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Former Mountain View mayor running for Santa Clara County Supervisor

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Margaret Abe-Koga, former mayor and long-time city councilmember, is running to replace Santa Clara County Board Supervisor Joe Simitian as both politicians shift into new gears a year before they term out of their current positions.Abe-Koga announced the start of her campaign during a lunar new year celebration hosted by California Assemblyman Evan Low over the weekend to a crowd of about 600 people, promising to take her governing experience to the county board. She’s the first candidate in what’s set to be a contested race for the supervisorial seat, which will likely see other north county leaders throwing their hats in the ring.Abe-Koga has served on the Mountain View City Council since 2007 as well as a slew of other county and regional boards and committees. She believes her wide-ranging experience in local government representing Mountain View makes her the best candidate to replace Simitian on the county’s governing body.“I thin...

6-year-old who shot his teacher won’t face charges

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

By Denise LaVoie and Ben Finley | Associated PressRICHMOND, Va. — Authorities in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher will not seek criminal charges against the child, the local prosecutor told NBC News Wednesday, in a decision that was anticipated by legal experts.But Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn said his office has yet to decide if any adults will be held criminally accountable.Newport News police have said that the boy used his mother’s 9mm handgun in the Jan. 6 shooting at Richneck Elementary School. A lawyer for the child’s mother has previously stated that the weapon, which was legally purchased, was secured on a high closet shelf and had a lock on it.Gwynn did not immediately respond to two phone messages and two emails from The Associated Press seeking comment.He told NBC that the “prospect that a 6-year-old can stand trial is problematic” because he wouldn’t have the competency to understa...

Freight train derails after hitting rockslide in W. Virginia

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson | CNNA CSX freight train derailed Wednesday morning after striking a rockslide in a remote area of West Virginia, injuring three crew members and spilling diesel fuel into a nearby river, according to a company press release.The three crew members were in the locomotive, which caught fire after the derailment, and are being treated for non-life threatening injuries, CSX said. Two were airlifted and the third was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, a Summers County Office of Emergency Management dispatcher told CNN.Diesel fuel and oil spilled into the New River, and containment measures will be deployed, CSX said. The company also noted that the coal train was empty and was not transporting hazardous materials. CSX spokesperson Sheriee Bowman told CNN that 22 empty rail cars derailed.“The incident posed no danger to the public,” the CSX release said.The derailment comes about a month after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying...

NHTSA probing 16 deadly Tesla highway crashes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KRON) -- A deadly crash involving a Tesla on Insterstate-680 in Contra Costa County is the latest wreck being investigated by national transportation officials. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Wednesday that it suspects the Tesla was operating with its automated driving system on when it slammed into a fire engine on I-680 in Walnut Creek on February 18.A Contra Costa County Fire Protection District engine was being used as a traffic safety barrier to protect paramedics working at a previous crash when the Tesla slammed into the engine. The 2014 Tesla Model S's driver was killed, a Tesla passenger was severely injured, and four firefighters suffered minor injuries. The February 18 collision is one of 51 crashes nationwide -- including 16 fatalities -- currently under investigation by the NHTSA's special crash investigation teams. Autopilot comes standard on every new Tesla, according to the company.The larger NHTSA investigation is ...

One dead in Rockridge fatal vehicle collision after attempted robbery

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- One person died in a vehicle collision in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood Wednesday afternoon after fleeing the scene of an attempted robbery, according to the Oakland Police Department. Bay Area Walgreens halts food, beverage sales due to rodents The incident took place on the 5900 block of Buena Vista Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene they found a dead person nearby. They later determined that the dead person is a suspect in an attempted robbery that took place earlier in the day. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KRON4 Breaking News SIGN UP NOW Police say two suspects were in the process of taking property out of a victim's vehicle. The victim was nearby and spotted the pair before attempting to take their property back f...

