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San Jose teachers demand better pay and health care

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

(BCN) -- Teachers and union members are demanding that one San Jose community college district increase compensation and health care benefits.Dozens of San Jose-Evergreen Community College District faculty and members of its Federation of Teachers union attended Tuesday's board meeting to push for better health care benefits under the Part-Time Community College Health Insurance Program. Through a new provision enacted last year under Assembly Bill 190, $200 million is available annually for community college districts to fund health care premiums for part-time faculty carrying 40% of the full-time workload. This is not a mandatory requirement, and community colleges need to opt into the program. Hollywood writers strike nearing end. What’s next? Participating community college districts are reimbursed 100% by the state for part-time teachers who reach the 40% benchmark, according to union Vice President Jessica Breheny. The California Federation of Teachers estimates this would r...

What’s streaming now: Jamie Foxx, Offset, Musk, ‘Frasier’ returns and Nicholas Cage as a vampire

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones leading the crowd-pleasing courtroom drama “The Burial,” and the return of “Frasier” starring Kelsey Grammer are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near youAmong the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are albums by Offset and Troye Sivan, a group of so-called baddies of reality and competition TV shows face-off in a new reality game show called “House of Villains,” and the video game Forza Motorsport offers you a chance to drive more than 500 cars that are all sexier than whatever’s cluttering your driveway.NEW MOVIES TO STREAM— Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones lead the crowd-pleasing courtroom drama “The Burial,” coming to Prime Video free for subscribers on Friday. Loosely based on a true story, Maggie Betts’ sophomore film starts out as a contract dispute between two funeral home owners, but morphs into a bigger examination of race, inequality and corruption ling...

A teacher dies and 2 people are wounded in stabbing in France. Anti-terror police are investigating

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

PARIS (AP) — A man armed with a knife killed a teacher at the high school in northern France he once attended and critically wounded another teacher and a security guard Friday, authorities said, an attack being investigated as potential terrorism amid soaring global tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas.French anti-terror prosecutors said they were leading the investigation into the attack at the Gambetta high school in the city of Arras, some 115 miles (185 kilometers) north of Paris. They said they were investigating charges including terror-related murder and attempted murder against the suspect, who was arrested.National police said the suspected assailant was a Russian national of Chechen origin. The French intelligence services said the suspect had been closely watched since the summer with tails and telephone surveillance and was stopped as recently as Thursday for a police check that found no wrongdoing. Sliman Hamzi, a police officer who was one of the first on th...

EU can’t reach decision on prolonging the use of chemical herbicide glyphosate

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union decision on whether to authorize the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the 27-nation bloc for at least 10 more years was delayed for a month after member countries failed to agree on Friday.The chemical, which is widely used in the 27-nation bloc, is approved on the EU market until mid-December. Representatives of the EU’s executive arm and member countries voted Friday in favor of renewing its authorization until 2033, despite protests from environmental groups. But to be adopted, the 10-year extension proposed by the European Commission required a “qualified majority,” defined as 55% of the 27 members representing at least 65% of the total EU population of some 450 million people. But several member states abstained and that was not achieved. The European Commission is now expected to amend its proposal before another vote takes place next month. Ultimately, if no consensus is found, the Commission will have the final say.Gr...

Jefferson County School Board closing 2 more schools

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- On Thursday night, the Jefferson County School Board voted to close two of its smallest schools: Arvada K-8 and Coal Creek Canyon in Golden.The district estimates more than 500 students and 97 staff members will be impacted by the closures which are planned to shut down in the 2024-25 school year. Officials cited two decades of declining enrollment, due to shifting demographics as the reason for the move. 12-year-old bias-motivated stabbing suspect had hit list, Nazi fascination Board President Stephanie Schooley issued the following statement on behalf of the Jeffco Board of Education:"In the spring of 2022, this Board tasked Superintendent Dorland with creating a comprehensive plan for consolidating schools following two consecutive years of emergency closures of elementary schools in the spring, with enrollment too low to sustain a program for the following school year. Two decades of declining enrollment and shifting demographics had caught up to Jeffco in way...

Mobilizing effort to get Americans out Israel underway as families arrive in MIA

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

The United States, along with the Israeli government, are mobilizing together to get Americans who are still in Israel out of harm’s way.On Friday morning, there were several tearful reunions as people arrived at Miami International Airport. The flights to get out of Israel were far and few, and for those who were able to catch a flight, it was an expensive endeavor. 7News cameras captured a family who were able to make it to South Florida. They were in Israel when the attacks broke out.The couple flew out Saturday and left their child with some family. Now, with some help from the U.S. government, they were able to reunite with their daughter. It was the first time they were able to hold their daughter in over a week. “Today, we are in 2023, we are not in 1943,” the father said. “We are strong. The United States stands with us and thank God, thank God, my baby come.”In an effort to help U.S. residents who are attempting to flee Israel, Twenty-eight-yea...

BSO release surveillance video after Lauderdale Lakes man ambushed, stabbed in attempted carjacking

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

An attempted carjacking took a violent turn as a Lauderdale Lakes man was ambushed and stabbed while sitting inside his car. The incident, captured in surveillance video released by the Broward Sheriff’s Office Robbery Unit, unfolded on Thursday, Sept. 21, shortly before 5 p.m. The video depicts the assailant approaching the driver’s side of the victim’s vehicle, which was parked in the 4000 block of Northwest 34th Street. With the victim’s car window rolled down, the attacker demanded the car keys. When the victim resisted, the attacker repeatedly stabbed him in the arm. In an attempt to escape, the victim exited his vehicle, but he was further injured with a stab wound to the leg before managing to flee.Although the assailant gained access to the vehicle, he couldn’t steal it as the victim retained possession of the car keys.The injured victim was transported to Florida Medical Center for treatment.The Broward Sheriff’s Office is seeking informa...

Gas leak in Miami causes temporary suspension of Metromover’s Omni Loop

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

City of Miami Fire Rescue responded to a gas leak causing a temporary suspension of the Metromover’s Omni Loop.The leak happened along Northeast Second Avenue and Eighth Street, early Friday morning. As a safety precaution, the Miami Dade Metro Mover’s Omni Loop was temporarily suspended while crews addressed the situation. Travelers can now breathe easy, as the area has been reopened for regular use.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responds to Yacht Haven Marina blaze

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

A fire unfolded Thursday night as Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews rushed to the Yacht Haven Marina near West State Road 84 just after 10:30 PM. Firefighters collaborated with Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue teams to combat the blaze, which engulfed a 92-foot yacht. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries or transports, and it’s not yet confirmed whether the yacht was occupied.

The ‘Steve Bartman’ game, 20 years later: How the Chicago Cubs’ 2003 season played out — and what happened in Game 6

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:09:25 GMT

“Well, the stars seem to be aligned for the Chicago Cubs,” announcer Thom Brennaman said at the start of the broadcast for Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series against the Florida Marlins on Oct. 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field.It is unfathomable — even now, 20 years after a loss that eliminated the Cubs from 2023 playoff contention — how a team that went 65-95 in 2002 could be one win from its first trip to the World Series since 1945.Getting to this point hadn’t been easy.At his introduction as the 16th Cubs manager in 20 years, Dusty Baker made no promises.“My name is Dusty, not Messiah,” he told reporters on Nov. 19, 2002.First he smoothed things over with Sammy Sosa, the Cubs’ best hitter who batted .288 with 49 home runs but also had 144 strikeouts in 2002. Then he brought some California sunshine to the Midwest by adding infielders Eric Karros and Mark Grudzielanek from the Los Angeles Dodgers in December 20...