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San Francisco’s 166-year-old luxury retailer Gumps warns: This could be our last year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

By Samantha Delouya and Alexandra Coenjaerts | CNNLos Angeles – John Chachas, the owner of luxury department store Gump’s San Francisco, wrote an open letter to Governor Newsom, Mayor London Breed, and the city’s Board of Supervisors, pleading for them to act on what he describes as the city’s worsening downtown conditions.“Today, as we prepare for our 166th holiday season at 250 Post Street, we fear this may be our last,” Chachas wrote in an open letter, published as a paid ad in the Sunday edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.Gump’s, which sells luxury furnishings and jewelry, was acquired by Chachas after the retailer filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018. The high-end retailer, founded in San Francisco in 1861 and born out of the famed California gold rush, has only one physical location, which is one block from the city’s Union Square.“The ramifications of Covid policies advising people to abandon their offices are only beginning to be understood. Equally devastating have...

Search underway for 5 suspected carjackers in Alameda County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

(BCN) -- Law enforcers are searching for five armed suspects involved in carjacking incidents in Castro Valley, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday night. The sheriff's office said on social media that shortly before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the suspects attempted to carjack a woman at a gasoline station along Lake Chabot Road in Castro Valley, but she was able to escape to safety with her vehicle. Moments after, the suspects were able to carjack a woman driving a black 2016 Nissan Sentra in the 2700 block of Sydney Way in Castro Valley. According to the sheriff's office, they forced her out of her car at gunpoint while she was attempting to leave a driveway. Expanding basic income program for formerly incarcerated moves forward with vote The armed suspects fled in the victim's car bearing the license plate CA:8MMT942 towards Stanton Avenue, according to the sheriff's office. In both incidents, the suspects were driving a 2014 silver Hyundai Elantra bearing t...

Francesco Molinari joins brother as vice captain for Europe in the Ryder Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Francesco and Edoardo Molinari are on a Ryder Cup team again, this time as vice captains before a home crowd at Marco Simone in Rome.Francesco Molinari was chosen as the fifth and final vice captain for Luke Donald when Europe tries to win back the cup against the Americans on Sept. 29-Oct. 1.The Italian brothers played together in the Celtic Manor matches in 2010, which Europe won. Edoardo Molinari was among Donald’s first choices as an assistant, as his brother, the 2018 British Open champion, had aspirations of making the team.Francesco Molinari’s selection was announced Wednesday. Donald’s other assistants are Jose Maria Olazabal, Nicolas Colsaerts and Thomas Bjorn.U.S. captain Zach Johnson has selected Davis Love III, Fred Couples, Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk and Stewart Cink.___AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golfSource

McLean company opens drone experimentation range in Virginia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

MITRE cut the ribbon on a new testing range for drones in Virginia. (Courtesy Mitre)Research and development nonprofit MITRE, with dual headquarters in McLean, Virginia and Bedford, Massachusetts, cut the ribbon this week on a new drone testing range near Orange, Virginia.The facility will be used to experiment with small, uncrewed aircraft systems and serve as a proving ground to develop, test and evaluate new drone, counter-drone and autonomous systems.Among officials at the opening on Monday was Jeffrey Vincent, executive director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Integration office.“The drone range will provide tremendous opportunity for valuable collaboration amongst government, industry and academic researchers benefitting the drone community at large,” Vincent said in opening comments.MITRE has been a pioneer in drone technologies for over two decades. It has partnered with police, firefighters and security and public s...

Javier Milei y la particular relación con sus perros

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

(CNN Español) — Luego de ser el más votado en las elecciones primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (PASO) del domingo, en Argentina, el candidato Javier Milei festejó en un prestigioso hotel de Buenos Aires y dedicó su triunfo, entre otros, a sus cinco perros. “Y se imaginarán a quienes también… a mis hijitos de cuatro patas: a Conan, a Murray, a Milton, a Robert y a Lucas”, dijo.El líder del partido La Libertad Avanza vive con cinco mastines ingleses, que pesan entre 80 y 100 kilogramos cada uno. Milei reconoce en cada uno de estos canes a su verdadera familia, según contó durante una entrevista en el programa televisivo Infama recargado, del canal América TV. El primero en llegar a su vida fue Conan, un ejemplar que conoció en la provincia argentina de Córdoba y que debe su nombre a la serie literaria de Robert E. Howard, “Conan, el bárbaro”.Javier Milei: Somos los únicos que queremos un verdadero cambio 2:43Según Milei, Conan tiene un carácter muy particular...

