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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Instead of raising fees,streamline transitRe: “Stalled bridge toll hike indicates public’s discontent” (Page A12, Aug. 27).I am glad to see that the $1.50 rate hike bill has been paused.We cannot just keep piling taxes upon taxes and fees upon fees to solve these transit issues. I would like to see the various transit agencies have their systems reviewed as there seems to be a lot of overlap of services/routes.Until we have a unified discussion, all the agencies will keep competing against each other, vying for more tax money instead of figuring out how to combine and streamline.Jim PollockLos GatosBiden’s experiencemakes him best choiceRe: “Democrats need a new standard bearer” (Page A12, Aug. 27).Mr. Lane is looking for a “younger person” to replace Biden in his letter. Just “younger”?How about Elon Musk? He’s a younger person. Or maybe ...

'Sick and tired': Oakland restaurant acquires parking lot, hires security to prevent car break-ins

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

(KRON) -- Car break-ins and thefts are some of the issues the city of Oakland is facing. One Oakland restaurant is fed up with it. "We have heard you loud and clear. We are sick and tired of our city not stepping up, so WE DID," NIDO’s BackYard wrote in an email Thursday. NIDO’s BackYard announced it has acquired a parking lot directly across the restaurant at 104 Oak St. In addition, the business hired security guards to watch over the lot. Customers will now be able to their cars with the peace of mind that their car is unlikely to be broken into. The parking lot is accessible for customers during NIDO BackYard's operating hours.NIDO’s BackYard is open Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. On weekends, it is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. In 2019, 5,041 car thefts were reported in Oakland, according to the FBI’s crime report. Oakland's rate of 1,161.4 thefts per 100,000 people tops any other city in the country. Study: Oakland has the highest car theft rate in the nation The r...

Missing Fairfield woman believed deceased; warrant issued for former partner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

(FOX40.COM) — The Fairfield Police Department said it believes a missing woman is dead and a warrant has been issued for her ex-boyfriend in connection with her disappearance.According to police, Erica Brown, 36, was last seen at her home in Fairfield on August 20.Fairfield Police issued a warrant for Mark Randle's arrest in connection with the disappearance of his former partner, Erica Brown. (Image from Fairfield Police)Police said they "felt from the outset" that Brown's disappearance was suspicious. Ceres man suspect in $40,000 organized retail thefts Police are looking for Mark Randle, 45, who was Brown's former partner and lived with her at the time of her disappearance. According to police, Randle has "strong ties" to Fairfield and Vallejo and goes by “Tweezy”, “Tweez” and Mark Twain.

San Rafael teenagers arrested after assaulting high school student

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

(KRON) -- Three teenagers went on a crime spree Wednesday in San Rafael that began at Terra Linda High School, police said. The trio was eventually booked into Marin County Juvenile Hall.Police officers said they were first alerted about the troublesome teens at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday after a student was assaulted in the high school's parking lot. The assailants attacked and robbed the student before fleeing in a white Chevrolet Suburban SUV."School officials provided identification information about who they believed was involved," the San Rafael Police Department wrote. Police received another 911 call at 10 a.m. from a paramedic who saw the teenagers in the SUV and wearing ski masks. Just before 10:45 a.m., another juvenile victim was attacked, injured, and robbed on Nova Albion Way. An officer found the masked teenagers by Munson Park, but they sped away in the SUV. Another officer spotted the suspect vehicle on Freitas Parkway and followed it onto Highway 101. The vehicle exi...

UN chief sends Russia new proposals to revive Black Sea grain deal but Moscow isn’t satisfied

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief sent Russia a new proposal aimed at getting its grain and fertilizer to global markets in hopes of reviving the deal that allowed Ukraine to ship almost 33,000 tons of grain at a time of growing global hunger.But Moscow wasn’t satisfied with the letter that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this week.Speaking at a press conference Thursday after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Lavrov said he had given Ankara a list of actions that the West would have to take in order to resume Ukrainian shipments.The United Nations and Turkey brokered the deal in July 2022 that allowed Ukraine to ship grain and other foodstuffs from three Black Sea ports. A separate memorandum between the U.N. and Russia pledged to overcome obstacles to Moscow’s shipment of food and fertilizer to world markets.The deal followed Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine which sent global food ...

Noah Lyles wins again in Zurich in his first race since world championships triple

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — Another race, another win for triple world champion Noah Lyles. Lyles won the 200 meters in 19.80 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday in his first race since the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he picked up gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay. He was one of nine recently crowned world champions who followed up their titles with wins in Zurich in front of about 25,000 people at the Letzigrund Stadium.“Everybody wants to beat me and everybody wants the cake and the crown, but I am not giving it to them,” the American said. “Today, we did not have perfect conditions, it was pretty cold. But a win is a win.” Sha’Carri Richardson easily won the the women’s 100 in 10.88 ahead of a strong field that included Jamaican duo Natasha Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah, while Shericka Jackson dominated the women’s 200 in 21.82. Danielle Williams of Jamaica followed up her surprising title in the 100 hurdles in B...

ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ is facing changes and increased competition from Fox

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

Dynasties have come and gone at Miami, Florida State, Florida and Oklahoma while “College GameDay” has reigned as the preeminent Saturday morning pregame show.But the ESPN franchise heads into its 37th year having undergone the most change ever going into a new season while also facing competition from Fox and its upstart “Big Noon Kickoff.”While the core of the “GameDay” lineup is back with host Rece Davis and analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard and Lee Corso, it will have a different look.Analyst David Pollack, reporter Gene Wojciechowski, and Senior VP of Production Lee Fitting were let go while research producer Chris “The Bear” Fallica left for Fox.Fallica had the longest tenure with “GameDay” at 29 years. Fitting had been a producer since 2004, while Pollack (11 years) and Wojciechowski (12) were longtime veterans.“We’ll see how it unfolds. I think ‘GameDay’ will always be ‘GameDay,’ but I think it will come across different this year,” Fallica said.Corso has ...

Backpack exhibit, Md. football players encourage tackling mental health

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

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Jets’ Rodgers says Giants’ Ward was making things up when discussing their on-field exchange

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers added a little juice to the New York Jets’ regular-season showdown with the Giants in October.The Jets quarterback responded Thursday to comments made by Giants linebacker Jihad Ward, who said Wednesday that Rodgers and his teammates were laughing after wide receiver Randall Cobb hit safety Bobby McCain with an illegal blindside block in the teams’ preseason game last Saturday. McCain suffered a concussion.“He thought we were laughing at his teammate?” Rodgers asked. “That never happened and I think he’s making (stuff) up. I don’t care.”The play was shown on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” on Tuesday night, with Rodgers kidding with Cobb about the hit and saying he would be fined by the NFL. Also shown was Ward giving Rodgers a late shove after a pass, and the two yelling at each other — with Rodgers, who was wearing a microphone, saying: “I don’t even know who you are, bro.”Ward said Wednesday his shove of Rodgers was in retaliati...

Texas guardsman suspended after wounding man in cross-border shooting, Mexico says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:53 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas National Guard soldier has been suspended after he shot and wounded a man on the other side of the U.S. southern border last week, Mexico’s president said Thursday.Calling the shooting “a violation of international law,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he received a report on the soldier’s suspension, without specifying which agency it came from. The soldier says he shot the Mexican man in defense of a migrant who the man was allegedly seeking to harm, and the soldier fired first into the air, López Obrador said at a news conference.A different account of Saturday’s shooting was given by Enrique Rodriguez, a spokesperson with the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office, who says the 22-year-old Mexican man was shot while jogging. The man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the buttocks and has since been released, Rodriguez said.The Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed it’s investigating the shooting in Ciu...