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Protesters march to Antioch City Hall, call for firing of cops who sent racist texts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

ANTIOCH — Outside police headquarters, a small crowd of residents, organizers and activists gathered peacefully Tuesday afternoon to register sorrow and outrage, as well as resolve toward change, before marching together toward City Hall to attend a scheduled City Council meeting.Many within the gathering wore T-shirts with slogans calling for firings of specific Antioch police officers who last week were revealed to have sent racist and homophobic text messages, which were discovered during an FBI investigation of at least a dozen Antioch and Pittsburg officers.Civil rights attorneys John Burris and Adante Pointer addressed the crowd gathered Tuesday, as did parents of those victimized by police officers mentioned in the texts.Kathryn Wade, whose son, Malad Baldwin, sued the city in 2015 after Antioch officers beat and injured him said she is still waiting on an autopsy after Baldwin’s death in 2021. “The officers’ texts about my baby made me feel like he died all...

SF Giants’ skid reaches 5 games with loss to Marlins, lose Alex Wood in the process

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

MIAMI — Already beaten up and backsliding, the Giants lost their fifth straight game Monday night and a member of their starting rotation in the process.Starter Alex Wood left in the third inning after straining his hamstring, and the Giants’ bullpen was unable to hold on to another early lead, falling 4-2 to the Marlins, who got a three-run home run from Jazz Chisholm Jr. that proved to be the difference in the game.Having already clinched a losing record on this road trip, the Giants dropped their fourth straight series — three to teams that finished below .500 in 2022 — and will throw Alex Cobb in Wednesday’s series finale as they look to avoid a sweep and a sixth straight loss.They have lost all four games on this trip against the Tigers and Marlins, neither of whom won 70 games last season, despite holding leads in all four games.“It kind of feels like we’re just falling asleep at the wheel right now,” said outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, who gave the...

Robot shuttles at San Jose airport? Major transit plan moves forward

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

An effort to connect a 3.5-mile gap between San Jose Mineta International Airport and Diridon Station may get a Star Trek-like solution.Despite skepticism from transit enthusiasts and the local bus unions, San Jose councilmembers on Tuesday gave their initial approval on what could ultimately become an army of robotic shuttles ferrying passengers between the two travel hubs at a cost of up to $500 million. The project, which could get underway by 2028, comes as the city’s airport and Diridon Station experience increased demand but no efficient public transit option to link them. It currently takes two buses or an Uber to make the journey.In its unanimous approval on Tuesday, the council voted to explore working with a local startup called Glydways, whose driverless shuttles would carry up to four passengers on a designated driveway at a maximum speed of 31 miles per hour. Since the shuttle would run at a continuous speed, officials from Glydways said the journey could take aro...

Arrests made in Palo Alto, Milpitas armed robberies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

PALO ALTO – Three Oakland men were arrested on suspicion of committing back-to-back armed robberies in Palo Alto and a third in Milpitas on Monday, authorities said Tuesday.The suspects – ages 21, 19 and 18 – were taken into custody around 9:15 p.m. at 7th and Stevenson streets in San Francisco, the Palo Alto Police Department said in a statement. Authorities also arrested a 16-year-old Oakland boy in connection with the Milpitas robbery.The Palo Alto robberies occurred within 25 minutes of one another. The first was reported at 6:35 p.m. in the 1100 block of Trinity Lane and the second just before 7 p.m. in the 800 block of Marshall Drive. The Milpitas robbery was reported around 7:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 1300 block of McCandless Drive.In the first robbery, two suspects approached a family of four – a mother and father in their 30s and two children under the age of 10 – as they were pulling into their garage. Police said the suspects demanded their cellphones and the...

San Francisco will pay police officers highest entry-level salary in Bay Area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a contract with the San Francisco Police Officers Association union to address severe police staffing shortages."We are currently short staffed by 562 officers, or approximately 25% short of the 2,182 officers required to meet our workload demands,” Police Chief Bill Scott said.Supervisors approved the contract in a 10-1 vote. Supervisor Catherine Stefani said, "The fact we are over 500 officers short is having negative consequences citywide and we must do everything possible to close that gap." "We will never have enough officers walking neighborhoods and patrolling streets until people are willing to be police officers in San Francisco,” said Supervisor Joel Engardio.   The agreement includes significant retention incentives. It will also help recruit new officers by making San Francisco the highest paid entry-level salary for larger cities in the Bay Area.Supervis...

