BREAKING - The iconic cement ship in Santa Cruz County broke away this morning from the pier at Seacliff State Beach. Waves are HUGE, between 25-35 feet, according to Surfline. Largest swell of the winter. 🌊 The ship keeps getting hammered.
#AtmosphericRiver
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BREAKING: Capitola Wharf was split in half when a section of the wharf collapsed into the ocean. 30-foot waves, powerful tidal surges, and gusty winds are battering the beaches right now. Capitola Village is flooded.
(Video by Autumn Rose Purdy)
#AtmosphericRiver
San Francisco police officers and deputies were given a green light to arrest drug users for openly consuming narcotics like fentanyl and being under the influence in public. 450 users were arrested, along with 300 drug dealers.
I don’t live in San Francisco. But after I left the newsroom I stopped at a SF
@Safeway
to buy two items. The store has security including gates for entering and exiting, a guard, and locked cases throughout the store. I watched three young men enter and one of my favorite 🧵
Our rare Bay Area snowstorm dropped enough snowflakes for skiing in Palo Alto! Steve Castagnola shot this video of his buddy with the slopes all to himself.
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#BREAKING
: This is ground zero of the
#KincadeFire
flareup. I shot this video just before it began to spread rapidly. Dense forests are fueling flames.
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#BREAKING
: I just shot this timelapse video showing a huge flareup developing at the
#KincadeFire
. I was the only reporter allowed this far up Pine Flat Road because I was just returning from the frontlines when the flareup happened.
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#BREAKING
: John Cowell, the man who murdered Nia Wilson on a BART train 2 years ago, is set to be sentenced this morning (via a livestreamed hearing) to serve a life prison sentence. Her family will be allowed to make victim impact statements.
#JusticeForNiaWilson
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@GeorgeKrieger
photographed lightning striking over the Monterey Bay while bioluminescent phytoplankton was glowing bright blue in the ocean below.
Krieger said his image is "a polished 2 frame stack of sequential 6 second exposures."
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#CAwx
on a rampant basis. The lack of law and order in the store, even with the extra “security” measures in place, was depressing. Incident Location: Safeway at Monterey Boulevard and Foerster Street. Time: 7:50 pm.
A girl was recording video of herself playing a game of tag when a gun battle broke out in East Palo Alto Jack Farrell Park. Children ran for their lives as 33 shots were fired. 4 adults were shot.
Oakland is mourning the death of a local baker and champion of social justice, Jen Angel, tonight. She died three days after a violent robbery. Angel was loved by many. ❤️
Story:
Do you remember San Francisco's "Batkid"? I sure do!
Exactly 10 years ago, his wish won over the hearts of countless news viewers. Miles Scott is now 15, plays high school football, and is cancer free,
@MakeAWish
said. ❤️🩹
My full story:
Adventures With Purpose's volunteer divers found Kiely Rodni's vehicle within 48 hours and alerted law enforcement. Today a reporter asked the Nevada County Sheriff, "What did Adventures With Purpose have, that you guys didn’t have?"
Biggest California swell of 2020 happened today! 🌊 I was reporting at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay. Every surfer I interviewed agreed, this swell was epic. Waves were estimated between 30-40 feet. Hawaiians charged the hardest today. 📸 by the great Frankie Quirarte
The guard and cashier did nothing, so I wasn’t going to take it upon myself to tackle these guys. The thieves finally picked their getaway gate and off they went into the night. Brazen is an understatement. The employees looked hopeless because they have to deal with this
stolen items. One shopper started yelling at the guard, “Get them! Get them!” There was a moment when we were all just standing there looking at each other: Two rookie thieves, a news reporter, a security guard, a cashier, and an outraged shopper.
A tent set up right outside
@kron4news
station exploded in flames minutes ago. From our newsroom we heard half a dozen loud “pops” as more explosions ignited from the tent. It does not appear that anyone was inside the tent.
@SFPD
is at the scene
San Jose firefighter Eric Mailander was uniquely practicing
#SocialDistancing
from
#COVID19
on his day off by going out to sea solo on his boat. A friendly grey whale 🐳 decided to say hello. “Just an epic day that cleansed the soul!” he said.
