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Charlie Wilson and En Vogue at the Bowl

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

Charlie Wilson and En Vogue at the Bowl: This is a great double bill. R&B icon Charlie Wilson (affectionately known as Uncle Charlie) will play a bunch of songs from his solo career as well as a lot of those old Gap Band hits. There’s never a bad time to hear “You Dropped a Bomb On Me” or “Party Train.” And En Vogue will continue to blaze the trail that they started back in the ‘90s. “Free Your Mind” is one of the all time R&B classics.This writer chatted with En Vogue in 2017, when they said that, “We still love performing. We love what we do. We’ve still got a pretty good fan base that wants to come out and hear our music and has been asking for new music for a long time now. It’s that energy and that love that keeps us going and keeps us wanting to come back and perform. When we engage with them, it energizes us, and it’s an exchange of love. We love coming back to that. ”“There are still issues in America with women not making the same amount of pay for...

FBI probe expands to Oakland: Housing cop implicated in East Contra Costa police scandal, sources say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

OAKLAND — The far-reaching FBI probe into Antioch and Pittsburg officers has expanded to Oakland, where a housing authority cop is under investigation for alleged crimes that include drug use and taking part in a college-degree scheme to earn pay bumps, according to multiple law enforcement sources.Oakland Housing Authority Officer Brauli Rodriguez-Jalapa, a former Pittsburg police officer, was placed on paid administrative leave last year, when the FBI and Contra Costa District Attorney started investigating more than a dozen current and former East Contra Costa officers for a range of alleged crimes.He remains on leave pending the outcome of the probe, an attorney for the Oakland Housing Authority confirmed this week.The revelations about Rodriguez-Jalapa’s alleged involvement raises questions about just how much the scandal will bleed into neighboring Alameda County, where several of the impugned officers had worked before moving to East Contra Costa. Thus far, prosec...

Cruise ship visibly damaged after hitting SF pier while docking

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A cruise ship suffered visible damage after hitting Pier 27 while docking in San Francisco, Princess Cruise confirmed to KRON4. The ship, the Ruby Princess, made "unexpected contact with the dock at Pier 27 while docking," Princess Cruise said.No one was injured in the incident and no passengers or crewmembers were in danger as a result of the accident, the cruise line said. Flight diverted to Oakland after AirDropped bomb threat The ship, which had just completed a 10-day roundtrip cruise to Alaska, is "safely alongside" with disembarkation taking place as scheduled, Princess Cruise said. The cruise line and local authorities are assessing damage to the ship and the pier.The crash into the pier occurred shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday, according to the cruise line.Photos obtained by KRON4 showed what appears to be damage to the pier as well as to the ship.Photo: Rachel ArtzPhoto: Rachel ArtzPhoto: Rachel ArtzPhoto: Rachel ArtzThere were 3,328 passengers aboa...

Meta's new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta's new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter — a sign that users are looking for an alternative to the social media platform that has undergone a series of unpopular changes since Elon Musk bought it.Meta Platforms' CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that 30 million people had registered for the app, including 10 million in the first seven hours of its launch Wednesday in the U.S. and over 100 other countries, including Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations.” Instagram users can log in with their existing usernames and follow the same accounts on the new app, giving Threads users a ready-made audience and an edge over other Twitter challengers like Bluesky and Mastodon.“I think I’ll just see — I’ll keep Twitter for a while and then if ever...

Asian Airlines Flight 214 remembered 10 years later

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Ten years ago today, on July 6, 2013, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from Seoul, South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport. The plane, Asiana Flight 214, had 307 passengers on board.Three Chinese teenagers who were aboard the plane were killed in the crash. About half of the people aboard the plane -- 291 passengers and 16 crew members -- were injured. Flight diverted to Oakland after AirDropped bomb threat The plane clipped a seawall on the approach to SFO, causing it to burst into flames on the runway. Video released several years after the crash shows the chaos in the immediate aftermath of the crash as slides were deployed and rescue crews rushed to the scene. Two of the teens who died in the crash were sitting in the tail section of the plane, which snapped off when it hit the seawall. The third who died was run over by two rescue workers while laying injured and covered in foam on the runway.The Aviati...

