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Author of plagiarized Santa Clara County book to keep $1M in taxpayer money

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

The writer behind a canceled Santa Clara County-commissioned government history book plagiarized from sources like Wikipedia will keep the $1 million she earned from the project.Jean McCorquodale, wife of longtime South Bay politician Dan McCorquodale, was awarded a no-bid contract in 2018 to complete what ultimately became a 580-page manuscript turned in two years late to the county executive’s office — the department overseeing the project.A grant writer for the county for decades, Jean McCorquodale was selected as the project’s author because of her purported unique and unparalleled knowledge of the county’s history and leadership. In June, after the manuscript was found by this news organization to have contained roughly a fifth of its material copied nearly word-for-word from sources like Wikipedia, The Mercury News and other websites, the county launched a probe into the project at the behest of Supervisor Otto Lee. Emails later revealed that top county...

Saratoga: West Valley College on lockdown; report of armed intruder on campus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

West Valley College in Saratoga was on lockdown as of 11:35 a.m. Monday after an armed intruder was seen on campus, according to the community college’s Twitter account.WVM Alert! West Valley CollegeLOCKDOWN. Police checking for white male seen caring a long rifle. Associated with red Cadillac in Lot 1. Remain in Lockdown. Will send another message when it's safe.— West Valley College (@WestValleyCC) March 13, 2023The school described the person in question as a white male carrying a long rifle that was associated with a red Cadillac vehicle in Lot 1 on campus. Police were checking on the situation as of 11:32 a.m., the college said. A note on the school’s website tells those on campus to run away if they can safely, and leave behind cars and belongings.On the college”Update: LOCKDOWN STILL IN PLACE. Police checking for white male seen caring a long rifle. Associated with red Cadillac in Lot 1. Remain in Lockdown. Will send another message when it’s...

SF Giants shut down Brandon Crawford with knee discomfort

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants had made it three weeks into spring with hardly a single health problem of note, but it has become clear this week that they couldn’t dodge the injury bug forever.The entire left-half of their projected Opening Day infield has been shut down, the club announced Monday, a day after an MRI revealed an oblique strain that put into question the availability of their highest-paid free-agent addition and one of their best stories of camp, a two-way player throwing 98 mph, left his outing with discomfort in his forearm.Shortstop Brandon Crawford is dealing with discomfort in his left knee, the same one he injured on a slide into home plate last June. That injury forced him on to the injured list twice and cost a month of the season. He won’t participate in any baseball activities for the next week.Third baseman David Villar, who was scratched from the Giants’ lineup Sunday, had an MRI that revealed a mild strain in his hip flexor. While mana...

NCAA Tournament picks: Our outlook for UCLA and Arizona, potential sleepers and all 67 men’s winners (you’re welcome)

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

The last time a Pac-12 team claimed the national championship, Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd was playing for Whitman College in Walla Walla and UCLA coach Mick Cronin was handling video work for Cincinnati’s coaching staff.It has been a quarter century — 26 years, to be exact — since the Wildcats made their stunning run through the 1997 NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed.In the intervening decades, the conference has placed seven teams in the Final Four and two in the title game but has zero trophies.Will either of the Pac-12’s heavyweights end the drought? The Wildcats and Bruins are No. 2 seeds; both open the NCAAs in Sacramento; and both carry 12-to-1 odds to win the championship.Also, both have flaws — just not the same flaws.Our questions about the Wildcats: Are they tough enough up and down the lineup? Are the guards good enough on both ends of the court? Will star forward Azuolas Tubelis respond when the pressure is most intense?Not in the first round b...

West Valley college on lockdown due to armed intruder on campus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

(KRON) -- The campus at West Valley College in Saratoga is on lockdown due to an armed intruder on campus, according to an alert from West Valley Education. Students and faculty are being advised to run off campus if it is safe to do so, leave belongings behind, and hide if you do not know where the threat is or how many suspects are involved, and to "fight if an intruder comes into your hiding place." Principal at school where student was fatally stabbed placed on leave "No driving cars," the alert advises. Police are looking for a suspect described as a white man carrying a long rifle, according to a tweet from West Valley College. The suspect is associated with a red Cadillac parked in the school's Lot 1."Remain in lockdown," the tweet read. "Will send another message when it's safe."Redwood Middle School, which is located nearby, was also briefly placed under a shelter-in-place order. However, that order was lifted just before 11:30 a.m., the school confirmed.There are current...

