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National Night Out events across St. Louis

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis hosted dozens of block parties across town Tuesday evening in celebration of National Night Out. The City of St. Louis confirms 115 block parties registered for this year’s event.FOX 2 stopped by two on the city’s north side, where residents came out in droves.“St. Louis needs this!” Kae Chris said. “We need these kinds of events to bring people together.”Organizers say National Night Out has evolved over the years here in St. Louis. Shaughnessy Daniels, director of civic engagement for the Great Rivers Greenway project, said it’s now about more than just meeting your local police officers.“We want to make sure that people’s voices are heard and that they get to be part of the process,” she said. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW ...

Keeler: Who is CU Buffs football sensation Omarion Miller? A kid with Snoop Dogg in his corner and a father and grandpa forever in his heart

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

BOULDER — In a span of 72 hours, Omarion Miller got kissed by Michael Irvin and blessed by Snoop Dogg. In other words, your typical three-day weekend on Planet Prime.“He sent me a picture (Monday),” said Eddrener Long, mother of Miller, the CU Buffs’ stellar freshman wideout who lost to USC but won the internet. “He was just like, ‘It’s crazy that it’s just blown up like this.’“They all were asking, ‘Who is Omarion Miller?’ Now they know.”Who is Omarion Miller?Holy heck on wheels, for starters. The freshman out of Vivian, Louisiana, ran a 4.58 in the 40-yard dash as a prep and turned up in Boulder this summer with a 6-foot-5 wingspan.His coaches growing up likened him to a baby version of former LSU stars Terrace Marshall Jr. and Ja’Marr Chase, so maybe, in hindsight, we should’ve seen that breakout game against the Trojans coming. Over the course of a second half, basically, the 6-foot-2 teen ...

L.A. County Public Works employee arrested on child pornography charges

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

A 62-year-old man who works for Los Angeles County has been arrested in San Bernardino County on charges of producing, possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities announced Tuesday.  Steven Frasher, a resident of Redlands, was taken into custody after an investigation that led to the search of his residence, according to a news release from the San Bernardino Police Department.  Detectives with SBSD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Specialized Crime Unit received a tip that the 62-year-old was downloading child pornography on the internet and using an online storage account to save the images, police said.  “Additionally, the suspect was found to be in possession of numerous images of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on his electronic devices,” the release stated.  Frasher, a public information officer at the L.A. County Department of Public Works, according to Kerjon Lee, the department's chief of strategic communications a...

East Bay prep football coach claims he was wrongly placed on administrative leave

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

OAKLEY – Freedom High football coach Zachary Sims spoke out on Tuesday, one day after being placed on administrative leave for the remainder of the season because of an incident that unfolded after a game last Friday.“Both the decision and its timing is very concerning and surprising,” Sims wrote in a statement to the Bay Area News Group. “The decision demonstrates a clear lack of judgment and understanding, as it came just a day after I had reached out to Principal Steve Amaro regarding safety concerns on campus, the latest in a series of serious safety incidents that have happened at Freedom in the past 12 months.”In a follow-up response to this news organization, Sims said the latest incident happened after Freedom lost at home to rival Liberty 41-0 on Friday night.“I was approached personally by a belligerent person after the game on the field,” Sims wrote. “I made multiple attempts to deescalate the individual and felt my safety was at risk the whole time as this is not the fir...

Park Service says search for missing Point Reyes swimmer is now a ‘recovery effort’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE — The search for a swimmer who disappeared in the Pacific Ocean waters near Wildcat Beach this past weekend has reached a grim milestone with officials calling it a “recovery effort” going forward.A social-media account for Point Reyes National Seashore, operated by the National Park Service, announced the news Tuesday afternoon, noting that the search for the missing 52-year-old man continues, but without the expectation that they will him alive.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | At least 21 dead in bus crash outside Venice Crashes and Disasters | A woman was found trapped under a driverless car in SF. It’s not what it looks like, the car company said Crashes and Disasters | Former 49ers’ tight end Russ Francis dies in plane crash Crashes and Disasters | N.D. state senator, wife, 2 kids die in Utah plane crash Crashes and Disasters | Eleven dead in c...

