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Court voids Marine’s adoption of Afghan war orphan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

By Claire Galofaro, Juliet Lindeman and Martha Mendoza | Associated PressCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge on Thursday voided a U.S. Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. But her future remains uncertain.For now, the child will stay with Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, under a temporary custody order they obtained before the adoption. The Masts will have to re-prove to the court that they should be granted a permanent adoption.Despite the uncertainty, the ruling was a welcome move for the Afghan couple, who had been identified by the Afghan government as the child’s relatives in February 2020 and raised her for 18 months. They dropped to their knees in prayer outside the courthouse. As they held each other, the young man wiped the tears from both their eyes with his wife’s headscarf.The Masts quickly left the courthouse ...

49ers’ Brock Purdy: ‘It looks like I have a robotic arm’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

Brock Purdy’s recovery from elbow surgery is “going as planned,” even if that means his support brace “looks like I have a robotic arm.”Purdy spoke Friday on Fox Sports 910-AM in Phoenix, where he’s three weeks into his rehabilitation from surgery repairing the ulnar collateral ligament he tore in the 49ers’ NFC Championship Game loss Jan. 29.“The protocol is you start throwing at three months, but it all depends on how your therapy and your range of motion and everything goes up until that point,” Purdy said on the Roc and Manuch with Jimmy B show. “There are definitely some boxes I have to check off first before I get to that point, but that’s the plan as of now.”Purdy commended the 49ers’ medical and training staff for their constant monitoring of his progress, from daily calls to also visiting him in Arizona, which Purdy said head trainer Dustin Little did “the minute I went out and had surgery” ...

After controversy, Alameda County supervisors choose Elisa Márquez for District 2 seat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors have selected their newest supervisor – and avoided stoking controversy in the process.After hearing hours of public comments in support of the four candidates on Thursday, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors chose to appoint Hayward City Councilmember Elisa Márquez to the board.The selection process began on Tuesday, when interviews of each candidate were conducted publicly. Early on, it was clear that Márquez and Teresa Keng, the vice mayor of Fremont and local business owner, had hearty support from the community.“It’s surreal,” Márquez said in an interview. “The biggest takeaway is that District 2 showed up in full force.”Related ArticlesPolitics | Editorial: Alameda County supervisors should not appoint another carpet-bagger Politics | Valle replacement sparks another controversy over residence for Alameda County supervisors Márquez, a lifelong resident of the district, will replace popular supervisor R...

Even after lawsuit victory, clock is ticking for Oakland A’s on Howard Terminal stadium

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

OAKLAND — Another baseball season is just getting underway, but it appears that the Oakland A’s are already running out of time.The clock is ticking for the team to find another home before its lease at the Coliseum expires next December, and there’s little word from the city about a deal being struck over a new, billion-dollar 35,000-seat waterfront ballpark in West Oakland.That stadium development — plus 3,000 new homes, massive retail and other commercial space, hotel units and more — cleared a hurdle Thursday when an appeal by shipping companies challenging the proposal’s environmental details was defeated in court.“Oakland will continue upgrading our infrastructure so we can support sustainable and resilient communities and promote economic development,” Mayor Sheng Thao said Thursday in a statement. “And we are now one step closer to reaching our goals.”The shipping companies operate at the city’s busy port, and...

Letters: Light pollution | Making an effort | Intolerant call | Bad government | Common sense

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Cities should guardagainst light pollutionRe: “Council votes down digital billboard plan” (Page B4, March 22).Good news. Gilroy City Council rejected an electronic billboard along Highway 101 that the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, Sierra Club Loma Prieta and Green Foothills also opposed. Nighttime light harms wildlife and has been shown to harm human health too. The structure would have been 75 feet tall with a 672-square-foot display area, adversely affecting our environment, safety, energy consumption and health, and impairing our view of the universe too.Gilroy, along with San Jose and other cities, should develop a dark sky ordinance to guide light pollution decisions. Approving an electronic billboard project without a dark sky ordinance fails to consider its overall impact and the proper management of light pollution. The city of Cupertino has such an ordinance, and residents of o...

OPD investigating Rendon's swing at A's fan as battery; incident caught on video

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

(KRON) -- Los Angeles Angels star Anthony Rendon took a swing at an Oakland A's fan Thursday night in a confrontation that was caught on video. In the video, which was posted to Twitter, the Angels third baseman confronts a fan in the stands who he seems to think has just insulted him.The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is investigating the incident, which it is calling a "battery." The fan in the video has not contacted OPD. Oakland A’s ballpark ranked worst in U.S. "What did you say?" Rendon can be heard asking the fan as he grabs him by the shirt. The fan replies with something inaudible. Rendon then replies, "Yeah, you called me a b**ch, huh?"The fan, nodding his head in denial, suggests he did not call the two-time Silver Slugger that word."Yeah, you did. Yeah m***********r," Rendon said as he is still grabbing onto the fan's shirt. Rendon then appears to throw a left hook but misses as the fan was able to back up and dodge the punch. Rendon walks away as the 12-second clip ...

