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Alert! No passenger rail service Saturday and Sunday

*Caltrain continues “critical testing” of new electric trains.

Alert! Caltrain will suspend Saturday and Sunday passenger rail service
To finish critical electrification testing on time, Caltrain will suspend transit service on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9.

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To complete critical electrification testing on time and begin passenger service in fall 2024, Caltrain will suspend transit service on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, and is asking customers to seek alternative transportation options from San Francisco to San Jose and from San Jose to San Francisco.

Through the Caltrain website, with the distribution of brochures and advertisements in the application, a call was made to thousands of users to prevent delays and surprises during the second weekend of June.  

On the page www.caltrain.com It was explained that the Bay Area transportation company “will adjust weekend rail service throughout 2024. There will be regular service during the month of May. The next service adjustment is scheduled for the weekend of June 8 and 9.”

“To support the testing of electric trains, there will be no train service between San Francisco and San Jose, as well as between San Jose and San Francisco on June 8 and 9,” it said.

Caltrain will provide limited bus service at the San Jose Diridon, Palo Alto and Millbrae stations only. There will be limited passenger capacity on the buses. There are no stops between these stations and no bus service north of Millbrae.

It asks the thousands of rail riders to “consider alternative transportation such as Muni, VTA, SamTrans or transferring from the Millbrae Bus Bridge to BART for travel to/from San Francisco.”

He details that “fares will be required for BART and other transit services. We appreciate everyone’s patience as we work to improve the railroad.”

For its part, the company Samtrans www.samtrans.com Share the following link to inform the population of the alternatives they will have for the transportation of passengers. https://www.caltrain.com/media/33447

Travelers planning to travel from San Francisco to Palo Alto and San Jose will need to use alternative means, such as Bart, which will transport passengers to the Millbrae Station, from where there will be limited bus service. Bus service will only be available to the San Jose Diridon, Palo Alto and Millbrae stations. 

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Pro-Palestinian students barricade themselves in Stanford University president's office

Pro-Palestinian students barricade themselves in Stanford University president's office
A group of pro-Palestinian students barricaded themselves inside the Stanford University president's office on Wednesday morning to protest the school's response to protesters' demands over the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Manuel Ortiz P360P

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A group of students and alumni barricaded themselves inside the Stanford University president's office Wednesday morning to protest the school's response to demands from pro-Palestinian demonstrators over the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas.

According to the Stanford for Palestine group, students and alumni locked themselves in the office of Stanford President Richard Saller at around 5:30 a.m.

The protesters said they refuse to leave Saller’s office until the Stanford administration and Stanford Board of Trustees take steps to address “his role in enabling and profiting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

Stanford for Palestine said the university has refused to negotiate with pro-Palestinian advocates over Gaza concerns. Protesters have accused Stanford University of “having multimillion-dollar investments in corporations that provide material and logistical support to Israel’s current military” in the Gaza armed conflict.

“Stanford students have repeatedly attempted to engage with the administration through protests. Since October 2023, more than 20 demonstrations have taken place, with undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, and faculty joining together to demand that Stanford live up to its commitment to human rights. Each time, the administration has refused,” the group said in a statement. 

“The University is profiting from the genocide of Palestinians as we speak out and refuse to be silenced,” they added.

In a statement, the university said protesters “illegally” entered Building 10, which houses the offices of Saller and Chancellor Jenny Martinez.

“Stanford Public Safety has responded to the scene and is assessing the situation. Other campus operations are not affected at this time,” the university said.

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Your vote matters, now and later

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One vote can make the difference, especially if an election with thousands of votes ends in an exact tie.

It was just five votes that made the difference in the primary election to represent California's 16th congressional district.

In the primary election, the top two candidates move on to the November election. Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo was the top vote-getter. California Assemblyman Evan Low and Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitan tied for second with 30,249 votes each.

Following a second recount of the votes, the results determined that only Low would join Liccardo on the ballot for the November runoff election.

Although more than 30,000 votes were cast, the primary election was decided by only a few votes. Although many elections are not very close, election predictions change frequently. There is no accurate way to predict the results until the people vote.

County and city elections give voters the opportunity to weigh in on local politics and candidates that can have larger effects on everyday life. Additionally, these elections are often decided by much smaller margins than state or federal elections, making representation through voting even more important.

The power of voting goes beyond elections. Even if a candidate or measure you support doesn't win the election, the support you have will affect what happens next. The votes a candidate gets can inspire him or her to try again. Proposals can be modified and reintroduced.

