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Kaiser Permanente workers authorize strike if talks fail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers have authorized a strike to begin at the end of this month if negotiations fail with the hospital chain.About 98% of the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West union voted to strike if a deal isn't reached by Sept. 30, the union said in a Thursday press release. "This could be the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history, as workers say Kaiser executives refuse to acknowledge the decline in patient service and care and negate the struggle of the workforce to keep up with the high cost of living in areas where Kaiser operates," the union said.In addition to the 60,000 members of SEIU-UHW, Colorado Kaiser employees also voted to authorize a strike, and Oregon Kaiser employees will unveil the results of their strike vote Thursday. Up to 85,000 workers in total could strike.“For weeks, Kaiser sent us messages telling us to reject a strike," Miriam De La Paz, who works at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey, said in the statement. "...

Pac-12 chaos: Is commissioner George Kliavkoff siding with the 10 or the two? Court records reveal his strategy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff, a named defendant in the complaint filed against the conference by Oregon State and Washington State, did not attend the hearing Monday in which the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order was granted.When the defense attorney noted that Kliavkoff is in a “terrible position” in the internecine dispute over the makeup of the governing board, Whitman County (Wash.) Superior Court judge Gary Libey interrupted.“He’s in Montana,” Libey said.Montana, Michigan, Mars — anywhere but the courthouse.Kliavoff is attempting to stay neutral as the 10 departing universities and the two remaining schools plot their divergent futures and determine control of the conference, according to documents obtained by the Hotline.In a declaration to the court on Sept. 11, the day of the hearing, Kliavkoff stated:“Neither the Conference nor I have a position with respect to the proper composition of the Pac-12 Board. This is fundamentally a dispute amon...

Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

By Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated PressWASHINGTON — Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son.Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, according to the indictment filed in federal court in Delaware.President Joe Biden’s son has also been under investigation for his business dealings. The special counsel overseeing the case has indicated that charges of failure to pay taxes on time could be filed in Washington or in California, where he lives.The indictment comes as congressional Republicans pursue an impeachment inquiry into the Democratic president, in large part over Hunter Biden’s business dealings. Republicans have obtained testimony about how Hunter Biden used the “Biden brand” to drum up work overseas, but they h...

Trump won’t be tried with Powell, Chesebro next month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

By Kate Brumback | Associated PressATLANTA — Donald Trump will not face trial next month in Georgia after a judge ruled Thursday that the former president and 16 others accused of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election will be tried separately from two lawyers in the case.Lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro had filed demands for a speedy trial, and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set their trial to begin Oct. 23. Trump and other defendants had asked to be tried separately from Powell and Chesebro, with some saying they could not be ready by the late October trial date.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last month obtained an indictment against Trump and the 18 others, charging them under the state’s anti-racketeering law and accusing them of participating in an illegal scheme to deny Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over the Republican incumbent. All of those charged have pleaded not guilty.Willis had been pushing to try...

Stabbing outside Chase Bank in Berkeley hospitalizes man

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

BERKELEY — A stabbing in front of a bank early Thursday hospitalized a man, and investigators were seeking help to find the suspect.Officers were called to the Chase Bank at 2390 Shattuck Ave. about 3:35 a.m. and found the man with numerous stab wounds, according to a police statement from spokesperson Officer Jessica Perry.Perry in a text said he was stabbed outside the building and went inside the bank to call 911. The emergency call came within 30 minutes of the stabbing, she said.The man, who police said was in his 50’s, went by ambulance to Highland Hospital in Oakland and was listed in stable condition, according to authorities. Police found him inside the ATM area of the bank, which is at the bottom of an apartment complex.Police said they have not identified a suspect. They urged anyone with information to call 510-981-5900 or email police at [email protected] ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | East Bay domestic violence suspect arrested fol...

