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Colleen Caryn Martin Pronounced Dead Following Hit-and-Run Crash near Camelback Road [Phoenix, AZ]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

54-Year-Old Woman Fatally Struck and Left Dead by Hit-and-Run Driver near 27th AvenuePHOENIX, AZ (May 30, 2023) – Tuesday night, police responded to a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of Colleen Caryn Martin.On May 16th, at around 9:30 p.m., officers received a call about a pedestrian that was fatally struck near the intersection of 27th Avenue and Camelback Road.Furthermore, officers arrived at the scene and found 54-year-old Martin lying on the highway with extreme injuries.Consequently, Martin was instantly transported to the hospital where she later died due to the extent of her injuries.Unfortunately, the officers were not able to locate the vehicle involved in the area. They are still seeking the suspect.Investigation showed that Martin crossed mid-block along Camelback Road when she was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound which later fled the scene upon impact.No information about the vehicle or the suspect was released at this time. Further investigation is ...

Jane Fonda coming to San Francisco’s Castro Theatre, but not for a movie

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

Award-winning actor Jane Fonda is coming to San Francisco’s iconic Castro Theatre this week, and while her film career is on a hot streak — she stars in three movies released so far this year, “80 for Brady,” “Moving On” and “Book Club: The Next Chapter” — her fans should know that none of these films, or any others from her storied resume, will be the focus of this event.Fonda is coming not as an actress but as an activist who has lent her efforts to a variety of issues over the years, from the antiwar movement to civil rights. Now, she’s switching gears to confront the threat of climate change.“I’m trying to talk to people about the climate crisis, and explain why we need to vote with the climate in our heart,” says Fonda. “The window of opportunity for us to avoid catastrophe is closing rapidly, and we need to act fast, so that’s why I’m coming to San Francisco.”This event comes in the wake of the two-time Oscar winner (for “Klute” and &#...

Defense: Synagogue massacre suspect carried out attack

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

By Peter Smith | Associated PressPITTSBURGH — The trial of the man charged in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history opened Tuesday with his own lawyer acknowledging that he planned and carried out the 2018 massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and made hateful statements about Jewish people.Robert Bowers went to Tree of Life synagogue and “shot every person he saw,” defense attorney Judy Clarke acknowledged in her opening statement.Bowers, 50, could face the death penalty if he’s convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces in the Oct. 27, 2018, attack, which claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from three congregations who shared the building. Charges include 11 counts each of obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death and hate crimes resulting in death.In the long run-up to the trial, Bowers’ lawyers did little to cast doubt on whether he was the gunman and instead focused on trying to save his life. Bowers, a truck driver from the Pi...

Detached house sells in Fremont for $1.9 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

4074 Mattos Drive – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 4000 block of Mattos Drive in Fremont was sold on April 24, 2023 for $1,875,000, or $1,047 per square foot. The house, built in 1958, has an interior space of 1,790 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage. It sits on a 9,293-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:In June 2022, a 1,459-square-foot home on Corrigan Court in Fremont sold for $1,850,000, a price per square foot of $1,268. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,707-square-foot home on the 4300 block of Norris Road in Fremont sold in July 2022, for $1,710,000, a price per square foot of $1,002. The home has 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Patricia Street, Fremont, in July 2022, a 1,553-square-foot home was sold for $1,650,000, a price per square foot of $1,062. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Why Logan Webb loves therapy, and how the SF Giants have become MLB leaders in mental health

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Just down the hallway from the Giants clubhouse, about a 30-second walk away, is a tiny room about the size of a storage closet.Walk inside and the anxiety of life drips off your shoulders. There’s a dimly lit lamp, a brown leather couch, a wooden coffee table with a sandalwood tobacco candle on it and a chair where Dr. Shana Alexander sits, ready to listen.“I love talking to her,” Giants’ ace Logan Webb said of Alexander, the team’s sports psychologist and director of mental health and wellness. “It’s important to have this space.”After signing his $90-million contract extension with the Giants in April, Webb pledged $450,000 to the Giants Community Fund in hopes to raise awareness about fentanyl after it took the life of his cousin, Kade, in 2021.Since then, Webb has become an advocate for mental health. And he’s not afraid to say it: he loves therapy.“I realized I had a lot of (stuff) I needed to get out and talk about,” he said. “Shana actually mentio...

