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Part of Santa Cruz Pier Collapses Into Ocean

At least three people were rescued after a portion of Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz, California, collapsed into the ocean on Monday, December 23, as winter swells hammered the Northern California coast, officials said.“Two victims have been rescued by our lifeguards and one victim self-rescued,” said the Santa Cruz Fire Department.Video from Roger Bernstein shows large pieces of debris floating away from the rest of the pier.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.The National Weather Service, which reposted Bernstein’s video on X, noted “the ominous wave action on the horizon” and said anyone getting close to the water would be “risking their life.”The Santa Cruz Boardwalk and some local amenities were closed for the remainder of the day “out of […]

Karl The Fog December 23, 2024

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Waymo rolls toward San Francisco Airport — showdown brewing

On Friday morning, a driverless Waymo vehicle, for reasons unknown, rolled into a patch of wet cement on the grounds of Laguna Honda Hospital — and sank in. It was, for onlookers, a source of much mirth and cellphone picture-taking. A witness tells your humble narrator that the wet cement ought to have been better demarcated with barricades — but, also, that a human driver would never, ever have made this mistake. Two weeks prior, an official with San Francisco International Airport wrote to the Planning Department. “The City and County of San Francisco, by and through the San Francisco Airport Commission proposes to approve a permit allowing autonomous vehicle companies to map the roads at San Francisco International Airport, ” it read.“Under the Proposed Project, autonomous vehicle companies would be allowed to deploy up to two autonomous vehicles operated by human drivers to […]

Karl The Fog December 23, 2024

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Switzerland adopts more EU sanctions on Russia and Belarus

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland adopted the latest EU sanctions package on Russia and Belarus, the government said on Monday. The move came one week after the European Union targeted Moscow's vessels and Chinese entities found to have traded with the Russian military.The Swiss government listed 54 persons and 30 companies and organisations, freezing their assets as of Dec. 24, and banned 52 ships from providing services."These are mainly tankers that are part of Russia's shadow fleet and are circumventing the price cap on Russian crude oil and petroleum products or transporting military goods for Russia or stolen grain from Ukraine," the Swiss statement said.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.The sanctioned individuals will be barred from entering Switzerland.In line with EU policy, […]

Karl The Fog December 23, 2024

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SWAT team responds to Mission warehouse in barricade incident

San Francisco police officers descended on the Mission District on Saturday morning, responding to a burglary that had turned into a barricade situation.No one was injured, and the incident resolved shortly after 1 p.m. after the suspect was arrested “without further incident” and taken to the hospital for “medical evaluation,” the department said.A source with knowledge of the situation said the suspect broke into a UCSF building and barricaded the door, leading to the SWAT call. The man yelled at the officers and then went to sleep, the source said. He surrendered as soon as the SWAT team forced entry.At 8:59 a.m., officers arrived at 20th and Alabama streets after a call regarding a nearby burglary, according to the San Francisco Police Department. At some point, the suspect barricaded in a warehouse complex at the intersection. At least a dozen […]

Karl The Fog December 22, 2024

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Suspect arrested in the killing of a woman who was set on fire on a NYC subway car

New York police have arrested a suspect accused of killing a female subway passenger by setting her on fire Sunday morning, according to police.Around 7:30 a.m., the suspect approached the victim on a train car and intentionally set her on fire before fleeing the scene, according to the NYPD.The suspect and the victim were both riding an F train to the end of the line at Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.Police believe the suspect used a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, “which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,” Tisch said.Police officers conducting a routine patrol at the station encountered the victim on fire inside a subway car, NYPD Det. Austin Glickman told CNN.Officials extinguished the fire, and EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the female dead, according to the police.“Unbeknownst to […]

Karl The Fog December 22, 2024

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“My son was murdered in case of mistaken identity

The heartbroken mum of a teen murdered in a case of mistaken identity described the moment she found out her son had died - and how she couldn’t “protect him”. Nikki Knight’s son, Mason Rist, 15, and his friend, Max Dixon, 16, were “hunted down” and stabbed in a “revenge attack” after being wrongly identified as culprits of an earlier incident. The two pals were on their way to get a pizza when Anthony Snook, 45, arrived in his Audi with Riley Tolliver, 18, Kodi Wescott, 17, and two teenagers, aged 15, 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons. CCTV footage - from Nikki's house - captured the horrific 33 second attack which began when four youth jump of the vehicle on Mason's doorstep, just metres from her the family home in Knowle, Bristol, where he grew […]

Karl The Fog December 22, 2024

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Jim’s, Mission diner, will keep cooking under nonprofit ownership 

Fear not, we won’t be missing the beloved green salsa at Jim’s Restaurant for some time — breakfast is here to stay. Mission Local has learned that the Mission Language and Vocational School will take over neighborhood mainstay Jim’s, which invited customers in today for its last day in business under current ownership. This afternoon, a line was seen reaching the corner of the building at 20th and Mission streets, and the diner had to take a waitlist for people to get in. Mission Language and Vocational School, a nonprofit that offers workforce development and small business supportive services, will staff the restaurant with graduates from its catering program and culinary school.  The nonprofit will keep on Beto, the longtime cook. The owners, husband and wife Kim Ok Un and Kim Jung Nyun, are retiring. MLVS is expected to take over the restaurant […]

Karl The Fog December 21, 2024

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Lara Trump withdraws from consideration to replace Rubio in US Senate

By Jasper Ward(Reuters) -Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, said on Saturday she has removed her name from consideration to replace outgoing U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.Rubio was picked by Trump to serve as secretary of state. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will pick a replacement for Rubio, who is expected to resign as senator when Trump takes office on Jan. 20.There was speculation that Lara Trump, who served as co-chair of the Republican National Committee in the lead-up to the 2024 election, would succeed Rubio in the Senate.Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inboxSee for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.However, in a post on X, Trump said she had decided to remove herself from consideration "after an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many.""I could […]

Karl The Fog December 21, 2024

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