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Weekly roundup of local news from February 18 to 24, 2023

Weekly roundup of local news from February 18 to 24, 2023
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El clima adverso no ha dado tregua en el Área de la Bahía. Miles han sufrido lo embates de los fuertes vientos, los frentes fríos y las nevadas, lo que han provocado caídas de árboles, cierre de carreteas y apagones generalizados en diversos puntos.

Ante ello, ciudades han abierto refugios para aquellos que más lo necesitan. Autoridades han llamado a mantenerse seguros y tener a la mano kits de emergencia por cualquier contingencia. Recuerde mantenerse a usted y a los suyos seguros.

Here's the local news for February 18-24 that you need to know to stay up to date.

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Un nuevo estudio de los ingresos y otras medidas económicas muestra gran disparidad de riqueza en Silicon Valley en una de las regiones más ricas del país, con el 10 por ciento superior de los hogares con el 66 por ciento de los activos invertibles en la región el año pasado.

En los condados de Santa Clara y San Mateo, solo ocho hogares tenían más riqueza que el 50 por ciento inferior ‒casi medio millón de hogares‒, según el Índice de Silicon Valley, un informe anual del Instituto de Estudios Regionales de Silicon Valley.

El instituto define Silicon Valley como los condados de Santa Clara y San Mateo, así como partes de los condados de Santa Cruz y el sur de Alameda. El grupo de expertos también incluye a San Francisco en algunas de sus métricas. El informe se centró únicamente en los datos de los condados de Santa Clara y San Mateo para sus análisis de riqueza.

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Time is money, and in Silicon Valley, that saying is very true. So when news broke that Google's long-awaited megacampus in San Jose might be postponed, it was met with surprise and concern.

At stake are approximately 25,000 jobs and $155 million for a community fund that will be used to pay for education, job training and to try to prevent displacement following the construction of Downtown West. These benefits will only become apparent once Google employees occupy offices on the downtown San Jose campus.

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Más de 71 mil clientes de PG&E se quedaron sin electricidad en el Área de la Bahía el martes por la tarde cuando los fuertes vientos comenzaron a soplar en la región.

Los clientes más afectados se encuentran a lo largo de la Península, donde 32 mil 150 están sin energía, mientras que 16 mil 910 tienen apagones en South Bay, 7 mil 845 en East Bay, 7 mil 629 en North Bay y 7 mil 224 en San Francisco, dijo Mayra Tostado, vocera de PG&E.

Se han informado árboles caídos y líneas eléctricas en toda la región y se recomienda a las personas que tengan mucho cuidado al conducir, especialmente en vehículos más altos.

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ha emitido un aviso de viento para el Área de la Bahía que estará vigente hasta las 13:00 horas del miércoles, y se han emitido avisos de vientos fuertes a lo largo de las zonas costeras de la región.

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Para el martes en la noche, más de 114 miles clientes de PG&E se quedaron sin electricidad en el Área de la Bahía el martes por la noche cuando los fuertes vientos comenzaron a soplar en la región.

Los clientes más afectados siguen siendo los de la Península, que ya son 52 mil 106 clientes sin luz. Otros apagones incluyen 2 mil 514 en San Francisco, 10 mil 599 en North Bay, 34 mil 505 en South Bay y 12 mil 676 en East Bay, dijo la portavoz de PG&E, Mayra Tostado.

Se han informado árboles caídos y líneas eléctricas en toda la región y se recomienda a las personas que tengan mucho cuidado al conducir, especialmente en vehículos más altos.

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Más de 64 mil clientes de PG&E en el Área de la Bahía permanecen sin electricidad el miércoles por la mañana en medio de fuertes vientos que comenzaron a soplar en la región un día antes, según la empresa de servicios públicos.

Alrededor de 44 mil 500 clientes a lo largo de la península no tienen electricidad, más de dos tercios del total de clientes afectados en el Área de la Bahía, dijo la portavoz de PG&E, Tamar Sarkissian.

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The deputy mayor of East Palo Alto called on Pacific Gas and Electric on Thursday to upgrade its infrastructure as some residents on the peninsula have been without power for two days due to high winds and downed power lines.

More than 60,000 PG&E customers in San Mateo County have been affected by power outages caused by high winds earlier this week, making San Mateo the hardest-hit county in the Bay Area.

Some homes in the city have been without power since 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to East Palo Alto Vice Mayor Antonio Lopez.

PG&E has expressed optimism that power could be restored by 10 p.m. Thursday, according to state Sen. Josh Becker, D-San Mateo, but some are still in the dark for now.

