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Oakland NAACP President explains importance of Juneteenth

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

(KRON) – Monday marks the second annual recognition of the Juneteenth national holiday here in the United States. KRON4 spoke to the Oakland President of the NAACP about the best ways to celebrate the holiday"I think we should have a party. I think we should have talks. Roundtable discussions. Celebrations. Everything,” said Cynthia Adams, the president of the Oakland branch of the NAACP. That includes, Adams says, reflecting on what Juneteenth is. Biden in Bay Area this week for fundraising, climate announcement "I think the best way to celebrate June 19th is to know the history,” she said.History reveals that in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved Black people in the U.S. However, Black folks in Galveston, Texas didn’t get the message until sometime around June 19, 1865. It was a glorious day, says Adams, because it meant the end of over 300 years of chattel slavery.“I can’t even imagine how happy they were,” Adams said. “If we both pu...

'Panic and fear': Witness recounts Pier 39 shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A Bay Area resident says he was in San Francisco with several family members to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday when they heard gunshots. Robert Coles gave KRON4 a chilling recount of the terror at Pier 39. “First thing we could experience was the sound of bullets, then the whizzing of bullets,” he said. Coles says he and his family were heading to Fisherman’s Wharf for a Father’s Day dinner when he says he heard dozens of gunshots.  Early morning Oakland shooting being investigated police “We knew we needed to look for cover, and then we heard the other round of gunfire, semi-automatic. And at that point, we needed to find shelter and protection,” he said. The family had spent the weekend together visiting Napa and taking a cruise, but now they were running for their lives.“A celebration of joy within seconds turned into fear, concern and a complete different range of emotions,” he said. Coles says his sister, father and cousin ran into a ne...

Scherzer throws 8 innings and Lindor has 5 RBIs as the Mets rout the slumping Astros 11-1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Francisco Lindor homered and drove in five runs, and Max Scherzer pitched eight fantastic innings for his longest outing with the New York Mets in their 11-1 victory over the skidding Houston Astros on Monday night.The win was New York’s first over the Astros since Sept. 28, 2014, at Citi Field, snapping a seven-game skid. The Mets had lost eight in a row in Houston, with their previous win here coming in May 2011.Scherzer (6-2) gave up just four hits and struck out eight to bounce back from consecutive rough starts against the Braves and Yankees. He was tagged for seven hits and six runs in 3 1/3 innings last week in a no-decision at home against the Yankees.Daniel Vogelbach, who tied a season high with three RBIs, homered off rookie Hunter Brown (6-4) to start the third. The Mets were up 2-0 with one out in the inning when Lindor’s three-run shot made it 5-0. Vogelbach has homered twice in his last four games after the slumping slugger was benched for six games.New ...

Jung hits 15th homer, Rangers hang on to beat White Sox 5-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Josh Jung hit his 15th home run, Jonah Heim had a late two-run single and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Monday night.A day after wiping out six-run deficit in a win over Toronto, the Rangers hung on after Jung helped them grab a 3-0 lead. Heim broke open a 3-2 game with a two-run single in the seventh.Andrew Heaney (5-4) pitched neatly into the sixth after struggling in three previous starts, and the Rangers opened the three-game series on a winning note after taking two of three from the Blue Jays.Chicago lost for the seventh time in nine games.Jung had three hits. He singled and scored in the first and hit a solo homer in the third. Nathaniel Lowe singled and scored in the fourth against Tanner Banks (0-2) to make it 3-0.Chicago closed to to 3-2 in the sixth when Andrew Vaughn and Luis Robert Jr. hit consecutive homers against Andrew Heaney, the third time this season the White Sox went deep back to back. Robert’s 18 homers are sec...

New Zealand marks 1 month to Women’s World Cup with match near Mount Cook

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has marked the one month countdown to the start of the Women’s World Cup by creating a full-sized football pitch in the remote southern highlands of the South Island, in the shadow of New Zealand’s highest mountain Aoraki Mount Cook.The 105-meter long, 68-meter wide (114 yards by 74 yards) was built by hand on the tussocky plains of the McKenzie Country in front of the 3,724-meter (12,217-foot) mountain on which Sir Edmond Hillary trained for his successful assault on the summit of Mount Everest.Two teams of local girls, named Pukaki and Tekapo after pristine alpine lakes nearby, were invited to play the first friendly match on the pitch on Tuesday, refereed by New Zealand Football National Referee Development Manager Lindsey Robinson.“I came here today to referee the game in the most beautiful place on earth,” Robinson said. “Aside from the stunning landscape it was a great game of football.“I’m incredibly excited about so many visitors co...