Chase of carjacking suspect in stolen vehicle ends in arrest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

VALLEJO, Calif. (KRON) -- Police chased a suspect through Vallejo and Hercules on Sunday, according to the Vallejo Police Department. Officers said the male suspect was driving a stolen car for which he allegedly attacked a woman and carjacked her. Police noticed the reported stolen Honda Accent traveling south on Mare Island Way near Harbor Way. The San Francisco Police Department told officers with the Vallejo PD the owner of the Accent had been attacked and carjacked. Police shoot man involved in hostage situation in Brentwood Vallejo PD officers tried to stop the driver of the Accent who sped away and led police on a chase into Hercules. The driver ultimately lost control of the car near the I-80 westbound and Hercules exit, police said. Photos show the car overturned. (Vallejo Police Department)Police said the suspect exited the car through the rear passenger door and continued to flee on foot. Officers ultimately arrested the suspect and brought him into custody.The suspect ...

Jimmy Garoppolo agrees to deal with Raiders: AP source

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal can't be announced until Wednesday. March Madness: Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue the 1 seeds Garappolo's contract includes $34 million in the guaranteed money, the person said.Garappolo played for the San Francisco 49ers the past six seasons. He took the Niners to the Super Bowl in the 2019 season.Before that, he played for the New England Patriots for three years under then-offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, now the Raiders coach.

Principal at school where student was fatally stabbed placed on leave

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

(KRON) -- The principal at a North Bay high school where one student fatally stabbed another student earlier this month has been placed on leave, the school district confirmed Monday. Montgomery High School Principal Adam Paulson and Assistant Principal Tyler Ahlborn are on leave, Santa Rosa City Schools announced on Monday. Swastikas, image of Hitler discovered at Stanford University dorm Laurie Fong, who previously served as principal at the school between 2006 and 2016 will serve as principal for the remainder of the school year, the district said. Fong has resigned her position from the local Board of Education to return to Montgomery "to be part of the healing and to work closely with the district and school community as we build the security and social emotional supports for the school," the district said in a statement.Kaesa Enemark and Ryan Thompson, both former site administrators, will also be joining the administrative team at the high school, the district said. In addi...

Jurors can’t agree on death penalty in NYC bike path attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury said Monday it could not reach a unanimous decision on whether to impose the death sentence on an Islamic extremist who killed eight people using a speeding truck on a popular New York bike path. Jurors told a federal judge they were unable to agree on whether Sayfullo Saipov should live or die for the October 2017 attack. A unanimous verdict is required for a death sentence.It was the first such trial since Democrat Joe Biden became president. Saipov, 35, was convicted in January of killing five Argentine tourists, two Americans and a Belgian woman in the attack. Inspired by Islamic State group propaganda, Saipov drove a truck down a busy riverside path, running over cyclists before crashing into a school bus. He is a citizen of Uzbekistan but lived in New Jersey. Source

US coach Berhalter likely assaulted now-wife, report finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:31 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation said Gregg Berhalter remains a candidate to stay on as men’s national team coach after a report by a law firm concluded that he did not improperly withhold information about a 1992 domestic violence allegation involving the women who later became his wife.The report also concluded that Berhalter’s conduct “likely constituted the misdemeanor crime of assault on a female.”The firm Alston and Bird was retained after former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna and wife Danielle Egan Reyna, the parents of current American midfielder Gio Reyna, went to the USSF with allegations of the 1992 incident following the decision by Berhalter to use Gio Reyna sparingly at last year’s World Cup.The firm concluded the Reynas were not guilty of extortion but said Claudio Reyna’s conduct might have violated provisions of FIFA’s code of ethics for conflicts of interest, protection of physical and mental integrity, and abuse of position.___AP soccer: https://...