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Prominent Bangladeshis in Europe defend their homeland after attack by MEPs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

A letter from a small number of MEPs has outraged the Bangladeshi community in Europe. The group of six MEPs wrote to the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, making a series of allegations against the country and its government. The organization Bangladesh Civil Society in Europe has now provided Borrell with a detailed response, writes Political Editor Nick Powell.More than 300 of Europe’s most eminent scientists, lawyers, businesspeople, cultural figures and other highly successful individuals in their chosen fields have signed a letter to High Representative Josep Borrell. They have in common that they are all proud sons and daughters of Bangladesh and are all outraged by a letter written by the Slovak MEP, Ivan Štefanec, two of his fellow members of the EPP, two from Renew and one Green.This cross-party group are seen by Bangladesh Civil Society in Europe as advocates for the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its leader Begum Kha...

Review: ‘Every Body’ shed light on what it means to be intersex

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

By Jocelyn Noveck | Associated PressPlumes of pink smoke. Explosions of blue. Expectant parents laughing, screaming, fainting, shooting arrows or even guns. The new documentary “Every Body” opens with footage of the often absurd practice of elaborate “gender reveals.”But by the end of this illuminating film, we’re forced to confront something much deeper and more insidious: society’s need to divide humans into a binary system, and the sometimes disastrous results for those born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that isn’t neatly “male” or “female.”The term “intersex” is one many are unfamiliar with (“whatever THAT is,” scoffs a certain former Fox News pundit in an early news clip). Hopefully, director Julie Cohen’s sensitive and graceful work — deftly weaving hope and some joy, too, into its sobering lesson — will help change that.Cohen, who co-directed the Oscar-nominated “RBG...

Point Reyes theft suspect accused of attacking store worker

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

A shoplifting suspect was arrested in Point Reyes Station after attacking a store employee with a stolen bottle of lime juice, according to the sheriff’s department.The incident happened Saturday at the Palace Market. When the employee confronted the alleged thief about the stolen merchandise, the suspect struck him in the head with the bottle, slashing his ear and neck.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Suspect in rape of minor arrested in San Bruno Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man charged with handcuffing, raping developmentally disabled woman for hours Crime and Public Safety | UCSF security guard charged with stealing $200,000 in Apple devices Crime and Public Safety | Man who founded Your Black Muslim Bakery spinoff convicted of $34.6 million fraud scheme Crime and Public Safety | Oakland woman allegedly posted bloody photo after daughter’s homicide and confessed to family After m...

Golden Gate Bridge district tolls, fares set to rise on July 1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

Golden Gate Bridge tolls will climb to $9.75 for many drivers this weekend, while bus and ferry riders will also pay more for fares.The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District will hike its bus and ferry fares by 25 cents beginning Saturday as a part of a five-year fare plan. The fares will continue to increase by 25 cents per year for the next four years.Further toll increases on the bridge could be coming as the district contends with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic and as federal emergency aid runs out.RELATED: $1.50 bridge toll hike? Bay Area drivers could be on the hook to help bail out BART and other transit“Our board is going through a strategic planning process as we speak and may begin the conversation about a new toll program after that process is completed,” said Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, a spokesperson for the district. “Any new toll proposal would also include a conversation with the public and outreach similar to past toll programs.”For ...

Single family residence in San Jose sells for $2.5 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

759 Finchwood Way – Google Street ViewA 2,465-square-foot house built in 1980 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 700 block of Finchwood Way in San Jose was sold on June 8, 2023, for $2,500,000, or $1,014 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on an 8,025-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:On Finchwood Way, San Jose, in September 2022, a 2,465-square-foot home was sold for $2,335,000, a price per square foot of $947. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 3,032-square-foot home on the 700 block of Finchwood Way in San Jose sold in August 2022, for $2,450,000, a price per square foot of $808. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In October 2022, a 2,465-square-foot home on Seawood Way in San Jose sold for $1,740,000, a price per square foot of $706. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.Related ArticlesHousing | ...

