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Year-long El Camino improvement project in Mountain View and Palo Alto scheduled for fall start: Roadshow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

Q: Several months ago, I was thrilled to read in your column that, after very spotty pothole filling after winter storms, the long overdue repaving of El Camino in Palo Alto and Mountain View would begin in August or September. We’re at the end of October and no repaving! Meanwhile, potholes and root bumps keep getting bigger and bigger. Do you have updates?Marion Krause, Robert Sutis, Jerry Brodkey, Lydia Cooper, Larry Castelli, Caroline Bliss, J.J. Luranc, Jim Evans, Jim Wissick, Ed King and many moreA: Information provided last week by Victor-the-Caltrans-spokesman for Santa Clara County shows construction beginning this fall. The El Camino project extends from 0.7 miles south of Highway 237 to Sand Hill Road. It will last more than a year and be complete in spring 2025.The work will improve El Camino’s road surface and increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists along this route. The current road surface will be partially removed and improved by an overlay of rubb...

Warriors 3 Things: Dubs provide reasons for optimism, despite season-opening loss to Suns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Play 81 more games like that and the Warriors will be just fine.No, Golden State didn’t win their season opener on Tuesday night — they fell to the Suns 108-104 — but the positives of the Warriors’ performance were unmissable.They moved the rock. They played, at times, tight defense. They rebounded as a team. They only turned the ball over 11 times. They saw strong contributions from young players Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody. They went 10 deep.This is, unquestionably a better team than last year’s edition.There were some tough performances in the mix, too. Andrew Wiggins was sub-par, as was Klay Thompson. The team’s final-minutes execution left plenty to be desired.But you can’t knock the hustle — the Warriors played hard and smart on Tuesday.Do that every night and you’re going to win many more than you will lose, even if the Warriors did lose Game No. 1.“We’re all getting used to each other,” Chris Paul sai...

Prep roundup: Albany volleyball, Oakland Tech flag football, Castro Valley water polo among winners

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

GIRLS VOLLEYBALLNo. 4 Sacred Heart Prep 3, Notre Dame-San Jose 0SHP defeated its San Jose opponent 25-14, 25-15, 25-17 as senior Isabelle Marco had 11 kills, three aces, six digs and one block. Mia Radeff had seven kills, seven digs and three aces. SHP’s senior setters Jillian Amaro and Erika Maas combined for 24 assists, while Naomi Watson stood tall in the middle, having six kills and three blocks. No. 6 Menlo-Atherton 3, Hillsdale 0Menlo-Atherton finished the regular season 13-0 in league play after it swept Hillsdale 25-11, 25-19, 25-19 and won its third match in a row. Junior Meki Maile had 29 assists and one ace, and Sienna Morales had 12 kills and two blocks. Junior Dani Eline had 13 kills and eight digs, and Kiela King also had 13 digs and three assists. No. 9 Menlo School 3, Notre Dame-Belmont 0Menlo School clinched the WBAL title after sweeping ND-Belmont 25-20, 25-21, 25-17 at home. Aaliyah Sanders and Cleo Hardin each had eight kills, and junior Lily Kautai had four bloc...

Children’s Hospital Oakland’s pioneering gene therapy aims to free patients of blood disease. Is a cure at hand?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

Faith in God called Clint and Alissa Finlayson to adopt two sick girls from an orphanage in China. Faith in medicine called them to Oakland.Born with a deadly blood disease, the Finlayson’s daughters — Ada, 9, and Lily, 12 — are the first patients on the West Coast to receive a new gene therapy offered by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.Already, Ada is already feeling better 10 weeks after receiving her stem cell transplant. Lily started treatment last week. Both have 90% chance of a permanent cure.“It’s science, and it’s a miracle,” said their mother Alissa, sitting in the small yard of their guest home in downtown Oakland, far from their small mountain town of Kalispell, Montana.Alissa Finlayson, left, along with her daughters Lily, 12,, Ruby, 10, and Ada, 9, create art with Foil Fun in the patio at Ronald McDonald House create art with Foil Fun in the patio at Ronald McDonald House where Ada and Lily are being monitored after gene therapy for beta...

Apple announces ‘scary fast’ October event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

By Samantha Murphy Kelly | CNNApple announced its second product event of the season, a month after introducing its new iPhone 15 lineup. New iMacs are likely.The company sent invitations to members of the media for a scheduled keynote on Monday, October 30 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, later than it typically kicks off events. It will be accessible via livestream only; Apple usually hosts its product launches both in person and online.The tagline for the event – “scary fast” – is an apparent nod to the likely unveiling of its next-generation silicon chip, M3, as well as Halloween. The company is expected to show off new iMac computers boasting the new powerful chipset in a move that should also boost Mac sales. Mac sales have been down this year.Related ArticlesTechnology | ‘It Starts Here’: San Francisco billionaires, CEOs battle ‘doom loop’ with new ad campaign Technology | The cheap streaming era is over. Here’s why your bills are going up ...

