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FOX 2 gets problem tree removed after 3-year ordeal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- A west St. Louis Resident has been fighting for three years to get the St. Louis Forestry Department to cut down a city owned tree in front of her house on Waterman Street.The City inspected the tree in 2020 said it was dead and would be taken down in six to nine months. The tree is still standing three years later."I'm just disheartened and disappointed. I'm at a road block. I've talked to everyone that I can from the superintendent on up to the mayor's office and the buck just keeps getting passed," said Olivia Pruitt-Payne.Pruitt-Payne worries about the tree falling on her house in a storm. She’s had some real reminders of the dangers along the way."My son is hearing impaired and one day we were walking out the door and a tree fell behind him, and he didn’t know it. I heard it," said Pruitt-Payne.Pruitt-Payne told Elliott Davis that wasn't the only incident, "In the last severe windstorm, it hit the shingles right on the first landing. They came out and removed the t...

Scorching hot Denver sets record-high temp with 99 degree mark

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

September weather in Denver is off to a red hot, record breaking start.Denver hit a record high temperature at 2:57 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, with a 99 degree reading at Denver International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.The previous record-high temp for the date, 98 degrees, was set in 2019. The forecast high for the city on Saturday is 96 degrees. The record-high temp for Denver on Sept. 2 is 100 degrees, also set in 2019.New Record high temperature for Denver today of 99 degrees. #cowx pic.twitter.com/Ax1m9IdGbw— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) September 1, 2023 

LAPD investigating after woman is attacked at Union Station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after a University of Southern California graduate student was viciously attacked at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Surveillance video from the metro train station showed a suspect attacking Anna S. from behind and hitting her over the head while she was waiting for her train to arrive around 5 p.m. The impact of the punch knocked her out and she didn’t know what happened to her. “Something struck me in the head,” Anna said. “I blacked out. I wasn’t sure what happened, if it happened just to me or to everybody around me. I was confused.”Several witnesses shared what happened and she reported the attack to an Amtrak police officer who was able to retrieve the surveillance and confirm that she was hit over the head.Anna, who lives an hour and a half away in Orange County and commutes to school using public transit, says she is unsure about whether she should continue using public transportation due to sa...

Thief escapes with $1,000 bottle of liquor during violent confrontation at Calabasas shop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

Security video captured a thief escaping with a $1,000 bottle of liquor during a violent confrontation at a Calabasas liquor store.The theft took place on Thursday at Malibu Liquor and Wine on the 4900 block of Las Virgenes Road around 8:19 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Video shows after a brief confrontation with the store owners near the entrance, the suspect grabs a trashcan to prop himself up to reach above a display shelf.The man quickly grabs a box containing an expensive liquor, worth about $1,000, according to the store owner, before running towards the exit.As the suspect tries exiting the shop, one of the shop owners attempts to stop him while grabbing him. During the scuffle, the suspects drops the box of liquor on the ground. He quickly pulls out a knife from his pocket and brandishes it at the owner.Security video captured a thief escaping with a $1,000 bottle of liquor during a violent confrontation at a liquor store in Calabasas on Aug...

4 arrested after stealing thousands worth of merchandise, threatening to pepper spray employee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

Four people were arrested by Los Angeles Police Department officers after they allegedly stole $5000 worth of merchandise from a store and threatened employees that confronted them.It happened Friday around 10:20 a.m. at a WSS Shoe Store on the 1600 block of W. 7th Street in the Westlake neighborhood.According to LAPD officials, two men and two teen girls entered the store and filled up bags with thousands worth of merchandise and began heading for the exit. Store security apparently confronted them as they were trying to leave, at which point one of the girls pulled out a can of pepper spray and threatened to use it if they were stopped.Photos shared by the Rampart division of the Los Angeles Police Department shows the thousands of dollars worth of merchandise stolen from a shoe store in Westlake on Sept. 1, 2023. (LAPD)Security let the thieves go on foot and then immediately contacted police.Dispatchers referred to the group as "assault suspect," LAPD officials said on X, the soc...

