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High level of bacteria found in Stinson Beach water

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

(KRON) – People enjoyed their long holiday weekend at Stinson Beach without knowing that bacteria testing in the water does not meet state standards right now for swimming.Marin County Environmental Health Services put out an alert online that there are elevated bacteria levels in parts of Stinson Beach. KRON4 looked all around and didn't see a single sign alerting people there, and that upset some beachgoers."It's really shocking. You would think they would have a sign at least somewhere,” said Bay Area resident Bianca Chavez. Group of bicyclists rides onto 580 freeway, prompting CHP warning In a tweet last Thursday, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area said the water at Stinson Beach Central does not meet state standards for water contact recreation. The tweet also provided a number for the Marin Beach Hotline, but calling the number did not give a lot of information.Beachgoers that KRON4 spoke with on Juneteenth say they didn’t see that alert and think more could have been...

Witness describes Oakland hit-and-run crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Oakland police are still looking for the driver responsible for hitting and killing a woman on Friday. The deadly crash happened in an East Oakland neighborhood.“I felt very heartbroken. Like my heart felt like that feeling when you get onto a rollercoaster. Like when you’re scared on a rollercoaster,” said witness Lilly Medina. A memorial is growing on Foothill Boulevard near Vicksburg Avenue for a woman killed on Friday. Police say the hit-and-run happened just after 7 p.m. ‘Panic and fear’: Witness recounts Pier 39 shooting Medina says she was driving home with her boyfriend when a Mercedes, followed by a Lexus, sped around their car. She says the two cars were going well over the speed limit and were out of control before the Mercedes hit the victim.  “He was already swerving, and he was about to lose control of the vehicle and almost hit another car,” she said. “But he ended up getting control back, but that’s when he hit the girl, and ...

Belmont man reported missing

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

(KRON) -- The Belmont Police Department reported a man missing on Monday.Chris Litsche, 44, was last seen Monday morning on Geraldine Way.Belmont is a town on the Peninsula, located in between San Mateo and Redwood City. Anyone with information is asked to call (650) 595-7400.

Yastrzemski splashes 3-run HR into McCovey Cove in the 10th as the Giants rally past the Padres 7-4

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 5-inch scrape on his left arm to show for his spectacular performance, Mike Yastrzemski took as much pride in his headfirst slide for the tying run as he did that dramatic splash-hit homer to end the game in the 10th inning.Yastrzemski sent a three-run shot into McCovey Cove to win it, and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Monday night for their season-best eighth straight victory.Yastrzemski also connected in the sixth, giving him five career multi-homer games and two against San Diego. It was his fourth walk-off homer in the majors and second versus the Padres. Patrick Bailey hit a tying sacrifice fly in a two-run ninth to knock in Yastrzemski, who tagged up and raced home to score with a headfirst dive into the plate.“That was probably more exhilarating,” Yastrzemski said. “That was one of those plays where it could have ended up dropping in front. I just kind of hang out there for a second and make the right read and luckily...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces new CEO and chairman in major management reshuffle

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Alibaba Group has announced a major management reshuffle aimed at spurring the e-commerce giant’s growth at a time when the Chinese economy is slowing despite an end to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions a half-year ago. Eddie Wu, chairman of its e-commerce group, will succeed Daniel Zhang as CEO, the company said in a statement Tuesday.Zhang will be CEO and chairman of Alibaba’s cloud computing unit, which has been approved to be spun off and is expected to be listed for trading within a year. Alibaba’s current executive vice chairman, Joseph Tsai, is to succeed Zhang as chairman of the Alibaba Group. Tsai, who owns the NBA basketball team Brooklyn Nets, is a Taiwan-born Canadian citizen and helped to found Alibaba in the late 1990s.The changes take effect Sept. 10. Zhang became Alibaba Group’s CEO in 2015 and succeeded Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma as chairman in 2019.“This is the right time for me to make a transition, given the importance of Alibaba...

