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Letters: Banning abortion pills — Wyoming endangers essential medical care

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

Wyoming endangers essential medical careRe: “Governor signs measure banning abortion pills,” March 19 news storyWyoming’s Gov. Mark Gordon has signed the law banning the use of mifepristone and similar drugs for abortions in his state. While ostensibly leaving protections in the law for mifepristone’s use to treat miscarriages, the law establishes an ominous threat of government-controlled oversight of women’s medical care. That makes women second-class citizens and means doctors cannot freely render medical care without possibly violating the law.Because surgical procedures and medication pills for miscarriages are identical treatments to those used for abortions, patients can be denied miscarriage care or have care delayed because doctors and pharmacists fear running afoul of the law. Any law that creates hesitancy for doctors to uphold the standard of care for a patient represents a degradation of that care.One consequence of the law is that women may delay or avoid s...

Northbound 5 Freeway reopens in Lebec hours after shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

Northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway were finally reopened in Lebec Tuesday morning, hours after a shooting occurred on the highway.Officers responded to reports of a man who was brandishing a gun on the side of the freeway around 7:30 p.m. The suspect was also accompanied by a woman, Fort Tejon CHP Officer Williams told KTLA.  While details are limited, authorities say the driver of a semi-truck that pulled over was shot after getting into an altercation with the suspect.  The truck driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital in Bakersfield, authorities said.  The suspect, described as a white male wearing all black, along with an unarmed Hispanic female who was also wearing black, fled the scene on foot. Authorities are unsure if the pair might have gotten into another vehicle to get away but said that they are investigating all possibilities. Just before 9 p.m., Caltrans reported that traffic on the northbound 5 Freeway at Gra...

Los Angeles County officials ID buildings in need of seismic retrofitting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

More than 30 Los Angeles County-owned buildings are in need of seismic upgrades, according to a list released by the county.From structures at LAC+USC Medical Center, to the county's Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles, 33 buildings are at risk because they're built with non-ductile concrete, which uses "an inadequate configuration of steel reinforcing bars, which allows concrete to explode out of columns when shaken in an earthquake, a prelude to a catastrophic collapse," the Los Angeles Times reports. This building material has been heavily criticized as contributing to the massive damage in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed more than 20,000 people in Turkey and Syria earlier this year. County officials hope to have the buildings retrofitted within 10 years, though the Times noted that "experts estimate [such efforts] will probably cost hundreds of millions of dollars."

Emily Ratajkowski accused of betraying pal Olivia Wilde with Harry Styles makeout session

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

Emily Ratajkowski is reportedly “begging” pal Olivia Wilde’s forgiveness after video went viral over the weekend, showing the model making out with Wilde’s ex-boyfriend Harry Styles on the streets of Tokyo.“This is a betrayal,” a source told Page Six, explaining that Ratajkowski, 31, and Wilde, 39, are friends. Now that Ratajkowski’s flirtation — or more — with Styles has gone public via a Daily Mail video, she’s “begging (Wilde) for forgiveness,” the source said.Harry and Emily Ratajkowski kissing in Tokyo recently! pic.twitter.com/ReqRBDCB9T— Harry and Niall News! (@HarryNiallNews) March 26, 2023Indeed, most women wouldn’t be thrilled to learn that a good friend has started to date an ex-lover. A woman might be able to get past a sense of awkwardness or betrayal if the romance ended amicably and she realized that her friend and her ex could be happy together.In Wilde’s case, she might also be relieved to be done with Styl...

Two shot in East Oakland

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

OAKLAND — A woman and a man were shot Monday evening in East Oakland, authorities said.Both the 29-year-old woman, who police were told lived in Pleasanton, and the 36-year-old man were in stable condition, authorities said.The shooting, which prompted a ShotSpotter alert, happened about 5:52 p.m. Monday in the 8900 block of MacArthur Boulevard.Police said the woman was with a group of people standing outside when someone opened fire on them. She was the only one in the group hit by the gunfire, police said. She was wounded in the lower torso and was taken by ambulance from the scene to a hospital.The 36-year-old man, of Oakland — who was down the street from the group — was hit in the arm by a stray bullet, police said. He got his own transportation to a hospital.Two buildings were also hit by the gunfire, but no other injuries were reported.The shooter fled in a vehicle before police responded to the scene. More than a half-dozen shell casings were recovered in the area, authoriti...

