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Man shot, killed by Colorado cop was holding a marker, not a weapon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

The Denver police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man during an alleged domestic violence incident earlier this month believed the man was armed with a knife, but he was actually holding only a black marker, according to body-worn camera footage released Monday.The shooting happened Aug. 5 just before 8 p.m. in the 2300 block of West Cedar Avenue. The graphic body-worn camera footage shows Brandon Cole, 36, held a black marker in his hand and raised the marker to chest-level as he charged at a police officer that night.The officer, who has not been publicly identified, shot Cole twice. The body-worn camera footage shows an uninvolved woman and young child were standing directly behind Cole when the officer opened fire. Cole was killed; no one else was injured.“This is a tremendous tragedy,” Chief Ron Thomas said during a news conference Monday in which police offered the most detailed account to date of the killing.The incident began at 7:56 p.m., when a neighbor called 911 t...

Nearing rehab assignment, Mitch Haniger says time away from SF Giants has been ‘difficult’, ‘frustrating’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the draws for Mitch Haniger when he signed with the Giants this past winter was the chance to play for his hometown team.One problem: Four months into his tenure, he hasn’t played very much.That should change soon, as Haniger said Tuesday the goal is to begin a rehab assignment next week. He won’t accompany the team on its upcoming six-game swing to the East Coast, but could be ready to play his first game since June 13 not long after they get back.Haniger spoke to the Bay Area News Group after taking live batting practice on the field for a second straight day, exactly nine weeks after he was hit in the forearm with an errant Jack Flaherty fastball, derailing his time with the Giants before it got a chance to get started.“It’s definitely difficult,” Haniger said of his time away. “I don’t like spending time on the IL and being hurt. You feel like you’re not able to do your job and perform for your teammates. The goal here is to w...

Kurtenbach: The 49ers aren’t worried about Nick Bosa’s holdout. They should be

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

SANTA CLARA — We all know how this ends for Nick Bosa and the 49ers: The team’s best player and the league’s best pass rusher will sign a new contract that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback.Big press conference, big smiles, big money.So let’s get on with it.What’s the hold-up with ending the holdout?The 49ers are practicing hard. They’re not terribly far away from beginning to game-plan for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1.But Bosa is 3,000 miles away, and there’s no expectation that he will hop on a plane to San Jose anytime soon.The Niners are downplaying it all. But not giving Bosa his big deal is, well, a big deal, because there’s no guarantee this holdout ends before the regular-season starts.Related ArticlesSan Francisco 49ers | Editorial: California should ban tackle football in high school San Francisco 49ers | 49ers training camp: Talanoa Hufanga’s interception spoils Brock Purd...

Leaving California: Where do ‘best state’ rankings tell you to move?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

Departing Californians take a lot of pride in their new home state.I know this because my “Leaving California” columns – designed to help folks choose which state might be best for a relocation – draw spirited comments from readers on how their relocation selection was slighted by my rankings.Yes, the trusty spreadsheet isn’t free of bias in various forms. But there are 49 other states. Some will grade higher than others. That’s the scorecard business.But to get past my personal blind spots, this edition of “Leaving California” scores relocation options for Californians on a simple scale – the average ranking derived from nine other “best state” scorecards. These gradings are based on a host of economic and demographic factors, each with its own wisdom – or not – backing the math.If we assume that such “best state” scorecards are valuable tools for home hunting, the average ranking says New Hampshire is your top spot. Then comes Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Minnesota. By t...

San Jose State football: Jenkins twins two of a kind in Spartans defense

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

SAN JOSE — Growing up, twins Tre and Andrew Jenkins did everything together. From homework to playing sports, the two were inseparable.This fall, as seniors, they are teaming up in the San Jose State secondary to try and help the Spartans capture their second conference title in four seasons and play in consecutive bowl games for the first time since 1987.“We want to win the Mountain West championship,” Andrew said. “That’s been the goal since day one.”The Jenkins brothers were sophomores on the 2020 squad that had an undefeated regular season and won SJSU’s first Mountain West championship.Tre was a starting safety on that squad, earning second-team All-Mountain West honors, and has been an honorable mention pick after each of the past two seasons. Andrew has been a key contributor primarily on special teams but is vying for a starting role at safety opposite his brother this season.Twin brothers Andrew Jenkins (#27) and Tre Jenkins (#22), practice with the San Jose State football ...

