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2 seriously hurt as Sun Valley apartment complex burns

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

An apartment building fire sent a column of dark smoke into the Sun Valley sky Thursday, leaving at least two people with serious injuries.The fire was reported about 11:45 a.m., and firefighters were dispatched to the 7700 block of Lankershim Boulevard to fight the blaze in a four-story, garden-style apartment building, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Aerial footage from Sky5 showed that the smoke was emanating from a third-floor unit, though the LAFD later said the blaze was on the second floor, then spread to the third.More than 80 firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze in just over half an hour, but two people sustained serious burns, the department said. Firefighters are checking to see if there are any further injuries, and the cause of the blaze is under investigation.

Important Conversations about Sex and Intimacy with Simone Farschi, Founder of The Pleasure Plus

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

In recent years, there has been an increase in societal conversations about sex education, gender expression and norms, body positivity, and consent. The internet and social media have democratized access to resources about topics previously considered taboo and inappropriate. This access has allowed individuals to educate themselves and learn from the experiences of others, opening up conversations about these issues. Younger generations have also played a significant role in driving these conversations forward as they are often more open and accepting of diverse gender and sexual identities.Despite the progress, an authentic and elevated conversation around sex education can still be challenging for many people due to prevailing norms and stigmas. Open conversations about the nuances of sex education are necessary to help demystify taboos, promote safety, and set the foundation for a healthy and fulfilling sex life. To this point, there is a growing movement of holistic sex and in...

Man Fatally Struck in Pedestrian Crash on Taylor Street [Vista, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

Pedestrian Versus Vehicle Collision near Cresthaven Drive Resulted in FatalityVISTA, CA (March 23, 2023) – Friday evening, one person was pronounced dead following a pedestrian crash on Taylor Street.The deadly accident happened around 8:00 p.m. at the intersection near Cresthaven Drive in the city of Vista, per initial reports.According to the investigators, a westbound Ford Escape on Taylor Street hit a pedestrian crossing east of the intersection.Paramedics transported the male patient to a hospital where he tragically succumbed to his injuries. At this time, authorities have not made his name public, pending notification of his next of kin.Meanwhile, the involved Ford driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the authorities.Furthermore, a large portion of the roadway was temporarily shut down to allow for cleanup and preliminary duties.The Vista Sheriff’s Station’s Traffic Division is asking anyone with additional information about the crash to contact Crime Stoppe...

Man Pronounced Dead, Four Others Hurt in Two-Vehicle Crash on Florin Road [Sacramento, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

Double SUV Collision near Stockton Boulevard Left 20-Year-Old Man Dead and 4 InjuredSACRAMENTO, CA (March 23, 2023) – Early Saturday morning, one person was killed and another four suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Florin Road.Firefighters from Sacramento Metro Fire responded to the incident around 3:36 p.m. near Stockton Boulevard.Upon arrival, units discovered two vehicles with significant damages. Crews treated at least five victims, four of which were transported to local trauma centers.According to Metro Fire, two people suffered major injuries, and two with minor injuries.Unfortunately, one of the victims was declared dead at the scene. Authorities only identified the deceased victim as a 20-year-old man.Later, the CHP learned that the deceased driver was moving across lanes on his 1994 Nissan while attempting to enter a parking lot. However, the driver did not obey the right of way and collided with a 2007 Hyundai.Officials determined the injured victims occup...

You Can’t Enforce Away Legal Cannabis Problems

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

Cannabis operators have faced the short end of the stick time and time again in the legal marketplace, but leaning back on the Drug War tactics of prohibition is never the answer. The plague of operators who have never smoked heat in their lives bashing people who never got the shot they wanted in the marketplace continues to grow. Most of the time, the people taking these shots at the traditional underground market are well-funded operators. They use “enforcement of the law” as a catch-all phrase to narc on the streets from state to state. The lack of enforcement, as they see it, is the root of their headaches. This is regardless of their product quality. It’s a lot easier to blame someone else to your investors. Those who have been participating in cannabis markets the longest have become the target of that ire. In the worst circumstances, they’d try and convince you all the cannabis grown outside of the legal marketplace is loaded with pesticides that will kill you and sold to yo...

