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Firefighter Hospitalized after Fire Truck Crash on Whites Canyon Road [Santa Clarita, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

Fire Truck Crash on Whites Canyon Road near Nadal Street Left One InjuredSANTA CLARITA, CA (August 23, 2023) – Tuesday afternoon, a fire truck crash on Whites Canyon Road left a firefighter injured.Around 1:23 p.m., units from the LA County Fire Department responded to reports of a fire truck accident on Whites Canyon Road and Nadal Street.Based on footage posted on the Citizen App, the fire engine jumped a curb and collided with a brick wall in front of a house.At this time, the circumstances surrounding the crash remain unclear. However, a witness claimed that paramedics transported a firefighter from Station 111 to a hospital with unspecified injuries.No further details regarding the fire truck crash on Whites Canyon Road have been released to the public. Santa Clarita Officials will provide more information once available.Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident can take a toll on a person’s financial, physical, and emotional well-being. That is why it is important t...

Dangerous Toys at the Whisky

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

Dangerous Toys at the Whisky: Texas rockers Dangerous Toys have kinda gone down as also-rans in the hair metal history books. But my god, between 1989 and ’95, they put out four albums that ripped shit up. Sure, this kind of music was on its last legs by the tike they released The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys in ‘95, but Dangerous Toys didn’t care and why should they? They were and remain a great band. Hooligan’s Holiday, Whiskey Dogz, Streetlight Circus, Password Reset, and Axecident also perform.Dangerous Toys at the Whisky: The event takes place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 26 at the Whisky A Go Go.Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.                                               &nb...

New York woman admits fatally shoving stranger after pre-wedding outing goes awry

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who killed a stranger on a Manhattan sidewalk after her pre-wedding outing went awry made a deal to serve an eight-year prison sentence.Lauren Pazienza, 28, appeared in court Wednesday and admitted randomly shoving Barbara Maeir Gustern, an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach, as she stormed away from a dinner with her fiance.Gustern suffered fatal injuries when her head struck the pavement. She remained conscious long enough to give the details of the attack: A woman she didn’t know had crossed the street, called her a bitch and pushed her “as hard as she had ever been hit in her life.” The assailant then walked away.Gustern’s relatives, some of whom were in court, said they were disappointed with Pazienza’s plea deal, in which she pleaded guilty to manslaughter. She would have faced up to 25 years if convicted at trial.Prosecutors said Pazienza, an event planner who lived in Queens, had been in the Chelsea neighborhood with her fiance on the night of March 1...

Berkeley man who kept 2.9 pounds of fentanyl in his backpack gets 8 years in federal prison

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

OAKLAND — A Berkeley man who was arrested with 2.9 pounds of fentanyl and six ounces of methamphetamine as he was leaving home for San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, court records show.Luis Cruz, 29, was sentenced late last month by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg, court records show. Cruz pleaded guilty to fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution last April.Cruz was the subject of an undercover investigation into alleged fentanyl trafficking in the summer of 2022. After undercover officers bought fentanyl from him twice, authorities stopped him on Aug. 17, 2022, as he was leaving his Berkeley home for San Francisco carrying a backpack, where the drugs, brass knuckles, and a knife were found, prosecutors said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Arrest made in shooting last month on Highway 24 Crime and Public Safety | Images released of person of interest in Oakland fata...

Mountain West season preview: Boise State’s the pick, but watch for SDSU, Wyoming and Air Force

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

Welcome to the Hotline’s inaugural Mountain West season preview, which begins with the origin story.Last season, we published a weekly ‘Best of the West’ football power ranking that considered not only Pac-12 teams but those in the Mountain West and Brigham Young. It created a means of expanding the scope of our coverage and lending context to the Pac-12’s performance relative to its neighbors.The ‘Best of the West’ content was so popular — as was a basketball version that included the West Coast Conference — that we decided to add a Mountain West-specific column to our array of content offerings this season.Also, half the teams in the Mountain West are located in the coverage zones of the Hotline’s syndication partners across the Western third of the country. (The latest outlet to include our content: The San Diego Union-Tribune.)Once the season begins, we will produce Mountain West power ratings each Monday morning, alongside t...

