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Valley Park extends budget for 2 weeks, continuing city services

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

VALLEY PARK, Mo. - One day after Valley Park citizens noticed a disruption of city services over a local financial crisis, the board of aldermen extended the prior budget while the leadership works on a budget for the current fiscal year.On Monday, residents who visited city hall throughout the day were met with an empty parking lot and locked doors.Residents said they were kept in the dark about why services had been suspended. Only later did they learn of the budget crisis. The Valley Park Board of Aldermen had failed to pass a budget before July 1, which is the start of the 2024 fiscal year. Residents still without power frustrated with Ameren response  Valley Park Mayor Chandra Webster said the city's Finance Ways & Means Committee had unanimously recommended a budget to the eight-person board. However, a simple majority is not enough to pass the budget. Five votes are needed to approve the budget, with the mayor acting as a potential tiebreaker.Webster claims certain alde...

Roundup Fire breaks out in San Bernardino County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

A brush fire ignited in San Bernardino County late Tuesday morning.The blaze, called the Roundup Fire, was reported by the San Bernardino County Fire Department at 11:50 a.m., and it began near Rattlesnake Canyon east of Hesperia and south of Apple Valley, the agency said on Twitter. Cal Fire reported at about 1:15 p.m. that the fire had grown to 5 acres, though about 10 minutes later, that figure was 15 acres.By 1:35 p.m., fire officials said it had grown to 31 acres.Smoke from the fire is "visible from across the high desert," fire officials added, though the rate of spread is slow.

L.A. County man found dead in state prison; authorities investigating possible homicide by fellow inmate 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the death of an incarcerated man in North Kern State Prison. According to a release from the CDCR, an officer conducting a welfare check of the prison's Reception Center approached a cell occupied by 25-year-old Ricardo Saldivar and 47-year-old Peter Valencia around 2:08 p.m. Monday afternoon and found Saldivar unresponsive. Responding staff immediately initiated lifesaving measures, but Saldivar was pronounced deceased in the prison’s triage and treatment area at 2:19 p.m., police said. The Kern County Coroner has not yet determined Saldivar’s official cause of death, but it is being investigated as a homicide. According to a release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, an officer conducting a welfare check found 25-year-old Ricardo Saldivar (right) unresponsive in his cell on Monday, July 3, 2023. His cellmate, 47-year-old Peter Valencia (left) is being inv...

Particulate advisory issued for multiple counties in Southern California ahead of fireworks shows

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

Officials with the South Coast Air Quality Management District have issued a particulate advisory for multiple counties in Southern California ahead of Independence Day fireworks shows.The advisory will be in effect until Wednesday due to high levels of particulate pollution from both legal and illegal fireworks displays. The advisory was issued for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Krispy Kreme giving out free doughnuts for Independence Day “Poor air quality due to fireworks related to Independence Day is possible this Fourth of July holiday,” the department tweeted. “Personal “backyard” fireworks also contribute to this air pollution and may lead to negative health effects.”Experts at the department anticipate the Air Quality Index may reach the hazardous category due to the fireworks displays.“Breathing of fine particulate matter can lead to a wide variety of cardiovascular and respiratory health effects such as heart attacks, asthma aggravation, decre...

Los Angeles Hospitality Workers Initiate Strike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

Thousands of hospitality workers in L.A. and Orange County officially went on strike as their contracts with hotels expired.Workers for some of the biggest hotels in L.A., including the Intercontinental and Millennium Biltmore in downtown., and the J.W. Marriott near L.A. Live, walked out and picketed Sunday, July 2.“Southern California hotel workers are ON STRIKE!,” Unite Here Local 11, who represent the workers in negotiations, said on its official Twitter account. “Thousands walked off the job at properties across DTLA & Santa Monica. Dozens more properties remain without a Union contract. Visiting the area? Don’t be a scab.”Spiderman knows you don't cross the picket line #SoCalHotelStrike pic.twitter.com/YiacKsoqvk— UNITE HERE Local 11 (@UNITEHERE11) July 3, 2023 Uniformly, the striking workers have worn red shirts that say, “Hotel workers on strike,” while holding signs with similar messaging in both English and Spanish.Ou...