It's easy to think that your vote doesn't matter. But the only way a vote doesn't really matter is when there aren't any votes at all.

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AAPI Equity Alliance Program: Healing Hate in Asian American Communities

AAPI Equity Alliance Program
AAPI Equity Alliance Program is creating culturally-focused community groups as healing spaces for five core communities: Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean.

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AAPI Equity Alliance’s program brings together culturally-focused groups that help Asian Americans heal from hate attacks by seeking to make sense of their experiences with racism, primarily within the Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean community groups.

The pilot program led by AAPI Equity Alliance is creating culturally-focused community groups as healing spaces for five distinct Asian American communities to have safe spaces, experts said during a briefing held by Ethnic Media Services.

This program is an adaptation of the “Radical Healing Framework” of Black Liberation psychologists, which helps African Americans overcome generations of racial misexperiences; the program is called Healing Our People Through Engagement (HOPE), which draws on people’s strengths and the cultural practices of their communities to grow a shared understanding and collective response to current racism, bringing communities together.

Michelle Sewrathan Wong, managing director of programs for AAPI Equity Alliance, explained that this new program created with Asian American communities in mind is a coalition of more than 40 community organizations dedicated to improving the living conditions of Asian Americans in Los Angeles County.

Sewrathan Wong said these communities suffered from a brutal increase in racism and discrimination in the wake of the pandemic, where politicians made them scapegoats for the transmission of COVID-19 and they were subjected to violent physical attacks, making them feel unsafe and unwelcome in their own community in an intimidating way.

“We knew from our reporting and data the profound emotional and mental suffering they had experienced, and we wanted to explore the root causes further, so we turned to the Radical Healing Framework, a team-developed psychological framework that goes beyond individual-level approaches to addressing racial trauma, leveraging the collective experience of both pain and joy to deepen their resilience in the face of hate,” Wong said.

Similarly, she explained that the innovative pilot program is based on a framework of healing and hope that fosters ethnic pride, community empowerment, and reinforces that racism does not only occur at the individual level, but that communities also suffer as a group, which is why it has been implemented in 5 communities in Los Angeles, where the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, providing community members with a space where they can feel safe, supported, and heard.

Anne Saw, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at DePaul University and former vice president of the Asian American Psychological Association, said it's important to heal racism in Asian American communities that have suffered for decades, as psychological and other research shows racism harms both physical and mental health.

Acts of hate can trigger symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder and can make people experience feelings of incomprehension, isolation and powerlessness, hence the need for healing that has become increasingly urgent in communities.

“It is the first community-based program developed from the framework of radical healing psychology and is one of the first community-based programs to address the effects of racism on the mental health of Asian Americans. It was developed by a multiracial team of psychologists of color and was published in 2020 in The Counseling Psychologist journal and the framework itself is based on decades of theorizing and research by Black Latinx and other researchers of color,” explained Anne Saw.

Japanese Americans are unique because they have very different generational experiences, and in the show you have Asian immigrants who are having to deal with some loss of culture, loss of ways of life, and then the way that all of that was connected, so they have very unique issues that need to be addressed.

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Around 50 families evacuated due to fire in building under construction in Redwood City

Around 50 families evacuated due to fire in North Fair Oaks, in a building under construction in Redwood City
The fire at North Fair Oaks, in a building under construction located at 2700 Middlefield Rd., started around 10:15 a.m. on the fifth floor of the building. Photo: Gerardo Ortiz P360P

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Javier Acosta, sergeant of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, reported at a press conference that around 50 families have been evacuated, there are no injuries, and that they are working very closely with the Fire Department, in addition to having requested the help of all county agencies.

He stressed that the first to arrive at the scene were the Sheriff's Office agents and they detected that the wind became a serious obstacle, as the flying debris from the fire reached the roofs and patios of nearby houses, so they decided that evacuation was imminent and fast.

The first to arrive at the scene were the Sheriff's Office agents and they detected that the wind became a serious obstacle, as the flying debris from the fire reached the roofs and patios of nearby houses, so they decided that evacuation was imminent and fast. Photo: Gerardo Ortiz P360P

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office reported on social media that the temporary evacuation site for affected families will be the Red Morton Community Center, located at 1120 Roosevelt Ave. in Redwood City. Resources will be provided at this site to those who have been evacuated due to the fire.

