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‘Mood is dark’: 80% of Bay Area voters see state of big three downtowns as serious problem, poll finds

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Anthony Estrada hasn’t been to downtown San Francisco since he grabbed a beer after the St. Patrick’s Day parade and “a guy walks up and drops his pants” and, well, we don’t need to tell you what happened next. “It’s really not worth going there anymore.”Elle Dunn used to enjoy Oakland’s great restaurants and entertainment, but now considers its downtown “one of the scariest places on earth.”And San Jose? It’s not necessarily crime or homelessness keeping people away. It’s a different kind of demoralizing.“Honestly, I personally don’t know what downtown San Jose is about, even as a business owner,” said Liana Ryan, who owns a restaurant there. “We’re not a foodie place. We’re not a shopping place. We’re not a whatever. And after COVID, we’re desolate.”San Jose has its share of cultural offerings, such as the San Jose Museum of Art, but in a recent poll, most people said there were few reasons to visit downtown. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Business owners ...

49ers’ Kittle, Cardinals’ Ertz rank among NFL’s best in one category

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Two of the NFL’s most reliable receivers will share the Levi’s Stadium field Sunday. Their unofficial job title: sure-handed tight ends.George Kittle, jersey No. 85, has caught a pass in all 85 regular-season games he has played for the 49ers, marking the NFL’s fifth-longest active streak since 2017, his rookie year.Among those he studied entering the NFL: Zach Ertz, a Monte Vista High-Danville and Stanford product who has a catch in 119 consecutive games entering Sunday’s game with the Arizona Cardinals (1-2) against the host 49ers (3-0).“People sleep on Zach Ertz for some reason,” Kittle said Thursday. “A couple of years ago, he broke a NFL record for most catches in a season by a tight end (116 in 2018). He knows what he’s doing, he’s a heck of a player, and I’m excited to play him and see him.”Kittle was unaware of his consecutive-game reception streak until apprised of it, though it didn’t stun him, nor did he ...

High school football roundup: Riordan QB sets WCAL passing record

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Another game, another record for Archbishop Riordan.Sophomore quarterback Michael Mitchell Jr. threw six touchdown passes on Saturday to lead the host Crusaders to a 42-17 victory over previously undefeated Valley Christian, ranked fifth by the Bay Area News Group.Mitchell broke the West Catholic Athletic League and school record for touchdown passes in a game one week after freshman Isitolo Tuugamusu matched the league record when he scored five touchdowns.It’s all added up to a special start to the league schedule for seventh-ranked Riordan, which is tied with Serra atop the WCAL standings after two weeks of league play.Mitchell threw touchdown passes of 48 and 65 yards to Cynai Thomas. He threw a 25-yard TD pass to Chris Lawson and a 26-yard scoring pass to Judge Nash.Like Mitchell, Thomas and Nash are sophomores. Lawson is a junior.Seniors Tony Manu and Tyrone Jackson also were on the receiving end of TD passes from Mitchell.Riordan (4-1, 2-0) dominated the first quarter s...

Jaguars’ return specialist Agnew inactive. Patterson set for season debut for Falcons

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Return specialist Jamal Agnew will be inactive Sunday for the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley Stadium because of a thigh injury.Agnew had been listed as questionable this week in practice. Since entering the league in 2017, he leads the NFL with seven return touchdowns — four punt returns, two kickoff returns and one field goal return.For the Falcons, running back Cordarrelle Patterson is set for his season debut. The versatile veteran was not listed among Atlanta’s inactives.Patterson had missed the first three games because of a thigh injury.The Falcons now call Patterson’s position “Joker” for his wild-card potential as a receiver and runner.Also inactive for the Jags are LB Devin Lloyd (thumb), safety Antonio Johnson (hamstring), WR Zay Jones (knee) and WR Elijah Cooks.The Falcons inactives list is CB Clark Phillips III, OL Jovaughn Gwyn, WR Josh Ali, DL Albert Huggins and DL Joe Gaziano.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflSource

Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in one Pakistan province are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison. Last month, the government in Sindh introduced a bill that would imprison parents for up to one month if they fail to get their children immunized against polio or eight other common diseases.Experts at the World Health Organization and elsewhere worry the unusual strategy could further undermine trust in the polio vaccines, particularly in a country where many believe false conspiracies about them and where dozens of vaccinators have been shot and killed. Adding to the problems faced by experts trying to persuade people of the vaccines’ safety: The oral vaccines themselves now cause most polio cases worldwide.WHO’s polio director in the Eastern Mediterranean warned the new law could backfire. “Coercion is counterproductive,” said Dr. Hamid Jafari. He said health workers have typically succeeded in raising immunization rate...

