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Study session on Saratoga Retirement Community set for Sept. 27

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

Retirement community study sessionThe Saratoga Planning Commission will hold a site visit to the Saratoga Retirement Community on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. at 14500 Fruitvale Ave., followed by a study session at the Saratoga Civic Theater, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., at 7:30 p.m.Public comments on the project can be submitted to www.saratoga.ca.us/PCcomment. Comments received by 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 25 will be included in the Sept. 27 supplemental meeting packet.Visit www.saratoga.ca.us/SRC for more information about this project.Flashback to the ’60s, Vol. 2Immanuel Lutheran Church is hosting another night of ’60s music with Paul Wesling and friends on Sept. 23. The family-friendly concert will feature songs from artists like John Denver, the Kingston Trio, the Everly Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, Simon and Garfunkel and the Carpenters.Showtime is 7 p.m. in the church’s fellowship hall, 14103 Saratoga Ave....

Sushi Salon, known for omakase and unique fish killing, sets its sights on Oakland

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

If you love sushi and have $185 to blow, there are few better ways to go than the 18-course omakase meal at Sushi Salon. A pop-up that’s been operating from Berkeley’s Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya, the operation has clenched a devoted following for its wild and creative array of sushi and a technique of preserving fish by spiking their spinal cords with wire.Joji Nonaka and Anna Osawa, who before founding Sushi Salon worked in Alameda’s highly regarded Utzutzu, have been searching for a brick-and-mortar for a while. Now it appears they’ve found it in Oakland, according to a beverage-license notice in the window of 4008 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, next to Arthur Mac’s and the MacArthur BART station. The former States coffee shop is a small space, so it’ll be interesting to see how Nonaka and Osawa will squeeze their restaurant within, and whether they’ll offer to-go meals like they’ve been doing at Fish & Bird.There’s no me...

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Gas prices hit 2023 highs as oil stays hot

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

By Matt Egan | CNNNew York  — Prices at the pump climbed to their highest level of the year on Monday as oil prices push past $92 a barrel.Normally, gas prices cool off after the summer driving season ends on Labor Day. But the opposite has happened this year as Saudi Arabia’s and Russia’s aggressive supply cuts lift oil prices.The national average for regular gas hit $3.88 a gallon on Monday, the highest price since October 2022, according to AAA. Gas prices have jumped by five cents a gallon in the past week alone.Rising pump prices are an unwelcome sight for consumers, the Federal Reserve and the White House as they threaten to undo progress on the fight against inflation.Although the national average is well below the record high of $5.02 a gallon set in June 2022, gas prices are now 20 cents above where they were at this point last year.Eleven US states now average $4 or higher, including Colorado, Oregon and Arizona, according to AAA. The average price for regular gas in Calif...

San Jose: Lowriders, dancers kick off Hispanic heritage month

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic Vision, an independent journalism training program for high school students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.A DJ blasted vibrant Latin music. Children, laughing and shouting, skittered about fountains of water sprouting from the sidewalk, and the delicious aroma of churros wafted through downtown San Jose’s Plaza de César Chávez.For some of the hundreds who came to the joyous festival — Cultura in the Park — celebrating Latin American heritage on Saturday, it was a trip down memory lane.“Events like these bring back a lot of nostalgia for me,” said Cecilia Garcia, a Latina resident of San Jose who once lived in Mexico.“I love engaging with the Hispanic community and seeing all these young people getting in touch with their roots. … It’s nice that people who are not Hispanic also come to these events to get to know a little more about our culture,” s...

Diablo Valley College coach to be arraigned on pimping, trafficking charges

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

MARTINEZ, Calif. (KRON) -- A tenured Diablo Valley College communications professor and track coach accused of human trafficking, pimping and other serious charges will be in Contra Costa Superior Court in Martinez Tuesday to be arraigned.Kyle Lee Whitmore, 39, of Crockett, has been in jail at the Martinez Detention Facility since his arrest on Sept. 7. Whitmore was placed on paid administrative leave from Diablo Valley College.One of his alleged victims of trafficking and prostitution told campus police officers who ended up working with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, prosecutors said. After Whitmore’s arrest on Sept. 7 by sheriff’s deputies, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office filed a complaint on Sept. 11 after it felt it had enough evidence to proceed.Whitmore faces a nine-count felony complaint that includes human trafficking, pandering, pimping and sexual penetration by a foreign object. Names of the alleged victims are not being released due to the a...