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#MontereyBay
hobbies is eavesdropping on conversations. So I heard the smaller guy tell the 2 big guys, “It’s easy. Just don’t run out the same time as me.” He proceeded to stuff a bag full of unsecured bottles of dishwashing soap, hop over the knee-high security gate with ease, and breeze
#CZULightingComplex
,
#BREAKING
: This morning I saw a dozen homes destroyed along Big Basin Way in the Santa Cruz Mountains. There are firefighters out there right now trying to save homes, however, is apparent that resources are very limited.
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Amazing photo: A “bomb cyclone” is rapidly forming over the Pacific Ocean and an atmospheric river is swirling toward the San Francisco Bay Area.
Full story:
(Image courtesy NWS Bay Area)
Professional surfers were catching big waves by the Santa Cruz harbor yesterday. They could not believe their eyes when they saw a group guide 12 kids, each in their own tiny sailboat, out to sea. Surfers switched into life-saving rescue mode as boats capsized.
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Well, here we go again. HIGHWAY 1 IS GONE.
This storm-triggered landslide is near the Monterey County - San Luis Obispo border. As I’ve covered in the past, when Highway 1 washes into the ocean, it takes a gigantic effort from CalTrans crews to rebuild it.
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past the guard. I’m thinking, “there’s still two more thieves in the store.” When I get to the lone cashier to lawfully pay for my items and warn her, the 2 remaining thieves are standing behind me trying to figure out the best way to bolt with their backpacks stuffed with
A shark attack happened at Sand Dollar Beach in Santa Cruz County today. My friend Eric Mailander has been observing dozens of great white sharks swimming near shore lately and shot these photos. Shark attacks against people are extremely rare
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Tenderloin resident and community activist
@darren_stallcup
recorded video showing what some streets in San Francisco look like at 2 a.m.
I asked Darren, what exactly are we seeing in this video?
My full story:
Here's what the beaches in Santa Cruz County look like this weekend. ASH is falling from the sky from
#CZUAugustLightingComplex
fires. Air quality is unhealthy.
@CityofSantaCruz
says: "Do not visit us now. We’re dealing with an unparalleled catastrophe."
(📸by Steven Yarbrough)
Mastodon Mystery in Santa Cruz County!
A beach-goer picked up a giant mastodon tooth that surfaced in the sand, paleontologists said. Whoever has it is urged to turn it in to the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.
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Bioluminescence is creating a magical sight along a stretch of Santa Cruz County coastline. Waves are glowing neon blue because of a bloom of bioluminescent phytoplankton. Photographer Johnny Chien shot these images.
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#Hero
🏄 This is Zade, he is holding a fistful of cash witnesses gave him to replace his surfboard. He paddled to a near-drowning victim in Santa Cruz and pulled the victim onto the board until the Coast Guard arrived. His board was lost to the sea as he saved a life.
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Santa Cruz's famous wild "surfing sea otter" gave birth to an adorable pup. Mark Woodward shot heartwarming photos of “Otter 841” holding her new bundle of joy in the chilly Monterey Bay.
Full Story:
📸 by
@NativeSantaCruz
Here's what NOT to do when admiring big waves. A beach-goer in Bonny Doon north of Santa Cruz was lucky to be rescued by a CalFire crew and he escaped without serious injuries. A high surf advisory remains in effect through Thursday. (Video courtesy Santa Cruz County)
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One California state park employee’s commentary on the viral mountain lion video is both informative and hilarious. John “Griff” Griffith works as a naturalist and conservationist in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
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Queen of Dragons Emilia Clarke shared her journey from life-threatening brain injury to recovery. Clarke was a keynote speaker at DreamForce in SF as the tech conference dedicated a day to mindfulness, meditation, and self-awareness.
#GOT
#GameOfThrones
#DF19
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“We refuse to sit on the sidelines as the fentanyl crisis intensifies,”
@SFPD
Police Chief Bill Scott said. “The introduction of this poison into our drug supply has changed the game and we’re responding."
My full story:
Retweet if you love the Monterey Bay Aquarium! For the first time in 14 months, the
@MontereyAq
REOPENS to the public starting this Saturday. Here's how you can plan your visit:
The body of San Francisco radio host Jeffrey “JV” Vandergrift has been found.
