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After apology and acquittal in similar case, East Bay man avoids jail for sex trafficking of a minor in 2006

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

OAKLAND — A year after he was acquitted of allegations of sex trafficking from 2019, a Bay Area man avoided additional jail time for trafficking a minor who came to Oakland from Kentucky in 2006, court records show.Chase McMillon, 39, was sentenced Feb. 28 to time served, meaning he won’t go back to prison or jail for a conviction of sex trafficking a minor. McMillon pleaded guilty in October 2022 to trafficking a 15-year-old girl back in 2006, allegations that surfaced while authorities were investigating him for alleged sex trafficking in 2019, in Salinas.It is a bizarre case that was litigated for years, and resulted in McMillon spending roughly 18 months behind bars awaiting trial, before he was released in April 2022. McMillon was indicted in 2020 on charges of trafficking a woman in Salinas through threats and fisticuffs, but the case fell apart. In March 2022, he was acquitted of both charges.That left the more serious charge, alleging that McMillon trafficked a 1...

Storm photos: Violent winds from rare “bomb cyclone” leaves destructive wake in Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

With gusts of more than of 81 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service, winds knocked down hundreds of trees across the Bay Area. Three people were killed by falling trees on Tuesday, in Portola Valley, Rossmoor in Walnut Creek and Oakland. A big rig truck on the Bay Bridge toppled over and blocked most eastbound lanes for hours Tuesday night.By Wednesday morning the lingering storm had dissipated with winds calming down to 12 mph in San Jose.Crews were assessing and repairing damage to the Lefty O’Doul Bridge near Oracle Park in San Francisco. The 90-year-old historic bascule bridge was battered by storm-pushed barges.Emergency crews in Contra Costa Couty responded to 100 calls over a 24-hour period for downed wires, local minor flooding and vehicle crashes, according to Contra Costa Fire Protection District spokesperson Steve Hill.Crews work on the Lefty O’Doul Bridge near Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday morning, March 22, 2023, after the historic ...

Brewery Day Trip: 3 San Francisco neighborhood breweries to try

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

My brewery day trip series has taken me to taprooms around the Bay, from Gilroy and the Peninsula to Martinez and Oakland’s Temescal district. Today, we’re headed to San Francisco neighborhoods to visit a few more.Olfactory Brewing in the DogpatchOpen since November in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood, this brewery hails from longtime friends Phil Emerson, Max Crango-Schneider, Trevor Allen and Bob Moyer. Emerson and Crango-Schneider met at UC Davis and ended up brewing together at Sacramento’s Sudwerk and, later, at Alameda’s Almanac Beer Co. Emerson, who was originally a food chemist, says the name Olfactory gives a nod to the sense of smell and its critical impact on taste.The brewery makes a variety of lower alcohol, traditional styles along with mixed fermentation beers, with eight to 10 beers available at any given time. Pizzazz, an Italian pilsner created in collaboration with Temescal Brewing, is an especially fine beer — smooth, sweet and very drinkab...

Witnesses sought in Palo Alto crash that killed elderly man

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

PALO ALTO, Calif. (KRON) -- A pedestrian died Tuesday after a car crash, and authorities are looking for witnesses in the collision, the Palo Alto Police Department announced in a press release. The crash happened a day earlier around 10:24 a.m. at Charleston Road and Commercial Street. Photos: Self-driving cars get tangled in downed Muni wires during storm in San Francisco A Ford F-150 pickup truck was turning right onto Charleston Road and struck the victim, a man in his 80s, who then hit his head on the pavement, the release said. Police said the man was struck in an unmarked crosswalk. The driver of the Ford, a man in his sixties, stayed at the scene and cooperated with the police investigation. As of Wednesday afternoon, neither drugs nor alcohol appears to be a factor in the crash, according to police. Police did not release the victim's identity nor the driver's. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; ove...

Biden Moves Forward With Mining Project That Will Obliterate a Sacred Apache Religious Site

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

Biden administration attorneys were in court this week to defend a mining project that will obliterate one of the most sacred Apache religious sites in the American Southwest.In oral arguments Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service said it was nearing completion of an environmental impact study that will transfer land east of Phoenix, to two of the world’s largest mining companies for the purpose of building of one of the largest copper mines on the planet. The massive project will hinge on the destruction of Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, a mountain otherwise known as Oak Flat, that is sacred to many Native American tribes, particularly the San Carlos Apache, who consider the area among their most holy of sites.In a nearly two-hour hearing, an 11-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, peppered lawyers on both sides of the high-stakes legal fight with an array of complex case law questions raised by the project. Begun nearly two decades ago, the battle f...

