Oakley Library received $400,000 grant from Walnut Creek-based Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation but is still far from its goal of raising $28 million for the project to build a new standalone library. People use computers at the Oakley Public Library in Oakley, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLEY — Fundraising efforts for a new Oakley library and community center received a boost with a $400,000 grant from a private family foundation. However, the project is still far from the $28-million goal for a new standalone structure. With the grant from the Walnut Creek-based…
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A former solicitor general, Mr. Clement has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court. Now he will present independent arguments as a judge decides whether to drop the charges against the mayor. A former solicitor general, Mr. Clement has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court. Now he will present independent arguments as a judge decides whether to drop the charges against the mayor. A former solicitor general, Mr. Clement has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court. Now he will present independent arguments as a judge decides whether to drop the charges against the mayor. Paul…
The money, Biden-era federal funds for sheltering migrants, disappeared from a city bank account without warning. New York wants it back. The money, Biden-era federal funds for sheltering migrants, disappeared from a city bank account without warning. New York wants it back. It seemed like a plot point in some fictional hacking scheme: Nearly $80.5 million had gone missing from one of New York City’s bank accounts overnight. The startling discovery by the city’s accountants last week was not a product of Hollywood but the Trump administration’s abrupt clawback of Biden-era federal funds meant to help the city shelter migrants.…
Shoppers praised the mall’s security presence while residents and employees cited other worrying incidents. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Santana Row looking northward in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) Desiree Bermea works just up the street from the courtyard where a 15-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on Valentine’s Day at San Jose’s Santana Row. It hit “really close to home,” said Bermea, 46, who works at Vintage Wine Bar. “It makes no sense. That really doesn’t. Like how? How did that happen?” The teenager, identified on a GoFundMe page as David…
About 20 percent of the World Trade Central Health Program’s staff had been terminated amid President Trump’s slashing of the federal work force. About 20 percent of the World Trade Central Health Program’s staff had been terminated amid President Trump’s slashing of the federal work force. The Trump administration has reversed itself on making funding and staff cuts to a federal health program for survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, after bipartisan criticism of the moves. In a statement on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which oversees the World Trade Center Health Program, said it…
The weather this weekend is just the start to warming weather coming in the week ahead in Chicago. After several frigid days, the weekend is offering some above-freezing temperatures with highs around 34 in the Chicago area on Saturday and climbing to around 41 on Sunday with some more sunshine expected, according to the National Weather Service. Lows on Saturday are still in the 20s, while Sunday’s lows are around 33. The week ahead is expected to be even more of a welcome refuge with highs in the upper 40s starting Monday and staying there Tuesday and Wednesday. Forecasted lows…
A 17-year-old girl was among three people wounded overnight in a drive-by shooting on the Southwest Side in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 4:15 a.m. Saturday, the teenage girl and two men were standing in a parking lot in the 4500 block of South Cicero Avenue when an SUV and a sedan approached and shots were fired, police said. The teenage girl was struck to a leg and a foot, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition. One of the men, 35, was struck multiple times throughout the body and was taken to…
Maijji Jackson, 33, was charged this week with three weapons-related counts linked to a recent killing in East Oakland. Oakland police investigate a homicide after an attempted heist at a marijuana grow house in the 1200 block of 49th Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Wayne Shaw, the older brother of famed Oakland rapper Too Short, died Wednesday morning when he was shot during the robbery. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — The man arrested last week in the killing of Oakland rapper Too Short’s brother has so far avoided charges in that case, but is…
Lake Station Police discovered five people dead during a welfare check Friday afternoon. Officers at around 2:44 p.m. February 21 were sent to a home in the 6700 block of 9th Avenue for a welfare check, according to a release on the Lake Station Police Department’s social media page. After securing a search warrant, officers found five bodies in the residence in Mansard du Lac mobile home park, the release said. A preliminary investigation indicates the incident is isolated, and there’s no threat to the public, the release said. More information will be released as family members are notified and…
The Warriors are 8-0 in games Moses Moody starts. Moses Moody #4 of the Golden State Warriors is congratulated by Brandin Podziemski #2 after Moody made a three-point shot and was fouled while shooting against the Sacramento Kings during the second half at Golden 1 Center on Feb. 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) SACRAMENTO — In a season in which the Warriors have used…
