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What is this big thing perched at Valley Medical Center?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

Anyone visiting or passing by Santa Clara Valley Medical Center on Bascom Avenue the past few days may have done a double-take and wondered just what that thing is atop one of the county hospital’s buildings. It looks like a robot from a sci-fi movie or maybe an escapee from an intergalactic zoo. Don’t worry; it’s art.The 30-foot-tall kinetic sculpture perched on the Susanne B. Wilson Women and Children’s Center is called “Sentia,” created by German-born artist Christian Moeller. He specializes in large-scale installations — he’s the artist behind the “Hands” installation at San Jose Mineta airport — and many of them are curvy and colorful like “Sentia.”“Sentia,” a 30-foot-tall freestanding motion sculpture is seen in the reflection of windows at the Women and Children’s Center at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center on Aug. 28, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. The art installation, which was created by artist Chris...

North Oakland elementary school evacuated after bomb threat with ‘racial undertones’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

A bomb threat that included “racial undertones” forced the evacuation of a North Oakland elementary school on Tuesday morning, according to police.The threat, which was emailed to the principal of Chabot Elementary School, was among several that Oakland police investigated throughout the city, according to Oakland police Capt. Lisa Ausmus. The rest of the threats appeared directed at individuals living in private residences elsewhere in the city, she said.Oakland police were told of the bomb threat at Chabot Elementary shortly before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, before most students had arrived at the school. About 30 children were at the building when the principal called police, and those kids were later reunited with their parents.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Pacifica: Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit and run, police say Crime and Public Safety | East Bay fire district to pay nearly $100,000 settlement for wrongfully rescinding jo...

Historic San Jose church comes into view after eyesore tarp is removed

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

SAN JOSE — James Salata, head of Garden City Construction, decided that enough was enough when it came to an abandoned historic church in downtown San Jose covered with a tattered tarp.“This is really gnawing at me,” Salata said Tuesday as he watched his construction crew finish up a wide-ranging job this week to transform the blighted church property into a little less of an eyesore in downtown San Jose.The historic structure on Salata’s mind is the First Church of Christ Scientist at 43 East St. James Street in downtown San Jose. A growing number of observers, activists and neighbors have begun to complain about the church’s disrepair under its years-long ownership by a China-based real estate firm and the nebulous oversight by city staffers and code enforcement officers.The church’s exterior has been exposed for years to fierce winter storms and blazing summer sunshine, depending on the season. Winds have steadily shredded the makeshift tarp.Th...

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez ends presidential campaign

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

By Kit Maher and Melissa Holzberg DePalo | CNNMiami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he is ending his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.“While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains,” Suarez said in a statement.Suarez’s move comes after he failed to fully meet the requirements set by the Republican National Committee to make the first presidential debate in Milwaukee last week. He had told CNN prior to the debate that candidates who do not make the stage should drop out – even if that included himself.“I look forward to keeping in touch with the other Republican presidential candidates and doing what I can to make sure our party puts forward a strong nominee who can inspire and unify the country, renew Americans’ trust in our institutions and in each other, and win,” Suarez said Tuesday.Suarez launched his long-shot bid for the presidency just over two months ago, ...

Pacifica: Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit and run, police say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

PACIFICA — A 20-year-old New Jersey man was arrested after he crashed into another vehicle while drunk driving in a rented truck, police said.Police responded at about 5:22 p.m. Aug. 20 to a reported hit-and-run collision on the parking lot at 5200 Cabrillo Highway, according to a news release Tuesday. There, officers found a damaged Tesla that had been hit by a white Ford F-150 truck. Police later saw the truck, determined to be a rental, run through a stop sign at the intersection of Crespi and Seville drives.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | 70-year-old Peninsula man pleads not guilty to molestation charge Crime and Public Safety | Arrest made in vicious attack at Redwood City park Crime and Public Safety | 23-year-old arrested after Mountain View man is shot and killed Crime and Public Safety | San Mateo: Man, 43, arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor Crime and Public Safety | Man s...

‘Barbie,’ ‘Fast X’ will be available for streaming right after Labor Day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

Karu F. Daniels | New York Daily News“Barbie” and “Fast X,” two of the summer’s biggest blockbusters, will be available outside of movie theaters next month.On Sept. 5, the day after Labor Day, fans of Greta Gerwig’s box office smash will get to see it in the comfort of their own homes.The star-studded “Barbie,” which has grossed over one billion dollars globally since its July 21 release, will be available on paid video on demand platforms such as Prime Video, Apple TV and Vudu for $24.99.Each digital streamer is taking preorders but their launch dates haven’t been listed.This image released by Universal Pictures shows Vin Diesel, left, and Daniela Melchior in a scene from “Fast X.” (Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures via AP) Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures via APMeanwhile, the Vin Diesel-led “Fast X” — arguably the antithesis of the pink-hued, female-centric movie — will begin streaming on Peacock on Sept. 15.Earlier this month, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Z...

Rep. Scalise, House GOP majority leader, has blood cancer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

Associated PressWASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2-ranking House Republican, said Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer known as multiple myeloma and is undergoing treatment.Scalise, 57, said he will continue to serve in the House. He described the cancer as “very treatable” and said it was detected early.The Louisiana Republican was among several people wounded in 2017 when a rifle-wielding attacker fired on lawmakers on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington. Scalise was shot in the hip and endured lengthy hospitalizations, multiple surgeries and painful rehabilitation.The cancer diagnosis came, Scalise said, after he had not been feeling like himself in the past week. Blood tests showed some irregularities and after additional screening, he said he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.“I have now begun treatment, which will continue for the next several months,” Scalise said in a statement. “I expect t...

PVH: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — PVH Corp. (PVH) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $94.2 million.The New York-based company said it had net income of $1.50 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.98 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.75 per share.The owner of the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands posted revenue of $2.21 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.19 billion.For the current quarter ending in October, PVH expects its per-share earnings to be $2.70.The company expects full-year earnings to be $10.35 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PVH at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PVHSource

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks. They then remotely removed the malicious software agent — known as Qakbot — from thousands of infected computers. Cybersecurity experts said they were impressed by the deft dismantling of the network but cautioned that any setback to cybercrime would likely be temporary.“Nearly ever sector of the economy has been victimized by Qakbot,” Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, said Tuesday in announcing the takedown. He said the criminal network had facilitated about 40 ransomware attacks alone over 18 months that investigators said netted Qakbot administrators about $58 million.Qakbot’s ransomware victims included an Illinois-based engineering firm, financial services organizations in Alabama and Kansas, along with a Maryland...

Exonerees support Adnan Syed in recent court filing as appeal drags on

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:21 GMT

FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” is asking Maryland’s highest court to deny a petition to expand the rights of crime victims in post-conviction proceedings. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)(AP/Barbara Haddock Taylor) FILE - Adnan Syed gets emotional as he speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing, Feb. 2, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” is asking Maryland’s highest court to deny a petition to expand the rights of c...