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Update: Barricaded Pleasant Hill detective arrested after three-day standoff, lockdown ends

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

PLEASANT HILL — The retired detective who barricaded himself inside his Pleasant Hill home after allegedly shooting and injuring his wife was taken into custody Saturday morning, ending a three-day standoff, authorities said.The arrest came shortly before 9 a.m., about four hours after he allegedly opened fire at police stationed outside his home. No injuries were reported.Few datils on the arrest were available.A shelter-in-place order was lifted for the Sherman Acres neighborhood, which has been locked down since Thursday.The Central County SWAT team and crisis negotiators attempted to speak with Chunliam Saechao, a 40-year-old retired detective from the Pittsburg Police Department, throughout the night, according to a Pleasant Hill press release.Rather than surrender, police said Saechao fired numerous shots around 5 a.m. from a rifle and shotgun at nearby armored police vehicles from inside his home, located in the 200 block of Cleopatra Drive.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Sa...

Security guard dead after shooting in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

(KRON) – The Oakland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred in the 2300 block of Harrison Street around 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 8.Upon officers’ arrival, they located a victim who sustained a gunshot wound(s) inside a business. Paramedic personnel responded to the scene to provide medical treatment. However, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.  Two hospitalized after Berkeley double-stabbing, suspect at-large According to the police investigation, officers learned that the victim was working as a security guard for the business and tried to prevent an individual from taking items. The individual brandished a firearm and fired a round(s) at the victim. The suspect then fled the scene in a vehicle. The victim's identity is being withheld pending notification to next of kin. OPD’s Homicide Section has taken over this ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821. 

Pleasant Hill man who allegedly shot wife in custody, shelter-in-place lifted

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

(KRON) -- The Pleasant Hill Police Department advised that the shelter-in-place has been lifted, and Chunliam Saechao is in custody.The subject opened fire at armored police vehicles from his residence where he has been holed up since Thursday night, police said early Saturday morning.According to a press release issued by the Pleasant Hill Police Department at 5 a.m., Saechao, 40, fired several shots using a rifle and shotgun as efforts to take custody of him continued overnight at the 200 block of Cleopatra Drive. Police deem Pleasant Hill shelter-in-place subject who allegedly shot wife ‘no threat’ There were no reported injuries from the shooting.Police said the Central County SWAT team and crisis negotiators, who have been dispatched since late Friday night, had attempted to speak with Sacheao to have him surrender.Past midnight, the police said a felony warrant for his arrest was obtained by law enforcers after he was determined to be a danger to the public.Saechao is accuse...

Five suspects wanted for allegedly stealing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

(KRON) – Approximately $7,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from a Colma business and the suspects are at large, the Colma Police Department announced Friday. Colma Officers were dispatched to a business in the 200 block of Colma Boulevard on a report of a theft at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 28.   Colma shoplifting suspect arrested after attempting to flee on bicycle According to police, officers were advised that five male suspects stole merchandise before fleeing in a white Toyota.Upon arrival, Colma officers located the Toyota driving northbound on Junipero Serra Boulevard. The officers attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop on the vehicle, however; the driver failed to yield and continued northbound at a high rate of speed, police said. The officers decided not to continue to pursue the vehicle due to safety concerns, according to police. According to the police investigation, the suspects stole approximately $7,000.00 worth of merchandise.Colma PD provid...

Eintracht Frankfurt routs Bayern Munich 5-1 for defending champ’s first Bundesliga defeat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt routed Bayern Munich 5-1 to deal the 11-time defending champion its first Bundesliga defeat of the season on Saturday.Omar Marmoush starred for the home team to end its run of four straight defeats across all competitions, and Bayern star Harry Kane failed to score for just the third time in the Bundesliga this season.Bayern arguably paid the price for its unexpected long period between games as last weekend’s match with Union Berlin was called off at short notice because of heavy snowfall in the Bavarian capital. Bayern hadn’t played since Nov. 29.Union put the break to good use, however, ending its run of 15 games without a win across all competitions by beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1.Benedict Hollerbach and Mikkel Kaufmann scored their first Bundesliga goals to lead Union to victory in coach Nenad Bjelica’s first home game in charge.Freiburg enjoyed a 1-0 win at Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen defeated Augsburg 2-0, and Heidenheim came from behind...

