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Flight attack raises questions about security, mental health

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — The music was blaring on a February afternoon when Francisco Torres stopped by a Massachusetts barbershop, proclaiming he was half-angel, half-devil.He wanted a dozen people to come outside the shop and shoot him with an automatic weapon stored in his car trunk. Before anyone could make sense of the request, Torres fled the shop and drove off. They never saw a weapon and he didn’t return.“I didn’t get what he was saying but then I realized he was talking about a gun. I told him there are kids in here, why are you saying this,” said Saul Perez, who was visiting friends at the shop and noted that an employee called 911, ushered children into the back and shut down the shop. “I was spooked.”The incident took place about a week before Torres would be arrested for attacking a flight attendant and attempting to open the plane’s emergency door on a cross-country United flight from Los Angeles to Boston earlier this month.Confrontations on flights have skyrock...

Man found fatally shot in Palms, suspect at large

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

Police are searching for a suspect after a man was found fatally shot in Palms on Thursday night.Los Angeles police officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 3600 block of Military Avenue around 8:34 p.m.When police arrived, they found a man in his 50s suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was unconscious and not breathing at the time, authorities said.The man was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead, said LAPD. The victim’s identity has not been released.The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle and remains at large, police said.He is described as a black man who is around 34 years old. He stands 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. Armed robbers targeting taco vendors in Los Angeles He was last seen wearing a green True Religion sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and a black baseball cap, authorities said.The suspect's vehicle is a black-colored Honda CRV.The deadly shooting remains under investigation. Anyone with information can call ...

Car crashes into home in San Leandro

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

SAN LEANDRO – A driver crashed a car into a house Thursday morning in San Leandro, authorities said.The collision was reported around 10:35 a.m. in the 15100 block of Edgemore Street.San Leandro police officers and Alameda County firefighters arrived to find the driver still inside the car.A driver crashed a car into a house in the 15100 block of Edgemore Street in San Leandro around 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2023, according to the San Leandro Police Department. The driver was extricated and taken to an area hospital, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. An update on their condition was not immediately available.No one was inside the house at the time of the crash and no other injuries were reported.The driver possibly suffered a medical emergency prior to the collision, according to the San Leandro Police Department.Anyone with information related to the case can contact San Leandro police Officer Daryl Pasut at 510-577-3208 or [email protected] ba...

Trader Joe's fruit product recalled, potentially contaminated with Hepatitis A

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

(KRON) -- A Trader Joe's fruit product has been recalled Thursday, the company said in an email to its customers. Trader Joe's Organic Tropical Fruit Blend with a best by date of 4/25/24, 5/12/24, 5/23/24, 5/30/24 and 6/7/24 may have the potential to be contaminated with Hepatitis A.Organic Tropical Fruit Blend product packageTrader Joe's said all of that product and those potentially affected have been removed from the shelves and "destroyed." As of Thursday, no illnesses have been reported, the company said. City of Oakley dedicates bench in honor of Alexis Gabe Those who have purchased any Trader Joe's Organic Tropical Fruit Blend products are advised not to eat them. Customers are urged to throw the product away or return it to a Trader Joe's location for a full refund, according to the email.The product has SKU#51191.

Girl Scout Cookies are back! Sales kick off in NorCal

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

(KRON) -- Thin mints. Samoas. Tagalongs.Can you taste where this is going? It is girl scout cookie season!The girl scouts just kicked off their annual cookie sales -- all to raise money for troop activities while helping scouts learn life skills like goal-setting and budgeting.The CEO for Girl Scouts of Northern California, Bri Seoane, joined KRON4's Justine Waldman (watch in video player above) to talk about how to buy them!The season runs through April 23. All flavors are $6 a box.Support a local troop here: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies.html

SF building ordered to replace windows immediately after shattering due to storm

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The windows that broke during the storm on Tuesday at 555 California Street are boarded up. The city's department of building inspectors has given the management a notice of violation saying the windows must be replaced immediately.However, the weather could play a role in when that happens. San Francisco inspectors are asking the management of 555 California to replace the windows as soon as possible in order to meet compliance. Oakland PD warns residents as burglaries involve suspects disguised as Amazon workers But as you can imagine, it gets very windy on the 43rd floor where those two windows are. Building managers could be waiting until the winds calm down to replace them.Glass shards fall down to the San Fransico streets below after one window shattered and another cracked on the 43rd floor during the high wind advisory Tuesday.This is the notice of violation since sent to the management of 555 California Street from the San Francisco Department of B...

