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On Friday at 6:46 a.m. an updated beach hazards statement was released by the National Weather Service in effect until 11 p.m. for Northern Monterey Bay. The NWS San Francisco CA says to expect, “Long period high northwesterly swell will result in breaking waves between 15 to 20 feet along favored break points.” “Sneaker waves can unexpectedly run significantly farther up the beach than normal, including over rocks and jetties. These waves can suddenly knock people off their feet and quickly pull them into the cold ocean waters, where currents will be stronger than normal. These waves can also carry driftwood logs and other debris,” according to the NWS. “Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.” Originally Published: March 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM PDT Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans. Our data comes from publicly available information. You can report errors to content@bayareanewsgroup.com

Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well as San Francisco County are under an updated high surf advisory which was released by the National Weather Service on Friday at 6:46 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 11 p.m. The NWS San Francisco CA adds to be ready for, “Long period very high northwest swell will result in large breaking waves between 25 to 35 feet on north and west facing beaches.” “Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Sneaker waves can unexpectedly run significantly farther up the beach than normal, including over rocks and jetties. These waves can suddenly knock people off their feet and quickly pull them into the cold ocean waters, where currents will be stronger than normal. These waves can also carry driftwood logs and other debris,” according to the NWS. “Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.” Originally Published: March 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM PDT Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I entertain frequently. We get a lot of joy out of hosting longtime friends and family for holidays and special occasions. We are attentive to the vibe and move things along at a pace that matches it. Everyone always tells us we host lovely evenings and that they can’t wait for the next one. The problem is with one of our longtime friends, who always tries to dictate when we will do what during the evening. A recent example: We were hosting a dinner party and everyone was saying they were so full after the three-course dinner that they couldn’t even think of dessert yet. So we decided to delay it by about 30 minutes and play a card game so everyone had a chance to digest a little bit before dessert. Around the 20-minute mark, I excused myself for a moment to put the coffee on and returned to the game. Less than three minutes later, this guest announced to everyone that this would be the last hand and it was time for dessert. I interjected that I

Today is Friday, March 28, the 87th day of 2025. There are 278 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Also on this date: In 1898, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ruled 6-2 that Wong, who was born in the United States to Chinese immigrants, was an American citizen. It was the first Supreme Court decision to rule on the citizenship status of a child born in the United States to noncitizen parents. In 1935, the notorious Nazi propaganda film “Triumph des Willens” (Triumph of the Will), directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin with Adolf Hitler present. In 1941, author Virginia Woolf, 59, drowned herself near her home in Lewes, East Sussex, England. In 1969, the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, died in Washington, D.C., at age 78. In 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act (commonly referred to

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 44 years. He has been a drinker and smoker for 40 of those years. It’s no surprise we have had our ups and downs. Four children and five grandchildren later, I have finally realized he’s interested in just two things: beer and smoking. A year ago, they found spots on his lungs. The doctor said the spots were small but need to be checked every year. Shouldn’t that have been a wake-up call? I have begged him to stop smoking and drinking, but he tells me to shut up. He doesn’t leave the house except to work and buy beer and cigarettes. I’m going to tell him I’ll be leaving the house and staying with my daughter. I love him, but I can’t watch him do this anymore. I want to live and enjoy my life. I have had enough. I have to take what life I have left to enjoy. What do you think, Abby? — HAD ENOUGH IN NEW JERSEY DEAR HAD ENOUGH: Truth? I’m surprised your marriage has lasted as long as

SAN JOSE – Center Alexander Wennberg hit a long-awaited career milestone Thursday night as he and linemate Tyler Toffoli had the Sharks on the verge of a regulation-time win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. But it’s seldom that easy for the Sharks, who allowed goals to John Tavares and William Nylander in the final minute of the third period as the Maple Leafs sent the game into overtime. But after a scoreless extra session, the Sharks got shootout goals from Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini to help finish off a 6-5 win over the Maple Leafs. Wennberg scored his 100th career NHL goal, and Toffoli added two goals and an assist before an announced crowd of 15,514 at SAP Center. Collin Graf added a shorthanded goal in the first period, and William Eklund scored his 17th of the season in a weird sequence as the Sharks swept their season series with Toronto. Goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 30 saves for the Sharks, who improved to 3-4-0 on their season-long eight-game homestand that ends Saturday against the New York Rangers. Toffoli scored and Wennberg had two assists

