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Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Signs on overpassespose threat to driversRe: “Roadshow: Campaign signs bring Highway 85 to a halt” (May 5).The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office must enforce the California Vehicle Code against affixed banners on Highway 101 in Morgan Hill. Fridays from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m., banners are affixed to the Barrett overpass chain link fence. No individual should affix objects on freeway structures. These objects, if dislodged, put motorists at risk; they also create a visual distraction and have been attributed to numerous accidents in the vicinity.“In 2016 … Mr. Roadshow reported Caltrans’ position on affixed banners: ‘Caltrans lawyers confirm that attaching flags or banners is not allowed. As for handheld banners, they say that generally speaking, Caltrans does not restrict the right of free speech. However, adds Mark-the-Caltrans-Spokesman: ‘We are concerned th...

Ayesha Curry says Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk misrepresented her marriage comments

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

Ayesha Curry opened up in a new interview this week about the perils of celebrity, describing a particularly bad experience she had in 2019 when she appeared on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” Facebook show and revealed her insecurities about seeing her superstar husband Steph Curry get so much female attention.In an interview with Insider published this week, Curry complained that her comments on Red Table Talk were “edited in a way that made me sound crazy.”“It’s not what I said, and the context was weird,” the cookbook author, lifestyle entrepreneur and mother of three told Insider. “Yeah. I took that one personally.”During Curry’s appearance on “Red Table Talk,” she joined Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith and and her mother Adrienne “Gammy” Banfield-Norris for a candid conversation surrounding mental health, Entertainment Tonight reported. Also sitting at “The Table̶...

Judge tosses suit over ‘Romeo & Juliet’ nude scene

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

By Andrew Dalton | Associated PressA Los Angeles County judge on Thursday said she will dismiss a lawsuit that the stars of 1968’s “Romeo and Juliet” filed over the film’s nude scene, which they said involved them being subjected to fraud, and sexual abuse and harassment, when they were in their teens.Superior Court Judge Alison Mackenzie ruled in favor of a motion from defendant Paramount Pictures to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet at age 15 and is now 72, and Leonard Whiting, who played Romeo at 16 and is also 72.Mackenzie determined that the scene didn’t amount to child pornography and was protected by the First Amendment, finding that the actors “have not put forth any authority showing the film here can be deemed to be sufficiently sexually suggestive as a matter of law to be held to be conclusively illegal.”In her written decision, she also found that the suit didn’t fall within the bounds of a Cal...

California breaks record for renewable electricity

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

California has hit a new milestone in clean energy, as the state continues to move away from fossil fuels in its decades-long effort to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.In 2021, 37% of the state’s electricity was generated by renewable sources like solar and wind — more than double the 16% total in 2012, according to new numbers released Thursday by the California Energy Commission.More broadly, when nuclear power and hydroelectricity from large dams are included, 59% of California’s electricity now comes from carbon-free sources. The state has a goal of 90% by 2035 and 100% by 2045.Highlighting the trend, Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared in Richmond on Thursday to cheer the announcement that Moxion Power, a company founded three years ago to build zero-emission electric batteries to replace diesel generators, will open a new manufacturing facility at the site of the former Richmond Ford Point Assembly Plant on Harbour Way. Moxion employs 250 people.Duri...

Oakland: Sig-alert issued after police activity closes I-580 lanes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

OAKLAND — The California Highway Patrol closed at least two lanes of westbound Interstate 580 in East Oakland after a police response to an unspecified incident Thursday, authorities said.Shortly after 2:15 p.m., CHP officers responded to a report of a driver seeing a vehicle flipped on its side in westbound lanes east of the Keller Avenue off-ramp, with traffic stopped behind them.The CHP issued a Sig-alert at 2:35 p.m., saying that the roadway’s Nos. 3 and 4, or right-hand lanes, were blocked. There was no estimated time of reopening, and Interstate 880 was recommended as an alternate route.According to an Oakland Fire Department spokesman, firefighters were dispatched to the incident but cancelled en route. There was no immediate report on any possible injuries, but a law enforcement presence was visible at the scene in some reports.Check back for updates.Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.California Highway Patrol officers investigate a possible freeway shooting on...

