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Multiple crews respond to house fire on Sand Creek Road

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Multiple crews have responded to a house fire at 95 Sand Creek Road in Albany. No injuries have been reported at this time. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Drivers are advised to avoid the area so that emergency vehicles have access to the residence. Stay with NEWS10 as more information becomes available.

Firefighter offers helping hand during boy's third battle with brain cancer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

CREVE COEUR, Mo. - For young brain cancer survivor Drew Patchin, Friday was all about about packing up and heading out to Houston. Thanks to some hometown heroes, he’s doing it in style, in a huge tour bus that was escorted by local enforcement.“I'm a warrior, I’m a warrior” chanted 10-year-old Drew. He went on to explain what this opportunity has felt like for him, "This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime things." Mayor’s driveway: Expired plates and dealer tags The special day included a huge tour bus, a line of special escorts, and even a farewell from the sky. "A neighbor has reached out and we barely know him," said Drew’s mother, Jennifer Patchin.That neighbor, is Joshua Gumpenberger, a firefighter with the St. Louis City Fire Department. He wanted to make a difference after hearing about Drew's rigorous battles with brain cancer for the last four years."I wanted to really make him feel famous," said GumpenbergerDrew also got his very own fire helmet from the firefighting cr...

Still no Mega Millions winner; Jackpot grows to $640 million

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $640 million after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot.The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 10, 24, 48, 51, 66 and gold Mega Ball 15.The estimated $640 million jackpot in the next drawing would only be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for Tuesday night’s drawing is an estimated $328 million. More than $1 billion is up for grabs as California Lottery jackpots soar The jackpot is the seventh largest in the game's history, Mega Millions said in a statement.Four tickets matched all five white balls to garner the second prize level in the drawing. A ticket sold in South Carolina included an optional multiplier making it worth $2 million. Two tickets in California and one in North Carolina also were second-tier winners, Mega Millions said.Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continu...

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw says sore left shoulder will likely keep him sidelined until August

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw said Friday that he likely won't return from a sore left shoulder until August.Kershaw was put on the injured list on July 3 and got an MRI after consulting with Los Angeles head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache. The 35-year-old left-hander had hoped to return shortly after the All-Star break, but now says he needs time to heal.“I’ve never had anything like it in my career,” Kershaw said. “If I didn’t get an MRI, I’d probably be pitching this weekend, but I did, and it showed enough to where doctors told me I need to take a few weeks so that’s what I’m going to do.”The Dodgers did not announce what the MRI revealed, and Kershaw seemed frustrated by the diagnosis. He played catch Friday and said he was going to throw a bullpen session next week in Baltimore.“It just needs to heal,” Kershaw said. “It doesn’t need to be specific. We’re not doctors here. We just gotta listen to the doctors. So try to do that as best I can but...

Vegas, Phoenix expected to break heat records

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were hit by blast-furnace air. But most will spend their vacations in a vastly different climate — at casinos where the chilly air conditioning might require a light sweater.Meanwhile, emergency room doctors were witnessing another world, as dehydrated construction workers, passed-out elderly residents and others suffered in an intense heat wave threatening to break the city’s all-time record high of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 degrees Celsius) this weekend.Few places in the scorching Southwest demonstrate the surreal contrast between indoor and outdoor life like Las Vegas, a neon-lit city rich with resorts, casinos, swimming pools, indoor nightclubs and shopping. Tens of millions of others across California and the Southwest, were also scrambling for ways to stay cool and safe from the dangers of extreme heat. California all-time heat records could fall this weekend “We’ve been talking about this building...

Mega Millions jackpot up to $640 million; Saturday’s Powerball at $875 million

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $640 million after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot.The numbers drawn Friday night were: 10, 24, 48, 51, 66 and gold Mega Ball 15.Two tickets sold in California — one in Los Angeles, one in Monrovia — were among four nationwide that matched all five white balls, without the Mega Ball. The California prize was $202,248. The five-of-five ticket sold in South Carolina included an optional multiplier making it worth $2 million. Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing has grown to an estimated $875 million — the third-highest it has been.The estimated $640 million Mega Millions jackpot in the next drawing would be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for Tuesday night’s drawing is an estimated $328 million.The jackpot is the seventh largest in the game’s history, Meg...

San Mateo County: Man accused of beating, attempting to rape girlfriend had prior domestic violence convictions

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

San Mateo County prosecutors are pushing for a man accused of beating and attempting to rape his girlfriend in the bathroom of a Belmont restaurant to get prison time given previous convictions for domestic violence and sex crimes in the past 20 years.Jason Matthew Thornton, 40, got into an argument with his girlfriend over money about 6:40 p.m. on June 26 inside a bathroom at a Panda Express restaurant on El Camino Real, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.Thornton told his girlfriend he wanted sex with her then and there, but when she declined he went on a vicious attack, choking her, pushing her down and punching her multiple times before forcefully pulling her pants down, according to police. The woman was able to fight him off but Thornton took the woman’s cell phone and walked out to the street, leaving her on the bathroom floor with her pants down bleeding “profusely” from her head.When police found Thornton in the area, he denied any attack but of...

Brentwood shooting leaves 2 men injured

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

(KRON) -- A shooting in Brentwood left two men injured Friday night, according to police. The shooting occurred around 7:45 p.m. on Marjoram Drive near Caboose Park. Police say the men were involved in an altercation before they started shooting at each other. Fatal crash on Highway 87 in San Jose Both men were taken to the hospital, with one of the two suffering from serious injuries.

Fatal crash on Highway 87 in San Jose

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

(BCN) -- Southbound traffic on State Route 87 in San Jose is being diverted onto Interstate Highway 280 northbound following a fatal crash that has left the southbound lanes of Highway 87 blocked early Saturday morning. 1 dead, 1 injured in Pittsburg shooting California Highway Patrol confirms at least one person dead resulting from the crash along Highway 87 southbound, just before the I-280 connector, at 4:52 a.m. on Saturday. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Former SF building inspector gets 1 year in federal prison for accepting bribes

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:22:07 GMT

(BCN) -- A former San Francisco building inspector was sentenced Friday to a year and day in federal prison on charges connected to taking bribes, federal prosecutors said. Bernard Curran, 62, pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted cash and charitable donations from developers and property owners whose projects he had responsibility for approving, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California. According to his plea agreement, Curran worked for the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection in 2005 and was promoted to senior building inspector in 2009. In that role, he was responsible for conducting physical inspections of buildings and construction sites in San Francisco to make sure they were completed according to approved permits and plans. 1 dead, 1 injured in Pittsburg shooting "Curran admitted that after he became a senior building inspector, he received improper financial benefits in connection with his employment," pr...