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Latest line: A good week for water districts, a bad week for the San Jose Police Officers’ Association

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

Water agenciesWith reservoirs full and state and federal deliveries up, Bay Area water agencies prepare to relax strict conservation rules after three years of drought, which will earn them more money from water sales.    San Jose Police Officers’ AssociationPolice union makes national headlines after its executive director, Joanne Segovia, a civilian, is charged with running a drug ring from her home since 2015, including distributing fentanyl.   Stanford Law School“Freedom of speech is a bedrock principle,” Stanford president says in apology after 100 students shout down a conservative judge at the law school. But the damage to the school’s reputation is done. 

They said it: Traffic is back

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

“You kind of got used to putting it in cruise control and doing 75 miles per hour. Maybe about three or four months ago you come around the corner and traffic is stopped.”— Ian Brown, 47, who commutes from San Francisco to Los Gatos for a job at Netflix. A traffic analytics firm found that Bay Area congestion fully returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2022.

Caltrans mapping app helps drivers (and others) get around traffic problems: Roadshow

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

Q: You mentioned Quickmaps in a recent column. That website and app are worth highlighting for your readers. It’s useful not just for car trips, but also bike riding in local mountains. As you know, it can show data from Caltrans, Google Maps, and Waze. It’s a great way to find information about closures, lane reductions, incident reports, and much more.It’s not perfect for cycling, as it doesn’t show many closed single-lane mountain roads, like Stage and West Old La Honda, but it gets the ones most traveled by autos, like Skyline and Highway 9, and 236 in Big Basin. For your readers driving to any of our mountains, it can be of great value. The app is better than the website, as it remembers your settings, and can push alerts for nearby issues. All in all, it’s a pretty slick app.Kudos to Caltrans for this one.Steve Rempel, Los AltosA: Thanks for sharing your experience with it.Q: My phone died and I need to reinstall apps on my new one. You named a go...

Black homeownership has declined across the Bay Area, furthering inequality

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

Since pulling herself out of homelessness a decade ago, Nadia Johnson has worked tirelessly to achieve what no one else in her family has accomplished: owning a home in the Bay Area.Johnson, a manager at a local Starbucks, and her husband, Andre, a driver for a private bus service, now rent a two-bedroom duplex in the Contra Costa County suburb of Rodeo with their 13-year-old daughter, Raiena.The couple has been saving to buy a house of their own in the working-class community known for its sprawling Phillips 66 oil refinery. But their modest incomes make it nearly impossible to qualify for a mortgage, even in one of the more affordable parts of the increasingly unaffordable Bay Area.“We’re trying to own a little piece of Rodeo, just a little bitty piece,” said Johnson, 48. “I just want to be able to leave something to my grandchildren.”Buying a home, a crucial stepping stone to wealth that can be passed down over generations, has long been a struggle f...

Brendan Rodgers fired by relegation-threatened Leicester

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Relegation-threatened Leicester fired manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday in a late-season move to preserve its Premier League status.Rodgers, who has been in charge for four years, leaves with the team having dropped to third-to-last place with 10 league matches remaining.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces he’ll seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces he’ll seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.Source

Brittney Griner exige liberación de periodista estadounidense detenido en Rusia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

WASHINGTON DC — La estrella estadounidense del baloncesto Brittney Griner y su esposa están preocupadas por la detención en Rusia del reportero del Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich y dijeron que “debemos hacer todo lo que esté en nuestro poder para traerle a él y a todos los estadounidenses a casa”.“Cualquier estadounidense que sea detenido es nuestro para luchar por él y cualquier estadounidense devuelto es una victoria para todos nosotros”, dijo Griner, que estuvo casi todo el año pasado detenida en Rusia, en un comunicado con Cheredelle Griner publicado el sábado por la noche en Instagram.Las autoridades rusas de seguridad detuvieron el jueves a Gershkovich, de 31 años, y le acusaron de espionaje. El diario rechazó las acusaciones y exigió su liberación.El presidente, Joe Biden, instó el viernes a Rusia a liberar a Gershkovich, el primer corresponsal estadounidense detenido por acusaciones de espionaje desde la Guerra Fría. Tragedia en México: se lanzan al vacío...

Anthony Joshua sets sights on Fury in tweak to rebuild plan

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

Anthony Joshua’s rebuild plan was to have three or four fights to gain momentum for another crack at a world heavyweight title.He’s happy to take a short cut.An all-British fight with WBC champion Tyson Fury could be back on the cards after Joshua beat Jermaine Franklin on points on Saturday in an unconvincing comeback fight following successive damaging losses to Oleksandr Usyk.Well, Joshua hopes so, anyway.“It’s 100% Tyson Fury,” Joshua said in the bowels of London’s O2 Arena early Sunday about who he wanted to fight next.“That’s the pot of gold. The WBC heavyweight champion of the world — that’s what it’s all about. Definitely Tyson Fury.”Fury might have something to say about that, though he is yet to respond to being called out by Joshua.And arranging a so-called “Battle of Britain” won’t be easy. A look at the two fighters’ previous attempts at negotiations point to that.In 2020, after some unseemly back-and-forth over social media, a Joshua-Fury fight to crown the winner the ...

Denver weather: Warm, windy before snow Tuesday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s weather will stay warm and windy through Monday ahead of the next snow chance on Tuesday. High fire danger continues on Sunday while winter storm watches and warnings are ready for the incoming snow Monday night. Pinpoint Weather: Watches and warnings on April 2.Weather today: Warm and windyOn Sunday, the metro will stay dry and windy with gusts reaching around 30 mph in Denver. Pinpoint Weather: Wind gusts on April 2. Bear Fire burns several acres in Golden Gate Canyon Temperatures will be a touch warmer than they were on Saturday and reach the upper 60s.Pinpoint Weather: Afternoon highs on April 2. Looking ahead: Snow TuesdayMonday is another warm and windy one with highs reaching the mid-60s. This will be ahead of the next system that will bring snow late Monday into Tuesday, followed by much cooler weather for the rest of the workweek.The mountains will see most of the snow, and light accumulation is expected across the metro and east.Pinpoint Weather:...

Trump’s lawyer expects to make motion to dismiss charges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:33 GMT

Joe Tacopina, one of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers, said Sunday that he eventually expects to move to dismiss the charges against the former president.“I very much anticipate a motion to dismiss coming because there’s no law that fits this,” Tacopina told Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”Trump was indicted Thursday by a Manhattan grand jury in a case related to hush money his lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The exact charges against the former president have yet to be unveiled.The move to dismiss the charges against Trump won’t come until after his arraignment Tuesday, Tacopina said.“We’re not doing anything at the arraignment because that would be showmanship and nothing more because we haven’t even seen the indictment yet.”“We will take the indictment. We will dissect it. The team will look at every — every — potential issue that we will be able to challenge and we will challenge,” he added.