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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Hotel promises to beanother boxy buildingRe: “Hotel project near mega malls advances” (Page C7, Oct. 18).I was sorry to see the rendering of the proposed hotel across from Santana Row, next to One Santana West, which resembles a cold glass box — and now a hotel to match it.What a shame that none of the new buildings in this area honor the history and beauty of the Winchester House, which is beginning to seem like a forgotten afterthought. This criticism includes the cold, unattractive apartments built where the mobile home park used to be. There are examples of newer builds that honor our rich historic region, such as mission styles, and some that resemble the beautiful architecture of our century-old buildings, such as some that Julia Morgan designed.The flat roof lines and boxy glass structures are everywhere now. Too bad.Diane McQuillenSan JosePac-12 sports shouldfight for conferenceRe: &#...

Leaked video shows Antioch cops fire dozens of shots at man as he runs away

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

 ANTIOCH — New video taken by a civilian shows four Antioch officers firing dozens of shots at a 30-year-old man as he runs from them, adding new flame to the city’s most recent police controversy.The video of the Oct. 1 police shooting, taken from a nearby balcony, shows Antioch officers fire several times at Antioch resident Daniel Mackin as he runs from them. After Mackin runs out of the frame, the officers fire more than a dozen shots at Mackin. Police have said that Mackin pointed a gun at the officers when they shot.The video does not show Mackin pointing a gun at the officers when they fire the initial shots. He runs with one hand visible and another one tucked in or near his hoodie, and several officers and two dogs run behind him.The video shows Mackin run from a van away from the pursuing officers, one of whom stumbles and falls during the pursuit. As the first few shots are fired, two of the pursuing officers slow down, possibly to avoid being caught in t...

Dust collected by Apollo 17 mission shows moon’s true age

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

By Ashley Strickland | CNNLunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed.After landing on the moon on December 11, 1972, NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt collected rocks and dust from the lunar surface. A new analysis of that sample detected zircon crystals and dated them to 4.46 billion years old. Previous estimates put the moon, formed by a massive celestial collision, at 4.425 billion years old.The findings were published Monday in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters.“These crystals are the oldest known solids that formed after the giant impact. And because we know how old these crystals are, they serve as an anchor for the lunar chronology,” said senior study author Philipp Heck, Robert A. Pritzker Curator for Meteoritics and Polar Studies at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, in a statement.The early days of our solar system — when Earth was still for...

How to get (almost) free fries at McDonald’s every Friday for the rest of 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

McDonald’s, the gold standard of fast-food fries, is giving them away (well, practically) every Friday for the rest of the year.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | 7 new food-centric shows you should be watching right now Restaurants, Food and Drink | Downtown San Jose economy shows signs of rebound Restaurants, Food and Drink | Tico Coffee Roasters CEO growing an environmental legacy Restaurants, Food and Drink | McDonald’s releases 2023 Boo Buckets Restaurants, Food and Drink | 23,000 people attend In-N-Out’s 75th anniversary festival in Southern California How can you take advantage of the offer?First, download the McDonald’s mobile app if you haven’t already and sign up for the rewards program.Then, on any one or all of the next 10 Fridays, go to the deals tab on the app, select the Free Fries Friday deal, then tap the “Add Deal to Mobile Order” button, the rul...

Report: Trump told club member about calls with foreign leaders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

By Marshall Cohen | CNNMar-a-Lago member and Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt said then-President Donald Trump told him about his private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq, according to reports published Sunday about private recordings of Pratt, a key prosecution witness in Trump’s classified documents case.The reports from The New York Times and “60 Minutes Australia” revealed previously unknown recordings of Pratt candidly recalling his conversations with Trump – and build on existing allegations that Trump overshared sensitive government material.In the tapes, Pratt says Trump shared insider details about his phone calls with world leaders during his presidency. Pratt also offers searing critiques of Trump’s personal ethics.CNN previously reported that Pratt gave an interview to special counsel Jack Smith, who charged Trump with mishandling national security materials by hoarding dozens of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. (Trump pleaded not guilty.) Pra...

