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Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Fuel from trash alonewon’t halt climate crisisRe: “Could your trash create a clean fuel future? City landfill plan says yes” (Page B1, May 22).The May 22 article on the use of landfill to provide hydrogen highlights another new technology that can help combat climate change. This technology not only provides syngas to power fuel cells that make electricity, but it also captures methane from the landfill that would otherwise be released as a potent greenhouse gas. Supposedly, that’s why the technology is said to be carbon-negative, not just carbon-neutral.All of these new ideas have merit as we struggle to find effective ways to combat climate change. But given the urgency of climate change, a small project here and another project there, while helpful, doesn’t move the needle enough to get where we need to be.To have a chance to get to carbon neutrality worldwide, we need a fee on carbo...

Medal of Honor recipient’s remains finally head home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

By Russ Bynum | Associated PressSAVANNAH, Ga. — Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment made a desperate retreat as North Korean troops closed in around them. A wounded, 18-year-old Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story feared his injuries would slow down his company, so he stayed behind to cover their withdrawal.Story’s actions in the Korean War on Sept. 1, 1950, would ensure he was remembered. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor, which is now displayed alongside his portrait at the National Infantry Museum, an hour’s drive from his hometown of Americus, Georgia.But Story was never seen alive again, and his resting place long remained a mystery.“In my family, we always believed that he would never be found,” said Judy Wade, Story’s niece and closest surviving relative.That changed in April when the U.S. military revealed lab tests had matched DNA from Wade and her late mother to bones of an unidentified American soldier...

Photos: Memorial Day events honor fallen heroes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

Throughout the Bay Area America’s fallen heroes were honored on Memorial Day. Originally know as Decoration Day the first national observance was held on May 30, 1868. Since 1970, the remembrance day is held on the last Monday of May.“We must never forget the price that was paid to protect our democracy,” said President Joe Biden in an address at Memorial Amphitheater in Virgina after the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. “We must never forget the lives these flags, flowers and marble markers represent.”“Every year we remember,” he said. “And every year it never gets easier.”The Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band played at the Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home and Memorial Park’s remembrance in Hayward. Veterans, family, friends and the public were invited to mark the federal holiday with a ceremony, a barbecue with refreshments, American Flag pins and coloring books with Crayons for children.The San Francisco Giants marked the occasion with a color ...

SFFD responds to multiple overturned kayaks on Memorial Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Fire Department responded to multiple reports of overturned kayaks in the bay on Memorial Day. Two adults and two children were rescued after their kayaks capsized. Two victims will be hospitalized for hypothermia, but all four people are expected to recover. A coast guard helicopter was used in the rescue.The area of the incident is off of Hunter's Point. This is a developing story. Stay tuned to KRON4 News for more information.

Memorial Day in the Bay Area: A roundup of local events

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Monday is Memorial Day, an annual commemoration for members of the United States military who have paid the ultimate price. In Arlington, Virginia, President Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Around the country, communities took part in the holiday that pays tribute to America's fallen heroes.Here in the Bay Area, there were also a number of local remembrances Monday.Memorial Day service aboard U.S.S. Hornet in AlamedaIn Alameda, an annual Memorial Day service occurred aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, a World War II era aircraft carrier. The key speaker was a U.S. Army veteran who works at the Hornet. KRON4's Charles Clifford reports. San Francisco Memorial Day commemoration in the PresidioIn San Francisco, the annual Memorial Day commemoration took place at the San Francisco National Cemetary at the Presidio. KRON4's Ken Wayne was in attendance to emcee the event, which was also attended by U.S. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. ...

Homeless woman accused of throwing urine at Santa Rosa officer booked for assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

(KRON) -- An unhoused woman accused of throwing urine at a police officer on Sunday has been booked for felony assault, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department. A Santa Rosa PD officer was dispatched to check on the welfare of a woman behind a building on the 400 block of Sonoma Avenue at around 8 p.m. Sunday.The reporting party heard the woman yelling and making other noises, according to police. When the officer arrived on the scene, they made contact with the woman, later identified as 37-year-old Ana Valquiria Taylor, a transient who lives in Santa Rosa. Thousands of people attend unauthorized sideshow in Alameda Taylor was reportedly agitated when the officer was checking on her well-being. Police say the officer offered assistance and resources, but that Taylor continued to yell and tell the officer to leave. Taylor also threatened to throw urine at the uniformed officer, who noticed she was holding a plastic container full of an unknown liquid.At this point, the offic...

