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Huntington Beach bans mask and COVID vaccine mandates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

Huntington Beach voted to ban mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates across the city on Wednesday as cases continue rising across the state.Council members approved the ban 4-3 following an hours-long meeting that began on Tuesday night.The motion introduced by Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark was met with both supporters and detractors during the hearing, with at least one attendee being removed after yelling at Van Der Mark.After “declaring the city to be a no-mask, no-vaccine mandate city,” Van Der Mark mentioned an exception to the order would apply to those who have tested positive for COVID. Those individuals would still be required to wear masks in certain settings. Huntington Beach city council meeting to consider a no-mask, no-vaccine mandate on Sept. 5, 2023. (KTLA)Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark during a city council hearing on a no-mask, no-vaccine mandate on Sept. 5, 2023. (KTLA)People cross the street, some wearing masks, amid the novel coronavirus pand...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Fremont the week of Aug. 28

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

A house in Fremont that sold for $2.2 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Fremont in the past week.In total, 10 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $1.7 million. The average price per square foot was $916.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Aug. 28 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.3 million, condominium in the 39400 block of Mission Blvd.The sale of the condominium in the 39400 block of Mission Blvd. in Fremont has been finalized. The price was $1,335,000, and the new owners took over the condominium in August. The condominium was built in 2018 and has a living area of 1,848 square feet. The price per square foot was $722. The condominium features four bedrooms and four bathrooms.Mission Boulevard9. $1.4 million, single-family home in the 35400 block of Ratto PlaceA sale has been finalized...

Skyline High remains closed day after reported campus shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Skyline High School remained closed Wednesday as Oakland Police Department officers continued their investigation into a shooting reported on campus yesterday.No one was injured, but two people were arrested. Police have not explained their connection to the school.Shortly after shots were fired Tuesday, Jackie Mates-Muchin's son and daughter reached out via text, reassuring her and her husband that they were safe. Missing Netflix engineer found dead near Golden Gate Bridge "We knew that there wasn't any ongoing commotion, which suggested to us that it was probably sort of an isolated incident and not somebody on a spree," said Mates-Muchin, a parent at the school.Her son is a freshman and her daughter, a senior. Both ended up in closets after the gunshots were reported.Her daughter did not hear the gunfire, but a friend helped rush her into a classroom closet where she waited for Oakland police to lift the more than two-and-a-half-hour lockdown.Mates-Muc...

Joey Wendle drives in 4 with HR, double, single to lead Marlins to an 11-4 win over Dodgers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Joey Wendle drove in four runs and finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, leading the Miami Marlins to an 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.The 33-year-old Wendle batted ninth in the order, and delivered a homer, double and single to highlight the 13-hit attack of the surging Marlins, who won their sixth straight game. Miami opened play a half-game behind Cincinnati in the race for the NL’s third wild-card spot.Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jesús Sánchez also went deep for the Marlins, who were unbothered after placing reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara and star slugger Jorge Soler on the injured list earlier in the day. Alcantara is sidelined because of a right forearm strain, while Soler will miss time because of a right oblique strain.The NL West-leading Dodgers lost for the fifth time in six games. Los Angeles will be without starting pitcher Julio Urías for an indefinite period after MLB placed him on administrative leave Wedn...

Resultados de la encuesta de Morena: Claudia Sheinbaum será candidata a las elecciones en 2024, anuncia el partido

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

(CNN Español) –– Claudia Sheinbaum ganó las encuestas del partido Morena por la candidatura presidencial, según anunció la agrupación política tras conocer los resultados del conteo de votos. Así, Sheinbaum se enfrentará a Xóchitl Gálvez, de la alianza opositora Frente Amplio, en un escenario que podría llevar a México a tener su primera presidenta mujer.Los resultados los leyó Alfonso Durazo, presidente del Consejo Nacional de Morena, tras sacarlos de un sobre sellado durante una conferencia de prensa.Además de Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Adán Augusto López, Ricardo Monreal, Gerardo Fernández Noroña y Manuel Velasco aspiraban a la candidatura oficialista.Horas antes de conocerse los resultados, Ebrard pidió que el proceso interno volviera a realizarse, al señalar que su equipo detectó en las últimas horas una serie de “incidencias” en las boletas que han revisado de la consulta que el partido realizó.En una conferencia de prensa, el equipo de Ebrard dijo que entre las su...

