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What Christmas in the Park has planned new for this season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

For Debbie Degutis, Christmas in the Park’s new managing director, the beloved San Jose holiday display is a real family tradition. Her parents, Martie and Walter “Dee” Degutis volunteered at Christmas in the Park for decades, and she grew up helping to decorate trees.“Every day, I get to get up and go work at Christmas in the Park. How great is that?” Degutis said last weekend at History Park during Hot August Nights, the annual summer fundraiser held by the nonprofit group. And while most of us think about the holidays for a few weeks a year, getting Christmas in the Park right is on DeGutis’ mind every day of the year.Christmas in the Park Board President Stacey Holden, left, and Managing Director Debbie DeGutis stand in front of a newly restored Nutcracker Suite display during Hot August Nights, a fundraiser for Christmas in the Park held at History Park in San Jose on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group) “We&#...

Sonoma County zeroing in on pathogen responsible for 'Tough Mudder' illness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

(BCN) -- Authorities in Sonoma County are investigating the cause of illnesses associated with last weekend's Tough Mudder event, which took place at Sonoma Raceway and involved a muddy obstacle course. Sonoma County officials said they are operating under the assumption that the illnesses are being caused by a waterborne bacterial pathogen known as Aeromonas until the investigation can be fully completed. A spokesperson for the Tough Mudder event said Thursday that the organization followed all necessary protocols before and after the event. Reports of rashes, fever, vomiting and other ailments prompted Sonoma County officials to issue a health advisory Wednesday. "We are requesting that clinicians obtain cultures from infected patients and report the results to us," Matt Brown, a spokesperson for the county, said Thursday. "We have received seven confirmed cases of Aeromonas thus far." What is Trump’s weight after mugshot release? Oddsmakers join in on fun The Tough...

Wells Fargo experiencing online banking problems

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Wells Fargo Bank customers are experiencing problems with online banking, according to a tweet from the bank's customer service account. Some customers are unable to complete transfers or send money using the bank's Zelle service. What is Trump’s weight after mugshot release? Oddsmakers join in on fun "Our support teams are aware and are working to resolve the issue," a bank representative said on X, the social media network formerly known as Twitter. The tweet was sent in response to a user who said they were experiencing troubles with the Zelle feature."If you're experiencing an issue with our online services, we apologize for the inconvenience," read a message on the Wells Fargo app. "We're working quickly to resolve it."KRON4 reached out to Wells Fargo and received the following statement:"We are aware that some customers are experiencing intermittent issues with certain transactions. Our teams are working diligently to resolve. We apologize for any inc...

SF Civic Center Carnival to kick off Thursday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

(BCN) -- A Civic Center Carnival in San Francisco, featuring games and rides for four days, kicks off Thursday. Mayor London Breed and Phil Ginsburg, general manager of the city's Recreation and Park Department, will join community groups and visitors to celebrate the opening at 4 p.m. The four-day event will include a Ferris wheel, a 100-foot super slide, fun house, spinning teacups and more, according to a statement from the mayor's office. Guests can also enjoy treats, including hand-dipped corn dogs, Hawaiian shave ice, funnel cakes, popcorn, cotton candy, caramel apples and French fries. Mayor: ‘Homeless coalition has held SF hostage for a decade’ "Bringing a carnival to Civic Center is one of many ways we are creating joy and celebrating in the heart of our city," Breed said in a statement. "Creating vibrant, lively public spaces with activities people of all ages can enjoy is how we create stronger, safer communities. There is much more to come, and I'm excited see...

List of 'bipping' auto burglary hot spots in San Francisco released

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- While brazen auto burglars can strike anywhere in the city, San Francisco police released a list of hot spots where "bipping" is most rampant. Popular San Francisco landmarks were listed in the top three spots where thieves most frequently smash into parked cars, and dash away with whatever is inside.Palace of Fine ArtsAlamo SquareFisherman's WharfThe locations are notably all landmarks that attract tourists. "Our world-class sites draw visitors from around the world, but unfortunately, organized criminals also converge on these areas to victimize people," the San Francisco Police Department wrote. Entire city blocks lined with parked cars have been targeted by vandals.10+ cars with their windows smashed on Bay Street between Polk & Van Ness in San Francisco. Some ransacked. Some appear to be random breaks. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/O4D2ulzW78— Dan Thorn (@DanThorn_) February 8, 2023Videos shot by witnesses around the city in 2023 show thieves smas...

