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Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university’s highest governing body announced Tuesday.“Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we are facing,” the Harvard Corporation said in a statement following its meeting Monday.Only months into her leadership, Gay came under intense scrutiny following the hearing in which she and two of her peers struggled to answer questions about campus antisemitism. Their academic responses provoked backlash from Republican opponents, along with alumni and donors who say the university leaders are failing to stand up for Jewish students on their campuses.At issue was a line of questioning that asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate th...

Family held at gunpoint in Rancho Cucamonga home invasion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

A Rancho Cucamonga family was held at gunpoint by two home-invasion robbers who remain on the loose Tuesday morning. Deputies responded to the robbery call in the 5800 block of Rolling Pasture Place around 12:30 a.m.Investigators determined that two armed male suspects entered the home and took property while holding the family at gunpoint, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department confirmed.It was unclear if anyone was injured in the robbery.The suspects had already fled the home when deputies arrived, the spokesperson said. An area check was conducted but there was no sign of the robbers.KTLA’s Nancy Fontan contributed to this report.   

Santa Ana homicide suspect captured, facing murder charge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

The suspect in the October shooting death of a man who was found in his car in Santa Ana has been captured and is facing a murder charge, police posted Monday.Santa Ana police were responding to a traffic collision in the 2300 block of West 5th Street on Oct. 8 when they found 26-year-old Gonzalo Carlos of Santa Ana suffering from a gunshot wound.Carlos was rendered medical aid by officers but died at the scene. Investigators later identified 22-year-old Adrian Ayala of Santa Ana as the suspect in the shooting and took him into custody on Dec. 6, the Police Department stated in their post. Two days later, the Orange County District Attorney's office filed a felony complaint against Ayala for murder, along with associated aggravating counts related to the crime. Ayala is in custody awaiting trial, police said. Anyone with further information was asked to call the Police Department at 714-245-8390 or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.

Is CBD Oil a Kosher Food?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

View the original article about If CBD Oil is a Kosher Food at Real Tested CBD.No dietary tradition is as old or complex as kosher cooking. While it may seem like kosher cuisine is “Biblical history,” many modern-day Jews take this traditional diet seriously. Indeed, recent surveys suggest over 50 percent non-Orthodox Jews still follow the kosher diet. Even higher percentages of Orthodox Jews subscribe to a kosher lifestyle.As CBD oil has become mainstream, people from all walks of life want to try hemp extract. Understandably, many customers who practice Judaism want to ensure CBD oil meets their dietary restrictions.Although kosher cooking isn’t a “nutritional” diet like keto, people who subscribe to kosher laws are sensitive to eating anything that falls outside their guidelines. It’s far beyond the scope of this blog to review centuries of rabbinical law, but we can say a few things about how CBD fits into kosher cuisine.Give Me a Straight Ans...

Thieves target unlocked cars, trucks in Los Gatos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

Dec. 7PETTY THEFT: 6:18 a.m. on Shannon Road. Someone entered a car, rummaged through the console and opened the garage door. Nothing was taken from the car, but the caller said about a dozen cars in the neighborhood were hit. Many cars had items of value stolen, including bags, gift cards and sports equipment.PETTY THEFT: 8:07 a.m. on Wood Road. Someone pried open the community mailbox and stole the caller’s mail. Mail was likely stolen for the other residents as wellDec. 8VANDALISM: 10:21 p.m. at La Mar Apartments on Oka Road. Someone threw eggs at the caller’s apartment. There are ongoing issues, and the caller was afraid this would escalate.Dec. 9GRAND THEFT: 11:04 a.m. on Vasona Avenue. Two unlocked pickup trucks were rummaged through, Clothing and a level valued at $2,000 were stolen.PETTY THEFT: 7:38 p.m. on E La Chiquita Avenue. Sunglasses, gift cards, a pocket knife, keys and paperwork were stolen from an unlocked vehicle for a loss of $800.BATTERY: 9:35 p.m. at Hotel Los G...

