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The fired Oakland police chief is on a list of candidates to fill his old job. Does he have a chance?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

OAKLAND — Nearly eight months after being fired, former Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong has clawed his way back onto an unofficial short list of candidates to be the city’s top cop.But this may be as far as he ever gets. Armstrong’s fate is once again in the hands of Mayor Sheng Thao, who fired him in February and has the final say in choosing his replacement.So despite three of the city’s police commissioners earlier this week publicizing the list, which included Armstrong and six other unnamed candidates, it is unlikely to gain any traction with the mayor’s office, especially not when the application deadline doesn’t expire until Friday.This latest, mostly symbolic showing of public support for Armstrong by outgoing chair Tyfahra Milele and two other commissioners further highlights the deep political divides that have emerged in Oakland around the former chief’s firing.Last month, an arbitrator who heard both sides of Armstrong’s app...

Cal Bears freshman QB Mendoza ‘wanted to be thrown into the fire’ and he’ll get plenty of heat at No. 16 Utah

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Will Saturday afternoon at Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium be a rude reality check for the Cal football team?Or can the progress made by the Bears’ offense — which jumped to a new level after Fernando Mendoza’s encouraging debut at quarterback — show some staying power against one of the nation’s best defensive teams?Although the Bears (3-3, 1-2 Pac-12) are 13.5-point underdogs against the 16th-ranked Utes (4-1, 1-1), there is an optimistic buzz surrounding the Cal offense we haven’t seen before during coach Justin Wilcox’s seven-year regime.“I’ve heard Utah is an electric atmosphere,” Mendoza said this week, “so I’m really looking forward to it. These are the moments you live for.”Cal fans hope this isn’t a case of be careful what you wish for. The Utes have won 17 in a row at home and will welcome their 80th consecutive sellout. The Bears lost 35-0 at Utah in their most recent meeting in 2019, and have not won in Salt Lake City since 1963.SALT LAKE CITY, UT – SEPTEMBER 16: A gene...

Kaiser Permanente and union workers reach tentative deal after largest health care strike in US history

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Union workers and health-care giant Kaiser Permanente have reached a tentative deal following the largest strike in US health care history, according to a social media post from the largest union involved.Related ArticlesHealth | Union workers reach a tentative deal with Kaiser Permanente after the largest-ever US health care strike Health | Kaiser agrees to $200 million settlement after behavioral health investigations Health | Negotiations to resume between Kaiser Permanente, workers Health | Kaiser Permanente unions lay groundwork for another strike in November Health | Kaiser Permanente workers warn of potential second strike “The frontline healthcare workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente,” SEIU-United Health Workers said at 4:07 a.m. Friday.The frontline healthcare workers of the Coalition of Kaiser P...

Union reports tentative deal reached with Kaiser Permanente

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Health care workers said they have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente Thursday, according to a post on X.Kaiser and unions representing 75,000 workers were back at the bargaining table with the possibility of another strike looking on the horizon.In social media posts from both the union and Kaiser Permanente, the two parties said they are thankful for the involvement of Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su. A full announcement is to come shortly, according to both parties. Social Security to get 3.2% boost next year The workers' union asked in August for a $25 hourly minimum wage. In addition, workers wanted wage increases of 7 percent each year in the first two years and 6.25 percent each year in the subsequent two years.Kaiser proposed minimum hourly wages between $21 and $23 depending on the location, according to a statement last week.KRON4 has reached out to Kaiser for comment.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.The Associated Press...

San Jose teachers demand better pay and health care

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

(BCN) -- Teachers and union members are demanding that one San Jose community college district increase compensation and health care benefits.Dozens of San Jose-Evergreen Community College District faculty and members of its Federation of Teachers union attended Tuesday's board meeting to push for better health care benefits under the Part-Time Community College Health Insurance Program. Through a new provision enacted last year under Assembly Bill 190, $200 million is available annually for community college districts to fund health care premiums for part-time faculty carrying 40% of the full-time workload. This is not a mandatory requirement, and community colleges need to opt into the program. Hollywood writers strike nearing end. What’s next? Participating community college districts are reimbursed 100% by the state for part-time teachers who reach the 40% benchmark, according to union Vice President Jessica Breheny. The California Federation of Teachers estimates this would r...

