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Woman sentenced for Petaluma false kidnapping accusation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

By Elizabeth Joseph | CNNA California woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after lying to authorities that a couple was attempting to kidnap her children, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office.Kathleen Sorensen, 31, was sentenced to jail Thursday on a single count of knowingly making a false report of a crime. The conviction stemmed from an incident in December 2020, when Sorensen and her two children were shopping at a Michaels craft store in Petaluma, California, about 30 miles north of San Francisco.After buying several items, Sorensen left with her two children and drove out of the parking lot, according to a news release from Sonoma County prosecutors. Several minutes later, Sorensen called the Petaluma Police Department to report a couple tried to kidnap her children.Additionally, Sorensen recorded and posted a viral video on Instagram about the purported incident about a week later, according to the release.In the video, Sorensen talked about the in...

89-year-old Oakland man with dementia reported missing. His hat says ‘Best Dad’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

An 89-year-old man named McDaniel Smith was reported missing by his family on Friday afternoon, according to the Oakland Police Department.He was last seen around 1:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of MacArthur Boulevard wearing a hat with the words “Best Dad” written on the front. Smith is 6’1″, has gray hair, and was also wearing a blue windbreaker jacket, blue jeans and black shoes.He is considered at risk due to his age and dementia diagnosis.Anyone with information on Smith’s whereabouts is encouraged to call the Oakland Police Department’s Missing Person Unit at 510-238-3641.

Colleges will have to look for new ways to promote diversity

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

By Collin Binkley | Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity.Leaders of scores of universities said Thursday that they were disappointed by what they see as a blow to diversity. Yet many also voiced optimism that they would find new ways to admit more Black and Hispanic students, despite evidence that eliminating the practice often leads to steep enrollment decreases among them.President Joe Biden said he disagreed with the decision and asked the Education Department to explore policies that could help colleges build diverse student bodies. He also pushed against policies like legacy preferences — admissions boosts given to the children of alumni — that tend to help white, wealthy students.“We should never allow the country to walk away from the dream upon which it was founded,...

Small fire near Petaluma held by firefighters at 38-acres

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

North Bay firefighters say that they have halted the advance of a small vegetation fire a few miles south of Petaluma.By around 4 p.m. the blaze had grown to approximately 38 acres, with one nearby structure threatened.Firefighters remain on the scene working to mop up hot spots and fully contain the area, according to a Twitter post by the local Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit of Cal Fire.

Russia: A week after mutiny, many questions still remain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

Associated PressDid mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have inside help from the military and political elite in his armed rebellion that rattled Russia?A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising are still unknown.Uncertainty also swirls around the fate of Prigozhin and his Wagner private military forces, along with the deal they got from the Kremlin, and what the future holds for the Russian defense minister they tried to oust.Finally, and perhaps the biggest unknown: Can Putin shore up the weaknesses revealed by the events of last weekend?DID PRIGOZHIN HAVE INSIDE HELP?Many observers argue that Prigozhin wouldn’t have been able to take over military facilities in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don so easily on June 24 and mount his rapid march toward Moscow without collusion with some members of the military brass.Thousands of members of his private army drove nearly 1...

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Woman arrested in Santa Cruz bear spray road rage attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

(KRON) -- A woman who allegedly used bear spray to attack another driver in Santa Cruz County during a road rage incident has been arrested.Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies identified the road rage driver as 32-year-old Sofia Pascasio.The incident happened earlier this summer on 17th Avenue in the Live Oak neighborhood. A third driver who witnessed the bear spray attack recorded it with a cellphone, and the video circulated widely on social media.The witness' video shows the woman was behind the wheel of a gray Toyota Prius when she chased after the victim's vehicle, followed the victim to a red light, bolted out of her car, and spewed bear spray through the victim's front driver-side window.Before walking back to her Prius, the woman yelled at the witness through a closed car window. Someone is attacking homeless people with bear spray in San Francisco Sheriff's deputies launched an investigation and received a tip from the public. "Through someone who saw the video on social...

At-risk elderly man reporting missing in Oakland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland Police Department is asking for the public's help in searching for a missing person. McDaniel Smith, 89, was last seen at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 30 in the 3800 block of MacArthur Boulevard.Smith was last seen wearing a blue windbreaker jacket, blue jeans, black shoes and a hat with "Best Dad" written on the front. Police said he is at risk due to his age and Dementia.McDaniel Smith, 89, was last seen Friday, June 30 (Oakland Police Department).He is 6-foot-1 and 125 pounds with brown eyes and gray hair, according to OPD. Smith's family says he is in good physical condition and is diagnosed with Dementia.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 3800 block of MacArthur Boulevard is approximately two blocks away from ...

Fight over preservation of historic Black cemetery heads to Maryland’s Supreme Court

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

The groups working to preserve a historic Black cemetery in Bethesda are going to continue their legal fight, and plan to take it to Maryland’s highest court.The move comes after a decision by Maryland’s appellate court that found the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission can sell the parcel where the remains of hundreds of enslaved people are buried, despite the objections of the groups trying to preserve the property.“If this ruling is upheld on appeal, no traditional African American cemetery, no traditional Native American cemetery will be safe,” said Steven Lieberman, a lawyer who represents the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, Dr. Segun Adebayo, pastor of the Macedonian Baptist Church, and three descendants of people buried in the Moses Macedonia African Cemetery.Lieberman told WTOP that a previous ruling that stopped the sale of the property was correct. Lieberman explained that Maryland law requires that when a landowner wants to sell land that includes buri...

Unions blame United for airline's ongoing travel issues

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Travel troubles continue for United Airlines as the July Fourth weekend approaches.No airport is feeling the pain more than Denver International as United attempts to get back on track.The misery map operated by FlightAware showed two-thirds of flights coming and going out of Denver's airport Friday afternoon were delayed or canceled. United led the way: 13% of its flights were canceled and another 47% were delayed as of 4:30 p.m. on Friday.United has blamed weather that started in the Northeast earlier this week, combined with a lack of air traffic controllers staffed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Delayed United Airlines passengers wait days for luggage in Denver But unions for both United pilots and flight attendants say United management shares much of the blame, pointing out no other airline has had as many cancellations and delays in the past week."And I feel badly, not only for the pain and suffering our passengers have had to endure, but also our e...