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Thruway Authority looking for feedback on proposed toll hikes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- For roughly the next month, people across New York State will have the opportunity to weigh in on proposed toll hikes for the Thruway.The Thruway Authority has revealed plans to keep tolls on I-90 unchanged through the remainder of this year but bring them up starting in 2024. They say it would be the "first toll adjustment for system-wide NY E-ZPass customers since 2010." Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "These are modust increases to help us maintain and operate and build on the thruway. It is modust increases compared to any other state in the Northeast," Frank Hoare, interim executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority, explained. "No tax dollars go toward supporting the thruway. It all comes from our toll revenue."Here's how they broke it down: System-wide toll rate adjustments would take place on January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2027. NY E-ZPass rates would increase by five perce...

Dean at Denver’s East High rushed to help his friend in a school office. Then he was shot.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

Wayne Mason was stationed at the front desk of Denver’s East High School on March 22 when Austin Lyle walked into the building.The 17-year-old student, who required daily patdowns as part of his student safety plan, called for an assistant principal. Mason tried them on the radio. No answer.So Eric Sinclair, another school dean, escorted Lyle to Room 129, where he and Mason shared an office. Sinclair radioed the assistant principal again. No answer. He tried a school safety officer. No answer.His next call went to Mason.“Wayne. Wayne. Help me, help me!” Sinclair yelled into the radio.Mason, a retired probation officer and East’s restorative practice coordinator, for the first time Monday publicly detailed how he and Sinclair were shot inside an office at Denver’s largest high school while struggling to disarm a troubled student.The dean called out Denver Public Schools for safety policies that allowed Lyle to be searched by a single, untrained administr...

Sweeping land use proposal backed by Polis dies in last hours of legislative session

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

A first-in-decades effort to rewrite the state land use code died Monday in the final hours of the legislative session, ending a weeks-long saga that split the Capitols’ Democratic lawmakers.The proposal had gone through a series of rewrites since it was introduced with much fanfare by Gov. Jared Polis in March. It had essentially been split into two different versions that the Democrat-controlled Senate and House of Representatives couldn’t reconcile by the constitutionally mandated end of the session.“Democratic senators are supposed to know better,” said Rep. Steven Woodrow, a Denver Democrat and the bill’s co-sponsor. “Today, they fell unfortunately short.”The Senate had stripped the bill — which initially legalized accessory-dwelling units and reshaped single-family zoning across the state — to a series of housing studies statewide. The House then rewrote large portions of the bill, reinserting some upzoning and the limited ...

Denver limits who can stay in emergency shelters as migrants arrive in growing numbers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

More migrants and asylum seekers are again arriving in Denver and city officials are restricting who can stay in shelters as they expect that trend to continue.Title 42, a COVID-era public health measure that allowed border patrol to expel hundreds of thousands of people to Mexico or their home countries, expires Thursday. That means more people will likely be seeking asylum in the U.S. when they reach the border, a process that is legal but was blocked under Title 42.In anticipation of an uptick in the number of people seeking a temporary place to stay in Denver over the coming months, the city has restricted its emergency shelters — if there is capacity — only to migrants who have what’s referred to as an “A-Number,” or an “Alien Registration Number.” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assigns these numbers to most noncitizens who apply to live in the country permanently.City officials say the restriction is in line with updated fed...

Driver arrested after damaging several cars in Woodland Hills road-rage incident (video)

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

A Mustang driver involved in a road-rage incident was caught on video last week crashing into several vehicles in Woodland Hills. The incident occurred Wednesday, May 3, around 1:30 p.m. on Ventura Boulevard.Security video shared exclusively with KTLA by John Crawford shows the blue Mustang rear-ending an SUV while waiting at a stop light. The driver then backs up into a pickup as the SUV driver gets out of her vehicle and while apparently trying to get away, the Mustang driver also crashes into a box truck in another lane.The driver then puts the car in reverse again, goes over the median from westbound to eastbound lanes and smashes into a Porsche going in the other direction, the video shows.The driver eventually pulls forward and once again rams into the SUV, pushing the vehicle forward several feet. Crawford and witnesses said the Mustang driver was causing issues on the road miles away, beginning on Victory Boulevard and Fallbrook Avenue.“It was very disturbing and it just got...

