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Santa Barbara paper, one of state’s oldest, ceases publication

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

By Olga R. Rodriguez | Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt.The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy.Managing editor Dave Mason broke the news to staff in an email Friday, according to NoozHawk, a digital publication whose executive editor, Tom Bolton, used to lead the News-Press.“They ran out of money to pay us. They will issue final paychecks when the bankruptcy is approved in court,” Mason wrote to staff.On Monday, the News-Press’ website was still online, with the most recent stories published Friday. There was no mention that it would cease publishing or that it has declared bankruptcy.A voicemail message left Monday by The Associated Press in the newsroom’s phone number wa...

Letters: Bridge emergencies | Native landscapes | Population and climate | Political money | Vote Biden

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.We must better managebridge emergenciesRe: “Richmond-San Rafael Bridge reopens Saturday morning after emergency” (Page B8, July 23).There has to be a better way to handle the 19-hour Richmond-San Rafael Bridge standoff Friday and Saturday. Officials must find a better way to resolve mental health issues on bridges.One must consider the hundreds who were held hostage while officials attempted to resolve one person’s issue. Consider the issues of those held hostage against the person with the mental health crisis.Is there no way to safely open one lane? Is there no way to safely incapacitate the person in crisis?This should not be allowed to happen again.Linda QuickWalnut CreekNative landscapescan help pollinatorsAnyone with a bit of lawn or garden can help restore plummeting numbers of birds and butterflies by planting native plants.It’s a fun neighborhood project: Work with friends and neighb...

Single-family residence sells for $1.9 million in Alameda

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

2136 San Jose Avenue – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 2100 block of San Jose Avenue in Alameda has new owners. The 2,572-square-foot property, built in 1955, was sold on June 20, 2023, for $1,870,000, or $727 per square foot. The layout of this single-story home includes two bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the house provides a two-car garage, granting ample space for parking and storage purposes. The property occupies a sizable 7,500-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:On Oak Street, Alameda, in May 2023, a 2,076-square-foot home was sold for $1,765,000, a price per square foot of $850. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,636-square-foot home on the 400 block of Whitehall Road in Alameda sold in March 2023, for $1,625,000, a price per square foot of $993. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In May 2023, a 1,508-square-foot home on Yorkshire Road in Alameda sold for $1,450,000, a price per square foot o...

Woman who went missing in Alabama says she wasn’t kidnapped

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

By Alta Spells and Steve Almasy | CNNCarlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a 911 call about a child on an interstate, said she was not kidnapped and did not see a baby on the side of the road, according to a statement from her attorney.The statement from attorney Emory Anthony – read by Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis during a news conference Monday afternoon – said the 26-year-old woman never left the Hoover area and acted alone.“My client apologizes for her actions to this community,” Anthony said in the statement.The statement didn’t indicate where Russell was while a large search for her took place.“We still don’t know where she was,” Derzis told reporters Monday, adding, “Only Carlee knows, and maybe now her attorney.”On July 13, Russell was driving to her home in Hoover from her job in Birmingham, about 10 miles to the north, when she called 911 to say she was stopping her car to check on a child.She then called a famil...

What do Tom Brady, Kanye West and Bradley Cooper have in common? Irina Shayk

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

it’s hard to imagine that Tom Brady, Kanye West and Bradley Cooper have much in common, other than that each is a rich and famous man who has enjoyed success at the top of his respective profession.But it turns out that all three men share an affinity for a supermodel: Irina Shayk. In fact, the 37-year-old Russian beauty could stand at the center of a Venn diagram made up of circles that represent each of the three men’s lives.Cooper, the Academy Award-nominated actor and director, was in a serious enough relationship with Shayk for five years that they had a daughter together.  West, the troubled rapper and fashion designer with avowed white supremacist sympathies, briefly hooked up with the supermodel in the summer of 2021, according to reports, shortly after his high-profile split from ex-wife Kim Kardashian.Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen attends the 2019 Hollywood For Science Gala at Private Residence on February 21, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter, Get...