Authorities looking for missing man last seen in boat on the Bay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

(BCN) -- Authorities are searching for a man who went missing in his boat in the Bay after telling someone he was heading to Petaluma last week, police said Thursday. George Ferguson recently bought a 30-foot boat named "Bianca" that he has been living in, a person close to him told Petaluma police. Last Friday, Ferguson's boat ran aground near Alcatraz Island and the U.S. Coast Guard assisted him in getting back on course, police said. What is Trump’s weight after mugshot release? Oddsmakers join in on fun After that, he told the woman who reported him missing that he would be sailing back to Petaluma, but she has not heard from him since and said his cellphone has been turned off. The reporting party told police that Ferguson has cognitive medical issues and limited boating experience. George Ferguson (PPD via BCN)The Coast Guard has tried to hail Ferguson via maritime radio several times but has received no response. Ferguson is a 67-year-old white man stand...

Browns trade backup QB Joshua Dobbs to Cardinals for fifth-round pick in 2024, AP source says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Joshua Dobbs quickly went from backing up to packing up.The Cleveland Browns shook up their quarterback room Thursday, trading Dobbs, who was named their No. 2 QB earlier in the day, to the Arizona Cardinals, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.The Browns are getting back a fifth-round selection in 2024 from Arizona for Dobbs and a seventh-round pick, said the person who spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because the teams have not announced the swap.Dobbs’ departure means rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who has had an impressive summer, will back up starter Deshaun Watson.Also, the Browns have decided to keep QB Kellen Mond, who they intended to waive.The stunning move with Dobbs came only a couple of hours after coach Kevin Stefanski had said the 28-year-old would be Cleveland’s No. 2 quarterback to start this season.However, Thompson-Robinson’s quick development changed the team’s plans and the Browns moved th...

A decade after vigilante uprising, extortion and threats against lime growers return to west Mexico

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The kind of mass threats and extortion of lime growers in the western Mexico that sparked a civilian vigilante uprising a decade ago have returned, and growers say they can’t get their crops to market. One lime grower who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons said Thursday that the local drug cartel had increased the price of protection payments five-fold in the space of weeks.The government of Michoacan state said Wednesday that it had launched a criminal investigation into the shake-downs. The situation threatens a mainstay of Mexican cuisine, and recalls the darkest days of the country’s 2006-2012 drug war.The grower said that in the last week to 10 days, the cartel has increased its demands from just over a penny per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of limes to about 6 cents. It may not sound like much, but that could be a quarter of the prices farmers are paid. On Tuesday, Carlos Torres, the Michoacan state interior secretary, said the government was launching ...

Billie Jean King’s push for equal prize money in 1973 is being celebrated at this US Open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Billie Jean King won the U.S. Open in 1972, she didn’t make the usual remarks about hoping to win again. Instead, she threatened to not play at all the next year — and added that no other women would, either.That’s because she earned $10,000 for her championship, $15,000 less than what Ilie Năstase won for his.“I said: ‘This really stinks,’” King recalled Thursday. “And, of course, deep down in my heart of hearts, in my brain, I’m going, ‘I haven’t talked to them yet. You sure you’re doing the right thing here?’ This is the other voice in my head: ‘What if they don’t agree with you on this? I think they do, because we talk about it all the time, but we didn’t talk about this move.’ And so I said, ‘The heck with it. I don’t think we’ll be back.’”That led the U.S. Tennis Association to make the 1973 U.S. Open the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors. The 50th anniversary of that seminal moment will be celebrated this year ...

Video of fatal Tennessee traffic stop shows car speeding off but not deputy’s shooting of driver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:15:02 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Videos released Thursday of a Tennessee traffic stop that ended in a fatal shooting shows a deputy holding on to the car’s steering wheel and being carried away as the vehicle speeds off, but does not show the moment when the deputy shot the driver.Jarveon Hudspeth, 21, was shot and killed June 24 by a Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputy after the deputy approached his car and tried to stop it from leaving the scene, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.The situation escalated and Hudspeth drove off and “dragged” the deputy about 100 yards (91 meters), the bureau said in a statement, and at some point the deputy fired his gun at least once and hit the driver. The car stopped about a half-mile later (nearly a kilometer).The videos released by the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office are from the deputy’s in-car and body-worn cameras, and a neighbor’s doorbell camera.The body camera video shows the deputy stopping a white two-door car in a res...