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Nordstrom chops 300-plus jobs as San Francisco store closures loom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

Nordstrom has decided to chop well over 300 jobs in San Francisco as the upscale retailer prepares store shutdowns in the wake of rising crime problems and worsening economic woes in that city.The job losses will hit two Nordstrom retail sites, both on Market Street in San Francisco, according to official filings with the state government.The retailer decided to cut jobs at the Nordstrom department store at 865 Market Street and the Nordstrom Rack outlet at 901 Market Street, WARN notices sent to the state Employment Development Department show.Seattle-based Nordstrom has decided to cut a combined total of 379 jobs at the two stores in San Francisco, according to the filings with the state EDD.An estimated 333 people are slated to lose their jobs at the Nordstrom department store, which is in the Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall.Another 46 workers will be laid off at the Nordstrom Market Street Rack a few doors away.  

Surgeon general: Social media presents ‘profound risk’ for kids

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

By Meg Tirrell | CNNThere’s not enough evidence to determine whether social media is safe enough for children and adolescents when it comes to their mental health, according to a new advisory from the US surgeon general.Tuesday’s advisory notes that although there are some benefits, social media use presents “a profound risk of harm” for kids. It calls for increased research into social media’s impact on youth mental health, as well as action from policymakers and technology companies.The 25-page advisory comes as a growing number of states are aiming to tighten regulations on social media platforms, including efforts in Montana to ban TikTok.Surgeon general advisories are designed to call attention to urgent public health issues and provide recommendations for how they should be addressed, the new report notes. Previous advisories have focused on youth mental health more broadly, health misinformation and use of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone.“We’re in the middle of a youth ...

Why SF Giants’ series in Minnesota is meaningful for LaMonte Wade Jr., Taylor Rogers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — A lifelong Denver Broncos fan, Taylor Rogers thought of Peyton Manning on Monday.“For whatever reason that popped into my head yesterday,” the Giants’ reliever said Tuesday before the second game of their series against the Twins. “The Broncos went back to Indianapolis and they played a video of Peyton Manning, and he played like (crap) that day.”Rogers didn’t pitch in the Giants’ series-opening win, and “it’s probably a good thing,” he said a day later.Before the game, the Twins honored him with a Manning-esque video on the outfield scoreboard. The feed cut to the railing of the third-base dugout, where Rogers waved to cheering fans. It was his first time back in this ballpark since being traded to San Diego on Opening Day of last season, ending his tenure with the organization that drafted him and where he spent the first six years of his big-league career.“I don’t know what it’s going to feel like whe...

Letters: Runaway spending | PVC pipes | Undercutting solutions | Welcome asylum seekers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Runaway spendingthreatens democracyRe: “Lawmakers undermining our democracy” (Page A8, May 21).I was pleased to see Daniel Borenstein pointing out the attempts of California Democrats to politicize the state’s ballot measure process. For years I have voted against all bond measures because they increase public debt and inevitably lead to more and more taxes to try to pay for this debt. But the way bond measures are presented hides this. So they are routinely passed by the voters.Too many Californians don’t understand the problem with ever-increasing government spending. The money is not created by magic. And on the federal level printing money to pay for programs produces the kind of inflation we’ve seen for the past three years, which hurts all but the wealthiest of us. This is why Republicans in Congress constantly resist Democrats’ efforts to spend more and more mon...

Detached house sells for $1.5 million in Fremont

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

3321 Coventry Court – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 3300 block of Coventry Court in Fremont was sold on April 12, 2023. The $1,515,000 purchase price works out to $910 per square foot. The house, built in 1965, has an interior space of 1,664 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage. There’s also a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 5,460-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:On Canterbury Street, Fremont, in March 2023, a 2,005-square-foot home was sold for $1,700,000, a price per square foot of $848. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In December 2022, a 1,680-square-foot home on Sutton Loop in Fremont sold for $1,455,000, a price per square foot of $866. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,546-square-foot home on the 2900 block of Park Place cmn. in Fremont sold in January 2023, for $1,450,000, a price per square foot of $938. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bath...