Reaparece una cueva submarina y las ruinas de un pueblo por bajo nivel del agua en un lago en Texas

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

(CNN) — Los niveles de agua son tan bajos en Canyon Lake en Texas que están reapareciendo una cueva submarina y restos de comunidades que se encontraban en el lugar hace más de un siglo.El lago, ubicado en el condado de Comal, al noreste de San Antonio, es un lago artificial que abarca 3.318 hectáreas acres con 128 km de costa. Fue construido en 1958 para ayudar a mitigar las inundaciones y preservar el agua y se llenó de agua en 1968, según el Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de EE.UU.La zona ha experimentado pocas lluvias durante el verano. La sequía combinada con las altas temperaturas produjo niveles de agua bajos sin precedentes. El miércoles, el nivel cayó a 271 metros, según el Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de EE. UU., que según la agencia es aproximadamente cinco metros por debajo de lo normal y el nivel más bajo registrado en la historia reciente.JM Pérez capturó imágenes el martes que muestran la cueva, que suele estar bajo el agua. Dijo que el raro avistamiento...

Live updates | Europe leads 5 of the opening 7 singles matches at the Ryder Cup

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Europe is leading five of the seven singles matches that are underway at the Ryder Cup on Sunday.Viktor Hovland is 3 up over Collin Morikawa through six holes, while Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tyrrell Hatton are all 1 up in their matches.Only Patrick Cantlay (1 up over Justin Rose through 5) and Brooks Koepka (1 up over Ludvig Aberg through 1) have leads for the Americans.Europe leads 10½ to 5½ and needs to win only four points from the 12 singles matches to regain the cup.___Patrick Cantlay is still being targeted by fans at the Ryder Cup following a report that he wants to be paid to play in golf’s biggest team event.“Money, money, money” and “Cheat” were some of the shouts heard from the massive grandstand surrounding the 1st tee at Marco Simone before Cantlay’s singles match against Justin Rose on Sunday.Cantlay responded by making a 25-foot putt for a birdie on the par-4 2nd to go 1 up over Rose.The report alleged that C...

Feta Fried Eggs / Belkys

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Who doesn’t love a quick and tasty breakfast? That’s what’s on the menu today… as we grab a bite with belkys….Ingredients: 1 egg1/3 cup Feta CheeseRed pepper flakes to tastePepper to tasteMethod of Preparation: Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Crumble in Feta- about 1/3 cup around the perimeter of the pan. Crack an egg in the middle. No salt is needed because Feta is salty. Season to taste with pepper and red pepper flakes.Cover the pan and cook, lowering the heat if necessary, until the white is set and yolk is still a little runny and the cheese is crispy. Cook longer if you like your egg well done.You can serve as is or on a crispy tortilla or piece of toast.Enjoy!

Trump goes on trial Monday before a judge who just ruled he’s a fraud

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

NEW YORK — Donald Trump is set to go to trial Monday in New York’s civil lawsuit accusing him of extensive business fraud — and while his formal courtroom adversary is the state attorney general’s office, he’ll also be facing off against the judge.In some ways, the trial is the culmination of months of antagonism between the former president and Justice Arthur Engoron, a Democrat who was elected to his current post as a Manhattan trial judge in 2015. The outcome of the nonjury trial will be entirely up to Engoron, who will make his decision on the heels of a series of fierce disputes with Trump.And in a surprise, Trump may attend the trial in person — a plan revealed by lawyers late last week. If Trump follows through and appears in court, he’ll be sitting just a few feet away from a man he has publicly derided as “deranged.”Last week, Engoron delivered a ruling that may obliterate Trump’s family business. Engoron found Trump liable for widespread fraud and revoked the licenses for ...

Germany backs China’s aid bank despite Canada’s concerns

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Germany said it will continue supporting a Chinese state-backed development bank despite G7 partner Canada’s decision to freeze ties due to Beijing’s influence.After meeting China’s Vice-Premier He Lifeng in Frankfurt on Sunday, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner pledged to support the Beijing-based Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the world’s second-largest multilateral development bank, after the World Bank.The backing comes at a crucial time as Lindner’s Canadian counterpart, Chrystia Freeland, announced in June that all ties with the bank were to be frozen pending a government review over claims made by a former Canadian top executive at the bank, who reported widespread “communist dominance” within the institution since its foundation in 2016 — allegations that AIIB denies.Lindner indicated Berlin would “continue strengthening coordination” with Beijing on the AIIB, according to a German-Chinese joint state...