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Latest line: A good week for Lateefah Simon, a bad week for Sam Bankman-Fried

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

Lateefah SimonSecuring a big boost in the crowded Democratic primary, BART board member and Cal State trustee wins Gov. Gavin Newsom’s endorsement to succeed Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who is running for Senate.    Sam Bankman-FriedThe Stanford-born former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, once worth $26 billion, is convicted of seven felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. He now faces 110 years in prison.   Remote workersEmployees who moved to other states during the pandemic are saving money on housing, but learning that many places don’t have California’s paid sick days, family leave or other guaranteed benefits. 

Rebuilding Paradise: Six projects to prevent a future tragedy, five years after the Camp Fire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

Five years after California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire destroyed Paradise, the town’s leaders have launched three dozen projects to fortify this Northern California community about 180 miles northeast of San Francisco against future disasters.Click here to read more about how Paradise is rebuilding five years after the Camp Fire. Here is a look at six of them:An emergency notification system. Twenty-one sirens atop steel towers, disguised as Douglas fir trees, emit one minute of loud “Hi-Lo” warning sounds followed by evacuation instructions. The system can be controlled manually, over the internet or by satellite. Power is hard-wired underground, but each siren also has a solar panel. Many have cameras.Widened evacuation routes. One of the major corridors, Pentz Road, is getting a $73 million widening, with a new two-way left turn lane and bike path, which can double as an evacuation route. Skyway, another artery, will be widened to increase i...

They said it: Third time’s not the charm

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

“San Jose has wrapped her arms around me and I have done my best to do the same. While I have decided not to run for mayor of San Jose, I will continue to help move our city forward and help tackle the critical issues impacting our residents and community.”— Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, a former two-term San Jose councilwoman and vice mayor who lost a 2006 mayoral bid to Chuck Reed and last year’s mayoral race to Mayor Matt Mahan, on not challenging his re-election next year.

Judge to San Jose church: Turkey bags of weed, pile of cash not ‘sacrament’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

A San Jose church this week lost a lengthy legal battle after claiming police violated its religious rights by raiding its minister’s home and seizing 90 pounds of marijuana, nearly 1,200 cannabis vaping cartridges and more than $155,000.Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled Tuesday in federal court in Oakland that the Sacrament Collective Pentecostal Church, despite its foundational belief in cannabis as a holy sacrament, was still subject to state drugs laws. Hamilton threw out the lawsuit the church filed against Santa Cruz County a month after the 2019 search of the minister’s house in the Santa Cruz Mountains.The raid, according to authorities, turned up weed in the large plastic “turkey bags” used for baking the birds, plus the vaping cartridges, parts for vaping pens, 115 cannabis plants growing in a detached garage, a money-counting machine, and cash stashed in a laundry hamper, dresser, and a beer box in a hallway closet.The church’s lawyer argued in th...

Families of Israel hostages fear the world will forget. So they’re traveling to be living reminders

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The photo of the white-haired woman in a golf cart, wrapped in a purple blanket and flanked by a gunman, was among the first to emerge of the hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.But Yaffa Adar’s granddaughter is afraid that the world’s memory of that harrowing day – and the impetus to free some 240 people held by Hamas – is fading. So Adva Adar and her brother, like many other relatives of the hostages, have left Israel for what they hope will be a friendly reception in cities around the world.Paris, Atlanta and London. Chicago and Vienna. The island of Cyprus.They fear the alternative will be a collective amnesia, as memories of that day are replaced by news of Palestinian deaths in Gaza. Israeli social media is filled with images of the missing person flyers of the hostages being ripped down around the world.“It’s very scary thinking that it’s going to be old news that my grandmother will stay hostage,” Adva Adar said.IN AN INFORMATION VACUUM, FEA...

Sports on TV for Monday, November 6

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsMonday, November 6COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)4:30 p.m.TRUTV — Hall of Fame Series: Georgia vs. Oregon, Las Vegas5:30 p.m.PAC-12N — Linfield at Oregon St.6:30 p.m.BTN — Samford at Purdue7 p.m.ACCN — Radford at North CarolinaPEACOCK — Princeton at Rutgers7:30 p.m.PAC-12N — Towson at Colorado8 p.m.SECN — New Mexico St. at Kentucky8:30 p.m.BTN — James Madison at Michigan St.9 p.m.ACCN — Dartmouth at Duke9:30 p.m.PAC-12N — Morgan St. at Arizona10 p.m.TNT — Hall of Fame Series: Southern Cal vs. Kansas St., Las Vegas10:30 p.m.FS1 — Cal St.-Fullerton at San Diego St.11:30 p.m.PAC-12N — St. Francis (Pa.) at UCLACOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)1 p.m.ESPN — South Carolina vs. Notre Dame, Paris2 p.m.TRUTV — Hall of Fame Series: Southern Cal vs. Ohio St., Las Vegas5 p.m.ACCN — High Point at Virginia Tech7:30 p.m.TNT — Hall of Fame Series: LSU vs. Colorado, Las VegasHORSE RACING9:30 p.m.FS2 — The Melbourne Cup: From Flemington Racecourse, F...

German police say the hostage situation at Hamburg Airport is over. Man in custody, girl is safe

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — The hostage situation at Hamburg Airport ended Sunday afternoon, around 18 hours after a man drove his vehicle through the gates of the airport with his 4-year-old daughter inside, authorities said. The man was arrested and the girl appears to be unharmed.Hamburg police tweeted that “the hostage situation is over. The suspect has left the car with his daughter. … The child appears to be unharmed.”Police also said that “the man was arrested by the emergency services without resistance.”The airport in the northern German city had been closed to passengers and flights canceled since Saturday night when the man, who was armed, broke through an airport gate with his vehicle and fired twice into the air with a weapon, according to German news agency dpa. The man drove the vehicle just outside a terminal building and parked it under a plane.Authorities said the man’s wife had previously contacted them about a child abduction.Police said that the 35-year-old man had his ...

Newcastle condemns discriminatory abuse toward Guimarães and Willock after Arsenal game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle said Sunday it was supporting Bruno Guimarães and Joe Willock after the players were sent discriminatory abuse over social media following the 1-0 win against Arsenal in the Premier League.Willock, who is Black, used his Instagram account to highlight racist messages he received after Saturday’s game. He is a former Arsenal player and was involved in the build-up to the only goal scored by Anthony Gordon.Guimarães is a Brazil international.Newcastle said it “strongly condemns” the abuse, adding: “We are providing support to Bruno and Joe and will work with relevant authorities and social media platforms to identify those responsible so that they can be held to account.”Kick It Out, a leading anti-discrimination group in soccer, called on social media companies to offer better safeguards against the abuse.“Sadly, this has been an almost weekly occurrence this season, and the costs on players’ mental health are huge,” the group said.___A...

German police say a hostage situation that shut down Hamburg airport is over, with a man arrested and his daughter safe

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a hostage situation that shut down Hamburg airport is over, with a man arrested and his daughter safe.Source

Blinken meets Abbas in the West Bank in the latest stop on his diplomat push on the Israel-Hamas war

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:44:51 GMT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Biden administration’s latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory.On a stop not announced in advance, Blinken traveled to Ramallah in an armored motorcade and under tight security just hours after Israeli planes struck a refugee camp in Gaza, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. Despite the secrecy and the U.S. State Department’s refusal to confirm the trip until after Blinken had left the West Bank, there were protests against the diplomat’s visit and U.S. support for Israel as word of his arrival leaked.Neither man spoke as they greeted each other in front of cameras and their meeting ended without any public comment.A senior Americ...