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San Francisco city officials ask for pause in robotaxi expansion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Days after the California Public Utilities Commission approved a major expansion of driverless taxi service in San Francisco, city officials are now asking for a pause. On Wednesday, officials led by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed an administrative motion with the CPUC seeking to stay the implementation of the CPUC's Aug. 10 resolution that granted Cruise and Waymo permission to expand their commercial AV fleets in the city without restriction."San Francisco is seeking a stay while it pursues rehearing of the CPUC decision," the city attorney's office said in a press release. Starbucks no longer offering disposable cups at these North Bay locations The request for a pause comes on the heels of a series of mishaps and disruptive incidents involving robotaxis since the expansion was granted. On Wednesday, a driverless Cruise car drove past a "road closed" sign and a construction worker holding a "stop" sign and drove through a construction site ...

Partner of officer shot in ambush is brother of Bay Area assemblymember

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

(KRON) -- The partner of a San Jose Police Department officer who was shot while on duty Wednesday is the brother of San Jose Assemblymember Evan Low, Low said in a tweet. Low's brother, who was not injured, acted heroically to extract his injured partner, according to low.The San Jose police chief said Low's brother displayed "undeniable courage that few of us will ever experience," Low tweeted. "Without hesitation or consideration for himself, the officer's partner extracted the injured officer from the line of fire to a place of safety where he began to treat her injuries." 4-year-old girl killed, parents injured in crash near Oracle Park, driver identified The actions "surely contributed to both of them surviving this deadly attack," the chief added, according to Low.The officers were responding to a family disturbance at a San Jose apartment complex just before 8 a.m. Wednesday. When they knocked on the door, they immediately began taking fire, according to SJPD. A female off...

Washington State is hoping for stability and success amid a wave of change

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The past two seasons have been a whirlwind for Jake Dickert and the entire Washington State program. Coaching changes. Conference changes. It’s felt like nonstop waves hitting the Cougars. “We’ve been through a lot of situations, we’ve navigated a lot of different things,” Dickert said. “Look at my tenure here. Washington State can thrive.”Dickert is beginning his second full season in charge at Washington State looking for the near-misses from last season to turn into victories. His first full season as a head coach was a mixed bag of success, struggles and ultimately a disappointing finish after a blowout loss to rival Washington and a bowl game flop against Fresno State. There were the highs of winning at Wisconsin and the lows of narrow home losses to Oregon and Utah.“I think we learned from Year One. I’ve learned a lot as a head coach in Year One to Year Two how to run a program,” Dickert said. “I think those are the things that you’re really going to see as we go through...

Quién es el “Bukele ecuatoriano” con “pinta de rambo” que quiere ser presidente

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador – Jan Topic, un exlegionario con pinta de Rambo que se presenta como un empresario experto en seguridad, y al que han apodado “el Bukele ecuatoriano” por sus planes de controlar con “mano dura” las cárceles, incursiona por primera vez en la política con la promesa de “un Ecuador sin miedo”, en momentos de una creciente violencia en el país, que las autoridades atribuyen al crimen organizado y al narcotráfico.“Yo no soy político”, asegura a EFE este economista y empresario de cuarenta años, que cuenta con nacionalidad francesa y que llega a los comicios como el “outsider”, respaldado por varios partidos, entre ellos el conservador Partido Social Cristiano (PSC).De carácter fuerte, respuestas concretas, apasionado por la seguridad y las cifras, y cansado de la política tradicional, Topic (Guayaquil, 1983) ofrece “un liderazgo diferente”, dinámico y de mano dura contra la delincuencia, porque s...

Men and women to use the same ball at the US Open after some women complained about theirs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Men and women will use the same tennis ball this year at the U.S. Open, satisfying some women who complained last year they were hitting an inferior product.Top-ranked Iga Swiatek — who eventually won the tournament — was among the women who felt their lighter ball didn’t hold its strength as long as the one that was used by men. The U.S. Open had been the only one of the four Grand Slam tournaments that used a different ball for men and women.Stacey Allaster, the U.S. Open’s tournament director, said Thursday that the type of ball being used was entirely up to the players and their tour, and that the U.S. Tennis Association only needed to know their preference after last year’s tournament so enough balls could be ordered from provider Wilson.The request to change was made and will be implemented at this year’s tournament, which starts Aug. 28, on a trial basis.Other changes being implemented include the use of tablets by coaches sitting in th...

