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New delivery fee proposed in state budget

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The New York State Assembly's 2023-24 budget proposal includes a potential increase in shipping costs statewide. Under the proposal, a $0.25 fee would be applied to any delivery transaction in New York. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Exemptions would be made for medicine, medical supplies, food, diapers, and baby formula. According to the proposal, the collected fees would be spend on transit systems within the state.

Watervliet Restaurant Week set for April

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

WATEVELIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Watervliet Mayor Charles Patricelli announced the city's third Annual Restaurant Week on Thursday. He said the event is set for Monday, April 17 through Sunday, April 23. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "Our city restaurants will be getting some great menus together for us to try," Patricelli said. "Save your appetite for some great meals."Participating hometown restaurants have not yet been announced. Once they do sign on, they'll be offering dine-in specials and takeout options.

Southern California military base locked down after vehicle runs gate

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

A San Diego-area military base was put in lockdown after a vehicle went through the facility's main gate without stopping, a military spokesperson said.Naval Base Coronado spokesperson Kevin Dixon told a local TV station that the driver was taken into custody by base guards after the “gate runner” drove without stopping Friday night through the entrance of Naval Air Station North Island, part of Naval Base Coronado. Several patrol cars surrounded the entrance near 3rd Street and Alameda Boulevard in Coronado around 10:30 p.m., the station reported.Multiple gates at the air station near San Diego were closed while security personnel checked the facility, Dixon said.A post on the Facebook page of Naval Base Coronado early Saturday said, “The main gate at Naval Air Station North Island is currently closed due to a security incident. Please stay away from the main gate while security conducts its investigation.”The Coronado Police Department was investigating along with military police,...

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival introduces new berry-infused food, drinks 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

The Boysenberry Festival has returned to Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, where participants will be able to try a range of foods and drinks all infused or made partly from boysenberries. In addition, local vendors, live music and a new musical stage show will be set up for guests to enjoy. Not sure how exactly one incorporates the boysenberry into so many different food items? Try the festival’s sushi burrito, wrapped in nori with a boysenberry sweet chili dipping sauce. If you are craving something sweeter, then a boysenberry waffle topped with whipped cream and boysenberry maple syrup may be the food item for you. Regardless of taste, there are over 75 unique boysenberry-inspired creations featured at the festival this year. The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival began on March 10 and will operate daily until April 16. Visit the Knott's Berry Farm website for more information.

Police catch unrelated burglar, squatter at the same time

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

Officers responding to a burglary in Simi Valley on Saturday morning were able to not only apprehend the burglary suspect, but an unrelated squatter in the same building, police said.Officers from the Simi Valley Police Department received a call of a burglary at a Papa John’s Pizza on Tapo Street around 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning after a security guard noticed the front window to the store was broken. Authorities arrived on scene and found Sheila Williamson, 61, of Simi Valley inside the business, where she “threw cleaning chemicals throughout the store,” according to officials. Officers located her hiding inside a bathroom and arrested her for burglary. While officers were responding to the burglary investigation, they observed a man, later identified as 52-year-old James Schmidt of Simi Valley, exiting the rear of a nearby vacant business in the same building. Schmidt was detained and it was found that he had broken into the vacant business where police said he had “bee...

One killed, two injured in traffic collision in Antioch

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

One person was killed and two others were seriously injured Friday night in a two-vehicle crash in Antioch, authorities said.The collision happened at around 10:18 p.m. at the intersection of State Route 4 and Lone Tree Way before it turns into A Street, according to the Antioch Police Department.One person, identified as a male, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers in the same vehicle were taken to a local hospital in critical condition. The people in the other vehicle were not injured and stayed at the scene.One of the vehicles was traveling south on Lone Tree Way when it collided with the other vehicle as it was exiting eastbound State Route 4 and turning north onto Lone Tree Way, police said.The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The identity of the person killed will be released after his family is notified.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | East Bay man charged with vehicular manslaughter in teen’s death Crashes and Disasters | ...

Man arrested for DUI, possession of ghost gun during traffic stop

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KRON) – A Santa Rosa man was arrested during a traffic stop for driving under the influence and possession of a ghost gun, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.Shortly before midnight, an officer observed multiple vehicle code violations on a car traveling northbound on Mendocino Avenue. The officer conducted a traffic stop and began to smell the odor of alcohol and freshly burnt marijuana coming from the car, police said.  One dead, two critically injured in Antioch crash The driver was identified as Martel Nelson, 27, of Santa Rosa. He displayed signs of alcohol and marijuana impairment, allowing for officers to conduct a DUI investigation, SRPD said.During a search of Nelson’s vehicle, officers located a Polymer 80 and a ghost gun, which was loaded with thirteen rounds of ammunition. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container i...

Judge extends agreement date for Oklahoma poultry lawsuit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

A federal judge is giving Oklahoma and nearly a dozen poultry companies, including the world’s largest poultry producer, Tyson Foods, an additional 90 days to reach an agreement on plans to clean a watershed polluted by chicken litter.U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell on Friday scheduled a June 16 status conference in Tulsa, saying both sides requested the extension. The state and the poultry companies are to submit a joint status report by June 9.Frizzell ruled in January that Arkansas-based Tyson, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and other companies polluted the Illinois River, caused a public nuisance and trespassed by spreading the litter, or manure, on land in eastern Oklahoma, and that it then leached into the river’s watershed. The ruling came from a 2005 lawsuit filed by Oklahoma.“We have had lengthy and productive discussions with the poultry companies about a resolution,” state Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a statement.“The poultry industry has made signif...

Putin visita Crimea, un día después de que la Corte Penal Internacional ordenara su arresto

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

KIEV, Ucrania — El presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, viajó el sábado a Crimea para conmemorar el noveno aniversario de la anexión de la península ucraniana bañada por el Mar Negro, un día después de que la Corte Penal Internacional emitiera una orden de detención contra el mandatario ruso, al que acusa de crímenes de guerra.La agencia de noticias estatal rusa RIA Novosti dijo que Putin visitó una escuela de arte y un centro infantil, lugares que parecían haber sido elegidos en respuesta a la acción de la CPI.La Corte Penal Internacional anunció el viernes que acusó a Putin específicamente debido a su presunta implicación en el secuestro de niños en Ucrania durante la invasión a gran escala de tropas rusas al país vecino y que comenzó hace casi 13 meses. Putin fue acusado junto a la comisionada rusa para los derechos de la infancia, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.MANEJÓ UN AUTO POR LAS CALLES DE SEBASTOPOLRusia se anexionó Crimea en 2014, un movimiento que la mayor parte del mundo den...

Jalen Brunson back for Knicks vs Nuggets after foot injury

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:41:29 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson is back for the New York Knicks against Denver on Saturday after missing five of the last six games with a sore left foot.The starting point guard went through a full practice Friday, but the Knicks didn’t clear him to play until after he worked out before the game Saturday to make sure his soreness didn’t return.Brunson missed two games with the injury, then returned March 9 at Sacramento but made it through only the first half. He then missed the final three games of the Knicks’ road trip.New York was 3-2 without Brunson, the Eastern Conference player of the month in February.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource