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Denver sets record high temperature after hitting nearly 80 degrees Sunday

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

Even after temperatures dipped below normal last week with Colorado’s first snowstorm of the season, Denver was breaking heat records Sunday.With a high of 78 degrees, Denver has broken the record temperature for Nov. 5 — a degree above the old record of 77 degrees, and nearing the all-time monthly high of 81 degrees, the National Weather Service announced Sunday.Denver just set a new record high for the date hitting 78° breaking the old record of 77°. Denver is not very far from the monthly record high of 81°. #COwx pic.twitter.com/m8MPHJeR4R— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) November 5, 2023According to meteorologists at the weather service, the previous record of 77 degrees was set back in 2020.Nov. 5, 2023, also tied with Nov. 5, 2020’s record for the warmest low temperature of the day at 46 degrees, according to NWS data.On average, temperatures in Denver at this time of year hover around 57 degrees — more than 20 degrees below the high Sunday.Related Art...

Anaheim mother sentenced for horrific torture of 10-year-old stepdaughter

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

An Anaheim woman was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for torturing her stepdaughter and abusing three other children in her household.Mayra Chavez, 33, was sentenced Friday to seven years to life, plus another seven years and 10 months for torturing her 10-year-old stepdaughter, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.Chavez was also found guilty of abusing three other children, including another stepdaughter and two of her own kids.Court documents said the young girl was found severely tortured with a “broken neck, bone sticking out of an unhealed sore, and bruises from head to toe as a result of months of increasingly humiliating and brutal cruelty.”The girl weighed only 50 pounds and was unresponsive when she was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in August 2022, the DA's Office said. She was taken to the hospital by her father, Domingo Junior Flores, who told hospital staff the girl had hurt herself and fallen down the stairs.A nurse told off...

Blast at Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza kills dozens

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

(CNN) — Dozens were killed and many more injured in a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip late Saturday, according to an official at a nearby hospital and eyewitnesses who spoke with CNN.The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza said 47 people were killed. The director of communications at the Al-Aqsa hospital, Mohammad al Hajj, told CNN the explosion was the result of an Israeli airstrike.Later Sunday, the hospital’s director, Dr Eyad Abu Zaher, said 52 people had been killed, differing from the health ministry’s figure.“One of the houses in the camp was struck. This house was crowded with residents. Its residents were bombed while they were safe in their homes,” added head of nursing Dr. Khalil Al-Daqran.The Israeli military did not have an immediate comment as to whether it was targeting the area. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it is looking into the circumstances around the explosion.One resident of the camp to...

Good news on injured Cal running back Jaivian Thomas

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

Jaivian Thomas, the Cal running back who lay motionless on the field for 15 minutes Saturday night, was on his feet and headed home Sunday, according to a family member.“He can move, he’s been up walking,” his cousin, Jamal Fletcher, told the Bay Area News Group on Sunday afternoon. “He’s on his way home now, and he’s doing better. He should be home this evening.”Fletcher, an assistant coach at the Oakland high school (McClymonds) where Thomas starred, said the family shared a special moment Saturday night from the Eugene, Oregon hospital.“He Face-timed us around 9:30 —  me, his mom and his stepfather. in the living room,” Fletcher said.The injury occurred in the third quarter of Cal’s 63-19 loss to sixth-ranked Oregon Ducks. On a first-down play from the Oregon 5, Thomas took a handoff from quarterback Fernando Mendoza and immediately lost control of the ball, fumbling it forward. He was hit after the fumble, away fr...

Three Vallejo burglary suspects arrested 

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

(KRON) – Three suspects accused of burglarizing a Vallejo business were arrested, the Vallejo Police Department announced Saturday.Vallejo officers were informed by an employee of a business on the 400 block of Columbus Parkway that three suspects burglarized his store for over $70,000 worth of merchandise over the span of a week on Oct. 23. The employee provided the officers with the suspects’ pictures and their Chevrolet C/K 2500. 1 gunshot victim in gravel condition, OPD investigates Vallejo PD located the Chevrolet near the intersection of McGrue Avenue and Deborah Street and initiated a traffic stop. According to police, the occupants of the vehicle matched the description of the burglars. The employee from the business completed an in-field show-up and identified the suspects. According to Vallejo police, officers mirandized the suspects.All three suspects admitted to being in the store, and one admitted to stealing the merchandise.All suspects were transported to the county...