Lazio dominates but draws 1-1 at 10-man Verona in Serie A. Inter hosts Udinese

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Lazio could only manage a 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened Hellas Verona in Serie A on Saturday despite the capital team dominating and its opponent finishing the match with 10 men.Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri had hit out at talk his team was in crisis after a midweek Italian Cup victory — its third straight win in all competitions.But Lazio has won only one of its past five league matches and the draw at Verona left it eighth. Verona, which is without a win since August, remained in the bottom three.Inter Milan will be looking to move back atop Serie A when it hosts relegation-threatened Udinese later. Third-place AC Milan was playing at Atalanta.Lazio took the lead in Verona with a spectacular goal in the 23rd minute. Following good interplay with Manuel Lazzari on the right, Felipe Anderson rolled the ball across for Mattia Zaccagni to send home with a cheeky, backheeled flick at the near post.The former Verona player refused to celebrate and instead waved an apology ...

Protests at UN climate talks, from ceasefire calls to detainees, see ‘shocking level of censorship’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. But the rules of the game in the tightly controlled United Arab Emirates at the site supervised by the United Nations meant sharp restrictions on what demonstrators could say, where they could walk and what their signs could portray.At times, the controls bordered on the absurd. A small group of demonstrators protesting the detention of activists — one from Egypt and two from the UAE — were not allowed to hold up signs bearing their names. A late afternoon demonstration of around 500 people, the largest seen at the climate conference, couldn’t go beyond the U.N.-governed Blue Zone in this autocratic nation. And their calls for a cease-fire in the war in the Gaza Strip couldn’t actually name the states involved. “It is a shocking level of censorship in a space that had been guaranteed to have basic freedoms protected like freedom of expression, assembly and asso...

Tensions are soaring between Guyana and Venezuela over a territorial dispute. Here’s what to know

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A century-old territorial dispute deepened by the discovery of oil is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. Steeped in patriotism, the Venezuelan government is seizing on the fight to boost support ahead of a presidential election among a population fed up with a decade-long crisis that has pushed many into poverty.Venezuelans on Sunday approved a referendum to claim sovereignty over Essequibo, a mineral-rich territory that accounts for two-thirds of Guyana and lies near big offshore oil deposits. Military confrontation appears unlikely for now, but several countries have echoed Guyana’s concerns over an annexation by its neighbor to the west.These are some of the key aspects of the growing dispute:WHY IS THE BORDER UNDER DISPUTE?Venezuela says it was the victim of a land theft conspiracy in 1899, when Guyana was a British colony and arbitrators from Britain, Russia and the United States decided the boundary. The U.S. represented Venezuela in...

14 dead in clash between criminal gang and villagers in central Mexico

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fourteen people were killed in a clash Friday between gunmen from a criminal gang and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico, authorities said. Four people were left wounded and two more missing. Dramatic video of the fight posted on social media showed villagers in cowboy hats with sickles and hunting rifles chasing down suspected gang members amid bursts of automatic gunfire.Police in the State of Mexico, which abuts Mexico City, said the clash occurred in the hamlet of Texcaltitlan, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southwest of the capital. State police said 11 of the dead were members of the criminal gang, while three were village residents. Police did not identify the gang, but the violent Familia Michoacana drug cartel has been dominant in that area for a decade.The video appeared to show the attackers wore military-style uniforms, some with helmets. Villagers apparently set their bodies and vehicles on fire.Local media said Familia Michoaca...

Es mamá y tiene tatuajes: conoce a la nueva Miss Venezuela

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:41 GMT

Caracas – La docente Ileana Márquez, coronada el jueves como la nueva Miss Venezuela, resaltó este viernes la importancia de haberse convertido en la primera madre en competir y triunfar en el popular concurso, del que han salido siete ganadoras del Miss Universo y seis del Miss Mundo.En su primera rueda de prensa como reina de belleza, la profesora de 27 años citó a la estadounidense Mary Jackson, la matemática afroamericana que abrió paso a las mujeres negras en la NASA, para destacar que “ser el primero es importante”, así como “aprovechar las oportunidades”.“Se les abren puertas a todas aquellas mujeres que en algún momento pasaron por la situación que yo pasé hace 11 años (cuando tuvo a su hija Guadalupe), pero que no se detengan y sigan luchando, que se preparen. Todo en esta vida se trata de la educación, de tener la convicción de que puedes lograr las metas”, expuso. En fotos: así lucía Sheynnis Palacios antes de ganar ...