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Colorado landlord succeeds in evicting Twitter over unpaid rent

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

A Boulder, Colorado, landlord succeeded in obtaining an order to evict Twitter over unpaid rent, according to recent court documents.A judge for Boulder County’s district court permitted law enforcement to evict the tenant on May 31, directing the tech giant to evacuate its suites at 3401 Bluff St. in Boulder and return them to the owner and landlord, Lot 2 SBO LLC.On May 12, Lot 2 SBO — a Delaware limited liability company related to Chicago’s The John Buck Company — filed a complaint against Twitter, alleging unpaid rent.Twitter and the landlord signed a lease for four building suites in February 2020, but the corporation failed to pay its rent, according to court documents.The landlord issued a default notice to Twitter, which went ignored. Through the end of March, Lot 2 SBO instead used a letter of credit deposited by Twitter for $968,000 to pay the rent, “which serves as security for Tenant’s performance under the Lease.”Twitter was then required to replenish the letter of cre...

Yastrzemski delivers in clutch as SF Giants finish sweep of Cardinals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

Mike Yastrzemski tied it with a two-out, two-run ninth inning home run and the Giants scored three in the 10th Wednesday to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 and finish a three-game road sweep.The free runner in the top of the 10th inning, Yastrzemski scored the lead run on a one-out single by Thairo Estrada against losing pitcher Steven Matz, and Wilmer Flores followed with another run-scoring single after Estrada had stolen second base.With two outs, LaMonte Wade Jr. delivered another run-scoring single to give the Giants a three-run lead. Camilo Doval then recorded his 18th save with the tying run at the plate with Tyler Rogers getting his first win against four losses.Down to their final strike in the ninth inning against closer Giovanny Gallegos, Yastrzemski worked the count to 2-2 before unloading a 417-foot home run to tie score 5-5. The blow scored Wade, who opened the inning with an eight-pitch walk and was Yastrzemski’s eighth of the season and second in two days.It w...

Man dies in head-on collision in Monterey County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

(KRON) -- A man died after two vans collided head on near Aromas on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Family loses livelihood after teens steal $100,000 in equipment CHP determined that a 2018 Chevrolet Express van was heading westbound on San Juan Road towards Murphy Road around 5:18 a.m. At the same time, a 2010 Chrysler Town and County van was heading east on San Juan Road and it crossed the double yellow lines. The two vans crashed directly into each other. The driver of the Chrysler was declared dead at the scene by emergency medical responders. He was identified as a 67-year-old man from Salinas by the Monterey County Coroner's Office. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The Chevrolet van had 13 occupants, incl...

KRON4 to become CW affiliate this fall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

WPHL-TV, KRON-TV, and WTTA-TV Will Carry CW’s Primetime Entertainment, Live Sports, and Special Event Programming in Three of the Nation’s Top-15 MarketsIRVING, TX (June 14, 2023)—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that its owned and operated television stations in three of the nation’s top-15 television markets, including WPHL-TV in Philadelphia (DMA #4), KRON-TV in San Francisco (DMA #10), and WTTA-TV in Tampa (DMA #13), will become affiliates of The CW Network on September 1, 2023.  All three stations will begin carrying the network’s primetime entertainment, live sports, and special event programming at that time.“The addition of these Nexstar-owned stations as affiliates will bring the number of Nexstar and partner-owned CW stations to 40, covering 38% of U.S. TV Households—equivalent to or greater than the local owned and operated station presence of any of the other major network owners,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting divi...

BART ridership Tuesday second highest since March 2020

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- BART ridership numbers for Tuesday were the second-highest since before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency confirmed to KRON4. Ridership yesterday was reported to be 189,716, second only to the Golden State Warriors victory parade in June of last year.Ridership Tuesday was largely driven by a fan-organized "reverse boycott" to protest the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to Vegas at the Oakland Coliseum and a K-pop concert at the adjacent Oakland Arena. BART recorded 12,699 exits at Coliseum Station, amounting to 7% of Tuesday's ridership. San Jose family loses livelihood after thieves steal $100K worth of stage equipment Attendance at Tuesday night's game, in which the A's extended their winning streak to seven games with a win over the Tampa Bay Rays, was 27,759, according to MLB.Tuesday's spike in ridership comes at a time when BART and SF Muni have warned that they are in danger of going off a "fiscal cliff" without state funding. Transit...