Walnut Creek police looking for elderly woman with dementia

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

(BCN) -- Walnut Creek police are looking for an at-risk elderly woman who went missing Sunday. Jane Johnston is 77 years old, 5'5 with white hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a black vest, blue and white floral-patterned striped dress and no shoes. Video: Man shatters Oakland bookstore window, steals books Johnston was last seen near her residence in Rossmoor at approximately 4:30 a.m. Sunday.Johnston has dementia and was walking when she left her home. Police ask anyone with information or has seen Johnston to call them at (925) 935-6400. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

One killed and one critically wounded in early morning crash Sunday in Hayward

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

(BCN) -- One person was killed and another is in critical condition after the vehicle in which they traveled in Hayward early Sunday morning struck a tree. Police said in a statement Sunday that officers responded at 2:14 a.m. to a report of a single vehicle collision near the intersection of Winton and Magna avenues. Tenderloin dealer pleads guilty to six drug offenses, including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl Officers found the vehicle hit a tree after failing to make the turn from southbound D Street to westbound Winton Avenue. The 37-year-old female passenger from Richmond was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, a 46-year-old man from Oakland, was taken to a local hospital and is listed in critical but stable condition. Police said they're withholding the identities of the victims, pending notifications to next of kin and formal identification protocols by the Alameda County Coroner's Office. Anyone with information about the crash can contact Hayward police at (51...

DPD: 2 dead, 5 hurt after overnight shooting in Park Hill

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – The Denver Police Department investigated a shooting at East 33rd Avenue and Hudson Street in the Park Hill neighborhood Sunday morning. Police said they received a call about the shooting at 3:09 a.m.Police said the shooting happened at an after-hours club in a building that belonged to Hell's Lovers Motorcycle Club.There was also evidence that multiple guns were fired in the incident, according to police, as well as evidence of gunfire outside of the club. Police were determining whether any gunfire happened inside the club as well.Police said one man was pronounced dead, and that there were seven total victims confirmed.Later Sunday afternoon, police provided an update and said another victim, a man, had died of his injuries."Unfortunately with the majority of the victims still in surgery, they are unavailable to us. We haven't had a chance to talk to them," said Commander Matt Clark with DPD.Just before 9:30 a.m. the SWAT team showed up and tried to coax peo...

Why Sunday’s meteor shower offers a rare opportunity to see a fireball

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

(CNN) — The first branch of the Taurid meteor showers is set to peak this weekend, presenting an enticing opportunity for patient sky-gazers.Southern Taurid meteors have been blazing bright across the night sky since late September, but around the peak — expected at 8:47 p.m. ET Sunday — is when people will have the best chance to catch a glimpse, according to the American Meteor Society.While the Southern Taurids typically have a frequency of only five meteors per hour, the shower is known for being rich in fireballs, which is a term for a meteor that appears to be brighter than Venus, according to NASA. Venus is the second brightest celestial object in the night sky after the moon.“Meteors are a part of the night sky that just are out of the norm for people,” said Bill Cooke, lead of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “You go outside, you see the stars, you see the moon, you see the planets — those are always there … but you don’t always see the meteors. Meteors a...

Police investigating shooting inside Ocean State Job Lot in Brockton

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:25:57 GMT

Police are searching for a suspect after a person was shot inside an Ocean State Job Lot location in Brockton on Sunday.Police say an argument between an employee and a shopper escalated, and the employee shot the shopper when the shopper pulled a knife on them. After the shooting, the worker allegedly fled the scene and police are working to locate him.The victim was taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.