REDWOOD CITY – The former executive director of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Activities League has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling $25,000 from the nonprofit organization, authorities said. On Friday, Barbara Bonilla, who also worked for the sheriff’s office, was booked into county jail on seven counts of grand theft, the sheriff’s office said […]
Colorado men’s basketball game against Washington State posponed due to COVID-19
The Colorado men’s basketball team will have to keep waiting to play college basketball as their game against Washington State on Saturday has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Cougars’ program. The Pac-12 will have an update on the rescheduling on Saturday, Colorado announced in a release. As is stands now the Buffs […]
PG&E warns of possible public safety power shutoff Monday
SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas and Electric Co. could shut off power to 130,000 customers early Monday to reduce the risk of sparking wildfires amid dry conditions and high winds, the utility said. As of Friday evening, the public safety power shutoff, or PSPS, was expected to affect customers in targeted portions of Alpine, Amador, […]
Review: ‘Immortals Fenyx Rising’ is a ‘Zelda’ game without Nintendo’s magic
Players can earn blessings of the gods by helping them out in the game. Aphrodite’s Embrace refills all health chunks when health is depleted. It has a 20 minute cooldown. (Ubisoft) As the title character, players will battle Typhon, a Titan who has overpowered the gods of Olympus in “Immortals Fenyx Rising.” (Ubisoft) Sound The […]
China now holds the world’s last giant, single-dish telescope after the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope collapsed
Summary List Placement After tragedy struck the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, the scientific community mourned the loss of an astronomical landmark. There is now only one last remaining giant, single-dish, radio telescope in the world: China’s 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST). Completed in 2016 and located in the Guizhou province of […]
Pentagon blocking Biden’s access to intel agencies
By Alex Marquart, Ryan Browne and Nicole Gaouette | CNN The Trump administration prevented President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team from meeting with its counterparts at Pentagon intelligence agencies this week, according to a former senior intelligence official familiar with intelligence transition discussions. The slowdown means the Biden team has not yet been able to meet […]
How to cancel a Crunchyroll premium membership or free account
Summary List Placement Crunchyroll was once the only streaming service to offer a substantial variety of anime, but now other popular streaming services have caught on. Netflix and Hulu, as well as Funimation, are in the anime game and offer their own libraries of content featuring some of today’s most popular titles, including “One Piece,” […]
Fugitive killed, 2 US marshals shot in Bronx gunfight
By Michael R. Sisak and Tom Hays | Associated Press NEW YORK — A fugitive who shot a Massachusetts state trooper in the hand during a traffic stop two weeks ago was killed early Friday during a gunfight with U.S. marshals in New York City that left two of the officers wounded. The two deputy […]
‘You took away not only a father but a son, a brother, and my best friend’: Pittsburg men get 49 years to life for 2014 murder
MARTINEZ –Two Pittsburg men in their 20s were sentenced to 40 years to life, plus an additional nine years, for convictions related to a 2014 shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead and two of his friends wounded. Justin Singh, 24, and Deion Nazareta-Albano, 23, were both convicted last June of shooting at 19-year-old Anthony […]
Student loan borrowers aren’t expected to make payments again until the end of January 2021
Summary List Placement If you have student loans, you just got an extra month of reprieve. Education Sec. Betsy DeVos announced Friday that the period for federal student loan forbearance will be extended until the end of January 2021 in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Payments made during the forbearance period will be subject […]
How to convert HEIC files to JPG on a Mac computer, so you can upload photos to websites in a supported format
Summary List Placement If you have an iPhone, you probably have noticed that many of your photos are saved as HEIC files — High Efficiency Image Containers. HEIC files are typically smaller than average JPG or PNG files. However, many websites do not support the upload of HEIC files. Apple introduced HEIC files with its […]
In a major win for Dreamers, DACA is restored by federal judge, DHS ordered to accept new applications for the program
Summary List Placement On Friday, US District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis ruled that he was restoring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era program that creates eligibility for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to apply for and secure work permits, or Dreamers. The Trump administration attempted to end the program […]