He was beloved by a countless number of WiLD 94.9 radio listeners who tuned into The Dog House and The JV Show.
Vandergrift was reported as missing exactly 1 month ago.
Closeup photographs using a long camera lens reveal what happened to the SS Palo Alto, aka "cement ship," at Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz County today. A mega swell and
#AtmosphericRivers
storm caused the pier to collapse.
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A huge section of Highway 1 at Rat Creek, just south of Esalen, has slid into the ocean. The last time this happened near Big Sur, the Mud Creek landslide, it took CalTrans months to rebuild the rd. (Photos by
@CaltransD5
)
#CAwx
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Exactly 20 years ago, Laci Peterson was pregnant and preparing to celebrate Christmas with her husband, Scott Peterson. On Christmas Eve, she was murdered. Today a judge denied Scott Peterson's appeal for a new murder trial.
My full story:
These 2 MASKED INTRUDERS were caught red-handed after breaking into a Redwood City bank. “It’s not every day an animal organization gets called to deal with a bank break in,"
@PeninsulaHumane
wrote. The raccoons made a mess, but did not steal any money. 💰 🦝🦝
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This off-duty paramedic has been volunteering at George Floyd marches around the San Francisco Bay Area to make sure protesters have access to water and first aid medical supplies.
Without a wildlife safe crossing under Highway 101 near Gilroy, this cute moment would have never been seen. Environmentalists are working hard to build more safe wildlife crossings in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Kevin Nishita honorably and bravely protected Bay Area TV reporters for years. I don’t pray very often but I prayed for him.
This morning we are heartbroken. 💔 The
@ACSOSheriffs
escorted his body from the hospital in Oakland with full law enforcement honors.
A peaceful demonstration of by Black Lives Matter in Dublin, Calif. is underway. Great job by protestors and law enforcement for keeping this a harmonious display of unity.
The largest animals on Earth have gathered 30 miles offshore from San Francisco in potentially record-breaking numbers this week.
@NOAA
marine experts are describing this season for blue whales as “exceptional.”
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LAKE TAHOE SMOKE: Here's what the lake famous for crystal blue water looked like yesterday. Hazardous air quality due to the
#DixieFire
and
#CaldorFire
🔥😷. Video by South Lake Tahoe local Deanne Belardino.
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This is what the vast majority of surfer - great white shark 🦈 interactions look like in the Monterey Bay. According to shark experts, you don't see them, but they see you. Drone video shot in Marina, California by Eric Mailander.
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Here’s Santa Cruz County residents cheering as President Biden’s motorcade leaves storm-battered Seacliff State Beach 🌊 Biden waived his hand out the window. The President completed his tour surveying destruction along the coast.
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My favorite
@kron4news
live TV moment ever. Yesterday morning a wild great blue heron swooped down from the sky and landed on a window ledge of KRON4's studio -- directly behind the anchor desk.🎥Darya Folsom named the heron "Big Bird."
#JusticeForNiaWilson
supporters are looking forward to next week when John Cowell, the white man convicted of murdering her on a BART train in Oakland, will be sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Nia was 18 years old.
@kron4news
#BREAKING
: WOW! You can see the tank's top being blown off during this giant explosion at a NuStar refinery in Contra Costa County. According to fire officials, 3 large tanks of ethanol are burning.
@kron4news
A baby wild bobcat was rescued after it was found wandering alone in Bonny Doon. The Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center in Morgan Hill named her "Bonny" and shared this impossibly adorable video.
Victorria Moran-Hidalgo, 16, of Stanislaus County, died on the streets of SoMa from a suspected overdose. San Francisco has rampant drug dealing in this area.
Santa Cruz's surfing sea otter is still enjoying her freedom in the ocean! Wildlife officials have been unable to catch her so far. They used a surfboard as bait, but the savvy sea otter didn't fall for it. 🦦
Photos by
@NativeSantaCruz
Full story:
A drone video shot by
@matty___forbes
yesterday shows a serenely silent San Francisco, evidence that individuals are socially distancing. Every empty street is a sign that San Franciscans are doing their part to stop
#COVID19
. We are all
#AloneTogether
.
