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Tenn. GOP lawmaker resigns after ethics panel finding

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Republican lawmaker in Tennessee resigned Thursday due to an ethics violation involving the Legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy.Rep. Scotty Campbell, vice chair of the House Republican Caucus, was among the GOP legislators who voted two weeks ago to expel two Black Democratic lawmakers for protesting in support of gun control on the House floor.The Mountain City lawmaker issued his resignation effective immediately, a letter to fellow legislators states.WTVF-TV first reported on the finding by the Ethics Subcommittee, which issued its decision on March 29 in a document addressed to Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton. The document says the panel found Campbell violated the Legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy.When asked about the ethics panel decision by WTVF-TV on Thursday, Campbell said, “I had consensual, adult conversations with two adults off property.”“I thin...

Oakland mayor blindsided by A’s bombshell Vegas deal amid negotiations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

OAKLAND — Following months and months of uncertainty, Oakland thought it was inching closer to a deal for a new waterfront ballpark for the Oakland As this week, negotiating daily to keep one of baseball’s storied franchises in the city it had called home for five decades.Then, in an instant, it was over.On Wednesday evening, Mayor Sheng Thao received an unexpected call from A’s President Dave Kaval. He kept his words brief: “Heads up, we have a land deal in Las Vegas.”Hours later, the A’s dropped the same bombshell on the rest of Oakland — that the team was nearing an agreement to buy land in Las Vegas and build a $1 billion, 35,000-seat ballpark a mile off the strip, finally ditching the Coliseum in East Oakland that Kaval has spent the past couple years disparaging.Oakland thought it was still “in mid-negotiations — the closest we’ve ever been to landing a deal,” Thao said. But troubling signs permeated the talks.&...

Five-bedroom home sells for $3.7 million in Fremont

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

891 Pebblewood Court – Google Street ViewA 5,139-square-foot house built in 1998 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 800 block of Pebblewood Court in Fremont was sold on March 13, 2023, for $3,700,000, or $720 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, five baths, a garage, and four parking spaces. It sits on a 0.5-acre lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:A 2,792-square-foot home on the 46900 block of Sentinel Drive in Fremont sold in January 2023, for $2,320,000, a price per square foot of $831. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 2,961-square-foot home on Geronimo Court in Fremont sold for $2,900,000, a price per square foot of $979. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Roadrunner Road, Fremont, in June 2022, a 3,136-square-foot home was sold for $3,150,000, a price per square foot of $1,004. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

State boosts Water Project allocation to 100% – first time in 17 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

By Ari Plachta | Sacramento BeeAs parts of California brace for an influx of melting snow after a record winter, state water officials announced Wednesday that they would boost water supplies for agencies serving 27 million residents. This time, they promised the full measure.The Department of Water Resource’s announcement marked the first time since 2006 that its canals, pumps and reservoirs would deliver 100% of requested water supplies to cities and agricultural operations across the state.“Water supply conditions and careful management of reservoir operations during this extreme winter allows DWR to maximize water deliveries while enhancing protections for the environment,” said agency director Karla Nemeth in a statement. “DWR is moving and storing as much water as possible to the benefit of communities, agriculture, and the environment.”The State Water Project is a concrete system of reservoirs, canals and pumps that moves water from water-rich re...

Top five Earth Day events in the Bay Area this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

By many measures, the Bay Area’s environment is a lot cleaner that it was on the first Earth Day in 1970.The air is much less smoggy, cannery wastes aren’t dumped in San Francisco Bay, the pesticide DDT is banned, vehicles emit much less tailpipe pollution, electric cars are expanding in number, leaded gasoline is long gone, recycling programs are widely used, and endangered species — from bald eagles to gray whales — are on the rebound.But there are new challenges that weren’t around 53 years ago when former Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a San Jose State University graduate, joined forces with Denis Hayes, a former Stanford student body president, to found Earth Day. Climate change has made droughts, heat waves and wildfires more severe. Population growth has pushed urban sprawl into wild areas. Fisheries like salmon have crashed. And new chemicals like PFAS compounds pose challenges.As one of America’s centers of environmental activism and o...