Chelsea beats Lyon in 1st leg of Women’s Champions League QF

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — Guro Reiten’s first-half goal helped Chelsea beat Lyon 1-0 to put the London club a step closer to the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday.The Norway international’s curling strike in the 28th minute puts Chelsea in control against the defending champions heading into the second leg of the quarterfinals next week at Stamford Bridge.Delphine Cascarino hit the post for Lyon in the second half but the eight-time champions couldn’t find the equalizer at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.The game’s lone goal was set up by Erin Cuthbert, who fought off Ellie Carpenter in midfield before delivering a pass into the area for Reiten’s one-timer.Chelsea has never won the tournament. It lost to Barcelona 4-0 in the 2021 final.Paris Saint-Germain was playing Wolfsburg in the other quarterfinal first leg on Wednesday.In Tuesday’s first legs, Bayern Munich and Barcelona won 1-0 against Arsenal and Roma, respectively.___Mor...

AP source: Browns get WR Moore from Jets, swap draft picks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Elijah Moore wanted out of New York. The Browns wanted speed.Both got their wish.Cleveland added another offensive playmaker and target for quarterback Deshaun Watson, acquiring Moore in a trade with the Jets, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.The Browns have agreed to send the No. 42 pick in this year’s draft to the Jets for Moore and the No. 74 selection, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized.The Jets parted ways with Moore, a second-round pick in 2021, shortly after agreeing to terms with former Kansas City wide receiver Mecole Hardman on a one-year deal, according to a person with knowledge of the contract.New York now has picks No. 42 and 43 — as well as No. 13 overall.Cleveland had been looking for a downfield threat for Watson, who came over last year in the controversial trade from Houston. Moore, who can play in the slot, backfield or line up outside, will be a ...

Fury-Usyk fight unlikely as rematch terms scupper deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

The proposed fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk to become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion since 2000 appeared to be off Wednesday, with the boxers seemingly unable to agree to rematch terms.Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, told British broadcaster talkSPORT that his fighter broke off negotiations with Fury because his rival was “putting so many obstacles in front of making the deal.”Frank Warren, Fury’s British promoter, responded by saying the big stumbling block centered around a dispute over the split of earnings from a rematch.Warren said he hoped negotiations can resume but time was running out for a deal to be reached for what would be one of the biggest fights in a generation.The last heavyweight to be the undisputed world champion was Lennox Lewis in 1999-2000.Usyk, the WBA, WBO and IBF champion, went on social media last week to accept Fury’s terms for a proposed April 29 fight in London, notably a 70-30 split of earnings from the bout in...

DC mayor’s ‘comeback’ budget adds traffic cameras, cuts bus routes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

D.C.’s mayor has unveiled her proposed budget for the next fiscal year.Billed as a “comeback plan,” in an appearance with the D.C. Council on Wednesday morning, the budget focuses on revitalizing downtown, adding hundreds more traffic cameras throughout the District and cutting the number of DC Circulator bus routes in half. Three routes are being eliminated and with them, possibly contractor personnel, as part of the city’s fiscal 2024 budget.Mayor Muriel Bowser told council members that the city’s finances are strong, but they must face reality — an estimated drop in revenue of more than $390 million due to the economic slump, expiring federal COVID funds and a lasting shift to telework of downtown workers.“Last month’s revenue estimates were a sobering reminder of how urgent the work is to bring back our downtown,” Bowser said.Her plan to counteract the loss of dollars generated by the 9 to 5 workforce not fully coming back to downt...

FAU doesn’t want the slipper, it wants March Madness crown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:11 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Atlantic isn’t looking for a slipper to wear at the Sweet 16 dance in the East Region.Coach Dusty May and his ninth-seeded Owls don’t consider themselves a Cinderella team. FAU is 33-3 — a win total matched only by No. 1 seed Houston among the 16 teams still fighting for the national title.Forget that this Conference USA member is located among the trendy, white-sanded beaches of Boca Raton, Florida, and that the team plays what opponents consider a high school gym (it seats roughly 2,900). This is a good basketball team that will be taking on fourth-seeded Tennessee of the Southeastern Conference on Thursday evening at Madison Square Garden. May said people can say anything they want about Florida Atlantic.“We’re very, very confident in our abilities and those guys in the locker room,” he said Wednesday. “We’ve never thought of ourselves in that regard (Cinderella) just because of the success of our league and our guys being able to do what...