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EXCLUSIVE: Video shows suspected family of mountain lions at East Bay hiking trail
What appeared to be a family of mountain lions was spotted on Monday morning at the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.A runner then took video of the lions where the Courdet Trail meets the Ridge Line Trail.The video was shot by a Davor Desancic, who had gone running on the trail on Monday morning. He says he recorded the video around 6:15 a.m. Desancic said he didn't hear the mountain lions, he just suddenly saw them.We asked him if he felt threatened since we're not talking about one or two mountain lions but four of them. Desancic told us he didn't...
Fallen Oakland Officer Tuan Le's widow says city is asking for $461; police union outraged
The widow of Tuan Le, the Oakland police officer who was shot and killed while trying to stop a robbery, claims the city is asking her for $461. They sent her an invoice and claim that money is from the ransomware attack back in February of 2023 where Le was accidentally overpaid.The Oakland Police Officers Association calls this move from the city outrageous."We were furious," said Huy Nguyen, the president of the POA. "It's devastating to experience what she is going through."VIDEO: Fallen Oakland police officer Tuan Le honored, remembered at Buddhist vigilNguyen says the city was potentially willing to...
California Public School teachers don't get paid family leave. After Newsom vetoed a bill to change that, lawmakers are trying again.
As a new school year begins, lawmakers are again trying to give public school teachers paid family leave.Supporters believe the benefit will help attract and retain high-quality teachers in the face of an increasing shortage. But critics worry that the bill—which has widespread support among the Democratic majority in the Legislature and is a priority for the Legislative Women's Caucus—could come at the actual expense of students. The union-backed bill, authored by the Democratic Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, would give teachers 14 weeks of fully paid leave after having a baby, paid for by school districts through existing state funding.Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar...
Cisco Systems will slash thousands of jobs as tech layoffs widen
SAN JOSE — Cisco Systems will slash thousands of workers worldwide, a fresh jolt to a shaky Baty Area economy and an unsettling reminder that the region’s tech layoffs have yet to run their course. The legendary tech titan warned that it would chop 7% of its workforce,...
Russia sentences American-Russian woman Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in prison
Former ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who holds dual United States-Russian citizenship, was sentenced on Thursday to 12 years in a penal colony for allegedly trying to raise money for the Ukrainian military.
California battles onslaught of wildfires with help from other states
On the surface, fighting wildfires doesn’t appear to require delicacy or nuance. Fire bosses speak in the language of war: weapons, attack, suppression, control. But to effectively manage a wildfire is to engage in an intricate game of multi-dimensional chess: moving firefighters and equipment where they are most needed or where they are predicted to be required, […]
California Democrats fear US tech firm 'death spiral' with more China curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to freeze reported plans to impose fresh restrictions on U.S. technology exports to China, arguing unilateral curbs benefit foreign rivals at the expense of U.S. businesses.
‘A customer got violent’: Self-checkout proposal aims to help retail workers
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – As technology advances, many stores have introduced self-service checkout stations— however, California lawmakers worry that self-checkout is actually putting workers in danger rather than just reducing costs. Los Angeles Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas talked Wednesday about a new proposal that aims to solve this problem, providing workers safety and customer satisfaction. “The […]
Rossmoor retirees rail against free-speech restrictions
A retirement community in Walnut Creek might be the last place you'd expect a political protest to play out, but people living in Rossmoor say management is silencing their right to free speech. On Wednesday, senior citizens from the Rossmoor community hit the streets to fight against the new policies they say restrict their free speech. For many of them, it seemed like old times.More than 9,000 seniors live in Rossmoor, and they enjoy a peaceful, bucolic lifestyle. But that doesn't mean they're unaware of the problems of the rest of the world."What do we want? Free speech! When do we...
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