What’s streaming now: Jamie Foxx, Offset, Musk, ‘Frasier’ returns and Nicholas Cage as a vampire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones leading the crowd-pleasing courtroom drama “The Burial,” and the return of “Frasier” starring Kelsey Grammer are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near youAmong the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are albums by Offset and Troye Sivan, a group of so-called baddies of reality and competition TV shows face-off in a new reality game show called “House of Villains,” and the video game Forza Motorsport offers you a chance to drive more than 500 cars that are all sexier than whatever’s cluttering your driveway.NEW MOVIES TO STREAM— Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones lead the crowd-pleasing courtroom drama “The Burial,” coming to Prime Video free for subscribers on Friday. Loosely based on a true story, Maggie Betts’ sophomore film starts out as a contract dispute between two funeral home owners, but morphs into a bigger examination of race, inequality and corruption ling...

A teacher dies and 2 people are wounded in stabbing in France. Anti-terror police are investigating

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

PARIS (AP) — A man armed with a knife killed a teacher at the high school in northern France he once attended and critically wounded another teacher and a security guard Friday, authorities said, an attack being investigated as potential terrorism amid soaring global tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas.French anti-terror prosecutors said they were leading the investigation into the attack at the Gambetta high school in the city of Arras, some 115 miles (185 kilometers) north of Paris. They said they were investigating charges including terror-related murder and attempted murder against the suspect, who was arrested.National police said the suspected assailant was a Russian national of Chechen origin. The French intelligence services said the suspect had been closely watched since the summer with tails and telephone surveillance and was stopped as recently as Thursday for a police check that found no wrongdoing. Sliman Hamzi, a police officer who was one of the first on th...

EU can’t reach decision on prolonging the use of chemical herbicide glyphosate

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union decision on whether to authorize the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the 27-nation bloc for at least 10 more years was delayed for a month after member countries failed to agree on Friday.The chemical, which is widely used in the 27-nation bloc, is approved on the EU market until mid-December. Representatives of the EU’s executive arm and member countries voted Friday in favor of renewing its authorization until 2033, despite protests from environmental groups. But to be adopted, the 10-year extension proposed by the European Commission required a “qualified majority,” defined as 55% of the 27 members representing at least 65% of the total EU population of some 450 million people. But several member states abstained and that was not achieved. The European Commission is now expected to amend its proposal before another vote takes place next month. Ultimately, if no consensus is found, the Commission will have the final say.Gr...

Jefferson County School Board closing 2 more schools

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- On Thursday night, the Jefferson County School Board voted to close two of its smallest schools: Arvada K-8 and Coal Creek Canyon in Golden.The district estimates more than 500 students and 97 staff members will be impacted by the closures which are planned to shut down in the 2024-25 school year. Officials cited two decades of declining enrollment, due to shifting demographics as the reason for the move. 12-year-old bias-motivated stabbing suspect had hit list, Nazi fascination Board President Stephanie Schooley issued the following statement on behalf of the Jeffco Board of Education:"In the spring of 2022, this Board tasked Superintendent Dorland with creating a comprehensive plan for consolidating schools following two consecutive years of emergency closures of elementary schools in the spring, with enrollment too low to sustain a program for the following school year. Two decades of declining enrollment and shifting demographics had caught up to Jeffco in way...

Mobilizing effort to get Americans out Israel underway as families arrive in MIA

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

The United States, along with the Israeli government, are mobilizing together to get Americans who are still in Israel out of harm’s way.On Friday morning, there were several tearful reunions as people arrived at Miami International Airport. The flights to get out of Israel were far and few, and for those who were able to catch a flight, it was an expensive endeavor. 7News cameras captured a family who were able to make it to South Florida. They were in Israel when the attacks broke out.The couple flew out Saturday and left their child with some family. Now, with some help from the U.S. government, they were able to reunite with their daughter. It was the first time they were able to hold their daughter in over a week. “Today, we are in 2023, we are not in 1943,” the father said. “We are strong. The United States stands with us and thank God, thank God, my baby come.”In an effort to help U.S. residents who are attempting to flee Israel, Twenty-eight-yea...