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Newsom signs bill allowing cities, counties to ban artificial turf

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

Despite increasing popularity due to a yearslong statewide drought, artificial turf is a new enemy of the California State Legislature.A bill signed into law by Governor Newsom this year would allow cities and counties to ban synthetic lawns over health concerns associated with so-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, that have been linked to health concerns, including cancer.An environmental expert at USC said more research should be done to determine the actual health impact, but was concerned about the plastics entering the water supply.Newsom stopped short of an outright ban on the turf as he vetoed a different bill that would have banned the "forever chemicals" and, in effect, the fake turf.

Man arrested in connection with shooting at Stanford, attempted robbery in Palo Alto

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

PALO ALTO – Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of shooting a woman at Stanford University and later attempting to rob a grocery store in Palo Alto.The shooting was reported around 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Arboretum Drive, said Deputy Felicia Segura of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived to find a 47-year-old woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound to her leg.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | San Jose man’s toxicology results released in double-fatal Santa Cruz County crash Crime and Public Safety | Armed man taken into custody at Palo Alto shopping center Crime and Public Safety | 2 vehicles stolen, 6 others burglarized Monday in Los Altos Crime and Public Safety | Newsom approves automatic speed cameras for San Jose, Oakland pilot program Crime and Public Safety | San Jose police say teen pistol-whipped resident during home inv...

Four-bedroom home in Alameda sells for $2.3 million

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

1833 Kofman Parkway – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 1800 block of Kofman Parkway in Alameda has new owners. The 2,569-square-foot property, built in 1988, was sold on Sept. 15, 2023, for $2,300,000, or $895 per square foot. This single-story house offers a capacious living environment with its four bedrooms and three baths. Additionally, the house includes a garage.Additional houses that have recently changed hands close by include:On Tralee Lane, Alameda, in September 2023, a 2,299-square-foot home was sold for $2,120,000, a price per square foot of $922. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In September 2023, a 2,218-square-foot home on Lawrence Road in Alameda sold for $1,765,000, a price per square foot of $796. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,256-square-foot home on the 200 block of Stanbridge Court in Alameda sold in February 2023, for $1,745,000, a price per square foot of $773. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

By Michelle R. Smith and Ali Swenson | Associated PressWhen 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents’ nightmare.Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son was plastered on the cover of a book that falsely argues COVID-19 vaccines caused a spike of sudden deaths among healthy young people.The book, called “Cause Unknown,” was co-published by an anti-vaccine group led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, who is now running for president. Kennedy wrote the foreword and promoted the book, tweeting that it details data showing ” COVID shots are a crime against humanity.”The Faheys couldn’t understand how Braden’s face appeared on the book’s cover, or why his name appeared inside it.Braden never received the vaccine. His death in August 202...

Troops hurt after three drones attack US bases in Iraq as tensions flare after Gaza hospital strike

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Coalition forces were slightly injured in Iraq in a spate of drone attacks over the last 24 hours at U.S. bases in Iraq as regional tensions flare following the deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Two drones targeted the al Asad airbase in western Iraq used by U.S. forces and one drone targeted a base in northern Iraq, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. U.S. forces intercepted all three, destroying two but only damaging the third, which led to minor injuries among coalition forces at the western base, according to a statement Wednesday by U.S. Central Command.The U.S. official were not authorized to speak publicly on the attacks and spoke on the condition of anonymity. “In this moment of heightened alert, we are vigilantly monitoring the situation in Iraq and the region. U.S. forces will defend U.S. and coalition forces against any threat,” Central Command said in the release. Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have threatened to attack U.S. facilities there b...

Driver arrested after crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu kills 4 college students

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — A 22-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a crash in Malibu killed four college students and injured two other people, officials said Wednesday. The six pedestrians were struck around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday along Pacific Coast Highway about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Pepperdine University, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Four women were pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to a hospital but there was no word Wednesday on their conditions.Pepperdine initially said on X, formerly Twitter, that officials believed those killed attended the university’s Seaver College of Liberal Arts. Pepperdine’s president, Jim Gash, later confirmed that the four killed were students.“Earlier today, we learned that four precious lives who brought joy and light to our campus were taken from us suddenly, tragically, and incomprehensibly,” Gash wrote in a message to the university community. The school la...

