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SF Supervisors vote to end remote public comment with exceptions

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

(BCN) -- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, with an 8-3 vote Tuesday, ended remote public comment at meetings of the board and its committees with some exceptions. The rule change was initiated by board president Aaron Peskin after a stream of racist and antisemitic callers interrupted the supervisors' meeting Sept. 26. It was part of a wave of hate speech heard in public meetings around the region, as reported by the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism, which tracks such incidents. Newsom signs off on update to California’s bottle recycling law Phone-in public comment was initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic as a remedy for continuing the work of government during the citywide lockdown. On Monday, Peskin brought the change through the board's rules committee, where it was approved unanimously by Supervisors Matt Dorsey, Shamann Walton and Ahsha Safai.Seniors and people with disabilities can still use the phone-in comment option under the changes approved Tuesday....

Justin Herbert needs to play better in late-game situations if Chargers want to turn season around

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

During his first three seasons, Justin Herbert came up big when the Los Angeles Chargers needed a game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter or overtime.Herbert will need to rediscover that clutch gene if the Chargers hope to get back to the playoffs for a second straight season.With the Chargers needing at least a field goal to force Monday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys to go into overtime, Herbert was picked off by Stephon Gilmore at the Los Angeles 33-yard line with 1:22 remaining to seal Dallas’ 20-17 victory.“As I mentioned after the game, I thought he hung tough. I just don’t think that we operated with consistency last night, and it was a tough night,” coach Brandon Staley said on Tuesday. “We need to be more consistent in order to finish that game.”The Chargers’ three losses have come by a total of eight points. Herbert directed a late, game-tying drive in Week 2 at Tennessee, but followed that up with a three-and-out in overtime that allowed t...

Rockets are trading Kevin Porter to Thunder, AP source says, and Oklahoma City will waive him

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

Kevin Porter Jr.’s time with the Houston Rockets is over, after the team agreed Tuesday to trade him and a pair of second-round draft picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press.Porter Jr. — whose future in the NBA is uncertain because of serious legal issues — will be waived immediately by the Thunder once the trade gets league approval, according to the person who spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because neither team had announced the deal.ESPN first reported the trade terms, which were later confirmed by The Houston Chronicle and other outlets. The Rockets also will receive Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl as part of the trade, the person said.Porter is owed nearly $15.9 million for this season and an additional $1 million that was guaranteed for next season. The Rockets already had told Porter that he was essentially barred from the team after it learned of his arrest on domestic violence charges last m...

Federal jury convicts 2 employees in fatal Wisconsin corn mill explosion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted two senior employees at a Wisconsin corn plant of falsifying records and obstructing an investigation into a fatal corn dust explosion in 2017, Justice Department officials announced on Tuesday.Corn dust is explosive, and high concentrations are dangerous. Federal regulations require grain mill operators to perform regular cleanings to reduce dust accumulations that could fuel a blast.Jurors found Derrick Clark, vice president of operations at Didion Milling, and Shawn Mesner, a former food safety superintendent at the company, guilty of multiple safety, environmental and fraud charges on Friday. The two men are the latest in a growing list of Didion employees found guilty in association with the 2017 explosion that killed five people at the company’s Cambria corn mill.Attorneys listed for both men did not immediately respond to voicemails seeking comment on Tuesday.Didion Milling pleaded guilty in September to charges that its...

Travel experts call Thanksgiving the ‘hidden best week’ to travel abroad

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

How about tucking into your turkey dinner in Italy this year?Katy Nastro from Going.com, a travel deal website, said Thanksgiving is the “hidden best week to travel internationally,” and you can score a round-trip flight from the D.C. area to Milan for $486.Nastro told WTOP that holiday flights from the D.C. region to Europe are plentiful and affordable, including to Dublin for $360 and Barcelona for $433.“Thanksgiving is only a holiday in the States,” Nastro said. “That’s part of the reason why Thanksgiving is a really great time to travel internationally.”Whether flying internationally or domestically, Nastro said the best time to book airfare is three to seven months in advance. If you haven’t booked yet, she said do so within the next two weeks to ensure you are taking advantage of any deals that are left.Nastro said if you are thinking ahead to Christmas, you should also book your airfare before the end of October.This year, you can expect to pay a little less...

