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Three more ex-employees accuse Lizzo of ‘abuse of power,’ praise the dancers who are suing the singer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Just hours after three former backup dancers for pop star Lizzo filed lawsuit against the singer Tuesday, accusing her of sexual harassment, fat shaming and creating a hostile work environment, three more former colleagues have come forward to say they witnessed or experienced mistreatment.The female former colleagues include another backup dancer for Lizzo and a filmmaker hired to make a documentary about the singer, who said she left the project after two weeks because she “was treated with such disrespect” and “witnessed how self-centered, arrogant and unkind she is.”“I felt gaslit and was deeply hurt, but I’ve healed,” filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison said on Instagram about the singer. “Reading these reports made me realize how dangerous a situation it was. This kind of abuse of power happens far too often. Much love and support to the dancers.”The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by three dancers, Arian...

MLB trade deadline analysis: Evaluating SF Giants’ moves, state of NL playoff race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants prize pitch selection in their hitters; if it’s not something they can drive, lay off.At the trade deadline, Farhan Zaidi didn’t get anything in his hot zone.He laid off, stayed back and let other teams take their hacks. Inevitably, there will be some home runs. There will also be a lot of whiffs. (This is modern baseball, after all.)“Looking at the landscape of the National League, even post-trade deadline, I don’t really see a seismic shift,” Zaidi said Tuesday. “If the goal is to do something, we could’ve traded half our farm system for a fifth starter. Somebody would’ve happily agreed to that deal. But we didn’t do something just because there was nothing that made sense.”It wasn’t a particularly active trade market, especially in the National League, and to call the Giants one of the deadline’s losers — at The Athletic, Jim Bowden gave them a ‘D’ grade and called their lack of activity ...

Lake Tahoe foot-fondling suspect arrested in Merced County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

A month after women at a Lake Tahoe resort reported that they awoke to find a stranger fondling their feet, a Merced County man has been accused of the crime.The intrusions were reported on July 2 and July 3 by two women staying separately at Club Wyndham South Shore, in Zephyr Cove, Nev., the Douglas County sheriff’s office said. Each woman said she woke up around 4:30 a.m. because a man was sitting on her bed and rubbing her feet. When the victim woke up, the fondler fled through a exterior sliding door.Both units were on the ground floor, and it is thought that the sliding doors had been left unlocked.Unspecified forensic evidence led sheriff’s investigators to suspect a 26-year-old man from Atwater, Calif.  On contacting law enforcement officers in Merced County, they learned that the man had been suspected there of crimes including trespassing and theft of women’s shoes.On Tuesday, Aug. 1, the man was arrested at his home. He was booked into Merced County Jail...

Cases of leprosy rising in Florida, new report shows

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted in a new Emerging Infectious Diseases report on Tuesday that cases of leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, are rising in Florida.The infectious disease primarily affects the skin and nervous system and can be easy to treat if caught early.Leprosy has been historically uncommon in the United States, but has more than doubled in the South over the last 10 years. Research discussed in the CDC’s August issue of the Emerging Infectious Diseases notes that Central Florida has accounted for 81% of reported cases in the state and almost one-fifth of reported cases nationwide. They believe Central Florida might be an endemic location for the disease.Because Florida, particularly Central Florida, has an increasing number of cases, the author of the case report is recommending that physicians, when treating patients with symptoms of leprosy, ask them if they have traveled to or lived in Florida.According to the National Hansen’s Dis...

San Jose: Student hospitalized after being found unresponsive in school pool

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

SAN JOSE — A student was found unresponsive Monday in a swimming pool during a summer camp program at the Harker School in West San Jose, according to school officials.In a statement provided to the Bay Area News Group on Wednesday morning, Head of School Brian Yager said that the student was participating in a swimming session, with lifeguards present, when they were found unresponsive. The lifeguards and a nurse performed CPR on the student until paramedics arrived.The student remained at the hospital in an unknown condition as of Wednesday morning. Authorities did not specifiy the person’s age, gender or city of residence.“As educators and parents, we share a deep love for our children,” Yager said. “The incident (Monday) is just heartbreaking. The health and safety of our campers and students are always paramount. The school will be reviewing all processes and protocols involving our summer camp swimming program and fully investigating what happened.̶...