@kron4news
My life at the moment in a nutshell : Covering the
#coronavirus
as a reporter, 🎙 and being a mom for my 4-year-old son whose school is closed. He’s been a good sport about it! As I was recording a look-live, he clapped every time I finished a clip. ❤️
I covered a very uplifting event today organized in Union City by cowboys and cowgirls riding to show solidarity for the
#GeorgeFloyd
movement ! 🐴
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#BREAKING
: John Cowell, the man convicted of stabbing Nia Wilson to death on a BART train in Oakland, was just sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. I'm outside the Oakland courthouse and will have updates
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#JusticeForNia
Scott Peterson has served 6,818 days in prison for the murders of his pregnant wife, Laci, and unborn son, Connor. Moments ago, the judge re-sentenced him to life in prison.
Mother of Dragons 🐉 Emilia Clarke today sharing her personal story of surviving not one, but two brain hemorrhages just after filming Season 1 of Game of Thrones, and during Season 3.
#Queen
#GOT
#GameofThrones
#DF19
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We have a LOG JAM in Santa Cruz. Water levels of the San Lorenzo River rose above moderate flood stage this morning (23.9 feet!), according to USGS water data.
#AtmosphericRiver
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Today SF Mayor
@LondonBreed
announced a new program on Treasure Island with 70 beds for people in need of mental health and substance use treatment.
JJ Smith interviewed folks in the Tenderloin asking if they would go to TI (video below).
My full story:
Mayor London Breed just announced she’s opening up a 70 Bed treatment center today on Treasure Island I took to the street to ask few people. How do they feel about that?
@AmyLarson25
Driving on Highway 17, no matter what the weather, always feels dicey. Today a big boulder tumbled into this car. The driver told
@kron4news
"I heard a loud crash and my airbags deployed." She was thankfully uninjured.
Here is Elizabeth Holmes reporting to a federal women’s prison camp in Texas. She's all smiles.
I began covering this case on Day 1 of her trial, Sept. 8, 2021. May 30, 2023 will be the 1st night she's ever spent behind bars.
Details:
(AP photos)
CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Prosecutors just played this tape of Elizabeth Holmes talking to Theranos investors. Holmes did not know she was being recorded. Prosecutor said this is hard evidence that she lied.
🏄♂️ In Santa Cruz County, a young daredevil was caught on video "street surfing." This neighborhood floods every winter. Local surfers are keenly aware of this, and take advantage of the soggy situation.
Dozens of people in Santa Cruz are spending the night in this emergency shelter. City officials wrote, “Our emergency overnight shelter at the Civic is almost at full capacity with 80 people utilizing the space and resources.”
County-wide shelter info
Atmospheric rivers dropped so much water into California’s thirsty reservoirs that four reservoirs in Santa Clara County are now over 100 percent full.
- Coyote: 111 %
- Uvas: 105 %
- Almaden: 104 %
- Lexington: 103 %
My full story:
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This is
@oaklandpoliceca
Officer Tuan Le. He was fatally shot in the line of duty today.
Le was surrounded by his wife, mother, and officers when he died in a hospital. "He is a true hero,” OPD wrote.
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Half Moon Bay mass shooting: I obtained a restraining order filed against Chunli Zhao a decade ago by his ex-boss. "Mr. Zhao attempted to suffocate me with his pillow ... threatening to kill me if I don’t get him his job back,” the ex-boss wrote.
Story:
A pizza restaurant worker was fired after several hungry San Francisco police officers were denied service.
@SanFranciscoPOA
says the officers were told “they were not welcome in the restaurant."
Full story:
BREAKING: A Montgomery High student who was fatally stabbed in a classroom today was ID'd as Jayden Pienta, 16, of Santa Rosa. Students showed up to the news conference voicing concerns over how the school handled the on-campus homicide.
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Spreading holiday joy: The Taylor brothers hand-painted thousands of windows around the Bay Area over the past 40 years.
Common comments they get from onlookers: “I always wondered who did that,” and, “That’s practically a lost art.”
This is Tashiya Wilson. She lived through the horror of seeing her sister Nia Wilson bleed to death on a BART train platform. Today she can smile. A judge ruled that John Cowell was sane when he attacked. Cowell will serve life without parole.