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Scott Fisher charged with murdering San Francisco tech worker

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Prosecutors filed murder charges against the boyfriend of Kimberly Wong. The 27-year-old San Francisco tech worker was found dead inside her Presidio Heights apartment on Nov 30.District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Monday that Scott Fisher, 29, of San Francisco, has been charged in connection to "a domestic violence homicide."Wong and Fisher were in a "dating relationship" and lived in the apartment together, prosecutors said. Wong was stabbed to death inside her apartment on Clay Street, according to prosecutors.Police officers were called to the apartment to conduct a welfare check on the same day as the homicide. Officers found Wong deceased.Fisher was not arrested until seven days later, on December 7, in Concord. He was booked into a San Francisco jail with no bail. Fisher is slated to make his first court appearance for an arraignment on Monday afternoon.Fisher is charged with murder, as well as a special allegation that he used a knife to carry o...

Suspicious package reported at West Valley College

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

(KRON) -- A suspicious package has been reported on the campus of West Valley College in Saratoga, according to a social media post from the college. The package was reported at the college's Language Arts Building. Security guard killed at Oakland 7-Eleven identified Fire department and police personnel are on the scene. People are being advised to avoid the area until further notice. No further details are available at this time.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

BART fare changes coming in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Changes are coming to BART fares in the new year, the transit agency announced on Monday. Beginning on Jan. 1, fares across the system will increase by 5.5%, raising the average fare by about 23 cents to $4.43, BART said.Riders taking a 12-mile trip from downtown Berkeley to Embarcadero would see a 25 cent fare increase to $4.75, BART said. A longer trip, such as the 45-mile trip from Antioch to Montgomery Street, would increase 40 cents to $8.60. Workers at Oakland coffee shop at center of antisemitic graffiti incident slam owners The fare increase is expected to bring in an additional $26 million in operating funds for the struggling transit system, BART announced.Low-income riders to pay lessDespite the overall fare increase, low-income riders will pay less for BART next year. The Clipper START discount -- a program for Bay Area residents earning under 200% of the federal poverty level -- will increase to 50%, meaning participants will effectively pay ha...

 Security guard killed at Oakland 7-Eleven identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

(KRON) -- A security guard who was shot and killed at a 7-Eleven in Oakland Friday night has been identified as 59-year-old James Johnson, the Oakland Police Department said. Johnson was shot and killed while on the job Friday night at the 7-Eleven located in the 2300 block of Harrison Street. Scott Fisher charged with murdering San Francisco tech worker Officers and paramedics responded to the 7-Eleven around 10:15 p.m. Friday. The victim, Johnson, was pronounced dead at the scene.An investigation revealed that Johnson was trying to prevent an individual from taking items from the store. That individual, police said, brandished a firearm and shot Johnson before fleeing the scene in a vehicle. No arrest has been made in this case and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

Jury in the damages lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani hears the racist threats election workers received

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for two Georgia election workers played audio recordings in a Washington courtroom Monday of graphic and racist threats the two women received after Rudy Giuliani falsely accused them of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s baseless claims after the 2020 election. The recordings were part of the opening statements in a federal case that will determine how much Giuliani might have to pay the women. The former New York City mayor has already been found liable in the defamation lawsuit brought by Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who endured threats and harassment after they became the target of a conspiracy theory spread by Trump and his allies. The only issue to be determined at the trial is the amount of damages, if any, Giuliani must pay. The recordings played by the lawyers Monday included threats accusing the women of treason and threatening to hang them. The women got hundreds of similar calls, text messages and emails, said attorney Vo...

Donald Tusk becomes Poland’s prime minister with the mission of improving European Union ties

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Tusk, a leader of a centrist party, returned as Poland’s prime minister for the first time in nearly a decade after a vote in parliament on Monday, paving the way for a new pro-European Union government following eight years of stormy national conservative rule.Tusk, a former EU leader who served as European Council president from 2014-2019 and has strong connections in Brussels, is expected to improve Warsaw’s standing in the bloc’s capital. He was Poland’s prime minister from 2007-2014.Tusk’s ascension to power came nearly two months after an election which was won by a coalition of parties ranging from left-wing to moderate conservative. The parties ran on separate tickets, but promised to work together under Tusk’s leadership to restore democratic standards and improve ties with allies. The change of power is felt as hugely consequential for the 38 million citizens of the Central European nation, where collective anger against the L...

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher ahead of the final Federal Reserve meeting of the year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

Stocks drifted higher in afternoon trading Monday on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year. The S&P 500 was up 0.3%. The benchmark index hit its highest level in 20 months on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 114 points, or 0.3%, to 36,363 as of 3:08 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite edged up 0.2%. The major stock indexes are on a six-week winning streak, with the S&P 500 up about 20% for the year and the Nasdaq up more than 37%. Macy’s jumped 19.8% following reports that an investor group is launching a bid to take the storied retailer private for $5.8 billion.Wall Street’s big focus this week will be updates on inflation at the consumer and wholesale levels, along with the Fed’s latest update on its interest rate policy.On Tuesday, the government will release its November report on consumer inflation. Analysts expect the report to show that inflation continued slowing to 3.1% from 3.2% in October. On Wednesday, t...

Steelers could be without star outside linebackers Watt and Highsmith against the Colts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers could be without star outside linebackers T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith as they prepare for a pivotal visit to Indianapolis.Watt and Highsmith are both in the concussion protocol following a loss to New England last Thursday.Watt took a knee to the facemask from Patriots running back Ezekiel Elliott on the first play from scrimmage. The perennial All-Pro was slow to get up after the play, then went to the sideline briefly to be examined by team physicians. Watt returned for the end of the drive and then was examined by an independent neurologist shortly thereafter and cleared, playing with a tinted visor the rest of the way on a night he played 52 of Pittsburgh’s 57 defensive snaps.It wasn’t until Watt self-reported concussion-like symptoms when he arrived at the team’s facility on Friday that he was placed into concussion protocol.“I assumed that he was (checked) but again, you know, I’m managing the game,” Tomlin said Mond...

Police: 85-year-old man fatally stabbed 81-year-old wife inside Northwest DC apartment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

An 85-year-old man has been arrested and charged with stabbing his wife to death over the weekend, according to D.C. police.Officers responded to a reported stabbing in an apartment in the 1300 block of Corcoran Street, Northwest, around 3:40 p.m. Sunday. Police said 81-year-old Sharron Hilda Schwartz was found by the front door of her apartment with a stab wound to the body and that her husband, 85-year-old Steven Schwartz, was found upstairs with “self-inflicted injuries.”Both were taken to the hospital, where Sharron Schwartz died. Steven Schwartz’s injuries were not life-threatening, according to police, and he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed.Below is a map of where the stabbing happened:Source

Live updates | Israel says it’s ready to fight for months to defeat Hamas as deaths surpass 17,000

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:58 GMT

Israel said it is prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat Gaza’s Hamas rulers, as its ground offense intensifies with more airstrikes and artillery fire.Qatar, which has played a key mediating role, says efforts to stop the war and have all hostages released will continue, but a willingness to discuss a cease-fire is fading. Israel faces international outrage after its military offensive has killed more than 17,700 Palestinians in Gaza, around two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. About 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced within the besieged territory, where U.N. agencies say there is no safe place to flee.The United States has provided vital support to Israel in recent days by vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire and pushing through an emergency sale of over $100 million worth of tank ammunition to Israel. The U.N. General Assembly plans to vote Tuesday on a ...