To be informed, these are the local news from February 25 to March 3 that you must know to stay up to date.
In the blink of an eye, we are already in March. As recently as late December and early January, the Bay Area was struggling to cope with the disasters caused by storms. However, several counties have entered a state of emergency due to the adverse weather they are facing. Given this, we must be cautious and take all precautions to avoid disasters.
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Gentleness and patience are two characteristics needed to teach kindergarten children to read and write, an activity that Michele Mairani has been teaching for more than 22 years at Clifford Elementary School in Redwood City, California.
In light of this, the Redwood City Public Library paid tribute to Professor Mairani's retirement on Friday, February 17, with a plaque and photograph in the place where she most enjoyed her career, the reading area for children.
The event was accompanied by a donation that will be used to finance the book collection in the children's room.
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The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra On Friday, February 24, the institution presented a single performance of the musical drama “Pan,” which was written by Brazilian composer Marcos Balter especially for Claire Chase, a flutist and collaborating partner of the institution.
For an hour and a half, flutist Claire Chase, described by The New York Times as “the north star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe,” performed between the audience and two stages arranged so that her costume, which emulated the tail of the only Greek god who is half man and half goat, could move freely throughout the space.
The staging included touches of electronic music, as well as a choir and performances by community institutions such as the Amateur Music Network, Casa Círculo Cultural, Openhouse, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Stanford University School of Music in San Francisco.
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A man was killed by a hit-and-run driver Sunday morning in East Palo Alto.
Police say they were dispatched to the 2200 block of Ralmar Avenue at 10:08 a.m. on reports that a man had been struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
Officers found a 64-year-old man unconscious in the driveway of a residence. Three nearby vehicles were also struck and damaged.
The victim was transported to the hospital where he later died. Police did not release the man's name.
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Power outages continue in the Bay Area as nearly 8,500 PG&E customers were without electricity Monday morning as storm-related outages persist across the region.
As of 9:30 a.m. Monday, North Bay had the most people without power, with 4,944 customers affected, according to PG&E.
In the South Bay, 3,158 were without power, and the Peninsula had 226 affected. The East Bay had 76 without power and five customers were affected in San Francisco.
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San Mateo police have arrested the owner of a San Mateo massage parlor on suspicion of prostitution and running a brothel, police said in a news release Tuesday.
Following previous incidents in which undercover officers sought massages and were offered sex in exchange for money, police served a search warrant Friday at the business, located in the 100 block of De Anza Boulevard.
Police determined that the owner, Liping Yao, 43, of San Jose, negotiated sexual acts for money and arrested her on suspicion of prostitution and brothel keeping.
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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will seek a $5 million grant in state funds to help provide housing for local farmworkers.
The action was taken by unanimous decision of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, with 5 votes in favor, to authorize staff to apply for support that would fund the purchase of manufactured homes, possibly in partnership with the City of Half Moon Bay.
These homes would be located in an as-yet-unidentified area of the coast. Local farmworkers, including families and people displaced by the January mass shooting, would be eligible to live in and purchase the homes.
The state is expected to announce the grant recipients in June 2023. For now, the county is already working with the city of Half Moon Bay to identify potential sites.
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Península 360 Press has launched the call for applications to participate in the third edition of the Community Journalism Workshop, which, on this occasion, will be carried out in a hybrid format and will last 20 hours spread throughout the week.
The purpose of the workshop is for participants to develop journalistic writing and photography skills, which will be developed in three modules with different themes.
The topics of the 3 modules are: Stop The Hate, Environment and A Story of Personal Experience.
The result of each module will aim to create an exhibition that encompasses the work of each of the attendees.
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Since December 2022, there has been a noticeable trend of Hyundai and KIA car thefts throughout the city of Berkeley, the local Police Department said.
"We believe the increase may be due in part to a social media challenge that encourages theft," authorities said.
In a statement, the Berkeley Police Department said that since December, Hyundai and KIA vehicles have accounted for 38 percent of the total number of cars stolen in Berkeley.
However, the thefts not only include new models of both brands, but also those not equipped with an engine immobilizer.
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Tolling began Friday morning on the new express lanes on U.S. 101 in San Mateo County between South San Francisco and Sunnyvale.
The new lanes will operate on Highway 101 Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. between Interstate 380 in South San Francisco and North Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale.
Solo drivers wishing to use the express lane must have a standard FasTrak or FasTrak Flex toll tag, while carpool users and motorcycles must have the FasTrak Flex toll tag in the appropriate position to receive discounted travel.
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San Mateo County Police Department (SMPD) officers arrested three men on Thursday, March 2, for criminal threats, conspiracy, and knife assault in San Mateo County.
On Thursday afternoon at approximately 2:49 p.m., SMPD officers were dispatched to the West Hillsdale Boulevard unit block on a report of a stabbing.
Ultimately, all three suspects were transported to the San Mateo County Jail.
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