Should Antioch council choose the police chief?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Should the Antioch City Council hire the city’s next police chief or should the city manager make the appointment as has been done in the past?That’s the question the City Council will answer at its next meeting on Tuesday when it considers whether to move forward with a proposal to give council members the authority to hire, supervise and remove the police chief. Currently, the council hires the city attorney and the city manager, who in turn appoints and supervises the chief.The idea of the council taking an active role in hiring a chief first emerged in 2020 and during discussions on police reform in 2021. Later that year, Mayor Lamar Thorpe and Mayor Pro-Tem Tamisha Torres-Walker, during a police oversight standing committee, asked staff for a draft of a police chief hiring process. The proposal included having a community representative from each district take part in the hiring process, with the council ratifying the contract.But by 2022, the FBI and District Attroney’s ...

Salesforce cutting more jobs following 10% reduction: reports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Salesforce has cut more jobs following previous layoffs earlier this year, according to a report in Bloomberg. In January, the San Francisco-based cloud software services provider had announced it would be reducing its global workforce by 10%, or about 8,000 employees. Owner of Milpitas badminton club arrested for inappropriate relationship with child Layoffs announced Wednesday primarily affected sales and customer success team members in Ireland, Bloomberg reported. The cuts are "part of an ongoing effort to ensure we always have the right resources in place," said a spokesperson cited in the report.The spokesperson declined to tell Bloomberg whether the current round of layoffs would impact workers in other countries. The Salesforce layoffs are just the latest in an ongoing series of Bay Area tech layoffs. Last week it was confirmed LinkedIn would be cutting about 200 jobs in the Bay Area. Other recent job cuts were announced at Microsoft, Sumo Logic, In...

Police seek public's help in locating missing Saratoga teen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

(KRON) -- The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 17-year-old girl from Saratoga. Katherine Schneider was last seen on July 5 leaving her home in a white Honda Accord with a California license plate that reads “8KLK251”. According to the sheriff’s office, the Honda has tinted windows. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s OfficeSanta Clara County Sheriff’s OfficeSchneider is described as a white juvenile with blue eyes and straight blonde hair that reaches her mid-back. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 115 pounds, according to police. Anyone with information in regards to her whereabouts is asked to contact the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office at 408-808-4431 or by email at [email protected].

Driver charged with gross negligence in crash that killed actor Treat Williams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

DORSET, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont driver accused of causing a crash that killed actor Treat Williams has been charged with grossly negligent operation causing death, officials said.An investigation of the June 12 crash in Dorset concluded a vehicle pulled in front of Williams, who was riding a motorcycle and was unable to avoid a collision, Vermont State Police said Tuesday.The driver who was charged, Ryan Koss, 35, of Dorset, was processed Tuesday evening and released ahead of a September arraignment, state police said. A court official couldn’t say whether Koss had a lawyer, and Koss didn’t immediately return an email message seeking comment.Williams, 71, of Manchester Center, was pronounced dead at Albany Medical Center in New York.Richard Treat Williams’ nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair.” He appeared in more than 120 TV and film roles, including the movies “The Eagle Has Landed,” “Prince of the City” and “Once Upon a ...

Analysis: Trump’s indictment is a stress test of Biden’s focus on safeguarding democracy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — After two previous indictments, the novelty of prosecuting a former president may have worn off. But the latest criminal charges against Donald Trump represent an unprecedented stress test for the American political system. Trump is accused of conspiracy and obstruction for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, in a criminal case emerging at the same time he is asking voters to send him back to the White House.The overlapping legal and political dramas represent a stark challenge for President Joe Biden just as he is running for reelection in 2024. Although Biden has made protecting democracy a cornerstone of his agenda and campaign, he also has pledged to respect the independence of the judicial process.The result is that Biden probably will feel compelled to remain quiet about a court case that could send the leading Republican presidential candidate to prison, even though the charges hinge on behavior that Biden has described as an existential threat. “That...