Man accused of 2 Bay Area mass shootings remains jailed after preliminary hearing in Santa Cruz

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — A man wanted in connection with an Oakland homicide and San Francisco mass shooting was held to answer Thursday on local felony weapons charges after he allegedly fled police early this month.Javier Campos, 22, of Richmond, trailed an increasing parade of mostly unmarked law enforcement vehicles June 14 as he reportedly drove a white Ford Escape through Watsonville and north on Highway 1, according to police allegations. During a brief preliminary hearing before Judge Gary Paden, California Highway Patrol officer George Vieira testified that he had to maneuver around numerous undercover vehicles with their lights and sirens on, in order to take over the highway pursuit.Vieira said his portion of the pursuit lasted for about six minutes, for an estimated seven miles at speeds reaching as high as 88 mph, until a spike strip laid across the highway forced Campos to roll to a stop near the Morrissey Boulevard exit. Campos, he said, then was taken into custody without resist...

Convicted Santa Cruz County bank robber leads own defense in cockfighting, illegal guns case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — A Watsonville man acting as his own defense counsel was ordered this week to stand trial in a cockfighting and felony weapons possession case.Brett Kenneth Miller, 58, was arrested after animal control officers searched his Ranport Road property Feb. 16 and discovered a pile of dead roosters under a tarp, a cache of weapons and ammunition and an alleged cockfighting ring. Among guns recovered from large storage containers on the property were three “black powder” firearms, considered by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to be antique guns. Among the five additional firearms was an “AK-style” machine gun with a 75-round capacity drum magazine, according to preliminary hearing testimony by Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jeff Eisner.Miller, a convicted felon on several cases dating back to the mid-1980s, is prohibited from owning or having control of any firearms.Also charged in the case was 21-year-old Angie Michelle Gonzalez, of W...

Central Coast is California’s ‘hottest’ housing market

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

The Central Coast — which encompasses San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties — was the only major California region to see its median price increase last month vs. May 2022.The California Association of Realtors’ latest home sales and price report also found May was the first time in six months the Central Coast’s median price registered a positive year-over-year growth. But while median home prices and sales in some areas rose, Realtors warned the local housing market could start to tighten even further for buyers who can’t pay top dollar.San Luis Obispo Realtor Graham Updegrove said continued inventory problems are likely to be the “new normal” locally due high interest rates.“Everybody that has a 3% mortgage, depending on what happens going forward, have little incentive to move,” Updegrove said. “There’s a fear factor built in.”How did Central Coast’s relatively ‘hot’ housing markets compare in May? Well, according to the report …Look across California,...

As World Cup approaches, work remains for gender equity in women’s soccer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

LOS ANGELES — With less than a month until the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the excitement from fans is real.The popularity of women’s soccer has exploded in the past decade, but for many within the sport, there is still work that needs to be done in order for women’s players to reach an equitable space with their male counterparts.On Thursday, BMO hosted a gender equity in soccer panel at BMO Stadium that included Angel City forward Christen Press, former USWNT head coach and current president of the San Diego Wave FC Jill Ellis and BMO head of loyalty and sponsorship marketing Sonya Kunke. Former USWNT defender Danielle Slaton moderated the discussion.The panel discussed the issues surrounding women’s soccer and the strides that have been made to make the sport more global.Women’s soccer at the national level has sustained viewership growth in the past decade, but viewership of domestic leagues in the United States has grown dramatically.According to a report by Samba TV, viewersh...

Review: Disneyland delivers the Marvel musical you didn’t know you wanted or needed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:42 GMT

If you’re a fan of musical theater and Marvel superheroes, then you’re going to absolutely fall in love with the new “Rogers: The Musical” coming to the Hyperion Theater at Disney California Adventure.If you love one but not the other, then you’ll still be thrilled at the audacity and absurdity of smashing the two strange bedfellows together. If you don’t like either, then you should probably go ride the Incredicoaster — because “Rogers: The Musical” caters to two very big niche audiences, but probably won’t appeal to Broadway or Marvel novices.Megan Heneghan poses for a picture outside Rogers: The Musical inside Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. Rogers: The Musical is a fictional Broadway musical in the Marvel Cinematic Universe centered on the life of Steve Rogers / Captain America. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Nathan Marco Ruiz poses for a picture outside Rogers: The Musical inside Disney California Adventure in Anahei...