Javier Acosta, a sergeant with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, reported at a press conference that around 50 families have been evacuated, there are no injuries, and that they are working closely with the Fire Department, in addition to having requested the help of all county agencies. Photo: Gerardo Ortiz P360P

Acosta said it is still unknown how long it will take for evacuated families to return to their homes.

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office reported on its social media that the temporary evacuation site for affected families will be the Red Morton Community Center, located at 1120 Roosevelt Ave. in Redwood City. At this site, resources will be provided to those who have been evacuated due to the fire. Photo: Gerardo Ortiz P360P

Video by Omar Quezada.

 

*Information under development.

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“I am not coming alone, I am coming with everyone”: Claudia Sheinbaum, first female president of Mexico

Claudia Sheinbaum, first female president of Mexico
In her first message as the virtual first female president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, assured that she does not come alone to the position of president of the Mexican Republic, but accompanied by all "our heroines who gave us a homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters." Photo: X @ClaudiaShein

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In her first message as virtual president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo assured that she does not come alone to the position of president of the Mexican Republic, but accompanied by all "our heroines who gave us a homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters."

After the president advisor of the National Electoral Institute (INE)Guadalupe Taddei Zavala announced that Sheinbaum, from the coalition "Let's keep making history", made up of Morena, the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist Party (PVE) of Mexico, had obtained a vote between 58.3 and 60.7 percent, which places her as the virtual winner for the presidency of Mexico, the next president thanked the support of Mexicans.

Sheinbaum said that, in addition to the presidency, preliminary results indicate that the coalition she represents has won a qualified majority in the Chamber of Deputies, and will probably do the same in the Senate.

“I want to thank millions of Mexicans who decided to vote for us on this historic day to move forward with the fourth transformation of public life in our beautiful country,” said Claudia Sheinbaum. “It is the recognition of the people of Mexico to our history, to the results, to the conviction and to the will, but, above all, it is the recognition of the people of Mexico to our national project.”

The virtual winner also expressed her gratitude for being the first female president in the 200-year history of the Republic.

“I am also grateful because, for the first time in 200 years of the Republic, I will become the first woman president of Mexico. And, as I have said on other occasions, I did not get there alone, we all got there, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.”

Clearly happy with his victory, he congratulated Mexicans for their participation in the election, demonstrating that, he said, “Mexico is a democratic country with peaceful and highly participatory elections.”

He also thanked the candidate of the coalition “Fuerza y Corazón por México”, Xóchitl Gálvez, from whom he said he received a call acknowledging the victory, as well as the candidate of Movimiento Ciudadano, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, whom he recognized for his participation in these free and democratic elections. 

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that, although dissent is part of democracy and although the majority of the people supported her project, her duty “is and will always be to look after each and every Mexican without distinction.”

“Even though many Mexicans do not fully agree with our project, we will have to walk in peace and harmony to continue building a fair and more prosperous Mexico.” 

He also stressed that his government "will be honest, without influence, corruption or impunity, it will be a government with republican austerity, financial and fiscal discipline, and autonomy from the Bank of Mexico."

Like his predecessor, he said that there will be no real increases in fuel or electricity prices, and that he will maintain the required division between economic power and political power, always defending the supreme interest of the people of Mexico and the nation.

In this regard, he stressed that his government will act in accordance with the laws and the right, and that freedom of expression, the press, assembly, concentration and mobilization will be guaranteed.

"We are democrats and, out of conviction, we would never create an authoritarian or repressive government," he said, adding that political, social, cultural and religious diversity, as well as gender and sexual diversity, will be respected, while the fight against any form of discrimination will continue.

He also said that business freedom will be respected and private national and foreign investment will be promoted and facilitated to foster social well-being and regional development, while always ensuring respect for the environment.

In this regard, he pointed out, "out of conviction, we will dedicate the public budget to guarantee all the welfare programs initiated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and also all the programs we have committed to."

He added that access to the rights of the Mexican people to education, health, housing, culture will be expanded, as well as the consolidation of strategic projects and the expansion of the infrastructure of trains, highways, roads, ports and airports.

In terms of energy, he said, energy sovereignty, renewable energy and scientific and technological development will be promoted.

Foreign policy, he explained, will be based on constitutional principles of non-intervention, international cooperation for development, self-determination of peoples and peace-building.

With the United States, he said, "there will be a relationship of friendship, mutual respect and equality, as it has been until now, and we will always defend the Mexicans who are on the other side of the border." 

