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PG&E to begin ground, helicopter inspections ahead of wildfire season

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) – PG&E will be inspecting electric towers and power poles this week to prepare for public safety power shutoffs during wildfire season. SF Chinatown stabbing suspect arrested, identified The inspections will be by both helicopter and ground from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. over the next few days. PG&E says helicopters will be as low as 100 feet gathering information to help them understand how long it would take to patrol when power is turned off during emergencies and how fast it would take to restore power. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The following cities will be inspected by PG&E this week:Wednesday - East San Jose and MilpitasThursday - Los GatosFriday - Cupertino, Mountain View and Sunnyv...

Aaron Rodgers’ tweaked calf is ‘fine,’ Jets hope QB will fully practice Friday

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers performs stretching drills with his teammates at the NFL football team's practice facility, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers performs stretching drills with his teammates at the NFL football team's practice facility, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers could be back fully practicing with the New York Jets on Friday after straining a calf last week.The 39-year-old quarterback, acquired last month from Green Bay, was injured while participating in conditioning drills last Tuesday. Rodgers downplayed the injury at the time but ...

International Atomic Energy Agency report seen by AP says Iran resolves 2 inquiries by inspectors

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo) This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo) VIENNA (AP) — Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a report seen Wednesday by The Associated Press said.The confidential quarterly report by the Vienna-based IAEA said inspectors no longer had questions on uranium particles found to be enriched to 83.7% at its underground Fordo facility. “The agency informed Iran that, following its evaluation of the data, the agency had assessed that the information provided was not inconsistent with Iran’s explanation … and that the agency had no further questions on this matter at th...

Grains lower, Livstock higher.

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Jul. was off 3 cents at $5.8625 a bushel; Jul. corn was down 12.25 cents at $5.88 a bushel; Jul. oats was off .50 cent at $3.41 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans lost 14.75 cents at $12.9550 a bushel.Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.Jun. live cattle was up .02 cent at $1.6812 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle rose .55 cent at $2.3780 a pound; Jun. lean hogs gained 2.43 cents at $.8225 a pound.Source

Pain and terror felt by passengers before Boeing Max crashed can be considered, judge rules

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

FILE - Candles are lit on a memorial wall during an anniversary memorial service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2020, to remember those who died when Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, a Boeing 737 Max, crashed shortly after takeoff on March 10, 2019, killing all 157 on board. A federal judge is ruling that families of passengers who died in the crash can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by their relatives before the plane crashed. The ruling posted Tuesday, May 30, 2023 is a setback for Boeing, which had argued that evidence about the victims’ suffering is speculative and would have an unfair impact on jurors. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File) FILE - Candles are lit on a memorial wall during an anniversary memorial servi...

West Virginia boy, 16, sentenced to 80 years for killing mother, sister

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia teenager was sentenced to consecutive 40-year prison terms in the fatal shootings of his mother and sister after a judge rejected the defendant’s pleas for a lesser sentence.Connor Crowe pleaded guilty last November to second-degree murder after waiving his right to be tried in juvenile court or by a jury. He was 13 in September 2020 when he killed his mother, Melissa Rowland, 39, and his 15-year-old sister, Madison.Attorneys for Crowe, 16, cited his age as one of the factors in asking for a shorter sentence, but Hancock County Circuit Judge Jason Cuomo gave him the maximum penalty, news outlets reported.“I want to remind you that your sister was 15 at the time you murdered her,” Cuomo told Crowe. “She was younger than you are right now, and you gave her no consideration, no mitigation for something less than a death sentence.”“Your sister would have graduated high school, I think about a week or two ago. She’ll ne...

Russian court prepares way for new trial against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

In this handout photo released by Moscow City Court Press Service, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a TV screen, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in a courtroom at Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said in April that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars for life. (Moscow City Court Press Service via AP) In this handout photo released by Moscow City Court Press Service, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a TV screen, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in a courtroom at Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Wedne...

Car slams into sportswear store in Miami Gardens

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a traffic accident at around 9:30 a.m. in which a car crashed into a building. A morning drive ended in a crash at Simon’s Sportswear located on Northwest 27th Avenue in Miami Gardens.The store had its front windows shattered due to the collision. First responders said no one was trapped in the vehicle or transported to the hospital.

Police found an unknown body in a trunk in St. Petersburg on Halloween 53 years ago. Thanks to DNA testing, the ‘trunk lady’ now has a name

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

(CNN) — After police found a body in a black steamer trunk in a wooded area in Florida 53 years ago, the mystery of the “trunk lady” became a cold case that captured the attention of the public for decades. Using DNA evidence, police have now identified the victim as Sylvia June Atherton, a mother of five, from Tucson, Arizona.On Halloween 1969, St. Petersburg police were called to a wooded area behind what was then a restaurant named the Oyster Bar, Assistant Chief Michael Kovacsev said at a news conference Tuesday. He said two children reported seeing two white men in a pickup truck unload the trunk in the field and leave.When the officers opened the trunk, they found a woman’s body, wrapped in a large plastic bag, police said in a statement. She had visible injuries to her head and was partially clothed in a pajama top. She had been strangled with a bolo tie, police said.Investigators were unable to identify the woman, and she was buried as “Jane Doe” in St. Peters...

Now-former Burlington firefighter accused of animal abuse appears in court, ‘not guilty’ plea entered on his behalf

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:21:46 GMT

A now-former Burlington firefighter who also used to run a dog training facility appeared in court on Wednesday to face animal abuse charges after customers said their dogs were abused at “Falco K9” in South Boston.Tyler Falconer, 30, faced a judge on charges he abused and neglected the animals that were in his care – three counts of animal cruelty by a custodian and three counts of improperly tethering or confining an animal.According to court documents, Lindsay Foster’s dog “Watch” was one of three animals Falconer is accused of abusing. She said she brought her five-month-old dog to the facility to be house trained in February, only to discover her puppy became emaciated when she picked him up two weeks later.“He could barely pick his head up because he was so hungry and so exhausted,” Foster told reporters. She went on to report the situation to the Animal Rescue League and later came across other dog owners with similar complaints. Several pe...