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Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Thao’s budgetaims to keep talentRe: “Budget aims to avoid drastic cuts” (Page A1, May 2).I’m a Local 21 member working in the Department of Transportation as a public works supervisor and I’ve given the city of Oakland 26 years of faithful service. I thank Mayor Thao for balancing the budget while protecting the essential work I and my crews do every day, preventing layoffs and making an investment in the understaffing crisis we face in DOT and across the city.We have been struggling to recruit and retain staff because past administrations have refused to address wage inequities. We see senior staff with institutional knowledge leave for other jurisdictions only to get paid more for the same or a lower position elsewhere.The mayor’s budget proposal includes funding for a citywide analysis to find out where the city is falling behind so we can then focus our resources on making those job...

80 vehicles seized in massive Oakland sideshow Friday night

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

DUBLIN, Calif. (KRON) -- It was another wild scene on the streets of Oakland during illegal sideshows over the weekend. At least 250 vehicles took part in a sideshow Friday night, the Oakland Police Department said. In addition to the sideshow activity, officers also had to contend with life-threatening obstacles that included lasers, fireworks and a vehicle fire. Nearly 80 vehicles were seized and towed as a result, police said. T-Mobile closes flagship Union Square store "Illegal sideshow activity across the Bay Area had Oakland Police Department Officers working into the early morning hours on Saturday," said Oakland police in a social media post. "OPD Helicopter (ARGUS) was overhead when at least 250 vehicles took over the intersection of 10th and Oak Streets on May 5."The latest sideshow activity comes on the heels of a man being attacked and beaten last week during a sideshow. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says the city has a sideshow prevention plan in the works with the Alamed...

Texas mall shooting victims include guard, young sisters

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — The people killed by a gunman at a mall near Dallas over the weekend include two elementary-age sisters, a couple and their child, a young engineer and a security guard who worked there, and they represented a multicultural cross-section of the area’s increasingly diverse suburbs. Cox Elementary School students Daniela and Sofia Mendoza, grades four and two, were among those slain Saturday at Allen Premium Outlets, according to officials in the Wylie Independent School District. They were remembered as “the kindest, most thoughtful students with smiles that could light up any room,” Principal Krista Wilson said in a letter to parents.Also killed at the outdoor shopping center were three members of a Korean American family: a couple and one of their sons. Another son was wounded and was still hospitalized, said Myoung-Joon Kim, head of mission at the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Dallas. The parents were identified by the Texas Department of Public Safety ...

Texas officials identify victims killed in Dallas-area mall shooting including 3-year-old boy, 2 grade-school girls

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials identify victims killed in Dallas-area mall shooting including 3-year-old boy, 2 grade-school girls.Source

Royals place Yarbrough on injured list with ‘head fractures’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals LHP Ryan Yarbrough was placed on the 15-day injured list with what was classified as “head fractures” after taking a 106-mph line drive off the right side of his face Sunday. Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Yarbrough has three non-displaced fractures in different spots around his right eye.“He’s stable, improving,” Quatraro said before Monday’s game. “He never lost consciousness. He’s very aware of what’s going on around him. We don’t think at this time will require surgery. He’s getting further testing and we’ll have a better idea (of his prognosis) in the next 24 hours.”Quatraro was one of several Royals who stopped by the hospital after Sunday’s game against the Athletics. “If you weren’t looking at him, the conversations were totally normal,” Quatraro said, “you wouldn’t know anything was going on.”Athletics’ first baseman Ryan Noda lined the ball back up th...

Jefa de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México pide disculpa por falsa alerta sísmica en la capital

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de la Ciudad de México pidió disculpas por la falsa emergencia creada después de que la mañana del lunes sonara la alerta sísmica en la capital del país. En conferencia de prensa, la jefa de Gobierno, Claudia Sheinbaum informó que se trató de un “error humano”.Tras la activación de la alerta, la gente salió de sus hogares y lugares de trabajo y hubo confusión en los medios de comunicación, que no veían registro alguno de movimiento telúrico.Para explicar lo ocurrido, la funcionaria dijo textualmente: “Fue un proceso de revisión de uno de los servidores y accionaron una alerta equívoca”.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Flotek Industries: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Flotek Industries Inc. (FTK) on Monday reported earnings of $21.3 million in its first quarter.The Houston-based company said it had profit of 2 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 16 cents per share.The oilfield services company posted revenue of $48 million in the period.Flotek Industries expects full-year revenue in the range of $210 million to $230 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FTK at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FTKSource

Canada to expel Chinese diplomat after threats to lawmaker

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government moved Monday to expel a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency allege was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong.Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said in a statement that Canada has declared Toronto-based diplomat Zhao Wei as “persona non grata.”“We will not tolerate any form of foreign interference in our internal affairs,” she wrote.“Diplomats in Canada have been warned that if they engage in this type of behavior, they will be sent home.”Calls for Zhao to be expelled began last week after a report in the Globe and Mail that CSIS had information in 2021 that the Chinese government was looking at ways to intimidate Conservative lawmaker Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong. The federal government has confirmed that report. Chong has been critical of Beijing’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province.“This should have happen...

Israeli military says it is striking Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip as residents report several blasts

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli military says it is striking Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip as residents report several blasts.Source

Aurora public pool had ductwork collapse in 2022

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:17:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Metal ductwork collapsed at a public pool in Aurora last fall, in an incident similar to what happened at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center on Saturday.In November 2022, part of the ductwork over the parameter of the Utah Indoor Pool fell, the city confirmed to FOX31. The pool is operated by Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space.Aurora city spokesperson Ryan Luby said no one was injured in the incident and described it as smaller in scale than the collapse at Gaylord Rockies. ‘There were kids down there’: Survivor describes collapse at Gaylord Rockies that injured 6 An investigation by the city found some of the ductwork fasteners failed on the pool's HVAC system, which was around 25 to 30 years old. The city also inspected all of its indoor pools after the incident and has started regular assessments.The Utah Indoor Pool in Aurora, Colorado is seen in May 2023. (Photo: KDVR)Repairs on the HVAC system at the Utah Indoor Pool are close to bein...