Meanwhile, he stressed that he would continue to expand his friendship relations with the South and the Caribbean, as he has done with the rest of the world.

“We will lead Mexico along the path of peace and security, we will move forward with attention to the causes, the consolidation of the National Guard, intelligence and investigation for public security and the coordination of institutions of the different powers and levels of government, that is, our security and justice policy will be one of attention to the causes and zero impunity,” he stressed in terms of security.

Finally, the virtual president thanked the congratulations of various heads of state and personalities, especially President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for his call and the video he published congratulating her.

“We will continue to make Mexico a more just, democratic, free and sovereign country every day to continue building the greatness of our country. Rest assured that we will live up to our history and to the generous and great people of Mexico. Thank you very much, long live Mexico,” he concluded.

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Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo becomes the virtual winner of the presidency of Mexico

Claudia Sheinbaum virtual winner of the presidency of Mexico
The president advisor of the (INE) announced Claudia Sheinbaum as the virtual winner of the presidency of Mexico after the quick count.

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The president advisor of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, reported that, according to the results of the quick count for the election of the Presidency of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, of the coalition "Let's keep making history", is the virtual winner with a vote that is between 58.3 and 60.7 percent.

This exercise, he said, based on a statistical sample representative of the polling stations installed throughout the country, was carried out by a technical advisory committee made up of expert scientists who have placed their prestige and knowledge at the service of Mexican democracy.

The count was carried out in 5,651 polling stations, representing 74.3 percent of the total sample, with a confidence level of at least 95 percent according to the data provided by the committee.

In this regard, he stressed that the percentage of citizen participation in this election day is estimated between 60 and 61.5 percent of the nominal list of voters.

Regarding the votes obtained by the candidates for the presidency of the Republic, the estimated ranges by relation in the order of registration of the parties that nominated them are: Xóchitl Gálvez Ruíz of the coalition "Fuerza y Corazón por México", made up of the National Action Party (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), obtained a vote that is between 26.6 and 28.6 percent.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo of the coalition “Let’s keep making history,” made up of Morena, the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist Party (PVE) of Mexico, obtained a vote between 58.3 and 60.7 percent.

While Jorge Álvarez Máynez, from Movimiento Ciudadano, obtained a vote between 9.9 and 10.8 percent.

Thus, voting preferences in the Mexican Republic give preference to Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, former head of government of Mexico City and presidential candidate of Morena this 2024, as the preferred candidate for the presidency of Mexico, who will become the 66th president of this country.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was born on June 24, 1962 (age 61) in Mexico City; she is of Jewish descent; her grandparents migrated from Lithuania and Bulgaria.

The candidate of the alliance “Let’s Keep Making History” is the daughter of chemist Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz and biologist Annie Pardo Cemo, both participants in the student movement of 1968.

He attended primary school at the private Manuel Bartolomé Cossío school in Tlalpan, while he completed his high school studies at the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades (CCH) Sur, participating in the student movement from 1986 to 1987.

In February 1989, she obtained her undergraduate degree in Physics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); in 1990, she began a master's degree in energy engineering at UNAM, and in 1994 she obtained her doctorate in the same subject.

Sheinbaum is married to Jesús María Tarriba Unger, a doctor in physical science from UNAM and financial risk analyst at the Bank of Mexico, and has two children from her first marriage to Carlos Imaz, Mariana Imaz Sheinbaum and Rodrigo Imaz Sheinbaum.

Her first position in public administration was with Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In 2000 she became Secretary of the Environment for Mexico City, a position she left in 2006 to become a spokesperson for AMLO's presidential campaign.

In the 2012 election, the current president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, proposed that he take charge of environmental policy at the national level. He was an active part of the formation of Morena in 2014 and also coordinated the issue of government and politics for the elaboration of López Obrador's 2018-2024 National Project.

She became head of Mexico City in 2018, a position she left on June 15 of this year to participate in the Morena survey that defined who will lead the National Coordination of the Committees for the Defense of the Fourth Transformation, which led her to the presidential candidacy in 2024.

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San Mateo County records 2,130 homeless people in one-day count in 2024

2,130 homeless people recorded in San Mateo County in one-day count in 2024
The official one-day count found 2,130 homeless people in San Mateo County on January 25, 2024. Clyde Virges of WeHOPE, a nonprofit social services agency, drives its team through East Palo Alto looking for homeless individuals on Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: San Mateo County Executive's Office.

