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Steph & Ayesha Curry donate $50M to Oakland school district

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Stephen and Ayesha Curry are giving back to Oakland in a big way. For years, their “Eat, Learn, Play” foundation has worked with Oakland and the greater Bay Area community to address issues including childhood hunger and education.The Currys call Oakland their "adoptive home" not just from the Warriors fanbase but because they started their own family there and made connections with the community as a whole.Students at the Lockwood Steam Academy in Oakland unveiled the remodeled schoolyard, alongside Steph and Ayesha Curry on Wednesday. The upgraded playground is part of the Currys’ foundation, and there are more lofty goals. Raging Waters in San Jose will not reopen in 2024 "We're committing over $50 million dollars to the Oakland Unified School District and continue to amplify the systems and services that already exist,” Steph said. One of Curry’s foundation efforts is to improve the school district’s central kitchen – the hub of the food program ...

Lanes reopen near eastbound entrance to Bay Bridge

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

(KRON) -- Traffic piled up near an entrance to the Bay Bridge on Wednesday night after a crash caused lanes to close. All lanes have since reopened. The crash was reported on eastbound I-80 just east of 4th Street in San Francisco. The right lanes were blocked due to the incident. Drivers are told to expect delays and avoid the area. There is no estimated time for the lanes to reopen.This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency.Sheinbaum, as well as the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, have insisted that Mexico is ready to be led by a woman, but it will not be an easy path.On Wednesday night, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party announced that Sheinbaum had defeated five internal party rivals – all men. López Obrador has put women in important positions in his Cabinet and been a mentor for Sheinbaum, even while being accused at times of male chauvinism.Mexico still has famously intense “machismo” or male chauvinism, expressed in its most extreme form in a high rate of femicides, but also daily in hundreds of more subtle ways.Mexico has a strong “macho vote,” said Gloria Alcocer Olmos, director of the electoral magazine “V...

China’s exports and imports fall in August as weak global demand keeps its economy under pressure

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports and imports both fell in August from a year earlier, reflecting tepid global demand that is adding to pressures on its slowing economy.Customs data released Thursday showed exports for August slumped 8.8% to $284.87 billion in the fourth straight month of decline. Imports slid 7.3% to $216.51 billion.The total trade surplus fell to $68.36 billion from $80.6 billion in July.Chinese leaders have in rolled out various policy measures to shore up the economy after the country’s rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic fizzled earlier than expected.The central bank has eased borrowing rules and and cut mortgage rates for first-time home buyers while providing some tax relief measures for small businesses.So far, the authorities have avoided large-scale stimulus spending or broader tax cuts.Demand for Chinese exports weakened after the Federal Reserve and central banks in Europe and Asia began raising interest rates last year to cool inflation that w...

Trudeau visits Singapore to promote Canadian businesses, products

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

SINGAPORE — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is continuing his tour of the Indo-Pacific region this week with a visit to Singapore to promote Canadian business and products.His two-day visit is expected to include meetings with business leaders in the region, as well as meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.Trudeau is in Asia this week to promote trade as well as Canadian energy and products, meeting with Indo-Pacific leaders and attending two summits.The visit to Singapore comes after a stop in Jakarta, Indonesia, where Canada launched a strategic partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.The partnership is considered a symbolic gesture that reflects Canada’s expanded presence in the Indo-Pacific region, with Trudeau saying it shows the progress being made on a free-trade agreement with the 10 countries in ASEAN.This weekend he will head to India for the G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi.This report by The Canadian Press was first published...

In Southeast Asia, Harris says ‘we have to see the future’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — It took more than a day of flying, including two refueling stops, for Vice President Kamala Harris to reach this year’s summit of Southeast Asian countries. And once she arrived, she had less than eight minutes of public speaking time during two meetings. But in Jakarta’s cavernous convention center, adorned with billowing flowers and tropical plants for the occasion, Harris saw an opportunity to shape the future of United States foreign policy. In an interview with The Associated Press, the vice president said that Washington must “pay attention to 10, 20, 30 years down the line, and what we are developing now that will be to the benefit of our country then.”For her, that means working in Southeast Asia. Two-thirds of its population is under 35 years old. It’s the fourth-largest market for U.S. exports. One-third of global shipping travels through the South China Sea.“Think about it,” Harris said. This was her third trip to Southeast Asia since...

Southern California man survives 5 days trapped in ravine after crash

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

A Southern California man who crashed his truck into a steep ravine recalls the terrifying ordeal and surviving five days without food or water.The crash left 68-year-old Calvin Smith trapped and severely injured in a Kern County backcountry area on Aug. 29.As Calvin was driving to his home in Ridgecrest that day, his truck suddenly went over an embankment and fell down about 100 feet into a grassy ravine below.Calvin was ejected out the window during the impact and suffered a broken back and ribs. Unable to move, he lay there, praying he would soon be found.“I was terrified,” Calvin recalled. “I kept asking God, saying, ‘Please don’t let me die out here.’ It was ice cold at night and burning hot during the daytime.”A Southern California man who crashed his truck into a steep ravine recalls the terrifying ordeal and miraculously surviving five days without food or water on Aug. 29, 2023. (Kern County Fire Department)A Southern California man who crashed his truck into a steep ravine...

Vigil held for 3 killed in Cook's Corner mass shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

Nearly 200 people attended a vigil at Library of the Canyons in Orange County to sing, pray and remember the lives of three people tragically killed when a gunman opened fire at Cook’s Corner bar two weeks ago in Trabuco Canyon.  The deadly shooting unfolded on Aug. 23 when retired Ventura police sergeant John Snowling walked directly up to his wife inside the popular bar and grill, and, without saying a word, shot her and a friend, according to witnesses.   He continued “randomly” shooting people both inside and outside the bar, seriously wounding six others, before being fatally shot in a gunfire exchange with seven deputies, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said at a news conference.  Authorities investigate a deadly shooting at Cook's Corner in Orange County on Aug. 23, 2023. (OnScene.TV)“Nothing will destroy this canyon, Cook’s Corner, the quality of life, this open space,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said at the vigil. &...

Restroom conditions at high school in Long Beach a 'disaster,' students say

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

The topic of restroom accessibility and cleanliness at Long Beach Polytechnic High School was front and center Wednesday night at a school board meeting, with several students voicing their concerns over what some say has been an ongoing problem at the largest school in the Long Beach Unified School District.  “I love my teachers. I love my classmates. It’s an amazing place. It’s a historical place,” LBPHS junior Alivia Seard told KTLA.  Seard, who is not short on school spirit, said the campus bathrooms have been a growing problem at the school.  “There are not nearly enough restrooms for over 4,000 students,” she explained. "The restrooms are often locked and if you happen to get to a restroom that isn't locked, the insides are a disaster." The high school junior and several other students spoke out Wednesday night about the situation, demanding that the board take action.  KTLA obtained recent photos of the conditions inside some of the school’s bathrooms, a b...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in San Jose the week of Aug. 28

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

A house in San Jose that sold for $3.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in San Jose in the past week.In total, 18 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $1,030.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Aug. 28 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.9 million, single-family home in the 1000 block of Mazzone DriveThe 1,895 square-foot detached house in the 1000 block of Mazzone Drive in San Jose has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in August and the total purchase price was $1,900,000, $1,003 per square foot. The house was built in 1979. The house features three bedrooms and two bathrooms.Mazzone Drive9. $1.9 million, single-family residence in the 2200 block of Gunar DriveThe sale of the single family residence in the 2200 block of ...