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Oficiales del Departamento de Policía de Redwood City ‒RWCPD, por sus siglas en inglés‒ arrestaron a Aldo Sepúlveda Pérez, luego de que este fuera investigado por estar involucrado en la solicitación de menores con fines lascivos.

Thus, the Redwood City Police Department's Investigations Unit conducted an investigation, where sufficient evidence was found to arrest the 35-year-old man.

The arrest was made on the charges: Lewd Acts with a Minor and Contacting a Minor for Sexual Purposes, and Arranging to Meet with a Minor for a Lewd Act.

Sepulveda Perez was booked into the San Mateo County Jail on the charges, according to RWCPD.

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Mientras la guerra continúa devastando a Ucrania, Ulia Gosart, profesora asistente de la Universidad Estatal de San José está trabajando para preservar la cultura del país.

La profesora asistente Ulia Gosart de la Escuela de Información de SJSU y sus colegas han estado recaudando dinero para comprar equipos y tecnología para digitalizar libros raros, materiales etnográficos y objetos tridimensionales como ropa de cama cultural para la Biblioteca Cherkasy en el centro de Ucrania, que se ha mantenido relativamente segura durante la guerra.

Gosart, que creció en Ucrania, se formó como bibliotecaria en la Universidad de Kiev. Dijo que digitalizar la cultura ucraniana era una forma práctica de ayudar a las personas que habían sido desplazadas por la guerra de un año.

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SJSU professor works to preserve Ukrainian art and culture

Ulia Gosart
Ulia Gosart, profesora adjunta de la Escuela de Información de la Universidad Estatal de San José, ha estado recaudando fondos para comprar equipos y tecnología para digitalizar libros raros, materiales etnográficos y objetos tridimensionales como linos culturales para la Biblioteca de Cherkasy, en Ucrania central. (Louis Gosart vía Bay City News)

By Heather Allen. Bay City News.

Mientras la guerra continúa devastando a Ucrania, Ulia Gosart, profesora asistente de la Universidad Estatal de San José está trabajando para preservar la cultura del país.

La profesora asistente Ulia Gosart de la Escuela de Información de SJSU y sus colegas han estado recaudando dinero para comprar equipos y tecnología para digitalizar libros raros, materiales etnográficos y objetos tridimensionales como ropa de cama cultural para la Biblioteca Cherkasy en el centro de Ucrania, que se ha mantenido relativamente segura durante la guerra.

Gosart, que creció en Ucrania, se formó como bibliotecaria en la Universidad de Kiev. Dijo que digitalizar la cultura ucraniana era una forma práctica de ayudar a las personas que habían sido desplazadas por la guerra de un año.

Gosart y sus colegas comenzaron una recaudación de fondos de GoFundMe el semestre pasado que llamó la atención de Salvar el patrimonio cultural ucraniano en línea ‒SUCHO‒, una iniciativa de voluntarios internacionales para digitalizar y preservar el patrimonio cultural ucraniano que sumó fondos a los esfuerzos de Gosart.

La recaudación de fondos de Gosart y SUCHO enviaron un escáner de alta resolución y computadoras a la Biblioteca Cherkasy, que según Gosart es un depósito de contenido ucraniano único.

Gosart precisó que cientos de miles de personas desplazadas por la guerra acudieron a la región de Cherkasy en el último año y que la biblioteca ha sido un santuario para esos refugiados.

«Las bibliotecas son lugares donde la gente viene a conversar y encontrarse y aunque allí no había luz, usan velas», subrayó Gosart.

Gosart y sus colegas patrocinaron recientemente un concurso de dibujo para niños con la Biblioteca Cherkasy para ayudar a las familias desplazadas a sobrellevar el trauma de la guerra.

Más de 400 niños ucranianos participaron en el concurso, algunos dibujaron imágenes que reflejan el horror de la guerra y la infancia perdida, algunos dibujaron la fuerza que vieron en sus soldados, muchos de los cuales eran sus padres. Otros dibujaron sus esperanzas de que Ucrania se levantará nuevamente o agradecieron a los aliados del país.

La ilustración ganadora, «Ángeles de la guarda cerca de los defensores», dibujada por Nazar Shcherbatyuk, de 16 años, es una combinación de todas esas cosas.