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The official one-day homeless count, a tally of those living on the streets in every corner of San Mateo County or spending the night in a shelter, found 2,130 homeless people on January 25, 2024.

The figures represent an increase of 18 percent compared to a count carried out in 2022, according to the City Council.

While imperfect, the point-in-time count, officials said in a statement, provides a snapshot of what homeless officials use as a gauge to measure the success and needs of service programs. 

Local officials said the figure was due to a 38 percent increase in the number of people in shelters, a fact they attributed to a growing number of emergency shelter beds available to deal with the crisis.

Data released from the Jan. 25, 2024, count found that homeless people counted outside of a shelter (including those on the streets, in cars, RVs, or tents) increased by 5 percent to 1,145. Combined with those counted in shelters, 322 more people were counted in 2024 than in 2022.

As ongoing housing affordability challenges, income inequalities, and other challenges continue to contribute to homelessness, the county has seen increasing needs in recent years. 

In response, the County said it has dedicated significant resources to expanding shelters and other homeless services, with the goal of reaching functional zero, where every homeless person in the County who chooses assistance can be sheltered in an emergency shelter or in temporary or permanent housing.

“While we never like to see our numbers go up, I am encouraged by the fact that we saw an increase in the number of people receiving shelter at our emergency facilities like the Navigation Center and El Camino House,” said Claire Cunningham, director of the Human Services Agency. 

“This means fewer people in less safe situations, like on the streets or in tents. And shelters provide case management and support services to help residents move into permanent housing,” she added.

The data is not perfect as it captures only what teams of community workers and volunteers discovered during a few hours on a particular day. For example, in 2022 the count was conducted during adverse weather conditions. 

Additionally, the County has also created new shelter capacity at its Navigation Center in Redwood City (240 units) and El Camino House in San Mateo (44 units) over the past two years.

The One Day Count is conducted every two years as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The data collected is compared to historical counts to show trends over time. 

The county also conducts surveys of unsheltered homeless individuals in the week following the observational count to provide more granular information about their specific circumstances and demographics.

Notably, the 5 percent increase in unsheltered homeless people in 2024 is smaller than the 21 percent increase between 2019 and 2022.

Of those counted while unsheltered: 40 percent were in a mobile home, 31 percent in a car or van, 19 percent on the street, 7 percent in a tent or makeshift shelter and 3 percent in other.

The 2024 count found that Redwood City had the most homeless people, followed by Pacifica and unincorporated San Mateo County, particularly on the coast.

“This confirms that our work is never done and we remain committed to helping as many of our unhoused residents as are willing to accept it,” said County Executive Mike Callagy. 

“Our Board of Supervisors has made achieving zero functional homelessness a key priority, and we are moving toward it with every person we move from the streets or their vehicles to a place with a warm roof, the supports they need to succeed, and the dignity they all deserve,” she said.

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Californian charged with hate crime for physically assaulting Asian-American woman

Californian charged with hate crime for physically assaulting Asian-American woman
Un gran jurado federal emitió una acusación formal contra un hombre del sur de California por un delito de odio tras una agresión física a una mujer asiático-estadounidense. . Captura del video de vigilancia del Departamento de Policía de Culver City.

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Un gran jurado federal emitió una acusación formal contra un hombre del sur de California por un delito de odio luego de presuntamente golpear a una mujer asiático-estadounidense en la cabeza en Culver City mientras le gritaba insultos raciales. 

Jesse Allen Lindsey, de 37 años, que se encuentra en una prisión estatal por una condena no relacionada, pero cuya última dirección conocida fue en Fontana, fue acusado el pasado miércoles por cometer un delito de odio, un cargo grave que conlleva una sentencia máxima legal de 10 años en prisión federal.

“La violencia alimentada por el odio no tiene cabida en nuestra sociedad”, señaló el fiscal federal Martín Estrada. “Vivimos en una de las zonas más diversas del país y esa diversidad nos fortalece. Nuestra comunidad permanecerá unida para condenar la intolerancia, y mi oficina no dudará en investigar y procesar a quienes dañan a otros a causa de su intolerancia”.

Krysti Hawkins, subdirectora interina a cargo de la oficina local del FBI en Los Ángeles, detalló que la víctima se ocupaba de sus propios asuntos cuando fue abusada verbalmente y atacada violentamente basándose nada más que en su apariencia. 

En ese sentido, dijo que “el FBI está comprometido con la protección de los derechos civiles en los Estados Unidos y responsabilizará a cualquiera que esté tan impulsado por el odio que apunte a personas inocentes por su raza”. 

