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Cesar Chavez's legacy lives on in Biden's new campaign chair

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama flew to California to dedicate a national monument to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez, a group of the activist's relatives were invited to pose for photos with the president. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Chavez's granddaughter, hung back. As a member of Obama's staff, she had traveled with the official party to the event, but she did not want to call attention to herself.Only when Obama's senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, insisted did Rodriguez reluctantly step forward, barely making it into the frame. “I said, ‘Julie, you have to be up there with your family,’” said Jarrett, who was Rodriguez’s boss in the White House Office of Public Engagement. “And she said, ‘No, I’m staff today.’” White House staffers are often of a type, hard-charging strivers who crave their own sliver of the limelight or even trade on a famous name. Rodriguez has been a clear exception. In her second tour serving a Democratic president, she's served as director of int...

Trey King Hospitalized in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash on Highway 101 [San Rafael, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

Suspected DUI Collision on US 101 Left One Person DeadSAN RAFAEL, CA (April 25, 2023) – Early Saturday morning, a deadly wrong-way crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County left Trey King hospitalized.At around 3:30 a.m., a red 2018 Nissan pickup was traveling north along southbound 101 near the Interstate 580 interchange for unknown reasons.Subsequently, the pick crashed head-on with a black 2011 BMW sedan. Responding fire personnel declared the 22-year-old Nissan driver dead at the scene after suffering fatal injuries.Meanwhile, first responders transported the 30-year-old BMW driver, Trey King from Novato to Marin General Hospital for significant injuries.According to the CHP, the driver of the Nissan is suspected of driving under the influence.Ultimately, authorities reopened all the closed-down lanes after three hours.Those with additional information about the Highway 101 wrong-way crash can contact Marin CHP Office at  (415) 924-1100.Sweet James sends out their warm and...

Eden Palmer Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on Interstate 280 [San Mateo, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

Woman Arrested Following Dead Two-Vehicle Crash Near SR-92SAN MATEO, CA (April 25, 2023) – Saturday afternoon, Eden Palmer was fatally injured in a wrong-way collision along Interstate 28 near San Mateo.According to the report, the crash happened around 2:38 p.m. on Highway 280, south of State Route 92 in the town of Woodside.The California Highway Patrol stated that a white 2010 Ford sedan went north in the southbound lanes of I-280 for reasons under investigation.Subsequently, the Ford crashed into a southbound 2019 black BMW SUV in the No. 4 lane, near SR-22.Unfortunately, the first responders declared the BMW driver dead at the scene. Later, the San Mateo County coroner’s office identified the deceased female driver as 54-year-old Eden Palmer from San Francisco.In addition, paramedics transported a 14-year-old boy in Palmer’s front passenger seat to Standorf Medical Center for significant injuries.Reports claimed that a CHP officer spotted the suspect running naked along t...

Jay Fred King III Hurt in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash on Highway 101 [San Rafael, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

Wrong-Way Collision near Interstate 580 Interchange Left Driver Dead and Another InjuredSAN RAFAEL, CA (April 25, 2023) – Early Saturday morning, Jay Fred King III was hospitalized following a fatal wrong-way crash along Highway 101.The two-vehicle collision happened around 3:30 a.m., north of the offramp to Highway 580 Interchange.According to reports, a red 2018 Nissan pickup truck was traveling north on the southbound lanes of Highway 101 for unknown reasons. There, the pickup driver collided head-on with a black 2011 BMW.Responding fire personnel eventually arrived at the scene and declared the 22-year-old Nissan driver dead at the scene. Authorities only identified the deceased driver as a 22-year-old Santa Rosa man.Meanwhile, paramedics transported the BMW driver to Marin General Hospital for significant injuries.Police later identified the injured driver as 30-year-old Jay Fred King III of Novato.Currently, the California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash and su...

NFL Draft preview: Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez leads our list of top Pac-12 prospects

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

Christian Gonzalez’s football journey has taken him from a childhood in The Colony, Tex., to Boulder and Eugene for college and, this week, to Kansas City for the NFL Draft.That atypical route (two schools in the same conference) could bring an unprecedented conclusion: If draft projections are correct, Gonzalez will become the highest-drafted Pac-12 cornerback this century.Not since Arizona’s Chris McAlister was selected 10th by the Ravens in 1999 has the conference produced a top-10 pick at the highly-valued position.Over the past 23 drafts, eight cornerbacks have been selected in the first round, none higher than No. 11 (Washington State’s Marcus Trufant in 2003).Gonzalez, who spent two years at Colorado before transferring to Oregon for the 2022 season, is considered one of the top-two cornerbacks alongside Devon Witherspoon of Illinois.Several projections slot him in the No. 7 (Raiders) to No. 10 (Eagles) range and the object of a potential draft-night trade. But NFL.com ...