Ulia Gosart, SJSU professor works to preserve Ukrainian art and culture
«Ángeles de la guarda cerca de los defensores», dibujado por Nazar Shcherbatyuk, de 16 años. La obra ganó el concurso de dibujo infantil patrocinado por la profesora adjunta de la Facultad de Información de la Universidad Estatal de San José, Ulia Gosart, y sus colegas. (Universidad Estatal de San José vía Bay City News)

En él, los líderes ucranianos del pasado rodean a los soldados de Ucrania como fantasmas mientras luchan por su tierra mientras el sol brilla sobre los campos de girasoles de fondo.

«Desde el punto de vista probatorio y documentando la guerra y las formas en que los niños la ven. Es una forma poderosa de crear una memoria y una historia del mundo», refirió Gosart.

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Strong winds and falling trees continue to affect San Mateo County power grid

San Mateo County Power Grid
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By Eli Walsh. Bay City News.

The deputy mayor of East Palo Alto called on Pacific Gas and Electric on Thursday to upgrade its infrastructure as some residents on the peninsula have been without power for two days due to high winds and downed power lines.

More than 60,000 PG&E customers in San Mateo County have been affected by power outages caused by high winds earlier this week, making San Mateo the hardest-hit county in the Bay Area.

Some homes in the city have been without power since 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to East Palo Alto Vice Mayor Antonio Lopez.

PG&E has expressed optimism that power could be restored by 10 p.m. Thursday, according to state Sen. Josh Becker, D-San Mateo, but some are still in the dark for now.

Lopez and Becker also chided the utility for failing to adequately communicate about the ongoing outages.

“Many of our residents have called the city to ask, ‘When will the power come back on? ’” Lopez said in a virtual news conference Thursday afternoon.

“They go to the PG&E website and depending on where you live, it could be anywhere from 3 p.m. today, 11 p.m. tonight, 11 p.m. the next day,” he said. “So for us on the ground, it’s hard to find a rhyme or reason as to when and how the power will come back on.”

Lopez and Becker noted that many residents without power have medical conditions or equipment that requires electricity or do not have hot water.

The county is also expected to see overnight low temperatures in the mid-30s. Given that, the two officials said it's imperative that residents get their power back as soon as possible.

Becker added that the county faced flooding and power issues less than two months ago during storms that battered the Bay Area for much of January.

“I know there are teams that are working really hard, and I’m not here to criticize the people who are working 24/7 to try to fix this… but sometimes it feels like our infrastructure is more 1923 than 2023 and it just doesn’t feel acceptable that we have to go through this,” he stressed.

Power outages elsewhere in San Mateo County halted traffic in Menlo Park for most of Thursday afternoon as PG&E crews worked to replace a power line along U.S. Highway 101 that was damaged by a fallen tree.

The highway was closed in both directions after 1 p.m. and reopened around 5 p.m., according to the utility.

PG&E has brought 20 additional crews to the peninsula in an effort to repair downed power lines, clear fallen trees and speed power restoration throughout San Mateo County.

According to Menlo Park officials, the city received 27 calls about downed trees and 46 calls about broken tree limbs between 1 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Wednesday.

According to PG&E, repairs and replacement of existing power lines are further complicated by snow in low-lying areas of the Bay Area that is snapping trees that don't typically receive snow.

“When that happens, the tree can fall on a power line and knock it down and also damage the poles,” said Jan Nimick, vice president of power generation for PG&E. “Very often, repairs are complex because there is a lot of severe damage to our equipment, and repairs can also be complicated by access issues.”

Bay Area residents are encouraged to visit pge.com/stormsafety for tips on how to prepare for cold and stormy weather events.

Those in Menlo Park who remain without power can contact the city manager's office at (650) 330-6610 before 8 p.m. Thursday to request an overnight hotel stay.

Residents can also request hotel stay information in person at the Belle Haven Library Branch before 8 p.m.

Requests for overnight hotel stays can be made to swstotle@menlopark.gov by 8 p.m. Thursday. Residents should include “Request for Hotel Stay During Power Outage” in the subject line of the email.

PG&E's outage map can be found at https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter

You can find San Mateo County information about this week's storms, cold weather, and wind events at https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/county-storm-related-emergency-information.

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Berkley to Eliminate COVID Vaccination Requirement for City Workers

Berkley to Eliminate COVID Vaccination Requirement for City Workers
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By Eli Walsh. Bay City News.

The city of Berkeley will eliminate its COVID-19 vaccination requirement for city employees on March 1, aligning with the end of the state's pandemic emergency declaration.

Existing City of Berkeley employees have been required to show proof of vaccination since late 2021 unless they have a valid exemption, while all new employees must report their vaccination status as a condition of employment.

