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‘I don’t buy that’: Questions arise over San Jose fire department’s Pink Poodle investigation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

A day after the release of an internal probe  into a San Jose fire crew’s infamous visit to the Pink Poodle strip club, experts in personnel investigations and the city’s former mayor are questioning the honesty of the employees involved in the incident — most of whom were not disciplined for behavior that appears to violate fire department policies.While the investigation finally revealed the purported reasoning behind the visit to the Pink Poodle — Fire Captain William Tognozzi claimed he was picking up a flash drive with images of his colleagues taken by a photographer who also worked at the strip club — it also indicated that firefighters never came clean about a subsequent visit to a second adult entertainment establishment.The four firefighters — Tognozzi, Brian Dragges, Zach Clark and Matthew Westcott — initially told investigators that they had simply returned to their station after the visit to the Pink Poodle. But they were later confron...

University of California admits a record number of California freshmen for the fall of 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

The University of California has admitted an unprecedented number of California students for the fall of 2023, with 88,285 first-year applicants coming from the Golden State alone.It’s an increase of 3.5% from last year, and part of an ongoing effort to get more Californians into the state’s higher education system. This year, the state’s budget included a 5% boost for the UC system — part of a multi-year agreement between Governor Gavin Newsom and the University of California — with the expectation that campuses would use that money to enroll more California students, among other educational objectives.Across the UC system, that seems to be exactly what happened. Admission rates for Californians increased to nearly 67% this year, as opposed to 64% in 2022.The surge was more prominent at UC Santa Cruz than any other campus. This fall, the school admitted 10,200 more first-year Californian students than the year prior, a 44.5% jump. Though final enrollment num...

Embattled Antioch Police Department names acting chief

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KRON) -- An acting chief has been named for the embattled Antioch Police Department. This is happening as the department's current chief; Dr. Steven Ford is set to retire Friday while dozens of officers remain under federal investigation.Acting Antioch Police Captain Joseph Vigil has been named the new acting police chief.He was among four internal candidates interviewed by Acting City Manager Kwame Reed for the job, who ultimately made the decision. Barricaded suspect with knife arrested in Oakland "There was not an application process," Reed said. "It was looking at our highest-ranking officers over there that I know of and that's what we did.""I think Joe Vigil, given where we're at, is the right choice for the city," said Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe.Reed will be tasked with hiring an interim chief, but he could not provide a timeline for that. As for determining the next permanent chief, Reed intends to hire a consulting firm and solicit input from the communit...

Barricaded suspect with knife arrested in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

(KRON) -- On what's turned into a violent afternoon in Oakland, a suspect who police say barricaded himself into a restroom stall with a knife has been arrested, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. Deputies assigned to Social Services at 2000 San Pablo Avenue responded at around 3 p.m. Tuesday to a man in his 40s who police say kicked a hole in the bathroom wall at that location. Home Depot guard shoots suspected shoplifter in San Carlos As deputies went to detain the man, he barricaded himself inside the restroom. The man said he had a saw-like knife, but police say he did not brandish it or threaten anyone with it.Officers from the Alameda County Sheriff's Crisis Intervention Unit, AC Transit Unit and the Oakland Police Department responded to the incident. The suspect surrendered shortly after crisis negotiators arrived, police said.No force was needed to take the man into custody. He was arrested and charged with vandalism and resisting/obstructing, an Alameda Co...

Man who tried to ram cyclist with truck arrested again in Novato

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

(KRON) -- A man who police say tried to ram a bicyclist with a pickup truck last week has been arrested a second time in the span of just seven days, according to the Novato Police Department. Brian Collins, 59, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 2 after he allegedly tried ram a cyclist with his truck and shouted racial epithets.In that incident, Collins was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats and hate crimes. Person shot dead outside Lake Merritt BART station A few days later, on Saturday Aug. 5, Novato PD received a call regarding a harassment incident in downtown. When officers arrived, they learned that Collins had been repetitively harassing the victim. At the time, Collins was out on bail for the previous incident.Collins was located by police the same day and re-booked into the Marin County Jail. This time he was charged with stalking, making threats, hate crime offenses, and committing a crime while on bail.As this is the second time in a week that Col...

