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Hunting orcas spotted off Palos Verdes Peninsula

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

Whale watchers off the Palos Verdes Peninsula were treated to a rare sight on Monday when they spotted a pod of orcas.Harbor Breeze Cruises posted photos on Facebook and said this was their first sighting of orcas in two years.A pod of about a dozen orcas was spotted off the Southern California coast on Dec. 11, 2023. (Harbor Breeze Cruises)A pod of about a dozen orcas was spotted off the Southern California coast on Dec. 11, 2023. (Harbor Breeze Cruises)A pod of about a dozen orcas was spotted off the Southern California coast on Dec. 11, 2023. (Harbor Breeze Cruises)A pod of about a dozen orcas was spotted off the Southern California coast on Dec. 11, 2023. (Harbor Breeze Cruises)A pod of about a dozen orcas was spotted off the Southern California coast on Dec. 11, 2023. (Harbor Breeze Cruises)A pod of about a dozen orcas was spotted off the Southern California coast on Dec. 11, 2023. (Harbor Breeze Cruises)A pod of about a dozen orcas was spotted off the Southern California coast...

Bay FC adds former NWSL Best XI center back, two others in trio of trades

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

Bay FC made a trio of trades Tuesday ahead of the NWSL expansion draft, adding defenders Emily Menges and Ellie Jean, as well as midfielder Dorian Bailey.The club will send $75,000 in allocation money to Portland in exchange for Menges, an NWSL Best XI selection in 2016 (and Second XI three times since).In each of the trades, Bay FC offered protection in the expansion draft to the players’ former teams, which means they will not select a player from the Portland Thorns, Washington Spirit or Gotham FC in Friday’s draft.Bay FC also received $130,000 in allocation money from Louisville as part of the trade to acquire Jean from Gotham FC.The additions of Menges, 31, Bailey, 26, and Jean, 26, bring the roster to five players Bay FC acquired former Santa Clara captain Alex Loera from Kansas City and signed defender Caprice Dydasco last month.Menges won two titles in Portland and has appeared in 186 games (179 starts) for the Thorns across all NWSL competitions.Bay FC general m...

Police arrest suspect in Berkeley double stabbing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

BERKELEY — A man suspected in the stabbing of two people last week was arrested early Tuesday, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | East Bay hit-and-run victim from January dies; police seeking harsher charge against suspect Crime and Public Safety | Investigation underway into Castro Valley road-rage shooting Crime and Public Safety | Shooting near Oakland high school triggers lockdown Crime and Public Safety | Motorist arrested on suspicion of DUI after East Bay crash Crime and Public Safety | Pleasant Hill leaders defend police decision to ‘disengage’ with barricaded ex-detective Police said they arrested the 23-year-old suspect on suspicion of attempted murder, battery with serious bodily injury and causing injury to an elder dependent adult.The man is scheduled to be arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday, authorities said.An older man and woman con...

Hey, Idaho, we Californians are sharing our In-N-Out burger hacks, menu secrets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

Idaho’s first In-N-Out burger opens today in the city of Meridian.And, if the past is any guide, we figure the drive-thru line has reached Winnemucca by now.But are those oh-so-patient people prepared once they finally make it through the line to order?The SoCal legend founded in 1948 in Baldwin Park boasts the only truly minimalist menu in the fast-food universe — just burgers, fries, shakes and drinks — but as we Californians know, those aren’t the only options.There’s the Not-So-Secret Menu, with its Animal Style variations (mustard-grilled patty, pickles and grilled onions) and the Flying Dutchman (two slices of cheese between two burger patties, no bun). And then there are all the In-N-Out hacks developed by devoted fans here in the land of red criss-crossed palm trees.We asked them to share, and here’s what they divulged. And just as folks on Twitter say that retweets do not necessarily mean endorsements, we like some of these ideas but can’t vouch for the, uh, more unus...

