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San Jose: 3 ways to visualize budget shift for policing, homelessness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

With America’s 10th largest city set to vote next month on a multi-billion dollar budget, homelessness, crime, and soaring housing costs remain at the forefront for many of San Jose’s 1 million residents.Amid economic uncertainty and wrangling at City Hall on how to spend $5.2 billion in the coming year, Mayor Matt Mahan already has debuted his priorities: a shift from permanent housing to interim housing for the city’s homeless residents and hiring more police staff — proposals that the city’s progressive activists and councilmembers are likely to protest.The mayor — who was elected on a campaign that promised to return “back to basics” and to reign in City Hall’s responsibilities — comes in as San Jose enjoys a $35 million budget surplus. But officials expect those extra bucks to dry up in the coming years as the economic picture darkens.What’s behind the billions being spent? Here are three ways to visualize San Jo...

Review: Amazing pop act kicks off long-awaited concert tour in Bay Area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

It was one of those moments that sticks with you long after it’s actually happened.Johanna and Klara Söderberg were harmonizing through an awe-inspiring version of the Christine McVie-penned Fleetwood Mac classic “Songbird,” accompanied solely by Klara’s softly reassuring work on the acoustic guitar, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Monday (May 15).The sisters, who are better known as the Swedish country-folk-rock-pop duo First Aid Kit, had prefaced the song by speaking to the audience about how much they loved Fleetwood Mac and how “devastated” they were by McVie’s death late last year at the age of 79.The 2,800 people in attendance treated the song with reverence, remaining quiet as the sisters’ continued through the richly emotional and delicate number. Then, at its conclusion, the crowd suddenly erupted, showering First Aid Kit — as well as the memory of McVie and, really, this particular moment i...

Man who fell off pier near SF Presidio rescued, transported to hospital in critical condition

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man who fell off Torpedo Pier on Tuesday morning and became submerged has been rescued, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The man was collecting cans shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday on the pier when he fell off and went under. Witnesses said the man struggled to stay afloat and quickly went under, according to SFFD. Elon Musk blames ‘woke mind virus’ for downtown San Francisco’s woes Divers and rescue boats were deployed to try and locate him. The divers located the individual an estimated 16 feet down just off the pier. He received immediate lifesaving treatment from firefighters and paramedics, according to SFFD Capt. Jonathon Baxter. He was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.In addition to divers and rescue boats, a helicopter and technology such as depthfinders and scanners were deployed in the rescue effort. Torpedo Pier is located off Torpedo Wharf near the Presidio.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Elon Musk blames 'woke mind virus' for downtown San Francisco's woes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Elon Musk was on Twitter Monday night, taking aim at two of his frequent targets: downtown San Francisco and "wokeness." "The disaster that is downtown SF, once beatiful (sic) and thriving, now a derelict zombie apocalypse, is due to the woke mind virus," the Tesla CEO tweeted in response to a tweet about Dave Chappelle's recent SF appearance. ‘I’m broken hearted by SF’: Small business owners struggle with post-pandemic changes "Dave Chappelle skewers San Francisco's downfall, blames woke leadership," read the tweet Musk was responding to. During a surprise, last-minute appearance at the Masonic last week, Chappelle reportedly asked the audience, "What the f--k happened to this place?" A report in SFGate singled out Chappelle's performance for containing transphobic "dog whistles," but made no mention of the comedian calling out the city's "woke leadership." SF supervisor joins Pelosi in requesting federal help to combat fentanyl 'Woke" ideology being re...

Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane has surgery on broken bone in right big toe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane had surgery Tuesday on his right big toe after initially breaking a bone during a game Nov. 11 against Minnesota.The Grizzlies announced the procedure Tuesday on a broken medial sesamoid bone in the toe. The team says Bane is expected to be fully recovered before the start of the season. Bane initially hurt his toe during the Grizzlies’ win Nov. 11 against the Timberwolves. He finished that win over Minnesota with 24 points and five assists. The Grizzlies announced the next day the third-year player out of TCU would miss at least two to three weeks with a sprained toe. He missed 17 games and returned Dec. 23.The 30th overall pick in the 2020 draft ranks second in the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage since entering the league with a minimum of 400 3-pointers made. He set the franchise record with 228 made 3s last season.Bane finished this season playing 58 games and was the second-leading scorer for Memphis. He averaged 21....