City of Salinas agrees to pay nearly $200k for sewage spill into Natividad Creek

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

(BCN) -- The city of Salinas has agreed to pay nearly $200,000 in connection with a wastewater spill that polluted Natividad Creek, the Central Coast Water Board said this week. Over 53,000 gallons of untreated domestic and municipal wastewater entered the creek in April 2022, impacting water quality and harming the fish population, the water board said in a news release Monday. Diablo Valley College coach to be arraigned on pimping, trafficking charges The water board approved the agreement on Thursday after enforcement action was taken related to the spill, which began when an electrical failure occurred at a pump station. The failure caused approximately 108,600 gallons of untreated wastewater overflowing two manholes in Salinas' sanitary sewer collection system. According to the water board, Salinas responded immediately to the problem and recovered a significant portion of the untreated wastewater. However, 53,000 gallons ended up in Natividad Creek. The ...

Next Lodi chief of police announced, set to start early next year

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

(BCN) -- The Lodi Police Department has announced their next chief, who will start early next year after the incumbent head of the city police retires. City officials said last week that police Capt. Ricardo Garcia, a Lodi native, will be sworn into his new role during a ceremony set to take place on Jan. 2, 2024. Garcia graduated from Tokay High School in Lodi and was described as someone with special connections to the community, according to Lodi police. 4.4-magnitude earthquake felt in Bay Area "He has been a champion of community-oriented policing, community engagement, and relationship building," the police department said. "He led the City's first Spanish speaking citizen's academy earlier this year." In 2007, Garcia joined the Lodi Police Department and served as a patrol officer, detective, watch commander and support services captain. "I am incredibly grateful and honored to have been selected as the next Chief of the Lodi Police Department," Garcia sai...

Trendy luggage retailer Away opens one of first retail stores in Georgetown

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

Away opens it Georgetown location next week. (Courtesy Away)Contemporary luggage company Away, whose roll-ons and backpacks have a cult following, will open one of its first brick-and-mortar retail stores next Thursday in Georgetown.The retail store and showroom, at 3237 M Street in Northwest D.C., opens Sept. 28. It replaces the former Aldo Italian shoe store, which closed during the pandemic.Away suitcases, carry-ons and backpacks can cost hundreds of dollars. The New York City company was founded in 2016 as an online-only retailer. It now has 15 retail stores in the U.S., Canada and London, with more opening this year and next, including its second store in Boston.Its bestselling bags are named Flex as they are hard-sided cases that also incorporate an expandable zipper design. Its products also include packing cubes, which are suitcases within suitcases for the organization-obsessed traveler.Away travel cases have been seen with traveling Hollywood celebrities. In 2021, it partn...

Easy houseplants for neglectful gardeners

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:59:14 GMT

Confession time: I’ve murdered a Monstera, slaughtered a snake plant, assassinated an African violet and offed more orchids than I’d like to admit. It’s not that I don’t know how to care for these houseplants – I do! I just have a tendency to neglect them, and since they’re among the hardest to keep alive, it usually doesn’t end well.So when I bring a houseplant home, it’s of the low-maintenance, happy-go-lucky variety — the type that doesn’t pitch a hissy fit if I miss a watering (or three), move the pot around or grow it away from the window. Not coincidentally, they’re also the best houseplants for beginners to grow.My spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) asks only two things of me: moderate to bright sunlight and lightly moist soil. I keep it on a stand by the bathroom window and pour in whatever happens to be left in my nightstand water glass every morning. Sometimes, the glass is empty, but the plant doesn’t care. And it makes dozens of free plants for me despite getting ...