17 News @ Sunrise 04/17/2024
Apr 17, 2024 ·
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Some of today's top stories - The race for the gold is getting a lot closer this morning.. Today we are exactly 100-days out from the opening ceremony at the...
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- The race for the gold is getting a lot closer this morning..
Today we are exactly 100-days out from the opening ceremony at the summer olympics in paris..
To celebrate.. Dozens of stars from team usa are in new york to talk about the games and what it means to represent their country with the whole world watching..
NBC's Jay gray spent some time with the athletes, and has more. And the TODAY Show is celebrating the countdown in a big way!
Tune in this morning as the Plaza will be transformed into Paris with dozens of hopefuls sharing their path to gold with the TODAY team.
Mike Tirico will check in from Paris as well. The ceremonial flame was lit at the birthplace of the olympic games in greece yesterday.
The ceremony, took place in the ruins of the temple of Hera in Olympia.
The ceremony launches a 68-day torch relay set to culminate in paris on july 26TH. - A pro-Palestinian protester who was arrested for threatening to murder Bakersfield City Coucilmembers - is out of jail this morning.
Meantime, last week's comments by 28-year-old Riddhi Patel are making headlines nationally and internationally.
Bakersfield Vice Mayor Andrae Gonzales appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper to discuss the threats.
He also spoke to 17 News. Vice Mayor Gonzales says there have also been at least two instances in which Patel approached him outside of city hall and accosted him. Patel and other pro-Palestinian protesters have gone to city council meetings... demanding that Bakersfield pass a Gaza ceasefire resolution.
Patel faces 18 felony charges and has pleaded not guilty.
Bail was reduced to $500,000 and this morning, Patel is not listed as "in custody." - A Kern Valley High School teacher has admitted to sending sexually explicit messages and engaging in sex acts with a student inside a classroom. That's according to newly-released court documents.
29-year-old Christopher Renaudo is charged with five felony counts.
He was arrested earlier this month after the alleged victim reported Renaudo sexually assaulted her on three occasions after asking her to stay behind after class, according to the documents.
When first questioned, Renaudo told investigators he had a normal student-teacher relationship with the teen.
Kern High School District officials have said Renaudo was placed on unpaid administrative leave. - investigators are still looking into a fire that started in a building in east Bakersfield.
The fire on East 19th and Grove Streets started around 5 o'clock yesterday
This is in an industrial area with several warehouses, however it's unclear if the building that caught fire is a business or if it was perhaps, vacant.
We have calls out to the city and county fire crews to learn more.
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