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Covid apathy and fatigue are real. Here’s how to cope

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

By Sandee LaMotte | CNNCovid-19 is here to stay. To prove it, the virus is surging in many places around the world — just as immunity from vaccinations is waning and most people have gotten used to life without masks and social distancing.While we know it’s the smart thing to do, the idea of returning to safety protocols required during the pandemic has many of us repeating a line often heard from our children: “I don’t wanna!”“I don’t wanna either,” said stress management expert Dr. Cynthia Ackrill, a fellow at the American Institute of Stress. “One of the responses to stress is to freeze — to stop living in your tracks. And when it comes to accepting Covid as a reality that requires a set of behaviors to stay safe, some people have just stuck their heads in the sand and decided ‘I’m going to act like there’s nothing there.’“RELATED: How California’s current COVID wave ranks among the pandemic’s Top 5Others might choose the other two classic stress responses of “fight or flight.” T...

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: A.J Cenizal, Archbishop Mitty football

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

Archbishop Mitty football player A.J Cenizal is the Bay Area News Group’s high school boys athlete of the week for Aug. 28 to Sept. 2 after she received 35.47% of the vote at the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.Sobrato football player Noah Taylor (32.56%) placed second and Saratoga football player Keion Ashjaee-Marshall was third.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Cenizal, a senior, rushed for 251 and two touchdowns in 24 carries as Mitty outlasted Aptos 41-28 at Foothill College to improve to 2-0.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Nola Kurtz, Moreau Catholic water polo High School Sports | 10 great books about California football, from the 49ers to Cal and De La Salle High School Sports | Bay Area high school football 2023: Week 3 preview, schedule High School Sports | Former California girls basketball coach sentenced to 150 years for molesting...

49ers’ Colton McKivitz has a Bosa-like challenge in Steelers’ Watt

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

SANTA CLARA — With time at a bare minimum going into the opener, Colton McKivitz will have to settle for getting in some work against Maxx Crosby as opposed to Nick Bosa.McKivitz steps in as the starting right tackle Sunday against the host Pittsburgh Steelers, and while he’ll have some help in terms of additional blockers, it will be his responsibility to put his body between edge rusher T.J. Watt and 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy.Having grown up in Jacobsburg, Ohio, about 90 minutes from Pittsburgh, McKivitz will have friends and family present.“It’s a great way to start. Having joint practices with the Raiders and seeing Maxx was really helpful,” McKivitz said. “I’ve had this one circled. It’s going to be a homecoming for me and I’m excited to go against the best they have to offer.”Watt is the most formidable Steelers defender as an edge rusher in a 3-4 defense. He comes almost exclusively from the left side at 6-foot-4...

Big San Jose office project could be converted to housing highrise

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

SAN JOSE — A big office tower that’s proposed for a choice site in San Jose could morph into a housing highrise, the project’s principal developer says, a fresh indicator of Bay Area office woes.The housing could appear at a downtown San Jose site that’s being developed by Urban Catalyst, a real estate firm that’s active in local real estate.The changes might materialize on a property at 147 East Santa Clara Street next to North Fourth Street where Urban Catalyst has proposed a modern office tower that’s nicknamed Icon.Now, the office highrise might be converted into an apartment tower, according to Erik Hayden, founder and managing partner with Urban Catalyst.“We are thinking about developing 650 multifamily units at Icon,” Hayden said during a presentation and panel discussion at a Silicon Valley Breakfast event on Sept. 6 that was organized by law firm Hoge Fenton.The current plans call for a 20-story office building that would tota...

Editorial: Nix last-minute California wildfire insurance bailout scheme

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

For months, lawmakers, regulators, the insurance commissioner and the governor sat on their hands while the state’s wildfire insurance market became a full-blown crisis for tens of thousands of Californians.The governor and the Legislature could have proposed bills initiating a transparent process that would have allowed the public to vet legislation through widespread debate.Now, lawmakers are trying to push through a last-minute deal without public input that could bail out insurers at the expense of Californians. It also threatens to violate the spirit of Proposition 103, the 1988 insurance reform measure that outlawed price-gouging, saving policy-holders billions of dollars.It’s an outrageous flaunting of the political process. Californians deserve better.Proponents are expected to unveil their legislation in the next few days, using the egregious, sleazy “gut and amend” process, in which a dormant bill is pulled to the floor in the last days of a legisla...

Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Nola Kurtz, Moreau Catholic water polo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

Moreau Catholic water polo player Nola Kurtz is the Bay Area News Group’s high school girls athlete of the week for Aug. 28 to Sept. 2 after she received 32.39% of the vote at the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.Menlo-Atherton volleyball player Meki Maile (30.64%) placed second and Carondelet volleyball player Alexis Dwinell was third.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Kurtz, a sophomore, scored six goals and had two assists in a close 17-16 victory over Livermore. She had scored 16 goals and nine assists in the first four games of the season.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | 10 great books about California football, from the 49ers to Cal and De La Salle High School Sports | Bay Area high school football 2023: Week 3 preview, schedule High School Sports | Former California girls basketball coach sentenced to 150 years for molesting underage athletes High School Sports | Steve Young has ̵...

2 arrested in connection to Denny's parking lot shooting in Redwood City

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

(KRON) -- Two people have been arrested in connection to a shooting at a Denny's parking lot that happened on July 8 around 2 a.m. in Redwood City. The Denny's is located on Broadway Street.After a fight occurred inside the restaurant, the suspects allegedly shot 15 rounds at the victims and their car in the parking lot. No injuries were reported following the shooting. Man dead, woman injured in motorcycle crash near I-580 in Livermore Sergio Montano Zaragoza, 33, was arrested in August and Omar Saavedra Reynaga, 22, was arrested on Wednesday. Both alleged suspects have been booked into the San Mateo County Jail.

Man arrested in connection to drug deal shooting in Santa Rosa

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

(BCN) -- A Cotati man was taken into custody on Thursday morning in connection with a shooting last month in Santa Rosa that sent a 31-year-old man to the hospital. The shooting was reported about 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 25 in the 1400 block of Russell Avenue, where officers found the victim with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, treated and later released. Investigators determined over the next two weeks that the shooting was related to a drug deal and happened inside a car near the intersection of Russell and Cleveland avenues. Man dead, woman injured in motorcycle crash near I-580 in Livermore The suspect was identified as 27-year-old Cotati resident Gabriel Burgess, police said. He was arrested following a traffic stop in Petaluma at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Detectives served search warrants in the 400 block of East Railroad Avenue in Cotati, and the 8700 block of Cider Springs Road in Sebastopol. Burgess was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of attempte...

Man dead, woman injured in motorcycle crash near I-580 in Livermore

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

(KRON) -- A man is dead following a solo motorcycle crash near Interstate 580 Thursday night, the California Highway Patrol confirmed to KRON4.A man and woman were on the Harley Davidson bike when they crashed into a tree around 8:30 p.m. on North Livermore Avenue. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, CHP said. Human remains found on Alameda shoreline ID’d, murder suspect arrested The woman was transported to a local hospital with major injuries. No other cars were involved, CHP said. The cause of the crash is currently unknown. This is a developing story. Stick with us for updates.

Congress and nonprofit working to put women’s suffrage monument on National Mall

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:45 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.As Congress considers a bill to place a women’s suffrage monument on the National Mall, a nonprofit is working to raise the estimated $50 million needed to build it.The Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation, the nonprofit backing the effort, launched a donation campaign this week in an effort to raise funds for a memorial honoring women’s rights activists. The campaign, called the “72-Hours for Women’s Monumental Equality Giving Challenge,” ends at noon Eastern time on Friday and aims to help meet the cost of erecting the monument to the 19th and 20th century activists fighting for women’s right to vote and other rights.The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed a bill in July that would allow the monument to be constructed on the National Mall, but provides no fede...