Suspect who fatally shot Home Depot guard was trying to steal toolbox, court docs say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

(KRON) -- Court documents released Thursday provided more information about the events surrounding Tuesday's fatal shooting at a Pleasanton Home Depot. Benicia Knapps, 32, and David Guillory, 31, were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Blake Mohs, 26.The documents, released by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, say that Knapps was trying to steal a DeWalt toolbox before shooting Mohs in the heart. According to court documents, surveillance video shows Knapps entering the Home Depot through the front entrance and selecting a large, yellow DeWalt box. Home Depot's website shows that many of its DeWalt boxes in stock are black, and it sells a large yellow one for $142.96. Arrest made in SF Muni egg hate crime attack caught on video Video allegedly shows Knapps exiting the back of the store without paying for the box. After she leaves, Mohs and another store employee are seen confronting her outside. Mohs and Knapps struggled over the item, and Mohs was able...

Pedestrian taken to hospital after being hit by vehicle in San Jose

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

(KRON) -- A pedestrian is in the hospital after being hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon, the San Jose Police Department said on Twitter. The collision happened near Hostetter Road and N. Capitol Avenue around 12:15 p.m.The unidentified pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries, according to SJPD. As of 3 p.m., the person remains in critical condition. Car crashes into Santa Rosa home, nearly strikes family: officials Roadways in the area of the collision were closed earlier but have since reopened. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }On Wednesday, SJPD reported its ninth homicide of 2023. The shooting happened that afternoon on the 1000 block of Blossom Hill Road.

White Sox’s Hendriks says he’s in remission from lymphoma

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he is in remission from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Hendriks announced Thursday on Instagram that he is cancer-free. He posted several videos and photos documenting his treatment with this caption: “How It Started VS How It’s Going…. REMISSION. It’s official. I’m cancer free.”The Major League Baseball Players Association responded: “We couldn’t be happier for you @hendriks_31.” And Major League Baseball wrote, “Tremendous news! So happy for you, Liam.”Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy two weeks ago. A three-time All-Star, Hendriks was third in the majors with 37 saves and made his third All-Star team last season. The Australian led the AL with a career-high 38 saves in 2021, after leaving Oakland to sign a $54 million, three-year contract with the White Sox.Hendriks has 115 saves and a 3.81 ERA over 12 seasons with Minnesota, Toronto, Kansas City, Oakland a...

Celtics’ Malcolm Brogdon wins NBA’s 6th man of year award

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics asked Malcolm Brogdon to learn a new role. He mastered it quickly.Brogdon was honored Thursday night as the NBA’s sixth man of the year, after a season in which he came off the bench exclusively and helped the Celtics finish with the second-best record in the NBA.It’s the second major individual award of Brogdon’s career: The 30-year-old guard was rookie of the year in 2016-17.“This is such an honor. It has definitely been a transition for me, coming from Indiana to Boston,” said Brogdon, who had started every game the past four years in the NBA before embracing his role to come off the bench when he was acquired by the Celtics. “My last two seasons, they weren’t super successful, so for me that was another gut check for me in understanding that maybe I’m not a No. 1 guy but I can be a great No. 2, 3 or 4.”Brogdon beat out fellow finalists Immanuel Quickley of New York and Bobby Portis of Milwaukee, receiving 60 of 100 first-place votes and 408 point...

La familia de Michael Schumacher planea emprender acciones legales por una entrevista falsa hecha con inteligencia artificial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:46:50 GMT

(CNN) — La familia de Michael Schumacher, el siete veces campeón de Fórmula Uno, planea emprender acciones legales después de que una revista alemana publicara una entrevista falsa realizada con inteligencia artificial (IA), según declaró un portavoz de la familia a CNN este jueves.Schumacher no ha sido visto en público desde que sufrió una lesión cerebral en un accidente de esquí en diciembre de 2013.El 15 de abril, Die Aktuelle, una revista semanal en Alemania, publicó una foto sonriente del piloto de 54 años en la portada con el titular: “Michael Schumacher, la primera entrevista”.Junto al titular hay un subtítulo que dice: “Sonaba engañosamente real”.Especialista en inteligencia artificial reflexiona si es posible simular a un muerto. La respuesta es escalofrianteLa falsa entrevista aparece en la página ocho de la revista con el titular: “Mi vida cambió por completo”, e incluye citas ficticias atribuidas a Schumacher, en las que habla de...