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Kaiser says new COVID-19 booster shots coming as early as this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

A new COVID-19 booster vaccine approved in mid-September has yet to make its way to Kaiser Permanente facilities, but that should be changing soon.The Oakland-based healthcare provider said Friday afternoon that booster shots will be coming online Monday, Sept. 25. An email sent to Kaiser members at 5 p.m. said vaccine appointments would begin Sept. 28 for members 12 years and older.“Appointments for children under 12 will become available as we receive supply,” the email reads.Walk-in vaccinations also will be available in select locations, Kaiser wrote, but it didn’t clarify where.“We will begin administering updated COVID-19 vaccines in most areas we serve … and possibly earlier at some locations,” Kaiser told the Southern California News Group earlier Friday.Also see: Kaiser’s 75,000 union employees to strike Oct. 4 if no deal struckThe FDA on Sept. 11 approved updated boosters from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech for people ages 12 and older. Younger people can get the shots under ...

Single family residence sells for $2.4 million in Fremont

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

40874 Calido Place – Google Street ViewA 1,902-square-foot house built in 1964 has changed hands. The property located in the 40800 block of Calido Place in Fremont was sold on Aug. 2, 2023. The $2,360,500 purchase price works out to $1,241 per square foot. This single-story house boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and three baths. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. Additionally, the home is equipped with a garage.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:On Pajaro Drive, Fremont, in October 2022, a 2,052-square-foot home was sold for $1,960,000, a price per square foot of $955. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 2,409-square-foot home on Vaca Drive in Fremont sold for $2,320,000, a price per square foot of $963. The home has 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 2,068-square-foot home on the 1200 block of Durillo Court in Fremont sold in June 2023, for $2,350,000, a price per square foot of $1,136. The home has 3...

Silver alert issued for missing San Jose senior

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

(BCN) -- The California Highway Patrol has activated a Silver Alert early Monday morning on behalf of the San Jose Police Department for an at-risk missing senior.Anh Vu, 74, was last seen at noon Sunday in the area of Mercado Way and Eagle Way in San Jose, the CHP said in a social media post at 12:24 a.m. Monday.Vu was last seen wearing a light blue polo shirt, white undershirt, green pajama pants and house shoes. He is 5 feet 2 inches, weighs 110 pounds, has gray hair and brown eyes.Anh Vu, 74, was last seen Sept. 24, 2023 at noon in the area of Mercado Way and Eagle Way in San Jose, the California Highway Patrol said in a social media post on Sept. 25, 2023. (California Highway Patrol via Bay City News)Anyone with information should call 911, the CHP advised.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there’s no damage and no injuries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least one Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no one was injured. U.S. law enforcement officials were investigating.Secret Service officers were called around 8 p.m. Sunday to respond to the attack on a busy street in the Adams-Morgan section of the city. Embassy officials reported that someone had thrown a “possible incendiary device” at the building, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on Monday. There was no fire or significant damage to the building, he said. No arrests had been made. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on X, formerly called Twitter, that the Cuban Embassy “was the target of a terrorist attack by an individual who threw 2 Molotov cocktails.” He said no one was injured. A spokesman for the Cuban Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for additional information on Monday.In 2020, a Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. opened fire with an AK-47 ...

The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group gets jail term for obstructing a police officer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group received a five-day jail term after he was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday in a case that sparked concerns about the city’s declining press freedom. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and a journalist of online news outlet Channel C, was arrested last September while he was on his way to a reporting assignment. He was accused of refusing to show the plainclothes officer his identity card upon request. Chan’s arrest fuelled concerns about the erosion of media freedom in Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a national security law to crush dissent following the city’s massive pro-democracy protests in 2019. The former British colony was promised to keep its Western-style civil liberties for 50 years when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Magistrate Leung Ka-kie on Monday ruled that Chan had deliberately obstructed the officer from carrying out her du...

