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Local nonprofit helps autistic students land Hollywood jobs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

A nonprofit named Exceptional Minds is helping students with autism channel their creativity into a Hollywood career. What’s unique is that the Sherman Oaks based organization is one part school and one part animation house.That means graduates can start working immediately on freelance gigs while they look for a full-time job.Instructor Alyssa Zelman teaching class at Exceptional Minds"We’re teaching them things like 2D animation, 3D animation, game level design," said Exceptional Minds Academic Dean Timothy Dailey.The Los Angeles area nonprofit school uses the latest technology to teach."We’re basically learning and dealing with everything that we’re going to be using whenever we get into new jobs," said student Stefan Morgan.Students are taught job skills and skills for a job."It’s cool finding out that I’m not alone and there are people I can talk to," said Matthew Rhode, a student at the academy.Exceptional Minds caters to neurodiverse students, specifically those on the autism...

2 Arrested after Police Pursuit on Highway 180 [Fresno, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

1 Hospitalized after Traffic Crash at CorneliaFRESNO, CA (April 28, 2023) – Thursday morning, police pursuit on Highway 180 and Cornelia left one person hurt.The robbery first happened at around 3:00 a.m. at a Northwest Fresno Chevron.According to police, the suspects were fleeing from the scene and police were chasing them.Consequently, the suspects drove through the intersection on Highway 180 at Cornelia when a vehicle driven by a woman struck the side of their vehicle and ended up in the fields.Furthermore, the female driver suffered major injuries and was transported to Community Regional Medical Center.Meanwhile, the suspects, identified as two teenagers, tried to flee the scene but were caught by the officers.Both of them were arrested and taken into custody. Lanes on Highway 180 at Cornelia were blocked for an hour before it was reopened.Those with further information regarding the accident are encouraged to contact local authorities as soon as possible.Make our roads ...

California bans sale of diesel big rig trucks starting in 2036 in landmark air pollution rule

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

California air regulators on Friday approved first-in-the-nation rules to ban the sale of new diesel big rig trucks statewide by 2036.The rules approved unanimously by the California Air Resources Board also require companies in California with more than 50 trucks to convert their truck fleets to zero-emission vehicles by 2042.The historic vote to require new trucks to run on electricity or hydrogen fuel cells — sending diesel the way of leaded gasoline — is the latest step in the slow, but steady phase-out of fossil fuels in California, designed to reduce smog and greenhouse gases that are causing climate change. Last year, the air board, most of whose 16 members are appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, voted to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-burning passenger vehicles in California in 2035.“This is an absolutely transformative rule to clean our air and mitigate climate change,” said Liane Randolph, chair of the board.Industry groups opposed the rules and said...

Four-bedroom home sells for $2.9 million in Los Gatos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

15 Roberts Road – Google Street ViewA 2,514-square-foot house built in 1996 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the first block of Roberts Road in Los Gatos was sold on April 13, 2023, for $2,880,000, or $1,146 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. There’s also a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 5,750-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:In September 2022, a 2,403-square-foot home on Serra Court in Los Gatos sold for $2,850,000, a price per square foot of $1,186. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Towne Terrace, Los Gatos, in November 2022, a 1,527-square-foot home was sold for $2,600,000, a price per square foot of $1,703. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 846-square-foot home on the 200 block of Thurston Street in Los Gatos sold in November 2022, for $1,100,000, a price per square foot of $1,300. The home has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. 

Will an S.F.-style fentanyl crackdown happen in San Jose?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

With the fentanyl crisis reaching epidemic proportions, a renewed push in the Bay Area seeks to stem the steady supply of a deadly drug that has wreaked havoc across the country.On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom officially tasked a cadre of California National Guard and California Highway Patrol officials to fight the rampant rise of fentanyl in San Francisco. Now, leaders from Northern California’s largest city say they, too, would welcome state help.“The enforcement side is incredibly important,” San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said in an interview. “We are really understaffed. So do we need more help there? Yes.”In San Jose, 96 accidental overdose deaths were attributed to fentanyl in 2022, according to data from the Santa Clara County Coroner dashboard. San Francisco had 620 accidental fatal fentanyl overdoses, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner — 85% more deaths than San Jose, which has about 200,000 more residents.At the same time, M...

Tucker Carlson: How early rejection by hippie San Francisco mom made him shameless

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

Before Tucker Carlson’s shocking ouster from Fox News Monday, observers sometimes said he owed his massive success on the network and in America’s extreme right-wing circles to his unique ability to be shamelessly provocative.A 2022 New York Times profile of Carlson described his on-air technique as  “gleefully courting blowback” for touting racist, white nationalist views or for being one of the “most visible and voluble defenders of those who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol to keep Donald Trump in office.” The more Carlson doubled-down at Fox, the more his millions of nightly viewers embraced him as an “aggrieved” partner in their perceived “victimhood,” the Times said.In interviews over the past few years, Carlson has suggested that he developed his extremely thick skin for cable news success because of his mother — or rather, because of the terrible thing his mother, former San Francisco socialite-turned-artist Lisa McNear Lombardi, did to him as a 6-year-old.“I b...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

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National Guard steps into San Francisco fentanyl crisis: How will this work?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The California National Guard is stepping into San Francisco's fentanyl crisis to try and stop the flow of fentanyl from reaching open-air drug markets by targeting "prominent poison peddlers," the governor said Friday.The joint operation is enlisting resources from the National Guard, California Department of Justice, California Highway Patrol, San Francisco Police Department, and San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.Mayor London Breed, California National Guard Major General Matthew Beevers, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, and San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott are holding a news conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday to release more details about the joint operation. The news conference will be livestreamed here.Gov. Gavin Newsom said the operation will be deployed in San Francisco starting May 1 with a focus on targeting fentanyl trafficking, disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city, and holding the operators of drug trafficking rings a...

Encampment fire breaks out below 880 in Oakland, firefighters on scene

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

(KRON) -- There is an encampment fire burning beneath Interstate 880 in Oakland, according to the Oakland Fire Department on Twitter. Crews are on the scene of the blaze which is burning near the rear of the 24 Hour Fitness off Alameda Avenue.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Jimmy Butler does things his way, leads Heat into 2nd round

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:09 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler is different.Some players hit beaches over All-Star break; Butler went to Argentina to watch tennis and learn about coffee. Some players rest with one day off between games; Butler spent 10 hours flying round-trip to be at Pau Gasol’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey retirement one night and back in Miami for shootaround the next morning. Some Miami teammates jumped around the locker room to celebrate after eliminating top-seeded Milwaukee; Butler simply watched while sipping a drink.He does things his way, which is not a bad thing — and the results prove it. Butler has led Miami to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the third time in his four seasons with the Heat; this year, a matchup with the New York Knicks awaits, starting Sunday.“He puts his soul into competing,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “When you put that much physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energy into that will to win, that is so unique. You have to be able to recharge your batte...