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Nonprofit spends $800K to increase police patrols in downtown St. Louis

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Police Foundation is spending around $860,000 to add more overtime patrols around downtown St. Louis.This is part of an 'Anti-Violence Crime Initiative' that launched last month. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that the pilot program pays officers around $70 an hour in overtime pay. Massive tire fire at salvage yard in Madison, Illinois The program primarily consists of four-hour overtime shifts that involve one sergeant and six police officers. This is meant to help crackdown on crime in downtown St. Louis and the downtown West neighborhood.

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital hosting drive-through community mobile market today

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis Area Food Bank and SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital are teaming up for a drive-through community mobile market on Monday. Massive tire fire at salvage yard in Madison, Illinois Residents can get a mix of fresh and non-perishable food items at no cost. It's from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights.

Operation Food Search providing after school meals at St. Louis County libraries

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Operation Food Search is teaming up with the St. Louis County Library Monday to provide after school meals to children.The free meals are available for students ages five to 18. They'll be offered starting Monday at five county library branches. Hedge apples: Can we eat them? Meals will be available from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Florissant Valley, Lewis and Clark, Natural Bridge, and Prairie Commons branches. Service at the Weber Road Library branch is from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. each school day.

'Recon Raider Remembrance Ride' starting Saturday, Sept. 9

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Next month, bikers will be joining a two-day motorcycle convoy to honor 201 U.S. Marines who are no longer living. Each motorcycle will represent one of those fallen Marines.The 'Recon Raider Remembrance Ride' will travel 700 miles from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and back. Their journey starts on Saturday, September 9. Massive tire fire at salvage yard in Madison, Illinois The group, based in St. Louis, is looking for more sponsors. Learn how you can help later Monday morning on Fox 2 News at 8.

'Inn from The Storm' hosting 7th annual charity golf fundraiser next weekend

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The group 'Inn from The Storm' hosts its 7th annual charity golf fundraiser next weekend. The non-profit helps women returning home from prison transition back to a normal life.Proceeds from the tournament help in that mission and also support the children of those women by providing them with school supplies and meals. The golf fundraiser is at the Eagle Springs Golf Course in Florissant on September 3. Massive tire fire at salvage yard in Madison, Illinois The entry fee is $150 and includes a golf cart, 18 holes of golf, food, and drinks. FOX 2's Blair Ledet spoke with CEO and founder Sandi Colquitt as well as board member Tom Applewhite about the event and what else you can do to help.

Denver weather: Potentially record-breaking heat brings increased fire danger

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Denver residents can expect more hot weather as the work week starts before rain and thunderstorms bring cooler temperatures for the weekend.Temperatures are forecast to reach 99 degrees in Denver, which would break the city’s 2007 record high of 97 degrees, according to the National Weather Service office in Boulder.High temperatures will gradually decrease throughout the week with a high of 94 on Tuesday, 91 on Wednesday and 89 on Thursday. Overnight thunderstorms are expected to cool temperatures to a high of 76 on Friday, with temperatures remaining in the low to mid 80s through the weekend.The metro and most of the northeastern plains also are under a heat advisory from noon to 8 p.m. Temperatures near the Kansas border could reach 102. Residents should drink plenty of fluids, stay in air-conditioned rooms when possible, stay out of the sun and check on relatives and neighbors, the weather service advised.Related ArticlesWeather | Denver weather: Another hot da...

Robotaxis wreak havoc in San Francisco. Don’t want them in your Bay Area city? Tough luck

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Driverless, traffic-snarling robot taxis that just started transporting paying passengers in San Francisco are expected to expand to other Bay Area cities — whether local officials and residents want them or not.Just a day after state regulators allowed robotaxi leaders Cruise and Waymo to start taking paid fares with self-driving vehicles and no onboard human backup on Aug. 10, nearly a dozen robotaxis abruptly stopped and jammed traffic in the city’s North Beach neighborhood.A few days later, as Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was perched at a sidewalk table at the scene of the North Beach snarl-up, a Cruise car behind him started a left turn onto busy, four-lane Columbus Avenue, then suddenly veered right to continue straight up Vallejo Street. Peskin turned to watch as the driverless car stopped 15 feet behind the stop line at Grant Avenue, paused a few seconds, then blew through the stop sign as it turned left.“To borrow the words ...

CSU tuition hike could be coming soon; most students have no idea

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

For Kaleb Casper, 18, the opportunity to go to college is a big one — for him and his parents who never had that experience. But their dream could soon get more expensive.A possible annual 6% hike in tuition across the California State University (CSU) system, which Casper was previously unaware of, could force him to increase his college debt. While he receives some financial aid, a quarter of his tuition still isn’t covered, so he’ll have to take out student loans, and he plans to work through college to help support himself.“It’s kind of scary because scholarships don’t just come out of nowhere,” said Casper, a freshman from Stockton who is focusing on environmental studies at San Jose State University. “I know my parents struggle a lot with keeping up with all my costs because I can’t obviously work full time … it’s hard for them and me.”The hike, which the CSU Board of Trustees is expected to vote on next month, comes ...

Bay Area home prices fall as mortgage rates spike. Could it last?

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Bay Area home prices are falling as mortgage rates climb to their highest levels in more than two decades, squeezing many house-hunters out of the market and keeping would-be sellers on the fence.The median price of existing single-family homes dropped 5.2% to $1.26 million across the region from June to July, according to the California Association of Realtors. The decline followed steady price gains most of the year as sales picked up during the traditionally busier spring and early summer home-buying seasons.But now, spiking mortgage rates are slamming the brakes on an already challenged local real estate market. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reported the average rate for a typical 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 7.09%, up from 6.96% last week, reaching the highest peak since 2002.“People are just not jumping into buying a home right now at these interest rates,” South Bay real estate agent Ramesh Rao said.Meanwhile, a 30-year fixed “jumbo” home loan — which is ...

Probation Department ignored red flags about gang member who killed 2 California police officers, OIG says

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Family members of a convicted gang member warned the Los Angeles County Probation Department that the probationer had become abusive, was using drugs and carrying a firearm more than a week before he killed two El Monte police officers and then himself in June 2022, according to a scathing report from the county Office of Inspector General.Justin Flores’ probation officer ignored a barrage of red flags that should have resulted in law enforcement taking him off the streets for violating his parole, the report found.“After review of Mr. Flores’ probation file, the Office of Inspector General finds the Probation Department failed to properly monitor Mr. Flores, failed to report his noncompliance, failed to act on pertinent information they received on Mr. Flores regarding allegations of domestic violence, gun possession and illegal drug use, and failed to make local law enforcement aware that Mr. Flores may be armed with a gun and dangerous,” the report states.The report found that th...