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Fire breaks out at Petaluma homeless shelter

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

By Bay City NewsA fire broke out at the People’s Village homeless shelter in Petaluma on Friday morning.Petaluma firefighters responded to the structure fire on the 900-block of Hopper Street at about 4:09 a.m., according to a press release from the Petaluma Fire Department.The village is a collection of 25 tiny homes built in a lot behind the Mary Isaak Center, designed to provide a safe, managed shelter to address the county’s declared shelter crisis.The fire broke out in one of the units but was controlled by the fire sprinklers installed as part of the construction of the village. The fire alarm also worked as designed, allowing an occupant to escape.The fire had mostly been extinguished by the sprinklers by the time firefighters entered the unit, according to the department’s press release.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Saratoga adopts review process to bypass ‘costly’ fire restrictions Crashes and Disasters | Fi...

Streets closed for San Francisco St. Patrick's Day Parade

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The St. Patrick's Day Parade will run through a few key neighborhoods on Saturday morning, and drivers in particular should be prepared for delays, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. When is it OK to drive after consuming marijuana? The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade will include over 100 floats and begins at 11 a.m. The floats will line up along 2nd Street and travel down Market Street to Civic Center Plaza. Drivers should expect street closures, and Muni plans to reroute buses. (Map courtesy of SFMTA)The street closure schedule is listed below. For full details about Muni reroutes, please visit the SFMTA website. 9:00 a.m. -- 2nd Street closed between Brannan and Market streets10:00 a.m. -- Market Street closed between 2nd and McAllister streets, McAllister Street closed between Market and Polk streets, Polk closed between McAllister and Hayes streets10:30 a.m. -- Mission Street closed to cars between 9th and Steuart streets...

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day: How to make an Irish Coddle 

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Livermore chef Leslie Dabney shows us how to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some fun and easy to make dishes.

St. Patrick's Day parade in San Francisco, expect traffic delays

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- The St. Patrick's Day parade is taking place in San Francisco Saturday morning starting at 11 a.m., and motorists in the area should expect delays, while downtown SF Muni service will have reroutes, transit agency officials said. Longtime employee killed after roof collapses at Peet’s Coffee distribution center in Oakland The parade will travel along Market Street starting at Second Street and ending up at San Francisco's Civic Center. More information can be found on the transit agency's website. 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%; }Downtown #SFMuni service will have reroutes.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc

24/7 smoke shops in Prince Georges Co. to have new time, location restrictions

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

Concerns over the growing number of smoke shops throughout Prince George’s County have led the county council to take action.This week, the Prince George’s County Council unanimously voted to begin enforcing new restrictions, including closing time and limitations on where 24/7 tobacco stores can do business.More Local NewsMore Maryland NewsMore Prince George’s County NewsThey’ll now be restricted to operating in industrial areas and will need to close up shop by 8 p.m. and turn out all display lights. The shops are allowed to open at 10 a.m.Residents shared concerns during the council’s hearing.“This is a problem in our community,” said Erika Fareed, who lives in Glenn Arden. “Across the road from our municipal center there are three tobacco stores.”Residents say they hope to see businesses that will uplift the community begin to move in.“They have brass knuckles in there, they have mace, they have weaponry,” a concerned resident said...

French protests push for withdrawal of Macron’s pension plan

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 staged a new round of protests Saturday to push the government to withdraw the unpopular plan. Determination remained high, but crowds were far smaller than in past protests.The nationwide marches, the second round of protests in four days and the seventh since January, were bolstered by ongoing strikes in key sectors, from energy to transport and garbage workers. Uncollected trash piled up in Paris and other cities.Police clashed with troublemakers in several cities, notably Paris, charging, tackling and pepper-spraying intruders dressed in black who set fires to piles of trash along the march route and destroyed bus stops, a street lamp and other urban equipment. Such “radical elements,” in the language of police, typically join protests to cause trouble. Paris police said 30 people were detained.Police counted 48,000 protesters in Paris, and the Interior Ministry said there...

Campillo finishes with 4 straight birdies to lead Kenya Open

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Jorge Campillo made eight birdies and finished with four in a row for a superb 63 to take the lead after three rounds of the European tour’s Kenya Open on Saturday.The Spaniard moved to 13-under-par overall for the clubhouse lead and no one could overtake that early mark.Campillo is ahead by a shot from Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, who put himself in the reckoning with a 6-under 65 on the par-71 Muthaiga Golf Club course.MacIntyre came within inches of the lead on his final hole when he nearly sank a wedge for an albatross on No. 18. The ball hit the hole, bounced away, and MacIntyre missed his eagle putt and had to settle for birdie, 12-under overall and one off the lead.Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura (68) and South Africa’s Jayden Schafer (69) were tied for third two shots off the lead and also in the hunt for the title.Campillo began the third round five shots behind compatriot and overnight leader Nacho Elvira, but was on the move with bi...

Chelsea beats Leicester 3-1 away to ease pressure on Potter

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Chelsea’s recent revival under Graham Potter continued at Leicester with a 3-1 win in the English Premier League on Saturday, making it three straight wins in all competitions for the London club.Kai Havertz’s fine finish restored the visitors’ lead just before halftime after Patson Daka equalized, and Mateo Kovacic’s volley added the third for Chelsea in the second half.Chelsea forward Joao Felix hit the post and had a goal ruled out by VAR while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall missed a sitter for the hosts before Leicester’s Wout Faes was sent off late on.After reaching the Champions League quarterfinals by knocking out Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, Chelsea’s latest win eases the pressure even further on Potter.It was just the second time Chelsea scored three times in a league game, and there was a fluidity and clinical edge which has been lacking this season.For Leicester, the loss edged Brendan Rodgers’ team closer to the relegation zone...

Bud Grant, stoic Hall of Fame coach who took Minnesota Vikings to 4 Super Bowls, dies at 95, team announces

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bud Grant, stoic Hall of Fame coach who took Minnesota Vikings to 4 Super Bowls, dies at 95, team announces.Source

Everton scores early to end Brentford’s unbeaten run in EPL

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:13:11 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Dwight McNeil’s goal after just 35 seconds was enough to give Everton another 1-0 win at Goodison Park on Saturday as Sean Dyche’s team climbed two points clear of the English Premier League relegation zone by ending Brentford’s long unbeaten run.McNeil proved effective at both ends of the pitch as the winger’s third goal of the season was accompanied by a second-half goalline clearance.Everton recorded a third victory by a single goal in four home games.McNeil’s strike was Everton’s earliest winning goal in the ground’s 131-year history.Dyche’s team then defended relentlessly as Brentford laid siege to the Everton goal in the second half as the visitor sought to keep alive its 12-game unbeaten league run stretching back to October.Brentford’s club-record top-flight unbeaten streak of 14, set in 1936, was also ended by Everton at Goodison Park.The win lifted Everton to 15th place, two points above the drop zone.___More AP soccer: https://a...