Road-rage incident ends in Peninsula man’s arrest on gun-related charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

SAN MATEO – A 34-year-old San Bruno man was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a gun during a road-rage incident Monday in San Mateo, according to police.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Prosecutors say man who entered Atherton home of Steph Curry skipped out on initial court date Crime and Public Safety | San Mateo County law enforcement agencies hosting gun buyback event Saturday Crime and Public Safety | Man attacked by teens while trying to prevent fight at San Mateo park Crime and Public Safety | Daly City woman pleads no contest to felony charges connected to fatal collision that killed her car’s passenger Crime and Public Safety | Sheriff’s Office arrests Half Moon Bay man who allegedly hit, robbed domestic partner The incident happened around 12:15 a.m. in the 1600 block of South El Camino Real, the San Mateo Police Department said in a news release.Officers stopped the sus...

Prominent Daly City music teacher charged for alleged four-year relationship with student

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

DALY CITY — A man who guided students in a Daly City middle school visual and performing arts program has been charged with 24 felonies in connection to an alleged relationship he maintained with a teen for nearly four years, prosecutors said.San Francisco resident Marcus Deon Dyson, 50, was a music teacher at Garnet Robertson Intermediate School in December 2014 when he began a relationship with a 14-year-old girl who was assisting in his class. The woman, now 22, alleged that the pair grew close and began a sexual relationship. She claimed that they’d had sex both at his home and at the school.According to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Dyson gave the girl a key to his apartment when she was 16, and he introduced her to his mother and children. Prosecutors said Dyson admitted in a pre-text call that he “probably would have waited” when looking back on the situation.The relationship continued until the girl graduated from high school in Jun...

After 53 years, Newark’s beloved Jade Palace restaurant calls it quits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

For more than 50 years Jade Palace has been a fixture in the Newark community, serving chow mein and Mongolian beef to lifetime regulars and celebrities like rock musician Greg Kihn and pro wrestler Alexis Smirnoff.But that legacy is ending on Dec. 21 when the restaurant in the Old Town Center shuts its doors for good. The family that runs Jade Palace is calling it quits following the death of family patriarch and restaurant cofounder, Edwin Yee Wing Lee, last winter.“My dad fell and had a hemorrhage and eventually bled to death. He fought for a whole month in the hospital but did not make it,” says Phillip Lee, who’s been running the restaurant with family members ever since. “My dad, he was going to be 90 pretty soon, but he was still the Energizer Bunny. He was one of those kinds of guys who lived to work – for 50-odd years, he’d been working here every single day.”Edwin Yee Wing Lee stands with Al Nagy, the mayor of Newark, in this undated photo from the Jade Palace ...

Share the Spirit: Lincoln Families opened the doors for one mother to learn English — and so much about herself

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

Aurora Sanchez was confident she was doing the right thing, following her husband to the United States from El Salvador to start a new life and a family. She hadn’t quite known what to expect in her new country, and finding her way was filled with unknowns and isolation.It was daunting. Sanchez, speaking through a translator, says it was “very difficult” to leave her family and adjust to a different country with a different language, culture, and way of life. She felt lonely, stressed, and depressed despite her happiness with the birth of her daughter.That’s when she found Lincoln Families, a 140-year-old Oakland-based organization that works with an assortment of agencies to connect families and children struggling with poverty and trauma with important life-changing programs and resources.The roots of the organization began in 1883 when its founder, Rebecca McWade, known in the community as “a kind woman,” found a young child on her doorstep and incorporated the first racially int...

Last-minute surprise retirement upends Alameda County supervisor race

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:52:13 GMT

A 30-year incumbent has retired suddenly from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, just months before an election he was almost guaranteed to win–and it’s not yet clear who’ll be his successor.Supervisor Keith Carson is photographed at the East Bay Times studio on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Carson announced he is no longer running for the Alameda County Supervisor District 5 seat. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) Over his career on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Keith Carson has helped move the county toward sustainability, championed programs for the unhoused, and chaired a number of committees that promoted economic development. And when he began putting together the paperwork in November to run again, most people thought the supervisor, who was first elected to the board in 1992, was planning to continue that work for another term.So it came as some surprise when he announced Friday just minutes after the filing deadline  that he wouldn’t be run...