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Ex-pilot Joseph Emerson released from jail, allowed to return home to Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- It's been a long, dramatic journey home for pilot Joseph Emerson. On Thursday, the 44-year-old Pleasant Hill man was granted freedom from custody in Oregon. A federal judge and a Multnomah County judge allowed the pilot to return home to the Bay Area, KOIN reported.The judges' rulings were made with several pre-trial release conditions, including: Do not fly home and do not use "magic mushrooms." Emerson's wife, Sarah, agreed to drive him home to Pleasant Hill."We’re so excited. My kids are really happy. We want to have dad back. He’s happy to be able to come home. And yes, he’s doing well," Sarah told KPTV in Oregon. "I married him because he was sensitive and caring and kind."On October 22, the former Alaska Airlines pilot boarded a flight in Washington to travel home to his family in the Bay Area. He was sitting in one of the cockpit's extra seats when he tried to cut off the jet's engine fuel mid-flight, prosecutors said. Horizon Air Flight AS 2059 was "s...

San Francisco police looking for missing 14-year-old girl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 14-year-old girl. Audrey Nguyen was last seen on Monday, Dec. 4 in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood.She is 14 years of age, five feet tall and weighs 115 pounds, according to SFPD. She is described as multi-racial (Asian, white) with dark brown eyes and hair. Ex-pilot Joseph Emerson released from jail, allowed to return home to Bay Area She was last see wearing a white Essentials hoodie, pajama pants and Ugg boots. Other identifying characteristics include braces, a slit in her left eyebrow and a faded "50" tattoo on her index finger.Photo: SFPDAnyone with any information related to Audrey's whereabouts is asked to contact SFPD at (415) 378-0420.

Petaluma Starbucks becomes 31st California location to unionize 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

(KRON) – The downtown Petaluma Starbucks location is now the 31st Starbucks to join Starbucks Workers United with a unanimous vote (12-0). "We're so grateful to our partners and community for supporting us through this journey and victory,” said Sol Helm, who has worked at the downtown Petaluma Starbucks for six years. “To us, unionizing is bigger than our store alone – it sends a message of support to every Starbucks partner, our local communities, and all fellow workers. Billion-dollar companies need to show up for the people who work for the money in their pockets. I'm excited to be a part of that movement.” What’s the difference between coffee and espresso? The Starbucks Workers United is a union group of Starbucks baristas with the purpose of "organizing together for justice, fighting for improvements on core issues including respect, living wages, racial and gender equity, and fair scheduling." According to the federal administrative law judges, Starbucks has committed more ...

The 49ers seek their 5th straight win against the NFC West rival Seahawks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

SEATTLE (6-6) at SAN FRANCISCO (9-3)Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, FoxOPENING LINE: 49ers by 10 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.AGAINST THE SPREAD: Seahawks 6-6, 49ers 7-4-1.SERIES RECORD: Seahawks lead 30-21LAST MEETING: 49ers beat Seahawks 31-13 on Nov. 23, 2023, in Seattle.LAST WEEK: Seahawks lost to Cowboys 41-35; 49ers beat Eagles 42-19.SEAHAWKS OFFENSE: OVERALL (19), RUSH (17), PASS (14), SCORING (14)SEAHAWKS DEFENSE: OVERALL (23), RUSH (21), PASS (23), SCORING (25)49ERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (5), PASS (7), SCORING (3)49ERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (5), RUSH (1), PASS (14), SCORING (2)TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Seahawks plus-1; 49ers plus-11.SEAHAWKS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Geno Smith. The first meeting between the teams came just four days after Smith suffered a contusion to the back of his right arm. He was clearly bothered by injury and along with the Niners defense was part of the reason he was only 18 of 27 for 180 yards in the loss. But Smith looked as good as he has all season last w...

