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Lyft plans ‘significant’ staff reductions under new CEO

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

By Michael Liedtke | Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO — Lyft is preparing to lay off hundreds of employees just days after new CEO David Risher began steering the ride-hailing service with a eye of driving down costs to help bring its fares more in line with its biggest rival, Uber.Risher, a former Amazon executive, informed Lyft’s workforce of more than 4,000 employees in an email posted online Friday that a “significant” number of them will lose their jobs. It came at end of his first week as Lyft’s CEO.The note didn’t specify how many people would be jettisoned, but The Wall Street Journal reported that at least 1,200 employees will be laid off. The report cited unidentified people familiar with the cost-cutting plans.San Francisco-based Lyft declined to provide additional details Friday, but said more information will be released next week.Risher, who had been a Lyft board member before being recruited to replace co-founder Logan Green, cited expense c...

Detached house sells for $3.9 million in Piedmont

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

31 La Salle Avenue – Google Street ViewA 3,009-square-foot house built in 1928 has changed hands. The spacious historic property located in the first block of La Salle Avenue in Piedmont was sold on March 8, 2023, for $3,850,000, or $1,279 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, four baths, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 5,858-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby:A 2,546-square-foot home on the first block of Sotelo Avenue in Piedmont sold in September 2022, for $2,584,000, a price per square foot of $1,015. The home has 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Sandringham Road, Piedmont, in November 2022, a 3,273-square-foot home was sold for $3,285,000, a price per square foot of $1,004. The home has 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.In December 2022, a 2,739-square-foot home on Marlborough Court in Piedmont sold for $3,275,000, a price per square foot of $1,196. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. 

Letters: Unconvincing arguments | Ban pesticide | Oakland guns | Bullfighting ban | Racism and guns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Arguments againstsingle-payer fail to swayRe: “California single-payer bill is incremental step to disaster” (Page A6, April 19).Sally Pipes’ promotion of her book, with the assistance of the East Bay Times, continues the attempt to equate California’s nonexistent single-payer health care system with those of Canada and the U.K. Her negative adjectives (subpar care, failing) lead the way. At one point she says “other countries,” which California is not.Canada’s health care system is separately administered by provinces, so results are unequal across Canada. But more telling is that Pipes does not name any country where universal health care disputes her narrative.Germany, Netherlands, Taiwan, Sweden and many others have universal health care systems with differing rules and levels of coverage. Legislators need only determine which rules and coverage work best for...

Pac-12 recruiting: Big weekends for Utah, Colorado, OSU and Washington as prospects attend spring games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

The Hotline is delighted to provide Pac-12 fans with a weekly dive into the recruiting process through the eyes and ears of Brandon Huffman, the Seattle-based national recruiting editor for 247Sports.The following information, in his words, was provided to the Hotline on April 20 …Four schools are hosting spring games this weekend, which means they are hosting recruits.Utah and Washington will have official visitors on campus; in the case of Oregon State and Colorado, a number of unofficial visits are lined up. All told, the prospects are signees from the high school class of 2023 and top targets from the class of 2024.And we should note that Oregon State is also hosting its Junior Day this weekend, so there is a lot happening in Corvallis.*** Let’s start with the defending conference champions, Utah.The Utes have two significant in-state official visitors, edge rusher Kash Dillon and quarterback Isaac Wilson, the younger brother of former Brigham Young quarterback Zach Wilson.Dylan...

Letters: Feinstein sham | Failing our youth | Constituents first | Habitable planet | Follow the science

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Pushing out Feinsteinfor Lee is a shamOstensibly, Rep. Ro Khanna wants Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign claiming she is not fit to perform her duties (while extolling her service to California).Really? He has endorsed Rep. Barbara Lee who is running for Feinstein’s seat. Gov. Newsom has already stated he will appoint a Black female to the seat should Feinstein resign.It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to connect these dots. Our governor will then have appointed both our U.S. senators whose reelection chances are virtually guaranteed in the future.Kudos to Feinstein for asking party leadership to appoint someone to fill her committee seat(s) and let the voters, rather than politicians, decide who represents us. Shame on Khanna and others complicit in this pretty obvious sham — or should it be scam?Killian ByrneSan JoseIn California, arewe failing our youth?Yesterday I pulled up at the gas stati...

