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Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Hybrid artichokesfail the taste testRe: “A new breed in artichoke battle” (Page A1, May 28).I am a fifth-generation San Franciscan and grew up eating artichokes. In the last many years, I have wondered why the artichokes are terrible. You can’t scrape the leaves with your teeth so the only edible part is the heart.Thanks for clarifying why. Now the only problem is where to find heirloom artichokes in the Bay Area.Libby TeelOaklandMarin DA abandonsequal justiceRe: “Marin DA’s office reduces charges in Junipero Serra statue vandalism case” (May 26).Kelsey Nelson drove the car used to pull down the statue of abolitionist Hans Heg in Madison, Wisc., one month after the June 2020 killing of George Floyd. He was sentenced to 6 months in jail and ordered to pay for the damaged statue.Compare that to the five people who had their felony vandalism charges reduced to misdemeanors for destro...

CDC: Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisonings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

By Jonel Aleccia | Associated PressFood workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday.Norovirus and salmonella, germs that can cause severe illness, were the most common cause of 800 outbreaks, which encompassed 875 restaurants and were reported by 25 state and local health departments.Investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for better enforcement of “comprehensive food safety policies,” which emphasize basic measures like hand washing and keep sick workers off the job.Although 85% of restaurants said they had policies restricting staff from working while sick, only about 16% of the policies were detailed enough to require workers to notify managers and to stay home if they had any of the five key symptoms — including vomiting, diarrhea, and sore throat with fever.About 44% of managers told the C...

Who will replace Bob Myers as Warriors general manager? Lacob dropped some hints

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Blown up photos of Bob Myers holding the 2022 championship trophy were projected over the wall-to-wall podium room screen. Front office folk from majority owner Joe Lacob and his two sons, Kirk and Kent, to COO Brandon Schneider to assistant coaches and video coordinators filed in to watch Myers speak.Myers teared up as he recalled his childhood dream fulfilled of working for the team he grew up idolizing and broke out in a smile as Lacob recalled the 20 phone calls he’d make to his GM every day.Myers’ official announcement that he’d step down from his GM duties with the Warriors felt like a retirement party without the cake. But not much time could be spent celebrating the past with a crucial offseason afoot. The pressing question: Who will replace Myers?Lacob said he would “work Bob for every last day until June 30th” when his contract officially expires — Myers asserted he would only be operating in a supporting role on the upco...

California lawmakers urge transit bailout, pushing back on Newsom’s proposed budget cut

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

California lawmakers Tuesday pushed back on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget for trimming transit funding and declining to bail out transit agencies like BART, which are threatening deep service cutbacks as they struggle to rebound from a pandemic plummet in ridership.The lawmakers, led by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, said the transit agencies’ money woes aren’t their fault but stemmed from from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. Without a bailout, they said, service cuts will further depress ridership, worsening traffic congestion, air pollution and other woes.“Our transit systems have been telling us for months and months and months that this fiscal cliff is happening, and unfortunately the governor’s budget had zero dollars in it to address these operational shortfalls — zero!” Wiener told reporters Tuesday in Sacramento. “Instead, the governor’s proposal slashes $2 billion in transit infrastructure...

Letters: Profit over pictures | Landlord favored | Step up | Poor leaders | Fossil fuels | Climate change

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.SJSU picks profitover family memoriesIt’s sad to see San Jose State University prioritizing profit at its 2023 graduations.Proud parents of graduating seniors were not allowed to attend graduation if their camera lens was more than two inches long. Security personnel said cameras with long lenses weren’t allowed because the university hired its own photographers and students would need to purchase its pictures rather than taking their own family photos with long lenses.It’s sad when university profit is more important than family memories.Ralph NicholsSan JoseCity officials favoredlandlord over tenantsRe: “‘It was inappropriate all the way around’” (Page B1, May 25).It’s hard to believe elected San Mateo officials could be so wrong about dangerous living conditions and a City Council could fail to back up city staff’s very reasonable enforcement of th...

