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SF businessman in Israel amid war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – San Francisco businessman Manny Yekutiel of Manny’s in the Mission District is in Israel visiting his family. KRON4 spoke with him about being in what’s now a war zone.“Imagine a missile rains down from the sky to 18th and Castro and blows up badlands. Imagine having to go to bed at night knowing that that’s possible. And that’s what people are living with here,” he said. “And they’re scared. I have nine nieces and nephews. My sisters both have new babies that are just a couple of weeks, a couple months old. They need to be near a bomb shelter. It’s serious.” Berkeley native missing after Hamas invades Israeli music festival Manny had been visiting his family in the mountains of Bet Shemesh but left for Tel Aviv Monday morning to help with relief efforts.“There were probably 1,000 people, all ages. Folks were coming in with shopping carts full of things. And then those things were sorted and moved to various stations, and then boxes were packed that were goi...

De locura: nadie acierta al premio mayor del Powerball; hay $1,730 millones en juego

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

El sorteo del Powerball llegó este lunes a 35 oportunidades consecutivas sin ganador del premio mayor que para el miércoles 11 de octubre pondrá en juego $1,730 millones.Los números ganadores del sorteo del este lunes fueron 16, 34, 46, 55, 67 y la Powerball fue el 14.Se trata del segundo premio acumulado en la historia de las loterías de Estados Unidos y quien lo gane podría optar por dos opciones para recibir el premio: una de ellas le daría la posibilidad de acceder a $756.6 millones.Aunque nadie se llevó el premio mayor, hubo cinco boletos que se llevaron premios considerables. En Florida, una persona acertó a cinco números más el Power Play y ganó un premio de $2 millones, mientras que en California, Indiana, Oregon y Virginia cuatro personas acertaron a cinco bolas blancas que les premia con al menos $1 millón. El secreto del Powerball y del Mega Millions: por qué ahora es más difícil ganar el premio mayor ¿A quién contarle y ...

Israel supporters united at SDSU in 'Walk for Peace' amid dark realities in Middle East

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- People from across San Diego County rallied together at San Diego State University Monday afternoon to show their support for Israel and the Jewish community in a "Walk for Peace." “I woke up Saturday morning to absolute horrors. Children being kidnapped. Mothers being murdered in front of their families," shared Alpha Epsilon Pi President and Hillel Ambassador Ori Lerer. He and hundreds of other students, faculty, parents and children gathered together walking hand in hand all with a message rooted in unity amid a dark reality. "Men, women, children, elderly and Holocaust survivors being paraded around as their dead bodies are dragged on the streets," said Lerer in an emotional speech to other demonstrators Monday evening. Several walked with T-shirts, signs and flags reading "End Jew Hatred" and "Fighting with Love" as they made their way both on and off SDSU grounds in solidarity as horror continues to unfold in the Middle East. "I was nursing my baby in the middle o...

Tax deadline one week away for San Diegans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- If you live in San Diego County, next Monday, Oct. 16 is the deadline to file your state and federal taxes.“If you don’t file by Monday, there’s a late filing penalty associated with not filing a return correctly and that penalty is not going to get waived,” said Sam Brotman, managing attorney at Brotman Law.Harsh winter storms led to the six-month extension. The extension applied to almost all counties across California, including San Diego. It was meant to give taxpayers time to recover from any damage and to claim any deductions for disaster loss.Brotman says whether you make the deadline or not, accuracy will help you avoid an audit.“If it’s a choice between just turning something in and or filing something that’s going to be accurate, you probably want to take the penalty and wait to file something that’s accurate,” he said. California campsite reservation bill signed by governor. Here’s what changes it makes With seven days or less, does the average person still...

Gov. Newsom signs bill to ban hidden fees in California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

Hidden fees, which sellers use to mislead customers with an artificially low headline price before imposing additional unavoidable charges later in the buying process, will no longer be allowed in California.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 478 (SB 478) that will ban hidden fees, or "junk fees," in the state starting on July 1, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release Saturday.“These deceptive fees prevent us from knowing how much we will be charged at the outset. They are bad for consumers and bad for competition. They cost Americans tens of billions of dollars each year," Bonta said.Bonta added that these fees "hit families who are just trying to make ends meet the hardest." California campsite reservation bill signed by governor. Here’s what changes it makes "And, because a growing list of websites, apps, and brick-and-mortar businesses are using them, they penalize companies that are upfront and transparent with their ...