Family grieves San Bernardino man shot, killed in road-rage incident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

The family of Andrew Sanchez is grieving the loss of their beloved son, brother and father, who was also a one-on-one health aide to special needs children at Werner Elementary School in Rialto.  Sanchez was shot and killed after an apparent road rage incident earlier this year."He had a sense of humor, enjoyed his cooking, enjoyed his family,” Sanchez’s mother, Mary Louise Sanchez, said of her son. “He was happy at his job, enjoyed working with those special needs kids.”  Andy, as she called him, had also become her caretaker in recent years.  The fatal shooting occurred on Feb. 28 near the intersection of 5th Street and Tippecanoe Avenue in Highland.  Officers with the Highland Police Department responded to the scene on reports of an assault with a deadly and found Sanchez in his vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. Deputies immediately began life-saving measures. The 54-year-old was taken to the hospital by fire department personnel where he was pronounced...

Martinez hazardous-material incident closes train station

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

MARTINEZ — The Contra Costa County health department’s hazardous-materials crew responded to a report of a spill at the train station that led to its closure for several hours Monday, authorities said.In social-media posts Monday afternoon, a department-affiliated account shared word of the station’s closure, saying train passengers would board and disembark at Ferry Street, near a road crossing by the old station depot nearby.Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters responded to an investigation in the 600 block of Marina Vista shortly before 3:05 p.m. with two engines, a battalion chief and other hazmat related equipment.In related social-media posts, Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor said shortly before 5:45 p.m. that riders would make transfers at the line’s Stockton and Sacramento stations.There were no immediate reports of injuries, or the exact circumstances that led to the station closure. The health department said it would provide upd...

Palo Alto: Masseur arrested on suspicion of sexual assault

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

PALO ALTO – A 58-year-old massage therapist has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a client last month in Palo Alto, police said.The victim, a woman in her 20s, reported the sexual assault to authorities on April 17, the Palo Alto Police Department said in a statement Monday. She said her masseur had assaulted her April 15 at LaBelle Day Spa & Salon at 855 El Camino Real.Police said an investigation confirmed the masseur had assaulted the woman during an appointment.The victim was not physically injured, police said.Detectives submitted the case to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, which in turn filed one felony count of forcible oral copulation against the suspect, police said.On May 2, a judge signed a warrant for the suspect’s arrest. The Gilroy Police Department’s Anti-Crime team served the warrant two days later at his home in Gilroy.The suspect was arrested and booked into county jail on the warrant.As of Monday, police said they were not aw...

NBA playoffs live updates: Can Warriors bounce back in Game 4 vs. Lakers?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

To view the live updates on your mobile device click here.GAME 4: Warriors at Lakers at Crypto.com Arena, at 7 p.m. TV: TNT. Announcers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Stan Van Gundy (color commentary), Chris Haynes (sideline reporting).ODDS: Lakers -2.5. OVER/UNDER: 228. (Both from Caesars Sportsbook.)CURRENT SERIES: Lakers lead 2-1. SEASON SERIES: Lakers went 3-1 against the Warriors in the regular season. PRIOR PLAYOFF HISTORY: Lakers have won 6-of-7 postseason series, including the last one in 1991.Success can be blinding, in some ways. That’s why it’s wild to realize that the Warriors are very familiar with this position — entering Game 4 of a playoff series down 2-1.In fact, it’s exactly what they’ve faced in their last three playoff series. They were home for Game 4 last round against Sacramento, but they were on the road in Boston last year in the NBA Finals, just like they are on Monday night in Los Angeles.Against the Celtics, Steph Curry willed the...

SF Giants: Crawford progresses, mustachioed Yastrzemski advocates for mental health

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:01 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford ran sprints along the cut of the outfield grass Monday afternoon. He made his way on to the infield dirt and took ground balls. Finally, he stepped into the batting cage and took some of his left-handed hacks.All of Crawford’s pregame work was done under the watchful eye of Dave Groeschner, the highest-ranking member of the Giants’ training staff.After being diagnosed with a mild right calf strain, Crawford was optimistic he would only miss the minimum amount of time. Going through a full complement of pregame drills Monday, he appeared to be on track to return Thursday — the first day he is eligible — for the start of their four-game series in Arizona. The Giants don’t anticipate he will require a rehab stint.“Mainly just making sure that his calf is good to go and that he’s confident,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “That’s the number one thing. We want him to come back when he feels confident ...