That will change next week, city Public Health Division officials said Tuesday, while masking requirements inside city buildings and vehicles will also be relaxed.

Berkeley is one of three cities in the state, along with Long Beach and Pasadena, that operate as an independent public health jurisdiction.

The city handles its own public health matters independently of the Alameda County Department of Public Health, but the two have generally been aligned during the pandemic.

In an overview report to the Berkeley City Council on the city’s response to the pandemic, health officer Dr. Lisa Hernandez said local public health policies will shift from an emergency response to COVID to preventing the worst outcomes of the virus, primarily through vaccines and antiviral medications.  

“As we move forward in the coming months and years, we will continue to shift our response to prevention and continue to integrate many of the activities we were doing in the COVID response unit into public health programs,” Hernandez said.

The city has already aligned itself with state public health policy on other matters, including when and where face coverings are required or simply recommended.

As of February 28, masks are still required regardless of vaccination status in health care and long-term care facilities.

They are also required at homeless and emergency shelters, and at jails and prisons if the county in which the facility is located has a medium or high level of COVID spread, as determined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

 As of Feb. 16, all 11 counties in the Bay Area have low community levels of COVID, according to CDC data.

Hernandez and Director of Health, Housing and Community Services Dr. Lisa Warhuus detailed that the city is much better equipped now to handle the virus in the future than at any other point in the pandemic.

Berkeley's average annual case rate per 100,000 residents has increased in each of the past three years, peaking at 20.5 cases in 2022.

However, the number of COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths has declined in each of the past three years.

Hernandez said the rise in cases is partly due to the end of restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic, as well as increasingly contagious variants.

He also credited the widespread availability of vaccines and therapeutic drugs as a catalyst for easing the “severe impacts” of the virus.

According to Hernandez, the city has the highest vaccination and booster rates in the Bay Area at 94 percent and 92 percent, respectively.

About 42 percent of Berkeley residents have also received the bivalent booster shot, which targets two strains of the highly contagious Omicron variant.

All three vaccination rates also exceed state figures, Hernandez said.

“Our community has been very receptive to science and has been a strong partner with us as we navigate this pandemic,” she said Tuesday.

COVID virus levels in Berkeley wastewater are currently below their December peak but remain relatively elevated compared to last spring, according to city data.

Overall, the city has confirmed 22,585 COVID cases since the pandemic began, and the current reported citywide test positivity rate is just under 7 percent.

Both are undercounts, Hernandez explained, as the city does not track or report results from at-home COVID tests.

The virus has also killed 74 residents, according to the city.

“I am confident that this very difficult part of our history has better prepared us to respond to emergencies in the future,” said Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin.

“It’s obviously changed the way we live, it’s changed the way we work and there’s really no going back,” he said. “It’s a question of how we move forward.”

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Tesla takes hold in California and opens new Engineering and AI World Headquarters in Palo Alto

Tesla takes hold in California and opens new Engineering and AI World Headquarters in Palo Alto
Tesla, the company led by Elon Musk, opened its Global Engineering and AI Headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Photo: Office of the Governor of California

California continues to lead the technology industry in the American union, because in addition to having the headquarters of software giants and several unicorns in the field, just this Wednesday, Tesla, led by Elon Musk, announced its return to the Golden State by opening its new Global Headquarters for Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the city of Palo Alto.

The company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars, components for electric vehicle propulsion, solar roofs, solar photovoltaic systems and home batteries, has decided to make peace with California and expand its territory, which means thousands of new jobs in the area.

The tour of the plant was led by Elon Musk himself and Governor Gavin Newsom, who celebrated the project that seeks to develop the technology of the future.

“The future happens first in California. We are changing the world through our historic investments, our talent pipeline and partnerships with companies like Tesla,” Newsom said.

"It's a source of pride, and always has been for me, that Tesla is a California company," he added.

Recall that Musk decided in 2021 to move Tesla's official corporate headquarters to the state of Texas, after calling California a territory with "excessive regulation, excessive litigation and excessive taxes."

Tesla takes hold in California and opens new Engineering and AI World Headquarters in Palo Alto
Photo: California Governor's Office

Tesla's new headquarters, as Musk himself has said, will occupy an old building in the heart of Silicon Valley, which is owned by Hewlett Packard (HP), representing "a poetic transition from the company that founded Silicon Valley to Tesla."

It is worth noting that Tesla acquired a plant in a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota in Fremont, in the San Francisco Bay Area, in 2010, which continues to operate and, as announced yesterday, will increase production in 2023 to more than 600,000 vehicles.

