San Mateo County to commit $1 million to fight loneliness

San Mateo County will commit to allocating at least $1 million to fight an epidemic of loneliness, Supervisor David Canepa said in a forum Wednesday on the topic in Redwood City. This is the first financial commitment made by a county official to address loneliness as a public health concern two months after the Board of Supervisors declared it a public health emergency. “I’m here to announce that the County of San Mateo has committed to Peninsula Family Service $1 million. The bottom line is we cannot have our nonprofits doing the work if we don’t invest in the nonprofits,” Canepa said during the event, hosted by Peninsula Family Service, a nonprofit based in the city of San Mateo. “We are committed to doing that.” Canepa told this news organization at the sidelines of Peninsula Family Service’s forum “Overcoming the Epidemic of Loneliness: A Community Challenge” that the budget will be proposed and voted on by the board sometime in September. He said it would be a “one-time allocation” that would be sourced from the county’s budget or Measure K, a local sales tax fund

Letters: Evading justice | Not antisemitic

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Rich Republicans again evade justice Two Republicans, Donald Trump and Ken Paxton, have demonstrated unequivocally that, in the United States, if you have enough money you can escape criminal prosecution and accountability for your actions. Paxton, the attorney general from Texas, once again bought his way out of legal troubles without so much as a hand slap. Trump, by virtue of delays, incessant appeals and all manner of chicanery, has shown that a scofflaw can indeed prevail, escape prosecution and real accountability, deny any and all wrongdoing and still be the presidential candidate for millions of Americans. Jon James Pleasanton A cry for a free home is not anti-semitic Re: “Universities battle to define antisemitism” (Page A6, March 26). Noah Feldman cites the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine should be free” and questions whether it is antisemitic. I’d broaden it to “from the North Pole to the South Pole, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Palestine should be free.” Why should anyone be imprisoned or assassinated anywhere

A’s shut out by Red Sox, completing sweep and ending low-attendance opening homestand

By ALEX ESPINOZA | Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The A’s were shut out Wednesday in the finale of their opening homestand, as the Red Sox beat them 1-0, running Oakland’s scoreless streak to 17 innings. Wednesday’s matinee was their third shutout loss of the week-old season, though manager Mark Kotsay saw the eight-hit performance as an improvement over the prior night’s loss. “The at-bats were better, even though we didn’t score,” Kotsay said. “The Red Sox bullpen has got it going right now. It was a challenge.” The A’s drew 6,436 for the game and a total of 45,068 fans for a homestand in which they went 1-6 and dropped to an AL-worst minus-29 run difference. The team has announced plans to move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season and it is uncertain where the A’s will play in 2025. Ross Stripling (0-2) gave up eight hits in seven innings and lost his seventh consecutive decision since beating Toronto on Oct. 1, 2022. Nick Pivetta combined with four relievers on Boston’s second shutout of the series. Enmanuel Valdéz hit a sacrifice fly

Murder trial begins in case of ‘mutilated’ body found stuffed in garbage bag at Alameda estuary

OAKLAND — The grisly shoreline discovery last year of a Pleasanton woman’s headless and dismembered corpse — and the potential lack of concrete evidence for exactly how she died — took center stage Wednesday during opening statements in the murder trial of her boyfriend. Blame for the July 2023 killing and beheading of Rachel “Imani” Buckner came under intense debate as Alameda County prosecutors opened their case against Joseph Roberts, 43, who faces a murder charge and sentencing enhancements in the woman’s death. While prosecutors laid responsibility for Buckner’s death and the subsequent state of her “mutilated and violated” body on Roberts, defense attorneys questioned whether the lack of a specific cause of death in the case unspooled prosecutors’ entire narrative. Authorities first responded to a report of Buckner’s decapitated and partially-dismembered body on July 20, 2023, after a passerby found it stuffed inside a black plastic garbage bag that was bound with duct tape near the Bay Farm Island Bridge in Alameda. Her head, hands and feet have not been found. Standing before the jury, prosecutor Courtney Burris asked the jury to focus on

