lost four of its previous five games and eight of 11 before busting out against the Twins.Matt Wallner hit a three-run homer for the Twins in the seventh. It was just the second hit allowed b...

Seager homers in return, Dunning Ks 11 as Rangers maintain AL West lead, beating White Sox 11-1

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dane Dunning had a career-high 11 strikeouts, All-Star shortstop Corey Seager hit a two-run homer in his first at-bat coming off the injured list and the Texas Rangers maintained their slim lead in the AL West with a 11-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.Dunning (9-4) had retired 20 batters in a row, the last five of those strikeouts, before No. 9 hitter Seby Zavala’s two-out homer in the eighth inning for Chicago’s first runs in three games. That was only the third hit allowed by Dunning, who walked only one against his former team. The Rangers went ahead to stay on Seager’s 16th homer in the first inning, when he pulled a shot to right-center for a 2-0 lead off Dylan Cease (4-5). Seager added an RBI single for the first of five runs the Rangers scored in the second, when Travis Jankowski’s two-run double made it 7-0.Marcus Semien and Josh Jung also hit two-run homers for Texas (62-46), which was 3-6 while Seager was on the...

Expanded Women’s World Cup leads to earlier drama for highly-ranked teams

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Frequent Women’s World Cup title contenders like the United States, Germany and Brazil are used to win-or-go-home scenarios — but rarely this early in the tournament.The high-stakes must-win-or-draw matches for top teams began in group play this year, in part thanks to the ripple effects of a format change. With the Women’s World Cup now at 32 teams, no longer can any third-place finishers in the group stage advance to the round of 16.“In general, we can say that at this tournament, what we expected happened,” Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said ahead of her team’s group-stage finale Thursday night against South Korea in Brisbane. “We had some close wins, faced some difficulties. We had games where we had to give everything.”After losing 2-1 to Colombia on Sunday, two-time World Cup champion Germany needed a win over South Korea to clinch a spot in the knockout rounds. A draw combined with a Colombia win or draw against Morocco in a match being pl...

Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán entering inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:26:08 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán has voluntarily entered inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse, the team announced Wednesday.Germán, who threw a perfect game at Oakland in late June, was placed on the restricted list two days before his 31st birthday. “It is critical that Domingo completely focuses on addressing his health and well-being,” the Yankees said in a statement. “We will respect his privacy as he begins this process.”New York general manager Brian Cashman said Germán will not pitch again this season.“Certainly it’s a very serious issue that affects way too many people, unfortunately, and hopefully the steps that are being taken today will really benefit him for the remaining part of his life because it’s a very serious problem that you need to address head on and these treatment places are significant steps hopefully to helping him get the tools to solve it,” Cashman said.Germán is 5-7 with a 4.56 ERA in 19 starts and one relief appearance this seaso...