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Lingham Foundation: Amplifying Global Impact from Southern California Beginning with Support of SA Harvest

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

From the shores of South Africa to the vibrant heart of Southern California, Charlene Lingham exemplifies what it means to champion global change. As the founder of the Lingham Foundation, now based in San Diego, she’s championing an international cause that strikes close to her roots: addressing the systemic causes of hunger in South Africa. But her vision doesn’t stop there. As the foundation becomes more established, Lingham aspires to support nonprofits overseas and closer to her new home in Southern California.Highlighting the alarming statistics, results from 2021 indicate that out of nearly 17.9 million households in South Africa, 15 percent (2.6 million) had inadequate access to food, with another 6 percent (1.1 million) facing severe food inadequacy. Meanwhile, 10.3 million tons of food go to waste in South Africa annually. Amid these staggering figures, Lingham’s alignment with SA Harvest, a South African organization dedicated to rescuing food, demonstrates he...

Culliver: Policies to revise and erase history from school curricula target Black children

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leads the charge in trying to regulate middle school curriculum to teach students that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” his main target is young Black children who will be most impacted by this false rhetoric and revisionist history. This erasure is another act of stealing the innocence that Black children were never given.Black children remain silenced and stuck in the time warp of old slave practices that permeate many American systems with treatment standards that vary little from those used during slavery. DeSantis is using such practices and in essence is robbing young Black children of their identity.To say Black childhood innocence is lost may be a misstatement, because Black children’s innocence was never established, because it was stolen at the inception of American slavery. A declaration in government policy and early care organizational policies are needed to recognize that...

San Jose Airport passenger trips cruise to higher levels in July

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

SAN JOSE — San Jose International Airport soared to its fourth straight month of handling at least 1 million passengers as it battles to escape its coronavirus-spawned economic maladies.The South Bay aviation hub accommodated nearly 1.15 million passengers in July, which was 1.7% higher than the number of passenger trips at the airport during the same month in 2022.Perhaps the most encouraging measure of improvement is that the number of passengers who transited through San Jose Airport year to date has soared far beyond the activity over the same seven months in 2022.Over the first seven months of 2023, passenger trips are about 13% higher than the activity during the comparable period last year, the airport stated.“We are very pleased to see continued traffic growth this summer,” said Keonnis Taylor, a spokesperson for San Jose International Airport.Yet while the current travel trends are encouraging, San Jose Airport remains well below the all-time record height...

Editorial: Hopeful signs that Bay Area’s largest housing project will finally begin

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

It might have seemed like déjà vu when the Concord City Council last weekend selected yet another master developer for the Bay Area’s largest housing project.It was the third time in seven years that the council had picked a firm with which to negotiate for construction of some 12,300 homes and about 6 million square feet of commercial development on roughly 2,350 acres of the Concord Naval Weapons Station site.Combined with the project’s open space, most of which already has been transferred to the East Bay Regional Park District, the site is about 5,000 acres, or roughly 8 square miles. For comparison, that’s approximately two-thirds the area of Mountain View in the South Bay and slightly larger than Pleasant Hill in the East BayDespite the size of the project, Concord’s track record with selecting a developer was so bad that only one company provided a meaningful proposal this time. Fortunately, Brookfield Properties is an international development and real estate firm with the h...

Huge East Bay buildings that include Tesla operations are bought

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

LIVERMORE — Three huge Livermore buildings whose tenants include Tesla have been bought in a deal that tops $300 million, a sign that some Bay Area real estate sectors remain sturdy.A veteran real estate buyer bought the buildings as part of its purchase of a vast portfolio of industrial sites totaling 3.5 million square feet in three California locations including Livermore.In Livermore, Westcore, acting through an affiliate, paid slightly under $326.8 million for the trio of East Bay industrial and logistics buildings, according to documents filed on Aug. 29 at the Alameda County Recorder’s Office.801 Challenger Street in Livermore, an industrial building totaling 294,900 square feet whose tenant is Draexlmaier Automotive of America. (Google Maps)Together, the three Livermore buildings total just under 1.3 million square feet, according to posts on commercial property websites Compstak and PropertyShark.Here are some key details of the three Livermore buildings, w...

