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Lazy Dog’s plans to come to this East Bay city are now in limbo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

With plans in limbo for Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar to locate in Brentwood, one councilwoman is asking the council to take a second look to see if the city can still work out a deal.Though the restaurant’s design plans earned the Planning Commission’s unanimous approval last week, that approval came with a number of design conditions that the developer, LRG Investors, could not agree to, so representatives made it clear they would walk late last week.That’s when Councilwoman Jovita Mendoza stepped in to ask the City Council to reevaluate the Commission’s decision and try to work out an agreement.“I pulled it for review in order to try to find a way to come to a consensus with him (the owner) and salvage the deal because we really want it,” Mendoza said. “I pulled it so that we can have more discussion and find a way to get to a ‘yes.’”Lazy Dog restaurants are known for their Rocky Mountain-inspired looks. (City of Brentwood) (City of Brentwood)Though the business owner or anyon...

While some stores are leaving San Francisco, Ikea is opening there this week

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNNNew York — Ikea is opening a new store in downtown San Francisco Wednesday, bucking the trend of retailers closing in the city.Ikea will be the anchor tenant for a new mixed-use development on Market Street with retail, offices, restaurants and entertainment.City leaders are hopeful that the home furniture store will draw shoppers to downtown San Francisco and support other businesses in the area at a time of store closures and rising public safety concerns.Ikea’s parent company purchased the six-floor glass building in 2020 for redevelopment, at a cost of $260 million. The acquisition was part of Ikea’s strategy to open smaller stores in downtown districts after years of building sprawling locations on the outskirts of cities and in the suburbs.Ikea will be the first retailer to open in the new development. Its three-level, 52,000-square-foot store will showcase 27 different room options for apartments and smaller city homes for customers. Shoppers will ...

Northwestern’s hazing history: Cases over 150 years show how hard it can be for colleges, institutions to extinguish these rituals

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

Angie Leventis Lourgos | Chicago Tribune (TNS)Accusations of hazing on Northwestern University’s football team have sent shock waves across the school this summer, fallout that continues as former players from a variety of sports come forward with new allegations of abusive behavior, bullying and a toxic culture.Yet the prestigious university has been grappling with hazing for well more than a century, from cases involving athletic teams and Greek life to class warfare between sophomores and incoming freshmen.One high-profile instance roughly a hundred years ago had particularly tragic consequences when an 18-year-old student went missing following participation in an annual freshman-sophomore hazing event, a case that remains a mystery today.The allegations this summer show the trauma and emotional damage that hazing can inflict, according to the claims of some former athletes in lawsuits filed against the university.“No teammate I knew liked hazing,” one former football player tol...

Trump Indictment: What’s next in Fulton County?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

Shannon McCaffrey | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe 41-count indictment handed up in Fulton County last week against former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies is the beginning of what is certain to be a long and complicated legal process.Here’s what to expect next:Surrenders: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis set a deadline of Friday, Aug. 25 at noon for the 19 defendants to turn themselves in for processing. By late Sunday afternoon, it did not appear that any had done so, despite Sheriff Patrick Labat noting that the Fulton County Jail was open 24/7. That means it’s likely to be a busy week at the Atlanta jail. Additionally, lawyers for those charged will be meeting with Willis and her staff this week to negotiate bond and other terms of surrender.Related ArticlesNational Politics | Inside Trump’s decision to skip the GOP debate National Politics | Legal scholars increasingly raise constitutional argument that Trump should be...

Ready for an electric car? What you need to know

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

Russ Mitchell | (TNS) Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Should you buy an electric car? If so, what kind? Pure electric? Plug-in hybrid? New? Used?As autos writer for The Times, I’m often asked for advice on electric car buying — most recently on a drive on Interstate 5 from Los Angeles to Berkeley, where I live. I was charging up a new blue Kia EV6 outside the Harris Ranch restaurant when a woman with a young child approached.What car is that, she wanted to know. She said she was thinking about a new EV. Should she buy one? After telling her what I did for a living, I came back with a question as my standard response: “Why do you want to buy an electric car?” She answered the way almost everyone does: “To help the environment.”“If doing your part to save the Earth is really your top priority,” I told her, “you should keep driving the gasoline car you already own until it’s ready for the junkyard. Then you should buy an electric car...