Two arrested on suspicion of homicide, torture after 2-year-old drowns in East Bay

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

RODEO — Investigators looking into the drowning death of a 2-year-old in a bathtub arrested two people on suspicion of homicide and torture, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Months after charging man in 2017 Oakland homicide, district attorney dismisses the case Crime and Public Safety | Alameda County DA opposes release of pair convicted in journalist Chauncey Bailey’s murder Crime and Public Safety | Man convicted of 1966 Monterey County killing spree granted parole for 4th time Crime and Public Safety | Man accused of supplying fatal dose of fentanyl to California teen receives 22-year prison sentence Crime and Public Safety | 1-year-old California child with severe burns dies, man and woman arrested Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Rodeo residents Destiny Deboe, 22, and Tyshawn Haywood, 21, after responding to the 300 block of California Stre...

Do not attempt to stop auto burglars, Oakland police tell residents

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Oakland's brazen auto burglars are becoming bolder, more heavily armed, and organized by large criminal enterprises, police said at a news conference Tuesday. The city is experiencing a 41 percent surge in auto burglaries compared to crime statistics last year.More than 11,000 vehicles have been burglarized in Oakland in 2023. "That's a significant increase. I'm from Oakland. Everywhere you go in Oakland, this is what people are talking about," Interim Assistant Chief Tony Jones told reporters gathered at the police station. "The individuals involved in auto burglaries are extremely brazen. They are carrying guns. Citizens try to stop it and are assaulted. Do not try to engage with individuals who break into your car. They are armed and dangerous," Jones cautioned. "It's just not worth it." VIDEO: People with batons smash car windows of Oakland armed robbers Jones said undercover Oakland Police Department officers are stepping up enforcement to catch auto...

Hundreds of DC-area health care workers set to join Kaiser Permanente strike Wednesday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

Negotiations continue Tuesday night between health care provider Kaiser Permanente and a coalition of unions representing more than 75,000 of its workers. About 400 of these employees are based in the D.C. area.The coalition’s contract expired when the clock struck midnight Sunday. In D.C. and Virginia, according to Kaiser, the contract that expired does not cover all its health care professionals — specifically, optometrists and pharmacists will be the ones affected and participating in the work stoppage.If the negotiating parties can’t reach an agreement by 6 a.m. Wednesday, these workers will walk off the job and strike for 24 hours.Nationwide, Kaiser unions are calling for better wages, retirement benefits and protections from jobs being subcontracted and outsourced.“Kaiser continues to bargain in bad faith over these issues and, so far, there is no light at the end of the tunnel,” the coalition said in a statement Saturday, hours before the contract expi...

DC police don’t know what’s driving high rate of juvenile carjackings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

A day after Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Tx.) was carjacked Monday night by three armed attackers, D.C. police spelled out their efforts and the challenges they’re facing in curbing the violent crime plaguing the city.Cuellar was not hurt and his car was quickly recovered.“I can say in reference to that carjacking in particular, U.S. Capitol Police is leading the investigation and we have been in communication with them today. We will continue to support them in any way that they need,” said Assistant Chief of the Investigative Services Bureau Carlos Heraud.There have been more than 750 carjackings so far this year, 75% of them involving guns and a growing number of them conducted by teenagers, many of them 16 to 17 years old.Heraud told reporters outside police headquarters in downtown Washington that up to a dozen detectives are assigned to the Carjacking Task Force, and the unit coordinates its efforts with other area police departments and with federal agencies...

Mariah Carey tiene un regalo: una gira navideña

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:09:53 GMT

(CNN) — Esta nota es para todos los que están ansiosos por sacar las decoraciones navideñas.La proclamada “Reina de la Navidad” también tiene el espíritu navideño.Mariah Carey anunció su gira “Merry Christmas One And All Tour”.¿Cuánto gana Mariah Carey con”All I Want for Christmas Is You”?“¡Sí, la descongelación ha comenzado!”, compartió Carey en redes sociales. “¡Anuncio la gira “Merry Christmas One And All Tour”! A la venta el 6/10.”La gira está programada para comenzar en el Casino Yaamava de California el 15 de noviembre, antes de hacer paradas en otras ciudades, incluidas Los Ángeles, Denver, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Montreal y Filadelfia.La gira concluirá el 17 de diciembre en el Madison Square Garden de la ciudad de Nueva York.Carey hizo una serie de conciertos llamados “¡Feliz Navidad a todos!” el año pasado, que también incluyó un especial de CBS y Paramount+.Los boletos para la nueva gira saldrán a la preventa este miércoles y la venta genera...