NBA Finals: Chipotle will give out free burritos, bowls after every 3-pointer

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

Chipotle has come up with a way to encourage basketball fans to cheer on both the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat during the NBA Finals that start Thursday.Any time a three-pointer swishes through the net, Chipotle will drop a text-to-win code on Twitter via a tweet from @ChipotleTweets, according to the “Free-Pointer” promotion announced Tuesday. The first 300 people to text the designated code to 888222 will receive a free burrito or other entree from Chipotle.The company’s press release said it is prepared to give away up to 10,500 free entrees per game. Our quick math calculation figures that to be 35 three-pointers a game.Winners must redeem their free burrito code by June 30.For all the fine print on the promotion, go to www.chipotle.com.

Antioch resident is latest motorist to die in Highway 4 wreck

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

The fourth person to die in a vehicle crash over a three-week period on a Contra Costa County highway known for its numerous fatalities has been identified by authorities as an Antioch resident.Nykruma Haynes, 48, slammed into the rear of a car while riding his motorcycle east on Highway 4 in Pittsburg on Saturday night, the California Highway Patrol said. The wreck happened about 11:15 p.m., near the Railroad Avenue exit. Haynes died at the scene.The Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office released his identity Tuesday.The wreck was the highway’s third fatal crash since May 9, when a two-car crash killed one person and fatally injured another. It came only nine days after the last one, a westbound wreck near the Interstate 680 connector that ended the life of a 31-year-old Pittsburg man.According to the CHP, Haynes rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and collided with the back a Kia Optima. The impact threw him from the motorcycle.The CHP said the driver of the Kia wasn̵...

San Jose double shooting near Hwy 87 leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

(BCN) -- San Jose police are on the scene of a shooting early Tuesday that injured two people and has closed at least one lane of northbound Highway 87 near Willow Street, according to a 4:52 a.m. tweet from police. Thousands of people drawn to sideshow in Alameda One man and one woman were injured in the shooting. Police confirmed to KRON4 that the man has been pronounced dead, and the shooting occurred at an encampment. No further information was immediately available. The victims appear to have been living along nearby Guadalupe Creek, police said.No suspects have been arrested and no motive for the shooting has been determined. The investigation remains ongoing.

6,340 people, hundreds of youth are homeless in San Jose, annual census finds

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

(KRON) -- The number of unhoused people counted across Santa Clara County and the City of San Jose dropped slightly compared to last year, according to preliminary results of a 2023 Point-in-Time homeless census released Tuesday.The data shows the overall number of homeless people counted this year decreased slightly, dropping 1.2% in Santa Clara County and 4.7% within San Jose city limits.The 2023 PIT Count provided insights into trends among key sub-populations, including families. There was a 36.5% increase in the number of homeless families counted across the county, 80% of whom were completely sheltered, the census found.The Point-in-Time Count is a census of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night. The results reflect "enormous challenges ahead," county housing officials wrote, in one of the most expensive places to live in America. "The PIT count is just a snapshot of one night so it is imprecise, but we can use the data, collected over ti...

21-year-old Concord man identified as victim of fatal 580 crash last week

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:57:57 GMT

(BCN) -- A 21-year-old Concord man has been identified as the victim in a fatal collision involving four vehicles early Thursday morning on eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore, according to the Alameda County coroner's bureau and the California Highway Patrol. Juan Moreno Alonso's Ford Mustang first rear-ended a Ford F-350 pickup truck around 3:30 a.m. in the far-left lane on eastbound Highway 580 at First Street. No one was injured in the crash and the driver of the pickup moved the vehicle to the right shoulder, CHP officials said. Inmate allegedly stabs deputies with ‘jail-made’ knife at Santa Clara County main jail But a Chevrolet pickup truck was allegedly traveling over the speed limit in the third lane from the left. The driver looked left to change lanes, switched and saw the Mustang ahead, CHP officials said. The Mustang was disabled in the second lane from the left. The driver was unable to brake, and the truck crashed into the right front passeng...