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Wrong-way collision on Highway 680 killed one, hospitalized two Saturday morning

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

FREMONT — A woman passenger is dead and two drivers seriously injured after a two-vehicle, wrong-way crash on southbound Interstate Highway 680 early Saturday morning, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Driver arrested, passenger killed in 100-foot cliff crash at Pescadero State Beach Crashes and Disasters | Interstate 880 crash involving at least 6 cars in Hayward leaves one dead Crashes and Disasters | San Jose motorcyclist killed in crash Wednesday night Crashes and Disasters | Woman killed, three injured in East Bay crash Monday night Crashes and Disasters | These Bay Area cities ranked the worst for drivers in the U.S. Around 1:15 a.m., the driver of a gray Dodge Ram was traveling the wrong way in the left lane of I-680 near the Auto Mall Parkway offramp in Fremont and collided with a white BMW 330i, according to the California Highway Patrol.CHP Officer Tyler Hahn said the Dod...

Missing man, 63, last seen in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Police are asking for the community's help in searching for a missing man. Clayton Hansen, 63, went missing on Friday, Oct. 13, the Oakland Police Department announced on social media. 6 arrested after thieves use wagon in SF Walgreens theft: police Hansen was last seen on the 500 block of 30th Street. He is described as a white man, 5-foot-11 and 250 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. The family says Hansen is in "good physical condition" and has mental health challenges, according to OPD. Anyone with information about Hansen's location is asked to contact the OPD Missing Person Unit at 510-238-3641.

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse moves over the U.S. on Saturday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – An annular, or partial, solar eclipse is passing over the United States, as well as Central and South America Saturday morning.Millions of Americans are able to see the phenomenon, but only a handful of cities in the "path of annularity," or the maximum amount of obscuration, will see the "ring of fire" created when the moon lines up perfectly with the sun, leaving only the burning rim visible. How to watch the 2023 solar eclipse safely – and what you should never do The 2023 solar eclipse will stream live in the player at the top of this article for those well outside of the path of annularity, but if you're planning on breaking out the eclipse glasses and seeing it for yourself, this map shows viewing times for a number of cities:If you aren't able to travel to the 150-mile-wide path of annularity, you can still see a partial view of the eclipse.The 80-90% range includes portions of California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, O...

Boston Police investigating 2nd fatal Dorchester shooting in 12-hour period

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

A man was shot and killed overnight in Dorchester, less than 12 hours after a fatal shooting occurred in the same section of the city.Boston Police officers responded to a report of a person shot at 1194 Blue Hill Ave. shortly before 12:30 a.m. Saturday, and found a man in his 20s “suffering from apparent gunshot wounds,” Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long said at an early morning press conference.The man was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not been identified.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Man killed in afternoon fatal shooting in Dorchester Crime & Public Safety | Boston Police investigate ‘Nazis’ spray paint at the Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace following the Hamas attacks in Israel Crime & Public Safety | Boston police arrest suspect in late-night Mass and Cass stabbing Crime & Public Safety | Water rescue: Officers recount kayakers’ close call near Moon Island ...

United Auto Workers president promises ‘new approach’ in strike against Detroit automakers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that the union’s auto strike is “entering a new phase” that “demands a new approach” as the unprecedented simultaneous action against all three Detroit automakers enters its second month.Fain said Friday the union isn’t immediately launching any additional walkouts against Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV in its strike against selected plants, adding that the union is changing its strategy and can send workers out at any time.But he warned GM and Stellantis that, absent progress at the bargaining table, they could be the next targets of surprise strikes like that at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant, which the union took down this week.“I heard him specifically say that that was the warning, that was the escalation, and that served the purpose to put both Stellantis and General Motors on notice that the next one is gonna be your big high-dollar places, so that we’re goi...

Biden awards $7B for clean hydrogen hubs across the country

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of President Joe Biden’s agenda to slow climate change.Biden called clean hydrogen essential to his vision of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 2050. His goal is to establish seven regional hubs to help replace fossil fuels such as coal and oil with cleaner-burning hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity.The seven hubs, which include projects in 16 states, will spur more than $40 billion in private investment and create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, many of them union positions, Biden said Friday at a cargo terminal in Philadelphia, where one of the hubs will be based.He called the announcement transformational and said it would help create “a stronger, energy-secure economy” and combat “the existential threat of cli...

Toy industry works to build emotional resilience in kids following pandemic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

As more children emerge from the pandemic grappling with mental health issues, their parents are seeking ways for them to build emotional resilience.And toy companies are paying close attention.While still in its early phase, a growing number of toy marketers are embracing MESH — or mental, emotional and social health — as a designation for toys that teach kids skills like how to adjust to new challenges, resolve conflict, advocate for themselves, or solve problems.The acronym was first used in child development circles and by the American Camp Association 10 years ago and gained new resonance after the pandemic. Rachele Harmuth, head of ThinkFun, a division of toy company Ravensburger, and resilience expert and family physician Deborah Gilboa, formed a MESH taskforce earlier this year with the goal of getting manufacturers to design toys with emotional resilience in mind and to have retailers market them accordingly.“We just need to educate parents and educators just a little bit t...

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour movie can be seen at these San Diego County theaters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Attention San Diego Swifties -- your opportunity to relive the magical moments of The Eras Tour has arrived.The musical versatility and icon level performance of Taylor Swift has hit theaters across the country, including San Diego County, as of Friday.The film is being played for fans in more than 8,500 AMC theaters nationwide, the American theater chain confirmed. Where to get Halloween-themed cocktails in San Diego Whether you're seeing it for the very first time or are coming back for another dose of the Swiftie experience, "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" is showing at these San Diego-area AMC theaters this week:AMC Chula Vista 10: 555 Broadway, Suite 2050, Chula VistaAMC DINE-IN Poway 10: 13475 Poway Road, PowayAMC Fashion Valley 18: 7037 Friars Road, San DiegoAMC La Jolla 12: 8657 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite 129, La JollaAMC Mission Valley 20: 1640 Camino Del Rio North, San DiegoAMC Otay Ranch 12: 2015 Birch Road, Chula VistaAMC Palm Promenade 24: 770 Dennery Roa...

Brief cloud breaks bring cheers from excited partial solar eclipse watchers in B.C.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

SAANICH, B.C. — Cheers erupted as brief cloud breaks gave more than 100 people who gathered at an astrophysical observatory site near Victoria, B.C., a peak at today’s unfolding partial solar eclipse.Calvin Schmidt, an employee of the Friends of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, says fog and clouds were present for most of the morning at the mountain-top site, but there were moments when the skies parted and the partial eclipse was visible.Schmidt says those moments of solar splendor were worth the waiting though there are reports the skies were almost totally clear in some parts of Victoria, giving those residents a sustained view of the partial eclipse.Southwestern B.C. was Canada’s best place to view the eclipse.The event is known as a ring-of-fire eclipse, where the moon passes in front of the sun but doesn’t completely cover it, leaving a fiery rim around the dark moon.Environment Canada had forecast clouds and showers for much of southwest B.C. dur...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh survives leadership review, but delegate support declining

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

OTTAWA — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has survived his leadership review, but support from his party is declining. During the second day of the NDP convention in Ottawa, 81 per cent of delegates voted in favour of Singh following his keynote speech.It’s the lowest confidence vote for an NDP leader since Tom Mulclair, who was rejected by more than half of delegates at the party’s 2016 convention in Edmonton. In 2021, Singh received support from 87 per cent of delegates and in 2018 he received nearly 91 per cent support. Some delegates at the NDP convention have been critical of the party’s confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals. Others say they would like him to take a harder stance against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 14, 2023. Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press