Victim of Coal Creek moose attack feels lucky to be alive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A man in the Coal Creek community is recovering after getting attacked by a cow moose near his home.Rob Standerwick has lived in his home on Hummingbird Lane for 24 years. He walks the trail along Coal Creek three times a day with his dogs and has never had an encounter quite like this. Moose dies after jumping from 2nd-story deck He was walking his two dogs, Phantom and Magic, when he surprised the cow moose. "I heard a couple of branches break and looked up and saw this cow, female moose, and she was already at full speed running right at me. I didn’t have a chance to even turn to run or get behind a bigger tree. By the time I recognized she was coming, I was on the ground," Standerwick said, Next thing he knew, the cow was on top of him. So with some quick thinking, he decides to pull out the firearm in his pocket and fire two shots into the ground to scare her off. It worked and he was able to get away. Thankfully, some neighbors heard the gunsho...

Top 3 mistakes homeowners make that increase energy bills

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver weather forecast includes high temperatures, which has many bracing for higher electric bills. The U.S. Department of Energy says lowering your thermostat by just one degree can save 3% off the average bill. The FOX31 Problem Solvers asked Plumbline Services president Bob Logan about how to reduce the electric bill during the summer months. Plumbline Services maintains an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. "The best thing to do is close up your home and seal it up and allow the system to work the way it’s designed to work," Logan said.Logan told FOX31 his team sees many homeowners making common and costly mistakes. 1. Turning off the ACSome feel shutting off their HVAC system during work hours will save money, but Logan said doing that runs the risk of adding additional wear and tear on the system, much like constantly starting and stopping a car."They turn the system off during the day, so the inside temperature gets up to 80 and even 90 sometimes...

Large encampment appears on shoulder of I-225 ramp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Several people have set up a growing encampment at the shoulder of an on-ramp to Interstate 225 at Parker Road.FOX31 reached out to the Colorado Department of Transportation about this problem and what's being done to fix it.CDOT said no trespassing signs are usually the first option to curb encampments. The department said it cannot clear out an encampment without help from local law enforcement, but that is another option and done as humanely as possible.Then comes the cleanup — not just trash but hazardous waste — which comes at an annual cost to the state of between $2 million to $3 million. Surveillance tech to monitor I-70 express lanes for violators There is also the human cost of these encampments: the safety of the people who set them up and live there. Back in April, a man sleeping in a tent off I-25 was hurt and later died when he was struck by a car.People experiencing homelessness already face a number of risks to their lives: untreated illnesse...

72nd Avenue construction causes irrigation issues in 82-year-old's yard

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — An Arvada family is calling the FOX31 Problem Solvers for help, saying a street-widening project is causing a nightmare for their 82-year-old grandmother.As temperatures flirted with 90 degrees in Arvada on Monday, the game of fetch looked a little different for Jane Truesdell, who sought cover in the shade as she threw a ball to her dog, Dolly.“You know, this wasn't the way I planned to spend my last years in this house,” Truesdell said.With an ongoing street-widening project on 72nd Avenue, Truesdell said she got some money and the city of Arvada got some of her property through eminent domain. ‘He had a hoof print on his chest’: Moose attacks man as he walks his dogs "They took the 5 feet with three 80- to 100-foot pine trees and about 20 feet of lilac bushes," she said. "It went from a forest to a desert in 4 hours as I watched them take down the trees."A street-widening project underway on 72nd Avenue in Arvada. (KDVR)'The flooding is a concern'Tru...

Chicago White Sox come up empty late in 5-2 loss to the Texas Rangers — their 8th defeat in 11 games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:36:14 GMT

Tanner Banks became the first left-hander to start for the Chicago White Sox in more than one year when he served as the opener Monday against the Texas Rangers.Things didn’t break right for the Sox, falling 5-2 in the series opener in front of 19,554 at Guaranteed Rate Field.Andrew Vaughn and Luis Robert Jr. hit back-to-back homers in the sixth to get the Sox within 3-2.The Rangers responded with a pair of two-out runs in the seventh against reliever Aaron Bummer. All five of the runs for the Rangers came with two outs.The Sox loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but Yasmani Grandal and Jake Burger struck out. They brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth and again came up empty as the team lost for the eighth time in 11 games.“I liked the fact (Banks, Nick Padilla and Jesse Scholtens) went in and threw strikes, they competed, attack the strike zone,” Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “They got beat a couple of times here and there, but for the m...