Ice Age mastodon tooth recovered in Santa Cruz County, museum officials say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) -- A mastodon mystery has been solved in Santa Cruz County. On Tuesday, a beach jogger turned in a giant mastodon tooth dating back to the Ice Ages, officials with the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History said.The one-foot-long tooth first surfaced in the sand at Rio Del Mar beach near Aptos Creek on Friday. A curious beach-goer photographed the strange object, left it on the beach, and uploaded the photographs on Facebook asking what it was. "I practically hit the floor. It was a mastodon tooth, right in the same area where we know mastodons lived in Santa Cruz County," said Wayne Thompson, a paleontology collections advisor for the museum.Paleontologists and volunteers spent the weekend digging through sand trying to re-locate the tooth. But an unknown person had already carried it home.Jennifer Schuh took photographs of a giant tooth on May 26, 2023, at Rio Del Mar beach. (Image courtesy Jennifer Schuh)Thompson contacted KRON4 for help to get the word ou...

Concord man convicted in 2019 Petaluma Outlets murder

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

(KRON) -- A 29-year-old Concord man was convicted of murder on Tuesday in connection to the 2019 killing of a teenager at the Petaluma Outlets. David Kyle Lubkin was found guilty by jury of first degree murder and discharging a firearm at a motor vehicle causing death, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office.The conviction stemmed from the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Ezequiel Garcia at the Petaluma Outlets. SF Chinatown stabbing suspect arrested, identified "The jury's guilty verdict of first-degree murder is the result of countless hours of hard work by tireless detectives, analysts and prosecutors, all dedicated to providing justice to Mr. Garcia's family," said Sonoma County DA Carla Rodriguez. "My only hope is that Mr. Garcia's family finds some solace in today's outcome."The initial incident occurred on Sept. 28, 2019 when Lubkin met Garcia at the Petaluma Outlets under the guise of buying a gold necklace off Craigslist. When the victim drove up, Lubkin con...

San Francisco mayor announces new program to address homelessness in the city

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a new pilot program on Tuesday to address the city's homelessness issues. The program will serve as an alternate to law enforcement responses for non-emergency calls involving people experiencing homelessness, according to a release from the mayor's office. The program, which has been named the Homeless Engagement Assistance Response Team (HEART), will involve a community-based team made up of Urban Alchemy practitioners. SF Chinatown stabbing suspect arrested, identified The new program will operate under the direction of the City's Department of Emergency Management. "HEART will provide rapid, compassionate, and structured responses to targeted, non-medical, non-emergency 911 and 311 calls involving people who are experiencing homelessness," the mayor's office said.The program is intended as a pivot away from the city's historic approach of having the San Francisco Police Department respond to all such calls. HEA...

Timeline released for A's stadium, Las Vegas Loop integration revealed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Documents presented with the funding plan for the A's stadium lay out the timeline for the project and include possible integration with the Las Vegas Loop transit system.Construction at the site would begin in 2024-25, with completion scheduled in 2028 to have the stadium ready for opening day of the 2028 season, according to a graphic from Applied Analysis. The A's lease at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum expires following the 2024 season. After that, games could be played at the Las Vegas Ballpark, which has a seating capacity of 10,000.Financing plans for the $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat stadium emerged late Friday at the Nevada Legislature. The public had its first opportunity to comment on the plan on Monday, the Memorial Day holiday. Lawmakers will be working this week to pass the plan and send it to Gov. Joe Lombardo before the session ends. A’s-to-Las Vegas stadium funding bill explained; will move to Nevada Senate Finance Committee The Las Vegas Loop...

LA Galaxy fire team president Chris Klein after miserable start to season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:17:20 GMT

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The LA Galaxy have fired president Chris Klein with the five-time Major League Soccer champion franchise sitting at the bottom of the overall standings.The Galaxy announced the decision Tuesday to part ways with Klein, a former Galaxy player. He had been the team’s president since 2013, presiding over its steady decline over the past decade and becoming the primary foes of its frustrated fans’ ire.Dan Beckerman, who runs the sports and entertainment conglomerate that owns the Galaxy, said the team has “not achieved our goals or met the standard that we have established for the LA Galaxy.”“We believe it is in the best interest of the club to make a change and begin a comprehensive process to seek new leadership that will return the club to the level that our fans and partners expect,” Beckerman added in a statement.Head coach Greg Vanney, who has been in charge of soccer operations since Klein’s suspension last December for financial misd...