What was announced yesterday strengthens Tesla's position in California, and with it one would think that Newsom and Musk have smoothed out differences and have aimed for a common goal, promoting clean energy in the state and the country.

“The state continues to be the world’s innovation hub, driving the electric vehicle revolution and dominating the industry across all categories, all while keeping the same goal in mind: ensuring a cleaner, greener and healthier place to live for future generations,” Newsom said.

California leads the national market for Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) with nearly 1.4 million ZEVs sold as of December 2022, representing 40 percent of all ZEVs sold in the U.S., while boasting 80,027 shared EV chargers and 63 hydrogen stations, the largest network in the country.

The state is currently home to 55 ZEV-related manufacturing companies, more than any other in the United States.

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Cold Front will continue to hit the Bay Area

*activate shelters in Redwood City

Cold Front will continue to hit the Bay Area
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The Cold Front will continue to hit the Bay Area for a few days, so be prepared to keep your coats outside.

According to the National Weather Service, the frost warning for areas will be extended until this Friday, according to what was observed until early Thursday morning.

Therefore, the winter storm warning remains in effect and snow is still expected at elevations above 1,500 to 2,000 feet.

Rain and snow showers will also become more widespread Thursday night through Friday at lower elevations, with a 10 percent chance of thunderstorms beginning today.

In response to the climate emergency, the Redwood City Council activated emergency shelters for those who need them most. 

As of this afternoon, emergency shelter beds are activated due to an overnight low forecast of 40 degrees or less with a less than 50 percent chance of rain.

Families or individuals who need shelter due to cold temperatures or inclement weather can call the Fair Oaks Community Center at 650-780-7500 or come in person at 2600 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

After 5:00 p.m. or during the weekend, those in need can call 650-780-7100 to access the emergency shelter.   

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Nearly 23,000 PG&E customers without power in the Bay Area due to strong winds

Nearly 23,000 PG&E customers without power in the Bay Area due to high winds
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By Bay City News

Casi 23 mil clientes de PG&E sin energía eléctrica en el Área de la Bahía la tarde de este martes debido a los fuertes vientos que comenzaron a soplar en la región.

Más de la mitad de los clientes afectados, 12 mil 357, se encuentran a lo largo de la península, mientras que 4 mil 896 tienen apagones en South Bay y 4 mil 331 tienen apagones en North Bay. Hay mil 171 clientes afectados en San Francisco y solo 142 en East Bay, dijo la portavoz de PG&E, Tamar Sarkissian, a las 13:00 horas.

Nearly 23,000 PG&E customers without power in the Bay Area due to high winds
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Se han informado árboles caídos y líneas eléctricas en toda la región y se recomienda a las personas que tengan mucho cuidado al conducir, especialmente en vehículos más altos.

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ha emitido un aviso de viento para el Área de la Bahía que estará vigente hasta la 1 pm del miércoles, y se han emitido avisos de vientos fuertes a lo largo de las zonas costeras de la región.

Nearly 23,000 PG&E customers without power in the Bay Area due to high winds
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Junto con los fuertes vientos, también se espera que la nieve caiga en elevaciones más bajas alrededor de la región a finales de esta semana. Según el servicio meteorológico, las elevaciones del Área de la Bahía de hasta 500 pies podrían ver nieve el jueves y el viernes.

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Newsom warns he will "vigorously" defend children's privacy law

Newsom warns he will "vigorously" defend children's privacy law
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The Governor Gavin Newsom warned that it will “vigorously” defend California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, a first-in-the-nation child privacy law to protect the well-being, data and privacy of children using online platforms.

"I was proud to sign the bill last year to put California's children first, and now I'm ready to vigorously defend it," Newsom said in a statement responding to a recent lawsuit led by the tech industry to block the law.

“As a father of four and the governor of the nation’s most populous state, I am passionate about our state’s efforts to lead this fight for children’s online privacy. No other state is doing more than California to protect children – shielding them from harmful data mining, violent content, and automated GPS tracking that allows adults to track children,” he added.

In mid-December 2022, tech industry group NetChoice filed a lawsuit to block the law signed by Newson in September 2022, which requires tech companies to adopt new policies to protect children and their privacy online.

The landmark bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting the well-being, data, and privacy of children using online platforms AB 2273 establishes the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which requires online platforms to consider the best interests of child users and prefer privacy and safety environments that protect children’s mental and physical health and well-being.

