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Bill banning puberty blockers, hormone treatments for trans kids sent to Texas governor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) -- Texas is on the brink of banning transgender minors from getting puberty blockers and hormone therapies, treatments that leading medical groups say are important to supporting their mental health.The Senate has voted 19-12 Wednesday to accept Senate Bill 14’s House version and send it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk, two days after the lower chamber passed the legislation.The bill is a legislative priority for the Republican Party of Texas, which opposes any efforts to validate transgender identities. It’s also a key proposal among a slate of GOP bills that would restrict the rights and representation of LGBTQ Texans this session, amid a growing acceptance of Christian nationalism on the right.Authored by New Braunfels Republican Sen. Donna Campbell, SB 14 would prohibit trans Texans under the age of 18 from accessing transition-related medical treatments including puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgeries — though surgeries are rarely performed on k...

Letters: St. Paul should showcase Summit Avenue’s storied history for civic benefit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

See the civic value of Summit’s storied historyHead east from Lexington on Summit Avenue and before you reach the Cathedral, you will have passed what F. Scott Fitzgerald once called a “museum of failed architecture.” Whether or not the architecture is failed, it is a museum. The structures on Summit Avenue are treasure troves of history, not only of Saint Paul but of Saint Paul’s reach into the larger world: the governor’s residence; the townhouse where F. Scott wrote his break-through novel, This Side of Paradise; the house at Heather Place where America’s first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Sinclair Lewis, spent a summer; the homes from which Weyerhaeuser and Hill built their empires — to cite just a few.The miracle is that this stretch of Victorian mansions and history is today intact and functional as a residential street, a civic asset probably unique in present day United States. It is a local treasure, one it seems some of us fail to notice. We can forgive ...

A fracture, a contusion, a strain: Twins’ loss in LA extra painful

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Nick Gordon fouled a ball off his right shin and crumpled to the dirt in pain. Four innings later, Joey Gallo did the same.Gallo was still dealing with considerable swelling after the game, but he avoided a fracture. Gordon wasn’t quite as lucky. The utilityman suffered a fractured shin, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said, and is expected to miss a considerable time.To top things off, second baseman Jorge Polanco also left early, straining his hamstring while running to first on a groundball in the fourth inning of what became a quite painful 7-3 loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon. That makes Thursday’s off day in Southern California particularly well-timed as the Twins assess the injuries and sift through potential roster replacements.Polanco said after the game that his hamstring felt tight, but he and the team would see how it feels on Friday and go from there.“What happened to me last year (with injuries), it made me more aware,” Polanco said. “Stuff l...

Families of Schoharie limo victims react to guilty verdict

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- It was an emotional day in Schoharie County Court on Wednesday. Family members of the victims of the fatal Schoharie limousine crash walked in not knowing what to expect, but it quickly became clear they were pleased with the outcome.It was a verdict more than four years in the making. Nauman Hussain was convicted on 20 counts of second degree manslaughter. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! From the cheer inside the courtroom to outside with the sun shining down on them, the families of the victims embraced each other on their victory."We did it!" Mary Ashton exclaimed."The day we waited for, it's been a long time coming," Jill Richardson Perez said. "It may have been a shorter trial than people thought, but for us, those were long, long days." Hussain guilty of manslaughter in Schoharie limo crash trial After the verdict was read, Hussain was lead away to jail in handcuffs. A sentencing hearing ...

Five people injured in 3-car collision in L.A.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

Five people were injured after a three-car collision in Mid-Wilshire on Wednesday. Los Angeles fire crews responded to the multi-vehicle crash at the 4500 block of Wilshire Boulevard and Muirfield Road around 5:15 p.m. First responders on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in the 4500 block of Mid-WilshireSky5 footage showed one car overturned and debris from the crash surrounding the vehicles. Muirfield Road is completely shut down and eastbound lanes of Wilshire Boulevard have been condensed to one lane.  One person was transported to a hospital and the other four people involved refused to be transported. The victims’ conditions are currently unknown. The cause of the crash is unknown at this time.This is a developing story.