South Carolina restores 6-week abortion ban

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

By James Pollard | Associated Press/Report for AmericaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy — before most people know they are pregnant – and sent it to the governor who has promised to sign it.The proposal restores a ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — a ban that, once it took effect, was overturned by the state’s highest court because it violated the state Constitution’s right to privacy.Republicans have been searching for an answer to that ruling because it left abortion legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy and sharply increased the number of abortions taking place in South Carolina as most other Southern states enacted stricter laws.South Carolina is among the last bastions in the region for those seeking legal abortions, but that status likely will end soon.Most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will be ba...

Indian wrestlers march, demand arrest of abusive official

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

By Sheikh Saaliq | Associated PressNEW DELHI — India’s top female wrestlers led a candlelight march of nearly 1,000 protesters in the capital on Tuesday demanding the resignation and arrest of the president of the wrestling federation for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes, one of whom was a minor.Carrying India’s national flag, they marched to India Gate, a monument close to the country’s parliament building. A strong presence of police accompanied them on the marching route.The protesters have been staging a protest in the center of New Delhi for nearly a month, amid a brutal heat wave, while foregoing their training schedules. Two Olympics medalists, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, are part of the protests and have threatened to hand back their medals if no action is taken against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.The protests have grown with many members of opposition parties and farmer unions taking up the wrestlersR...

Letters: Dental care | Regulations protect | History repeating | Name-calling | Teaching against war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.We should provideuniversal dental careRe: “San Jose pop-up offers free dental care to hundreds at convention center clinic” (Page B11, May 21).We all owe gratitude to the many dentists, dental assistants and community members who donated their time and expertise to provide free dental care for 1,500 patients at this weekend’s free clinic sponsored by the Santa Clara County Dental Foundation.Poor dental health is costly. It is tied to heart disease and dementia. It is painful. Children whose teeth hurt can’t concentrate in school. Missing teeth lead to malnutrition. They are unsightly and often cost people employment opportunities.It does us no good for any of us to be unhealthy. It’s costly and it undermines our national security and our economy.So this celebratory article begs the question: How is it possible that in one of the wealthiest countries in the world we don’...

San Francisco Mayor booed in UN Plaza, brick thrown in crowd

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco's mayor and board of supervisors went to United Nations Plaza, a hot spot for open-air drug dealing and drug use, on Tuesday and attempted to hold the board's meeting in the plaza. It did not go well. San Francisco has been dealing with "illegal, out-of-control behavior for far too long," Mayor London Breed proclaimed. Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin were only able to speak at the microphone about the city's "humanitarian crisis" for a few minutes before booing, jeering, and shouting from the crowd escalated. Holding the board of supervisors' meeting in UN Plaza was supposed to highlight problems plaguing the area and pitch solutions. "Many San Franciscans do not feel safe," Peskin said. "Brazen drug dealing and deteriorating street conditions have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis on our streets."San Francisco Police Department officers were positioned in UN Plaza for Tuesday's public meeting. Officers intervened after a woman ...

Man arrested for allegedly throwing rocks at San Rafael fire station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:43:37 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Rafael fire station was damaged by a man throwing rocks at it early Tuesday morning, the San Rafael Police Department said. Kevin Cook, 37, of San Rafael was arrested for the incident and is also accused of throwing a beer can at a moving police car.SRPD said Cook began throwing baseball-sized rocks at the fire station at about 3:30 a.m. Police say Cook threw about 30 rocks over a fence in the span of an hour, breaking a window, destroying glass railings and damaging the façade of the building. San Francisco Mayor booed in UN Plaza, brick thrown in crowd The fire station, located at 46 Castro Avenue in the Canal Neighborhood, was fenced off for construction. The rocks caused about $5,000 of damage, SRPD claimed. Image from the San Rafael Police Department.Image from the San Rafael Police Department.The damage was discovered by construction workers when they arrived the same morning. They contacted SRPD, who then attempted to locate the suspect. At about 8:20 a.m.,...