By Jenny Leonard | Bloomberg President Joe Biden said he’s fine after briefly falling off his bicycle while coming to a stop to meet with a group of onlookers after a morning ride near his Delaware beach home. “I’m OK,” Biden said after the tumble at Rehoboth Beach on Saturday, which was witnessed by reporters…
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Bay City News Service SAN FRANCISCO — Police are asking the public to avoid the area of Lombard and Fillmore streets in San Francisco due to police activity. According to police, emergency crews are on the scene, and traffic delays are expected. The public is advised to consider alternate routes and allow for additional travel…
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Americans gained a new federal holiday last year: Juneteenth. This year the holiday, which commemorates of the end of slavery in the United States, falls on Sunday but it will be observed in many places on Monday, June 20. Given that this long summer weekend also coincides with Father’s Day, that means there will be…
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Bay City News Service FREMONT — Paseo Padre Parkway is closed between Thornton Avenue and Isherwood Way in Fremont due to a collision and police are asking the public to avoid the area. All northbound and southbound lanes of Paseo Padre between Thornton and Isherwood are closed and there is no estimate as to when…
With the arrival of a shiny blue lowrider and cheers from the crowd, “The Cheech” opened its doors in downtown Riverside. After five years of planning and fundraising, comedian and actor Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum welcomed its first guests Saturday morning, June 18, with a street celebration to herald a venue that’s expected to…
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CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion that was part of a National Park Service study was fatally struck by a vehicle in Southern California’s Santa Monica Mountains along the same road where her mother was similarly killed. The adult female cougar, dubbed P-54, died Friday on Las Virgenes Road, south of Mulholland Highway, the…
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By Steve Lopez | Los Angeles Times The almost 80-year-old man who cuts hair on the streets of West Los Angeles is not your typical barber. Most of his clients are homeless, and many are military veterans; the price is negotiable and can be paid in food (preferably fresh fruit); and nobody with empty pockets…
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KYIV, Ukraine — They died as thousands of others have died in Ukraine, from the spray of metallic shards that burst from an artillery shell. When it hit, Tetiana Perebyinis, 43, and her two children, Mykyta, 18, and Alisa, 9, along with a church volunteer who had been helping the family flee from fighting, were…
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Rusty Bowers, a Republican who is the speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, is expected to testify at Tuesday’s hearing held by the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol, according to a source familiar with the matter. The hearing is expected to focus on former President Donald…
Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Saturday to recommend COVID vaccines for children younger than 5, the last group of Americans to qualify for the shots, except for infants younger than 6 months. The agency’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, is expected to quickly endorse the decision. Parents should be…
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