Guatemalans to choose between political veteran, surprise outsider in presidential runoff

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — For much of Guatemala’s troubled electoral campaign, authorities seemed determined to limit voters’ options to a range of presidential hopefuls unlikely to shake up a corrupt political system, keeping several candidates seen as threats off the ballot.In part, the strategy seemed to work. The man leading polls a month before the first round election in June was kept off the ballot, and three-time candidate and former first lady Sandra Torres, an opponent-turned-ally of outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei, was the lead vote-getter in the vote, sending her to Sunday’s presidential runoff. But one candidate campaigning against the system had flown so far under the radar that no one paid attention to him until he finished second in the June vote. Now Bernardo Arévalo is facing off against Torres on Sunday with polls suggesting he could very well win. Arévalo’s success appeared to rattle authorities. Almost immediately, a court ordered a review of pre...

CNBC: pide que le devuelvan el dinero de la primera cita luego que ella no quiso una segunda

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Samantha Costanza tuvo una cita romántica con un hombre que conoció en una aplicación de citas en enero de 2022.Se encontraron para beber sidra caliente debido al frío en un bar de Brooklyn, Nueva York. Cuando llegó el momento de pagar las bebidas, la cita de Costanza le entregó su tarjeta de crédito al empleado.Unos días después, le envió un mensaje de que le gustaría volver a verla. Pero Costanza no sentía lo mismo.“Pasé más de una hora elaborando una respuesta muy cortés que le aseguraba que la había pasado muy bien pero que simplemente no veía una conexión futura”, dijo Costanza, de 29 años y que trabaja como analista de operaciones de clientes. CNBC: llevan 35 años casados — esto es lo que ellos nunca hacen para mantener el éxito en la pareja A través de una pandemia y guerra: la historia de amor de un colombiano y una ucraniana En respuesta, el hombre le preguntó a Costanza si podía enviarle por Venmo el pago de las bebidas....

Prague government cancels performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

PRAGUE (AP) — A scheduled performance by Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital has been canceled over political pressures as Russia wages war on Ukraine, Czech officials said Thursday.The announcement came days after the Prague government said that all its coalition parties “unequivocally” opposed the concert, calling it “insensitive.”Prague’s Municipal House, where Netrebko’s Oct. 16 performance was to take place, and the Nachtigall Artists Management, an agency that organized it, have agreed on the cancellation.The soprano won’t demand compensation, the organizing agency confirmed.The Czech Republic has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine during the war. The governing coalition in Prague is made up of the same political parties that comprise the Czech government.Netrebko sued the Metropolitan Opera in New York City over its decision to cut ties with her last year for refusing to repudiate her support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Her 2023-24 season inclu...

No. 10 Washington begins last season in Pac-12 as a contender for the conference title

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s first season with both coach Kalen DeBoer and quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was a magical ride that put the Huskies back on the national stage.Their second season comes with a straightforward goal — win the Pac-12 one last time before Washington takes up residence in the Big Ten.“That would be big. That would definitely be something that would be remembered for a long time,” Penix said. “It’s just a blessing to be here. This conference is amazing.”One of the original members of the Pacific Coast Conference more than a century ago, the 10th-ranked Huskies will begin their final season as part of the premier conference on the West Coast with a legitimate chance at a conference title. If the defense can show significant improvement from last season, the Huskies could find themselves in the College Football Playoff conversation.It starts with Penix, who should be in the Heisman Trophy discussion from the start of the season after returning for a s...

HRW and UN experts separately single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s powerful paramilitary has been singled out by leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts with accusations of rape and sexual violence against women in separate statements Thursday, as the war-torn country enters its fourth month of conflict.Sudan plunged into chaos on Apr.15 when months of simmering tensions between the military and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said the paramilitary group apparently targeted women and girls in the western Darfur region of non-Arab ethnicity as well as activists recording human rights abuses during the conflict. It said it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26. U.N. officials warned in June that the fighting in Darfur has taken an ethnic dimension, with the RSF and allied militias targeting African communities. Darfur was the scene of genocidal war in the early 2000s when state-backed Arab militias known as the Janjaweed w...