Man fires gun near pro-Palestinian rally outside Chicago, another pepper-sprays crowd, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

Two people were arrested after police say one man fired a shot into the air and another pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian demonstrators near an Israel solidarity event in Chicago’s northern suburbs.The episode took place Sunday evening around a banquet hall in Skokie, where about 1,000 people had gathered to show solidarity with Israel, according to event organizers.A group of about 200 pro-Palestinian protesters staged their own rally near the hall. A man reportedly drove his car into the group, got out and fired a shot before police said they took him into custody. A witness told the Chicago Sun-Times that the man’s car had been covered in Israeli flags, the newspaper reported.A man coming out of the banquet hall wearing an Israeli flag as a cape sprayed the crowd with pepper spray before he was arrested. No one was seriously hurt in the melee, but the pepper spray hit several protesters, a Chicago police officer and a Sun-Times reporter.Hatem Abudayyeh, national chair of the U...

‘Extremely disturbing’: Prince George’s Co. looking for driver in fatal hit-and-run who went 2 miles with man’s body lodged in windshield

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

Prince George’s County police are asking for the public’s help finding a driver they say hit a man in Lanham, Maryland, over the weekend who kept driving for 2 miles with the man’s body “lodged” in the car’s windshield.Police are also asking auto body shops to be on the lookout for any vehicles with damage consistent with the crash.PHOTOS: We are asking for the community’s assistance in locating the driver and car involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run in Lanham. The victim is 28-year-old Franklin Membreno Mendez of New Carrollton.https://t.co/2D7jGeax6n pic.twitter.com/gznCbVgaaE— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) October 23, 2023Police found the body of 28-year-old Franklin Membreno Mendez of New Carrollton, on the side of Ardwick Ardmore Road shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday.Mendez had been involved in an unrelated, minor crash about approximately 2 miles away in the 8900 block of Annapolis Road, according to police.“What we know happened is that at ...

Release of two more hostages gives some hope to families of others abducted in the attack on Israel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

The release Monday of two more hostages is offering some hope to the families of the more than 200 people the Israeli military says were seized by Hamas militants.The two Israeli women, 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz and 79-year-old Nurit Cooper, were snatched from their homes in Nir Oz, a kibbutz near the Gaza border during Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel. Their husbands were not released. Their release follows the freeing Friday of an American woman and her teenage daughter. But the relatives of others taken captive are struggling with thoughts of what their loved ones might be enduring and how to explain to young children what happened to their parents.Here are some of their stories.BIBAS FAMILYLARNACA, Cyprus — Ofri Bibas couldn’t bring herself to tell her brother, Yarden, she loved him — to do so seemed an irreversible finality, she said.Yarden Bibas, his wife, Shiri, and their sons, 4-year-old Ariel and 9-month-old Kfir, were snatched from their home in the Nir-Oz Ki...

How a service dog in training is supporting Leesburg police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

The Leesburg Police Department in Virginia had long toyed with the idea of a wellness program involving a dog for officers, so when Officer Kristine Rzewnicki came across the nonprofit Thin Line Service Dogs over the summer, she was sold.Rzewnicki filled out an application to become a volunteer and help train a puppy, starting a process she anticipated would help her colleagues. And then, she learned she’d be getting a 1-year-old golden retriever.Mooney, named after Stafford County Deputy Sheriff Jason Mooney who was killed on the job in 2007, has only been on the job for about two weeks, but Rzewnicki said his presence has already had a significant impact on some officers.Unlike some police dogs trained to escort officers in the community, Mooney’s main job is supporting officers within the department. Sometimes, in the event of a “critical incident,” such as a pediatric patient who codes or an injured officer, Mooney will leave the office to support Rzewnicki’s colleagues in the f...

Sean Payton finding it hard to enjoy what little he has to celebrate in first year as Broncos coach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:25 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Count Sean Payton among those who wonder why the Denver Broncos’ first-year coach can’t ever seem to enjoy himself.After chewing out his defensive coordinator on the sideline and snapping at a reporter from the podium following Denver’s 19-17 win over Green Bay, Payton finally had something to celebrate in Denver with his team’s first win after three losses at Empower Field.“Sometimes it’s hard to be pleased or not upset, you know,” Payton said Monday. “You want to play your perfect game and that was a good win for us and yet I’m driving home last night, you know, heading to get sushi — I don’t like sushi — and finding myself circling around the parking lot like, ‘All right, why can’t I be happy?’“Well, you’re searching for the perfect game, and so I’m just that way. I’m gonna wear my emotions on my sleeve.”Hold up, before we go any further. Why is he going to a sushi place if he’s not a big ...