Según la acusación, aproximadamente a la 1:00 horas del 14 de junio de 2021, la víctima caminaba hacia el trabajo en Culver City cuando Lindsey, un hombre blanco, le pidió un encendedor o un cigarrillo. Ella respondió que no fumaba. Lindsey supuestamente comenzó a seguirla y le gritó a la víctima, a quien percibió como un hombre asiático-americano: “Tú [improperio] asiático, date la vuelta”. Lindsey supuestamente llamó a la víctima “coreana” y gritó: “Tú [improperio] asiático, no perteneces aquí”, afirma la acusación.

La acusación formal alega además que, como se captura en el video de vigilancia, Lindsey le gritó a la víctima: “¿No puedes saludar a un [improperio] chico blanco?”. Luego, Lindsey golpeó a la víctima en la cabeza, lo que la hizo caer a la calle y golpearse la cabeza. Mientras la víctima yacía boca abajo en la calle, Lindsey gritó: “¿Escuchas lo que dije, [N-word]? ¡Dije buenos días, perra!

Posteriormente, el personal de emergencia transportó a la víctima a un hospital, donde recibió aproximadamente 11 puntos en la cara. Como resultado del ataque, la víctima sufrió lesiones en la cabeza y la oreja, lo que la dejó incapaz de trabajar durante un mes y le provocó dolores continuos durante un año, alega la acusación.

Cuando más tarde se enteró por las noticias de que las autoridades estaban investigando el incidente como un delito de odio, Lindsey, temeroso de recibir un castigo mayor, huyó de California, según la acusación.

“La comunidad a la que servimos es rica en diversidad cultural y estamos comprometidos a mantener un ambiente seguro y acogedor para todos”, destacó el jefe de policía de Culver City, Jason Sims. 

“El odio no tiene lugar en Culver City. Estoy extremadamente orgulloso del trabajo realizado por el Departamento de Policía de Culver City para identificar y localizar al sospechoso responsable de este violento crimen de odio. En colaboración con el FBI, no sólo buscamos justicia para la víctima inocente de este caso, sino que también subrayamos que este tipo de crimen atroz no será tolerado en nuestros vecindarios”, agregó.

Una acusación es simplemente eso, y se presume que el acusado es inocente a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia.

Lindsey se encuentra actualmente bajo custodia estatal y se espera que comparezca ante un tribunal federal en las próximas semanas.

El FBI está investigando este caso y recibió asistencia sustancial del Departamento de Policía de Culver City.

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Tips for staying cool in the predicted heat wave for the Inner Bay Area

With heat wave forecast in the Inner Bay Area, tips for staying cool
A heat wave is forecast in the inner Bay Area, and the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management has issued advice for residents to stay cool in the heat.

By Bay City News.

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Se pronostica una ola de calor entre semana para el Área interior de la Bahía, y el Departamento de Manejo de Emergencias de San Francisco ha emitido consejos para que los residentes se mantengan frescos en el calor. 

Es probable que las temperaturas en las áreas interiores ronden los 90 grados Fahrenheit, e incluso alcancen los 100 grados en algunos puntos calientes, principalmente a lo largo de la frontera oriental del Área de la Bahía, más cerca del Valle Central, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional del Área de la Bahía. 

El martes se emitió un aviso de calor para partes del interior de los condados de Napa, Sonoma, Contra Costa y Alameda, que durará hasta el jueves, dijo el Servicio Meteorológico. El aviso se ampliará el miércoles a Santa Clara, San Benito y el extremo oriental del condado de Monterey. 

Las temperaturas deberían bajar un poco hasta el jueves, según el Servicio Meteorológico. 

Teniendo esto en cuenta, se sugiere que las personas afectadas por el intenso calor deben permanecer en un lugar fresco, beber mucha agua, usar ropa y sombreros ligeros, ducharse y cerrar las persianas durante el día, según el Departamento de Manejo de Emergencias. 

Además, se llama a evitar estar al aire libre entre las 10:00 y las 16:00 horas, no realice actividades extenuantes y evitar el azúcar, el alcohol, la cafeína y los alimentos ricos en proteínas, dijo el departamento. 

De igual manera, beba agua y refrésquese de inmediato si siente cansancio, debilidad o mareos, tiene dolor de cabeza o calambres musculares o suda mucho, dijo el departamento.

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