Dunn scores in overtime, Kraken beat Sharks 2-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Vince Dunn scored 1:58 into overtime and the Seattle Kraken beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Thursday night.Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal an an assist for the Kraken, tying the score with his 15th of the season on a breakaway at 7:03 of the third period.Philipp Grubauer stopped 31 shots, and Dunn extended his point streak to 11 games.Sharks forward William Eklund scored on a penalty shot for his second career goal, both in the last two games. James Reimer was terrific in net, finishing with 30 saves. Dunn beat Reimer through the legs to win it.Eklund’s goal early in the third was the first penalty shot a Sharks player had converted since Logan Couture scored against the Minnesota Wild on March 11, 2019.Less than six minutes later, Yanni Gourde found Bjorkstrand streaking through the middle of the ice and he beat Reimer over his catching glove.UP NEXTKraken: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.Sharks: Host the New York Islanders on Saturday.___More AP NH...

Hot-shooting Funk leads Penn St to first NCAA win since ’01

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Andrew Funk had the shooting game of his career on Penn State’s biggest stage in more than two decades.Funk went 8 of 10 on 3-pointers and scored 27 points Thursday night in a 76-59 win over Texas A&M for the Nittany Lions’ first NCAA Tournament victory in 22 years.“He’s an OK shooter,” Penn State star Jalen Pickett deadpanned before breaking into a wide smile. “He puts in a lot of work on his jump shot. When he gets going like that, we’ve got to find him.”Funk, in his first year at Penn State after transferring from Bucknell, led the 10th-seeded Nittany Lions (23-13) to their ninth victory in 11 games. They next play No. 2 seed Texas in the second round of the Midwest Region on Saturday.“When you make that first and second one, the rim opens up a little bit for sure,” Funk said. “In this offense I know I’m going to get a lot of shots from 3. You get into a rhythm, especially in a game where the offense is flowing like that.”Penn S...

Boyd scores twice, Coyotes beat Canucks 3-2

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes held a team meeting following the All-Star break in hopes of finding some kind of a spark during another disappointing season.Whatever was said worked, shaping the Coyotes into one of the NHL’s better team since the break.Travis Boyd scored twice, Ivan Prosvetov stopped 29 shots and the Coyotes stretched their points streak to six games with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.“We kind of hit the refresh button and ever since then we’ve been, positive each and every day and playing the right way,” said Coyotes forward Lawson Crouse, who scored in the third period. “That’s what’s led us to all these wins and points streaks.”Prosvetov helped the Coyotes withstand a string of early penalties in his second start this season and Boyd had his second multi-goal game this month after going five seasons without one. Arizona is 5-0-2 since losing to Carolina on March 3, has won five straight home games and its 25...

Kings use strong second period to beat Blue Jackets 4-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:16:38 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carl Grundstrom had a goal and an assist in Los Angeles’ four-goal second period, Pheonix Copley made 30 saves and the Kings beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Thursday night.Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar and Viktor Arvidsson also scored to help the Kings improve to 7-0-1 in their past eight games.Kirill Marchenko scored for Columbus. Daniil Tarasov was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 27 shots, and Michael Hutchinson made nine saves in relief. The Blue Jackets have lost five of six.After dominating the first period but having nothing to show for it, the Kings finally went up early in the second on Doughty’s fifth of the season. He used some nifty stick-handling to get into the slot before tapping in his own rebound.Kopitar made it 2-0 less than three minutes later, and that was plenty for the Kings to move to a 2-0-1 start on their seven-game homestand.Copley got his second shutout of the season and third of his career, while taking ...