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Palestinian officials: Civilians bearing brunt of Israel’s response

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

By Isabel DeBre and Fatima Shbeir | Associated PressGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hallways filled with screaming voices. A terrible stench in the air. Wounded people streaming through the doors. Lifeless bodies and bags of body parts arriving in bedsheets.The scene at Shifa Hospital was a grisly reflection of the chaos around it. Even as workers mopped up blood and relatives rushed children with shrapnel wounds into surgery, explosions thundered in central Gaza City.Over the last five days, Israeli warplanes have pummeled the blockaded strip with an intensity that its war-weary residents had never experienced. The airstrikes have killed over 1,100 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Officials have not said how many civilians are among the dead, but aid workers warn that Israel’s decision to impose a “complete siege” on the crowded enclave of 2.3 million people is spawning a humanitarian catastrophe that touches nearly every one of them.The airstrikes hav...

‘Coal war’ in Oakland could be settled by judge ruling in contract dispute

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

The fate of the long-running “coal war” in Oakland may come down to who a judge decides is to blame in a contract dispute between the city and one of its most prominent real-estate developers.In closing arguments Wednesday, attorneys for the city said developer Phil Tagami and corporate partner Insight Terminal Solutions failed to meet key deadlines in the construction of a large marine terminal that would ship bulk goods at the former Army Base in West Oakland.Tagami, however, contends that the city intentionally stalled the project in order to prevent the transport of coal through the harbor — having failed once before to ban coal from passing through Oakland altogether.The pollutant has proven to be politically toxic in Oakland. Environmental advocates have warned for years that coal dust mixed with the open air could worsen West Oakland’s air quality.The ensuing legal and public fight has put construction of the terminal on hold since it was first appro...

The oldest kosher bakery in Oakland hits the market for $1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

Grand Bakery, Oakland’s oldest kosher bakery and one revered for its challah, just went on the market for a single dollar.Owner Sam Tobis announced the news late Wednesday afternoon in an email seeking “someone passionate about Jewish baking to take the reins of the Grand Bakery in Oakland – available to purchase now for a mere $1!”Why that low price? “Because I’m less interested in profit off the sale and more invested in finding the right individual to carry on the beloved bakery’s 60-year legacy,” Tobis wrote. “I’ve maintained the Grand legacy for seven years but the time has come to pass it on to the next set of loving hands.”Tobis bought the bakery in 2017 to “keep the Grand legacy alive for future generations,” he said in a statement on the bakery’s website. “But life sometimes has other plans.” Tobis also recently became a partner at Saul’s Restaurant and Delicatessen in Berkeley, and ru...

After clearing one kibbutz, Israeli soldiers find slain children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

By Sam McNeil | Associated PressKIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel — Trudging down a cul-de-sac turned to rubble, an Israeli army commander stopped in front of one scorched home, its front wall blown wide open. Look at what Hamas militants have done, he said, to this close-knit community that only days ago brimmed with life.“Children in the same room and someone came and killed them all. Fifteen girls and teenagers, they put (them) in the same room, threw in a hand grenade and it’s over,” Major Gen. Itai Veruv said.“This is a massacre. It’s a pogrom,” he said, recalling the brutal attacks on Jews in Eastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th century.The Israeli military led a group of journalists, including an Associated Press reporter, on a tour of this village a few miles from Israel’s fortified border with Gaza on Wednesday, following an extended battle to retake it from militants. Before Israeli forces prevailed, the attackers killed more than ...

Vehicle crashes into SF building, causes large gas leak: officials

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A vehicle that crashed into a building caused a "large" gas leak Wednesday afternoon, the San Francisco Fire Department confirmed. The building is located in the area of Filbert and Fillmore Streets in Cow Hollow -- near Pacific Heights and the Marina District. Over $17K of merchandise from Lululemon, Victoria’s Secret recovered in suspected SF fencing operation Residents on the 2200 block of Filbert Street are evacuated. No injuries were reported, but the driver was evaluated and denied medical assistance, SFFD said.Vehicle and pedestrian traffic are closed at this time, authorities said. Video from the scene can be viewed in the media player above. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

