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Digging into San Jose’s Fallon statue controversy

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

Tuesday morning my email and social media started popping with people asking if I had seen that removal of the Fallon statue had begun in downtown San Jose. Finally, I thought, our long civic nightmare is over.But the nightmare I was thinking of wasn’t the Fallon statue itself. It was having to talk about it for the past 35 years. With the statue’s impending removal from Julian Street, San Jose residents will finally get to put this issue to rest.I also was surprised by what I was hearing from people about the removal, including a lot of assumptions that were just plain inaccurate. Some argued that taking the statue down was like demolishing a historic building, which isn’t the case at all. While the statue depicted a key moment in San Jose history — the raising of the U.S. flag in the city during the Mexican-American War in 1846 — the statue itself wasn’t a historical artifact. The piece by sculptor Robert Glen, a beautiful sculpture if looked at...

Shooting at hookah lounge causes road closure in Hayward

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) – An overnight shooting caused a road closure In Hayward early Saturday morning, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.A shooting occurred at the 21200 block of Mission Boulevard shortly after 1:30 a.m. at a hookah lounge. The lounge was previously shut down for failure to obtain proper permits to sell tobacco and alcohol, police said. Los Gatos Party Mom ‘tore my life apart,’ victim says The business has received several fines since being shut down but continuing to operate and removing all signage from the front of the building, police said. Police have since closed Mission Blvd. between Cherry Way and Grove Way and are advising drivers to use Montgomery Street as of 5:11 a.m.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%; heig...

Missing Pleasant Hill teen returned home safely

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

UPDATE: Candler has returned home safely, according to police.(KRON) -- The Pleasant Hill Police Department is searching for a teen who went missing Friday evening.Krysta Candler did not come home from school on Friday and may be headed toward Martinez, police said.Candler is 5 feet tall, 102 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black sweat pants and a school backpack.Anyone who sees Candler or knows where she is is asked to call Pleasant Hill police at (925) 288-4600.

Estas diminutas criaturas están perdiendo la batalla por sobrevivir. Esto es lo que podemos hacer para salvarlos

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

(CNN) — El colibrí rufo es mágico. La garganta iridiscente del macho brilla más que un centavo de cobre brillante y, como la mayoría de los colibríes, zumba por el aire con curiosidad, flotando justo en frente de los humanos que los contemplan. La primera vez que Mike Parr, presidente de American Bird Conservancy, vio uno, se alimentaba de las flores de un limonero en California.“Era solo uno de esos sitios de otro mundo. Fue casi como una experiencia religiosa”, dice Parr con asombro y reverencia.“Cuando simplemente giran la cabeza y de repente su garganta capta la luz, se ilumina con este color increíble. Es simplemente mágico, de verdad. Simplemente se ilumina como un faro”.Son uno de los colibríes más pequeños con poco más de 7 cm de largo, pero uno de los más luchadores.Vuelan unas asombrosas 6.200 km (de ida) desde Alaska, donde viven en el verano, hasta México, uno de los viajes migratorios más largos de cualquier ave en el mundo en comparación con el tamaño de su cuerp...

Today in Sports – Troy Aikman #1 pick in NFL Draft to Dallas

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

April 231903 — The New York Highlanders, later renamed Yankees, win their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington Senators.1939 — Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR.1946 — Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a no-hitter against the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field.1950 — The Detroit Red Wings edge the New York Rangers 4-3 in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup.1950 — The Minneapolis Lakers become the first team to win back-to-back NBA championships by defeating the Syracuse Nationals 110-95 in Game 6 of the finals. George Mikan leads the Lakers with 40 points in a game marred by three fights, four Minneapolis players fouling out, and Nats coach Al Cervi being ejected for complaining too vociferously about a call.1954 — The NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock.1954 — Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers.1969 — Jerry West scores 53 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers over Boston 120-118 in the opening game of the NBA finals.1989 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar score...