Call for sanctions as homophobic chants again overshadow French soccer’s biggest game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

Homophobic chanting by sections of Paris Saint-Germain fans targeting Marseille players has again marred the biggest game in French soccer, prompting calls for sanctions.Olivier Klein, the inter-ministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred (Dilcrah), posted a video on Monday of PSG supporters using insulting homophobic slurs aimed at their Marseille rivals. PSG won the game at the Parc des Princes 4-0. “Very shocked by the unbearable homophobic chants heard at the Parc des Princes,” Klein said on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. He added that he will ask PSG and the French league authorities to bring in sanctions, and will look at the possibility of starting judicial action.In another video, some PSG players were filmed using insults directed at Marseille supporters while celebrating with youngsters at the end of the match.French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera joined the criticism of the fans....

Libya’s top prosecutor jails 8 officials for potential negligence in the deadly collapse of dams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday he ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams earlier this month, a disaster that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city and left thousands of people dead.The two dams outside the city of Derna broke up on Sep. 11 after they were overwhelmed by Storm Daniel, which caused heavy rain across eastern Libya. The failure of the structures inundated as much as a quarter of the city, officials have said, destroying entire neighborhoods and sweeping people out to sea.Government officials and aid agencies have given estimated death tolls ranging from more than 4,000 to over 11,000. The bodies of many of the people killed still are under rubble or in the Mediterranean, according to search teams.A statement by the office of General Prosecutor al-Sidiq al-Sour said prosecutors on Sunday questioned seven former and current officials with...

Brian May de Queen ayudó a la NASA a devolver su primera muestra de asteroide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

(CNN) — Brian May ha demostrado una vez más por qué es la realeza del rock. No solo es el guitarrista de Queen, sino que también es un astrofísico que recientemente ayudó a la NASA a traer a la Tierra su primera muestra de asteroide del espacio.May dijo que estaba “inmensamente orgulloso” de ser parte del equipo que recolectó la muestra del asteroide Bennu.“Hola gente de la NASA, fanáticos del espacio, aficionados a los asteroides. Este es Brian May de Queen, como probablemente saben, pero también estoy inmensamente orgulloso de ser miembro del equipo de OSIRIS-REx”, dijo el músico de 76 años en un clip transmitido en NASA TV este domingo.La nave espacial OSIRIS-REx voló cerca de la Tierra este domingo, siete años después de su lanzamiento al espacio para recolectar muestras del asteroide cercano a la Tierra Bennu. Recogió la muestra del asteroide de más de 4.500 millones de años en 2020 antes de emprender su viaje de regreso a la Tierra, específicamente a Utah, en 2021.Un via...

1 killed in shooting on East Colfax

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — One person was shot and killed Monday morning, and police are looking for the suspect.Just before 2 a.m., the Denver Police Department tweeted about a shooting in the 8200 block of East Colfax. SkyFOX flew over the scene where several police cars were out front of the Regis Motel.Once officers arrived on scene, they found one victim who was pronounced dead.Police are now working to develop suspect information. Anyone who witnessed the shooting is asked to contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a reward. Jeep SUV wanted in deadly hit-and-run in Littleton Late Sunday night, DPD tweeted about another shooting just a few blocks east of this one.Around 9:45 p.m., DPD said officers were investigating a shooting in the 8800 block of East Colfax. One person was taken to the hospital in an unknown condition.The two shootings took place. 0.3 miles away from each other.DPD has not said if the two could...

New brew lab opens at MSU Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:15 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Metropolitan State University of Denver just opened up its second brew lab, allowing students to major in beer. The actual name for the major is the Brewery Operations major. Students will take 45 credit hours of brewing-related courses, along with other graduation requirement classes, to earn a bachelor of science. What is the most popular alcohol in Colorado? Not the same as most states The first brewing classes started in 2019 when MSU opened the Alcoholic Beverage Quality Assurance/Quality Control lab. The first lab focused on brewing and chemistry with product consistency, quality and control. It allows beverage makers to test their products for alcohol content, nutritional content, water quality and other ingredients. The 2019 lab taught students the homebrew scale while the new lab will be at a commercial scale with a 3.5 barrel system, said Tim Carroll, MSU's director of media relations.The commercial system prepares students with more relevant experie...