2 juveniles, 1 woman arrested in physical altercation in Rohnert Park

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Two juveniles and one woman were arrested following a physical altercation that left two people hospitalized, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety.Officers responded to the 7300 block of Boris Court after receiving a 911 call regarding a person that had been stabbed. After arriving to the scene, officers located an 18-year-old woman and a juvenile female that had sustained lacerations on her legs, police said. Shortly after the juvenile arrived to the hospital, an 18-year-old man arrived at the same hospital with a laceration to his arm and several head injuries including a swollen eye and contusions. ‘Very large cat’ spotted in San Mateo Police later learned that two juvenile females were with the 18-year-old woman at a residence on Boris Court at the time the 18-year-old man was invited to the residence. A verbal altercation ensued between the 18-year-old man and one of the juvenile females that eventually led to a physical altercation involving t...

'Very large cat' spotted in San Mateo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

(KRON) -- A "very large cat" was spotted in San Mateo Sunday evening, according to the San Mateo Police Department. Initial reports indicated the cat was a mountain lion, however a subsequent update suggested it may have been a bobcat."Consensus of the experts on Facebook is it's a bobcat," San Mateo PD said. "Still a very large cat walking the neighborhood, which caused alarm."The sighting occurred around 6:26 p.m. in a backyard on the 4000 block of Kingridge Drive. Car submerges, unconscious man rescued from water in Alameda The animal was seen in the backyard and then a parking lot before disappearing, likely back into its habitat, police said."Apparently, bobcats aren't as aggressive as mountain lions and are smaller with shorter tails," police said, "but we still wouldn't want to cross paths with one."Sunday's sighting followed a similar event on Friday morning, when a mountain lion was spotted in the area of Vanessa Drive and South Grant Street. In that instance, the big cat...

Music Review: Turnpike Troubadours back after extended hiatus with resilience — and gratitude

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Turnpike Troubadours, “A Cat in the Rain” (Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers)When a band steps aside just as it appears to be peaking, it sets itself up for a unique challenge. That’s what the Turnpike Troubadours did a few years ago, taking a hiatus to deal with personal challenges after their first five albums had turned them from an Oklahoma roadhouse band into a phenomenon. But the Troubadours are back with “A Cat in the Rain,” their first new album since 2017. And they’ve returned with the kind of ferocity that feels destined to put them right back on that long-term upward trajectory.The album combines the Troubadours’ signature blend of country and rock — the tight sound built around the plaintive singing and vulnerable lyrics of front-man Evan Felker — with a new message of resilience and gratitude. The fresh material will only endear them to their extremely devoted fans, and it’s compelling enough to introduce a really good ba...

Reds-Angels game is postponed due to the effects of Tropical Storm Hilary. Doubleheader is Wednesday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Cincinnati Reds scheduled for Monday night has been postponed due to the effects of Tropical Storm Hilary.The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Wednesday.Southern California’s first tropical storm in 84 years dropped several inches of rain across the Los Angeles area on Sunday. The rain had stopped by Monday morning, but Angel Stadium was too wet to play, according to the Angels.The Angels already had moved up their game scheduled for Sunday against Tampa Bay to a Saturday doubleheader.The rainout is just the fourth since 1995 at Angel Stadium, counting the game that was moved from Sunday to Saturday. Only 14 games have been moved by rain in the history of the Big A.The Angels also had games rained out in 2015 and 2019. The postponement in 2019 was because the field was too wet even after the storm had passed over Anaheim.About 30 miles (50 km) up the Interstate 5 freeway, the Los Angeles Dodger...

Power cuts in Niger threaten to spoil millions of vaccines as sanctions take their toll, UN says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:12:00 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The U.N. is spending over 20 times more money than usual on fuel for generators to keep millions of vaccines in Niger from spoiling due to incessant power cuts. The outages are the result of severe economic and travel sanctions imposed by regional countries after mutinous soldiers toppled the country’s president last month. Country representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund in Niger, Stefano Savi, told The Associated Press on Monday that it has spent $200,000 powering generators to keep vaccines, including for polio and rotavirus, across the country cold during the first three weeks of August. That’s up from approximately $10,000 a month previously and might soon run out of money, he said. Niger relies on neighboring Nigeria for up to 90% of its power, but after soldiers ousted democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum in July, Nigeria cut off part of its electricity supply as part of sanctions imposed by the West African regional bl...