Bernardo Arévalo encabeza marcha por la situación en Guatemala

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, y la vicepresidenta electa, Karin Herrera, encabezaron este jueves una marcha por varios puntos de la capital “en defensa de la democracia”, porque consideran que hay una escalada de ataques para impedir que asuman el poder el próximo 14 de enero.“Hoy marchamos en unidad por este país que va a florecer a pesar de los corruptos”, dijo Arévalo, al iniciar la movilización que partió desde la plaza de los Derechos Humanos, frente a la Corte Suprema de Justicia, hacia la Corte de Constitucionalidad y el Ministerio Público.“Somos un pueblo al que las autoridades políticas nos han traicionado porque nos han dividido para poder establecer regímenes que solo sirven a unos pocos y que marginan y discriminan a todos”, agregó Arévalo.A la movilización, en la que participaron movimientos indígenas de Guatemala, también se unió Edmond Mulet, excandidato a la presidencia por el partido Cabal, y Roberto Arzú, cuya candidatur...

Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive still ‘Takin’ Care of Business’ after 50 years of music

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

Fifty years ago this month, classic-rock fans first heard Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s hit “Takin’ Care of Business.”The band is celebrating with its 50th anniversary “Back in Overdrive” tour that hits the East Coast in March, while founder Randy Bachman was just nominated on the shortlist of the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his work with The Guess Who and BTO. Voting is open until Dec. 27.“We’re getting offers to go anywhere, but we’ve been catching up on COVID shutdown gigs that were delayed two years,” Bachman told WTOP. “We’re catching up on all of those because a lot of people held onto their tickets. Those are almost all done, so now we’re starting to accept BTO gigs all over the states. You can’t go everywhere at once, you try to get a logical sequence so you can drive or fly them … so we’ll be coming there as soon as possible.”Born in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1943, Bachman grew up with ...

La Scala’s gala premiere of ‘Don Carlo’ celebrates Italian opera’s new status as cultural treasure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure was celebrated Thursday with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” an opera that hits hot-button topics of power and oppression.In keeping with a La Scala tradition of off-stage melodrama, the issue of who would occupy the royal box at the Milan opera house on opening night spawned a pre-performance kerfuffle. La Scala’s unions protested the institutional seat of honor going to Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa in the absence of Italy’s president and premier. La Russa, a far-right politician whom the unions claim has not condemned Italy’s fascist past, sat in the front row of the adorned royal box with Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, a left-wing politician who invited 93-year-old senator-for-life and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre to join him. Segre received warm applause from the audience before the curtain went up, and after the Italian anthem was played someone yelled, “Long li...

K-State dismisses forward Tomlin month after arrest; fans shower criticism on administration

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State forward Nae’Qwan Tomlin was dismissed from the team late Wednesday, more than a month after his arrest for disorderly conduct, triggering a wave of criticism aimed at the school administration from some fans.Tomlin averaged 10.4 points in 36 games last season, and was a big part of the Wildcats’ surprise run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. He considered turning pro after the season but ultimately decided to return to the program.He was arrested following a bar fight in October, and Kansas State coach Jerome Tang immediately suspended him “for not living up to the expectations of our players.” But as the season progressed, many Kansas State fans were antsy for Tomlin’s return to the team, even chanting his name during an overtime win against Villanova this week.As some fans began calling and emailing administrators, including Kansas State president Richard Linton, athletic director Gene Taylor finally issued a statemen...

Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is gaining ground Thursday following its first three-day losing streak since Halloween.The S&P 500 was 0.8% higher in afternoon trading and continuing to hang near its highest level since March 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 90 points, or 0.3%, as of 2:06 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.3% higher.Big Tech stocks were helping to power the market higher, led by a 5.4% jump for Google’s parent company, Alphabet. They’re Wall Street’s most influential stocks because of their massive size, and they have been on huge tears so far this year. Cerevel Therapeutics also jumped 11.8% after AbbVie announced an $8.7 billion deal to buy the company and its pipeline of candidates for schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and other diseases. AbbVie added 0.9%.Much of Wall Street’s recent rally has been because of rising hopes that the Federal Reserve is finally done with its barrage of hikes to interest rates, which are meant t...

‘Think about the emotional impact’: Patients, oncologists stressed by cancer drug shortage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:59:04 GMT

FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying care, prominent U.S. cancer centers say. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network said Wednesday, June 7, 2023, that nearly all the centers it surveyed in late May 2023 were dealing with shortages of the chemotherapies carboplatin and cisplatin. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)(AP/Gerry Broome) FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying care, prominent U.S. cancer centers ...