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One Pronounced Dead after Car Crash on Highway 99 [Modesto, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

Fatal Car Accident on Palendale Avenue Left 1 InjuredMODESTO, CA (July 19, 2023) – On Thursday evening, a fatal car crash on Highway 99 in Modesto, left one dead and another injured.The accident happened around 11:45 p.m., on Highway 99 south of Palendale Ave.According to the reporters, the accident involved three cars and took place on the southbound lanes of the freeway near the Palendale Ave. exit.The victim made an unsafe lane change from the #3 lane to the #4 lane, where a Volvo SUV was present.The driver of the Volvo lost control of her vehicle and went off the freeway, sustaining minor injuries. The man initially attempted to leave the crash scene but his car became disabled.He then exited the car and walked onto the #3 lane, where he was hit by a pickup truck and pronounced dead at the scene.The driver of the Volvo was taken to a medical center with minor injuries, while the driver of the pickup truck was uninjured.Investigators state that neither drugs nor alcohol wer...

Man and Woman Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash on Road 256 [Porterville, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

Two Pronounced Dead after 2-Car Accident near Avenue 196PORTERVILLE, CA (July 19, 2023) – Saturday afternoon, a man and a woman were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Road 256.The incident occurred shortly before 4:00 p.m., near Avenue 196 just north of Porterville.Per reports, the driver of a Nissan Sentra was heading north on Road 256 and failed to stop at a posted stop sign. As a result, the Nissan struck the right side of an eastbound 1989 Ford F-250 that was hauling a stock trailer.Due to the extent of injuries sustained, medics pronounced the 38-year-old female passenger from inside the Nissan dead at the scene.Meanwhile, paramedics took the Nissan driver described as a 28-year-old man from San Pablo, to a hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.Meanwhile, medical responders rushed the driver and a passenger from the Ford to a hospital for further treatment.Following preliminary duties, officers do not believe that drugs or alcohol were a factor. However, an act...

Heleodoro Marin Martinez Killed in Pedestrian Collision on Highway 29 [Napa, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

Pedestrian Crash near North Kelly Road Left 60-Year-Old Man KilledNAPA, CA (July 19, 2023) – Late Saturday night, Heleodoro Marin Martinez died in a pedestrian versus auto collision on Highway 29.Officers responded to the crash around 11:25 p.m., just north of North Kelly Road.According to reports, Martinez was walking eastbound in the area when he traveled into the path of a 2013 Cadillac CTS. The teenaged girl driving the Cadillac was unable to avoid him in time and struck him with her vehicle. The impact of the collision caused Martinez to sustain serious injuries.Emergency crews at the site of the collision pronounced 60-year-old Heleodoro Marin Martinez, of Napa, dead at the scene.Meanwhile, the teenage driver and her young female passenger did not sustain any injuries in the collision.Following the crash, crews shut down the areas of the road surrounding the collision to perform cleanup and preliminary duties.The Sweet James team sends their warm and sincerest sympathies...

Man Hospitalized after Pedestrian Crash on Park Boulevard [San Diego, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

65-Year-Old Pedestrian Hurt in Vehicle Crash in HillcrestSAN DIEGO, CA (July 19, 2023) – Late Sunday morning, an elderly man suffered injuries after a pedestrian crash on Park Boulevard.Based on the report, the collision happened around 11:38 a.m. at the west alley of 3800 Park Blvd. in the neighborhood of Hillcrest San Diego.Police claimed that an eastbound vehicle on University Avenue made a right turn into an alley and hit a man lying on a mattress.Subsequently, the 48-year-old male driver dragged the victim with the vehicle for at least 30 feet before the driver noticed.Responding emergency personnel rushed the 65-year-old victim to a nearby hospital for various injuries. At this time, his name and state of condition are unknown.The San Diego Police Department traffic division is handling the investigation. Anyone with further information about the Park Boulevard pedestrian crash is encouraged to contact the police at 858-495-7800.Whether you are a driver or a pedestrian, ...

Man Hurt in Pedestrian Accident on Kettner Boulevard [San Diego, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

63-Year-Old Man Hospitalized after Pedestrian Collision in MidtownSAN DIEGO, CA (July 19, 2023) – Early Saturday morning, an elderly man was hospitalized after a pedestrian accident on Kettner Boulevard.Authorities responded to the scene around 1:23 a.m., at the 3500 block of Kettner Boulevard in the neighborhood of Midtown.Per reports, a man was walking outside of a marked crosswalk, directly into the path of a southbound 2015 Honda CR-V.  As a result, the Honda failed to brake in time and struck the pedestrian.Medical responders arrived and transported the 63-year-old male pedestrian to a hospital for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.Meanwhile, the 68-year-old male driver of the Honda remained at the scene and cooperated with the authorities. The identities of the people involved in the collision remain undisclosed.At this time, the San Diego Traffic Division units are leading the investigation. Police are asking anyone with additional information about the Kettner ...