Palestinians in Colorado mourn losses in conflict thousands of miles away

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Israeli and Palestinian communities are both mourning losses in the Israel-Hamas conflict, both abroad and right here in Colorado.On Wednesday night, a group of Palestinians and their supporters gathered at Washington Park to honor their dead."It's up to 29 people at this point, so it's kind of hard to keep 29 names in my head," said Abdullah Elagah, a local Palestinian.Elagah was joined by dozens of other Palestinians and supporters to grieve their losses."It's something that we, collectively, need to be grieving together in these moments," said another Palestinian mourner, who asked not to be identified. Will the US send troops to Israel? The conflict has separated families. One thing that keeps this community connected, Elagah said, is their loss."It's been very hard to hear back from them," Elagah said.Palestinians and their supporters gathered at Washington Park to mourn losses in the Israel-Hamas conflict (Rogelio Mares, KDVR)Grief 'ongoing' in decades-long I...

FHP: Search underway for reckless driver who fled traffic stop, ditched car after fiery crash in Miami Gardens

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

Authorities are searching for a driver who, they said, fled a traffic stop after troopers attempted to pull him over for reckless driving and crashed the vehicle in a Miami Gardens neighborhood following a brief pursuit.A 7News crew who was covering the aftermath of the wreck and bailout in the area of Northwest 37th Avenue and 213th Street found themselves in the middle of a tense response by Florida Highway Patrol troopers and other officers, Wednesday evening.Cameras captured a subject who sprinted past the news unit with a gun in hand.Meanwhile, frightened neighbors, several of them children, ran back into their homes, while cruisers and troopers moved across the area.According to FHP, the chaotic chain of events began when troopers tried to pull over the reckless motorist along Northwest 37th Avenue.Investigators said the driver would not stop, and a pursuit ensued.It all came to a crashing end after a collision caused the subject’s vehicle to burst into flames. The drive...

Police state man was killed in fender bender, but he is not dead

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

According to police and the state, he died in a fender bender. Since he called us, obviously he is alive, but problems are pouring in because he can’t get the state to list him as alive. So he asked Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to breathe new life into his efforts.Moises does pretty well playing air hockey with his daughter.Pretty well, that is, for a guy who is supposedly dead.Moises Ramos: “Fatality in 2019.”His so-called passing began when Moises backed out of his driveway and another driver bumped him.Moises Ramos: “We called police department to make an accident record for insurance.”No one was hurt. Everything was fine, until Moises applied to be an Uber driver and was rejected.Moises Ramos: “And I was like, ‘Why am I getting denied?’ So I disputed it. They came back again, and they put because of an accident of a ‘fatality.'”Moises was told to check the Miami-Dade Police report on the fender bender.Moises Ramos...

Survivors of kibbutz attack turn their ire on Netanyahu

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:57 GMT

Tomer Eliaz, a 17-year-old boy in the kibbutz of Nahal Oz, was forced to go door-to-door by Hamas and tell neighbors to come out, saying he would be killed if they didn’t. Several opened up and were murdered, while others were hauled off as hostages to Gaza — with several children cooped up in chicken pens. After using the teenage boy as bait, the Islamist militants shot him dead too. Just 800 meters from the Gaza border, Nahal Oz was one of the first Hamas targets on October 7, and the events of that morning are now painfully seared into the minds of residents Elad Poterman and Addi Cherry. Now both in Belgium, they vented their frustration over what they saw as abandonment by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive right-wing government, whose hostile policy toward Palestinians is accused of undermining Israel’s security. “He [Netanyahu] needs to say: ‘I’m sorry, I failed you. It’s because of me and my pride, you were almost murdered,'” ...