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Latest line: A good week for UC Berkeley, a bad week for John Duarte

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

UC BerkeleyFlagship UC campus announces a $2 billion deal to build classrooms, labs and housing on 36 acres at NASA Ames in Mountain View to expand research into space, engineering and other fields, with groundbreaking in 2026.    John DuarteFirst-term Republican congressman from Modesto, whose district Joe Biden won by 11 points in 2020, votes for far-right firebrand and Trump ally Jim Jordan for House speaker, endangering his own re-election next year.   Christina PascucciLA TV anchor gets a few minutes of attention after announcing she will run for U.S. Senate. But she has no statewide name recognition, and other Democrats — like Adam Schiff, with $32 million in the bank — are far ahead. 

They said it: Newsom’s temporary replacement for Feinstein’s senate seat is really temporary

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

“I know this will be a surprise to many because traditionally we don’t see those who have power let it go. It may not be the decision people expected but it’s the right one for me.”— U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler on deciding not to join next year’s race for a full term. Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped her for the remaining 15 months of the late Dianne Feinstein’s term, fulfilling a promise to appoint a Black woman. He chose an outsider to avoid influencing the senate race, but didn’t tell Butler she couldn’t run.

Quito Road traffic jams warrant stoplight check-up from San Jose: Roadshow

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

Q: Quito Road, the continuation of Lawrence Expressway, is a major commuting axis for west San Jose. The Quito-Bucknall intersection’s badly-timed traffic light creates major traffic jams at commute times, and creates delays outside of commute hours.The light gives too much priority to Bucknall traffic compared to Quito’s much larger volume of traffic. Long lines form on Quito, extending all the way to the busy Quito/Saratoga intersection. Meanwhile, only a few cars ever wait on Bucknall.Davide GuariscoA: Colin-the-city-spokesman said the city’s traffic signals team will check detection equipment and signal timing here to make sure it operates as intended. They will also check peak-hour traffic and adjust timing, as necessary.Q: Your response to cyclist Barry Goldman-Hall’s message about his harrowing experiences while riding safely was anything but supportive. Most avid road cyclists like Barry ride respectfully and attentively, yet rather than recognize that, you...

‘Untenable’: San Jose leaders address news investigation on police force and mentally impaired people

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

SAN JOSE — In response to a Bay Area News Group investigation finding that mentally impaired people disproportionately experience serious force by San Jose police, city leaders defended police training, and blamed broader failures in mental health services and a lack of viable alternatives that could shift the burden of dealing with people in crisis away from police.The first-of-its-kind investigation, which examined more than 100 use-of-force cases in San Jose between 2014 and 2021, found that in nearly three-quarters of incidents in which officers seriously injured or killed people, those harmed were believed to be mentally ill or intoxicated. Of the 25 fatal cases during that period, 80 percent involved people with those conditions.The Oct. 8 report also found that though SJPD has mandated crisis-intervention training for all officers since 2017 — becoming the first major U.S. police department to do so — the percentage of those seriously injured by police who are mentally impair...

Shelton beats Karatsev for breakthrough tour title at Japan Open. Siniakova wins epic in China

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Ben Shelton won his maiden tour title, beating Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 at the Japan Open on Sunday.The 21-year-old American, who made his first tour semifinal appearance at the U.S. Open last month, continued his recent rich vein of form in Tokyo, making 18 winners and dominating his Russian opponent with his swinging lefty serve as he closed out the final in 84 minutes.“That meant a lot to me and my team,” Shelton said. “We have been working really hard since the beginning to build my game and win titles on the ATP tour. I made some deep runs lately. You see the great champions, they finish weeks off. “They win titles, they don’t just get to finals. They are able to maintain their level throughout the week. I am not saying I am anywhere there yet, but to be able to do it for one week, put together five matches in a row in Tokyo is really special.”Shelton will rise to a career-high No. 15 in the ATP’s rankings on Monday, having started the season at No. 96. ...

Israeli soldier raised in Rockville killed in Lebanon missile attack

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

A dual Israel-American citizen who grew up in Rockville, Maryland, was killed in a missile attack along the Lebanon border on Friday.In a post on Instagram, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School announced the death Omer Balva, 22, who attended the school and was the child of Israeli parents.Balva was serving with the Israeli Defense Forces and had been called up for reserve duty recently. He was in the U.S. last week when he was called into reserve service, promptly flying back to Israel to report for duty, the Times of Israel reported. View this post on Instagram A post shared by CESJDS Alumni (@cesjdsalumni)According to the IDF, the targets of an anti-tank missile attack along the border with Lebanon included a “series of military facilities used by [Hezbollah] for operational needs” and an anti-tank launcher directed at Israel.On Friday evening, during a missile attack against troops operating in the Netu’a and Biranit areas on the northern border, Balva was killed and at ...

