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Bay Area tech layoffs soar to brutal heights with huge VMware job cuts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

PALO ALTO — Tech industry job cuts in the Bay Area have reached two new grim milestones with the disclosure that the Broadcom purchase of VMware will spawn well over 1,000 more Silicon Valley layoffs, documents show.With the latest revelations of upcoming layoffs, the tech industry has now disclosed plans to chop twice as many Bay Area jobs in 2023 than they reported for 2022, according to this news organization’s review of hundreds of official filings with the state labor agency.Plus, Bay Area layoffs in the tech industry have now rocketed past the 31,000 mark for a period stretching from January 2022 to the present. Only a few days ago, the total layoffs for the 23 months was roughly 30,000.VMware has revealed its intentions to chop 1,267 jobs in Palo Alto on the heels of the company’s acquisition by Broadcom, WARN notices on file with the state Employment Development Department show.Tech companies so far in 2023 have disclosed plans to slash about 20,900 jobs in...

Alameda County to pay $7 million, reform jail training after settlement with family of Maurice Monk

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

Alameda County will pay $7 million and reform its deputies’ training programs after settling a lawsuit with the family of Maurice Monk, who died in the Santa Rita Jail in 2021 after allegedly languishing for days in his cell without any help from deputies.Details of the county’s settlement were announced Wednesday by the family of Monk, the 45-year-old Oakland man who died face-down on a mattress in his cell two years ago next to a puddle of urine and uneaten food on the floor. His death on Nov. 15, 2021, became a flashpoint among activists seeking improved conditions in the jail, where scores of people have died over the past decade from drug overdoses, suicides and killings.Along with the payout, Alameda County agreed to train current deputies and new hires to make “more quality checks” on inmates, said Adante Pointer, the lawyer for Monk’s daughter and son. For example, deputies must now document and personally check on inmates who refuse to eat, take medication...

Man, 19, charged with ramming Pleasant Hill officer with BMW

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

PLEASANT HILL — A 19-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a Pleasant Hill policeman who was attempting to arrest three robbery suspects after witnessing a strong arm robbery at a local shopping center, court records show.Kuanye Perkins was charged on Halloween with one count of second-degree robbery and one count of assault on a peace officer with force likely to produce great bodily injury. He is being held in the Contra Costa jail system without bail, court records show.Police identified Perkins as the driver of a BMW that rammed an unmarked Pleasant Hill police car during a Sept. 27 incident. The officer witnessed the BMW’s three occupants rob a person in a Toyota of $1,980 he’d just withdrawn from a nearby ATM at the Crossroads Shopping Center, police said.When the officer in the unmarked police car attempted to block the BMW’s exit from the parking lot, the BMW driver allegedly rammed the vehicle multiple times, causing a door to slam on one of ...

Purdy not thinking about 49ers’ painful last visit to Philly

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Brock Purdy played it cool Thursday, stiff-arming an obvious storyline of seeking vengeance in Sunday’s return to Philadelphia, where his elbow injury triggered the 49ers’ NFC Championship Game loss 10 months ago.“Am I going to go in there and get all sentimental, that I’ve come a long way? … Am I going into the game saying I want revenge? It’s not like that,” Purdy said.Instead, Purdy shifted the focus toward the bigger picture and how the 49ers (8-3) need a win over the Eagles (10-1) for playoff ramifications, especially when it comes to avoiding another game in Philly this postseason.His last visit went haywire only six snaps into the 49ers’ opening possession, when Purdy took a snap at midfield and had his right elbow struck by speedy Eagles pass rusher Haason Reddick.Reddick hasn’t reached out since then, nor did Purdy expect any well wishes in what has been arguably the NFL’s best comeback story this season.“I...

You need up to $15,000 more just to live like you did in 2021, analysis finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – An economic analysis by a group of Congressional Republicans may have you feeling nostalgic for January 2021. There's not much to miss about that time – when many Americans were still out of a job or under stay-at-home orders because of the pandemic – but inflation hadn't yet exploded. Since then, the cost of just about everything, from groceries to gas to housing, has skyrocketed. An inflation tracker created by the members of Congress' Joint Economic Committee shows the impact of inflation on the average household in every state. (While the joint committee is chaired by a Democrat, the report and data was put out by the committees' Republican members.) The report uses January 2021 as a benchmark "because it was the last time inflation was within recent historical norms." Northern lights: More than 20 states have a chance at seeing the auroras Thursday Now, the report claims, most American household would need to spend an additional $10,000 or more just to afford...