49ers-Bengals preview: Can Burrow-led offense push Niners’ losing streak to three?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS – Brock Purdy digested the 49ers’ second straight defeat in the same humble fashion he assessed the preceding 10 regular-season wins.“For me, second one in a row hurts obviously,” Purdy said after Monday night’s 22-17 loss to the Vikings. “We’ve just got to be better. Got a big one ahead this week, too.”Yes, they’re all big. But this Sunday’s game could have been – and still could be – a Super Bowl preview.The 49ers (5-2) look to rebound from back-to-back road losses when they play host Sunday to the Cincinnati Bengals (3-3).The Bengals are coming off their bye, as was the case with the Cleveland Browns when they ended the 49ers’ undefeated start with a 19-17 upset. Over the past two seasons, the Bengals used their byes as a launch point, winning 12 of 15 games afterward on their way to the playoffs.TOP 5 STORYLINES1. Home sweet homeThe 49ers have won their last 11 home games, including a pair in January’s playoffs and this season’s three-game homestand, which they swept...

As San Jose Earthquakes prepare for MLS playoffs, former USMNT captain shares his unique perspective

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

As the San Jose Earthquakes take the field in Kansas City for a 6:30 p.m. PT kickoff on Wednesday night and begin their quest to win an MLS playoff game for the first time since 2012, one former Earthquakes star will be watching the game with internal conflict.Call it the Jimmy Conrad Derby.The former United States Men’s National Team captain began his MLS career in San Jose and won an MLS Cup with the Earthquakes in 2001 before he was traded to KC. He said he’ll be watching Wednesday’s game like a “mom who just wants both teams to have fun.”The Earthquakes infamously dealt Conrad to Kansas City for a second-round draft pick after the 2002 season. It was in KC that Conrad became an MLS legend, being named to the All-Star team six times, earning four MLS Best XI selections and being named the 2005 MLS Defender of the Year.Today, Conrad calls the Bay Area home. He’s the technical director and an assistant coach for the San Francisco Glens, a minor league soccer team, and he’s a ...

Walters: California’s lagging schools should look to Pentagon’s model

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

The state Department of Education released results from the latest round of academic achievement tests of California’s nearly 6 million public school students last week and there were — unfortunately — no surprises.California’s kids continue to display subpar skills in English language arts and mathematics — fewer than half meeting standards in the former and scarcely a third in the latter, with fractional gains at best.As usual, the state’s educational establishment tried to put a positive spin on the results while blaming the pandemic for any deficiencies.“These results suggest that California’s public schools are beginning to turn the corner on pandemic recovery, with gains on most assessments and a substantial reduction in chronic absenteeism, especially for our most vulnerable groups of students,” Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the state school board, said in a statement.As usual, too, Darling-Hammond and other officials touted their efforts to improve ed...

The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

By Simone Pathe | CNNWhile events on the other side of the world – and the other end of the US Capitol – have dominated recent news, the race for control of the Senate is a crucial factor in what Washington could look like after next year’s elections.The 2024 Senate map is advantageous for Republicans as they try to pick up the one or two seats needed to flip the chamber, depending on who wins the White House next year. Members of the Senate Democratic Caucus are defending the most competitive seats – the top eight on this list of 10 seats most likely to flip – which is not likely to change ahead of November 2024.The order of the ranking, however, is changing. (Rankings are based on CNN’s reporting, fundraising figures and historical data about how states and candidates have performed.) Pennsylvania, for example, shoots up from No. 7 in July to No. 4 this month – in large part because it’s the one battleground where Republicans aren’t facing a messy primary.GOP candidate fields else...

DJ Dusty Street, radio pioneer with Bay Area history, dies at 77

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

Dusty Street, who broke ground as a woman DJ in rock and roll radio and helped shape the sound of KROQ-FM/106.7 in the ’80s, died Sunday, Oct. 22 at her home in Eugene, Oregon. She was 77.Her death was first reported by longtime friend and KLOS-FM/95.5 colleague Geno Michellini on Facebook on Sunday.“I have been in Eugene the last two days at Dusty Street’s bedside,” he wrote. “The numerous afflictions that she has been so indomitably fighting these last years finally caught up to her. I am writing with a broken heart to say that Dusty left us tonight.“Tonight I lost one of the best friends I ever had and the world lost a radio and music legend as befitting her starring role in the ‘San Francisco Sounds’ documentary movie that just came out recently,” he continued. “She was all that and so much more.“There will never be another Dusty Street. The queen is gone, but she’ll never be forgotten.”Sirius satellite radio disc jockey Dusty Street and Greg Steele, a Sirius programming directo...