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Review: Much to enjoy about Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s season finale

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra rounds out its season with a spot of joy, featuring Hungarian guest conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. With spry physicality, Takács-Nagy led the orchestra in emphasizing the contrasts and also surprises held with the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy and Edvard Grieg.Principal clarinet player Sang Yoon Kim got the spotlight for the first Debussy piece, “Premiére rhapsodie,” (First rhapsody). Debussy first composed the work for clarinet and piano, and later published a version for a full orchestra. The SPCO along with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta commissioned composer Geoffrey Gordon to compose a new orchestration that requires fewer instruments than Debussy’s orchestral version. This weekend’s performance marks the world premiere of Gordon’s take. It’s a lush expression of musical excellence.Kim’s mastery of the clarinet is on full display. He can make the instrument sound as smooth as cream. In faster sections, ...

10 gang members arrested for multiple robberies in Orange County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

Ten suspects were arrested in connection to a series of robberies in multiple cities throughout Orange County that lasted for six months. According to Anaheim and Placentia police, 13 robberies occurred between June and December 2022 in several cities including Anaheim, Buena Park, La Habra, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, and Stanton. The robberies took place while the victims were trying to sell property using online marketplaces and platforms. The suspects were armed during many of the incidents. Placentia authorities and the Anaheim Police Department’s Gang Unit worked together during the investigation to identify the suspects. During the investigation, authorities discovered that nine of the 10 suspects lived in Anaheim and were members of an Anaheim criminal street gang. Detectives arrested nine juvenile suspects and one adult suspect and recovered two firearms, narcotics, and stolen property during search warrants. The suspects were booked in the Orange County Juvenile Hal...

Stanford professor charged with domestic violence missing in Washington’s Olympic National Park

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK – A search is underway for a Stanford University professor who did not return as scheduled from a hiking trip in Olympic National Park in Washington and missed a court hearing Friday related to domestic violence charges he faces in Santa Clara County.Hunter Bryan Fraser, 44, set out Monday on a two-day, 40-mile trek, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. He was due back in Seattle by midday Wednesday.Fraser was set to appear Friday morning in Santa Clara County Superior Court for a preliminary hearing. Prosecutors have charged him with inflicting corporal injury on a girlfriend.Fraser was last seen Monday afternoon west of the Deer Park Campground and his family last heard from him via text Tuesday morning, according to the sheriff’s office.On Wednesday around 6:15 p.m., park rangers notified the sheriff’s office that Fraser was overdue.A deputy found Fraser’s vehicle in a dedicated parking area near the Deer Ridge Trailhead. Two Clallam Coun...

Peet's Coffee to close Oakland warehouse where employee was killed in roof collapse

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

(KRON) -- Peet's Coffee has closed the Oakland warehouse where an employee was killed in a roof collapse in March, it confirmed to KRON4. Peet's distribution center and warehouse operations will now be in Tracy, CA. The man killed in the collapse was identified as Martin Gonzalez, 57. He was a long-time Peet's employee. Man arrested for allegedly starting fire in Emeryville Target The facility was located on the 600 block of 85th Avenue, just south of the Oakland Coliseum. The Oakland Fire Department said it was a distribution for other coffee companies in addition to Peet's.The collapse occurred at 3:13 a.m. on March 10. A Peet's spokesperson said a 30-by-30 section of the roof collapsed and killed Gonzalez. "Since the tragedy at our Oakland warehouse in March, we had no choice but to evaluate multiple options," a Peet's statement read in part. "It was clear that we would not be able to return the facility on 85th Street to its previous capacity and that it would not meet o...

Driver was believed to be drinking at party before killing San Jose teen in crash, police say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

(KRON) -- The driver who struck and killed a teenage boy in San Jose on Wednesday was believed to be drinking before the crash, the San Jose Police Department said. The victim in the crash is Justin Estira, a 15-year-old Willow Glen High School student.SJPD said that the driver and victim were both at a party the night of the crash. The driver is "suspected of alcoholic beverage consumption," but police are awaiting lab results from Santa Clara County to confirm that. San Jose groom dies during honeymoon in Hawaii after snorkeling accident The crash happened on the 2400 block of Rinconada Drive just before 1 a.m. The location of the party is unknown.The driver, who is a minor, was arrested and released on a juvenile contact report. Estira was on foot when he was hit. A GoFundMe was set up for his family in the wake of the crash. KRON ON is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-...