West Valley, Mission community colleges to grow older adult curriculum

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

Local community colleges are recruiting a different type of senior: older adults.The Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council (SASCC) partnered with the West Valley-Mission Community College District to launch a community survey that will inform curriculum changes catered specifically to seniors. The survey is designed to help grow the district’s slowly declining community college population.Chancellor Brad Davis said enrollment is down at both West Valley College in Saratoga and Mission College in Santa Clara, and tapping into programming and curriculum for seniors can not only support the schools but engage more of the community.“Community colleges across California have seen almost a 10% decrease across the board in community college students,” Davis said. “Many of us are taking a fresh perspective on how we can serve the population we have.”Edsource reported that California community college enrollment reached a 30-year low in 2022.Davis said elementary, middle and high s...

2024 bid: Why did Biden announce now, and what changes?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

By Will Weissert | Associated PressWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has formally announced he’s seeking reelection. But he’s also still the president, with roughly 20 months left in his term regardless of whether he wins a second one on Election Day 2024.With Tuesday’s campaign video release, Biden is following through on months of saying he intended to seek reelection. Top Democrats have remained solidly unified behind the president, despite his low approval ratings and many Americans saying they’d rather not see the 80-year-old Biden try for four more years in the White House.But all that has meant Biden faced relatively little pressure to make his 2024 bid official. Here’s a look at why he announced now and how things will, and won’t, change for him going forward:WHY NOW?A formal reelection announcement means the president is now allowed to raise money directly for his campaign. It’s a change from his speeches at donor events benefiting t...

Review: ‘The Diplomat’ with Keri Russell captures the wit of ‘The West Wing’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

“The Diplomat,” now available on Netflix, stars Keri Russell as a newly installed U.S. ambassador to the U.K. She may be great in a crisis zone, but she has no patience for dressing up or standing on ceremony. She’s a little like Sandra Bullock pre-makeover in “Miss Congeniality” — she’s not the obvious choice for the post but she’s sent to London anyway with instructions to nod solemnly and defuse a potential global conflict after a British aircraft carrier is bombed off the coast of Iran.Along for the ride is her husband (played by Rufus Sewell), a former ambassador himself whose jaunty self-assurance and constant back-channel maneuverings tend to have a way of gumming things up for his more serious-minded spouse. He can’t help inserting himself, despite her firm instructions that he not.To get a sense of the show’s tonal sensibility, it’s worth looking to creator Debora Cahn’s previous credits, namely “Homeland” and “The West Wing.” She takes the best from both and jettisons all ...

The 10 most expensive homes that reported sold in San Jose the week of April 17

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

A house in San Jose that sold for $4.7 million tops the list of the most expensive real estate sales in San Jose in the past week.In total, 25 real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.1 million, $1,058 per square foot.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of April 17 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.9 million, detached house in the 5100 block of Yucatan WayThe sale of the single-family residence in the 5100 block of Yucatan Way, San Jose, has been finalized. The price was $1,900,000, and the new owners took over the house in April. The house was built in 1967 and has a living area of 1,744 square feet. The price per square foot was $1,089. The house features 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Yucatan Way9. $2 million, single-family house in the 1500 block of Ilikai AvenueThe 1,956 square-foot single-family house in the 1500 block of Ilikai Avenue, San Jose...

Arraignment for East Bay man accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee delayed one week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:02 GMT

The scheduled arraignment Tuesday for Nima Momeni, the man accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco after an encounter, was continued to next week.Momeni’s attorney asked for more time to prepare and the arraignment was reset for the afternoon of May 2.Lee, who cofounded the mobile payment service provider Cash App, was stabbed to death in the Rincon Hill neighborhood early on April 4.Authorities have said Momeni, 38, of Emeryville, California, and Lee knew each other and they were in a vehicle shortly before the stabbing.California Secretary of State records indicate that Momeni has been the owner of an IT business. He has been held without bail since his arrest nearly two weeks ago.The district attorney’s office has indicated that the alleged homicide may have been premeditated.“This is a person who was in his vehicle with a kitchen knife,” San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said earlier this month. “That’s not something most of us carry around at a...