Mr. Williams, the New York City public advocate, is preparing himself to serve as interim mayor if Eric Adams resigns or is removed. Mr. Williams, the New York City public advocate, is preparing himself to serve as interim mayor if Eric Adams resigns or is removed. Jumaane Williams had been onstage for barely 10 minutes when an audience member asked an off-topic question on many New Yorkers’ minds. “Are you ready to be mayor?” the person said. The crowd, at a documentary screening in Greenwich Village, cheered in support. The event’s moderators responded enthusiastically. And Mr. Williams smiled. As New…
Mino Lora, who co-founded the People’s Theatre with her husband, has a double breakfast, a dance break and a bilingual reading session to wrap up her night. Mino Lora, who co-founded the People’s Theatre with her husband, has a double breakfast, a dance break and a bilingual reading session to wrap up her night. Mino Lora, who co-founded the People’s Theatre with her husband, has a double breakfast, a dance break and a bilingual reading session to wrap up her night. As the co-founder and executive artistic director of the People’s Theatre, Mino Lora sets the stage to spotlight the…
Every Sunday, Johann Teran goes to worship at a Lutheran service in suburban Minneapolis, trying to find some hope that the future he was building isn’t all slipping away. Like hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans hit by political and economic crises, Teran, his wife and her mother applied for different kinds of humanitarian protections in the United States that the Trump administration has curtailed or is expected to end soon. “I’m feeling like they’re telling me, ‘Go, just go back, we don’t want you.’ Even when they gave me the opportunity to be here,” Teran said. “We are just hopeless,…
A new bill would hide the names of finalists who apply to be a university president in the state. And now lawmakers are wondering if they can make that more restrictive. A Utah lawmaker said he wants to force members of university president search committees to “keep their mouths shut” about who applies for open positions as he discussed a new bill that would already hide the names of applicants named as finalists. A new bill would hide the names of finalists who apply to be a university president in the state. And now lawmakers are wondering if they can…
For almost two years, Utah has required parents who homeschool their children to sign an affidavit swearing they’ve never been convicted of child abuse. If you couldn’t do that, you couldn’t homeschool your child. This bill, HB209, removes a requirement meant to keep convicted child abusers from homeschooling. That requirement seemed like a good idea at the time, sponsor Rep. Nicholeen Peck said, but she argued it’s caused too much confusion and lacks “teeth.” For almost two years, Utah has required parents who homeschool their children to sign an affidavit swearing they’ve never been convicted of child abuse. If you…
Just after 1 p.m. on a weekday, Azúcar Café was buzzing as a sudden wave of coffee-starved customers arrived. Azucar Cafe, a coffee shop in West Valley City, serves a menu inspired by the cultures of Mexico and South America — and aims to provide a “third place” community gathering space, something rare on the west side. Just after 1 p.m. on a weekday, Azúcar Café was buzzing as a sudden wave of coffee-starved customers arrived. Behind the counter, where Mexican sweet bread sits next to guava tarts and dulce de leche-filled alfajores from South America, Azúcar’s baristas operate in…
Two former Miami-Dade firefighters who face manslaughter and negligence charges in connection with the death of one of their sons during an unauthorized training exercise in the summer of 2024 have posted bond and were released from jail. Leer en español Francisco Camero, 48, was one of three Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employees who resigned in connection with the exercise that led to the death of his son, Fabian Camero, who worked at a private ambulance company. The incident occurred on June 21 at a three-story building in Virginia Gardens. Fabian Camero, 28, was critically injured during the exercise and died…
Got a traffic ticket in Salt Lake County? Soon you may have to resolve it at a different courthouse. A proposal to dissolve Salt Lake County’s justice court and pass along its cases to municipal justice courts could save the county about $867,000. But it’ll come at a cost to the state. Got a traffic ticket in Salt Lake County? Soon you may have to resolve it at a different courthouse. At the request of Salt Lake County officials, Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore, R-Cottonwood Heights, sponsored a resolution that would dissolve the county justice court next year. The court…
Molly Harrison was set to begin her fifth year as a seasonal employee with the U.S. Forest Service in Moab, her second as a permanent seasonal worker. “We’ve been in this turmoil for weeks now and I think it’s designed to break you down and get you to leave,” one former federal employee said. Molly Harrison was set to begin her fifth year as a seasonal employee with the U.S. Forest Service in Moab, her second as a permanent seasonal worker. And then came the purge. She survived the first round of firings but not the second as her employment…
The deal upgrading the China-Chile Free Trade Agreement, signed two weeks ago and witnessed by the presidents of both nations, will facilitate e-commerce through measures such as streamlining customs procedures, said Chilean Ambassador to China Jorge Heine. The deal upgrading the China-Chile Free Trade Agreement, signed two weeks ago and witnessed by the presidents of both nations, will facilitate e-commerce through measures such as streamlining customs procedures, said Chilean Ambassador to China Jorge Heine. The deal upgrading the China-Chile Free Trade Agreement, signed two weeks ago and witnessed by the presidents of both nations, will facilitate e-commerce through measures such as…