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The San Jose Sharks’ season hit rock bottom Tuesday night. Related Articles San Jose Sharks | Sharks takeaways: Season-long problem crops up again. Can this team fix it? San Jose Sharks | Smith, Askarov shine, but Sharks’ frustrations against Boston continue San Jose Sharks | Sharks coach, rookie forward relish return to Boston: ‘It’s going to come full circle’ San Jose Sharks | Sharks’ meager offensive output continues in loss to Islanders San Jose Sharks | San Jose Sharks center figures he’ll be traded without an extension The Sharks took a four-goal lead early in the second period, only for the wheels to totally fall off in what became a disheartening 7-5 loss to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena. The Sharks led 5-1 after Mikael Granlund scored a power-play goal at the 4:28 mark of the second period. But the Sharks sat back, lost their edge, stopped forechecking, and watched momentum completely swing the other way as the Predators scored six unanswered goals. Nashville, in taking control of the game against the fragile Sharks, scored twice in 53 seconds midway through the second period

VALLEJO — Even though he has laid his roots in retirement elsewhere, the rough-and-tumble place CC Sabathia grew up and its characters who helped him along the way were still on his mind when the phone rang Tuesday afternoon with good news. Sabathia, 44, will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer alongside Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner, receiving 342 of a possible 394 votes (86.8%) in his first time on the ballot. He will go in wearing a Yankees cap on his plaque. But Vallejo will be in his heart. “Being from Vallejo and being from the Bay Area is something I’m very proud of,” Sabathia said on a conference call after the announcement. “I think most people know my story at this point, the trials and tribulations I had coming out of Vallejo, so I’m very proud of where I came from and where I’m sitting today.” In case you haven’t read his best-selling biography or watched the HBO special, Sabathia’s path to Cooperstown started in a tough part of town called “The Crest,” where he would throw grapefruits at

By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. The Nielsen Company said Tuesday that viewership was down from Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump’s first move into the White House, seen by 30.6 million in 2017. Inauguration viewership has varied widely over the past half-century, from a high of 41.8 million when Ronald Reagan came into office in 1981 to a low of 15.5 million for the start of George W. Bush’s second term in 2004. Related Articles National Politics | Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters National Politics | Key career officials at Justice Department reassigned to different positions, AP sources say National Politics | Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave National Politics | Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches National Politics | Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges abuse against second

By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Republican senators say they do not agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon and commute sentences for more than 1,500 people who assaulted police officers, broke into the building or committed other crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol four years ago. Related Articles National Politics | Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013 National Politics | Key career officials at Justice Department reassigned to different positions, AP sources say National Politics | Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave National Politics | Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches National Politics | Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges abuse against second wife in affidavit But they aren’t pushing back on the decision. “We’re not looking backwards, we’re looking forward,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, repeating his frequent response to questions about Trump’s promises of retribution from his first term. Thune did not say whether he supported or opposed the pardons, which rattled many on

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reassigned key senior officials across multiple divisions as part of a leadership shakeup ahead of the expected confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, multiple people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Related Articles National Politics | Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013 National Politics | Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters National Politics | Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave National Politics | Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches National Politics | Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges abuse against second wife in affidavit Among those moved to other positions inside the department is Bruce Swartz, the longtime head of the Justice Department’s office of international affairs, which handles extradition matters, according to two people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel moves. As many as 20 or so officials in all

President Donald Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management. The memo follows an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. The memo direct agencies to place DEI office staffers on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday and take down all public DEI-focused webpages by the same deadline. Several federal departments had removed the webpages even before the memorandum. By Thursday, federal agencies are directed to compile a list of federal DEI offices and workers as of Election Day. By next Friday they are expected to develop a list to execute a “reduction-in-force action” against those federal workers. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion

Attorney generals from 22 states on Tuesday, sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump’s roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfillment of something he’s talked about during the presidential campaign. But whether it succeeds is far from certain amid what is likely to be a lengthy legal battle over the president’s immigration policies. Trump’s controversial executive order on birthright citizenship will face its first legal test in a Seattle courtroom on Thursday morning. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour scheduled a 10 a.m. hearing on Thursday to consider a request made by four states to issue a temporary restraining order against Trump’s executive order. Earlier Tuesday, the attorneys general of Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Illinois sued Trump over the order, which they said would disenfranchise more than 150,000 newborn children each year. They described Trump’s executive order as the modern equivalent of the Supreme Court’s infamous Dred Scott decision. The 14th Amendment repudiated Dred Scott, establishing what the plaintiffs called

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 2:38AM The city of Merced has partnered with developers to help find grant funding to build more affordable housing. MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — The city of Merced has partnered with developers to help find grant funding to build more affordable housing. “California is in a housing crunch, and Merced is no different than anywhere else,” says Management Analyst Leah Brown. “In Merced, we’re doing a lot to be proactive about it.” Brown says the city has nine different projects underway to ease the crunch. They include the Devonwood Apartments on Devonwood Drive. Over 150 units are expected to be available this summer. To qualify for this complex, residents can make up to 70% of the area median income, which is almost $88,000 for a family of four. “We have close to 500 units that are in the works,” Brown said. Some of the properties being built will house people dealing with homelessness. “Ultimately, it’s our community,” Brown said. “We live here and when I see these properties being built, it just gives me a sense of pride.” Scott Oliver with Berkshire