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SF officials place restrictions upon unhoused people living in cars

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The SFMTA has oversight over San Francisco streets and parking. This week, the agency’s board of directors found themselves making a difficult decision affecting homelessness.The board voted to decide whether it wants to put restrictions on an area where more than 100 unhoused people are living in vehicles.The board voted to add a four-hour parking limit on two roads near Lake Merced and San Francisco State University. That seems like a simple change, but it’s happening where people are living in RVs and cars along the road. The board wants to give some time before the four hours is enforced.Winston Drive and Buckingham Way in San Fransisco run just north of SFSU. According to Supervisor Myrna Melgar, more than 100 parked RVs and cars along the road have created issues for years.From the disposal of sewage in public places to the use of generators on dry grass.“We can not do no enforcement and pretend like we’re doing something good for this community when we...

Power restored after South Bay outage

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

(KRON) -- A power outage in the South Bay Thursday night affected more than 15,000 PG&E customers, according to PG&E's outage map. Power was restored at 8:58 p.m. The outage was in the area of Campbell and Saratoga, west of San Jose. The outage began at around 7:15 p.m. PG&E is investigating the cause of the outage.

Skubal sharp to win fourth straight as Tigers beat last-place A’s 7-3

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tarik Skubal had a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven strong innings for his fourth consecutive win, and the Detroit Tigers handed the Athletics their eighth consecutive loss, beating Oakland 7-3 on Thursday night.Kerry Carpenter had his ninth multi-hit game this month and the 34th of the season for Detroit. Matt Vierling added two hits, an RBI and scored twice for the Tigers, who are 6-2 on their final road trip of the season.Brent Rooker hit his 28th home run for the last-place A’s (46-107), who need to win their final nine games to avoid matching the 1979 A’s (54-108) for the most losses in Oakland history.A’s manager Mark Kotsay’s team committed three errors, hit into two double plays and failed to advance a runner past first base in their latest setback.Skubal (7-3), who was born in Hayward 20 minutes south of Oakland, had another strong outing for Detroit while pitching in front of a small crowd of 6,160 at the Coliseum. The left-hander allowed two hits,...

Lahaina residents brace for what they’ll find as they return to devastated properties in burn zone

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Soon after one of Maui’s Japanese Buddhist temples, the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission, burned in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, its resident minister was desperate to go back and see what remained.Six weeks later, he’s more hesitant.“Now I feel like I have to have mental preparation to go there,” the Rev. Ai Hironaka said. “I’m kind of afraid.”Hironaka and other Lahaina residents are grappling with a range of emotions as Maui authorities plan next week to begin allowing some on supervised visits back into the areas devastated by the Aug. 8 fire, which killed at least 97 people and demolished thousands of buildings.Lana Vierra is bracing to see the ruins of the home where she raised five children, a house that started with three bedrooms in 1991 and was expanded to six to accommodate her extended family as the cost of living in Hawaii soared.She’s been telling her family to be ready when it’s their turn, so that they can all visit to...

Hollywood actor and writer strikes have broad support among Americans, AP-NORC poll shows

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public support for striking Hollywood actors and writers is broad, but not necessarily deep enough for most people to change their viewing habits, a new poll finds.A majority (55%) of U.S. adults sympathize with the writers and actors in the months-long dispute than with the studios they’re striking against (3%), the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows.Half of Americans (50%) approve of writers and actors striking, while 40% are neutral on the topic, and 9% disapprove. The more people said they had heard about the strike, the more likely they were to favor it. About six in 10 Americans have heard “a lot” or “some” about the labor strikes of writers and actors against Hollywood studios. People who have heard “a lot” or “some” about the strike are more likely than those who have heard less to approve (63% vs. 29%).“I’m a big supporter of labor,” said one respondent, James Denton of Louisville, Kentucky, who said he stro...

WTOP Top Kid: Bethesda teen serves breakfasts to those in need

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

Carter Jillings, 15, volunteers with a program to serve breakfasts to those in need. (Courtesy Matt Jillings) Carter Jillings, 15, volunteers with a program to serve breakfasts to those in need. (Courtesy Matt Jillings) Now through Oct. 27, 2023, WTOP is accepting nominations for the WTOP TOP Kids program sponsored by Northwest Federal Credit Union. In addition to being featured on-air and online, winning kids also get a chance at $500.While many 15-year-olds spend their time hanging out with friends or playing video games on the weekend, Carter Jillings of Bethesda, Maryland, has been spending some of his time helping people in his community experiencing homelessness.The sophomore at Georgetown Prep has spent sev...

Today in History: September 22, Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2023. There are 100 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of January 1, 1863 if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the union. On this date: In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York. In 1911, pitcher Cy Young, 44, gained his 511th and final career victory as he hurled a 1-0 shutout for the Boston Rustlers against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.In 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. In 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses. In 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed. In 1980, the Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq...

Music Review: On ‘Scarlet,’ Doja Cat’s demons demand attention — as if it was possible to look away

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before Doja Cat, the adventurous and often absurdist rap phenomenon born from internet celebrity, released her stellar fourth full-length album, the take-no-prisoners “Scarlet,” she bit the hand that feeds.Sort of.On social media, she told her followers, who call themselves “kittenz” to “get a job.” A few of her fan pages demanded an apology and then deactivated their accounts when it wasn’t received. No stranger to bucking convention, Doja Cat had inspired conversation about celebrity and the fans that make them that way. Did she owe them anything? Were they wrong to assume she did?“Attention” was the first single she dropped — a biting treatise on parasocial relationships, particularly, the one between her fans and herself. The sonics amplify the delivery: a ‘90s hip-hop beat, the opening lines of the first verse: “Look at me / Look at me,” and a break before “You lookin’?” Fame has its demons, and it’s usually the source material for very unimaginative pop musi...

Chicago Cubs fall into a tie for the No. 3 wild-card spot with an 8-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates: ‘We’ve got to turn it around’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

The calendar is working against the Chicago Cubs.The Cubs’ postseason hopes could not afford a series loss to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates, yet their spiral continued Thursday with an 8-6 defeat at Wrigley Field. They have dropped 10 of their last 13 games and lost four consecutive series for first time since May.The Cubs enter Friday tied with the Miami Marlins for the No. 3 National League wild-card spot, but the Marlins own the tiebreaker.The Cubs (79-74) went 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base.“That’s not a good team that just took two of three from us — or not our caliber team, I believe — and we’ve got to turn it around,” manager David Ross said. “It’s on me. It’s on the guys in that room.”“When things aren’t going your way, you’ve got to turn it, you’ve got to make things happen. You’ve got to pay attention to details. We’ve got to focus every at-ba...

Parking meters being installed in Pacific Beach

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:41:46 GMT

SAN DIEGO – Parking meters are beginning to be installed this week in the business district as part of a pilot program.“They weren’t here last night, so they definitely were a shock this morning a little bit,” said Griffin Borman, who works at nearby Shop Meta.The program was approved by the Pacific Beach Community Planning Group in 2020 and San Diego City Council in 2021.The areas where people will see the meters include along Garnet Avenue between Mission Boulevard and Fanuel Street as well as some parts of Cass Street, Hornblend Street and Bayard Street.“Right now if you look at Garnet Avenue, especially on a weekend, it’s ultimately kind of a parking lot. Cars aren’t really incentivized to move,” said Eric Marenburg, president of Discover Pacific Beach. City of Encinitas moves forward with purchase of ‘Hippie Hill’ for $6 million Marenburg says several community stakeholders were part of the parking advisory board to help implement this project. With meters largely focused in ...