Police: Woman asked for help before man dragged her away by her hair

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Englewood Police Department asked for the public's help searching for a person in a potential domestic violence incident that happened around 4 p.m. last Thursday.Police said a woman went into a Burger King at 900 W. Hampden Ave. and asked for help. While in the restaurant, a man came in, dragged her out by her hair and left with her in a black Cadillac Escalade.Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Police were looking for a man in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Vehicle wanted in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)Vehicle wanted in a potential domestic violence incident in Englewood (Credit: Englewood Police Department)The Escalade SUV did not have a...

After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants.At least 500 people were killed, the ministry said.As rage spread through the region because of the hospital carnage, and with President Joe Biden heading to the Mideast in hopes of stopping the war from spreading, Jordan’s foreign minister said his country canceled a regional summit scheduled for Wednesday in Amman, where Biden was to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.The war between Israel and Hamas was “pushing the region to the brink,” Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told state-run television. He said Jordan would host the summit only when everyone had agreed its purpose wo...

Get fresh stone crab at your doorstep from Miami-based service Holy Crab Delivery

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

If you can’t make it to the festival or if you like everything done for you like I do, you don’t even have to leave your home to get some stone crabs.One Miami delivery service is serving up some fresh stone crabs right to your door step.Seafood lovers listen up, because we’ve got something you want.No it’s not shrimp. It’s Holy Crab, a quick and fast delivery service that brings fresh stone crabs right to your door.Lucas Calderon: “When we first started Holy Crab, this will be our fourth stone crab season. We set out a mission to be able to bring friends and family the opportunity to dine with incredible fresh stone crabs sourced from the Keys.”That’s exactly what they are doing. Now I know what you are thinking. How does a stone crab delivery service work?Lucas Calderon: “You have the opportunity to place your order online or you can give us a call and it’s a very seamless check out process. You decide what claw size you ...

Sugarhill Gang performs their hits at Gulfstream Park this weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

It was 1979 when Sugarhill Gang first uttered the words “I said a hip, hop, the hippie to the hippie to the hip hip hop-a you don’t stop the rock.”And they haven’t stopped booging to the beat ever since. In fact, they’re playing at Gulfstream Park this Saturday.Deco caught up with the crew to reminisce about the start of it all.Can’t talk about hip-hop without “Rapper’s delight”.Sugarhill Gang just celebrated the 40th anniversary of their hit song.For member Master Gee, there was no way to know they started something by just saying the words “hip-hop.”Master Gee: “When we created ‘rapper’s delight’ and at that point there were no categories for our music. And it was just still R&B groups. We thought the record was going to be good, yeah, the record was going to be successful but we had no idea it was going to launch a global phenomenon.”But most importantly, it opened up the rap world...

With Holiday, Porzingis in Boston and Harden trying to leave 76ers, Celtics the best of the Atlantic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:01:22 GMT

When James Harden was twice scoring 40 points against Boston in last season’s playoffs, it was easy to picture a championship in Philadelphia’s future.Now it’s hard to picture a future at all between Harden and the 76ers.The only Atlantic Division team with the look of a champion at this point is the Celtics, who the Sixers had down and nearly out five months ago.With Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis arriving in Boston to join Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the Celtics should easily be the class of the division and maybe even once again the entire Eastern Conference after falling one game shy of the NBA Finals in 2022-23.The New York Knicks should be back in the playoffs, the Brooklyn Nets could be and the Toronto Raptors, under a new coach, will try to bounce back after missing them.The question mark is Philadelphia, at least until the saga with Harden has played out.The 76ers opted not to give him a contract extension after he struggled in the final two g...