'Can't blame the A's,' Alameda County supervisor says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Alameda County Supervisors Board President Nate Miley does not blame the team for possibly bolting to Las Vegas now that the A’s have entered into a binding agreement to purchase land there.Miley says months went by without him talking with Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval as Miley attended to other pressing county matters. ‘RIP Oakland A’s’: Fans react to news of A’s leaving for Vegas “I actually had called Dave a couple of days ago, just to kind of check in with him perchance, and I did not realize what the news was gonna be in another day or two,” Miley told KRON4.He says it does not come as a complete shock, adding that he believes the A’s negotiated in good faith with the city to build a new ballpark at Howard Terminal.“There’s just been so many false starts to achieve that goal for different reasons that I can’t at the moment blame the A’s for moving on. I really can’t,” he said.Miley, who has had a decades-long relationship with the A’s dating...

Two arrested in connection to robbing Livermore bank customer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

(KRON) -- Two people are in custody in connection to a robbery at a Wells Fargo branch in Livermore, according to the Livermore Police Department. Livermore PD responded to a report of a victim who was robbed of cash as he walked out of the Wells Fargo Bank on K Street at around 11:30 a.m. Friday Middle school student who allegedly had loaded handgun at school taken into custody in San Jose Not long after, police spotted a vehicle matching the description of the suspect's car in the parking lot of a nearby Bank of American branch on Railroad Avenue. Two people were arrested:Derrick Rose Jr., 18, of AntiochRajanae Bynum, 20, also of AntiochBoth were identified as being involved in the Wells Fargo robbery, police said. They were transported to Santa Rita Jail and are facing robbery and conspiracy charges.Police are also investigating if the suspects are connected to a similar robbery last week at the BofA on Railroad Avenue.

Alabama education director ousted over ‘woke’ training book

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized education group, that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts” because of language about inclusion and structural racism.Barbara Cooper was forced out as as head of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education after Ivey expressed concern over the distribution of the book to state-run pre-kindergartens. Ivey spokesperson Gina Maiola identified the book as the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Developmentally Appropriate Practice Book, 4th edition. Maiola said she understands that the books have been collected from the state classrooms.“The education of Alabama’s children is my top priority as governor, and there is absolutely no room to distract or take away from this mission. Let me be crystal clear: Woke concepts that have ...

Invited Celebrity Classic Tour Scores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

FridayAt Las Colinas Country ClubIrving, TexasPurse: $2 millionYardage: 6,703; Par: 71First RoundAlex Cejka35-31—66Mark Hensby35-31—66Rob Labritz34-32—66David Frost33-34—67Retief Goosen34-33—67David Toms32-35—67Kirk Triplett34-33—67Stuart Appleby34-34—68David Branshaw34-34—68Ken Duke34-34—68Bob Estes33-35—68Harrison Frazar32-36—68Billy Mayfair35-33—68David McKenzie35-33—68Rod Pampling33-35—68Scott Parel34-34—68Tom Pernice36-32—68Dicky Pride34-34—68Wes Short33-35—68Ken Tanigawa34-34—68Y.E. Yang35-33—68Steven Alker35-34—69K.J. Choi36-33—69Scott Dunlap36-33—69Jerry Kelly35-34—69Charlie Wi35-34—69Arjun Atwal37-33—70Darren Clarke36-34—70Chris DiMarco38-32—70Fred Funk36-34—70Richard Green34-36—70Justin Leonard35-35—70Rocco Mediate37-33—70Billy Andrade37-34—71Brian Cooper38-33—71Steve Flesch35-36—71Brian Gay35-36—71Tim Herron34-37—71Steve Jones36-35—71Jeff Maggert36-35—71Scott McCarron37-34—71Steve Pate36-35—71Corey Pavin36-35—71Mario Tiziani37-34—71Duffy Waldorf35-36—71Cameron Beckman37-3...

Kotsay, A’s focusing on 2023, not possible Las Vegas move

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mark Kotsay is focusing on the Oakland Athletics’ current season, not on the team’s longterm location.“I’m managing this team and I don’t have control of those decisions,” he said Friday, two days after the team said it purchased land in Las Vegas with the intention of building a ballpark there for the 2027 season. “My focus is on getting this team better, improving from the maturation of these young players and winning as many games as possible.”Kotsay played for Oakland from 2004-07, was a coach from 2016-21 under Bob Melvin and was promoted to manager ahead of the 2022 season.His team was 3-16 going into Friday night’s game at Texas. The A’s had a major league low payroll of $57.8 million on opening day, and their average attendance of 11,027 through 12 home games is the lowest in the majors and less than half of the league average of about 27,600. Team president Dave Kaval said “we’re turning our full attention to...