By Amy Hansen, The Fresh Toast Alcohol has some negative side effects, but cannabis could have one positive health benefit – it might help your good cholesterol. In the late 1980s cholesterol test became come as the impact of it on the body and heart was becoming more evident. Research shows good cholesterol (HDL) helps remove excess cholesterol from the body, while “bad” cholesterol (LDL) can build up in arteries, potentially leading to heart disease. Alcohol and tobacco are known to be rough on the body, but can marijuana help cholesterol? Marijuana’s potential impact on cholesterol is an emerging area of research, offering both promising insights and areas for further exploration. While studies have yet to reach definitive conclusions, evidence suggests that cannabis may influence cholesterol levels in ways that could benefit cardiovascular health under certain conditions. Cannabis contains cannabinoids like THC and CBD, which interact with the body’s endocannabinoid system. This system plays a role in regulating various physiological processes, including lipid metabolism. Some studies have indicated that marijuana use might improve cholesterol profiles by increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL), commonly known as “good cholesterol.”

PLEASANT HILL — Authorities arrested four people on suspicion of stealing multiple cartons of cigarettes from a delivery truck Thursday afternoon in Pleasant Hill. The incident happened around 2:25 p.m. at the 7-Eleven located at 601 Patterson Blvd., Pleasant Hill police Lt. Jason Kleven said in a news release. Two drivers were making a scheduled delivery when the suspects stole the cartons from the truck’s cargo area, according to Kleven. No weapons were used and no injuries were reported. The suspects drove away in a stolen vehicle, which detectives later found traveling on Highway 4 near Concord. Authorities tracked the vehicle to Antioch. Kleven said the suspects abandoned the car near Fremont Elementary School, but they were later found and taken into custody. An investigation is underway into the incident. Anyone with information related to the case can contact the police department’s investigations bureau at 925-288-4630.

SAN FRANCISCO — For more than half of Thursday’s Sweet 16 game against Arkansas, Texas Tech looked like the inferior team. But after going down by as much as 16 in the second half, the Red Raiders came all the way back to deny No. 10 Arkansas with an 85-83 win in overtime at Chase Center. It was the second-largest comeback win in Sweet 16 history, sending Texas Tech to Saturday’s Elite Eight matchup with top-seeded Florida (3:09 p.m. PT, TBS). Texas Tech’s second leading scorer and Sacramento native Darrion Williams struggled against Arkansas’ rangy defense most of the night, but made a late 3-pointer to force overtime and the go-ahead layup with less than 10 seconds left to seal the win. He finished with 20 points after shooting 2-of-12 in the first half. The Red Raiders scored nine unanswered points in the second half to cut Arkansas’ lead to seven on a driving layup by Williams with 7:08 remaining. That run included a possession with six offensive rebounds and came with Big 12 player of the year JT Toppin on the bench. Arkansas pushed

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors once relied upon a deep bench and contributions from up and down the lineup to win championships. On Thursday night, No. 1 Florida, coached by former USF coach and Saint Mary’s guard Todd Golden, took a page out of the Dubs’ book in the Sweet 16. Facing off against No. 4 Maryland in the opening round of the West Regional in San Francisco, the Gators pounded Maryland with waves of talented players in an 87-71 win. The Terrapins, led by their vaunted “Crab Five” starting lineup, gave it a go for about 30 minutes. But in the end, math won out. The results tilted more and more in Florida’s favor as Maryland’s starters wore out, and the Gators separated down the stretch to win going away — and advance to the Elite Eight on Saturday. Florida (33-4) took a 65-54 lead with 10:03 to play on Alijah Martin’s layup and led by double digits the rest of the way. The Gators kept the pedal down from there, peaking with an 18-point advantage multiple times. Florida was making its

The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it will investigate four California universities, including UC Berkeley and Stanford, to determine their compliance with a landmark Supreme Court decision two years ago that outlawed race-based affirmative action in college admissions. It wasn’t immediately clear what impact the investigation might have in California, which is one of nine states nationally that bars affirmative action in college admissions. The investigations announced by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi are the latest in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion policies in higher education.  And it is among several actions affecting California education. Also on Thursday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced her office is investigating California’s Department of Education over a California law approved last year that prohibits schools from requiring teachers and other staff to disclose to parents that their children may be transgender. “President Trump and I are dedicated to ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity across the country,” Bondi said in a statement. “Every student in America deserves to be judged solely based on their hard work, intellect, and character, not the color of

