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Antioch moves forward with new tenant protections

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

In yet another move to strengthen tenant protections, the Antioch City Council this week approved a new set of rules to ensure against landlord retaliation and harassment.The action came after more than a year of tenants and supporters advocating for help and after the council considered a draft review and later approved a first reading of revised ordinance in July. That version, however, advanced with changes on its second reading with Councilwoman Monica Wilson absent, Councilman Mike Barbanica recusing himself and Councilwoman Lori Ogorchock dissenting, requiring it to return for a first reading.On Tuesday, though, after hearing more than two hours of public comments and discussion, the City Council voted 3-to-1 to approve the latest version of rules, with Ogorchock dissenting and Barbanica again recusing himself.“This legislation that we’re voting on today is not the exact same one as it was a few weeks ago,” Thorpe said. “…The implication here is about the landlord&...

Mystery investor buys nearly 60 acres in South Bay hills from Arrillaga trust

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

PALO ALTO — A mystery investor has paid about $20 million for big chunks of hilly land in the Palo Alto area that had been owned by the late John Arrillaga, a Silicon Valley real estate legend.The buyer operated through an affiliate called Fierce Sunrise LLC to purchase the property, according to documents filed on Aug. 23 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.Fierce Sunrise paid about $20.7 million for eight parcels, which are along a private road called Tierra Arboles in Palo Alto, the county real estate records show.For numerous years, the property had been owned by Arrillaga, a long-time real estate executive who during his career became one of the Bay Area’s most successful and savvy developers with a client list of tenants that read like a who’s who of Silicon Valley corporate royalty. Google and Apple were among these.Arrillaga, whose success in real estate made him a multi-billionaire known for his philanthropy, died in January 2022 at the age...

Bay Area high school football 2023: Week 1 preview, schedule

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

High school football is back for Bay Area schools.Eight months after the curtain closed on the 2022 season, more than 100 teams in the Bay Area News Group’s coverage area will return to football fields across the region this weekend.It will start with a handful of games on Thursday and continue with many more on Friday and Saturday.The area’s heavyweights — Serra, De La Salle, Pittsburg and others — will be in action.The Bay Area News Group will have complete coverage all season. If you have not already, please sign up for a digital subscription. Your contributions keep us going.Here are this week’s top matchups and schedule:FridayOrange Lutheran (1-0) at No. 2 De La Salle, 7:30 p.m.: De La Salle opens its season against a Southern California heavyweight that had no trouble breezing past traditional power Serra-Gardena 47-19 in an opening game last week. Orange Lutheran QB TJ Lateef, who has offers from Georgia, Miami, Arizona State and Arizona, threw f...

Elderly residents evicted from their Sausalito apartments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

SAUSALITO, Calif. (KRON) -- Residents who live at Portofino Riviera woke up to eviction notices on their doors informing them they have to be moved out within two months. Among those being evicted is 93-year-old Ursula Goldstone who has lived at this apartment complex for nearly nine years and has called Sausalito home for decades. “It takes all my energy to not burst out to tears when I think about it,” Goldstone said.  Scientists solve deep-sea ‘Octopus Garden’ mystery off California coast Goldstone says her health has started to decline, but living at her waterfront apartment is what has kept her going. She had hoped it would be her last home, but everything changed once she received an eviction notice. “Never expected that I would ever have to move because I’m 93 this year. To pack up at this stage is extremely upsetting,” Goldstone said. Portofino Riviera is a 40-unit apartment complex located on Main Street. The three story building is owned by North Coas...

NATO-member Norway to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming third country to do so

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO-member Norway will donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Thursday, amid Kyiv’s difficult counteroffensive against Russia.Speaking to Norwegian news agency NTB in Kyiv where he paid a visit on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day, Gahr Støre said Norway will provide F-16 aircraft to Ukraine but they’ll probably be less than 10.Gahr Støre said he informed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the aircraft donation and that Norway would discuss the number of planes as well as the transfer timetable with Kyiv and other allied countries. “But Ukraine can count on Norway to make a contribution,” Gahr Støre added.Norway would be the third European country after the Netherlands and Denmark to donate F-16 planes.Ukraine has long pleaded for the sophisticated fighter jets to give it a combat edge. It recently launched a long-anticipated counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s ...

