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1 city, 2 people – and India’s widening religious divide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

AYODHYA, India (AP) — Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he doesn’t recognize anymore.It’s a country, the 68-year-old says, where Muslims are ignored, where rising attacks against them are encouraged, and where an emboldened Hindu majoritarian government is seizing its chance to put the minority community in its place.Swami Ram Das thinks otherwise, echoing a belief system central to Hindu nationalism.The 48-year-old Hindu priest says India is on a quest to redeem its religious past and that the country is fundamentally a Hindu nation where minorities, especially Muslims, must subscribe to Hindu primacy.Abidi and Das are two ordinary citizens living in one city in a country of more than 1.4 billion people that is on the cusp of becoming the world’s most populated nation. Together they embody the opposing sides of a deeply entrenched religious divide that presents India with one of its biggest challenges: to safeguard freedoms for its Muslim minority at a ...

PHOTOS: Colorado Avalanche fall to Seattle Kraken in Game 1 of NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

The Seattle Kraken proved to be more than plucky Tuesday night at Ball Arena, stealing Game 1 of the playoffs 3-1 from the Avalanche. It completed an underdog sweep to ring in the playoffs: All four higher-seeded teams in the Western Conference lost Game 1 at home.Related ArticlesColorado Avalanche | Avalanche playoff injuries: Josh Manson plans to play Game 1 of first round, Artturi Lehkonen returns from broken finger Colorado Avalanche | Kiszla vs. Durando: Are the Avalanche ready to make another Stanley Cup run? Colorado Avalanche | Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz returns from injury, will start vs. Anaheim Ducks Colorado Avalanche | Avalanche navigating Cale Makar’s health again with Norris Trophy winner day-to-day as NHL playoffs near Colorado Avalanche | Avalanche Journal: What’s nagging the Avs in playoff-caliber games recently? “Different team last year. Deeper team.” Colo...

Southern California family says deputies wrongfully detained their children in botched investigation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

Video captures the moment a mother said authorities wrongfully entered her home and detained her children for no reason.The encounter was captured on a home security camera and has since gone viral on social media.Months after the incident, the family tells KTLA they’re still traumatized and are demanding answers as they feel their civil rights were violated.“It was terrifying," said homeowner, Ceidy Cordova. "My kids should have never gone through this. Never. They shouldn’t ever put hands on them at all.”It was Oct. 22, 2022, when Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies entered Cordova’s San Gabriel apartment on the 5100 block of Rosemead Boulevard.At the time, Cordova said she and her husband had gone out and their two teenage children — 14-year-old Isaac and 19-year-old Aliza, were home alone.“When she said that they were already in there and they were being aggressive and trying to grab her, that’s when I turned on the cameras," said Cordova. "Then I saw what happened."Security v...

San Jose: Pedestrian critically injured in collision

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

SAN JOSE – A driver hit and critically injured a pedestrian Tuesday night in San Jose, police said.The collision was reported around 6:16 p.m. in the area of North White Road and Kentridge Drive, according to the San Jose Police Department.The pedestrian was taken to an areas hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.Additional details about the collision were not immediately available.Police said traffic in the area was impacted.Units are currently investigating a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian in the area of N White Rd and Kentridge Dr. The adult male pedestrian was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Traffic is impacted. Updates as they become available. TOC:… pic.twitter.com/BWUcdmq8cH— San José Police Media Relations (@SJPD_PIO) April 19, 2023Check back for updates.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | San Jose-Evergreen Community College District administrator dies while vacationing in Mexico Crashes and ...

Kurtenbach: Draymond Green likely stamped the Warriors out of the playoffs and himself out of the Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

Maybe the Warriors will rally.Perhaps this will catalyze the Dubs to start playing winning basketball again.This might just be a quirky footnote to history.But in all likelihood, a Warriors’ season that started with Draymond Green punching a teammate will end in the coming days because Green decided to unnecessarily stomp on an opponent.Oh, and Green likely stamped himself a ticket out of the Bay with his outburst, too.The NBA announced Tuesday night that it was suspending Green for Game 3 of the Warriors’ first-round playoff series for stepping on Kings center Domantas Sabonis’s chest in Monday’s Game 2.The stomping of Sabonis resulted in Green being ejected for the final seven minutes of that game, which the Warriors lost to fall behind 2-0 in the series.Now, it will include 48 minutes of the Warriors’ biggest game of the season.The NBA isn’t suspending Green for the action itself. No, they’re suspending him for his reputation. They said a...