3 arrested for mail theft as cases rise across Central CA

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) — Three women are in custody, accused of mail theft in Madera County. It happened in the Riverstone Community at Highway 41 and Avenue 12. Opening your mailbox and not finding what you expected is nothing new, especially at this time of year. “The first quarter of the year is always the biggest. It’s tax season, and a lot of important documents are being mailed out to people throughout the community,” said Officer Jordan Hunter, with the Clovis Police Department. In Clovis alone, the police department says they’ve already had 60 reports of mail theft this year. Last year, they had 284, with 111 in the first quarter of the year. Now, law enforcement agencies across the Central Valley are taking action to keep mail theft criminals off the streets. Monday morning, Clovis police arrested 35-year-old Gary Dishjian who’s suspected of tampering with community mailboxes and trying to hide items in his car. “Several pieces of mail, about a trash bag full of stolen mail located in the vehicle, along with burglary tools including counterfeit mailbox keys and also drug paraphernalia,” said

Sentencing delayed for ninth time for man convicted of 2013 murder

Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:53AM Justice for Miriam Corona’s family has been moving at a snail’s pace. FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — Justice for Miriam Corona’s family has been moving at a snail’s pace. There is still no prison sentence for the man convicted of her murder nearly two years after a jury handed down its verdict and over 11 years since her death. Corona was asleep when prosecutors say she was shot in the back of her head in 2013. They charged her boyfriend, Daniel Gomez Cervantes, with murder. At trial, Cervantes’ attorneys said he did not pull the trigger. “(There’s a) reasonable possibility that Ms. Corona committed suicide,” defense attorney Jack Revvill told the jury in June 2022. The case has been slow from the start. It did not go to trial for nine years. And in the nearly two years since the guilty verdict, Cervantes has been in court at least nine times for sentencing. Nearly every time, his defense attorneys have pushed the date back. They did it again on Wednesday. “I am asking for a month,” defense attorney Erin Ormonde

Applications for Hotel Fresno apartments still available

WEATHER ALERT Winter Weather Advisory WATCH LIVE Welcome, Manage MyDisney Account Log Out Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:27AM You can still submit applications to live in a historic Downtown Fresno building. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — You can still submit applications to live in a historic Downtown Fresno building. Community members can apply for two and three-bedroom apartments. In total, there are 81 units available. This will be mixed affordable housing, so rents will range from $500 to market rate, depending on the size. Those interested in submitting an application should contact Jordan Management Company. To apply, email HotelFresno@JordanManagement.com. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved. Top Stories

Court to decide if Vince Fong can stay on ballot for congressional race

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The bid from Assemblymember Vince Fong continues to generate a lot of legal questions. Vince Fong and the Secretary of State will face each other in a Sacramento court on Thursday. An Appellate court ruling could decide the fate of current Assemblymember and Congressional candidate Vince Fong. During the March Primary election, Fong was on the ballot twice: seeking re-election to State Assembly District 32 and running for Congressional District 20. Political analyst Henry Perea says having one candidate running for two offices is something never seen before. He says, “It’s never happened, which is why there are so many people watching this. What I think is going to happen is that the appellate court is going to rule to overturn the lower court ruling. If they do, that means his name will not be on the November ballot for the full term of Congress but, of course, will remain on the ballot for state assemblyman; he will continue to run for that seat.” Henry says candidates will move up if Fong is taken off the ballot. Second-place finisher Tulare

Lanzamientos musicales de Leonardo Aguilar, Ludmilla, Santa Fe Klan, Nicky Jam y Elena destacan esta semana

En la isla de Puerto Rico no todo es reggaetón o salsa, también el amor al estilo pop tiene espacio en la isla y con esta propuesta romática de la puertorriqueña Elena lo podemos confirmar. “Hasta cuando no estas” es un tema de su propio puño y letra que podría convertirse en un himno al sentimiento del amor que encontramos de tanto buscarlo. Con su propia interpretación del piano, Elena le imprime sentimiento a una letra que surge de un corazón que siempre ha estado en busca del amor verdadero y que ahora que lo encontró no lo quiere esconder. Producido por Diego Contento, el tema es capaz de generar sensaciones en aquellos que no han encontrado a su alma gemela e invita a los que están dudando a que se den una oportunidad para amar y ser correspondidos de la misma manera. Es un sonido romántico acompañado de un piano que nos recuerda a “Ocean”, uno de los éxitos que Karol G incluyó en su multipremiado álbum del mismo nombre antes de lanzar “Mañana será bonito” que ganó el Latin Grammy al álbum del