Letters: Spending on homeless | Electric conversion | Otter’s world | Political cash | Cutting emissions | Better diet

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Cash alone won’thelp homelessRe: “Something is wrong with state’s homeless spending” (Page A6, July 19).Kerry Jackson and Wayne Washington point out that spending $42,000 per homeless person is just throwing money at the problem without rhyme, reason or plan.It’s endemic to our woke culture change where spending is geared to lifestyle control, rather than problem-solving . We spend enough money to bury every hungry child under a mountain of caviar without any effect on poverty.Politicians have no interest in correcting the government leaky bucket syndrome.San Francisco is full of homeless people camping on streets alongside empty hotel rooms. They attract the indigent with welfare and repel business and tourism due to taxation, crime and over-regulation. Soon there will be no one left to drive the legislated EVs.California is throwing money at the wrong things. We will not soon solve homelessness o...

Opinion: High-end makeup brands ignore darker skin tones

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

Editor’s note: This story is part of the annual Mosaic Journalism Workshop for Bay Area high school students, a two-week intensive course in journalism. Students in the program report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.Beauty products capitalize on insecurity, while also creating them. Still, I can’t leave the house without a little bit of mascara, or concealer, maybe a touch of blush.When picking my shade at beauty stores, I’ll spend a good 15 minutes analyzing which concealer or foundation shade correctly matches my olive skin out of the 20 nude shades, not even considering the five darker shades that I’ll never have to use.However, the person with the darker skin tone will spend at most five minutes before they realize that there is no shade for them. Sometimes the shades they do match with don’t match the consistency they’re looking for, but it’s their only option.The beauty industry still fails to recognize that their consumers don’...

Mayor London Breed's brother gets sentence reduced for role in girlfriend's 2000 death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The brother of San Francisco's mayor was resentenced to a shorter prison term Monday for his role in the 2000 death of his girlfriend as she drove a getaway car over the Golden Gate Bridge following a robbery.San Francisco Superior Court Judge Brendan Conroy reduced Napoleon Brown’s sentence from 44 years to just over 31 for involuntary manslaughter, armed robbery and carjacking, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Police interrupt as Twitter logo taken down from SF headquarters In 2018, Mayor London Breed sent outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown a letter urging him to show leniency and commute her older brother's prison sentence. She referenced her position as mayor in the letter, and the stationery read “Mayor London Breed” at the top. He did not respond.Marc Zilversmit, Napoleon Brown's attorney, said they are pleased the judge agreed to a reduction but they had asked for an even shorter sentence. Brown has served nearly 22 years in prison, according to Zilver...

49ers training camp to begin this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

(KRON) -- San Francisco 49ers training camp is set to begin this week in Santa Clara. The team will begin preparing for a season in which it hopes to win a Super Bowl for the first time since 1994.Head Coach Kyle Shanahan and General Manager John Lynch will take the podium on Tuesday to speak to the media. On Wednesday, the team will hold its first practice. Practices will continue until Saturday when the players have a day off. The team's first preseason game will be Aug. 13 against the Las Vegas Raiders. Devin Haney trolls Tom Holland after actor said this about boxer in viral tweet Second-year quarterback Brock Purdy will not be throwing the football at those practices after he underwent elbow surgery in the offseason. With Purdy still recovering, there will be opportunities for third-year quarterback Trey Lance and free-agent addition Sam Darnold to prove that they're worthy of the starting quarterback position. Purdy could return to practice at some point before the season s...

Escaped goats temporarily run amok in Pinole neighborhood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:52 GMT

(KRON) -- Dozens of goats that escaped their enclosure in Pinole had to be corralled and re-contained by law enforcement, according to the Pinole Police Department. Officers responded to the 1800 block of Shea Drive to assist with recapturing the goats. Police interrupt as Twitter logo taken down from SF headquarters Video posted to the Pinole PD Facebook page showed dozens of the animals roaming the street and sidewalks and grazing in people's yards.The news of the great goat escape came the same day that BART would be replacing its fire mitigation goats with a herd of sheep this year.Officers did not specify how the goats escaped or how long it took to re-contain them.