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Simitian to hold sidewalk office hours at West Valley College Farmers’ Market

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

Simitian’s sidewalk office hoursSanta Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian will hold “Sidewalk Office Hours” at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market at West Valley Community College on Saturday, Sept. 9, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Community members are invited to stop by to share their thoughts and concerns about local issues, ask questions and learn about county services. All questions are welcome, and no appointment is required.For more information, visit district5.sccgov.org/5th-district/sidewalk-office-hours.CEQA exemption for housingThe California State Assembly and State Senate have both unanimously passed legislation by Sen. Dave Cortese intended to speed up housing development in the state. Cortese’s District 15 includes Campbell.SB 406 aims to cut repetitive reviews under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) while keeping California’s main environmental law intact. The bill is headed to the Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for consideration.“SB 406 cuts red tape without compromising on env...

Latest line: A good week for Joe Biden, a bad week for the San Francisco Archdiocese

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

Joe BidenWhile his main rival for the 2024 election, Donald Trump, is booked on felony conspiracy charges in Atlanta, POTUS #46 and his family vacation at the scenic $15-million waterfront home of investor Tom Steyer at Lake Tahoe.    San Francisco ArchdioceseThe San Francisco Archdiocese, which serves 442,000 Catholics in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid more than 500 child sexual abuse lawsuits dating back decades.   BARTFaced with reduced ridership, the transit agency was hoping for a bailout from a bill to increase Bay Area bridge tolls by $1.50. It stalled due to skepticism from lawmakers. But talks in Sacramento continue. 

What we learned about San Jose State’s season-opening loss to No. 6 USC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Chevan Cordeiro will have a new No. 1 receiver this season with Elijah Cooks gone to the NFL. But in a twist Saturday night in San Jose State’s season-opening loss at No. 6 USC, his primary target was a guy who was challenging him for the Spartans’ quarterback job a year ago.Cordeiro and Nick Nash connected six times for 89 yards and three touchdowns in the Spartans’ 56-28 loss at the L.A. Coliseum.San Jose State wide receiver Nick Nash (3) celebrates his touchdown against Southern California with wide receiver Matthew Coleman during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) “This performance gave me a lot of confidence in myself and for (Cordeiro) to give me the ball,” said Nash, whose big night included a diving catch in the back corner of the end zone while being held on the play.Nash is a full-time receiver after being in the QB mix since arriving in 2019, and his role ...

Inman: Projecting 49ers’ 53-man roster easier with Brock Purdy at full health

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Is it too early for Brock Purdy to pick up the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award?His full-speed-ahead return from elbow surgery is the 49ers’ ideal scenario, and it complements a preseason in which all other starters also escaped serious injury, as far as we know.The 49ers did spend the past month without Nick Bosa, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year. But that may not be the detriment you think. It could behoove them to delay his contract extension until after Tuesday’s 53-man roster deadline.See, Bosa does not count toward that, because he is on the reserve/did-not-report list. The 49ers could use that spot on one of several roster-bubble players who are injured.Here is a projected blueprint for how to whittle the roster to 53:QUARTERBACK (3)IN: Brock Purdy, Sam Darnold, Brandon AllenAnalysis: Last season’s ending screams for the 49ers to employ a three-man band. Sam Darnold winning the No. 2 job triggered Trey Lance’s trade to Dallas. And it welcomed A...

She secretly funds psychedelic trips for Bay Area firefighters. Is this the future of mental health treatment?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

For Angela Graham, it all started eight years ago.Nearly two decades of encountering disturbing scenes while on the job triggered extreme anxiety, nightmares and uncontrollable anger in the retired Santa Clara County firefighter. She tried talk therapy, medication and a treatment that involves moving one’s eyes in a specific pattern while processing traumatic memories called EMDR.But none of it really worked for her.Then, through an acquaintance, Graham discovered a clinic in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, that offers guided psychedelic trips with mushrooms and DMT to help people heal from mental health problems. The psychedelic journey she took last year felt like “being turned inside out” — and jumpstarted her road to recovery.“You know, I’m not a hippie,” said Graham, who retired in June after 17 years. “But they might have been on to something.”The experience was so life-altering and cathartic that it pushed Graham to form the S.I.R.E.N....