AB 2273 prohibits companies that provide online services, products, or features that are accessible to children from using a child's personal information; collecting, selling, or retaining a child's geolocation; profiling a child by default; and directing or encouraging children to provide personal information.

The bill also requires that privacy information, terms of service, policies and community standards be easily accessible and respected, and requires responsive tools to help children exercise their privacy rights. 

This bipartisan legislation strikes a balance between protecting children and ensuring that tech companies will have clear rules that allow them to continue to innovate.

However, NetChoice said in its lawsuit that the law violates the First Amendment, arguing that tech companies have the right under the Constitution to make “editorial decisions” about what content they publish or remove. 

The law, which will come into effect in 2024, would force companies to "serve as roving censors of online speech," they say, leading to "excessive moderation" of online content.

At the time, the office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement that "We are reviewing the complaint and look forward to defending this important child safety law in court."

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Man arrested in Redwood City on charges of sex against minors

Aldo Sepúlveda Pérez arrested in Redwood City on sexual charges against minors
Photo: Redwood City Police Department

officers of the Redwood City Police Department ‒RWCPD, for its acronym in English‒ arrested Aldo Sepúlveda Pérez, after he was investigated for being involved in the solicitation of minors for lewd purposes.

Thus, the Redwood City Police Department's Investigations Unit conducted an investigation, where sufficient evidence was found to arrest the 35-year-old man.

The arrest was made on the charges: Lewd Acts with a Minor and Contacting a Minor for Sexual Purposes, and Arranging to Meet with a Minor for a Lewd Act.

Sepulveda Perez was booked into the San Mateo County Jail on the charges, according to RWCPD.

Authorities said they executed search warrants at the suspect's residence as well as his workplace, where electronic items were seized. 

In the coming days, Redwood City detectives will search the seized electronic devices for any additional evidence of sexual crimes and/or additional victims.

In light of the ongoing investigation, the Redwood City Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying any additional victims of illicit sexual contact by Sepulveda Perez.

If you have any information regarding the investigation or know of any victims of the shooter, please contact Sergeant Mark Alifano at 650-780-7673.

For information on any case in Redwood City, please call the Information Line at 650-780-7110.

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A day of remembrance is proclaimed for the evacuation of Japanese Americans

A day of remembrance is proclaimed for the evacuation of Japanese Americans
Photo: Manuel Ortiz P360P

Hace 81 años, miles de estadounidenses de origen japonés fueron evacuados del país o encarcelados solo por su origen asiático, hecho que por demás fue un acto racista y xenófobo, por lo que el gobernador Gavin Newsom proclamó el 19 de febrero como día de recuerdo, para que actos como ese jamás se repitan, pero tampoco se olviden. 

Así, Newsom emitió la proclamación declarando el 19 de febrero de 2023 como «Un día de conmemoración: Evacuación de estadounidenses de origen japonés».

Emitida el 19 de febrero de 1942, la Orden Ejecutiva 9066 autorizó la evacuación forzada y el encarcelamiento de miles de ciudadanos estadounidenses leales debido a su ascendencia japonesa.

Durante dos años y medio, el gobierno de EE. UU. expulsó a los estadounidenses de origen japonés de sus hogares en la costa oeste, sin un juicio ni el debido proceso, obligándolos a internarse en campos en tierras desconocidas. 

«Desarraigados de sus vidas y medios de subsistencia, soportaron condiciones miserables y el trato de los guardias militares», refiere el texto de la proclamación.

Newsom recordó que, a pesar de todas esas experiencias, miles de jóvenes estadounidenses de origen japonés se alistaron en las fuerzas armadas de EE. UU. y lucharon con valentía para defender a la nación que estaba restringiendo sus propias libertades en casa. 

«Honramos su sacrificio, así como la resiliencia que hizo posible que miles de familias estadounidenses de origen japonés recuperaran y reconstruyeran sus vidas después de la guerra», subrayó el gobernador de California.

La decisión motivada por la discriminación y la xenofobia, «el internamiento de los estadounidenses de origen japonés fue una traición a nuestros valores más sagrados como nación que nunca debemos repetir», dijo Newsom. 

«Esta mancha en nuestra historia debería recordarnos que debemos defender siempre a nuestros conciudadanos, independientemente de su origen nacional o estatus migratorio, y proteger los derechos civiles y las libertades que apreciamos», agregó.

Ante ello, Newsom pidió a todos los californianos conmemorar la rescisión de la Orden Ejecutiva 9066 por parte del presidente Gerald R. Ford el 19 de febrero de 1976. 

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