NASCAR’s Ross Chastain leaves more wrecks, ill will in his wake at Darlington

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Rick Hendrick sees the enormous talent in Ross Chastain. The veteran team owner also sees Chastain’s sometimes reckless style that leaves damaged cars and angry competitors in his wake. Chastain’s late crash off a restart took himself and Hendrick star driver Kyle Larson out of contention as they were racing for the lead at Darlington over the weekend. An earlier tangle with Chastain ended the chances of another NASCAR champion, pole sitter Martin Truex Jr., who had led 145 of the first 151 laps at the Goodyear 400. The wreck with Larson helped another Hendrick racer, William Byron, grab the lead and hold off Kevin Harvick for his third victory this season. But it was Chastain’s actions that again stole NASCAR’s show. Hendrick said he believes the Trackhouse Racing driver has crossed a line. “You just don’t run people up in the fence,” Hendrick said. “He’s going to make a lot of enemies and it’s hard to win a champion...

Md. universities receive more than $2.5 million through federal grant to train, hire mental health support

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.The Biden administration will distribute more than $2.5 million to four Maryland universities to train and hire new mental health service personnel in an effort to combat a “mental health crisis in our schools,” according to a press release Monday.As part of President Joe Biden’s effort to improve mental health services through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the U.S. Department of Education announced nearly $100 million to be distributed out to 36 states to fund the training and hiring of mental health professionals across the country.For Maryland, that’s a total of $2,570,976 to four universities in this round of funds. The University of Maryland Baltimore will receive $825,567, Johns Hopkins University will receive $693,004, Bowie State University will receive $674,464 and Loyola University Maryland w...

Jamie Foxx se somete a rehabilitación física en Chicago

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

(CNN) — El actor Jamie Foxx está bajo tratamiento médico en un centro de rehabilitación física en Chicago, donde ha estado recibiendo atención durante las últimas dos semanas, según una fuente con conocimiento del asunto.La persona no reveló de qué está siendo tratado Foxx, pero el centro está especializado en cuidados de rehabilitación para pacientes con deficiencias físicas, lesiones cerebrales o de la columna vertebral.¿Por qué amigos y familiares de Jamie Foxx han compartido poca información sobre su diagnóstico médico?Foxx fue hospitalizado inicialmente en Atlanta, Georgia, el 11 de abril tras sufrir una “complicación médica” no revelada, según su hija, Corinne Foxx. Ella compartió en una publicación en redes sociales el viernes de la semana pasada que su padre “ha estado fuera del hospital durante semanas, recuperándose”.Corinne Foxx compartió esa “actualización de la familia” después de que varios medios de comunicación reportaran que...

Champions League: Guardiola says his legacy is ‘exceptional’ even if Man City loses to Real Madrid

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — At times the pressure of winning the Champions League has seemed too much for Manchester City’s players to bear.Real Madrid, on the other hand, keeps on setting new standards in European club soccer’s elite competition. That contrast between the rivals is just one of the reasons why Wednesday’s Champions League semifinal is so compelling, with the game delicately poised at 1-1 after the first leg.City has spent more than $1 billion on some of the world’s greatest talent, but has repeatedly fallen short on Europe’s biggest stage.Not even Pep Guardiola — a two-time winner as coach of Barcelona — has been able to change that. And with each passing year, the pressure on him grows to win the one major trophy to elude City under the ownership of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family.“The club is missing that one (trophy) and (with) the owners and the amount of money they have pumped into this club and the investment they have done, we owe that ...

Ex-DC police officer pleads guilty to felony fraud for double billing hours

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:59 GMT

A former D.C. police officer plead guilty Tuesday to first-degree felony fraud after double billing hours he actually spent working at unauthorized outside employment, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said.Authorities said 52-year-old Medgar Webster Sr., a former police union vice chairman, pleaded guilty for committing time and attendance fraud on the Metropolitan Police Department and in D.C.Webster must pay the full restitution of the $33,845 he stole from D.C. police as part of his plea.Court documents showed that between January 2021 and April 2022, Webster engaged in more than 1,400 hours of unauthorized outside employment at three separate D.C. Whole Foods Market locations while also employed by D.C. police.Webster billed MPD for regular, overtime and holiday hours that he never worked, officials said, working a total of 514 hours at Whole Foods during times he reported working for MPD. The double-billed time included 246.5 hours in overtime pay at roughly $79.67 per hour,...