WATCH: Video footage released of moments leading up to fatal police pursuit on I-270

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

Authorities in Maryland have released video footage from body cameras and police cruiser dashcams showing the moments leading up to a fatal pursuit on Interstate 270 in Rockville last month.The videos — which total more than 19 minutes — were released by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division on Tuesday.Police say Lawrence White, 37, was behind the wheel of a black Infiniti that was stopped in the middle of the road on Rockledge Drive in North Bethesda about 5 a.m. on May 20, triggering a call to police about an unresponsive driver.The videos show officers approaching the car — with its brake lights still illuminated — shining flashlights into the driver’s side window.One officer says, “Gun, gun, gun,” telling the other officers she saw the butt of a gun in the driver’s lap.From the video, it’s unclear whether the driver ever roused.Several minutes later, more officers have surrounded the car, and a serg...

Stock market today: Wall Street swings to mixed close as Fed hints of rate hikes to come

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street swung to a mixed finish after the Federal Reserve hinted it may raise interest rates two more times this year, even as it held them steady Wednesday.The S&P 500 finished the day 0.1% higher after pinballing between gains and losses following the Fed’s announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 232 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%.The Fed closed its latest policy meeting by saying it would keep rates where they are, to give more time to see how its fusillade of hikes over the last 15 months is affecting the economy. It’s attempting the excruciating balancing act of slowing the economy just enough through rate increases to snuff out high inflation, but not so much as to break the job market and create a recession.Standing pat would give the economy more time to absorb all the past rate hikes, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell said “ideally by taking a little more time, we won’t go well past the level where we need to go....

Sarah Huckabee Sanders travels to Europe for 1st overseas trade mission as Arkansas governor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is heading to Europe on her first overseas trade mission since taking office this year.Sanders, a Republican, said she planned to meet with aerospace industry leaders at the Paris Air Show during the trip. She also planned to meet with American, British, French and German business executives to make the case for investing in Arkansas, Sanders said in a statement released Wednesday.Sanders said Commerce Secretary Hugh McDonald and Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Clint O’Neal will also go on the trade mission. The governor’s office said they planned to meet with executives from several companies, including Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Raytheon. Sanders’ mission will also include meetings in Cologne, Germany, her office said.Aerospace and defense is a major part of Arkansas’ economy and makes up about 20% of the state’s exports, according to the Arkansas Ec...

Court hears arguments over records related to Biden gift of Senate papers to University of Delaware

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The state Supreme Court is mulling whether the University of Delaware was justified in denying requests from Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation for records related to the school’s receipt of President Joe Biden’s senatorial papers.The justices heard arguments for the second time Wednesday in a long-running legal battle over the records, which have been the subject of multiple FOIA requests. That battle is playing out amid increased scrutiny of the handling of government documents by elected officials, including this week’s indictment of former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling and retaining classified documents at his Florida estate.Meanwhile, the discovery of documents with classified markings at Biden’s Delaware home and at his former Washington office is the subject of an investigation by a special counsel. The FBI searched the University of Delaware earlier this year for classified documents as part of its investigation into the...

Renuncia maestra que fue baleada por estudiante en Virginia, según funcionarios

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:26 GMT

La maestra de primer grado que recibió un disparo de su estudiante de 6 años en Virginia renunció a su cargo, según funcionarios escolares. Esto ocurre más de dos meses después de que demandó al distrito por $ 40 millones.El último día del contrato de Abby Zwerner fue el lunes, informaron las Escuelas Públicas de Newport News en un comunicado. El distrito dijo que Zwerner notificó a recursos humanos en marzo que no regresaría el próximo año escolar.Zwerner, de 25 años, recibió un disparo en la mano y el pecho mientras estaba sentada en una mesa de lectura en su salón de clases el 6 de enero. Pasaron casi dos semanas en el hospital y se sometió a múltiples cirugías.Zwerner presentó su demanda a principios de abril, alegando que los funcionarios escolares ignoraron múltiples advertencias de que el niño tenía un arma y estaba de un humor violento ese día. Madre de niño que disparó contra maestra de Virginia se declara culpable de un cargo “Pensé...