Caltrans schedules a 104-hour West bound I-80 closure near Vallejo during Labor Day weekend

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

Drivers can always count on traffic during Labor Day weekend. It’s about to get even more congested in Vallejo due to work by Caltrans.Caltrans has scheduled a 104-hour full highway closure of westbound I-80 on Labor Day weekend starting Thursday, at 9 p.m. and concluding at 5 a.m. on Tuesday. West bound I-80 will be closed and traffic detoured beginning at the West bound I-80/I-780 interchange in Vallejo.The closure includes the closures of all westbound traffic lanes on WB I-80 on the Zampa Bridge across the Carquinez Strait. Eastbound I-80 traffic lanes will remain open.For motorists traveling westbound on I-80 at I-780 (Curtola Pkwy) will need to exit onto eastbound I-780 in Vallejo and continue eastbound I-780 to southbound I-680.Motorists can then use southbound I-680 to reach westbound state route 4, westbound state route 24 or westbound I-580 to access central and south Bay Area destinations.Caltrans has also scheduled nightly lane closures at various times during the weeken...

Opinion: On the climate crisis, it’s time to lean into pessimism

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

The state of the environment in California — as in the nation — is grim this summer. A record-breaking heat wave. The first tropical storm recorded in 84 years in the state. Another dangerous wildfire season ahead. There’s no end to the bad news. What’s the best way to cope with our collective climate anxiety?Some might say that you should keep a positive outlook. In fact, if you’ve read about the environment lately, you’ve surely heard arguments in favor of “climate optimism,” the view that humanity will figure out how to fix the damage we’ve done before we reach social and biological collapse, often characterized as “climate doomism.”There are two motivations behind this kind of positivity. The first is a genuine belief that things are going to work out. The other is a practical matter — the idea that a positive attitude is the best motivator for people to devote their time and resources to climate solutions.Or, perhaps more to the point, that climate doomism is ...

Beyoncé gives 'Beyhive' a show to remember at Levi’s Stadium

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KRON) – From the moment Beyoncé took the Levi’s Stadium stage at 9:02 p.m. Wednesday night to her departure nearly 2.5 hours later, she had the “Beyhive” buzzing. The packed, frenzied crowd sang along to the iconic performer’s every song and matched her shimmering costumes with outfits just as exotic and eye-catching. Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour stopped in the Bay Area for just one night, and tens of thousands of rabid fans descended on Levi’s Stadium to spectate. They flew in from as far as Tokyo for a chance to see the superstar in action. Beyoncé put a memo out on her Instagram and website on Aug. 23: wear silver to the next month of shows. The crowd obliged. A look around the stadium showed a plethora of silver garments: sparkly silver dresses, silver wings attached to the back of a top and silver cowboy hats – just as Beyoncé herself wore for the Renaissance album’s art. August 30, 2023 – Santa Clara, California – Levi's StadiumPhotographer: J...

1 dead, 1 injured in shooting near Port of Oakland

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

(KRON) -- One person is dead and another is being hospitalized following a shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon near the Port of Oakland, according to police. Around 4:45 p.m., officers responded to multiple reports of an individual who was shot in the 90 block of Linden Street. One victim was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound, Oakland police said. Deputies nab 2 suspects in attempted bank robbery in San Lorenzo, hit-and-run of minor Shortly after arriving to the scene, officers were informed of a second victim who transported themselves to a local hospital with at least one gunshot wound. The victim at the scene was transported to a local hospital where they were pronounced dead after succumbing to their injuries, police said. The second victim is being treated at a local hospital with their condition currently unknown.The victim’s identity is being withheld until next of kin is notified. Anyone with information is asked to contact OPD's Homicide Section at 51...

Deputies nab 2 suspects in attempted bank robbery in San Lorenzo, hit-and-run of minor

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

(BCN) -- Two men have been arrested on suspicion of robbing a bank and the hit-and-run of a juvenile in San Lorenzo, the Alameda Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Kevin Perry, 21, and Dewey Nguyen, 21, were arrested on suspicion of the attempted robbery of a Citibank and the felony hit-and-run of a juvenile in a crosswalk. Teen struck by fleeing bank robber’s car in San Lorenzo Police were initially searching for an unknown male in a dark hoodie and mask who entered the Citibank on Paseo Grande on Monday and passed a note demanding $20,000, "or the bank would be blown up," police said. A second man in his early 20s with a slender build, wearing all-black clothing, a black backpack and red and black shoes acted as a lookout. Both men left the bank before any money was surrendered, police said. The suspects got into a blue Ford Taurus and a brief vehicle pursuit by police ensued, but was ended for public safety after the suspects struck a juvenile walking across th...