Volunteers swoop in to help fallen Leesburg eaglet

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

(Courtesy Dulles Greenway)One of the three eaglets in the nest near the Dulles Greenway in Leesburg, Virginia, had to be rescued after a fall from its nest early Monday morning.Terry Hoffman, public and customer relations manager for the Dulles Greenway, said he woke up to texts and emails alerting him to the situation.“I got an email at about 1:30 saying that there were only two eaglets in the nest, and then I went to our camera and I only saw two, so I’m like — uh-oh, we’ve gotta do a rescue,” he told WTOP.Hoffman said the eaglet was found at the base of the tree where the nest is located.“We didn’t see any signs of any major injury or anything like that,” Hoffman added.Volunteers helped find, check and then transport the eaglet to Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce, Virginia, for evaluation.A video taken by volunteer Liz Len showed Billy Rojas, who volunteers with Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds, Maryland, gathering up DG4 and getting the bird...

French Open 2023: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff finally get started on Day 3 at Roland Garros

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek finally gets her French Open title defense started on Day 3 of the clay-court tournament.Swiatek is seeking her third championship at Roland Garros and fourth Grand Slam trophy overall. She also hopes to hold onto the No. 1 ranking that has been hers since April 2022.Depending on how both women do over the next two weeks in Paris, current No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka could overtake Swiatek atop the WTA.Swiatek will play the last match of the day session in Court Philippe Chatrier on Tuesday against Cristina Bucsa, who is ranked 70th and owns a career record of 0-1 at the French Open.Another past champion in Paris, 2021 winner Barbora Krejcikova, meets Lesia Tsurenko on Court 7.Also getting started Tuesday will be Coco Gauff, the 19-year-old American who was the runner-up to Swiatek at Roland Garros a year ago. The sixth-seeded Gauff faces Rebeka Masarova, who is ranked 71st and making her main-draw debut at the French Open.The runner-up to Rafael Nadal in last year...

Royals’ Staumont, Mayers within 6 outs of perfect game in 7-0 win over Cards

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Josh Staumont and Mike Mayers came within six outs of the first combined perfect game in major league history before Nolan Arenado lined a leadoff single in the eighth inning of the Kansas City Royals’ 7-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.“You’re definitely aware of it,” Mayers said of a perfect game. “I tried to keep it business as usual. The goal was to throw up as many zeroes as you possibly can and that’s the mindset I stayed in.”Staumont,, a 29-year-old right-hander, served as the opener in a planned bullpen game for the Royals. He made his first major league start in his 167th appearance and struck out two in a 1-2-3 inning, throwing 14 pitches.“That was one of the most exciting moments for me of the year,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “For him to set the tone like that was unbelievable.” Mayers, a 31-year-old left-hander who pitched for the Cardinals from 2016-19, made his third appearance for the Royals this season after eig...

Newgarden earns record $3.6M for Indy win; Pedersen gets rookie of year honor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:50:38 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden celebrated his first Indianapolis 500 win Sunday night.He cashed in Monday at the race’s annual victory dinner.The two-time IndyCar champ earned a record $3.666 million for the biggest win of his career, an increase of more than $500,000 over last year’s race winner, Marcus Ericsson. Newgarden’s win also extended Team Penske’s record total to 19.Indy’s total purse of $17,021,500 also broke last year’s mark by more than $1 million.Race organizers estimated more than 330,000 attended the race. It was the second-largest race-day crowd since 2000 though actual attendance figures are not announced.“This is the greatest race in the world, and it was an especially monumental month of May featuring packed grandstands and intense on-track action,” Penske Entertainment President and CEO Mark Miles said in a statement. “Now, we have the best end card possible for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500: a record-breaking...