California job growth ranks last in US while Texas, Florida are best

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: California’s job growth started 2023 as the nation’s worst and Texas and Florida were best. I probably could stop here.Source: My trusty spreadsheet’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages” – a study based on unemployment insurance data filed by bosses vs. the more closely followed monthly job reported derive from employer surveys. These quarterly numbers give a different – some say better – snapshot of job market conditions.ToplineWhen it came to the hiring pace as the year started, California tied for last among the states with Iowa at 0.9% job growth vs. March 2022. The next slowest were the District of Columbia at 1.1%, and Connecticut and Oregon at 1.4%.No. 1 was Texas at 4.3%. Florida was second at 4.1%. Then came Nevada at 3.8%, Oklahoma at 3.6% and South Caro...

49ers GM Lynch on Trey Lance: ‘The most likely option is that he’s here’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

Trey Lance is expected to be back in the building Thursday and the plan is for him to play in the preseason finale Friday night against the Los Angeles Chargers.General manager John Lynch, in the first of weekly appearances on the 49ers’ flagship radio station KNBR, did his best to explain the events of the previous day, which found Lance staying away from practice and the club essentially going silent on his status.Neither coach Kyle Shanahan nor Lynch spoke with the media, choosing instead to use their flagship platform to explain Lance’s reaction to being the No. 3 quarterback behind Brock Purdy and Sam Darnold. Lynch said he never expected the news to get out and that “things don’t stay quiet for long in today’s world.”Shanahan spoke to KNBR Wednesday afternoon in a taped interview.The 49ers host the Chargers at 7 p.m. Friday at Levi’s Stadium. Lance has so far been unavailable for comment and the club has no media access scheduled Thurs...

Cook’s Corner mass shooter, a ‘crazy’ ex-cop, reportedly was targeting wife

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

A retired Ventura Police Department sergeant involved in a contentious divorce has been identified as the gunman who killed three people and injured six others at an Orange County biker bar.Orange County prosecutors and sources said early Thursday that John P. Snowling, 59, opened fire Wednesday night at the Cook’s Corner bar before dying after being confronted by Orange County Sheriff’s deputies in the parking lot.Snowling’s main target was his estranged wife, Marie Snowling, who was shot in the lower jaw and had been taken to UCI Medical Center, according to her family and sources. She had lived with her husband in Camarillo.Identities of the other victims have not been released.Records show that Marie Snowling filed for divorce in December 2022. Her father, William Mosby, in an interview Wednesday, described John Snowling as a “crazy husband” who couldn’t deal with the divorce.State records show Snowling was a licensed private investigator who worked from Nov. 11, 1986 to Feb. 28...

2 women shot near Fruitvale BART station in Oakland

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

(KRON) -- Two people were shot Wednesday night in the 3400 block of International Boulevard, according to the Oakland Police Department. Officers arrived to the scene just after 8:45 p.m. and located a woman suffering from a gunshot wound(s). She was transported to a local hospital and is in stable condition, OPD said. East Bay man who arranged to meet 13-year-old boy for sex charged with multiple felonies A second victim, a woman, also suffered a gunshot wound(s) and transported herself to a local hospital. She is listed in stable condition, police said.This investigation is currently ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact OPD's Felony Assault Unit at 510-238-3426.

SF animal center offering free dog adoptions after reaching maximum capacity

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:30:06 GMT

(KRON) -- San Francisco Animal Care and Control has reached maximum capacity and are urging the public to adopt their dogs. The animal center advises those who are looking to bring their dog in to wait until this weekend. The staff is currently working to move dogs to other adoption centers. Most of the dogs at the shelter are owned and have been at the shelter for long period of time due to several reasons, including owners being hospitalized or dead, cruelty investigations, domestic violence protective custody and hoarding cases. "Protecting these dogs is part of our work here, and our work is never-ending," the animal center said. If you are looking to open your home to a furry friend, visit the San Francisco Animal Care and Control's website here. Dog adoption fees are waived through the month of August.Below are some of the dogs available for adoption.Hercules, ID#A479117Batito, ID#A488114Posey, ID#A488804Anyone who is missing their dog is kindly asked to check the animal cente...