Motorcyclist killed in SR-94 crash identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

DULZURA, Calif. -- A motorcyclist who was killed in a crash on State Route 94 in late September has been identified, local medical officials said.Drexel Ivan Autor Orgeta, 28, of Chula Vista, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said on its website.On the morning of Sept. 23, Orgeta was driving a 2024 Kawasaki ZX-6R westbound on SR-94, east of Roma Road in the unincorporated area of Dulzura, when he failed to negotiate a curve and crossed into the eastbound lanes, according to California Highway Patrol. While traveling in the wrong direction, he hit a sign and was ejected from the motorcycle. 4 ‘glamping’ sites for fall camping in San Diego County First responders airlifted Orgeta to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.The manner of his death has been determined as an accident, per the medical examiner's office. Anyone with further information regarding this incident is encouraged to call Officer Jared Grieshaber at (619) 401-2000.

Live updates | 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants found in Israel as it claims full control over border

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

The Israeli military said it had largely gained control in the south and “restored full control” over the border. Spokesperson Richard Hecht said 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants have been found in Israeli territory and no Hamas fighters have crossed into Israel since Monday night, although infiltrations could still be possible.Hecht said the military struck hundreds of Hamas targets overnight in Gaza’s City Rimal neighborhood, which is home to many of Hamas’ ministries and government buildings. He said residents were being notified over social media before the strikes to evacuate, but did not elaborate further. He suggested that Palestinians should try to leave through the Rafah crossing, though he did not specify where they would go or how they would use the crossing that is periodically closed.JAPAN PLEDGES TO PROTECT CITIZENS IN THE CONFLICT AREAJapan’s top government spokesperson pledged Tuesday to do the utmost to protect the safety of a small number of Japanese citizens in the...

GM workers hit the picket lines at three facilities in Ontario

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

Unifor workers have kicked off strike action at General Motors.In a message on the union’s website, Unifor National President, Lana Payne says the bargaining team announced the move, affecting all unionized GM members at the Oshawa Assembly Complex and CCA Stamped Products, the St. Catharines Powertrain Plant and the Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre.Her statement goes on to blame the strike on the company’s unwillingness to agree on the union’s pattern-bargaining demands on pensions and other supports for those retiring. She says there are also unresolved differences when it comes to making sure temporary part-time workers are given a clear path to permanent employment.The strike includes approximately 4,280 autoworkers from Locals 222, 199 and 636.Unifor Local 88 members at the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario are covered by a separate collective agreement and will continue operations.Officials say its members will remain on strike until the union’s pattern agreem...

In Poland, church and state draw nearer, and some Catholic faithful rebel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Dominika Gala grew up going to Mass with her grandmother and attending Catholic school in Warsaw. After her grandmother’s death in 2010, she began to drift away from the church.A decade later, when the Catholic leadership backed a near-total abortion ban in Poland, Gala made her fervent disagreement clear. She formally left the church in October 2020, just weeks after Poland’s top court closed a major loophole in the country’s abortion laws that were already among the strictest in Europe. She has since helped her mother and several friends leave, and now helps lead a civic initiative to limit religion’s role in public life.“There’s a strong link between the church and the bad things happening in Polish politics,” Gala, now an atheist, told The Associated Press. As Law and Justice seeks an unprecedented third-straight term in the Oct. 15 parliamentary election, the conservative, nationalist ruling party is trying to bolster its image as a defender of Christ...

Israel strikes downtown Gaza City and mobilizes 300,000 reservists as war enters fourth day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:02 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would “reverberate for generations.”The 4-day-old war has already claimed at least 1,600 lives, as Israel saw gun battles in the streets of its own towns for the first time in decades and neighborhoods in Gaza were reduced to rubble. Hamas also escalated the conflict, pledging to kill captured Israelis if strikes targeted civilians without warning. Israel said that Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza are holding more than 150 soldiers and civilians snatched from inside Israel after the attack caught its vaunted military and intelligence apparatus completely off guard.The Israeli military said it had largely gained control in the south and “restored full control” over the border. Spokesperson Richard Hecht said no Hamas fighters have crosse...