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Positively St. Louis: SLDC is laying the groundwork to reignite Downtown West

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) is focused on building and rebuilding streets to help stimulate economic development in Downtown West, where our new MLS Stadium was built.  While SLDC did not have a hand in attracting an MLS team to St. Louis, the work of the SLDC determined where in the city it would locate. Getting the land lined up allowed MLS to see the vision to build a stadium in downtown St. Louis. A development board staffed by SLDC, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (LCRA) secured rights to purchase property and assigned those rights to the MLS.By working infrastructure deals to get developable land to the MLS, LCRA helped reactivate more than 31 acres of wasted space in the City of St. Louis, providing the ability to build on a previously unbuildable area.  Today, three practice fields and a training center sit where there once was a highway, and St. Louis is home to the best soccer complex in the MLS. Downtown West has seen the comple...

Avalanche has shown the ability to “throw it away” after stunning losses and keep rolling

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

The Colorado Avalanche has done a lot of winning in the first leg of the 2023-24 NHL season, but it’s also managed to stack several potentially demoralizing losses.Arizona scored in overtime Thursday night to give the Avs (15-6-1) their first post-regulation defeat, but the context of the goal was particularly stunning. Colorado had to kill off a 4-on-3 power play in the extra session, and did so with some heroic work from the penalty killers and goaltender Alexandar Georgiev.But, just seconds after the penalty expired and before the Avs could really settle into 4-on-4 play, the puck squirted off Cale Makar’s stick and through Georgiev’s legs with some help from Coyotes forward Nick Bjugstad.Makar called it unfortunate and unlucky.“I didn’t think we played our best tonight, but to be able to come back and the third and after giving up some goals that we didn’t like, squared it and go into overtime — I mean, you take a penalty in overtime, it...

Englewood prison escapee arrested in New Mexico

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

A man who walked away from a minimum-security federal prison campus in Englewood in September was arrested in New Mexico this week.Edward Verdugo, 49, was serving a nine-year sentence at FCI Englewood for dealing drugs and illegal possession of a firearm when prison officials discovered he had walked away from the prison camp the morning of Sept. 5.Verdugo was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Las Cruces, New Mexico on Wednesday, said Juan Miranda, deputy marshal for the district of New Mexico.Marshals found Verdugo walking near the intersection of Three Crosses Avenue and North Alameda Boulevard, Miranda said. He was arrested without incident and booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center.He has not been transferred back to Colorado, Miranda said.Verdugo was convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm as a felon, conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of a gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime by a federal judge in 2021, accor...

San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy hurt, suspect dead after shootout

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was airlifted to a trauma center following a deadly shootout on Friday.The incident happened at an ARCO gas station near Amethyst and Bear Valley Roads around 1:43 p.m., according to SBSD.Authorities received calls reporting a man who was armed with a gun. A sheriff’s sergeant was the first to arrive at the scene. The suspect immediately began firing at the deputy, striking him multiple times, officials said.The deputy returned gunfire during the shootout, eventually killing the suspect. The deputy, who has not been identified, was airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center with gunshot wounds.A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was airlifted to a trauma center following a shootout at a Victorville gas station on Dec. 1, 2023. (Venice Gamble)A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was airlifted to a trauma center following a shootout at a Victorville gas station on Dec. 1, 2023. (Venice Gamble)A San Bernardino County sh...

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger meets with families of Israeli hostages

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES - In a roundtable held at his offices in Santa Monica on Friday, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met with the families of three Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.Ella Shani, 14, shared her account of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, explaining how her family woke up to the sound of rockets. She and her mother and brother survived, but her grandparents were shot, her cousin, Amit, was kidnapped, and later she learned her father was dead.“The last thing Amit knew or heard before he was kidnapped was that his dad’s house was on fire while his dad was still in there, and the last thing he saw was his mother and two sisters surrounded by six armed terrorists,” Ella recounted. 4-year-old American hostage released by Hamas, Biden says Jacob Bohbot, 36, explained how his brother, Elkana Bohbot, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival.Schwarzenegger also heard from Bar Rudaeff, the son of Lior Rudaeff, 61, a security team member at a kibbutz who was taken hos...

2 accused of multi-million dollar luxury car theft in Riverside County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

Two men were charged for allegedly stealing over $1 million worth of luxury cars throughout Riverside County.The suspects were identified as Kendall Jamison Clark, 25, of Murrieta, and Gabriel Dean Watters, 47, of San Diego, according to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.The two suspects are accused of a multi-million dollar scheme involving the theft and sale of luxury rental cars. In September, the owners of the stolen cars contacted authorities, reporting that vehicles rented by Clark were never returned. He had paid for a one-week rental and picked up the vehicles from an owner in Lake Matthews.When the owners tried reporting the theft, they learned their names had been taken off the vehicles’ titles.Some of the cars stolen by the suspect include:-A 2022 Lamborghini Urus-A 2022 Tesla Model Y-A 2022 Chevrolet Corvette-A 2021 Porsche Boxter-A 2021 Lamborghini Aventador-A 2021 Porsche Cayenne-A 2020 Lamborghini Urus-A 2021 Jeep Wrangler-A 2017 BMW i8-A 2015 Lambo...

Federal judge: Trump does not have absolute immunity

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz | CNNThe federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election subversion case in Washington, DC, has refused to dismiss the charges against him, saying he does not enjoy absolute immunity for what he said and did after the 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.The opinion–coming late Friday night after an appeals court said Trump could be sued in civil proceedings related to the  January 6 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.“Whatever immunities a sitting President may enjoy, the United States has only one Chief Executive at a time, and that positio...

Who are the hostages still being held in Gaza?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

By Julia Frankel | Associated PressJERUSALEM — A weeklong cease-fire that brought the exchanges of dozens of hostages held by Hamas for scores of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel gave way Friday morning to resumed fighting between Israel and Hamas. As mediators scuttle between the warring sides in a last-ditch effort to broker another swap, questions emerge on who remains in captivity in the besieged enclave.Hamas and other militants seized around 247 hostages in their deadly Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, in which more than 1,200 people were killed. Israel has pummeled the Gaza Strip in return, killing at least 13,300 people, two-thirds of them women and children, according to health authorities in the Hamas-ruled territory.Here’s a closer look at the fate of the hostages.HOSTAGES STILL IN CAPTIVITYIsrael said on Friday that 136 hostages remain in Gaza. They include 119 men and 17 women and children, according to military spokesperson Daniel Hagari. Roughly 10 of the h...

East Bay pastor arrested in child sex abuse case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

RICHMOND — Police here have arrested a 53-year-old pastor on suspicion of molesting a teen girl who was part of his congregation, authorities said.Victor Manuel Hernandez-Pineda, of the Iglesia Pentecostes Movimiento De Gloria, was arrested Friday on suspicion of child molestation. Richmond police, who led the investigation, are expected to meet with Contra Costa County prosecutors to file charges early next week.He was arrested on suspicion of three counts of kidnapping and four counts of molesting a girl younger than 14. The alleged victim was part of the church, police say.Hernandez-Pineda, an Oakland resident, remains in custody in lieu of $7 million bail, authorities said. It is unclear whether he’s retained an attorney, and he couldn’t be reached for comment.Hernandez-Pineda is listed as the director of the Richmond church located on 3rd Street at Macdonald Avenue. Authorities say the alleged victim cooperated with the investigation and that they are looking ...

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

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:00:00 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.