England fans back home celebrate their team’s spot in the Women’s World Cup final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

LONDON (AP) — As the eruption of excitement dissipated and the dancing died down Wednesday afternoon, some England soccer fans watching the Women’s World Cup back home were already starting to prepare for the final.England advanced to the championship match for the first time, one year after winning its first European title. The Lionesses will play Spain on Sunday at Stadium Australia in Sydney in the first all-European final since 2003.“I will definitely be back on Sunday,” said Dani Beazley, a 51-year-old England fan who watched the team’s 3-1 win over Australia in the semifinals at a fan zone in south London. “I’m with my daughter and my sister. The reaction in the whole place is unbelievable. The place erupted. It was just brilliant.”Revellers at the fan zone at Croydon Boxpark jumped on tables and started dancing after the final whistle.Fans at the Big Penny Social venue in London cheered, hugged and danced after each of England’s three goals. Strobe lights flashed as the...

Llega la gran batalla de Exatlón All-Stars a Telemundo. Mira cuánto está en juego

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

MIAMI, Florida – Telemundo anuncia el regreso de la competencia deportiva más famosa de la TV hispana con su nueva edición, Exatlón All-Stars, que estrena el martes, 26 de septiembre a las 7pm/6c. Bajo la conducción de Frederik Oldenburg, esta octava edición será un duelo de campeones, donde los mejores atletas de todas las temporadas regresan a las arenas a enfrentar la gran batalla y ver quien se coronará campeón de campeones. Estos famosos atletas que dejaron huellas en pasadas temporadas, pondrán a prueba una vez más sus habilidades físicas y mentales en cada episodio lleno de adrenalina, drama y sorpresas para ganar el codiciado trofeo y el gran premio en efectivo de $500,000. “Como la casa de los reality shows favoritos de la audiencia, nos enorgullece grandemente presentar una octava edición de este exitoso formato que bautizamos como Exatlón All-Stars para reunir a los grandes de la familia...

Fairfax Co. community members weigh in on safety after teen killed along busy roadway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

Officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, are working to make Burke Centre Parkway safer and invited residents to participate in the conversation on Tuesday night as they shared about what’s being done.Residents near the parkway shared concerns about aggressive driving and speeding along the busy roadway during a virtual meeting. They were not required to give their names to testify to county leaders.“It is a problem that continues to point to a larger problem that we need to continue to pursue across our state,” one resident said.Just last month, a 17-year-old was killed was struck and killed while trying to make a left turn exiting a parking lot onto the parkway. Three others were also injured and Fairfax County Police said the other driver was going nearly double the speed limit. Police are also looking into whether street racing may have led to that deadly crash.“I appreciate the police being out there and enforcing the speed limit but people are going to fo...

Michigan State University plans to sell alcohol at four home football games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University plans to sell alcohol at select home football games this season following a recent change to state law that permits liquor licenses to be issued to sporting venues at public universities.The Board of Trustees at Michigan State University voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize the school to request liquor licenses to sell alcohol at four football games beginning with a Sept. 16 game against the University of Washington. The board’s vote came after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation in July lifting the state’s ban on alcohol being sold at college sporting events. Whitmer said at the time that the new law would help “reduce the likelihood of binge drinking before games,” while also bringing “in a heck of a lot more revenue.”If the liquor licenses are approved by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, the university also plans to sell alcohol at Spartan Stadium on Sept. 23 against Maryland, Oct. 21 against Michigan and...

Sam Kerr scores but Australia loses to England and falls short of Women’s World Cup final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:07 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — It took fives games and 62 minutes for Sam Kerr to finally make her mark on the Women’s World Cup.The superstar striker’s only goal in open play of this tournament was an equalizer against England in Wednesday’s semifinal — a shot that brought the sold-out crowd of 75,784 roaring to their feet in support of the Matildas. The Australian captain pounded her chest and then raised her closed fist to the crowd, urging their supporters to help push the Matildas into their first World Cup championship game. England needed only roughly eight minutes to strike again, a Lauren Hemp goal that put the Lionesses back on top. Kerr bent over, hands on her knees, unable to grasp how quickly the game had just shifted away from Australia. And when Alessia Russo made it 3-1 for England in the closing minutes, Kerr crumpled to the field in defeat. Australia’s magical run as co-host of the World Cup had ended one game shy of the championship game — the deepest into ...