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Crews responding to Washington Park, Illinois structure fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. - Crews are at the scene of a structure fire in Washington Park, Illinois, Wednesday.Our Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter is flying over the area located on the 5700 block of Westmoreland Place, where a home was reignited from a previous fire. That start of the initial fire in unknown, and debris can be seen from both incidents. Woman ‘saving up’ as Ferguson PD cracks down on expired tags The cause of the second fire is still unknown and so far, no injuries have been reported. Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Nic Lopez was at the scene. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

SSM Health and St. Louis Area Food Bank hosting food fair today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. - SSM Health and The St. Louis Area Food Bank fight food insecurity once again.They're holding another drive-thru food giveaway Wednesday. It starts at 9:00 a.m. at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in Lake St. Louis. Woman ‘saving up’ as Ferguson PD cracks down on expired tags The hospital and the food bank say that "healthy food" helps "good health care." The event is free and open to everyone.

Delmar Loop Trolley training starting every Wednesday today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. - The Delmar Loop Trolley runs from Thursdays to Sundays, but you'll see one trolley on the streets on Wednesdays.That's for training new trolley operators. The training is from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every Wednesday. Group headed to a bar robbed in Soulard early Monday Riders are not allowed on the trolleys during this training. Regular service is Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day, and the rides are free.

Neighbors upset over hydrogen plant groundbreaking in Wentzville, Missouri

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The push for cleaner energy isn't making everyone happy in Wentzville.BayoTech has been working on a new hydrogen hub. They broke ground in December, and it's set to produce 350 tons of hydrogen a year. However, some people have a problem with how Close this plant is to their homes.BayoTech is building the Wentzville BayogaaS Hydrogen Hub on Parr Road. People who live in a nearby neighborhood off Mexico Road said that they were never notified about the development, and they're concerned about property values and safety. Woman ‘saving up’ as Ferguson PD cracks down on expired tags BayoTech shared that it held an open house on their plans. They also claimed they sent invitations to the December 14 groundbreaking to thousands of people who live in the community. The company said hydrogen has been safely produced in the U.S. for more than 50 years.A BayoTech representative told FOX 2 that the facility is designed to meet all safety codes and standards while als...

Trump pledges to end birthright citizenship on first day in office

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

Former President Trump is returning to his calls to remove birthright citizenship, with his 2024 White House campaign announcing Tuesday he would seek to end it via executive order on his first day in office.Trump announced his plan on the 125th anniversary of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court case that established the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.The proposal echoes a longtime demand of immigration restrictionists and a measure Trump toyed with while in office, attracting criticism from both immigration advocates and legal experts.Most experts agree that a president does not have authority to end birthright citizenship through an executive order, primarily because the practice is enshrined in the Constitution.The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to those "born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof."The widely accepted interpretation of that amendment — that it applies to children born in the United States rega...

Man arrested on suspicion of groping teenager at Bay Area coffee shop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

Rio Vista police on Friday arrested a 28-year-old Rio Vista man on suspicion of groping a teenager in a Highway 12 coffee shop.A spokesman for the Rio Vista Police Department, Solano County Sheriff’s Deputy Rex Hawkins, identified the suspect at Jesse Beatty.A Rio Vista Police Department social media post indicated that officers on Friday night responded to the coffee shop where the teenage victim works.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Monterey masseuse convicted of sexual battery of clients Crime and Public Safety | Former corrections officer charged with sexually assaulting 13 at California women’s prison Crime and Public Safety | JPMorgan Chase blames Virgin Islands for Jeffrey Epstein sex crimes Crime and Public Safety | Indian wrestlers march, demand arrest of abusive official Crime and Public Safety | California school teacher, 38, arrested on suspicion of sex with 16-year-old boy The vict...

Film about CZU Lightning Complex fire, salmon airs Friday on KQED

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — A documentary created by a UC Santa Cruz alum about endangered coho salmon and their struggle to survive in the Santa Cruz Mountains through the CZU Lightning Complex fire will air on the local Public Broadcasting Station KQED this Friday.The film, called “Southern Range: Salmon in the Santa Cruz Mountains,” came about through a collaboration with the director, Kyle Baker, who earned an MFA in social documentation in 2020, UCSC professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Eric Palkovacs, and Jonathan Hicken, executive director of the Seymour Center Marine Discovery Center.“This was a collaborative project from Day 1,” said Hicken. “Eric brought his expertise in fisheries science, I brought community connections, and Kyle brought the creativity to tell the story of our local salmon and the community-based efforts to help them.”The documentary will air on KQED at 8:30 p.m. Friday and at 8 p.m. June 21. The film will also air at 5 p.m. on June 9 on the KQED Plus channel.P...

Skelton: Newsom’s wishful thinking California budget math doesn’t add up

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

Gov. Gavin Newsom has sent the Legislature a proposed state budget that is unrealistic and spews red ink.That’s essentially the straight-shooting opinion of the most trusted numbers-crunching outfit in Sacramento: the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.By law, the annual budget must be balanced. But “balanced” is a subjective characterization based on guesswork. Often it’s rooted in wishful thinking and fudged calculations.The revised $307-billion budget proposal that Newsom recently submitted — known colloquially as the May Revision — is either too fat with spending or too thin on taxes, Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek asserted.Newsom and the Legislature need to fix one — or both — before the June 15 deadline for passing a budget. That means cutting programs or raising taxes — or a little of both.“There is less than a one-in-six chance the state can afford the May Revision spending level across the five-year period,” the LAO cautioned. “This means that if the Legislature ad...

Two San Jose men arrested, Cowell’s Beach evacuated following firearm discharge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — Two San Jose men were arrested following a firearm discharge that resulted in the evacuation of Cowell Beach the evening of Memorial Day.No beachgoers were injured during the discharge, Santa Cruz police wrote in a news release.At 6:10 p.m. Monday, the Police Department received reports of two suspects in dark clothing firing a handgun near the rocks at the west end of the beach, per the release. A further investigation found that they were shooting at an empty wine bottle they consumed earlier.Upon arrival, officers began evacuating the beach. They found the two suspects, who had previously hidden behind the rocks, at the end of the beach. The suspects were identified as Roy Miller, 43, and Kiiren Pumphery Jenkins, 31, both of San Jose. The two were detained without further incident.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Santa Clara County sheriff says inmate attacked deputies with jail-made knife Crime and Public Safety | One dead, anothe...

Aptos resident Mitch Haniger heating up at the plate for SF Giants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:01 GMT

San Francisco Giants outfielder Mitch Haniger has started to not only make up for lost time, but a slow start on offense.“I’ve been working on some things and feeling good lately,” he said.The 32-year-old Aptos resident missed the first 22 games of the season with a Grade 1 oblique strain and made his regular-season debut for the Giants on April 24.Excitement to get 2018 All-Star on the field had been building since the free agent signed a three-year, $43.5 million deal with San Francisco in December. But the Giants were forced to wait to open their present.What the Giants were getting wasn’t a surprise, manager Giants Gabe Kapler said Tuesday.The Giants’ Mitch Haniger runs out a hit during the eighth inning of a game against the host Milwaukee Brewers Saturday. (Morry Gash – The Associated Press) “Our expectations dating back to the offseason were that he was going to be a good, quality major leaguer with the ability to be an All-Star caliber player at the plate,” Kapler said....