Mueren 44 personas en el estado indio de Bihar a causa de la ola de calor

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

(CNN) — Al menos 44 personas perdieron la vida en los últimos días debido a una ola de calor en el estado de Bihar, al norte de India, según un funcionario estatal.Las muertes se produjeron debido a las altas temperaturas, dijo este lunes a CNN Sanjay Kumar, alto funcionario del departamento de salud del estado.Grandes zonas de Asia baten récords con temperaturas cálidas extremasEl Departamento Meteorológico de la India emitió una alerta roja en algunas zonas de Bihar por la persistencia de la ola de calor, ya que en algunos distritos se registran temperaturas superiores a los 45 grados Celsius.Se espera que las temperaturas desciendan en los próximos días.El pasado abril, numerosos países asiáticos batieron récords de temperatura, con una brutal ola de calor que afectó a gran parte del continente. En ese mes, Pakistán, India, Nepal y Bangladesh registraron temperaturas superiores a 40 °C durante muchos días.Fue reportado en abril que en el estado occidental indio de Maharasht...

POLITICO Pro Morning Energy and Climate UK: Labour sell the plan — Energy Bill again — Blair’s net zero playbook

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

Presented by SSE By CHARLIE COOPER and ABBY WALLACE PRESENTED BY View in your browser or listen to audioSNEAK PEEK— Labour continues to lay out its energy policy stall. We round up news lines and reaction. — In parliament, the Energy Bill is back and there’s a new MP on the energy security and net zero committee.— Tony Blair’s think tank spells out how the U.K. can deliver “a decade of electrification.” We’ve got your lowdown. Good Tuesday morning and welcome to POLITICO Pro Morning Energy and Climate UK. For those who recall news last week that Russell is trying to adopt a greyhound, we have an important update: a dog has been selected and is due to move in next week. Stay tuned for more news and potentially photos in a future edition. As always, please send all your tips, musings, encouragement and (gentle) criticism our way at [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. Or talk to us about grey...

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a report.The report Tuesday from Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development warned that flash floods and avalanches would grow more likely in coming years, and that the availability of fresh water would be affected for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream of 12 rivers that originate in the mountains.Ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges is an important source of water for those rivers, which flow through 16 countries in Asia and provide fresh water to 240 million people in the mountains and another 1.65 billion downstream.“The people living in these mountains who have contributed next to nothing to global warming are at high risk due to climate change,” said Amina Maharjan, a migration specialist and...

Israeli troops kill a Palestinian man in renewed clashes in the occupied West Bank

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, the latest death in a surge of violence that has wracked the region.The Palestinian Health Ministry said late Monday that 21-year-old Zakaria al-Zaoul was shot in the head in the town of Husan, west of Bethlehem. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that he was killed during clashes with the military. The Israeli military said a suspect threw a firebomb at troops stationed along a West Bank highway near Husan. The troops responded with live fire and confirmed a hit, the army said. Israel and the Palestinians have been gripped by months of violence, focused mainly in the West Bank, where at least 126 Palestinians have been killed this year.Tuesday saw one of the fiercest days of fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. At least five Palestinians were killed, including a 15-year-old boy, and ove...

Tropical Storm Bret moves west in Atlantic, with possible hurricane threat to Caribbean islands

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:58:05 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Monday, with forecasters saying it could pose a hurricane threat to the eastern Caribbean by Thursday and the Dominican Republic and Haiti by the weekend.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Bret had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) at 11 p.m. Monday as it moved west across the Atlantic at 18 mph (30 kph). Forecasters expect it to strengthen over the next two days, reaching Category 1 hurricane strength of 74 mph (120 kph) by Wednesday night as it nears the Lesser Antilles. Because of wind shear, the storm is not expected to strengthen into a Category 2 storm. Bret is forecast to move across the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane on Thursday and Friday and unleash flooding, heavy rainfall and dangerous storm surge and waves, the center said. It is then expected to weaken slowly while still in the eastern Caribbean region, although the center warned that its forecast “remains a low c...