Dimness of BART station called a factor in fatal dragging of passenger

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

The dimness of BART’s Powell Street station was cited by investigators into the dragging death of a passenger after a train car’s doors closed on her dog’s leash.Though surveillance video confirmed the operator performed the required “look-back procedure” before the train left the San Francisco station, he did not see the passenger struggling with the railcar doors 611 feet behind him, said the report issued Feb. 28 by the National Transportation Safety Board.In the incident on Sept. 13, 2021, a 41-year-old San Francisco woman suffered fatal injuries when she was dragged along the platform and hit the gate at its end.The woman and her leashed dog had boarded the ninth of 10 cars of a Dublin-bound train at 3:13 p.m. The leash was clipped to her backpack. The woman then stepped back out of the car — witnesses said she was apparently waving to someone on the platform — and the dog remained inside.When the doors closed on the leash and the train...

Kurtenbach: Jordan Poole’s formula for success — less splash, more Shai

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

Jordan Poole’s season is not what anyone expected from the once-ascendant guard.As of Thursday morning, the so-called third member of the Splash Brothers is shooting 32.8 percent from beyond the arc on nearly eight such shots a game.Pair that with actively harmful defense and a propensity for bogarting the ball, and it’s a big problem for the Warriors as they attempt to make the playoffs and eventually advance in them.The positives might be fleeting with Poole, but Wednesday’s game against the Mavericks hinted at how the fourth-year guard can positively affect the contest, even if his shooting from distance remains sub-par.Poole needs less “Splash” and to be more Shai.That’s Shai, as in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City’s brilliant point guard who deserves serious MVP consideration this season.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Kurtenbach: Jonathan Kuminga has arrived, and perhaps the Warriors have, too Golden State...

Man targeted by J6 conspiracists demands retraction from Fox

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

By Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen | CNNAn attorney for Ray Epps, the Arizona man that January 6 conspiracy theorists falsely claim led an FBI plot to orchestrate the insurrection, demanded an on-air retraction Thursday from Fox News and its right-wing talk host Tucker Carlson, and claimed they made “false and defamatory statements” about him.“The fanciful notions that Mr. Carlson advances on his show regarding Mr. Epps’s involvement in the January 6th insurrection are demonstrably (and already proven to be) false,” the attorney, Michael Teter, wrote in the letter. “And yet, Mr. Carlson persists with his assault on the truth.”The letter from Teter demanded a formal retraction and on-air apology “for the lies” that have been spread about Epps on the channel.In the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, conspiracy theorists baselessly suggested that the assault was a so-called “false flag” operation staged...

Review: ‘Clue’ is a seriously silly murder mystery romp at SF Playhouse

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

Inspired by Agatha Christie-style drawing room murder mysteries, the board game “Clue” has been a cultural staple ever since 1949. (It was initially created in England by Anthony E. Pratt as “Cluedo,” the name by which the game is still known outside of North America.)The play “Clue,” now onstage at San Francisco Playhouse, is a couple of steps removed from the Hasbro board game. Written by Sandy Rustin (with additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price), it’s a very faithful adaptation of the 1985 cult classic Paramount Pictures movie based on the game.This stage version premiered in 2020 at Cleveland Play House and was named by American Theatre magazine as the third most produced play in U.S. theaters this season, aside from Shakespeare.Hillbarn Theatre did the play in Foster City last June, Center Repertory Company produced it in Walnut Creek in October, and a high school edition has been making the rounds for a few years. Aside from the source material, it’s unrelated to ...

Photos: Beautiful sunsets emerge after recent storm subsides

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:02:25 GMT

Here is your chance, if you missed Wednesday night’s dramatic sunset in the Bay Area. Our photo staff captured some amazing photos, as the sun shined through the clouds to end the day. We also captured a gorgeous rainbow in Hollister.The weather finally calmed down Wednesday evening, after the most recent atmospheric river storm brought along a destructive “bomb cyclone” that touched down in the Bay and killed at least three people on Tuesday, as high winds knocked down trees.The cold storm split into two swirling low-pressure zones next to each other. The rare phenomenon is known as the Fujiwhara Effect, for Sakuhei Fujiwhara, a Japanese meteorologist who discovered it in 1921. Read more about the weather event here.The clouds turns cotton candy pink as the sun begins to set behind the foothills at Old Borges Ranch in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Branches are silhouetted by a gloomy sunset in Hollister, Cal...