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Inflation cools off further in Bay Area as consumer prices ease

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

Consumer prices in the Bay Area rose at a much slower pace in June than in prior periods, a sign that the brutally high inflation rate of the last two years has begun to cool off — finally — the government reported Wednesday.The Bay Area cost of living rose 2.9% in June on a yearly basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. That was the smallest annual increase for the region’s inflation rate in more than two years.In February 2021, consumer prices rose 1.6% on a yearly basis.The peak for the current bout of sky-high consumer prices appears to have occurred in June 2022, when the Bay Area inflation rate skyrocketed by 6.8%.Since then, the successive reports for the inflation rate in the Bay Area showed an overall trend for steadily smaller annual increases in the pace of inflation.But there’s one key caveat to assessing the June pace of inflation. The current price levels are still far higher than in recent years.Two examples: June’s consumer ...

Space Force sergeant jailed on murder charge after chasing and shooting teens, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

A Denver-area man accused of chasing and fatally shooting a teenager he suspected of trying to steal his car is an active-duty U.S. Space Force sergeant and Army war veteran, court documents show.The 27-year-old man arrested July 6 on suspicion of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder after the previous night’s shooting near his home in the Denver suburb of Aurora. A 13-year-old boy was also wounded.The confrontation began around 11:15 p.m. July 5, when an alarm went off on the couple’s Hyundai Elantra. When the man and his wife went to investigate, they found damage to the car’s door handles.  They then reportedly heard another car alarm going off and saw a Kia Rio driving away.The man, who was armed with a 9mm handgun, got in the Hyundai and followed the other car, Aurora police said.About five blocks away, the Kia crashed into a home’s fence. The man who was following it called 911 at 11:23 p.m., telling a dispatcher that he’d chased down c...

Five decomposed bodies found near remote Colorado campground

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

Tent sits by Lamphier Lake in the Fossil Ridge Wilderness of western Colorado, near where Gunnison County Sheriff investigators this week found five decomposed bodies. (Denver Post file) R. Scott Rappold, Special to The Denver PostFive badly decomposed bodies found in the dark woods near a remote campsite in western Colorado were the focus of a Gunnison County sheriff’s investigation on Wednesday.A hiker found three of the bodies Sunday evening in the woods near the Gold Creek Campground, located in Gunnison County about 7 miles from Ohio City. Gunnison County sheriff’s deputies went to the site and found two more bodies.All five were in an advanced state of decomposition, officials said.“It is still under investigation,” Gunnison County sheriff’s investigator Skye Wells said Wednesday morning.No other information was available, Wells said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | The Manson ‘family’: A look at key players and victims in the cult leader’s killings ...

SF Giants’ Willie Mays has All-Star records that’ll never be broken

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

Ted Williams once suggested that, “They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays.”The former Boston Red Sox slugger, who also is on the shortlist with the Giants icon of the greatest baseball players of all time, might have been on to something.It’s been 50 years since Mays made his final All-Star appearance as a New York Met at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. But as the cream of the crop of current stars assembled in Seattle on Tuesday night, it was a reminder that no one will likely come close to the Say-Hey Kid’s impact on the Mid-Summer Classic.Mays is all over the All-Star Game record books. And most of his marks will never be matched. Many won’t come close to being threatened.One of Mays’ most impressive All-Star achievements – 24 selections during his 22 seasons in the majors – isn’t even a record. Hank Aaron played in 25, and Stan Musial also played in 24.MLB held two All-Star games per season from 1959-62, and it wasn’t uncommon for the biggest stars to play most or...

San Mateo County supports Gov. Newsom's gun control amendment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

(KRON) -- San Mateo County is the first California county to declare support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to add a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That amendment would raise the federal minimum age to buy a gun from 18 years old to 21 years old. It would also mandate universal background checks and require a longer waiting period before purchasing a firearm. In addition, the amendment would ban civilians from buying assault weapons. SF brewery closing after 127 years San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa said he is tired of seeing people die from gun violence. "Congress can't fulfill its responsibility of passing common sense gun laws," he said.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The procedure is two-thirds of all 50 states ...

DC police officer guilty of sexually abusing 9-year-old girl for 2 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

A D.C. police officer accused of sexually abusing a young girl, beginning when she was 9-years-old, was found guilty Tuesday of multiple counts of child abuse.Charles Johnson, 29, of D.C. was convicted Tuesday after prosecutors found sexually abused a young girl who he lived with who was nine and 10 years old at the time of the assaults, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.Johnson joined D.C. police in 2019 and was placed on administrative leave from his First District assignment after being arrested last summer. WTOP has reached out to D.C. police for information on the status of his employment with the department.Evidence presented at trial showed that between November 2019 and September of 2021, “Johnson subjected the child to sexual acts and repeatedly forced her to perform sexual acts on him,” according to the news release.Johnson knew the young girl and “took advantage of occasions when he was left in...

Destructive Southern California landslide slows but more homes ordered evacuated as sewer breaks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — A landslide that has destroyed homes in a Southern California community appeared to have slowed but more residences were evacuated.Five additional homes were ordered evacuated Tuesday because earth movement broke a sewer line, although those homes had not moved, the city of Rolling Hills Estates said in a statement.The landslide began Saturday atop the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the south Los Angeles County coast. Firefighters discovered cracks in structures and the ground, and hastily evacuated residents from 12 homes that were red-tagged as unsafe.Ten of those homes were then dramatically torn apart over several days as they slid down a slope into an adjacent canyon.Mayor Britt Huff said measurements late Tuesday afternoon marked the first time earth movement had slowed to a point where “it may be maxed out.”The City Council voted Tuesday night to declare a local emergency, a step that allows the city to request funds from the state Office of Em...

Article 5: NATO’s common defense pledge that stands in the way of Ukraine’s admission while at war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may have gotten support and vague assurances from NATO leaders in Vilnius this week, but he ultimately returns home without a clear commitment that his country will be joining the club any time soon.Instead, the alliance leaders said they were removing obstacles on Ukraine’s membership path so that it can join more quickly once the war with Russia is over.For many, that argument gives Russia’s president a pretext to prolong the war, which President Vladimir Putin ostensibly launched to keep Ukraine from joining NATO.But if Ukraine joins NATO in the middle of the war, then Russia is at war with the entire NATO alliance.At the core of this conundrum is Article 5 – NATO’s common defense guarantee under which an attack on one member is considered an attack on them all.What does Article 5 say?Article 5 is at the heart of the 31-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It states that an armed attack against one or m...

Erdogan says Sweden’s NATO accession won’t be approved before October

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Erdogan says Sweden’s NATO accession won’t be approved before October.Source

Live Updates | Biden to Zelenskyy: US doing ‘everything we can’ to help Ukraine succeed vs Russia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:40:35 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Follow along for updates on the summit of the NATO military alliance in Lithuania’s capital:What to know: — NATO backs Ukraine’s fight vs. Russia but doesn’t invite Kyiv to join— Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership— What is NATO doing to help Ukraine in the war with Russia?——U.S. President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that the United States is “doing everything we can” to help Ukraine succeed in its fight against Russia, adding that he understands Zelenskyy’s frustration over NATO’s decision regarding membership for his country.The presidents sat down together on the sidelines of the annual NATO summit in Lithuania after the U.S. and other world powers announced long-term security commitments for Ukraine.Biden told Zelenskyy: “We’re going to make sure you get what you need.”Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude for billions of dollars in weapons and other support from the American people, ...