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Berkeley newts get extra time to migrate without fear of being flattened

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

The newts of Tilden Regional Park now have a few extra days to make their way out of woods, free from the threat of getting flattened by passing car tires.The East Bay Regional Park District announced this week that South Park Drive, which is closed from November through April 1 each year because so many newts cross it during their annual wet-weather migration, will be re-closed through April 14, after the Bay Area News Group wrote about a park ranger’s fruitless attempts to keep the 1.5-mile roadway free from automobile traffic for one more week.The news comes just in time, as more rainy, cool weather — the newts’ preferred conditions for migration — is forecast to hit the Bay Area again.In an email to EBRPD staff, General Manager Sabrina Landreth said the delayed opening will allow more time for the small tributary streams within the upper Wildcat Creek watershed to dry up.Landreth added that their operations and stewardship departments will continue to refine road closure protoco...

2 injured after late-night shooting near Napa apartment complex

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

(KRON) -- Two people are injured after a shooting near an apartment complex Wednesday night, the Napa Police Department announced in a press release. The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. on the 3000 block of Browns Valley Road near Charter Oak Apartments.The victims are an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy; neither was identified. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Elon Musk says violent crime in SF is ‘horrific.’ Is it? Location of Wednesday's shooting in NapaThe suspect(s) are still at large, and as of Thursday, no arrests have been made. The department's initial investigation has led police to believe this is a gang-related shooting. No other information about the shooting was immediately available.

Israel hits Gaza as Netanyahu vows to extract ‘heavy price’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military struck targets in the Gaza Strip early Friday, pushing the region toward a wider conflagration after a day of rocket fire along the country’s northern and southern borders following two days of unrest at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Gaza militants quickly fired off a new barrage of rockets, setting off air raid sirens across southern Israel.The Israeli airstrikes set off at least four loud explosions in Gaza. The Israeli military said it struck a pair of tunnels and two weapons-manufacturing sites.The sound of outgoing rocket fire could be heard in Gaza.It was the latest signs of rising tensions during a sensitive holiday period. Similar fighting in 2021 led to an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas.The airstrikes came after militants in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets at Israel earlier in the day, forcing people across Israel’s northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding at least two people. In Gaza, milit...

Police: Texas boy, 6, not seen since last fall believed dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

EVERMAN, Texas (AP) — A 6-year-old Texas boy whose mother has given various stories to explain his absence since last fall is believed to be dead, police said Thursday.Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez was last seen around the time his mother gave birth to twin girls in October, Everman police Chief Craig Spencer said at a news conference. He said searches for the boy’s body have been focused near the family’s home in Everman, located just south of Fort Worth.Around the time that Noel was last seen, he was described as “appearing unhealthy and malnourished,” Spencer said. On March 31, arrest warrants on charges of abandoning and endangering a child were issued for the boy’s mother, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, and her husband, Arshdeep Singh.They are believed to have flown to India on March 22 along with six children. Two days earlier, police had been asked by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to do a welfare check on the children at the couple’s home. Du...

England wins 1st women’s Finalissima in shootout vs. Brazil

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

LONDON (AP) — England’s Chloe Kelly scored the winning spot-kick to settle the first women’s Finalissima after a dramatic game against Brazil, watched by 83,132 fans at Wembley, ended in a 4-2 penalty shootout victory for the hosts on Thursday.Ella Toone looked to have secured the win for England in a match between the champions of Europe and South America. Her 23rd-minute strike was the game’s only goal going into the third minute of second-half stoppage time.But Andressa Alves exploited a mistake by England goalkeeper Mary Earps to force the shootout, where Georgia Stanway, Rachel Daly, Alex Greenwood and Kelly — who scored the goal at Wembley that made the Lionesses European champions last summer — got the job done for England.Coach Sarina Wiegman’s side is now undefeated in 30 matches, and will look to extend that streak when it hosts Australia in next week’s pre-World Cup friendly.England dominated the first half — and Brazil the second — with the home team going ahead in impre...

Three men sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three men sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion.Source

2 killed, 1 hospitalized in Lakewood shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) -- The Lakewood Police Department said two people are dead and one is in the hospital after a shooting in the middle of a neighborhood near Colfax and Sheridan.Police believe there's a fourth person involved, who may have been shot but fled the scene before police arrived. They said no suspect was in custody but do not believe there is a threat to the community. Lakewood gun violence at record high "While the nature of a connection between the three males shot is still unknown, it is apparent that they were familiar with each other in some manner," Lakewood Police said in a news release.Police said they responded around 11:52 a.m. to a report of gunfire at a home in the 5200 block of West 14th Avenue, between Ames Street and Sheridan Boulevard. They found three males shot, one of whom was dead. A second male died at a hospital, while a third is expected to survive."Multiple firearms were recovered at the scene," police said.Gunfire in the street in Lakewood ...

Man found in crawl space grave killed over catalytic converter altercation: police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — After the body of a 36-year-old man was found in a “clandestine grave” in the crawl space of an Aurora condo Wednesday, police have released an affidavit explaining the man was allegedly killed by his "best friend" after he assumed he was a police informant. On Tuesday, Casie Bock, 29, was arrested after a Crime Stoppers tip was submitted about a man who had been murdered six to eight months ago and buried in her crawl space. Haskel Leroy Crawford, 38, was arrested Thursday on one charge of first-degree murder. King Soopers security guard fired after he was punched by shoplifter FOX31 obtained the arrest affidavit from the Aurora Police Department outlining the circumstances surrounding the homicide investigation. Police identified the victim as Karl Beaman Jr. Victim's relative had concerns about his whereaboutsOn April 1, an officer with APD received a call from a woman in Phoenix who identified herself as a relative of Beaman. They told the officer they w...

1 dead after parking lot shootout in Aurora

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- A man was shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot during a shootout on Wednesday night, the Aurora Police Department said. Police responded to the report of a shooting in the 1600 block of S. Havana Street on Wednesday at 10:53 p.m. The initial investigation determined two males and one female were sitting in a Kia Forte in front of a grocery store when a silver Chevy Impala with a male driver and another passenger pulled up, APD said. The driver of the Impala got out of his car with a rifle, walked up and shot at the two males into the front seat of the Kia Forte, striking the passenger, police said. The female in the backseat of the Kia got out and ran into the store. 2 dead, 1 hospitalized in Lakewood shooting Both males in the Kia Forte got out with guns and shot back at the driver of the Impala striking him, police said. The driver got back in the Impala and was taken to a local hospital where he was dropped off and later died, police said. The ...

Lakewood gun violence at record high

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:48:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Lakewood's shootings and gun-related violence have more than doubled from its 2010s average.The Lakewood Police Department said two people are dead and one is in the hospital after a shooting in the area of West 14th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard Thursday afternoon. Police said there is no suspect in custody but do not believe there is a threat to the community. 2 dead, 1 hospitalized in Lakewood shooting Colorado cities have gotten consistently more violent in the last decade, particularly Denver and Aurora. Lakewood has not escaped the trend. There were 459 firearm-related violent crimes in Lakewood in 2022, according to Colorado Bureau of Investigation data. Through the 2010s, there were 184 per year on average. Gun-related crimes have risen every year in Lakewood beginning in 2019 when there were 183. Both 2021 and 2022 set new records for the number of firearm violent crimes. There was a record-setting 306 in 2021, then another record-setting 459 in...