Teen arrested for robbing 7-Eleven store twice in Santa Rosa

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

(KRON) -- A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested for allegedly robbing the same 7-Eleven store twice in Santa Rosa. On Wednesday at around 11:51 p.m., police were notified of a robbery that just occurred at a 7-Eleven store located on Mission Boulevard. According to the report, the suspect pointed a handgun at the store clerk and demanded money as well as pointing the gun at a citizen who had interrupted the robbery in progress.  2-year-old girl dies after being hit by car in Vallejo This robbery marked the store’s third in three weeks. An officer was in the vicinity of the store and arrived within one minute after the call was received. The officer was informed the suspect had fled the scene towards Mission Boulevard and a nearby creek. Two officers attempted to contact a person that matched the suspect description, however the person fled on foot, police said. The suspect was eventually caught in a residential area and taken into custody. Officers located a hand...

Police say a Texas man who was reported missing as a teen in 2015 returned home the next day, gave police false names

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Police say a Texas man who was reported missing as a teen in 2015 returned home the next day, gave police false names.Source

Bastian Schweinsteiger says Pep Guardiola shares blame for Germany’s decline

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Former Germany winger Bastian Schweinsteiger says Pep Guardiola shares blame for the national team’s decline, telling British radio station Talksport that Germany lost its values because of the Spanish coach.“When Pep Guardiola joined Bayern Munich, when he came to the country, everyone believed we have to play this kind of football, like short passes and everything. We were kind of losing our values,” Schweinsteiger told Talksport on Thursday.Schweinsteiger, who works as a TV pundit, played under Guardiola for two seasons at Bayern following the former Barcelona coach’s arrival in Munich in 2013. Schweinsteiger left the club in 2015, while Guardiola left for Manchester City in 2016.“I think most of the other countries were looking at Germany as a fighter, we can run until the end and everything. The strengths got lost through the last seven, eight years. We forgot about that and were more focused on playing the ball nicely to each other. That’s one of the reasons,” Sc...

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage and Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

CAUTERETS-CAMBASQUE, France (AP) — Tadej Pogacar was not done yet.Just 24 hours after losing more than a minute to his biggest rival at the Tour de France — defending champion Jonas Vingegaard — Pogacar showed he was not ready to give up, and revived the suspense at cycling’s biggest race.Two-time champion Pogacar, who was dethroned by Vingegaard last summer, claimed a 10th career stage win on Thursday after a stunning counterattack that dropped the reigning champion in the finale of the second and last stage in the Pyrenees. “I would not say revenge, but it’s good to win today and take back some time,” Pogacar said after an epic day of racing in thin air. “I feel a little bit of relief and feel much better now.”Vingegaard crossed the finish line 24 seconds behind Pogacar following their pulsating duel and seized the yellow jersey, 25 seconds ahead of his Slovenian rival.“I would say it’s almost perfect the gap, and it’s going to be a big, big battle until th...

Best places to live without a car? DC, Alexandria and Arlington make the list

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:50:42 GMT

D.C., along with Alexandria and Arlington in Virginia, are parked near the top of a nationwide list of 331 U.S. cities deemed the best places to live without a car.The District ranked No. 4, Alexandria ranked No. 14 and Arlington ranked No. 16 in CoworkingCafe’s Top 20 Best U.S. Cities to Live Without a Car study.It analyzed how frequently people walked, used public transportation, drove an automobile and rode a bike, along with the costs tied to public transit and the volume of congestion observed at public transit stations and bike lanes.It found frustrating commutes, fuel costs, traffic delays and the level of air pollution as just some of the reasons why biking, public transportation and walking can be positive alternatives to driving a car.While the study found that traffic congestion is lower than pre-pandemic levels, the typical U.S. driver still lost over 50 hours to congestion last year.While relying on an automobile is a necessity in some “more sprawling areas,...