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Tech, biotech, non-tech layoffs jolt Bay Area with 900-plus job cuts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

MILPITAS — An array of companies that include tech and biotech firms will chop well over 900 Bay Area jobs, new disclosures show — yet the pace of tech layoffs has slowed in this region.Three tech companies, several biotech and life science firms, an agricultural company, two restaurants and a transportation firm have all filed official notices of plans to lay off employees in the Bay Area.The cutbacks were all described as permanent, according to WARN notices filed with the state Employment Development Department. In some cases, layoffs are being accompanied by a permanent shutdown of a company site.The companies have decided to chop a combined 955 jobs in the Bay Area, the WARN letters filed with the state EDD show.These are the companies involved in the latest round of Bay Area employment cutbacks, according to the official filings:— Alstom Mass Transit, the manufacturer of rail cars that will be BART’s fleet of the future, is cutting 41 jobs in Pittsburg,...

Alaska couple reunite with cat 26 days after river took home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

By Mark Theissen | Associated PressANCHORAGE, ALaska — A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing.Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug. 5, it would be Leo, the couple’s resilient big-eyed, black-and-white cat who shows no fear of bears.“I knew that he’s pretty smart, and so I felt pretty confident that he would escape and be OK somewhere,” she said.That faith paid off 26 days after the flood when Tonya Mead posted a posted of Leo to the Juneau Community Collective Facebook page. Wilkins immediately knew it was Leo, the “COVID kitten” they rescued in 2020. She rushed to meet Mead.“I just started walking down the street calling for him, and he just ran out and was like, ‘Oh hey, here I am, you know, like, w...

Shooting at Skyline High in Oakland results in 2 arrests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

(KRON) -- A shooting occurred on campus at Skyline High School in Oakland while students were in class Tuesday, investigators said. Oakland Police Department officers swarmed the school, detained four suspects, and arrested two. No one was injured, OPD Captain James Bassett said. The shooting happened at 11:30 a.m. and the school was placed on lockdown. "Evidence of a shooting was recovered, including a handgun," Bassett said. "Thankfully there were no reported injuries." Parents received a text message from school officials just before 1 p.m. confirming that all students and staff were safe.Police and school district officials declined to release any further details about the arrested suspects. They declined to talk about what possibly led up to the violence. Oakland Unified School District spokesman John Sasaki told reporters that the school followed emergency protocols to keep students safe. "This has been happening far too much in our community, our world, and it needs to stop. ...

Alameda County Sheriff looking for runaway missing teen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

(KRON) -- The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a runaway missing child. Jessica Quej-Caal was last seen in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 22 at her home in the 2100 block of Meekland Avenue in Hayward, according to police.Jessica is described as 16 years old, with long, straight, black hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet 3 inches in height and weighs 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a gray polo shirt, red shorts and pink Crocs. Skyline High in Oakland on lockdown amid reports of shots fired, suspects detained Police say Jessica is unfamiliar with public transportation and the surrounding area. She had a cell phone with her at the time she allegedly ran away and has used it to communicate via text app."We are all concerned about Jessica's safety and are asking for your help to bring her home," police said. Anyone with any information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

Guatemala prosecutor seeks to strip electoral authorities of immunity after election

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s prosecutor for electoral crimes has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to strip five magistrates of the country’s top electoral authority of their immunity so they can be investigated on fraud allegations made by the loser of the Aug. 20 presidential election.It is the latest example of elections that observers declared to be free and fair being dragged into the courts, even as President-elect Bernardo Arévalo begins the official transition with outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei.The National Unity of Hope party of former first lady Sandra Torres filed a fraud complaint after the election. The party’s lawyer Carlos López said 164 precinct tallies duplicated votes. The party wants the magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal investigated for allegedly not carrying out their duties.Later Tuesday, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal gave Arévalo and his running mate Karin Herrera the credentials formally making them president-elect and vice presid...

Correction: Tropical Weathe story

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a story published August 20, 2023, The Associated Press erroneously reported Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years. The last such storm actually was Nora in 1997. The last tropical storm to first make landfall in Southern California occurred in 1939. Hilary and Nora both first reached first reached land in Mexico.Source

Tight end Darren Waller has brought a new excitement to the New York Giants offense

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Of all the players the New York Giants added in the offseason, no one has created as much excitement and expectation as tight end Darren Waller.The soon-to-be 31-year-old Waller has opened eyes since being acquired from Las Vegas in March for a third-round draft pick. He was outstanding in the offseason and he has been a go-to guy for quarterback Daniel Jones since training camp opened in late July.In the only preseason game the No. 1 offense played, Waller had three catches for 30 yards in a game-opening touchdown drive against the Carolina Panthers on Aug. 18. The real test comes Sunday night when the Giants open the regular season at home against the Dallas Cowboys, an NFC East rival that has won four straight against New York.What’s interesting is the Giants have always had trouble handling Dallas’ tight ends in recent years with Dalton Schultz and Jason Witten. Waller laughed on Tuesday when asked about some people expecting him to have ...

Ciclón en Brasil deja al menos 21 muertos tras azotar la región Rio Grande do Sul, dice gobernador

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

(CNN) — Al menos 21 personas murieron debido a las fuertes lluvias que dejó un ciclón extratropical en Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, informó este martes el gobernador Eduardo Leite.“Este es el cuarto fenómeno meteorológico grave que afecta al estado desde junio. El gobierno se está movilizado en todos los frentes para minimizar los daños y preservar la seguridad de todos”, publicó Leite en redes sociales.¿Qué causó el derrumbe de un edificio en Brasil que dejó al menos 14 muertos?La lluvia ha causado daños en 55 municipios, según el gobernador. Se han movilizado equipos de búsqueda y rescate para ayudar a las familias que quedaron varadas sobre sus tejados tras la inundación. El gobernador Leite también instó a los residentes locales a seguir las directrices de la Defensa Civil y buscar servicios de emergencia si fuera necesario.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Police, schools continue investigation into student fights after football game in Bethesda

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

Students from Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School and Walter Johnson High School, both in Montgomery County, Maryland, were involved in a violent altercation outside of the Bethesda Metro station. (Courtesy Montgomery County Public Schools) Students from Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School and Walter Johnson High School, both in Montgomery County, Maryland, were involved in a violent altercation outside of the Bethesda Metro station. (Courtesy Montgomery County Public Schools) Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent Monifa McKnight told WTOP that there are two investigations following the fights that broke out after a football game between two Bethesda high schools.One is being conducted by the school system, an...

“El carro se movía”: Video muestra a policía de Prince George’s que se habría subido a una patrulla con una mujer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:56 GMT

Un oficial de la policía del condado Prince George’s está en el ojo del huracán tras haber sido aparentemente grabado mientras escoltaba a una mujer a su patrulla–y no precisamente en medio de un arresto. En las imágenes se puede ver como luego de un aparente beso y sugerente abrazo, el oficial identificado por múltiples fuentes como Francesco Marlett, escolta a una mujer a la parte de atrás de su patrulla sin esposas.Nestor Ochoa fue quien compartió el video que se hizo viral en redes sociales y que ya suma dos millones de reproducciones. Lo grabó a eso de las 7 p.m. el lunes cuando jugaba con su hijo en Southlawn Park en Oxon Hill. Ochoa dijo que ese día, vio cómo una patrulla se acercó y estacionó cerca del parque. No sabe por qué decidió empezar a grabar, pero cuando lo hizo, se acercó otro auto y una mujer se bajó. Tras abrazarse, sin mirar atrás y sin rodeos, ella y el oficial se montaron en la patrulla por al menos 40 minutos, según testigos.“Lo que más nos convenci...