Donald who? Fox barely mentions Trump in first half of debate until 10-minute indictment discussion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel’s two-hour Republican presidential debate was halfway through when moderator Bret Baier said he wanted to take a brief moment to talk about “the elephant not in the room” — Donald Trump and his four criminal indictments.Up until that point the former president, who skipped the debate and has a large lead in polls for the 2024 GOP nomination, had hardly been mentioned by his eight rivals on a Milwaukee stage on Wednesday.The reluctance to talk about the topic was evident, but the 10 minutes when it was discussed included some of the debate’s more electric moments.When asked for a show of hands on how many would support Trump as the GOP nominee if he were convicted of a crime, six indicated they would. Two former governors, New Jersey’s Chris Christie and Arkansas’ Asa Hutchinson, were the exceptions.The audience booed Christie for saying that Trump’s conduct should not be normalized. “Booing is allowed,” he said. “But it doesn’...

Bayern and Dortmund take on local rivals as Bundesliga marks its 60th birthday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are each playing troublesome local rivals in the Bundesliga this weekend as the league marks 60 years since it started. New signing Harry Kane scored and assisted as Bayern routed Werder Bremen 4-0 last week in the opening game of the Bundesliga. He then went back to London for the birth of his fourth child.The win over Bremen marked a return to business as usual for Bayern after losing to Leipzig 3-0 in the German Super Cup on Kane’s debut a week before. Next up on Sunday is a team which has given Bayern plenty of difficulty in recent years.Augsburg, the only other top-division team in Bayern’s home state of Bavaria, has won twice against Bayern in their last five games. Even when Bayern does win, it’s anything but easy, as the 5-3 scoreline in their last game in March showed.Thursday marked 60 years since the Bundesliga launched as the first nationwide league in what was then West Germany. Strange as...

Research is growing into how best to stop gun violence. One city looks to science for help

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — “That’s where I got shot,” said Rashaad Woods, nodding toward a convenience store in Knoxville’s “gun zone.” There were bullet holes in a church’s walls. Nearby was a shuttered nightclub where some people were killed.“There was a point in time I wasn’t comfortable standing here,” said Kodi Mills, 45. “But that time is passing.”The men work for Turn Up Knox, a year-old program that mentors kids and defuses situations that could escalate into violence. It’s a centerpiece of the Tennessee city’s attempt to follow a science-based playbook in fighting a surge in shootings. Research reviews have begun to conclude there’s enough evidence to say which public health interventions prevent shootings, which don’t, and which need more study. Knoxville is one of a growing number of cities teaming with researchers to develop an evidence-based plan to stop the bleeding.Knoxville’s program includes policing changes and other efforts. However, it does not count...

La mujer que empujó y causó la muerte a una profesora de canto de 87 años en Nueva York se declara culpable

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

(CNN) — La mujer que empujó y causó la muerte de una profesora de canto de Broadway de 87 años en Nueva York se declaró culpable de un cargo de homicidio premeditado, anunció este miércoles el fiscal del distrito de Manhattan, Alvin L. Bragg, Jr.Según los términos de su acuerdo de culpabilidad, Lauren Pazienza será condenada a ocho años de prisión y cinco años de supervisión tras su puesta en libertad, informó la oficina del fiscal en un comunicado de prensa.Después de ser empujada al suelo por Pazienza el 10 de marzo de 2022, la profesora de canto Barbara Gustern fue trasladada de urgencia al hospital, donde murió más tarde.Una selfie publicado por Barbara Gustern en su página de Facebook el 17 de marzo de 2021. (Crédito: Barbara Maier Gustern/Facebook)Gustern era una “talentosa intérprete de teatro musical y entrenadora vocal que tocó a tantos en la ciudad de Nueva York y más allá”, dijo Bragg en un comunicado.La oficina del fiscal dijo que el incidente tuvo luga...

Laporte leaves Man City to join Ronaldo and Mane in Saudi as Chelsea signs Brazilian striker

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:31:58 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Spain center back Aymeric Laporte is heading to Saudi Arabia to play with Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane after losing his place in Manchester City’s expensively assembled defense.The 29-year-old Laporte is joining Al Nassr, City said on Thursday, for a reported fee of 23.5 million pounds ($30 million).Chelsea, meanwhile, took its spending in this transfer window to around $400 million by signing 18-year-old Brazilian striker Deivid Washington from Santos for a fee reportedly in the region of $22 million. Laporte has dropped down the list of center backs at City, with new signing Josko Gvardiol and Nathan Ake ahead of him as left-sided defenders in the English Premier League champions’ new three-at-the-back formation.Along with Ronaldo and Mane, Al Nassr has also Alex Telles and Marcelo Brozovic as overseas players in its squad.Al Nassr is one of four storied Saudi clubs effectively nationalized by the sovereign wealth Public Investment Fund, ...