Injured Sharks captain discusses recent mental health challenges: ‘You have some crazy thoughts’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

SAN JOSE – There was a time earlier this fall when San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture wondered whether his professional career was over at 34 years old.“I can honestly say two months ago, I would wake up and didn’t know if I was ever going to play in the NHL again,” Couture said Tuesday in his first public comments since the start of camp in mid-September. “It’s something that I thought of many, many days.”Couture, out with an unspecified lower-body injury since before training camp, endured two setbacks in his attempted recovery. The most recent one in late October forced him off the ice for about a month after he had started to ramp up his on-ice conditioning and appeared to be nearing a return.“When you’re injured, your mind does some crazy things. There are some crazy thoughts,” Couture said of the mental challenges he faced. “This is my life, and this is what I love to do, and your body doesn’t allow you to do it.”Couture has had to miss significant time before i...

Stanford launches emerging-tech project co-led by Hoover Institution’s Condoleezza Rice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is helping lead a new Stanford University initiative to provide “one-stop shopping” for government, businesses and the public to obtain timely information about new and evolving technologies.“We have never experienced the convergence of so many technologies with the potential to change so much, so fast,” said the Stanford Emerging Technology Review project’s inaugural annual report on 10 technologies, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics and semiconductors.The initiative aims to translate information and insights from experts across the university’s departments into easily digestible materials for lay people. Although focused on technology, the project will draw on expertise from other academic disciplines including social and political sciences to examine how emerging technologies will play out in the world, its leaders said.Speaking to media last week, Rice, who described hers...

SF tech exec forced assistant to sign sex 'slave contract,' lawsuit alleges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A San Francisco technology company's former CEO, Christian Lanng, was slapped with a bombshell lawsuit accusing him of sadomasochistic-style rapes and torture.Lanng's accuser is identified in court documents as "Jane Doe." She claims Lanng hired her as his executive assistant at Tradeshift, manipulated her into signing a sex "slave contract," and sent her life down into a "dark abyss" of "sexual horrors."The lawsuit states, "This is a case about Christian Lanng, who was the powerful CEO of a billion-dollar market cap 'unicorn' Tradeshift, a cloud-based supply-chain software tech company—entering into a slave contract with a female employee, Jane Doe."The lawsuit, filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, accuses Lanng, Tradeshift, and other Tradeshift executives of sex trafficking, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and sexual assault.(KRON4 image) A Tradeshift spokesperson told KRON4 on Tuesday, "Tradeshift denies the allegations in the clai...

Preliminary 2.6 magnitude earthquake recorded near Santa Rosa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

(KRON) -- An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 2.6 shook the North Bay Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake was epicentered about four miles east of Santa Rosa and eight miles northeast of Rohnert Park, the USGS said. Space Force missile launch visible across Bay Area: video There were no initial reports of injuries or damages.Earlier on Tuesday at 10:47 a.m., a 2.0 quake also registered near Santa Rosa.

Retail theft led to six arrests on various charges 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

(KRON) -- The Santa Rosa Police Department has arrested six people on multiple charges stemming from a retail theft.Santa Rosa officers responded to a retail theft at a clothing store located in the 2400 block of Magowan Drive at 11:50 a.m. on Dec. 11. Santa Rosa police arrest woman for alleged possession of loaded, gun narcotics According to police, witnesses reported two men entered the business and stole dozens of designer jackets. The estimated value of the stolen jackets was around $10,000. Police were advised that the suspects fled into a car driven by a woman. A witness to the theft provided the license plate of the getaway vehicle. Property Crimes Investigations Team detectives and SRPD officers patrol searched for the involved vehicle throughout that afternoon. At approximately 5:39 p.m., an officer located the vehicle and made a traffic stop near Cleveland Avenue and College Avenue. The female suspect in the theft was driving the car. However, the oth...

How Biden’s State Department Conceals Its “Human Rights Black Hole” in the Middle East

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:24 GMT

Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted a meeting with leaders of human rights organizations to mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. But through subtle stage management, the State Department arranged for Blinken’s praise for human rights to be recorded and promulgated — while the world was not able to hear the retorts from human rights advocates who criticized America’s backing of Israel’s war on Gaza.The Universal Declaration was a landmark in history. While it was only a statement of principles, and so did not have legal force in itself, it was broadly inspirational and has formed the basis for numerous subsequent treaties and laws. According to Guinness World Records, it’s been translated into more languages than any other document — over 550, from Abkhaz to Zulu.After the December 7 meeting, the internet exploded in bitter laughter at Blinken, and it’s easy to understand why. A...