Two-bedroom home in Palo Alto sells for $5.3 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

2563 Waverley Street – Google Street ViewA 1,430-square-foot house built in 2021 has changed hands. The property located in the 2500 block of Waverley Street in Palo Alto was sold on Aug. 18, 2023, for $5,300,000, or $3,706 per square foot. This single-story house has two bedrooms and two baths. Outside, the home presents roofing composed of wood shake roofing / shingles materials. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. The property is equipped with forced air heating. Additionally, the home is equipped with a one-car garage.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:In September 2022, a 1,263-square-foot home on Marion Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $2,500,000, a price per square foot of $1,979. The home has 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom.On Cowper Street, Palo Alto, in July 2023, a 1,150-square-foot home was sold for $3,725,000, a price per square foot of $3,239. The home has 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom.A 2,246-square-foot home on the 2600 block of Kipling Street...

San Jose: Four arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery in connection to Fourth of July incident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

SAN JOSE — Months after an armed robbery left a man injured with a gunshot wound in East San Jose, police announced Thursday that four suspects were arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes, including attempted murder.In a news release, police said the three men and one woman in their 20s were involved in an armed robbery on the 3300 block of Shadow Park Place on July 4. While responding to reports of a shooting in the area, officers found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The suspects fled the scene before police arrived.While investigating the incident, police identified the four suspects and obtained search and arrest warrants. The warrants for one of the suspects was served on July 31, when a 27-year-old Milpitas man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery and illegal firearm possession. Two guns were recovered by police.The other three suspects were arrested on Sept. 5 in the cities of San Jose, Milpitas and Cupertino. The woman and two men were ar...

San Jose: Man accused of ‘swatting’ ex with school violence threats

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

SAN JOSE — A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a series of school bombing threats and assorted fake emergency calls in the South Bay to seemingly harass his ex-girlfriend, authorities say.Efren Loredo, 49, of San Jose, was arrested Monday in connection with the alleged hoax scheme, which led to large police responses at the victim’s home and multiple city schools, including Yerba Buena High School and unspecified San Jose Unified School District campuses, according to San Jose police.Police say that between Sept. 1 and Sept. 11, Loredo fixated a string of 911 calls on his ex-girlfriend’s San Jose home, where she lives with her husband. One of the first calls linked to him, made Sept. 1, involved a “call of a person making threats towards the school” at Yerba Buena High, police said in a Thursday news release.The woman’s home was also the target of a Sept. 4 emergency call, from someone purporting to live there, reporting that he “...

DNA identified this World War II soldier. Finally, almost 80 years later, he receives a proper burial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

A bitter cold enveloped him. He wore wool clothing, but even that hardly withstood the harsh conditions.Roy Searle, only 22 at the time, was huddled in that cold German winter on Dec. 9, 1944, when he died, wounded by shrapnel, during World War II. He was one of the more than 400,000 United States soldiers killed, and until last year, his body had never been recovered.On Wednesday morning, almost one year after he was identified, Searle was given a proper burial and service at South Florida National Cemetery, west of Lake Worth Beach.Betty Rhodes, 77, of Boynton Beach, Searle’s first cousin once removed, received a visit from the military last year, revealing Searle’s remains had been found and identified.“They brought all of the forensic studies that were done. They explained everything to me and how he was buried initially in a cemetery in Germany, transferred to the American cemetery in Normandy, and then in 2021, his body was exhumed and sent to the U.S. for testing,” she said. ...

Family mourns slain Pleasanton mother Rachel Buckner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:27 GMT

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) -- Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner was a "beautiful and radiant light," her grieving family wrote in the wake of her violent death. The 27-year-old Pleasanton woman was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, dismembered, and dumped along Bay Farm Island's shoreline in Alameda in July, according to the Alameda Police Chief. Buckner is survived by her daughter. "Rachel -- referred to affectionately by close family and friends as Imani -- was tragically taken from this Earth. To anyone that got to know and be around Imani, she was a beautiful and radiant light. She had an infectious spirit that you could not help but smile when around," the victim's mother wrote on a GoFundMe page created to cover funeral expenses and support Buckner's young daughter.Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner (Image courtesy GoFundMe) Buckner graduated from Howard University for undergraduate studies and earned a juris doctorate at Golden Gate University, her family said."Imani was an accomplis...