Man found with fatal gunshot wound at Oakland park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

(KRON) -- A male was found dead with a gunshot wound at an Oakland park on Tuesday afternoon, the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) said. EBRPD officers responded to the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline boat launch at 2:19 p.m. for a reported shooting. They found the victim dead. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. There was a second fatal shooting in Oakland Tuesday right outside the Lake Merritt BART station. Police took a suspect into custody less than 90 minutes after that shooting. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Former US snowboard coach Peter Foley suspended for sexual misconduct

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Longtime snowboard coach Peter Foley was suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on Tuesday for sexual misconduct and violating policies at U.S. Ski and Snowboard.Foley’s suspension came after a near 18-month investigation that stemmed from an Instagram post by a former team member during last year’s Winter Olympics. That post led to allegations by others that Foley had molested them, coerced them into taking naked pictures, crawled into bed with them and nurtured an atmosphere in which women were treated as sex objects.A member of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s board of directors, Lisa Kosglow, also was suspended for “abuse of process” and “failure to report.”“U.S. Ski & Snowboard strongly believes that there is no place in sport for abuse and misconduct, and we support the Center’s mission to end abuse on behalf of athletes everywhere,” the federation said in a statement. A person familiar with the case who requested not to be named because...

The FedEx Cup playoffs are here. So is Matt Kuchar, the only player to never miss them

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Kuchar keeps winding up in the PGA Tour record book for reasons that make him proud, but aren’t exactly his biggest goals.In March, he won his 36th match in the Dell Match Play to tie the record set by Tiger Woods. Now he becomes the only player to have reached the FedEx Cup playoffs every year since they began in 2007. That’s 17 consecutive years, a record he holds alone. Adam Scott had made every postseason but finished at No. 72 this year when the cutoff was reduced from 125 players to 70.“It’s the same thing in Match Play, the matches won and tying Tiger’s record. I see a bigger fish to fry,” Kuchar said. “It’s not something to me to knock out these titles or whatever they’re called. There are other goals than most matches or most FedEx Cup playoff appearances.”Kuchar certainly sees the upside. With only 70 players reaching the postseason, this was hard work for a 45-year-old, especially considering who didn’t ...

Andy Murray comes back after close first set at National Bank Open to advance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Britain’s Andy Murray started his journey for a fourth National Bank Open title by defeating Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in two sets, winning 7-6 (3), 6-0, on Tuesday.Murray, who secured titles in 2009, 2010 and 2015, saved two set points and clinched the first set against Sonego in a 90-minute battle. The three-time Grand Slam champion then swiftly dominated the second set against the Italian.Murray is set to face the winner of Tuesday evening’s match between Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 10th seed, and Australia’s Max Purcell.Auger-Aliassime has never won the National Bank Open and has previously spoken about his desire to win in front of Canadian fans.Canada’s Gabriel Diallo won his opening-round match 7-6 (4), 7-5 over Great Britain’s Dan Evans in men’s singles.The Montreal native never fell behind in the match, although he went through a back and forth first set that saw him consistently have to keep Evans at bay. He picked up set point on an Evans double faul...

Una migrante de 103 años llega a la frontera de EE.UU. en busca de asilo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:23 GMT

(CNN) — Andrea Avelina Andrade, una salvadoreña de 103 años, llegó a la frontera entre Piedras Negras, Coahuila en México, y Eagle Pass, Texas, este mes en busca de asilo político.Andrade le dijo a CNN en Español que emprendió el viaje para seguir a su hijo y a sus dos nietos, quienes obtuvieron una cita y les concedieron asilo en Estados Unidos. El motivo del asilo no fue revelado.Corte de apelaciones permite que controvertida política de asilo del gobierno Biden continúe temporalmenteAndrade dice que solo quiere estar con sus nietos y sabe que es demasiado mayor para seguir trabajando.Llegó a principios de agosto a Casa Betania, un refugio en Piedras Negras, Coahuila, donde por ahora espera a que su hijo la solicite, de acuerdo con las leyes de inmigración de Estados Unidos.Aunque no está segura de cuánto tiempo tomará el proceso, dice: “Si lo pueden hacer, bendito sea Dios, y si no pueden, bendito sea Dios”.Andrade es viuda y madre de cuatro hijos, pero dos de e...