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Milpitas nonprofit invites teens to Show Up & Love

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

When she released her first book, “Freeing Your Heart For Love,” Lorrine Patterson asked herself what was beyond it. She based the book on her troubled adolescence and wanted to do more to help teens challenged with depression and trauma to discover self-love and find happiness.She decided to start Show Up & Love, a Milpitas-based nonprofit that hosts five-week workshops and 30-day programs in teen centers, high schools and middle schools in the Bay Area..The programs are meant to empower people by helping them develop interpersonal leadership skills, increase self-confidence and acquire the motivation and ability to bring about positive changes in their lives. By learning to love yourself, Patterson says, you learn to make good decisions and stand up for yourself.“Show up and love yourself so that you can show up and love others,” she adds.Patterson launched Show Up & Love in January 2022. The nonprofit held a Cookoff for Love fundraiser at the Barbara Lee Senior Center aud...

Burglar snags nitrous oxide from Saratoga dental office

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

JULY 4Commercial burglary: Between 4:01 p.m. and 4:18 p.m., someone pried open a locked gate and then a locked metal container attached to a dental office in the 12000 block of Saratoga Avenue and stole two cannisters of nitrous oxide gas for a loss of about $200.JULY 5Petty theft: At 12:59 p.m., deputies responded to an automated license plate reader notification for a vehicle with a stolen license plate and located and stopped the vehicle at Big Basin Way and Fifth Street. An investigation revealed that someone stole the rear license plate that belonged to the vehicle and replaced it with a stolen plate, unbeknownst to the owner of the vehicle.JULY 6Residential burglary: Between 9 a.m. and 12:47 p.m., someone entered the open garage of a residence in the 18000 block of Sara Park Circle and stole a bicycle valued at $250.JULY 7Identity theft: A Saratoga resident reported that someone used their personal information to open a fraudulent bank account. The account was closed, and no f...

Donald Trump says he’s a target of special counsel’s criminal probe into 2020 election aftermath

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz and Jeremy Herb | CNNFormer President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he’s been informed by special counsel Jack Smith that he is a target of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.“Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden’s DOJ, sent a letter (again, it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment,” Trump posted on Truth Social.Trump also received a target letter earlier this year from Smith before he was indicted in the investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.A target letter from federal prosecutors to Trump makes clear that prosecutors are focused on Trump’s actions in the investigation into overturning the 2020 election – and not just of those around him who tried to stop his...

6 months. 28 mass killings in the US. That’s the worst yet, and all but one case involved guns

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

By STEFANIE DAZIO and LARRY FENN | Associated PressNEW YORK — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week, a constant cycle of violence and grief.Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One country.“What a ghastly milestone,” said Brent Leatherwood, whose three children were in class at a private Christian school in Nashville on March 27 when a former student killed three children and three adults. “You never think your family would be a part of a statistic like that.”Leatherwood, a prominent Republican in a state that hasn’t strengthened gun laws, believes something...

US soldier believed to be detained by North Korea after crossing border

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

By Gawon Bae, Brad Lendon and Jerome Taylor | CNNSeoul, South Korea — A US national is believed to be in North Korean custody after crossing the border during a tour, a United Nations agency said Tuesday.The man is believed to be a US soldier, a US official said. He was detained during a Joint Security Area tour after crossing the Military Demarcation Line separating North and South Korea, the United Nations Command said in a tweet.“A U.S. National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). We believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident,” the UNC said.The Joint Security Area is located inside the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea, and tours of the area are open to the public and organized by the United Nations Command.The Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea has become one of the most heavily for...

Bay Area father suggests surprising place for quiet driving lessons: Roadshow

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

Q: I taught my daughter to drive by going to a nearby cemetery. There are almost no other active cars there, and it is a good place to practice stops and starts, parking, backing up, tight turns, etc. Besides, it is highly unlikely you’re going to injure anyone, and no one complains about the noise.Norman Smith, Daly CityA: It certainly would have been a quiet place to learn to drive.Q: My husband, who is 90, has vision and balance problems. He recently renewed his driver’s license. He passed the written test, but when he was taking the visual part, he was struggling a bit, and the employee simply said it was OK and moved him along. When it came to the driving test, he also was excused from taking it.I was counting on the DMV to screen older people more closely, not less so. I would like to write a letter to the DMV, or whomever you might suggest should hear from me, and I wonder if you can give me some guidance about this.Joan SullivanA: Contact the DMV via the departmentR...

Why the independent Oakland Police Commission may be coming apart at the seams

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

OAKLAND — Once hailed as the city’s best option for holding police accountable, the volunteer-led Oakland Police Commission has become mired in dysfunction, with its soon-to-be former chair suggesting in a new lawsuit that she has been unfairly targeted by power-hungry external forces.A tangle of accusations has driven the independent commission — which holds the power to fire and help hire the Oakland police chief — into a political divide, with messy battle lines that have been further entrenched by recent events. With the chair’s ouster, and her lawsuit, new questions surround the commission at a crucial moment when it is leading the search for final candidates to replace former Chief LeRonne Armstrong, who was fired in February.The commission’s chair, Tyfahra Milele, likely will soon be out of her job after receiving zero votes late last week from a nine-member city panel that selects commissioners and decides whether to reappoint existing one...

Trump claims he is target in 2020 presidential election investigation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election. U.S. solider crosses heavily fortified border into North Korea Trump made the claim in a post on his Truth Social platform, saying he received the target letter on Sunday night. Such a letter can precede an indictment; Trump got one ahead of being charged last month in a separate investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith, whose office is leading the investigation, did not immediately return an email seeking comment.KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100...

Driver suspected of DUI in Hwy 101 Healdsburg crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

(KRON) -- A driver towing a trailer is suspected of driving under the influence and causing a "major" traffic delay on Highway 101 in Healdsburg on Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. Man loses hand in boat mishap at Lake Berryessa Reports of the accident came in around 9:30 a.m. CHP responded to find an overturned truck and trailer in the southbound lanes of Hwy 101. Law enforcement determined that the truck driver was attempting to pass a slower-moving vehicle when they lost control. (Photo courtesy of CHP)KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The truck and trailer both rolled, but not other vehicles were involved. Officers suspected the truck driver of DUI and he was arrested at the scene. The driver was not injured in the crash.

Former football player files 1st lawsuit against ex-coach Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders over hazing scandal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:45:32 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Former football player files 1st lawsuit against ex-coach Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders over hazing scandal.Source