ADA-compliant dock installed at Vasona Lake in Los Gatos

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos got a new ADA-compliant boat ramp installed this summer, ensuring that residents of all abilities can enjoy the lake.Florida-based AccuDock installed the dock, which consists of a kayak loading zone and a marina boat loading zone. The docks are wider to make it easier to navigate with a wheelchair and have edge guards that serve as bumpers to prevent anything from rolling over the edge of the dock.The ADA-compliant dock is the first of its kind at Vasona, and Tamara Clark of the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department said it’s part of the county’s efforts to expand ADA accessibility across its water parks.“It’s just a really fabulous thing to have happen to see the expansion of recreation to other communities,” Clark said. “It’s been fabulous; one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my career here at parks is the expansion of boating to an entirely new community.”Santa Clara County hosted a ribbon-cuttin...

Broadmoor Police Department faces potential dissolution

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

BROADMOOR – The future of the state’s last active police protection district is in jeopardy.On Thursday, the Broadmoor Property Owners Association is slated to discuss the “potential dissolution” of the scandal-plagued Broadmoor Police Department and a “possible takeover” by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, according to the association’s website.Broadmoor police Chief Michael Connolly and a sheriff’s office spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.Association President Christine Taliva’a Aguerre said the association had no comment at this time.When asked by news website Mission Local if the department was dissolving, Connolly said “not necessarily,” but he also said the agency is in talks with the county and the sheriff’s office.Formed in 1948, the Broadmoor Police Protection District provides police services to a roughly half-square-mile area that includes Broadmoor Village and unincorporated pockets of Colma and Daly City. It is overseen by a three-member comm...

Map: Lightning fires prompt evacuation order west of Yreka

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

Lightning strikes sparked at least 19 wildfires in the Klamath National Forest, prompting an evacuation order for 325 square miles west of Yreka.A report Tuesday night from the forest service’s fire managers described the situation as “extremely dynamic.”The largest fire, Head, is near the confluence of the Klamath and Scott rivers, and was estimated Tuesday evening at 3,000 to 4,000 acres (5 to 6 square miles). It is just west of the scar of last summer’s McKinney Fire, which burned 60,000 acres and killed four people.In addition to the mandatory evacuation, the Siskiyou County sheriff’s office has announced evacuation warning zones, and there are closures on Highway 96 and Scott River Road.The map above shows the mandatory evacuation area in red. The Head Fire is indicated by the large fire icon. The red dots to the west are the Elliott, Malone and Titus fires, which were described as 5 to 50 acres and active on Tuesday evening. Orange dots indicate s...

San Francisco’s 166-year-old luxury retailer Gumps warns: This could be our last year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

By Samantha Delouya and Alexandra Coenjaerts | CNNLos Angeles – John Chachas, the owner of luxury department store Gump’s San Francisco, wrote an open letter to Governor Newsom, Mayor London Breed, and the city’s Board of Supervisors, pleading for them to act on what he describes as the city’s worsening downtown conditions.“Today, as we prepare for our 166th holiday season at 250 Post Street, we fear this may be our last,” Chachas wrote in an open letter, published as a paid ad in the Sunday edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.Gump’s, which sells luxury furnishings and jewelry, was acquired by Chachas after the retailer filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018. The high-end retailer, founded in San Francisco in 1861 and born out of the famed California gold rush, has only one physical location, which is one block from the city’s Union Square.“The ramifications of Covid policies advising people to abandon their offices are only beginning to be understood. Equally devastating have...

Search underway for 5 suspected carjackers in Alameda County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:08 GMT

(BCN) -- Law enforcers are searching for five armed suspects involved in carjacking incidents in Castro Valley, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday night. The sheriff's office said on social media that shortly before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the suspects attempted to carjack a woman at a gasoline station along Lake Chabot Road in Castro Valley, but she was able to escape to safety with her vehicle. Moments after, the suspects were able to carjack a woman driving a black 2016 Nissan Sentra in the 2700 block of Sydney Way in Castro Valley. According to the sheriff's office, they forced her out of her car at gunpoint while she was attempting to leave a driveway. Expanding basic income program for formerly incarcerated moves forward with vote The armed suspects fled in the victim's car bearing the license plate CA:8MMT942 towards Stanton Avenue, according to the sheriff's office. In both incidents, the suspects were driving a 2014 silver Hyundai Elantra bearing t...