Yosemite: Tioga Road will finally open Saturday into park’s snow-filled high country, the latest date more than 90 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

Yosemite National Park’s famed Tioga Road — a 46-mile route through the park’s scenic high country — will open this Saturday at 8 a.m. to the public, the National Park Service announced Wednesday, providing visitors with new terrain to cover and relieving crowding in Yosemite Valley.Due to massive amounts of snow this past winter, the opening date is the latest in 90 years, when modern records began. The previous record was July 8, 1933.“Everything came together fortuitously and wonderfully in the last couple of days,” said Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman. “We’ve are really excited.”Snow piled on Tioga Road is blown off to the side in a photo Yosemite National Park posted to Facebook on May 14 to announce there is still no date to reopen the road. Park crews have cleared 11 of 45 and a half miles of road throughout the park’s high country as of May 13, 2023. (Courtesy Yosemite National Park) The road had been buried under more th...

Bay Area arts: 5 great shows to see this weekend and beyond

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

Some intriguing shows await music and dance fans in the Bay Area this week. Here’s a partial look.ODC brings back Summer SamplerMaybe because they stage it in the company’s intimate, historic theater. Maybe it’s because the event makes a nice warmup for the approaching fall dance/arts season. Maybe it’s because the company serves up a wide-ranging program that’s bound to include a surprise or two.In any event, it’s OSC Dance’s annual Summer Sampler is always a welcome event. And it’s returning this week.The four works on Summer Sampler’s 2023 program include: “C’est frette!,” a world premiere by Sonya Delwaide set to Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6 and inspired by San Francisco’s chilly summers; “Interconnected,” a relationships-exploring world premiere by Dexandro Montalvo paired with works by ambient composer Cliff Martinez; a revival of company founder and artistic director Brenda WayR...

Soldier’s dash into N. Korea leaves his family confused

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

By Scott Bauer and Melissa Winder | Associated PressKENOSHA, Wis. — Family members of the U.S. Army private whosprinted across the border into North Korea said Wednesday that he may have felt overwhelmed as he faced legal troubles and his possible looming discharge from the military.Relatives described Pvt. Travis King, 23, as a quiet loner who did not drink or smoke and enjoyed reading the Bible. After growing up up in southeast Wisconsin, he was excited about serving his country in South Korea. Now King’s family is struggling to understand what changed before he dashed into a country with a long history of holding Americans and using them as bargaining chips.“I can’t see him doing that intentionally if he was in his right mind,” King’s maternal grandfather, Carl Gates, told The Associated Press from his Kenosha, Wisconsin, home. “Travis is a good guy. He wouldn’t do nothing to hurt nobody. And I can’t see him trying to hurt himself.&...

‘Sham and charade’: Albany Lions Club, city argue over removal of controversial cross in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

HAYWARD — While the 28-foot cross that the Lions Club erected on public land atop Albany Hill 52 years ago may seem like an obvious violation of the Constitution’s “Establishment Clause” that is widely interpreted as requiring a separation of church and state, the community service group’s lawyers have gone to court to argue that city officials failed to find a solution that preserved the Christian symbol — without ever genuinely entertaining efforts to compromise.A trial kicked off Tuesday to decide whether local officials had the right to remove the controversial steel and plexiglass cross last month, culminating in four hours of witness testimony and a host of legal objections at the Hayward Hall of Justice.Instead of justifying the cross’ removal, attorneys representing the city of Albany called no witnesses, submitted no exhibits and asked scant questions during testimonies “because it’s (the Lions Club’s) challenge.”Rather, Albany’s legal team ask...

Bay Area air advisory issued as smoke from Oregon fires drifts toward region

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:50 GMT

Nearly two dozen wildfires burning in Oregon are now affecting the air quality in the Bay Area, officials said Wednesday.The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an air quality advisory on Wednesday, saying smoke from the Oregon wildfires is creating moderate air conditions in the Santa Clara Valley.Cleaner air was expected throughout the rest of the region, the district said.The advisory was in effect late Wednesday afternoon and early evening, according to the district. The district did not issue a Spare the Air alert.The Oregon Wildfire Response and Recovery agency said 22 fires are burning currently in Oregon. Smoke from the Flat Fire, which is spreading quickly in southern Oregon between Gold Beach and Grants Pass, is the major contributor of smoke in the region, officials said.Officials said it might be possible to smell smoke in the air, especially in the higher elevations of the East Bay, Santa Clara Valley and North Bay. Smoky, hazy skies were expected throughout...