Guns, drugs, cash seized in San Jose mobile home park bust

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Two men were arrested in a San Jose mobile home park bust in which eight firearms and a large amount of drugs were seized, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office announced. On Tuesday, members of the Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF) executed a search warrant at a location on Ford Road in San Jose.During the raid, GVTF members discovered illegal firearms, illegally modified assault rifles, machine guns, body armor, bulk quantities of ammunition and a large quantity of drugs. Nima Momeni attorneys request change of venue, trial date set Items recovered included:2 AK-style assault rifles, suspected machine guns2 AR-style semi-automatic rifles, with one a ghost assault rifle1 ghost pistol1 pistol with an obliterated serial number2 handgunsThousands of rounds of ammuntionDrugs for sale that included fentanyl, 2,000-plus MDMA pills, cocaine, marijuanaMore than $10,000 in cashTwo San Jose men -- John Phan, 33, and Calvin Le, 25 -- were arrested and w...

BART recovering from earlier delay due to person on tracks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- BART is recovering from a 10-minute delay in downtown Oakland earlier Thursday due to a person on the tracks, the transit agency said. The person was reported on the tracks near MacArthur station.Thursday's incident follows an incident on Wednesday in which there were major BART delays due to a person in the Transbay Tube. Man comes down from SF power pole after nearly 7 hours Earlier on Thursday, a 20-minute delay on the San Francisco line in the SFO and Millbrae directions due to police activity was resolved, according to 511.org. The system is recovering from an earlier problem at West Oakland station that was also due to police activity, BART said.All trains are stopping again at West Oakland station.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Corey Perry says he’s seeking help for alcohol abuse after the Blackhawks terminated his contract

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

Corey Perry said Thursday he has begun working with mental health and substance abuse experts to discuss his struggles with alcohol after the Chicago Blackhawks terminated his contract for engaging “in conduct that is unacceptable” and violated his contract and team policies.Perry emailed a statement to The Associated Press and other outlets apologizing for behavior he called “inappropriate and wrong.” Perry’s longtime agent, Pat Morris, confirmed by text message that his client sent the statement.The 38-year-old NHL veteran said he hopes to regain the trust of those who believed in him throughout his career.“I would like to sincerely apologize to the entire Chicago Blackhawks organization, including ownership, management, coaches, trainers, employees and my teammates,” Perry said. “I would also like to apologize to my fans and my family. I am embarrassed and I have let you all down.”Perry echoed Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson’s statement that Perry’s situation...

Blinken urges Israel to comply with international law and spare civilians in war against Hamas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday stepped up calls for Israel to comply with international law and spare civilians as it wages its war against Hamas in Gaza.On his third trip to the Middle East since the war began on Oct. 7, Blinken said the U.S. remains committed to supporting Israel’s right to self defense. But he also said it is imperative that Israel protect civilians if it starts major military operations in southern Gaza. His message aligns with the Biden administration’s shifting rhetoric on the war, which began as a full-throated embrace of Israel’s response to the Hamas attacks but gradually tempered as the number of Palestinian civilian casualties began to rise dramatically. The death toll and scale of destruction has prompted widespread international criticism, including from members of President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party.Meeting in Jerusalem just hours after Israel and Hamas agreed at the last minute to a third extension ...

Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:54 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — City lawmakers in Brazil have enacted what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time.The experimental ordinance was passed in October in the southern city of Porto Alegre and city councilman Ramiro Rosário revealed this week that it was written by a chatbot, sparking objections and raising questions about the role of artificial intelligence in public policy. Rosário told The Associated Press that he asked OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to craft a proposal to prevent the city from charging taxpayers to replace water consumption meters if they are stolen. He then presented it to his 35 peers on the council without making a single change or even letting them know about its unprecedented origin.“If I had revealed it before, the proposal certainly wouldn’t even have been taken to a vote,” Rosário told the AP by phone on Thursday. The 36-member council approved it una...