Rally against Sunnyvale charter school closure

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KRON) -- Students, parents and elected officials voiced their concerns on Wednesday over a Sunnyvale charter school set to close its doors. Earlier this month, the Summit Public Schools board voted to close Summit Denali Charter School. The school has more than 600 middle school and high school students.  Woman charged for threatening private East Bay school The announcement was unwelcome news for some parents who will now have to find a new school for their children. “They could have come to us at any point and said, ‘We are going to close the school unless we raise this or unless we get out numbers up from here,’ and we could have all chipped in and done it,” said Jill Rakestaw, parent.The Summit Public Schools board has claimed that Denali is losing millions of dollars per year and cannot justify keeping it operating. They said that a decline in state funding and COVID relief money has led to a lingering budget deficit.KRON On is streaming news live now....

Atlanta Cop City Protesters Charged With Domestic Terror for Having Mud on Their Shoes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

Environmental activists hold a rally and a march through the Atlanta forest that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023, in Atlanta, Ga.Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesIn an aggressive and indiscriminate arrest sweep on Sunday, police stormed a music festival held in the Atlanta forest by activists protesting Cop City, a vast police training facility under construction atop forestland. Twenty-three of the activists arrested in the raid now face domestic terrorism charges for their participation in the Defend the Atlanta Forest movement.The protesters are alleged to have participated in acts of vandalism and arson at a Cop City construction site over a mile away from the music festival location and over an hour before the arrest raid took place. They have all been charged under Georgia’s domestic terror statute, though none of the arrest warrants tie any of the defendants directly to any illegal acts.The probable cause stated in t...

Soto progresses in Padres camp with optimism for WBC trip

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

Juan Soto ran sprints in the outfield, took some big swings in batting practice and signed a few autographs at the San Diego Padres spring training complex Wednesday after the early workout to test a left calf that kept him in Arizona. Soto, who has been dealing with calf tightness, could still join the Dominican Republic team in Miami before it begins group play in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday against Venezuela. He even did some outfield work during his workout.Padres manager Bob Melvin said the team increased the progression of Soto’s work, and that the outfielder could play in a “B” game against Cleveland on Thursday. “If he plays in that, hopefully we can get him cleared … and optimistic for potentially getting him on the road Friday,” Melvin said.Soto remained in Peoria, Arizona, for treatment when Manny Machado, Luis García and Nelson Cruz left the Padres camp Monday to join the Dominican Republic. The 42-year-old Cruz, trying to make San Dieg...

Child marriage ban bill defeated in West Virginia House

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would have prohibited minors from getting married in West Virginia was defeated Wednesday night in a legislative committee.The Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the bill on a 9-8 vote, a week after it passed the House of Delegates.The vote came shortly after the bill’s main sponsor, Democratic Del. Kayla Young of Kanawha County, testified briefly before the committee. She said that since 2000 there have been more than 3,600 marriages in the state involving one or more children.Currently, children can marry as young as 16 in West Virginia with parental consent. Anyone younger than that also must get a judge’s waiver.“For now, there will be no floor for the age of marriage in WV, endangering our kids,” Young wrote on Twitter after the vote.In a rebuke, Cabell County Democratic Sen. Mike Woelfel reminded the committee after the vote that Wednesday was International Women’s Day. Some of the bill’s opponents have arg...

From marketing to design, brands adopt AI tools despite risk

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:51 GMT

Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and poems or conjure new images on command, chances are the companies that make your household products are already starting to do so. Mattel has put the AI image generator DALL-E to work by having it come up with ideas for new Hot Wheels toy cars. Used vehicle seller CarMax is summarizing thousands of customer reviews with the same “generative” AI technology that powers the popular chatbot ChatGPT.Meanwhile, Snapchat is bringing a chatbot to its messaging service. And the grocery delivery company Instacart is integrating ChatGPT to answer customers’ food questions.Coca-Cola plans to use generative AI to help create new marketing content. And while the company hasn’t detailed exactly how it plans to deploy the technology, the move reflects the growing pressure on businesses to harness tools that many of their employees and consumers are already trying on their own.“We must embrace the risks,” said Co...