Car overturned in relation to shooting blocks I-580: officials

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

(KRON) -- All lanes are blocked on I-580 westbound in Oakland Thursday afternoon due to police activity, according to a 511 alert. Officials say at least one vehicle was overturned on the freeway east of Keller Avenue.The overturned vehicle is related to a shooting, officials told KRON4. There were multiple injuries reported, but it is unknown at this time how many. As of 3:50 p.m., the westbound left lanes are open, and the right lanes remain blocked. No other details were immediately available. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as KRON4 learns more.

SF jail will be 1st in nation to provide free access to content-rich tablet computers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco County Jail will be the first in the nation to provide inmates with free access to content-rich tablet computers, according to the City and County of San Francisco. The initiative, described as a joint effort between the City and County, the SF County Sheriff's Office, and the SF Public Library, will expand on a pilot program first implemented by the SF Sheriff's Office in 2014.The original pilot program was designed to enhance education and learning for people in custody. Tensions boil over as Banko Brown funeral begins "With help from our City partners, we have been able to build up this program to offer a broad range of free media that has never been afford to people in any jail, and will take the financial burden of off incarcerated people's families," said Sheriff Paul Miyamoto. "This is ultimately about reducing recidivism and bolstering crime prevention. Giving people the tools they need in order to learn and access media can be a m...

Mustang driver killed in 4-vehicle collision early Thursday in Livermore

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

One person was killed in a collision involving four vehicles early Thursday morning on eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore, according to the California Highway Patrol.First, a Ford Mustang rear-ended a Ford F-350 pickup truck around 3:30 a.m. in the far-left lane on eastbound Highway 580 at First Street. No one was injured in the crash and the driver of the pickup moved the vehicle to the right shoulder, CHP officials said.A Chevrolet pickup truck was then allegedly traveling over the speed limit in the third lane from the left, according to the CHP. The driver looked left to change lanes, switched and saw the Mustang ahead, CHP officials said.The driver was unable to brake, and the truck crashed into the right front passenger door of the Mustang, according to the CHP. Then the rear of the Chevy was hit by a passing Ford Expedition.The driver of the Mustang died in the crash, CHP officials said. The driver of the Chevy suffered a broken left knee and broken right ankle. No...

LOCALIZE IT: 2020 census data offers new insights into ages, household relationships in US

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:After an almost two-year delay, the U.S. Census Bureau has made public its latest figures from the 2020 census, releasing data sets dealing with ages, housing and household relationships in the U.S.The results show a nation that aged more rapidly between 2010 and 2020 than any other decade in 130 years, with the median age rising from 37.2 to 38.8. America’s two largest age groups propelled the changes: more baby boomers turning 65 or older and millennials who became adults or pushed further into their 20s and early 30s. Also, fewer children were born between 2010 and 2020, according to numbers from the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident.There are important social and economic consequences to an aging population, including the ability of working-age adults to support older people through Social Security and Medicare contributions. The Census Bureau calculates a dependency ratio, defined as the number of children plus the number of seniors per 100 ...

Frick’s bases-clearing double helps UNC eliminate Virginia 10-2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:41:00 GMT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Tomas Frick went 3 for 5 with five RBIs to help No. 7 seed North Carolina advance to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament with a 10-2 victory over second-seeded Virginia on Thursday.North Carolina (35-21) has a day off before a semifinal game on Saturday. Virginia (45-12) awaits its fate on Selection Sunday. Frick singled past a diving third baseman to bring home two with the bases loaded in the seventh and he broke the game open in the eighth with a bases-clearing double off the top of the wall. Starter Jake Knapp (5-3) held the Cavaliers to two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Reliever Dalton Pence retired the first nine batters he faced before Anthony Stephan singled up the middle with two outs in the ninth.Ethan Anderson homered for the second time this week for Virginia. Anderson, Stephan and Henry Godbout each had two of Virginia’s seven hits.Virginia tied it at 1 in the third before back-to-back RBI hits by Hunter Stokely and ...