Marte delivers clutch hit as the Reds rally in 9th to beat the Cubs, earning a doubleheader split

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Noelvi Marte’ s two-out single in the ninth drove in the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs and a split of the Friday doubleheader between the playoff contenders.Nick Martini homered off Cubs closer Adbert Alzolay (2-5) with one out in the ninth to tie the game. Christian Encarnacion-Strand followed with a single. Pinch-runner Stuart Fairchild stole second, went to third on an errant throw by catcher Yan Gomes and then scored easily on Marte’s sharp hit up the middle.Chicago won the first game 6-2 with Cody Bellinger driving in three runs and rookie right-hander Jordan Wicks turning in another quality start.The Cubs began the late game in second place in the NL Central behind Milwaukee and holding onto the second NL wild card. The Reds were in third place in the division and battling the Giants, Diamondbacks and Marlins for the third and final wild-card slot.Bellinger, as he did in the first game, opened the s...

Liberty rout Sun 89-58 to clinch at least second seed in the playoffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Betnjiah Laney scored 19 points and Breanna Stewart added 14 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to help the New York Liberty rout the Connecticut Sun 89-58 on Friday night and clinch at least a top two seed in the playoffs.The Liberty (29-7) trail Las Vegas by 1 1/2 games for the top overall spot. The Sun (25-12) are locked into the third seed with the loss.New York played without All-Star guard Sabrina Ionescu, who sat out to rest her right calf.“Just being really smart with the playoffs in mind,” Liberty coach Sandy Brondello said. “Knowing we want to win and play well.”Marine Johannes started in Ionescu’s place and finished with 18 points. Tiffany Hayes scored 11 points to lead the Sun, who had won four of five coming into the game with the lone loss coming against the Liberty on Aug. 24, a 95-90 overtime defeat. New York swept all four meetings with Connecticut this season.Laney helped New York get out to a 11-point lead at the end of the first quarter, ...

Astros’ Jose Altuve leaves against Yankees after an inning because of bruised left leg

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston second baseman Jose Altuve left Friday night against the New York Yankees after one inning because of a bruised left leg.Batting leadoff, Altuve grounded out and then walked gingerly to the dugout. He stopped to chat with manager Dusty Baker for a minute before being approached by the team’s trainer and walking out of the dugout toward the clubhouse with the trainer.He was replaced by Mauricio Dubón to start the second inning. Altuve has been on the injured list twice this season. He missed about three weeks in July with an oblique injury after not making his season debut until May 19 after fracturing his left thumb in the World Baseball Classic. The 2017 AL MVP has been great since returning from the oblique injury and is batting .312 with 10 homers and 34 RBIs this season. He completed the ninth cycle in franchise history Monday night, going 4 for 6 with four runs and four RBIs.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Ice cream truck driver attacked in Brighton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (KDVR) — An ice cream truck driver is recovering from an attack in Brighton on Thursday afternoon.Lyman Hamlin came across a group of people near Benedict Park, where he was selling ice cream out of a truck, as he usually does. He said someone in the group asked him for a free ice cream on their birthday."I said, 'No, I can't do that. What if the three of us spank you for your birthday?'" Hamlin said, and when I said that he jumped in the truck and started hitting me."The person Hamlin is talking about left him bloodied and beaten in his truck."Well, I wanted him to stop hitting me," Hamlin said. "He hit 10 to 12 times. I didn't keep track." Masked robbery attempt now suspected in US 287 shooting that led to fiery crash That beating was made all the worse for 77-year-old Hamlin, who said he's on medication."I'm on blood thinner, and the blood was just pouring out of my eye, and I just wanted it to be over," Hamlin said.After it was over, Hamlin was taken to the hos...

Boating this weekend? Have a sober driver, rangers warn

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Many are heading to Colorado’s beautiful lakes and reservoirs as the Labor Day holiday weekend begins.The U.S. Coast Guard reports there were 4,040 boating accidents in 2022, with alcohol use being the leading known contributing factor in fatalities. Impaired driving crackdown ahead this Labor Day weekend Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports the leading causes of death on the water are capsizing and operating a boat under the influence of alcohol."Boating under the influence on any body of water in Colorado is something that we take very seriously, and we do not want to see it," said Luke Stucker, senior ranger. The FOX31 Problem Solvers rode along with Stucker and ranger Mitchell Ramm as they monitored Cherry Creek Reservoir.Watching for impaired boatersSafety checks include monitoring any inappropriate behavior. "Are they going at a wake speed in a slow, no-wake area? Are they coming into the marina super fast when they know they should be going very slow? Do they...