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Former doctor sentenced to 17 years for sexually assaulting unconscious patients

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Former doctor Leng Ky was sentenced to 17 years in state prison for sexually assaulting four patients while they were under anesthesia at his private pain management clinic in Escondido.The 43-year-old anesthesiologist pleaded guilty in January to three counts of sexually assaulting an unconscious victim and one count of sexual battery by restraint.The allegations came to light in 2020 when one patient reported she believed Ky had sexually assaulted her during an appointment with him. The victim reported it to Escondido police and throughout their investigation, three more victims came forward.The four victims had all gone to see Dr. Ky to treat chronic pain. According to the District Attorney's office, in each case, he would suggest treatments that required placing them under heavy anesthesia."The victims would sometimes wake up during the treatments to find the defendant sexually assaulting them. The defendant would continue to administer drugs putting them under agai...

Inmate apprehended after escape from San Diego Reentry Program: CDCR

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- An inmate who walked away from the Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program (CCTRP) facility in the Linda Vista neighborhood earlier this month was apprehended, officials said.Cynthia Baker, 31, escaped from authorities on March 4 around 9:45 p.m., when Baker's monitoring device alerted CCTRP, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) stated in a news release Thursday. An emergency count found that Baker was not in the facility. Man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping; police find dead woman in home She was not located until this afternoon around 12:50 p.m. in El Cajon, where agents took Baker into custody without incident and took her to California Institution for Women, the news release read.Baker's case will be referred to the San Diego County District Attorney for consideration of escape charges, officials confirmed.In Oct. 2022, Baker was sentenced to three years for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, according...

North Korea says ICBM test aimed to strike fear into enemies

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile to “strike fear into the enemies” as South Korea and Japan agreed at a summit to work closely on regional security with the United States and staged military exercises around the region.The missile was launched Thursday morning hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida at a summit partly aimed at rebuilding security ties between the U.S. allies in the face of North Korean nuclear threats.With four missile displays in about a week, North Korea has ratcheted up its tit-for-tat response to ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills that are the biggest of their kind in years.The Biden administration wants better South Korea-Japan ties, which declined over historical issues in recent years, as it pushes to strengthen its alliance network in Asia to counter the North Korean nuclear threat and China’s rising influence. Aside from their...

California bill to protect doctors who mail abortion pills

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to people in other states would be protected from prosecution under a new bill to be unveiled Friday in the state Legislature.The bill would not let California extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for providing abortion medication. It would also shield doctors from having to pay fines. And it would let California doctors sue anyone who tries to stop them from providing abortions.The bill would only protect doctors who are in California. If a doctor left California to provide an abortion to someone in another state, that doctor would not be protected. It also would not protect patients in other states who receive the medication.State Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley and the author of the bill, said her intent is to make sure California residents who are traveling in other states or living there temporarily — like college students — can still have access to medication that’s ...

Flight attack raises questions about security, mental health

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — The music was blaring on a February afternoon when Francisco Torres stopped by a Massachusetts barbershop, proclaiming he was half-angel, half-devil.He wanted a dozen people to come outside the shop and shoot him with an automatic weapon stored in his car trunk. Before anyone could make sense of the request, Torres fled the shop and drove off. They never saw a weapon and he didn’t return.“I didn’t get what he was saying but then I realized he was talking about a gun. I told him there are kids in here, why are you saying this,” said Saul Perez, who was visiting friends at the shop and noted that an employee called 911, ushered children into the back and shut down the shop. “I was spooked.”The incident took place about a week before Torres would be arrested for attacking a flight attendant and attempting to open the plane’s emergency door on a cross-country United flight from Los Angeles to Boston earlier this month.Confrontations on flights have skyrock...

Man found fatally shot in Palms, suspect at large

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

Police are searching for a suspect after a man was found fatally shot in Palms on Thursday night.Los Angeles police officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 3600 block of Military Avenue around 8:34 p.m.When police arrived, they found a man in his 50s suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was unconscious and not breathing at the time, authorities said.The man was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead, said LAPD. The victim’s identity has not been released.The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle and remains at large, police said.He is described as a black man who is around 34 years old. He stands 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. Armed robbers targeting taco vendors in Los Angeles He was last seen wearing a green True Religion sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and a black baseball cap, authorities said.The suspect's vehicle is a black-colored Honda CRV.The deadly shooting remains under investigation. Anyone with information can call ...

Car crashes into home in San Leandro

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

SAN LEANDRO – A driver crashed a car into a house Thursday morning in San Leandro, authorities said.The collision was reported around 10:35 a.m. in the 15100 block of Edgemore Street.San Leandro police officers and Alameda County firefighters arrived to find the driver still inside the car.A driver crashed a car into a house in the 15100 block of Edgemore Street in San Leandro around 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2023, according to the San Leandro Police Department. The driver was extricated and taken to an area hospital, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. An update on their condition was not immediately available.No one was inside the house at the time of the crash and no other injuries were reported.The driver possibly suffered a medical emergency prior to the collision, according to the San Leandro Police Department.Anyone with information related to the case can contact San Leandro police Officer Daryl Pasut at 510-577-3208 or [email protected] ba...

Trader Joe's fruit product recalled, potentially contaminated with Hepatitis A

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

(KRON) -- A Trader Joe's fruit product has been recalled Thursday, the company said in an email to its customers. Trader Joe's Organic Tropical Fruit Blend with a best by date of 4/25/24, 5/12/24, 5/23/24, 5/30/24 and 6/7/24 may have the potential to be contaminated with Hepatitis A.Organic Tropical Fruit Blend product packageTrader Joe's said all of that product and those potentially affected have been removed from the shelves and "destroyed." As of Thursday, no illnesses have been reported, the company said. City of Oakley dedicates bench in honor of Alexis Gabe Those who have purchased any Trader Joe's Organic Tropical Fruit Blend products are advised not to eat them. Customers are urged to throw the product away or return it to a Trader Joe's location for a full refund, according to the email.The product has SKU#51191.

Girl Scout Cookies are back! Sales kick off in NorCal

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

(KRON) -- Thin mints. Samoas. Tagalongs.Can you taste where this is going? It is girl scout cookie season!The girl scouts just kicked off their annual cookie sales -- all to raise money for troop activities while helping scouts learn life skills like goal-setting and budgeting.The CEO for Girl Scouts of Northern California, Bri Seoane, joined KRON4's Justine Waldman (watch in video player above) to talk about how to buy them!The season runs through April 23. All flavors are $6 a box.Support a local troop here: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies.html

SF building ordered to replace windows immediately after shattering due to storm

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The windows that broke during the storm on Tuesday at 555 California Street are boarded up. The city's department of building inspectors has given the management a notice of violation saying the windows must be replaced immediately.However, the weather could play a role in when that happens. San Francisco inspectors are asking the management of 555 California to replace the windows as soon as possible in order to meet compliance. Oakland PD warns residents as burglaries involve suspects disguised as Amazon workers But as you can imagine, it gets very windy on the 43rd floor where those two windows are. Building managers could be waiting until the winds calm down to replace them.Glass shards fall down to the San Fransico streets below after one window shattered and another cracked on the 43rd floor during the high wind advisory Tuesday.This is the notice of violation since sent to the management of 555 California Street from the San Francisco Department of B...