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Opinion: Newsom can honor Bobby Kennedy’s legacy helping farmworkers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

Nearly six decades ago, the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy came to California and gave a resounding speech on the virtues of decency that holds permanence today.“If there is one overriding reality in this country,” he proclaimed, “it is the danger that we have an erosion of a sense of national decency.” Famously, he continued, “Poverty in this country is indecent.”With news of a $31.5 billion budget deficit reverberating across the California, there is no better time to summon the late senator’s words and place them in the context of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to address it.In a state so full of riches and wealth, poverty is a policy choice. I see it every day in Half Moon Bay, a luxurious coastal enclave where the farmworker community perpetually struggles to afford a basic living.In the coming days, the budget decisions this governor and Legislature make will shape the contours of morality for the next generation to emulate.Already, Newsom’s latest announcement that California will...

Longshore union, employers reach labor deal, ending 13 months of West Coast tensions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

The West Coast longshore union and its employers have agreed to a tentative six-year contract, ending 13 months of negotiations that saw tensions rise in recent weeks, as well as accusations and recriminations about bad-faith actions, and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach fretting about lost business.The two sides announced the deal on Wednesday evening, June 14.Gary Herrera, president of the union’s local chapter, confirmed the deal.The deal, which would apply to 22,000 dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports, still needs to be ratified by longshore union members, Herrera said. It’s unknown when a ratification vote would occur.The union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents employers, said in a joint press release Wednesday that they would not release contract deals at this time.But the announcement came a day after the Journal of Commerce, a trade publication that covers ports, reported PMA and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union had agreed to a “cool...

Necropsy finds beloved California mountain lion P-22 had kidney disease, organ damage, mange

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

A combination of incurable kidney disease, organ damage most likely from being struck by a vehicle and a debilitating skin infection led veterinarians to euthanize Los Angeles’ most famous mountain lion six months ago, according to a report released Wednesday, June 14.Details from a necropsy confirmed what biologists feared after they captured a sickly P-22 last December after noticing that he was acting erratically. The wild puma, beloved by Southern Californians and the world, living on his own for 10 years mostly within the confines of the city’s Griffith Park, would not have survived very long in a wildlife sanctuary, the National Park Service reported.Two issues doomed the wild cat: kidney disease found when veterinarian pathologists did a computed tomography (CT) scan of P-22 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and a hernia that violently moved his liver and connective tissue from his abdomen into his chest cavity.P-22 would have required major surgery to repair the organ damage...

Texas migrants bused to Southern California in latest salvo from immigration wars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

Mirroring recent moves by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, dozens of immigrants were bused from the Texas border area to Los Angeles and dropped off on Wednesday, June 14, at downtown’s Union Station, at the behest of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, prompting a swift rebuke from L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, who slammed the action as a “cheap” political stunt using humans as “pawns.”Blankets are brought to St. Anthony’s Croatian Parish Center in Los Angeles for migrants who were bused to Los Angeles from the Texas border with no food or water for 23 hours on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass slammed the action by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as a “cheap” political stunt using humans as “pawns.” (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Public health workers leave St. Anthony’s Croatian Parish Center in Los Angeles after attending to 42 migrants who were bused to Los Angeles from the Texas border with no food or water for 23 hours on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass ...

Walters: Newsom, Legislature deciding budget without good numbers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders are flying blind as they attempt to fashion a new state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.They know the state faces a multi-billion-dollar deficit that the budget will attempt to close — at least on paper — but they really don’t know how big it could be because they don’t really know how much revenue the state’s tax system will generate.Not only have revenues stagnated over the last year, thanks to gyrations in the stock market and the larger economy, but the unprecedented six-month delay in the deadline for filing federal and state income tax returns creates even more uncertainty about how much money politicians have to spend.Newsom picked a number — a guess, really — and declared in May that the state has a $31.5 billion deficit to close. The Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, then declared that revenues would fall short of Newsom’s assumption and raised the projected deficit by several billion do...

