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Letters: Causing gentrification | Housing falsehoods | Electric vehicles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Places like Lafayettecause gentrificationIn her recent opinion piece “Popular California housing narrative upended by planning expert,” (Page A12, Aug. 27) Lafayette City Councilmember Susan Candell writes that state law promoting housing “actually harms residents and communities due to gentrification and displacement.”Candell started her career in local politics by fighting against the Terraces of Lafayette, a 315-home development proposed on an old rock quarry — no risk of gentrification there. The Terraces, first proposed in 2011, would be 20% low-income, but they have been delayed for over a decade in large part because of Candell’s antics.Furthermore, Candell presides over the city of Lafayette, where more than 70% of residents are White. The median home value in Lafayette is $1.7 million.In reality, wealthy, racially homogenous communities like Lafayette cause gentrification in communities of color...

San Jose mayor wants Meta, Snapchat and TikTok to shut down sideshow content

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 GMT

Seeking to clamp down on sideshows’ wreaking havoc in San Jose, Mayor Matt Mahan is asking social media companies to shut down videos showcasing the raucous street gatherings that often attract hundreds or thousands to events and result in a deluge of widely shared videos.The request is raising a mountain of practical and legal questions from content moderation experts who contend that reining in the videos could be exceedingly difficult for companies to do effectively or ethically.Mahan sent a letter to TikTok, Snapchat and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, requesting they boot users off their platforms for 30 days if they share videos about sideshows — and indefinitely if users don’t stop after an initial violation.At sideshows — which originated in Oakland four decades ago — a driver or multiple drivers take over a blocked-off intersection and do stunts such as doughnuts, sometimes with passengers hanging out precariously from the car’s ...

Bay Area mother of four dies after collapsing on high school football field

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 GMT

The Mountain View High School community is mourning the loss of Lucinda Daniels on Thursday.Daniels, 44, died on Wednesday morning, according to a close family friend. Her mother, Olga Gonzalez, first told KTVU of Lucinda’s death on Wednesday evening.“She was a really, really, good mom,” Gonzalez told the station. “She was a good football mom, too. Her happiest place was there.”She first collapsed last Friday, when she rushed down from the stands at a Mountain View football game to check on her injured son, Dillon, who broke his leg and dislocated his ankle.Lucinda Daniels at a 2022 Mountain View football game against Wilcox. (Photo courtesy of Ally Bocchieri) Dillon’s dad, Dale, passed out on the field before Lucinda collapsed. Dale checked out OK but Lucinda was rushed to the hospital and determined to have suffered a stroke, according to family friends. A second stroke Saturday left her without brain activity. An organ donor, Daniels was put on ...

One dead following shooting in Union City

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 GMT

UNION CITY — A shooting Wednesday night ended with one person dead, and investigators looking for who did it, police said.Officers found the victim down when they arrived to the 33500 block of 7th Street after being called there about 10:30 p.m. on reports of a shooting, according to a statement from Union City police. Police said the victim had more than one wound.Police worked to save the person at the scene along with medics. An ambulance took the person to a hospital, but rescue efforts there did not succeed.Authorities did not identify the person Thursday afternoon. Police spokesperson Sgt. Jean Jimenez said he could confirm only that it was an adult because of the nature of the investigation.The homicide is the second one investigated by Union City police in 2023.Police said they believe the incident is an isolated one but were still trying to verify it.“We’re still working on a motive right now,” Jimenez said.Police did not release any information on p...

Letters: Streamline transit | Residential treatment | Best choice | Mug shot | Bad situation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 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 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:35:00 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...