Readers challenge the math, but agree idling engines emit a LOT of carbon, carbon dioxide: Roadshow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

Q: A gallon of gas burned puts over 26 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, not 20, as a reader stated earlier this week. I think all high school chemistry teachers should have students make this calculation.All you need is the formula for gas (C8H16), its density (73% that of water), first chemical principles involving molecular weight, and liter-gallon conversion.John AntounA: Yours was one of several responses I got on that.Q: Mr. Ortendahl claimed that burning a gallon of gasoline released 20 pounds of carbon into the atmosphere. Instead, it’s 20 pounds of carbon dioxide released.I am whole-heartedly in favor of his point about better light timing. Any engine idling creates unnecessary pollution.Luther Abel, AlamedaA: And…Q: There are 5.5 pounds of carbon in a gallon of gas. After combustion, 20 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted. Smarter lights would still make a huge difference. Why are we not seeing them? The technology has been around for a long time a...

One week after sullying the Women’s World Cup, Luis Rubiales is now a Spanish soccer outcast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — One week after the president of the Spanish soccer federation kissed a player during the Women’s World Cup awards ceremony, his reputation is in tatters and he’s out of his job.Luis Rubiales, whose leadership of Spanish soccer had already been marked by successes tinged with scandal, wrecked his career by offending millions worldwide with his conduct at the final in Sydney, Australia, when he also grabbed his crotch in a victory gesture.“Rubiales cannot run Spanish soccer again,” Spanish minister María Jesús Montero said Sunday, a day after he was provisionally suspended by FIFA for 90 days.“We had enough of him when he marred the great triumph of women’s soccer with his intolerable attitude.”FIFA moved against Rubiales after he refused to step down and defiantly told an emergency assembly of his federation on Friday that he was the victim of a “witch hunt” by “false feminists.”On a day that will go down as one of the ugliest in Spanish soccer, Rubiales...

A school bus driver fostered a decades-long bond with his students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

Watch Video: School bus driver fosters bond with hundreds of studentsZelienople, Pennsylvania — On the outside, it may look like a normal family reunion. But Reid Moon of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, is no ordinary patriarch. And this is no ordinary family.Moon says he has about 200 kids. But no, they’re not his biological children.“No, they’re not biologically my kids, but emotionally they surely are,” Moon told CBS News.That is how attached he became and still is to the students who rode his school bus, a job he held for 27 years before he retired.However, it wasn’t exactly his first choice of employment. He said he “sort of fell into the job.”Not sort of, he did fall into the job. In 1990, he fell off a roof while working as a handyman. After that, he wanted a job closer to the ground. But, ironically, he said no job has ever lifted him higher.“It’s the children,” Moon said. “And being in a position where you can lov...

2 people in their 70s die in Frederick Co. house fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

Two people died when their home in Frederick County, Maryland, caught fire on Aug. 27, 2023.(Courtesy Frederick County Sheriff's Office) Two people died when their home in Frederick County, Maryland, caught fire on Aug. 27, 2023.(Courtesy Frederick County Sheriff's Office) Two people are dead following a house fire in Frederick County, Maryland, early Sunday morning.Thomas Wiles, 74, and Joy Wiles, 75, died in a house fire in the 6800 block of Stonewall Court East in Adamstown just before 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.A third person was found unharmed and was rescued from a basement apartment in the home.The 911 call came shortly after 2 a.m., according to the sherif...

National Cinema Day is back with $4 movie tickets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:59 GMT

New York (CNN) — If you haven’t seen some of the summer’s hottest blockbusters, there’s no time like the present.Sunday is the second annual National Cinema Day. At more than 3,000 participating theaters across the country the price of a movie ticket is just $4. The last time the average movie ticket was priced this low was in 1989, according to survey data from the National Association of Theatre Owners. Last year, the average ticket price was $10.53.Theaters have been working to regain their footing post-pandemic. Summer hits like “Barbie” have helped buoy sales numbers, with AMC seeing its highest quarterly attendance since 2019. But movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc is still millions in debt and the ongoing strike by Hollywood actors and writers has caused film production to screech to a halt. National Cinema Day could give the theater business a boost.Last year’s Cinema Day, when tickets were only $3, drew 8 million participants and raked in $23.8 million at th...