Protesters chain selves to Israeli Consulate in SF

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

(BCN) -- A group of protesters chained themselves to the entrance of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon to demand the United States stop providing military aid to Israel. The group of about 50 people gathered in front of the consulate offices on Montgomery Street between California and Sacramento streets at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Riley Gaines said SFSU ‘condones violence’ and ‘doesn’t uphold free speech’ Wearing black and yellow T-shirts with "75 years of Israeli war crimes" emblazoned on the front, about 20 protesters chained themselves to each other and to the building's front doors in order to stop normal operations. "There are people from many different organizations across the Bay Area who are tired of what the Israelis are doing which is why we're chained in front of the consulate and trying to shut it down this afternoon," said Robert Ross, who described himself as an educator. "We are part of a growing movement around the world demandin...

Phils’ Marsh breaks up combined no-hit bid by White Sox

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The White Sox lost a bid for a combined no-hitter on Tuesday night when the Philadelphia Phillies’ Brandon Marsh hit a double off left-hander Aaron Bummer on the first pitch of the eighth inning.Chicago starter Lucas Giolito was pulled after throwing 102 pitches in six hitless innings in the second game of a doubleheader. He struck out seven, walked one and hit a batter. Giolito threw a no-hitter against Pittsburgh on Aug. 25, 2020.Kendall Graveman came on in the seventh and retired the side on eight pitches.Giolito was aided by a leaping catch by left fielder Romy Gonzalez to rob Alec Bohm of an extra-base hit in the fifth.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

DC region’s air quality gets mixed grades in new report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

Findings for the D.C. region’s air quality were mixed in the report from the American Lung Association’s 2023 “State of the Air” report, which was released Wednesday.The report grades Americans’ exposure to unhealthy levels of ozone air pollution, annual particle pollution and short-term spikes in particle pollution.According to the findings, the D.C. region received another F letter grade when it comes to ozone smog.The actual number of days with unhealthy levels of ozone smog did not change since last year’s report, but the area’s went from 30th worst in the nation to 26th worst out of more than 200 metro areas.Baltimore County displaced Harford County in Maryland, as the county in the region with the worst performance for ozone in this year’s report, earning an F grade.Harford, Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties — all in Maryland — also continued to earn F grades.“We still have significant emissions because we are a metropolitan area and we’re exposed to ...

Leão outshines ‘Kvara’ in matchup of standout wingers in CL

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Rafael Leão isn’t quite ready to relinquish his slalom title to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.It was the Portuguese winger — not the Georgian dribbling wonder — who was more successful at weaving his way around defenders in their three-week showdown, as Leão carried AC Milan past Napoli and “Kvara” into the Champions League semifinals after also helping rout the runaway Serie A leader 4-0 in the Italian league.“We’re enjoying everything about Leão,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli said after a 1-1 draw in the second leg on Tuesday enabled the Rossoneri to advance on 2-1 aggregate. “Today we asked him to help out more defensively and he did it. Rafa is becoming a champion and that’s what he’ll become. It’s up to him, because for someone with that much talent and skill, both technically and physically, it’s just a matter of how much effort he puts in.”The decisive goal of the Champions League series came when Leão took the ball from Milan’s own half and slalomed his way through...

Chisholm’s homer leads Marlins over Giants 4-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a go-ahead three-run homer and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Tuesday.Jorge Soler had three hits and Luis Arraez singled twice for the Marlins, who have won six of seven.Marlins starter Edward Cabrera limited San Francisco to two runs and six hits over six innings. Cabrera (1-1) walked two and struck out eight.The Giants lost their fifth straight.Chisholm’s shot off Giants reliever Jakob Junis (2-1) in the fourth put the Marlins ahead 4-2. Soler doubled and Bryan De La Cruz singled, then Chisholm connected on a drive that landed over the wall in right center field.Miami got perfect innings from Tanner Scott and Dylan Floro before A.J. Puk closed with a scoreless ninth for his third save.San Francisco lost starter Alex Wood because of a left hamstring strain in the third. Wood planted both feet awkwardly after he left the mound and fielded Jean Segura’s bunt near the third base foul line. He threw Segura out by a step but lim...