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Despite scandals, Jen Louis lands Berkeley police chief job

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

The Berkeley City Council has officially appointed Jen Louis as the city’s top cop — the first woman, Asian-American and openly gay person to lead Berkeley’s police department — despite controversy during her tenure and two pending misconduct investigations.Tuesday’s decision deeply divided both the council and community, coming nearly six months after damning allegations of arrest quotas, racial profiling and a targeted focus on homeless people first jeopardized efforts to confirm Louis, a 23-year department veteran who spent the past 26 months as interim police chief.Her appointment is clouded by controversies — one involving a racist arrest scandal among officers, the other past allegations of sexual harassment against Louis herself. Results of two investigations of misconduct within the department won’t be made public until early July.City officials, however insisted that Louis’ appointment be finalized, saying that continuing to delay the app...

Oakland: San Francisco man arrested in cleaver attack on BART rider

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

OAKLAND — A man who stabbed a fellow BART passenger with a cleaver as the train went through the Transbay Tube on Wednesday afternoon was arrested at the West Oakland station, authorities said.The transit agency reported that the stabbing victim was one of several people who ran through multiple cars of the train to escape the cleaver-wielding man as it traveled through the tunnel on the bottom of San Francisco Bay.The victim received treatment for his injuries and his condition was not immediately available Wednesday afternoon.Transit police arrested a 24-year-old San Francisco man as he attempted to run from the Antioch-bound train after it stopped in West Oakland around 1 p.m., BART’s interim police Chief Kevin Franklin said.Officers recovered the cleaver and a backpack the man stole from the stabbing victim, authorities said.The man, who has now received a prohibition order, will be booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of attempted murder, armed robbery and proba...

Single family residence sells for $1.6 million in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

4260 Detroit Avenue – Google Street ViewA historic house located in the 4200 block of Detroit Avenue in Oakland has a new owner. The 1,753-square-foot property, built in 1928, was sold on April 10, 2023, for $1,605,000, or $916 per square foot. The property features three bedrooms, two baths, a garage, and one parking space. The unit sits on a 4,000-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:A 1,418-square-foot home on the 3600 block of Monterey Boulevard in Oakland sold in August 2022, for $1,400,000, a price per square foot of $987. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In June 2022, a 2,072-square-foot home on Jordan Road in Oakland sold for $1,800,000, a price per square foot of $869. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Detroit Avenue, Oakland, in June 2022, a 1,335-square-foot home was sold for $1,685,000, a price per square foot of $1,262. The home has 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Letters: Masking up | Gun violence

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Masks should remainat health care sitesRe: “Patients’ health risked by lifting mask mandates” (Page A6, May).Kudos to Dr. Aboelata for her commentary. I can attest to the devastating impact the decision to remove masks from health care has had on high-risk patients.It’s not just hospitalized patients now at risk. Every time immunocompromised patients need a medical visit, a lab test, an X-ray or any other in-person service, we must weigh whether it’s worth it to contract COVID. As a Kaiser patient, I know they have not offered any accommodations for high-risk patients to safely continue accessing care. One-way masking is far less effective in light of current highly contagious variants. We are exposed to COVID not just by unmasked providers, but also by maskless patients with whom we share crowded waiting rooms and check-in lines. We are reluctantly foregoing vital diagnostic and preven...

House GOP alleges millions in foreign payments to Biden family

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

By Annie Grayer, Alana Treene, Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray | CNNHouse Oversight Chairman James Comer laid out new details to support allegations that members of Joe Biden’s family including his son Hunter received millions of dollars in payments from foreign entities in China and Romania including when Biden was vice president, according to a memo obtained by CNN.New bank records cited in the memo were obtained by the committee through a subpoena and include payments made to companies tied to Hunter Biden. Republicans also alleged that Hunter Biden used his familial connections to help facilitate a meeting in 2016 between a Serbian running for United Nations Secretary-General and then-national security adviser to the vice president Colin Kahl.The foreign payments raise questions about Hunter Biden’s business activities while his father was vice president, but the committee does not suggest any illegality about the payments from foreign sources. The bank records by themse...

Man in custody after slashing BART rider with 'cleaver-style knife': police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Francisco man is in custody after he stabbed a man with a "cleaver-style knife" on a BART train Wednesday afternoon, the BART Police Department said. The suspect was arrested at the West Oakland station at approximately 1 p.m. The alleged stabbing happened on an Antioch-bound yellow line train. Why aren’t people riding BART? Hint: It’s not remote work. The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Charles Johnson from San Francisco, tried to flee the train with the victim's backpack after it stopped at the West Oakland station but was arrested, police said. Officers recovered the knife and the backpack. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Johnson will be booked into Santa Rita Jail.

Delaware judge refuses to dismiss Facebook shareholder suit over user data privacy breaches

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging that Facebook officers and directors violated both the law and their fiduciary duties in failing for years to protect the privacy of user data.Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster rejected arguments that the complaint should be dismissed because the plaintiffs did not first demand that Facebook’s board take legal action before filing litigation themselves. Under Delaware law, shareholders must make such a demand or demonstrate that doing so would be futile because a majority of directors were self-interested, lacked independence or faced a substantial likelihood of liability.Laster agreed with the plaintiffs that demand would be futile because there is reasonable doubt that a majority of the relevant Facebook board members, many with close personal and business ties to Mark Zuckerberg, would be willing to confront the CEO and founder of the company now known as Meta Platforms Inc., o...

Benev Capital: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Benev Capital Inc. (BEVFF) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $4.9 million.The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had net income of 4 cents per share.The royalty acquisition company posted revenue of $9.1 million in the period.In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, the company’s shares hit $2.26. A year ago, they were trading at $2.16._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on BEVFF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/BEVFFSource

Denison Mine: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — Denison Mine Corp. (DNN) on Wednesday reported a loss of $1.8 million in its first quarter.The Toronto-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis.The uranium mining company posted revenue of $801,700 in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $802,000._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DNN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DNNSource

Astros hang on after Ohtani’s 2-run homer in 9th inning, beat Angels 5-4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:16 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cristian Javier struck out 11 over six strong innings of three-hit ball, and the Houston Astros overcame Shohei Ohtani’s two-run homer in the ninth inning for a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.Ohtani made things interesting with a two-run shot off Houston closer Ryan Pressly in the ninth, golfing a curveball below the zone into the right-field stands for his eighth homer following Mike Trout’s leadoff single.Anthony Rendon and Hunter Renfroe then delivered singles, but Pressly retired three straight Angels to complete his sixth save.Jeremy Peña had a two-run single during Houston’s four-run fourth inning, and Yordan Alvarez homered as the Astros took two of three at Angel Stadium.Houston got back-to-back outstanding starts from Framber Valdez and Javier (3-1), who allowed three runs and struck out 23 over 14 combined innings. Javier, who got a whopping 24 swing-and-misses while hitting a season-high for strikeouts, issued just one wa...