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Bay Area air quality worse than officials predicted

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Bay Area air quality scientists were caught by surprise this week. Forecast models showed windy weather pushing hazardous smoke from Northern California's wildfires into the Bay Area. But the volume of smoke blowing into the Bay is far thicker than anticipated, scientists said. "Wildfires in Northern California and Oregon ... have generated a large smoke plume covering the entire Bay Area," said Duc Nguyen, an air quality meteorologist at Bay Area Air Quality Management District. "The majority of the Bay Area is experiencing unhealthy conditions."Overnight, winds continued blowing more wildfire smoke over highly populated cities including San Francisco and San Jose.Nguyen said, "The smoke is moving down the coastline and entering the Bay Area through the Golden Gate. The brunt of the impact is south of the Golden Gate. North of the Golden Gate, there's improvement at high elevation areas. Below that, the smoke is pretty much trapped."N...

Alameda County requiring mandatory masking of staff in healthcare facilities 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

(KRON) –  Alameda County has implemented a mask mandate for “operators of specified Health Care Facilities." This mandate is to combat the spread of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to “vulnerable patients and residents.”The program will ensure that staff wear “high quality, well-fitting masks” whenever the workers are in patient care in the facility, regardless of vaccination status.  Air quality updates: Red Flag Warning issued for interior North Bay mountains According to Alameda County, in the fall and winter of 2022, the waves of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus were substantial. This year is predicted to be the same. Since 2020, 17 percent of Alameda County residents who have passed away from COVID-19 were Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) residents.November 1 at 12:01 a.m. will be the effective date for the mandatory mask. The last date of the mandate will be April 30, 2024, contingent on the Health Officer’s data on virus sur...

Intruder stabs Napa homeowner, homeowner stabs back: police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

(KRON) -- A 61-year-old homeowner who was stabbed by an intruder Saturday morning grabbed the knife and stabbed back, according to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office.The homeowner on the 5200 block of Silverado Trail in Napa, down the road from Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, noticed a person on his property Saturday morning. The suspect, later identified as 33-year-old Andrew Dixon, eventually stabbed the homeowner in the back, authorities said.After being stabbed, the homeowner was able to grab the knife and then stabbed the intruder, according to the sheriff’s office. Both the homeowner and Dixon suffered non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the stabbings.Napa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Dixon for attempted murder, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon.

Tenor Stephen Gould dies at age 61 after being diagnosed with bile duct cancer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Stephen Gould, who announced earlier this month that he had been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer, has died. He was 61.Gould’s agent Stephanie Ammann confirmed the singer died Tuesday in Virginia. No other details were immediately available.The singer withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, where he was scheduled to perform the title roles in “Tannhäuser” and “Tristan und Isolde” and Siegfried in “Götterdämmerung.”Gould said he made the announcement after the Bayreuth Festival ended last week because “I did not wish anything to cloud this year’s achievements.”Frequently appearing as a heroic tenor, Gould performed at many of the world’s great opera houses. He debuted in Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth in 2006, earning raves during the challenging four-nights of performances.The Associated Press called him “a naturally engaging performer, unusually athletic and youthful as befits the teenage hero” during h...

KB Home: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — KB Home (KBH) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $149.9 million.On a per-share basis, the Los Angeles-based company said it had profit of $1.80.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.38 per share.The homebuilder posted revenue of $1.59 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.46 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on KBH at https://www.zacks.com/ap/KBHSource

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 9/20/2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

U.S. stocks slumped after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought, regardless of how much Wall Street wants it. While leaving the Fed’s main interest rate steady Wednesday, officials at the central bank also suggested they may cut rates next year by only half a percentage point. High rates tend to hit high-growth stocks particularly hard, and Big Tech companies were among the market’s heaviest weights.On Wednesday:The S&P 500 fell 41.75 points, or 0.9%, to 4,402.20.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 76.85 points, or 0.2%, to 34,440.88.The Nasdaq composite fell 209.06 points, or 1.5%, to 13,469.13.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 16.42 points, or 0.9% to 1,810.10.For the year:The S&P 500 is down 48.12 points, or 1.1%.The Dow is down 177.36 points, or 0.5%.The Nasdaq is down 239.21 points, or 1.7%The Russell 2000 is down 36.93 points, or 2%.For the year:The S&P 500 is up 562.70 points, or 14.7%.Th...

Coty, Steelcase rise; Eastern Bankshares, AdaptHealth fall, Wednesday, 9/20/2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday:Coty Inc., up 51 cents to $11.98.The owner of CoverGirl and other cosmetics gave investors an encouraging sales forecast.Ford Motor Co., down 20 cents to $12.36.Workers in Canada reached a tentative contract agreement with the automaker.Pinterest Inc., up 81 cents to $27.02.The image-sharing social media platform gave investors an encouraging financial update and announced a $1 billion stock buyback plan.Steelcase Inc., up $1.70 to $10.51.The office furniture maker gave investors a strong profit forecast.Textron Inc., up $3.73 to $79.37.The maker of Cessna small planes and Bell helicopters announced a fleet agreement with NetJets.Eastern Bankshares Inc., down 79 cents to $12.64.The bank is selling its insurance operations and buying Cambridge Bancorp.AdaptHealth Corp., down 62 cents to $8.94.The home healthcare equipment company reversed a recent decision to hire Crispin Teufel as CEO.Hewlett Pa...

Grains higher, Livestock higher

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

Wheat for Dec. rose 4.75 cents at $5.8875 a bushel; Dec. corn gained 6 cents at $4.8225 a bushel, Dec. oats was up 1.25 cents at 4.36 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans rose 4.50 cents at $13.20 a bushel.Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Oct. live cattle was up .10 cent at $1.8677 a pound; Sep. feeder cattle rose .67 cent at $2.5417 a pound; while Oct. lean hogs gained .92 cent at $.8577 a pound.Source

Why the power of a US attorney has become a flashpoint in the Hunter Biden case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday about the Justice Department investigation of Hunter Biden in a contentious hearing that delved into aspects of the criminal justice system that typically play out long before the case enters a public courtroom.Many questions from members of Congress centered on the yearslong investigation of the president’s son, who has been under scrutiny for his business dealings and has now been indicted on a federal firearms charge alleging he lied about his drug use as he bought a gun in 2018. Internal Revenue Service agents have claimed in whistleblower testimony the investigation was “slow walked” and the authority of the prosecutor in charge was curtailed by the Justice Department. Garland has strongly denied the allegations, but they could become a main line of attack as an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden unfolds.While the Hunter Biden case is far from typical, it touches on some of...

Wearing No. 21 just like dad, safety Shilo Sanders leads Colorado’s defense into game at Oregon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:54 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado safety Shilo Sanders keeps moving up in the rankings — his father’s rankings, anyway, of his favorite kids. Yep, that really is a playful thing between Colorado coach Deion Sanders and his five children.It’s easy to see why Shilo Sanders received a bump in this week’s family poll after his 80-yard interception return for a score over the weekend. That play motivated his proud father to sprint down the field — most he’s run in years, he later admitted — to celebrate with his middle son.Shilo Sanders may not always garner as many headlines as his quarterback brother, Shedeur, but he’s an indispensable part of the 19th-ranked Buffaloes (3-0). Shilo Sanders earned the Pac-12 defensive player of the week honors for his interception and a forced fumble in a 43-35 win over Colorado State in double overtime. What’s more, he’s the current pick to top his father’s favorite kid list. And yep, that’s an actual betting thin...