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12+ min ago (96+ words) Authorities in San Francisco were investigating a shooting Tuesday on the campus of Burton High School, according to a city official. Authorities in San Francisco were investigating a shooting Tuesday on the campus of Burton High School, according to a city official. Supervisor Jackie Fielder posted the news to social media, saying a student was shot in the leg and was in stable condition. Fielder followed up with a post saying a suspect was in custody. Police and fire personnel responded to the incident, and investigators were reviewing school security video, Fielder said in the post....

14+ min ago (826+ words) By Sharon Bernstein, The Sacramento Bee The young mother who rented Willie Colins" event space for her 2-year-old"s birthday party on Saturday just stopped by the business on Lucile Avenue in Stockton, California, to see if it was available, a simple request that turned into tragedy when shots rang out during the celebration, killing three children and an adult, and wounding 11 more people. Colins, who with his girlfriend ran several businesses at the location under the umbrella Vertical Compass LLC, said about 80 to 100 people were in attendance at the party, which was booked as part of a new enterprise they were calling Monkey Space. "Such a horrible event," Colins said. "There"s no way to think that a 2-year-old"s birthday party would ever turn into a massacre." He had been crying since Saturday night, Colins said, and avoiding…...

43+ min ago (631+ words) PITTSBURG " In partnership with the Pittsburg Unified School District, qualified high school students will have an easier pathway to college thanks to a guaranteed admissions program from Cal State University East Bay. The school district was the first in Contra Costa County to ink an agreement with the university, said Pittsburg Unified School District Superintendent Janet Schulze. "We are very fortunate to have such a well-respected university close by, accessible for our scholars, and that also happens to be an incredibly beautiful campus," said Schulze at a memorandum of understanding signing on Monday. The guaranteed admissions program launched this fall already has reached more than 3,200 eligible students from partner school districts across the East Bay. Each student received a "You're in" letter confirming their spot at the university, according to Cal State University East Bay. University President Cathy Sandeen said…...

51+ min ago (530+ words) Eight of the Pac-12 legacy teams are eligible for the postseason, but there are only five bowls tied to the conference. How does the math work? The most anticipated weekend of the college football season is fast approaching, with Championship Saturday followed by Selection Sunday. The College Football Playoff field will be revealed at 9 a.m. (Pacific), followed hours later by a steady stream of bowl announcements that cannot become official until the conferences and bowls know which teams are available. By mid-afternoon, we should have a solid grasp on the destinations for the eight Pac-12 legacy teams that have qualified for the postseason. Here's a primer on the process, for the uninitiated: " Although the conference dissolved in 2024, bowl officials and remaining Pac-12 executives determined it would be far less complicated to maintain the Pac-12 tie-ins than to reconfigure bowl arrangements based…...

51+ min ago (211+ words) Visit Concord, the city's tourism bureau, has teamed up with the restaurants on the Concord Taco Trail to deliver tortilla-wrapped thanks to nonprofit staffs and volunteers. "These organizations care for our community year-round, and this is our way of caring for them," said Beth Javens, executive director of Visit Concord, after the Thanksgiving-week program wrapped up. "It's a small gesture that reminds them they're valued." Mercado del Sol, located at 1450 Monument Blvd., brought meals to the White Pony Express, a food recovery program whose volunteers deliver surplus, high-quality food to organizations that serve people in need. Tortilleria El Molino, at 1500 Monument Blvd., supplied a taco meal break for the emergency room nurses at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek. Los Montanas Supermarket brought a meal of thanks to the Monument Crisis Center. The market has two stores in Concord (1725 Willow…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (169+ words) An Oakland home built by three-time Oakland mayor," Howard Beach in 1941, sold for $3.7 million, well above the original asking price of $2.995 million. The 3,647-square-foot Mediterranean-style home has 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. The home retains period features of mahogany trim and built-ins and touts a sprawling backyard with a pickleball/basketball court. The [] An Oakland home built by three-time Oakland mayor," Howard Beach in 1941, sold for $3.7 million, well above the original asking price of $2.995 million. The 3,647-square-foot Mediterranean-style home has 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. The home retains period features of mahogany trim and built-ins and touts a sprawling backyard with a pickleball/basketball court. The master suite features a balcony overlooking the yard and a vista of the Oakland hills. Kim Cole with Compass held the listing. Before he was mayor, Beach opened Berkeley's first movie theater and owned a few neighborhood theaters…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago (582+ words) DUBLIN " An Alameda County Superior Court judge recently solidified a win for environmentalists who sued the city of Dublin over a ballot measure that paved the way for potential development of protected open space. Seth Adams, a director of Save Mount Diablo, said Judge Michael Markman's Nov. 19 decision was a "huge victory" and "one of great holiday cheer." "You've got to stand up to bullies," said Adams, whose organization was one of two groups'who sued the city, including another group called Friends of Livermore. "Dublin has been a bully in this situation." When over 53% of Dublin voters approved Measure II in November 2024, it allowed the city to decide on potential commercial development in the Doolan and Collier canyons, an area beyond an urban limit line established in 2014 to protect 3,282 acres of open space near the Dublin-Livermore border. Dublin City Manager…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago (1135+ words) We are barreling toward the single best tournament in sports. No, it isn't the NFL playoffs or the College Football Playoff. It's not this summer's World Cup, either. And it's certainly not the World Baseball Classic or even March Madness. I'm talking, of course, about the Men's Olympic Hockey Tournament. From Feb. 11 to 22, in a not-quite-finished, not-quite-to-spec arena in Milan, Italy, the top hockey-playing nations (minus the bad one) will face off for true world supremacy. And with all due respect to the fine people of Finland, Sweden, and Czechia, let's be honest about what this tournament is all about: USA. Canada. Round Three. Last February's Four Nations Face-Off was just the appetizer. This is the main course, and revenge is on the menu for the Americans. Not just for last winter, but for the heartbreak of the 2010 Olympics, too....

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (516+ words) About 800,000 people every year make a visit to Plaza de Cesar Chavez in downtown San Jose part of their holiday tradition. Of course, it's not to visit the "Plumed Serpent" statue or relax on a bench overlooking the Tech Interactive. No, for five weeks spanning Thanksgiving weekend to New Year's Day, the two-acre park's biggest draw for nearly 50 years has been Christmas in the Park " a kitschy and whimsical collection of animatronic displays, hundreds of decorated trees and a chance to visit with Santa himself. Christmas in the Park and Plaza de Cesar Chavez seem made for each other, and it's probably difficult for anyone under the age of 50 to imagine a holiday season at the park without it (though that sadly happened during the first COVID-19 winter of 2020, prompting the creation of the drive-through event that continues today at…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago (178+ words) Giants infielder Casey Schmitt underwent surgery on his left wrist Tuesday, but he's expected to be recovered, or very close, when spring training opens in February. Doctors removed Schmitt's carpal boss " the bony lump on the back of the wrist near the base of the middle or index finger " the team announced Tuesday morning. The team said the procedure typically takes 8-10 weeks of recovery. Giants camp is expected to open the second week of February in Scottsdale, Arizona. At the time he got hit, Schmitt had been on a tear filling in at third base while Matt Chapman was injured, batting .333 with four homers and 17 RBIs in 20 games in June. Overall, Schmitt hit had a slash line of .237/.395/.401 in 95 games, setting career highs in every major statistical category. Schmitt is expected to head into camp as the Giants' starting second…...