Prep sports roundup: Seth Hernandez of Corona puts on a show with his arm and bat

At the Boras Classic on Wednesday, listening to the pro scouts talk while seeing Seth Hernandez pitch and hit left little doubt what they were thinking: reclassify. Hernandez is only a junior at Corona High, and the coming 2024 pro draft is leaving scouts desperate to find exceptional talent. Well, they’re going to have to wait for 2025. “I hear it all the time,” he said. “It’s a little too late.” Hernandez, 6 feet 4, 190 pounds, is another one of those rare teenage Southern California baseball talents that will make fans excited to watch his progress. As a pitcher, the right-hander struck out 11, walked none and gave up two hits in Corona’s 8-0 win over Aquinas at JSerra. As a hitter, he belted a three-run home run to left field in the fifth inning when it was scoreless. Corona added five runs in the sixth. “What Seth did is what he does,” Corona coach Andy Wise said. “He didn’t do anything that he shouldn’t have done. That’s how good he is and how fortunate we are to have him.” Hernandez didn’t play high

Every vote counts in Silicon Valley, where two congressional candidates literally tied for second place

With a second-place tie, three Democrats appear to be headed to the November ballot in the race for a coveted Silicon Valley congressional seat. The extremely unusual situation comes after weeks of uncertainty, with second-place finishers Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and Assemblymember Evan Low of Campbell repeatedly trading positions, often while separated by just one or two votes. They appear to have finished the race with 30,249 votes apiece. Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has maintained a first-place lead since the primary, securing his spot on the November ballot with more than 38,000 votes. “It was like watching a snail race — the most exciting snail race I’ve ever witnessed in my life,” said Marva Diaz, a political consultant and publisher of the election guide California Target Book. There did not immediately appear to be any precedent for a three-way California congressional race since the state shifted to its nonpartisan primary system in 2012, which dictates that the top two finishers advance to the November ballot regardless of party. In the case of a second-place tie in a primary election, California elections

In one of L.A.’s largest cash heists, burglars steal as much as $30 million. Mystery surrounds case

In one of the largest cash heists in Los Angeles history, thieves made off with as much as $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a San Fernando Valley money storage facility, an L.A. police official revealed Wednesday. The burglary occurred Sunday night at an unnamed facility in Sylmar where cash from businesses across the region is handled and stored, according to L.A. Police Department Cmdr. Elaine Morales. The burglars were able to breach the building as well as the safe where the money was stored, Morales said. Law enforcement sources said the break-in was among the largest burglaries in city history when it comes to cash, and the total surpassed any armored-car heist in the city as well. Mystery surrounds the break-in. Sources familiar with the investigation said a burglary crew broke through the roof of the facility to gain access to the vault. But it is unclear how they avoided the alarm system. In addition, viewing the safe from the outside, it showed no signs of a break-in. The operators of the business, whom police did not identify, did not discover the

Travis Kelce, with billionaire girlfriend Taylor Swift, may have taken happiness to a new level

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is happy. No, he’s more than that. He is “oozing life.” And, really, you too would be oozing if A) Taylor Swift was your girlfriend; B) your girlfriend joined the billionaires club; and C) you had enough Super Bowl rings that you could wear one, your billionaire girlfriend could wear one, and you’d still have a spare to stuff in the pocket of your “comfy” velvet pants. “I’m oozing life right now,” Kelce told People on the heels of a vacation to the Bahamas with, you got it, T-Swizzle. Three Super Bowl wins should be enough to have you high on life. In his most recent victory with the Chiefs — a 25-22 overtime win over the 49ers — he caught nine passes for 93 yards. But Swift was never far from his mind. He said of his relationship with the pop star in early February: “It’s a roller coaster that I did not expect. But I’m enjoying every single ride, baby.” He told People he really liked the “full throttle” life — he’s busy with the return