Residents warned not to swim in L.A. County beaches

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents who plan to visit local beaches to avoid swimming, surfing and playing in the ocean water due to high bacteria levels. The ocean water warnings are for the following beaches: Leo Carrillo State Beach in MalibuMalibu Lagoon at Surfrider BeachZuma Creek at Zuma BeachMarie Canyon Storm Drain at Puerco BeachLas Flores Creek at Las Flores State BeachSolstice Creek at Dan Blocker County BeachSanta Monica Pier in Santa MonicaSanta Monica Canyon Creek at Will Rogers State BeachMothers Beach in Marina Del ReyInner Cabrillo Beach in San PedroOcean water warnings have been lifted and residents can now swim and take part in water activities at Escondido Creek at Escondido State Beach and Sweetwater Canyon Storm Drain at Carbon Canyon Beach. For more information and impacted locations, please visit PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.

State Supreme Court agrees to hear UC Berkeley proposal for People’s Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

The Supreme Court of California agreed Wednesday to consider UC Berkeley regents’ petition to develop the university’s People’s Park site, setting aside a lower-court ruling earlier this year pushing school officials to study alternative sites.The university has long sought to construct housing with 1,100 beds for students, as well as a 125-unit building for extremely low-income, unhoused or formerly housed people, on the 2.8-acre site. A developer for that project pulled out of consideration just last week.People’s Park is seen from this drone view in Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Protesters tore down a fence that UC Berkeley had erected around the park after more trees were cut down to make way for student housing. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) In a February ruling, the state’s First District Court of Appeals had sided with two neighborhood nonprofits, Make UC a Good Neighbor and the People’s Park Historic Advocacy Group, who filed...

Why did California doctor drive family over cliff in Tesla at Devils Slide?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

(KRON) -- Newly unsealed court records reveal more about why a Pasadena doctor and father of two drove his family off a cliff at Devils Slide in January. BART officer investigated for racist videos resigns, denied employment with San Ramon police Dharmesh Patel, 41, his wife, and their children aged 4 and 7 were heading south on the Highway 1 when their car plunged over the side of a cliff and fell more than 200 feet to the water's edge. Miraculously the entire family survived, though they each suffered injuries. The Patel family had to be extricated from the vehicle by emergency services, and authorities said Patel's wife was screaming that he had driven them over the cliff on purpose, court records show. Court documents say that while aboard a rescue helicopter, Patel's wife told officers, “He drove off. He’s depressed. He’s a doctor. He said he was going to drive off the cliff. He purposely drove off.”San Mateo County District Attorney Steven Wagstaffe tells KRON4 that multipl...

BART officer allegedly in racist videos resigns, denied work by San Ramon PD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

(KRON) -- A former BART Police Department officer resigned after the department opened an investigation into his alleged racist behavior while off duty. He has since been denied work by a fellow Bay Area police department. Suspect shot in fatal Hayward shooting The department issued a statement about the investigation into his behavior on Thursday. The person who reported the videos told police that the BPD officer "used racist and abhorrent language in a video." “The language in the video is deeply offensive and has no place at the BART Police Department,” said interim Police Chief Kevin Franklin. “It does not reflect our values as individuals or as a department that prioritizes community policing. BART and the BART Police Department are committed to fighting racism.”The officer was placed on leave from BPD on May 10. An update posted by the department on Sunday stated that the officer had since resigned from BPD. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; pa...

Skrillex highlights Portola festival lineup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:10 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Portola is back in 2023 with a stacked group of musicians. The San Francisco music festival, which will happen on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, announced its lineup on Wednesday. Skrillex, Major Lazer, Nelly Furtado and Thundercat are among the musicians that will perform. The festival will take place at Pier 80 in the Dogpatch neighborhood. KRON ON is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The festival debuted in 2022, featuring acts such as Flume and James Blake. There was some controversy surrounding the event, as videos showed a group of people jumping barriers and noise complaints were made across the bay in Alameda. Passes for the 2023 festival go on sale May 22. One-day passes cost $223 and two-day passes are going for $340. Those...