LIV Golf Orlando Par Scores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

FridayAt Orange County NationalOrlando, FlaPurse: $25 millionYardage: 7,493; Par: 71First RoundSebastian Munoz62—62-9Richard Bland64—64-7Danny Lee65—65-6Brooks Koepka65—65-6Lee Westwood66—66-5Harold Varner III66—66-5Henrik Stenson67—67-4Dustin Johnson67—67-4Branden Grace67—67-4Patrick Reed67—67-4Dean Burmester67—67-4Chase Koepka67—67-4Matthew Wolff67—67-4Jason Kokrak68—68-3Marc Leishman68—68-3Laurie Canter68—68-3Thomas Pieters68—68-3Mito Pereira68—68-3Paul Casey69—69-2Charles Howell III69—69-2Ian Poulter69—69-2Pat Perez69—69-2Cameron Smith69—69-2Talor Gooch69—69-2Andy Ogletree69—69-2Phil Mickelson70—70-1Louis Oosthuizen70—70-1Cameron Tringale70—70-1Carlos Ortiz70—70-1Abraham Ancer70—70-1Scott Vincent70—70-1Bryson DeChambeau70—70-1Sam Horsfield70—70-1Joaquin Niemann70—70-1Sergio Garcia71—71EGraeme McDowell71—71EBubba Watson71—71ECharl Schwartzel71—71EMatt Jones71—71EBrendan Steele71—71EJediah Morgan71—71EKevin Na72—721Peter Uihlein72—721Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra72—721David Puig72—721Jam...

Video of Club Q shooting to be kept from public view

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Surveillance footage capturing the attack at a Colorado gay nightclub that left five people dead and 17 others wounded will not be made public until it is presented at trial, a judge ruled Friday.Prosecutors and defense attorneys had argued that releasing the gruesome video could make it difficult to seat an impartial jury and would further traumatize the survivors while disrespecting those who were killed in the Nov. 19, 2022, shooting.“Those individuals deserve the respect of not having the last moments or the most traumatic moments of their lives broadcast and downloadable from a State of Colorado web site,” Anderson Lee Aldrich's public defenders wrote in a March 2 motion. 14 teachers leave school during shooting threat; principal placed on leave They also argued that, unlike printed court documents, it would be too difficult to redact the video, which shows "moments of death and severe injury to several people."Judge Michael McHenry agreed not t...

Loveland High principal placed on leave after teachers left campus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) -- Loveland High School principal Michael James has been placed on administrative leave until further notice, according to the Thompson School District.Ferguson High School/Thompson Career Campus principal Dr. Jason Germain will be serving as interim principal at LHS effective immediately, the district said.The district confirmed that more than a dozen teachers left campus during a shooting threat at Loveland High School on Wednesday.A district spokesperson said 14 teachers “departed the Loveland High School campus” while school was still in session, following a Safe2Tell tip about a planned shooting at the school. Policy under review after 14 teachers left campus during school shooting threat  Students didn't know what to doAubrey Livermore, a sophomore at LHS, said some students were told to go to the cafeteria, while others mingled in the hallway.“There was no direction on what to do,” she told FOX31's Evan Kruegel. “We were all kind of just con...

SoFlo teen sensations FatCat and Tyler Watts team up for new song ‘Hold You Down’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:10 GMT

When it comes to music, Miami locals and young artists FatCat and Tyler Watts know how to keep you entertained. The young superstars decided to combine their talents for their new song, “Hold You Down,” that just dropped Friday, on FatCat’s 14th birthday.Tyler Watts and FatCat’s new song, “Hold You Down,” will definitely lift you up.Tyler Watts (singing): “You know I’m here to stay. Let me take you out to eat, girl. I know you love some shrimp.”Tyler Watts: “The song is basically about me and FatCat having girls, and we’re trying to show them that we’re the right men for them.”And if the song sounds familiar, maybe this throwback will jog your memory.Bow Wow (rapping): “I’ve been watching you for a minute. Come through here so sweet scented.”FatCat: “The song is a remake from 2005 by Bow Wow and Omarion.”Tyler Watts: “We basically just remixed it and made it more relatable to our generation and our v...