M-DCPS Board debates recognition of October as LGBTQ History Month amid controversy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

The Miami-Dade County Public School Board is deliberating on whether the district should officially recognize October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History Month. At least 60 people signed up for the public comment section of Wednesday’s weekly school board meeting that began in the afternoon and is still underway as of 10:30 p.m.The discussion revolves around House Bill 1557, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which is sponsored by a member of the school board. Since Florida Gov. Ron Desantis signed the law, it has become a controversial issue, as it prohibits instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity for students in grades pre-K through 12.The proposal to recognize LGBTQ History Month has ignited a heated debate within the Miami-Dade community. While some individuals and advocacy groups champion the idea as a move toward inclusivity and education, others express grave concerns about the potential violation of the newly es...

Mechanic had woman’s dog grooming business van for nearly 2 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

She owns a dog mobile grooming business and took her van into a mechanics shop two years ago. Now, she can’t get her van back, even though she says she had paid in full. Why won’t the mechanic release her vehicle? It’s why she called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.It’s not good when someone says you’ve gone to the dogs … unless you’re Raquel.Raquel Marsal: “Yes, I am blessed. It’s fantastic working with the dogs all day.”Raquel owns Grooming Diva. She comes to you to take care of your pet.Raquel Marsal: “I find it very fulfilling being with animals, because they have an unconditional love and trust.”Raquel has four grooming vans. Well, I should say three, because one has been in the shop for … you ready for this?Raquel Marsal: “It’s been almost two years. It’s not being fixed by a mechanic.”For two years, the shop has had her van that went in for an air conditioning and engine r...

We should never have let Cyprus join the EU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

Jack Straw was foreign secretary of the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2006.It was recently reported that two houses in an exclusive enclave near Moscow had been purchased for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters by a Cypriot company named Ermira, which was officially owned by a Russian lawyer, but in reality it belonged to Putin.The close association between Russia and the Greek-Cypriot Republic of Cyprus is long standing, all pervasive and, many believe, rather unhealthy. But what is the solution to this problem?The republic has a population of about 800,000 — or just 0.002 percent of the European Union’s total population. Yet, well into the last decade, tiny Cyprus was the third largest foreign direct investor in Russia. The money was mostly Russian capital, which had been hidden offshore in Cyprus to avoid tax and scrutiny, and was then reinvested back in Russia.From 2012 to 2013, an extremely serious banking crisis in Cyprus had come close to destabilizing the whole Euro a...

‘Europe’s got a problem’ — Drug violence grips Belgium’s second largest city

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

ANTWERP, Belgium — When Lucas first heard the deafening blast, it sounded like a car had just crashed into his house.It quickly became clear, as he and his neighbors gathered outside in the middle of the February night, that the pizza shop across the street had been bombed — another chapter in the drug war plaguing Belgium’s second-largest city.The police arrived on the scene with a rehearsed precision that was both reassuring and deeply unsettling. “Are we already at a point where responding to this has become a routine job for emergency services?” asked Lucas, who asked to be identified only by his first name.Home to Europe’s second-largest cargo port, Antwerp has become a major entry point for drugs, especially cocaine coming from Latin America, and the turf wars have spilled into its streets. In 2022, there were 81 drug-related shootings and explosions in Antwerp, according to numbers shared by the city with POLITICO, and another 25 in the first five months of ...

Germany’s gambit to tout e-fuels falls flat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:08 GMT

MUNICH — Germany had hoped to use the pizzazz of the Munich auto show to hype its vision of saving combustion engine cars with novel e-fuels.It didn’t work out that way. Efforts by Transport Minister Volker Wissing to persuade countries to sign up to a statement meant to be announced at the show backing synthetic e-fuels as an option for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars was scrapped because of disagreements on the proposed text.A draft of the declaration obtained in advance of the show by POLITICO asked signatories to pledge to invest in new e-fuel plants; to share know-how; and to defend “technological neutrality” in the development of clean vehicle technology — shorthand for refusing to purely rely on batteries to decarbonize road transport.Backing e-fuels “will also improve industrial policy opportunities for the Global South,” the German-led declaration argued, “as mass production will enjoy particularly favourable conditions in places with low wind an...