OAKLAND — A person was injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in East Oakland, police said. Officers were dispatched to the 1900 block of 73rd Avenue just before 2:30 p.m. for a report of a shooting, according to a spokesperson for the Oakland Police Department. They arrived to find a person suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The victim was taken to an area hospital, where they were listed in stable condition, police said. An investigation is underway into the shooting. Anyone with information related to the case can contact the police department’s felony assault unit at 510-238-3426. Videos and photos can be emailed to cidvideo@oaklandca.gov. Check back for updates.

SAN JOSE — After years of litigation, four men have been sentenced for helping operate what prosecutors have called “one of the South Bay’s largest trafficking operations.” In late February, Jose Banuelos-Garcia was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to methamphetamine distribution offenses. His sentencing ends the four-defendant criminal case, with the three others receiving terms ranging from house arrest to seven years behind bars, court records show. The defendants were charged in 2022, after drug agents say they seized enough methamphetamine to tip over a grizzly bear on a seesaw. All told, 650 pounds of the drug were recovered, as well as 15 pounds of heroin, court records show. Banuelos-Garcia’s co-defendants were sentenced in 2022 and 2023. This includes a seven-year term for Raul Jimenez-Verduzco, an alleged “dispatcher” for the organization, a four-and-a-half-year term for Manuel Sanchez-Pedraza, and a six-month house arrest term for Edgar Portillo, court records show. The four men, along with unnamed co-conspirators, helped ensure that drugs “remained cheap and plentiful on San Jose’s streets,” prosecutors wrote in court filings. While many of the

SAN JOSE — A man convicted of manslaughter for a blindside assault that killed an elderly stranger — spurred by a chance encounter in which the victim shined a flashlight at him — was sentenced to a 12-year prison term Thursday on the third anniversary of the deadly attack. Amiel Joey Mirador, 35, has been held in Santa Clara County Main Jail without bail since the day after the March 27, 2022 attack on 81-year-old Allen Dournaee on a residential street in South San Jose. Dournaee died 12 days later. Superior Court Judge Arthur Bocanegra sentenced Mirador following a series of tearful and emotional statements from Dournaee’s widow and his adult daughter and son. Mirador’s actual prison time will be shortened by credit for the three years he has spent in county jail since his arrest. Bocanegra called Dournaee’s killing a “very unfortunate and tragic event” but said “the court’s decision is not based on mercy, it’s based on case law.” The technical breakdown of the sentence was a 6-year prison term, doubled because of a prior strike for Mirador from a 2019 arson and

SAN JOSE — Uncertainties over tax policies and tariffs are weighing on decisions that businesses are making locally and nationwide, an official with a major business advocacy group said during an event in San Jose. Nikkie Nguyen, U. S. Chamber of Commerce government affairs manager for the lobbying group’s Western Region, offered some perspectives on Thursday about the debate over taxes, trade policies and tariffs. Competing ideas on these economic and business topics have roiled Wall Street, Main Street and the Beltway in recent months. Nguyen appeared at an event hosted by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, which has become increasingly active in scheduling business leaders to speak at gatherings on a growing number of topics. “We don’t know the implications about tariffs and trade, especially since things could go either way,” Nguyen said during a question-and-answer session at the downtown San Jose event. President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose an array of reciprocal tariffs to combat what the White House deems to be unfair trade barriers for exports of products made in the United States. Some U.S. trading partners have begun

101 Waverley Street – Google Street View A spacious historic house located in the 100 block of Waverley Street in Palo Alto has new owners. The 2,637-square-foot property, built in 1900, was sold on Feb. 11, 2025. The $6,400,000 purchase price works out to $2,427 per square foot. The layout of this two-story home includes three bedrooms and three bathrooms. In addition, the house features an attached five-car garage. The lot of the property is substantial, measuring 0.3-acre. Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby: In April 2024, a 2,617-square-foot home on Ruthven Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $4,450,000, a price per square foot of $1,700. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. A 1,040-square-foot home on the 100 block of Tasso Street in Palo Alto sold in June 2023, for $2,500,000, a price per square foot of $2,404. The home has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. On Tasso Street, Palo Alto, in March 2024, a 1,302-square-foot home was sold for $2,925,000, a price per square foot of $2,247. The home has 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom. This article was generated by the Bay

