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Target in Albany evacuated due to hazmat situation, 'unusual odor'

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

ALBANY, Calif. (KRON) -- A Target in Albany has closed Friday evening due to a hazmat incident, city officials confirmed. The store was evacuated after fire crews reported an "unusual odor" inside the store.As of now, no injuries have been reported. No one has asked for medical attention. The chemical causing the order is unknown at this time. Shake Shack to open new location in South Bay The Target is located at 1057 Eastshore Highway. It is located near Golden Gate Fields.This story will be updated. KRON4 has sent a crew to the scene.

Santa Rosa mall brawl ends with 3 teens arrested

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

(KRON) -- Police broke up a fight between 18 juveniles at Santa Rosa Transit Mall on Second Street Thursday afternoon. "The juveniles were wearing clothing consistent with active gang participation, displaying gang hand signs, and yelling gang terminology at one another," the Santa Rosa Police Department wrote. Bystanders who witnessed the mall brawl reported seeing one of the teenagers pulling a gun out from his waistband. The teens ran from the mall just before officers arrived. Officers found some of the juveniles nearby. "When the juveniles saw the officers, they ran into a nearby retail store located at the mall. The officers ran after the juveniles and found two of them hiding behind a large piece of furniture in the store," police wrote. One of the teens, a 15-year-old Santa Rosa boy, had a loaded, unserialized "ghost gun" in his waistband, police said. Lawsuit: Santa Rosa school failed to help slain student Jayden Pienta A third teen was armed with a knife and ran from an...

Missing 9-year-old boy last seen in Oakland

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

(KRON) -- Police are asking for the public's help finding a missing boy, the Oakland Police Department announced on social media. Isaiah Foster, 9, was last seen Friday on the 1000 block of East 28th Street.Isaiah is described as a Black male who is 5-foot-1 and weighs 160 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Ike’s Sandwiches offers to change name if Shohei Ohtani signs with SF Giants He was last seen wearing a white shirt and "brownish orange pants," according to OPD. OPD says Isaiah is considered to be at risk due to his age. Anyone with information about his location is asked to call OPD's Missing Persons Unit at 510-238-3641.

Search underway for 81-year-old man reported missing from Allapattah

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for a man who was reported missing in Miami.According to City of Miami Police, Amado Hinojosa Estevez was last seen in an unspecified part of the Allapattah neighborhood on Friday.He stands 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs around 120 pounds, and has gray hair and brown eyes.Hinojosa Estevez was last seen wearing a long-sleeve short with black, red and green stripes and gray pants.Officials urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact Miami Police Detective J.Nardoni, or any on-duty detective of the department’s Special VictimsUnit, at 305-603-6300, 305-579-6111 or [email protected].

LOUD Week returns as part of Art of Black Miami — with epic fashion show to be held in Coral Gables

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

Not to brag, but I have been known to do some epic finger painting … but that’s nothing in comparison to what the folks over at LOUD Week are crafting up. It includes an epic fashion show in Coral Gables next week.It’s time to get loud, SoFlo style.LOUD Week returns to the 305 on saturday, as part of Art of Black Miami, and it’s shaping up to be bigger, better and more vibrant than ever before.Dr. Karine Melissa: “LOUD stands for ‘love of urban design.’ We celebrate the creatives of our culture, the Black and brown community.”There’s fun events happening all week long, but the biggest highlight is the annual fashion show happening on Dec. 6 in Coral Gables.Dr. Karine Melissa: “The fashion show will be right here at Bay 13 Brewery. We are going to transform this space into live artists. They’re going to be painting and doing their work live. The runway show will take place right here in the middle. The models will be walking...

Dartmouth father frustrated after he says his daughter was left alone on school bus for hours

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

A Dartmouth father is frustrated and seeking answers after he said his five-year-old daughter was left alone on a school bus for several hours. Christopher Matton said the incident left his daughter terrified. Now, he said he wants other parents to be aware. “She woke up and she was screaming for the bus driver by name,” Matton said.Matton said his daughter woke up alone on the bus Thursday morning after falling asleep during her ride to Kiddie Kampus Childhood Development and Preschool. He said she was strapped into her seatbelt and could not get out. Tremblay’s Bus Company dropped off its bus full of children at Kiddie Kampus in Dartmouth before turning around and parking its bus back in its lot in New Bedford. Matton said his daughter woke up surrounded by empty buses. According to Dartmouth police, she was there for about five hours. “I feel saddened, hurt and rage that this actually happened,” Matton said. Matton said he got a call shortly aft...

Inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin charged with attempted murder

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

(CNN) — The inmate accused of attacking Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed him approximately 22 times with an improvised knife in an attack the Arizona inmate had been contemplating for around a month, according to court documents.According to the federal complaint, at approximately 12:30 p.m. local time on November 24, Chauvin was in the law library at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson when John Turscak, 52, attacked him, causing serious bodily injury.“Federal corrections offices immediately responded and deployed OC spray to subdue Turscak,” the criminal complaint added.Turscak, who has been charged with attempted murder, told the corrections officers he would have killed Chauvin had they not responded so quickly, according to the complaint.“Turscak stated that his attack of (Derek Chauvin) on Black Friday was symbolic with the Black Lives Matter movement and the “Black Hand” symbol associated with the Mexic...

Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in 2020 election interference case

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

(CNN) — The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s election subversion case in Washington, DC, has refused to dismiss the charges against the former president, saying he does not enjoy absolute immunity for what he said and did after the 2020 election.“The court cannot conclude that our Constitution cloaks former Presidents with absolute immunity for any federal crimes they committed while in office,” US District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote.This is an issue that likely must be settled by an appeals courts above Chutkan before Trump’s criminal trial, set for March.Chutkan’s opinion – that came after an appeals court said earlier Friday that Trump could be sued in civil proceedings related to the January 6, 2021, riot – is a resounding blow on a significant question about presidential protections that Trump hoped to use as he tries to stave off criminal cases. It also means that unless an appeals court steps in, the judge sees no is...

Local doctors note uptick in cases of RSV

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

As the holiday season arrives, so too comes the season for respiratory illnesses. Indeed, at UMass Worcester Medical Center, doctors say they’re seeing an uptick in cases of RSV. “We’re seeing a spike in older children — school age and in the teenage years — who have bacterial pneumonia,” said Dr. Timothy Gibson, specializing in pediatrics at UMass Memorial health.RSV can be a major health concern not just for young children and teens, but people over the age of 65, as well. RSV can start out with symptoms of a cold. Then, in some cases, it can make it difficult for a patient to breathe and swallow liquids.While some are seeing increases in cases, experts say there is no reason to panic, adding that infections are actually down in the US compared to 2022.“This year, we are seeing a normal season in the US while China is experiencing what we experienced last year,” said Dr. Shira Doron from Tufts Medical Center.In western Massachusetts, though, the number o...

Authorities investigating after several car windows smashed in Hyde Park

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:02:39 GMT

An investigation got underway in Hyde Park Friday after several cars were broken into on a local street. According to a Boston police report, authorities received calls from people along Maple Street near 8 a.m. after residents found their car windows had been smashed. Police said the break-ins happened in front of homes and in a church parking lot used by a senior housing building. In all, police said investigators found eight cars had been broken into. 7NEWS spotted broken glass on the ground and tape and plastic in place of car windows along Maple Street Friday evening. While windows were smashed, police said this incident appeared to be more of a smash than a smash-and-grab, with a Coach wallet listed as the only item reported stolen. The wallet did not have any cash but did have a credit card and a driver’s license inside. Boston police said their investigation was active and ongoing as of Friday night.