Beloved neighborhood golf course in Southern California closes for good

Weddington Golf & Tennis, a beloved San Fernando Valley institution, officially closed its doors Wednesday as officials at Harvard-Westlake take over with plans to turn the landmark Studio City recreation center into a sprawling athletic complex for the prep school.   Nestled between Whitsett Avenue and Valley Spring Lane, many people who spoke to KTLA said they are sad to see it go, some sharing stories of growing up at the center and passing on the love of golf to their kids.   “Once you’re one hole into this par three, you’re not in Hollywood, you’re not in Studio City, you’re not in Valley Village. You’re not in any of these places. You might as well be 20-30 miles away,” golfer Michael Bunin said.   Something of a shady oasis, the golf course, which has been open since the 1950s, is surrounded by historic trees, the L.A. River and 16 acres of green space, a place where Bunin said it’s possible to meditate and play golf at the same time.   “It’s one of these little pockets that I feel is being erased more and

What’s next for Disney after winning board fight?

What’s next for Disney after winning board fight? – CBS News Watch CBS News Disney stockholders gave the company’s current leadership a win on Wednesday, reelecting all 12 board members and rejecting two hedge funds that fought for seats. Brooks Barnes, senior staff writer for The New York Times, joins CBS News to discuss what the results mean for the company’s future. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Tool lets people with little to no vision experience eclipse

Tool lets people with little to no vision experience eclipse – CBS News Watch CBS News Millions will experience next week’s total solar eclipse using their eyes, and hopefully a pair of filtering glasses. But what about people who are blind or visually impaired? CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter reports on how an astronomer is aiming to create an accessible eclipse experience. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

LA City Council Members Introduce Motions to Address a Lung Disease

Three Los Angeles City Council members Wednesday introduced a legislative package aimed at addressing the rise of a certain lung disease impacting countertop workers. Council members Imelda Padilla, Bob Blumenfield and Monica Rodriguez co-introduced a set of motions Wednesday targeting silicosis, an incurable lung disease caused by inhaling large amounts of crystalline silica dust from the cutting, grinding and molding of engineered stone (quartz) countertops. “The alarming rise of severe silicosis-related illness and deaths among stone countertop workers in the San Fernando Valley prompted me to act quickly,” Padilla said in a statement. She added, “For the last few months, I have brought together community-based organizations, trade unions and the impacted workers — most of whom are young Latino immigrant men — to come up with a commonsense solution that saves lives and protects livelihoods.” As part of the legislative package, the council members introduced two motions intended to combat silicosis by implementing stricter regulations and enhancing outreach to these workers. Council members also introduced a resolution that would serve to express the city’s support of AB 3043. In March, Assemblywoman Luz Rivas, whose office

Cal State LA Receives Federal Grant to Upgrade Campus Hydrogen Station

Cal State Los Angeles received a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to upgrade the school’s hydrogen research and refueling facility, the school announced Wednesday. The grant is part of a federal effort to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure in places where people live and work, the school said. Through the grant, the school’s Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility will be transformed into a cutting-edge, high-capacity hydrogen fueling station for vehicles, officials said. The publicly accessible hydrogen station will service public customers and fleets, including the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. “With multi-billion investments into the hydrogen economy, the Department of Transportation $7 million award opens a new chapter for the operation of the Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility,” David Blekhman, director of Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility, said in a statement. “This funding creates opportunities for faculty and students to leverage research, workforce training, and industry collaborations.” The hydrogen facility, which officially opened in 2014, is the largest such facility on a university campus in the United States that produces its own hydrogen

José Andrés says slain World Central Kitchen workers were targeted “systematically, car by car”

José Andrés says slain World Central Kitchen workers were targeted “systematically, car by car” – CBS News Watch CBS News The bodies of six World Central Kitchen workers, who founder José Andrés said were targeted “systematically, car by car” when they were killed in an Israeli airstrike, were transported out of Gaza on Wednesday. One of the victims was a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen identified as 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger. Holly Williams reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On