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Editorial: CalFresh recipients, Bay Area food banks need support

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

The timing couldn’t be worse for CalFresh recipients and Bay Area food banks that strive to feed the needy.The federal pandemic-era monthly allotments that began in 2020 to boost food payments to low-income individuals and families are due to expire after Friday. The additional money, roughly $150 a month, provided more funds for an estimated 600,000 Bay Area residents covered by the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known in California as CalFresh.  The California Legislature should step in to help make up some of the shortfall by increasing state funding for those in need. And private donors should redouble their efforts to help the Bay Area’s food banks, which will be experiencing even greater demand as the federal supplements expire.The pandemic may be over, but food insecurity across the Bay Area continues to grow at an alarming rate.Food banks in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties are reporting t...

Opinion: Why should San Mateo Count jail ban handwritten letters from loved ones?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

Is it too much to ask to be able to send a letter to my son in jail and know he’ll hold it in his hands? To know he can read it in his cell and then unfold and read it again and again whenever? To know he can keep it the way I keep his letters to me?For the first three years that my son Kevin was incarcerated in San Mateo County, this was not too much to ask. The jail staff used to open my letters, check them for illicit messages and contraband and then deliver them to my son. I wrote my letters knowing they’d be inspected but also knowing that they’d be delivered. In his hands, my letters went back to being something between us, something of me that he could have and could keep.I shared personal and family news, and I talked about how it felt to live these things without him instead of experiencing them together. I sent letters sharing and supporting our Hindu faith, copying out prayers and chants in Fiji Hindi. I sent other letters specifically to help him learn our beautiful ance...

Opinion: Marcus Foster’s legacy continues shaping Oakland schools

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

Friday will mark the 100th birthday of the late Marcus Foster, Oakland’s superintendent of schools from 1970-73. Few residents today have heard of him unless they have read about his senseless assassination by members of the radical Symbionese Liberation Army after a board meeting in 1973. I never met him, but I still feel his impact on me as an educator, parent and student.The late 1960s and early 1970s were a pivotal time in the nation’s history. There was the Vietnam conflict, multiple political assassinations and widespread civil unrest. In Oakland, there were significant questions about the city’s cultural identity and the future direction of its schools.In this challenging time, Foster, the district’s first Black superintendent, stepped forward, boldly proclaiming that “Oakland’s time is now … to write a new chapter in the history of American education.”  With his team, he began to write that chapter. What did it include?First, while much of public education had focused ...

Sale closed in Milpitas: $1.8 million for a four-bedroom home

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

113 Sudbury Court – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 100 block of Sudbury Court in Milpitas was sold on March 16, 2023 for $1,830,500, or $875 per square foot. The house, built in 1978, has an interior space of 2,092 square feet. 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 5,600-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:On Oregon Way, Milpitas, in November 2022, a 2,496-square-foot home was sold for $1,500,000, a price per square foot of $601. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,637-square-foot home on the first block of Jacklin Place in Milpitas sold in October 2022, for $1,240,000, a price per square foot of $757. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In October 2022, a 1,676-square-foot home on Coventry Circle in Milpitas sold for $1,510,000, a price per square foot of $901. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

More rain means more money for East Bay MUD customers

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

(KRON) -- If you're an East Bay Municipal Utilities District (MUD) customer, you will be saving money. Thanks to the very wet winter and spring, the agency said it will not be charging its 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties an eight percent penalty for excessive water use because the reservoirs are full.These changes go into effect on March 29 following an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom that rolls back some of California’s drought restrictions.The extra cost was to strongly encourage customers to save water during the severe drought or face consequences. But that won't be a problem anymore as the agency said right now their reservoirs are 88 percent full and will continue to rise because of the snowpack.They are still encouraging customers to save water, but those restrictions have been downgraded from a 10-percent mandatory conservation to a 10-percent recommended conservation of water.East Bay MUD will reevaluate the year's water supply aga...

Cintas: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — CINCINNATI (AP) — Cintas Corp. (CTAS) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $325.8 million.On a per-share basis, the Cincinnati-based company said it had net income of $3.14.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.01 per share.The uniform rental company posted revenue of $2.19 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.14 billion.Cintas expects full-year earnings to be $12.70 to $12.90 per share, with revenue in the range of $8.74 billion to $8.8 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CTAS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CTASSource

Paychex: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Paychex Inc. (PAYX) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $467.4 million.On a per-share basis, the Rochester, New York-based company said it had profit of $1.29.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.24 per share.The payroll processor and human-resources services provider posted revenue of $1.38 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.36 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PAYX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PAYXSource

¿Qué debes saber sobre el virus de Marburgo? La explicación de nuestra analista médica

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

(CNN) — Guinea Ecuatorial, país de África Occidental, declaró un brote de la enfermedad del virus de Marburgo a mediados de febrero. Hubo al menos nueve casos confirmados por laboratorio, siete de los cuales resultaron en la muerte, y 20 casos probables de personas muertas en este brote, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud.Ahora, las autoridades de Tanzania, en el este de África, han confirmado el primer caso de la enfermedad mortal en ese país. Los funcionarios de salud están investigando un total de ocho casos, cinco de los cuales murieron, e identificaron un total de 161 contactos que están siendo monitoreados.Como la mayoría de la gente sabe ahora desde el punto álgido de la pandemia de covid-19, un virus puede propagarse de un país a otro y saltar de un continente a otro a través de la transmisión humana. En términos de infección, somos una comunidad, por lo que recurrí a la Dra. Leana Wen, analista médica de CNN, para preguntarle sobre el virus de Marburgo. Wen es ...

Part of Route 1 in Va. remains shutdown due to police standoff with armed woman

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

Part of Richmond Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, being shut down while police are trying to help a woman who has barricaded herself in a car around 5 a.m. Wednesday. (WTOP/Luke Lukert)Part of Richmond Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, is still shut down Wednesday while police are trying to help a woman who has barricaded herself in a car for almost 20 hours.Route 1 has been closed in both directions for several blocks between Boswell Ave and Lockheed Boulevard in the Hybla Valley area since around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning.More Local NewsMore Virginia NewsMore Fairfax County NewsFairfax County Police said in a tweet that “this closure will impact rush hour traffic,” and drivers should avoid the area. Alternative routes include Interstate 95, the George Washington Parkway and Virginia Route 611.As the sun rose Wednesday, at the intersection of Route 1 and Arlington Drive, dozens of police officers tried to coax the woman out of her vehicle, pleading that they wanted...

UniFirst: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:14:44 GMT

WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — UniFirst Corp. (UNF) on Wednesday reported profit of $17.8 million in its fiscal second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Wilmington, Massachusetts-based company said it had net income of 95 cents.The uniform provider posted revenue of $542.7 million in the period.UniFirst expects full-year earnings to be $5.02 to $5.37 per share, with revenue in the range of $2.21 billion to $2.22 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on UNF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/UNFSource