Athletics fall to Cubs for historic sixth straight series loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

OAKLAND — The 2023 Oakland Athletics stand alone.A 4-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night at the Coliseum before a crowd of 5,196 ensured their sixth consecutive series loss to open the season. No other A’s team, be it Philadelphia or Kansas City, ever began a season by losing the first six series.The A’s are 3-15, matching only the 1951 Kansas City A’s for futility through 18 games. They’ve lost six straight, 12 of the last 13, 15 of the last 17 and are 0-5 on the homestand.Rookie right hander Mason Miller can not only put a stop to all that Wednesday afternoon on getaway day, but could also be the first A’s starting pitcher to be credited with a win this season.That’s right. Eighteen games in, no Athletics starter has won a game.Miller was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas and will make his debut largely on the strength of his last outing in the minors in which he topped 100 miles per hour 23 times and gave up no hits and no walks with...

Pleasanton Home Depot employee shot, killed trying to stop shoplifter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

PLEASANTON, Calif. (KRON) -- The Pleasanton Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting at a Home Depot Tuesday afternoon. Police said one person was shot and killed after attempting to stop a shoplifter.Police were called to the Home Depot, located at 6000 Johnson Drive, at about 2:15 p.m. They found one victim bleeding inside the store.Witnesses told police that the victim attempted to stop a theft, leading to a struggle that ended in the man being shot. Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries in San Jose crash The suspects drove away from the scene, PPD said. At about 2:30 p.m., Alameda County Sheriff's Office deputies saw the suspect vehicle and arrested the suspects in the 7000 block of Ney Avenue in Oakland. Home Depot confirmed that the victim was an employee of the store."We're heartbroken over the senseless tragedy," Home Depot said in a statement to KRON4. "Blake was our associate and friend, and our hearts go out to his family and everyone knew and loved h...

Focus on Fentanyl: Understanding SF's fentanyl crisis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- More than 600 lives were lost in San Francisco last year due to an accidental drug overdose. The majority of those people died because drugs were unknowingly laced with fentanyl.According to the office of the chief medical examiner, in 2020, 725 people died of accidental drug overdose deaths, in 2021, 640 and in 2022, it was 638. Each of those years, over 70% of the people that died had some form of fentanyl in their system. Focus on Fentanyl: KRON4's Special Coverage With overdose death rates on the rise elsewhere in the state, two consecutive years of decline in San Francisco indicates that some of the city's programs may be helping.In a recently published annual review of the city's response to the fentanyl crisis, SF Mayor London Breed pledged to do more, saying fentanyl continues to disrupt and destroy lives in the city.Watch the video above for more of KRON4's special coverage on San Francisco's fentanyl crisis.

San Mateo County opens first navigation center

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) – San Mateo County is taking a new approach to help solve homelessness. The county opened its first $57 million “navigation center” on Tuesday. “What we wanted was this to be more than a shelter, a feeling of welcoming home,” said Mike Callagy, the county chief executive.  City to open select pop-ups in Downtown San Francisco Unlike most shelters with cots and bunk beds, this navigation center is different. The center has space for 260 people. It will allow them to bring their dogs and allow couples to room together. There is also a community garden along with on-site support services, including the first in the nation to have onsite dental services.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The county hopes th...

City to open select pop-ups in Downtown San Francisco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:15:32 GMT

(KRON) -- San Francisco has launched a new program to bring back life to the city's downtown. Many storefronts have been sitting empty since businesses closed during the pandemic. Caltrain crash victim identified as Stanford student The city's program aims to fill the vacancies with new pop-up businesses. Right now there are about 40 commercial vacancies in Downtown San Francisco.The new program launched this week aims to fill those empty spots with small businesses making the downtown area the 'it' spot​ to hang out.A new program called Vacant to Vibrant aims to change that. The program will allow small businesses to open a pop-up in vacant spaces downtown. It's a part of Mayor London Breed's downtown recovery plan.The San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development paid for the $710,000 program.The non-profit's new deal will run the effort. People who want to open a pop-up can pitch an idea and apply on this website.The portal opened up on Monday, and 53 applicants h...