¿Quién es Javier Milei? El candidato de derecha que se coló entre los espacios hasta ahora dominantes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

(CNN Español) — Javier Milei llegó a la política argentina y rompió los esquemas. El economista —según se define— “liberal libertario” logró lo que no lograron otros: colarse entre los espacios hasta ahora dominantes, el peronismo del Frente de Todos y el espacio del expresidente Mauricio Macri, Juntos por el Cambio.Elecciones en Argentina 2023, en vivo: resultados, noticias, votaciones y másPara comprender el fenómeno reciente de la política argentina, hay que remitirse al origen. Milei cultivó su popularidad rotando en sets de televisión como comentarista económico. Con su estilo vehemente y provocador, rápidamente se volvió un personaje indiscutido del prime time local, y algunos rasgos excéntricos de su personalidad terminaron de impulsarlo al estrellato televisivo.Algunos ejemplos del estilo de vida que hizo públicos: vive con cinco perros mastín inglés que pesan alrededor de 100 kilos cada uno, de los que dice que son su familia y cuatro de ellos tienen nombres de econom...

¿Quién es Patricia Bullrich? La candidata “halcón” de Juntos por el Cambio que empezó en el peronismo

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

(CNN Español) — “Creo que las características del próximo presidente tienen más que ver con el carácter, con la decisión, con la voluntad y con las convicciones”. Así describe a su candidato ideal Patricia Bullrich, candidata a la presidencia de Argentina por Juntos por el Cambio.Elecciones en Argentina 2023, en vivo: resultados, noticias, votaciones y másSu pasado en la Juventud Peronista (JP), su paso por el gobierno de Fernando De la Rúa y la muerte de Santiago Maldonado durante su gestión en el Ministerio de Seguridad, son algunos de los temas más polémicos que rodean su imagen.Patricia Bullrich/ Getty ImagesSus inicios en el peronismo y su supuesta vinculación con MontonerosPatricia Bullrich nació en 1956 en Buenos Aires. Hija de Alejandro Bullrich y Julieta Luro Pueyrredón, forma parte de una de las familias con más tradición política del país.Cuando era chica, su abuela, hija del dirigente de la Unión Cívica Radical Honorio Pueyrredón, la llevó a conocer al expres...

¿Quién es Sergio Massa? De las idas y vueltas con el kirchnerismo a la candidatura presidencial por el peronismo

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

(CNN Español) — Intentó ser presidente de Argentina en 2015 por fuera del peronismo, pero sin éxito. Este domingo 22 de octubre Sergio Massa, actual ministro de Economía, se presenta como uno de los cinco candidatos a la presidencia del país.Elecciones en Argentina 2023, en vivo: resultados, noticias, votaciones y más¿Quién es Sergio Massa?Sergio Massa es el tercer socio de la coalición actual de gobierno, el Frente de Todos, que llegó al poder en 2019 con Alberto Fernández como presidente y Cristina Fernández de Kirchner como vice, de la que supo ser, primero, un funcionario de confianza y luego su férreo opositor.Es abogado, tiene 51 años y dos hijos con su esposa, Malena Galmarini, actual titular de la empresa estatal de agua corriente y saneamiento (AYSA) que opera en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y sus alrededores.¿Quién es Javier Milei, el precandidato presidencial de derecha que irrumpió en la política argentina?Comenzó su camino en la política en la Unión de Centro Democrá...

Head of UK civil service Simon Case out on medical leave

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:16:02 GMT

LONDON — The U.K. government’s most senior official will step back from his job and take medical leave at a critical moment for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, three government officials confirmed to POLITICO.Simon Case, who has led the U.K. civil service since September 2020, is expected to be gone for a number of weeks, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The news comes at a difficult time for Sunak’s administration, which faces conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East as well as considerable domestic challenges.Case was also due to give evidence to the U.K.’s COVID-19 inquiry about the government’s handling of the pandemic in the coming weeks. He was personally under pressure after the probe published phone messages earlier this month in which he appeared to mock former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the crisis.Sunak is preparing to brief the Cabinet on the situation this week ahead ...