Nearly two years after announcing their supposedly amicable split, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness are reportedly nowhere near to even filing for divorce following revelations that he had been involved in a romance with his Broadway co-star Sutton Foster — a relationship that supposedly was an “open secret” to everyone but Furness. The Daily Mail reported Thursday that Jackman, 56, and Furness, 69, have hit an “impasse” over their divorce because Furness believes she is “entitled” to more money than Jackman is willing to fork over. In January, Jackman and Furness reportedly were weeks away from filing for divorce — after 27 years of what seemed to be one of the few happy, enduring Hollywood marriages. But a source told the Daily Mail that Furness has come to believe that she’s owed a bigger chunk of their estimated $250 million fortune, in part, because of his romance with Foster. Nominees Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster attend the 2022 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press event in New York, on May 12, 2022. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) 

To the collection of postseason tournaments that exist in the shadow of March Madness and use three-letter abbreviations, let’s add the CBC. But the inaugural College Basketball Crown differs from both the NIT and the CBI in three notable regards: — The 16-team field is heavy on Pac-12 legacy schools with USC, Utah, Arizona State, Colorado, Washington State and Oregon State committed to participate. — It will be played the week between the Elite Eight and the Final Four, with all games in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena. — Fox is heavily involved, not only as the broadcast network of record but also as a founding partner (along with the Anschutz Entertainment Group). And if Fox is involved, that means the Big Ten and Big 12 are involved. And if the Big Ten and the Big 12 are involved, the event is relevant to college basketball’s future postseason structure. “We are doing this to be disruptors,” Fox Sports executive vice president Jordan Bazant said late last year at a college sports forum in Las Vegas sponsored by the Sports

SAN JOSE — Two men and four boys who hail from throughout the Bay Area have been arrested in connection with a string of carjackings, robberies and other crimes in San Jose dating back to November, according to the San Jose Police Department. The suspects, consisting of two 19-year-old men from Tracy and Oakland, three 17-year-old boys from Hayward, Oakland and San Jose, and a 16-year-old boy from Oakland, were arrested incrementally over the past three months, with the final arrest occurring March 18, police said in a news release. The first crime linked to the group was reported Nov. 19 around 5 a.m. after a San Jose man woke up and discovered three people breaking into his car, police said. When the man called out to them, someone in the group threatened him with a handgun, and they fled in the stolen vehicle. Police said an ensuing investigation tied the group’s descriptions and patterns to “a crime spree spanning over a few months,” involving other armed carjackings, armed robberies, car thefts and burglaries, and participation in sideshows. Several vehicles stolen during that period were

Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic, an independent journalism training program for high school students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists. There’s something missing in the student restrooms at San Jose’s Del Mar High School — mirrors. For the second year in a row, the five open restrooms are mirrorless, a decision the school’s principal said is an attempt to reduce tardiness and distractions caused by students crowding around mirrors, putting on makeup and touching up their hair. Principal Diana Ngyuen said she noticed many students congregating during school hours in the student restrooms because of the mirrors. “It just created a situation where students were really crowding in front of them and then using them as an excuse in order to stand in large crowds in the bathroom,” Nguyen said. The school removed mirrors during the second semester of the 2023-2024 school year. Since then Ngyuen said she has observed significantly less crowding in the restrooms, which then has helped students get to class on time. She also said the number of students lingering in restrooms to

In last week’s column I mentioned that – for the time being at least – I’ve switched from Android to iPhone and, because iPhone doesn’t support my Pixel Watch, I’m now wearing an Apple Watch Series 10. There is a lot I love about the Apple Watch including its elegant design and watch faces, its seamless integration with iPhone and other Apple devices and its services, including the ability to find items with an Apple AirTag for finding lost items. Like my Pixel Watch, I can also use it to make credit card payments and, like the Pixel, there are lots of third party apps, including quite a few that are not available for Android watches. Because Apple makes the most popular phones and watches in the US, developers sometimes release iPhone and Apple Watch products before developing for Android. It’s also a good way to interact with Siri because you can easily put your wrist by your mouth so Siri can hear you. In many ways it’s comparable to the Pixel Watch 3 that I was wearing. They both have health and fitness apps