Game 4 of NBA Finals briefly delayed to check one of the rims

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Game 4 of the NBA Finals was delayed for about nine minutes on Friday night after Miami's Bam Adebayo appeared to bend one of the rims on a missed dunk attempt.It happened with 2:07 left in the third quarter. Adebayo missed a two-hand dunk try, hung onto the rim for a moment or two afterward and that's when someone noticed that the basket didn't appear to be level. This is what Nuggets players listen to before a game Play was stopped and within about five minutes, a ladder was brought onto the court for someone to climb up and investigate. The rim was declared OK — and then the stoppage continued because of an separate incident at the other end of the court by the Heat bench. Medical personnel brought a stretcher out and wheeled a woman off who was covering her face with one of her hands.Denver led 76-68 when the game was briefly halted.

Zoo Miami hosts high-energy dog show as part of Canine Champions for Conservation event

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

A South Florida show has gone to the dogs, and that’s a good thing. Zoo Miami is hosting a canine competition, and in the end, the dogs won’t be the only winners.A lineup of rescue dogs captivated people on Friday afternoon as part of Zoo Miami’s Canine Champions for Conservation events. The high-energy dog show showcases the abilities of these talented canines, from Frisbee-catching experts to dogs not breaking a sweat in a thrilling obstacle course.“It’s a wonderful new show we’ve brought in here, that basically highlights the incredible abilities of dogs while making a very, very important message,” said Ron Magill, Zoo Miami’s communications director. “That dogs — because the majority of these dogs are rescues, they’re adopted from around the country — how incredible they can be.”The show educates people on pet adoption and responsible pet ownership. It also raises awareness on the importance of spayin...

DeSantis denounces Trump indictment, refers to Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email server

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WSVN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s indictment during a speech in North Carolina.The governor, who announced his own 2024 presidential campaign on May 30, did not mention Trump by name when he made the remarks at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention, Friday night.DeSantis, who is currently polling second to the former president for the Republican nomination, denounced Trump’s indictment by alluding to the 2016 scandal involving Hillary Clinton’s use of her personal email server during her tenure as secretary of state.“When I was in Congress, Hillary had the emails with the classified [information], and my view was, ‘Gee, you know, as a naval officer, if I would’ve taken classified [documents] to my apartment, I would’ve been court martialed in a New York minute,'” he said, “and yet, they seem to not care about that, and is there a different standard for...

What’s actually in the EU’s migration deal?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

LUXEMBOURG — EU countries have finally achieved the (near) impossible: Striking a migration deal. Late on Thursday, 21 EU countries pushed through what they hailed as a “historic” agreement to reshape — for the first time in years — how the continent processes and relocates asylum seekers. If the pact can get through final negotiations with the European Parliament, it may change the face of European migration. Fights and changes are inevitable, and no one is sure how the policy itself would play out.For now, the agreement strikes a balance between two broad camps: Border countries that want more help handling asylum seekers and those inland arguing that too many migrants are arriving and moving without permission within the EU.Under the deal, frontline states would be required to institute a stricter asylum procedure at the border for those deemed unlikely to be accepted. They would also be given greater leeway to send back rejected applicants.Elsewhere, EU count...

Behind enemy lines: Inside the operation to rescue Ukraine’s abducted children 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:27 GMT

More than 19,000 kids have been deported to Russia. Their parents are trying to bring them back, one child at a time.By VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA in KyivIllustrations by Jasu Hu for POLITICOIn the yard of a local church in Kyiv, a gray minivan arrives, brandishing the sign “Evacuation. Children.” The doors are flung open and out jumps a fiery-haired woman in her 40s: Oksana Galkina. “I got her! I finally brought my Liza back,” she screams happily as she spots the volunteers of Save Ukraine, the NGO that assisted her in carrying out the most formidable mission she’s ever embarked upon: rescuing her 16-year-old daughter, Liza, from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. In the company of a dozen other parents and legal guardians of kidnapped children, Galkina journeyed through the European Union, to Russia, and then into the Russian-occupied southern territories of Ukraine, finally returning back home. Their goal? Reclaiming...