2 more Oakland restaurants announce closures

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

(KRON) -- Two more Oakland restaurants are closing in the coming weeks. Palmetto in Downtown Oakland and Caffe 817 in Old Oakland both announced their closures on Instagram.Caffe 817Caffe 817, located at 817 Washington St., is shutting down on Nov. 11. The self-described European-inspired cafe was open in the mornings and early afternoons for 30 years. Its struggles began before the COVID-19 pandemic. The cafe's Instagram post said the local health department forced it to change its menu format and business model because it could not install a ventilation hood. Caffe 817 fought through COVID shutdowns and "an increase of crime and safety issues" before closing, it said. Banana Republic opens new flagship store in Downtown SF "There has been a lack of leadership and support from the city to help address these issues and to return our beloved city to an area of hope and growth," the cafe said. "Adding to the macro economic factors of rising costs and fewer people than expected retu...

Advocates say Muslim students face harassment as conflict escalates in the Middle East

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

The escalating war between Israel and Hamas has led to some Muslim and Arab students being harassed and intimidated on campuses, according to the Muslim advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations.Zainab Chaudry, the director of the CAIR office in Maryland, said students have filed complaints at a number of the state’s high schools and college campuses over the past couple of days.“Sometimes this can look passive like calling students ‘terrorists,’ and sometimes it’s much more aggressive,” Chaudry said.One of the complaints came from Johns Hopkins University, where a Palestinian woman said she was heckled.“She said that she was walking across campus and somebody, an unknown male, went past her and said, ‘You’re getting what you deserve,” Chaudry said. “She just felt very unsafe.”In other instances, classroom discussions about Israel and Hamas at several Maryland high schools have led to bullying as ...

Acusan a dos expresidentes de Honduras de corrupción

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

(CNN Español) — Los expresidentes de Honduras Porfirio Lobo Sosa y Juan Orlando Hernández fueron acusados este miércoles en los tribunales de justicia por el supuesto desvío de más de US$ 2,5 millones, indicó en un comunicado la Unidad Fiscal Especializada Contra Redes de Corrupción (Uferco), dependencia del Ministerio Público.El requerimiento presentado en la Secretaría de la Corte Suprema de Justicia acusa a Lobo Sosa por el delito de fraude. A Hernández Alvarado se le imputa de los delitos de fraude y lavado de activos.Testigo cooperante dice que pagó US$100.000 a campañas de Juan Orlando Hernández y Porfirio Lobo SosaEn el comunicado, la Uferco acusa a los expresidentes, junto a otros exfuncionarios, de participar en una red de corrupción en el período 2010-2013, que habría desembolsado unos US$ 12 millones a través de fundaciones para financiar la campaña presidencial de Hernández, entonces presidente del Congreso nacional.En el comunicado, la Uferco solicitó la citación ...

Police have unserved warrant for Miles Bridges for violation of domestic violence protective order

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office says it has an unserved warrant for Hornets forward Miles Bridges for a violation of a domestic violence protective order, along with an unserved criminal summons for a domestic protective order violation, misdemeanor child abuse and injury to personal property.The sheriff’s office told The Associated Press the warrant was issued in January, but has not yet been served. The criminal summons was issued on Wednesday.According to WSOC-TV in Charlotte, the corresponding police report indicated the mother of Bridges’ two children had her windshield smashed in at her residence and that her protective order was violated by his appearance. The alleged incident happened at her residence, the station reported.The AP was unable to obtain a copy of the police report Wednesday night.The Hornets said in a statement Wednesday night they are aware of the reports and are in the process of gathering more information.Messages lef...

Bryce Harper slugs 2 more homers as Phillies pound Braves 10-2 in Game 3 of NL Division Series

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:46 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper answered Orlando Arcia’s mockery with a mammoth three-run homer and a solo shot, glaring at the shortstop on each trot around the bases, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 10-2 in Game 3 of their NL Division Series on Wednesday night.Nick Castellanos homered twice as Philadelphia rebounded from its disappointing loss at Atlanta on Monday night. Trea Turner and Brandon Marsh also went deep.Aaron Nola (2-0) and four relievers combined to push the 104-win Braves to the brink of elimination. The Phillies can advance to the NL Championship Series for the second straight season with a win at home Thursday.Harper continues to make teams pay for any perceived slight, and his eighth and ninth postseason homers in the last two seasons added to his growing October lore.Not that he needs any incentive to go deep, but Harper tried to atone for a Game 2 baserunning blunder that capped an astonishing collapse. Harper had rounded second base on a ...