Texas Sends Second Bus Of Migrants To L.A.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

A group of asylum seekers arrived at L.A. Union Station July 1, on a bus from Brownsville, Texas.This is the second bus carrying migrants from Texas to Los Angeles, with the first coming June 14 at the order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott.Abbott did not take formal credit for this busload as he did the first time, and Zach Seidl, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles mayor’s office said the city was not given notice that the bus was headed to the city.“Though we were not formally notified, the Mayor’s Office became aware of the bus yesterday and mobilized — working with City Departments, the County, and a coalition of nonprofit organizations, in addition to our faith partners, to execute a plan set in place earlier this year,” Seidl said. “The City of Los Angeles believes in treating everyone with respect and dignity and will do so.”The asylum-seeking migrants were taken to St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church in Chinatown, as was the first gr...

Man doing maintenance work in Walnut Creek dies after vehicle hits him

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

WALNUT CREEK — A man doing maintenance died Monday from injuries suffered when a vehicle hopped a curb and hit him, police said Tuesday.The name of the man killed was not immediately released.The fatal collision happened about 1:21 p.m. Monday on Ygnacio Valley Road, east of Lennon Lane.Police said preliminary details indicated a motorist was driving westbound on Ygnacio Valley Road when their vehicle  drifted to the right, hopped the curb and struck the man doing maintenance work. The man hit was working in a grassy area off the roadway, possibly on sprinkler heads, police said.The man hit was conscious when officers found him but had sustained significant injuries, police said. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.The driver of the vehicle that hit him was not injured, police said. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with responding officers, police said.No information has been released about the driver or the kind of vehicle they were driving.The cause...

State Dept. condemns fire set outside Indian Consulate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

(BCN) -- The U.S. State Department on Monday condemned a fire set over the weekend outside the Indian consulate in San Francisco. Wedding ring stolen in broad daylight in Atherton neighborhood Fire crews were called about 2 a.m. Sunday to the Consulate General of India in the 500 block of Arguello Boulevard, where they found a smoldering debris fire on the sidewalk. The fire damaged the front door and entryway, according to San Francisco fire officials. The consulate had been previously vandalized in March by Sikh protesters, authorities said. The State Department didn't mention Sikhs in a statement posted Monday on Twitter about the recent fire, saying that the U.S. "strongly condemns the reported vandalism and attempted arson against the Indian Consulate in San Francisco." The post from State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said "Vandalism or violence against diplomatic facilities or foreign diplomats in the U.S. is a criminal offense." Following the State De...

Man killed in Walnut Creek after getting hit by car that jumped curb on Ygnacio Valley Road

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

(BCN) -- A man died after being hit by a car that jumped a curb and hit him Monday afternoon in Walnut Creek, according to police. The collision was reported at about 1:21 p.m. on Ygnacio Valley Road east of Lennon Lane, Walnut Creek police said. Bay Area man missing inside Yosemite National Park When officers arrived, the man was conscious but had significant injuries. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. Police said it appears that the car drifted to the right on Ygnacio Valley, hopped the curb and hit the man while he was doing maintenance at the location. The driver, who wasn't injured, stayed at the scene and was cooperating with police. The cause of the collision is under investigation. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Walnut Creek police dispatch at (925) 935-6400. KRON On is streaming live news now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-co...

Injunction blocks Biden administration from working with social media firms about ‘protected speech’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:47:25 GMT

A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling.U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of Louisiana granted the injunction in response to a 2022 lawsuit brought by attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri. Their lawsuit alleged that the federal government overstepped in its efforts to convince social media companies to address postings that could result in vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic or affect elections.Doughty cited “substantial evidence” of a far-reaching censorship campaign. He wrote that the “evidence produced thus far depicts an almost dystopian scenario. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘M...