Bay Area: 3.5 magnitude earthquake and two aftershocks jolt Peninsula

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake briefly shook the Peninsula on Tuesday morning followed by a pair of smaller aftershocks, according to the United States Geological Survey.The main quake’s epicenter was on the foothills near the Pacifica neighborhood of Vallemar. It occurred at 6:01 a.m. and was felt in parts of San Jose and the East Bay, according to the agency.Two aftershocks — both registered as being 2.6 magnitude — were reported near Pacifica at 6:03 and 6:04 a.m. respectively.The Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit said in a tweet Tuesday morning that it had begun its earthquake procedure, meaning crews would inspect buildings and equipment for damage. No major damage was reported as a result of the quakes.CAL FIRE CZU has begun our unit's earthquake procedure. We will inspect our buildings and equipment to ensure no damage occurred. https://t.co/ExPJhjEs1j— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) March 28, 2023This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Related ArticlesSci...

Oakland Zoo elephant, Lisa, dies at 46

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

By Eli Walsh | Bay City NewsAn elderly elephant at the Oakland Zoo was humanely euthanized Sunday due to worsening, degenerative and irreversible health issues, zoo officials said Monday.Lisa, a 46-year-old African elephant, had dealt with chronic age-related health issues for several years, according to the zoo, including eye ulcers, degenerative arthritis, foot and nail lesions and a recently developed ventral edema, which caused excessive fluid buildup in her stomach.Zoo staff developed a medical care plan for Lisa in an effort to ease the pain of her conditions, including physical therapy, pain medication, daily foot soaks in Epsom salt and two stem cell procedures in October 2022 and in January, in partnership with veterinarians at Michigan State University.Lisa first came to the zoo in 1979 and first showed signs of arthritis in 2013. She was one of just 16 female African elephants at least 46 years old in a zoo accredited by national Association of Zoos and Aquariums.“O...

11-year-old dies after being hit by suspected drunk driver while in Bay Area school crosswalk

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

Solano County Coroner officials on Monday identified the 11-year-old girl struck and severely injured in a Fairfield school crosswalk last week and later died as Terra Starr-Jackson.A spokeswoman for the Coroner said the girl died at 6:13 p.m. Sunday after the family reportedly decided to take her off life support at the UCSF Children’s Hospital in Oakland.The driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Elena Lindsey McGraw-Ogans, of Fairfield, was arrested and booked into Solano County Jail midafternoon Thursday but, at some point, later posted bail and was released.Court records on Friday showed she was expected to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Solano County Superior Court on suspicion of felony DUI causing bodily injury, among other suspected offenses. However, the case was not scheduled on electronic reader boards in two Fairfield courthouses.A spokeswoman for the Solano County District Attorney’s Office, Monica Martinez, said McGraw-Ogans’ next court appearance has been scheduled ...

Campbell crime report for the week of April 7

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

March 201000 400 block of East Hamilton Avenue: Someone took property from the bed of a truck that was locked up.Overnight in the 100 block of Shelly Avenue: A vehicle was stolen.900 block of La Plata Plaza: Someone added a phone line on the victim’s account.Overnight in the 1900 block of Whiteoaks Road: The catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle.3:30 p.m. at East Hamilton and Manchester avenues: A transient man, 30, was stopped on a bike that was reported stolen out of Arizona. He had warrants out of San Luis Obispo, was under the influence, had a pipe and stole alcohol and ice cream from a local store.4:32 p.m. in the 400 block of West Rincon Avenue: A man was upset at an employee regarding his wheelchair. He told her that he was going to shoot her to put her out of her misery.6:07 p.m. in the 900 block of Virginia Avenue: A group of teenagers are believed to have broken a fence and windows to a vacant home.March 215:34 a.m. at Salmar and Hamilton avenues: A man, 32, was pa...

Key Sacheen Littlefeather supporter accused of faking Cherokee identity

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:52 GMT

In a new twist in the ethnic fraud allegations against Sacheen Littlefeather, a prominent filmmaker in Native American circles who organized a film industry celebration of the late Bay Area activist as a Native American icon, has herself been accused of faking claims of Cherokee heritage.The New York Post and other outlets are reporting on allegations made against Heather Rae, who produced “Frozen River” and other films and who serves on the Indigenous Alliance of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Alliance organized a gala tribute for Littlefeather in September, a few weeks before her death at age 75 and before her sisters came forward to say that Littlefeather spent the past 50 years falsely claiming to be White Mountain Apache and Yaqui.The allegations against Rae come from the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, an organization that examines claims of Native ancestry from individuals and businesses, The Guardian said. Janet Yang, Academy President; Heat...