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Pedestrian hit, killed by trash recycling truck in North County

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

SAN MARCOS, Calif. -- A pedestrian died Friday when they were struck by a trash recycling truck in the San Marcos area, according to law enforcement.The crash occurred around 11:58 a.m. in the 200 block of South Las Posas Road at the EDCO Recycling Buyback Center, Sgt. Charles Morreale with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department stated in a news release. ‘Teacher of the Year’ re-arrested Authorities say the driver of the EDCO recycling truck was backing into the scales at the facility when his vehicle hit the pedestrian. When deputies arrived on scene, the pedestrian, whose identity is unknown at this time, was pronounced dead, Morreale said. The truck driver stayed at the location and is cooperating with investigators.

No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $24 million Lotto Max jackpot

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $24 million draw.The jackpot for the next draw on March 14 will be an estimated $29 million.The Canadian Press

Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t critics, political foes or their bosses that united Fox News stars Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham when they gathered via text message for a gripe session shortly after the 2020 election.It was their own network’s news division.“They’re pathetic,” Carlson wrote.“THEY AREN’T SMART,” Ingraham emphasized.“What news have they broken the last four years?” Hannity asked.The Nov. 13, 2020, conversation was included among thousands of pages of recently released documents related to Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox for its post-election reporting. Like much of what was uncovered, the exchange ultimately may have little bearing on whether Fox will be judged guilty of libel.Instead, the material offers insight into how Fox’s stars and leadership responded at a time of high anxiety and how giving its audience what it wanted to hear took precedence over reporting uncomfortable truths...

West Virginia Senate passes modified transgender care ban

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican supermajority Senate passed a bill Friday that would ban certain health care for transgender youth after approving a significant change to add exceptions for young people at risk for self harm or suicide. “These kids struggle, they have incredible difficulties,” said Majority Leader Tom Takubo, a pulmonologist, who urged support for mental health protections.The bill would outlaw those under 18 from being prescribed hormone therapy and fully reversible medication suspending the physical changes of puberty, buying patients and parents time to make future decisions about hormones.The rate of suicide ideation for transgender youth in Virginia is three times higher than the rate for all youth in the state, according to research and data complied by WVU Medicine physicians using the West Virginia Youth Risk Behavior Survey.During a speech on the Senate floor, Takubo referenced 17 peer-reviewed studies showing a significant decreas...

Class 2A state boys hockey semifinal: Minnetonka takes down Andover to set up Lake Conference final

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

It’ll be a Lake Conference battle for the Class 2A state boys hockey championship.Minnetonka earned its spot in high school hockey’s biggest game by beating defending champion Andover 4-1 in a Friday semifinal at Xcel Energy Center.Gavin Garry scored twice, Henry Burrows and Sam Scheetz netted a goal apiece, and Kaizer Nelson made 17 saves for the top-seeded Skippers, who’ll take a 19-game winning streak into Saturday’s game with Edina.Two of these were against the Hornets: 4-0 Jan. 19 and 1-0 Feb. 11.“The biggest thing is just playing our game. We’ve proven that we can beat them. We just need to keep doing what we do,” Garry said.A storyline entering the semifinal was Minnetonka’s depth vs. Andover’s top line: the trio of Mr. Hockey finalists in Gavyn Thoreson, Cayden Casey and Austin Westman, who’ve scored 105 goals and tallied 148 assists. Each has at least 75 points; no other Huskies player has more than 28.But chances were at a premium for fourth-seeded Andover (22-7-1), held t...

All Los Angeles County beaches under high contamination warning from rainfall

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

Those heading to the beach this week are advised to stay out of the water as all Los Angeles County beaches are under advisory for excessive contamination from rainfall.The advisory is in effect starting Friday and will remain until Monday, March 13 at 10 a.m. and could be extended depending on further rain activity, officials said.The public is advised to stay out of the water due to heightened levels of “bacteria, chemicals, debris, trash, and other public health hazards from city streets and mountain areas likely to contaminate ocean waters at and around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers,” said the L.A. County Department of Public Health.People who enter the ocean water during this period could become ill, officials warned. Those especially at risk include people with weakened immune systems, children and the elderly.Rainfall arrived in the L.A. area on Thursday night, with periods of moderate to heavy rain expected to continue through Saturday, according to the N...

East Bay man who killed friend, shot cop is now a suspect in fatal prison yard attack

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

COALINGA — A 39-year-old man was killed on a prison yard here, and the suspect is a Contra Costa County man serving life for killing his friend, then attempting to murder a BART officer in 2015, authorities said.Charles Goetting, 34, allegedly used an “inmate manufactured weapon” to kill Richard Derderian, an Orange County native. The attack occurred around 10:45 a.m. Friday at Pleasant Valley State Prison, according to a news release by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.Goetting was the suspect in a gruesome 2015 killing that led to a shootout with police on Christmas Day of that year. It started when he shot and killed 40-year-old Colin Anderson, but precisely when or where the shooting happened is not known. Goetting stuck Anderson’s body in a rented moving truck and was en route to bury it, when he stopped at the Hayward BART station.There, BART Officers Timothy Eads and Carlos Dazhan stumbled upon the truck and told Goetting the...

San Jose State falls to No. 20 San Diego State in MW semis

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

LAS VEGAS — No. 20 San Diego State held Mountain West Player of the Year Omari Moore to seven points, far below his average of 17.8 per game, as San Jose State lost 64-49 in the Mountain West Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday night.A win would have brought the Spartans (20-13) one win away from reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996, when they won the Big West with a 13-17 overall record. Instead, the top-seeded Aztecs (26-6) advanced to the championship game for the sixth consecutive year, where they will face the winner of the late semifinal between Utah State and Boise State.Thanks to reaching the 20-win mark for the first time since 1980-81, the Spartans are likely to play in the postseason for the sixth time in program history. San Jose State has never won a single postseason game in its five previous appearances — three NCAA Tournaments, one National Invitational Tournament (NIT) and one College Basketball Invitational (CBI).In 2022, Mountain West ...

4 arrested in connection with spree of Oakland robberies, carjackings

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (BCN) -- Four suspects are in custody Friday evening to which Oakland police investigators say they are connected with a series of armed robberies and carjackings in the city. Three of the suspects are juveniles. Kim Armstead, an Oakland police spokesperson, made the announcement late Friday afternoon.On Wednesday, Oakland Police Department special units located a vehicle wanted in connection with a carjacking. With careful consideration and coordination, Armstead explained that the officers devised a plan to safely take the occupants of the carjacked vehicle into custody. 160 remains and bodies found in Hayward warehouse linked to illegal cremations company Afterwards, officers recovered two firearms from the suspects, both with an attachment making one of the two firearms fully automatic. Additionally, officers recovered an assault rifle and a large capacity magazine. The four suspects are believed to be connected to seven armed robberies, including thr...

Want to own a piece of the Golden Gate Bridge? Here's how much it is selling for

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:51:35 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Want to own a piece of the Golden Gate Bridge? If you do, you're in luck because you can own two large trusses or pieces, according to Facebook Marketplace.However, you need to pay a pretty penny for it. Both pieces of the iconic San Francisco Bay Area landmark are selling for $12,000. ‘Princess Diaries’ mansion in San Francisco listed for nearly $9M One bridge truss is 37 feet, and the other is 17 feet long. The seller is located in Penngrove, a census-designated place just north of Petaluma. The pieces were obtained from when the Golden Gate Bridge went through its four-phase seismic retrofit, according to Facebook Marketplace. The project was intended to strengthen the bridge against major earthquakes and disasters.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; to...