Sports on TV for Sunday, April 23

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSunday, April 23AUTO RACING8:30 a.m.CBSSN — ABB FIA Formula E: Round 8, Berlin (Taped)3 p.m.FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: The GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.1 a.m. (Monday)CNBC — AMA Monster Energy Supercross: Round 14, East Rutherford, N.J. (Taped)BOWLING12 p.m.FOX — PBA: The WSOB PBA World Championship Finals, Wauwatosa, Wis.COLLEGE BASEBALL12 p.m.CBSSN — Army at NavyESPNU — Purdue at Maryland1 p.m.ESPN2 — Vanderbilt at Tennessee2 p.m.BTN — Minnesota at Illinois3 p.m.ESPNU — S. Illinois at Indiana St.7 p.m.PAC-12N — UCLA at Southern CalCOLLEGE GOLF (MEN’S)7:30 a.m.SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Finals, St. Simons Island, Ga.COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)12 p.m.ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, First Round2 p.m.ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Duke at Louisville, First RoundCOLLEGE SOFTBALL12 p.m.BTN — Northwestern at Michigan12:30 p.m.ESPN — Auburn at Alabama3 p.m.PAC-12N — Utah...

El expresidente peruano Alejandro Toledo se entrega para ser extraditado por EEUU

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

El expresidente peruano Alejandro Toledo Manrique se entregó el viernes a agentes federales estadounidenses para ser extraditado a Perú, donde enfrenta cargos por aceptar millones de dólares en sobornos como parte de un escándalo de corrupción en el que se han visto implicados cuatro expresidentes de Perú.La entrega de Toledo pone fin a una batalla legal contra su extradición, que comenzó en 2019 cuando fue arrestado en su casa de Menlo Park, California. Los fiscales federales han dicho que funcionarios peruanos viajarán a California para recoger a Toledo y llevarlo de regreso a Perú. No se sabe por el momento cuándo sucederá eso.Toledo, que fue presidente de Perú de 2001 a 2006, está acusado de recibir al menos 20 millones de dólares en sobornos de Odebrecht, una empresa constructora brasileña que ha admitido ante las autoridades estadounidenses que sobornó a funcionarios para obtener contratos en toda América Latina durante décadas. Toledo ha refutado los cargos. Jue...

US Supreme Court maintains abortion pill access for now as legal fight continues

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

Access to a widely used abortion pill will remain at current levels for the time being, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision staving off sweeping restrictions ordered by lower courts.The high court’s decision keeps the drug, mifepristone, available for now, but the legal battle over the drug, which has become the most common method of abortion nationwide, could drag on for months if not years to come.Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court’s action, which prevents earlier rulings from a Texas-based judge and a federal appeals court from taking effect.Those rulings would have suspended several policies the FDA enacted since 2016 to make mifepristone more accessible — including telemedicine prescription, mail delivery, retail pharmacy dispensing and the approval of a generic version of the drug. The lower-court action also would have scaled back the federally approved use of the drug from 10 weeks of pregnancy to seven weeks — ...

Police investigating Avon crash that left driver dead

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

A Randolph man died early Saturday morning after a collision in Avon between his car and a tractor-trailer, according to Massachusetts State Police.Richard Maurice, 30, rear-ended the Freightliner heading southbound on Route 24 around 2:30 a.m. His car went into the median where it caught fire, while the tractor-trailer struck the guardrail to the right.Maurice was pulled from the car before it was ablaze and was transported to the hospital after first responders performed “attempted life-saving measures,” officials said. He was pronounced dead at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton.The 44-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer, of New Bedford, was transported to Good Samaritan with minor injuries.All lanes of Route 24 southbound were closed for around three hours following the crash, which is still under investigation.

Single-use plastic is wreaking havoc on the planet. Here’s what you can do to minimize your impact

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:39 GMT

  (CNN) — The life cycle of plastic begins underground, where oil and gas are extracted from deep below the surface of the planet. These fossil fuels are then refined in facilities, using extreme temperatures and significant amount of water and energy, where they are transformed into pellets that are eventually melted and molded into things like water bottles, packaging, garbage bags and clothes.And the widespread use of single-use plastic — the stuff we use once and then throw away — is only made worse by its disposal. Plastics do not break down once they’re thrown into nature. And, alarmingly, only around 9% plastic in the United States is actually recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency — even the stuff you specifically threw into the recycle bin.What you might not realize is this isn’t just a pollution problem. It’s a climate problem. And by the time we start talking about...