Students to showcase skills in nursing assisting, sports medicine. Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group Local high school students enrolled in the nursing careers program demonstrate how to lift a patient using a mechanical lift as former Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, right, looks on at the Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (SVCTE) campus in San Jose in 2023. Giana Dolor of Westmont High School is among 18 students who’ll represent SVCTE at the HOSA-Future Health Professionals state competition next month, where she’ll showcase her skills as a nursing assistant. A healthy effort Two students from Campbell Union High School…
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Feb. 22 event is part of Silicon Valley Reads. Lucinda Hitchcock Cone, left, Jacqueline De Muro and Mary Jo McConnell perform a staged reading of “Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 2023 New Works Festival. TheatreWorks is staging the world premiere of Min Kahng’s musical comedy March 5-30 at Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre. (Photo by Reed Flores) Robot showcase Mountain View’s InOrbit Robot Space is hosting a robot showcase and tour Feb. 22 as part of Silicon Valley Reads. Visitors can see a set of robots at work and play from…
European leaders took steps Sunday to answer assertive U.S. efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, as France announced a meeting of continental leaders and Baltic countries called for new steps to strengthen Kyiv’s hand in any future talks. The jockeying for position by Europe, Ukraine’s top military and financial backer along with the U.S., comes as the Trump administration has quickly sought to mediate an end to the fighting three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With Moscow’s forces making some territorial gains in eastern Ukraine in recent months, Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the last day of…
“Captain America: Brave New World” infused some blockbuster cash into the North American box office, bringing in $88.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. release is by far the biggest opener of 2025 and the company predicts it will hit $100 million domestically and $192.4 globally by the end of Monday’s Presidents’ Day holiday. It’s Marvel’s first major release since “Deadpool & Wolverine”broke records last summer and re-energized a Marvel fanbase that some worried was weakening after the poor showing for “The Marvels.” Playing in 4,105 locations in the U.S.…
Donald Trump is on his way to Sunday’s Daytona 500 for his second appearance as president and to help further burnish his image as a sports fan. He was at the race in 2020 while running for a second term. Trump was given the honor of being grand marshal of NASCAR’s biggest and most prestigious event of the year and delivered the command for drivers to start their engines. Trump also thrilled thousands of NASCAR fans in the stands with an Air Force One flyover before he rode in the presidential limousine onto the Daytona International Speedway. Air Force One…
A heavy police presence was observed in a Broward County neighborhood early Sunday morning. The scene was located along the 5800 block of N Plum Bay Parkway in Tamarac. Local 10 News’ Hannah Yechivi and her crew saw all sorts of police activity, from deputies in full gear to a chopper flying around, and even a K9 unit to assist with the investigation. 10 a.m. report: Video obtained by Local 10 News shows a house surrounded by yellow tape. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a shooting and upon arrival, located a man who was…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday fully endorsed Israel’s war aims in the Gaza Strip, saying Hamas “must be eradicated” and throwing the shaky ceasefire into further doubt. Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of a regional tour, where he is likely to face pushback from Arab leaders over U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza and redevelop it under U.S. ownership. Netanyahu has welcomed the plan, and said that he and Trump have a “common strategy” for Gaza. Echoing Trump, he said that “the gates of…
“Captain America: Brave New World” infused some blockbuster cash into the North American box office, bringing in $88.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. release is by far the biggest opener of 2025 and the company predicts it will hit $100 million domestically and $192.4 globally by the end of Monday’s Presidents’ Day holiday. It’s Marvel’s first major release since “Deadpool & Wolverine”broke records last summer and re-energized a Marvel fanbase that some worried was weakening after the poor showing for “The Marvels.” Playing in 4,105 locations in the U.S.…
A heavy police presence was observed in a Broward County neighborhood early Sunday morning. The scene was located along the 5800 block of N Plum Bay Parkway in Tamarac. Local 10 News’ Hannah Yechivi and her crew saw all sorts of police activity, from deputies in full gear to a chopper flying around, and even a K9 unit to assist with the investigation. 10 a.m. report: Video obtained by Local 10 News shows a house surrounded by yellow tape. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a shooting and upon arrival, located a man who was…
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Many Black Americans experience racism at home in the U.S. Moving abroad has been a respite for these three expats.Many Black Americans experience racism at home in the U.S. Moving abroad has been a respite for these three expats. The U.S. has made some strides toward reaching racial equality since the days of the civil rights movement. But President Donald Trump has made ending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives a priority under his administration. As the president has instructed federal agencies to end related programming and dismiss relevant employees, major companies like Target and Google have followed suit in rolling…