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Paving project will shut down parts of I-80 in the East Bay later this summer: Roadshow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

Q: What does Caltrans plan for Interstate 80 between Richmond and Albany? All lanes were recently restriped, moved drivers to the outside of the roadway and eliminated center “shoulder” areas. Concrete center dividers are being demolished. I can’t find information on Caltrans’ website.Julianne Anderson, El SobranteA: Caltrans is making major pavement repairs on Interstate 80 in Contra Costa County. It will require closures of eastbound and westbound 80 traffic on four different weekends. One traffic direction will be worked on at a time.Eastbound 80 will be closed for a total of 56 hours over the weekends of July 21, Aug. 4 and Aug. 18. Eastbound traffic will be detoured beginning at the Highway 4 interchange in Hercules. Closures start Fridays after 9 p.m. and end the following Mondays no later than 5 a.m.Westbound 80 will be closed for 104 hours over Labor Day weekend, starting Thursday, Aug. 31 at 9 p.m. and ending no later than 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Traffic will be d...

Bay Area restaurant chain fined $550,000 for denying overtime pay, violating child labor laws

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

BURLINGAME – The operator of Bay Area restaurant chain Crepevine has been fined more than half a million dollars for denying overtime pay to 114 workers and violating federal child labor laws, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.An investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found Suleiman Fakhouri & Sons did not pay workers overtime properly at locations in Berkeley, Burlingame, Oakland, Palo Alto and San Jose, the department said in news release Tuesday.The division also discovered minors were assigned to work later and longer than child labor laws permit, according to the department.Related ArticlesBusiness | The minimum wage just went up in several Bay Area cities–will it make a difference? Business | Why airline delays and cancellations are so bad: It’s not just the weather Business | Boss who dumped 500 pounds of oily pennies on ex-employee’s driveway is ordered to pay additional back wages Business | ...

Supervisors approve law targeting sideshows in Alameda County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

(BCN) -- Spectators of sideshows could face steep fines or jail time under a new law voted by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The ordinance makes it illegal to be within 200 feet of a sideshow, which is an outlawed gathering of cars that often involves reckless driving and stunting. Violators of the law could receive a misdemeanor charge and be fined up to $1,000 or face up to six months in jail. Serial South Bay arson suspect arrested; confessed to 15+ fires: police Under the new law, proving a violation must include evidence of prior acts of being present or attending a sideshow event in the last three years. The board considered the law in response to the growing number of sideshows in Alameda County. The ordinance was passed by a 3-1 vote. Supervisors David Haubert, Lena Tam and Nate Miley voted yes. Supervisor Elisa Márquez voted no and Supervisor Keith Carson was excused from the vote. Supervisor Márquez insisted drivers must be the ta...

Commission hires firm to find new Oakland police chief

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland Police Commission hired a consulting firm to help in the search for a new police chief. The commission says it unanimously selected the Byers Group, a Black-owned firm from Los Angeles, to recommend the police chief finalists to Mayor Sheng Thao by November. San Jose city employees prepare for possible strike Byers Group has conducted police chief searches for city's including Charlotte, Detroit, St. Louis and Washington D.C. The Oakland Police Department has not had a permanent police chief since February when former Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong was fired, shortly after being placed on administrative leave.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Darren Allison has been the city's interim police chief since Armstron...

San Jose city employees prepare for possible strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Hundreds of employees for the City of San Jose are preparing to go on strike after contract negotiations over the city’s recruitment and retention crisis sees no end in sight with the city’s administrators. It has been over two decades since San Jose has seen a strike by city employees. Over 4,500 city employees have been trying to work out a new deal with the city before their contracts expired at the end of June, but have met with no resolution in sight. The city’s recruitment and retention crisis has led to over 1,000 vacant city jobs. Serial South Bay arson suspect arrested; confessed to 15+ fires: police On Wednesday, city employees are expected to attend a strike school to learn their rights and prepare for a possible strike if the city’s administrators can’t meet their end of the bargain. Workers are calling for an agreement to be met that will solve the understaffing crisis and make San Jose a competitive employer once again.“We are working five...

Stock market today: Wall Street rises after inflation cools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is opening higher after a report showed inflation cooled a bit more than expected last month, which hopefully takes some more pressure off the economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% in early trading Wednesday and is on track for its seventh winning week in the last nine. The Dow rose 247 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite was up 1.2%. The government’s latest update on inflation showed that consumer prices rose 3% overall in June than a year earlier. That’s down from 4% in May and a bit more than 9% last summer.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street inched higher early Wednesday ahead of an update on U.S. inflation that could play into the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision this month.Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.3% before the bell, with every sector pointing higher following the strongest day of trading in U.S. markets this month. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained less than 0.2%....

Montgomery Co. provides free hearing aids to low-income residents 60 and over

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

If you’re a low income senior in Montgomery County, Maryland, who has trouble hearing, there’s good news.Free hearing aids and personal sound amplifiers are now available for low-income residents, ages 60 and over, through the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, according to a news release.The distribution of the hearing aids is by Access HEARS, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded by physicians and leading hearing experts and entrepreneurs at the Johns Hopkins University to help those with hearing loss.“Our partnership with Access HEARS reflects our commitment to ensuring the well-being and inclusivity of our residents who are 60-and-over,” said Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich. “Hearing loss has a significant impact on individuals’ quality of life. This program will help bridge the gap and make hearing aids and personal sound amplifiers more accessible to those who may face ...

In ’20 Days in Mariupol’ documentary, the horrors of war are illuminated

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after covering the first 20 days of the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian city and was feeling guilty about leaving. He and his colleagues, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko, had been the last journalists there, sending crucial dispatches from a city under a full-scale assault.The day after, a theater with hundreds of people sheltering inside was bombed and he knew no one was there to document it. That’s when Chernov decided he wanted to do something bigger. He’d filmed some 30 hours of footage over his days in Mariupol. But poor — and sometimes no — internet connections made it extremely difficult to export anything. All told, he estimates only about 40 minutes of that successfully made it out to the world.“Those shots which went out were very important. They went on the AP and then to thousands of news outlets,” Chernov said earlier this year. “However, I had much more....

Global music streams up 30.8%, and 40% of U.S. listeners enjoy non-Anglophonic music, report finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Is non-English language music the future of the music business? Perhaps.The global music industry surpassed 1 trillion streams at the fastest pace, ever, in a calendar year, Luminate’s 2023 Midyear Report has found. The number was reached in three months, a full month faster than 2022. Global streams are also up 30.8% from last year, reflective of an increasingly international music marketplace. Additionally, Luminate found that two in five — or 40% — of U.S. music listeners enjoy music in a non-English language. And a whopping 69% of U.S. music listeners enjoy music from artists originating outside of the U.S.According to the report, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Italian, German, and Arabic are the most popular languages for non-Anglophonic music among U.S. music listeners, with Latin genres and K-pop leading the charge.“Specifically, our streaming data shows that Spanish and Korean language music are the most popular when taking a look at the top 10,0...

Former state Sen. Tommie Broadwater dies at the age of 81

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:40 GMT

The late state Sen. Tommie Broadwater was the first Black senator elected in Prince George’s County. Photo from the 1983-84 Maryland Manual/Maryland State Archives. The late state Sen. Tommie Broadwater was the first Black senator elected in Prince George’s County. Photo from the 1983-84 Maryland Manual/Maryland State Archives. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.Even into his 80s, Jacqueline Broadwater said her father, former Maryland state Sen. Tommie Broadwater, would receive phone calls and visits from people who sought his advice and counseling when contemplating whether to run for elected offic...