El papa Francisco recibirá el alta hospitalaria este viernes, según el Vaticano

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

(CNN) — El papa Francisco recibirá el alta hospitalaria este viernes por la mañana, según informó este jueves el Vaticano en un comunicado.La recuperación avanzaba con normalidad y sin complicaciones, informó este miércoles el director de la Oficina de Prensa del Vaticano, Matteo Bruni.“El santo padre ha descansado bien durante la noche. El personal médico informa que el curso clínico se está desarrollando con regularidad, sin complicaciones, y por lo tanto están planeando su alta para los próximos días”, dijo Bruni en un comunicado.“Durante la mañana, el santo padre se dedicó a trabajar”, dijo también Bruni.El papa Francisco reza el Ángelus desde el hospital donde está internadoEl papa Francisco reza el Ángelus desde un hospital 2:12Técnicamente llamada laparotomía, la intervención a la que sometió al papa Francisco requiere anestesia general y está destinada a reparar una hernia. Según fuentes médicas, es probable que la intervención esté relacionada ...

Jude Bellingham given Zidane’s No. 5 after completing move to Real Madrid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Holding up the same No. 5 shirt once donned by Zinedine Zidane, Jude Bellingham completed his move to Real Madrid on Thursday after signing a six-year deal with Europe’s most successful club.Bellingham posed with his new shirt before Madrid’s packed trophy case after he passed his medical exam and signed the contract alongside club president Florentino Pérez.“I have said in many interviews how much I admire Zinedene Zidane,” Bellingham said about his new No. 5 after having worn 22 with his former clubs. “I am not trying to be the same as him, I am just trying to be Jude, but it is definitely a bit of a homage to how great he was.”Despite reportedly being a transfer target for several top European clubs, including Manchester City and Manchester United, Bellingham opted to move to the Spanish club that has won the European Cup a record 14 times.Pérez called Bellingham one of the “best players in the world” and underscored that while he had other clubs after h...

Two-time Academy Award-winning British actress Glenda Jackson dies at 87

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Two-time Academy Award-winning British actress Glenda Jackson dies at 87.Source

Médicos en Sri Lanka eliminaron el cálculo renal más grande del mundo, del tamaño de una toronja

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

(CNN) — El cálculo renal más grande del mundo fue extraído de un paciente en Sri Lanka, y es del tamaño de una toronja, tan largo como un plátano y tan pesado como cuatro hámsters.Con 13,4 centímetros de largo y un peso de 801 gramos, el cálculo renal rompió dos récords mundiales cuando los médicos del ejército de Sri Lanka lo extrajeron el 1 de junio.Anteriormente, los récords eran de 13 centímetros de largo, establecidos en India en 2004, y de 620 gramos de peso, establecido en Pakistán en 2008, según Guinness World Records.Así fue como un suplemento de vitamina D, que es cada vez más popular, llevó a un hombre al hospitalEl cálculo renal más grande del mundo en exhibición en Sri Lanka. (Crédito: Ejército de Sri Lanka)Guinness World Records confirmó que ambos récords fueron superados por la piedra extraída del paciente de Sri Lanka, en una operación efectuada en el Colombo Army Hospital.Los cálculos renales consisten en piezas sólidas de material que se cristalizan en el riñ...

Live updates: Nuggets championship parade day in Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The City of Denver will be filled with Nuggets fans Thursday for a celebration of the team's first-ever NBA championship. A parade will run through downtown, leading to a rally at Civic Center Park.Events kick off with a 9 a.m. pre-rally. The parade begins at 10 a.m., running from Union Station to Civic Center Park. The rally will begin around noon, depending on the length of the parade, and is expected to last about an hour.Watch Live: Starting at 9 a.m.• Live stream will be in this story• On TV: watch FOX31 & Channel 2 (Channel Finder)There will be live coverage all morning long from Civic Center Park on FOX31 Morning News and Daybreak on 2.Live Updates