Some members of the Senate have warned that the killings by herdsmen across the country, if unchecked, will snowball into another security threat like the one posed by the Boko Haram terrorist group.
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SERAP praises anti-graft war
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration is on track.
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South East group seeks revocation of Kanu’s bail
Irked by the activities of IPOB, the South East Peoples Assembly (SEPA), asks Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted to Nnamdi Kanu.
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Remembering Fan Ho, master of Hong Kong street photography
A handsome, well-coiffed man carries a tray of tofu through the streets of Hong Kong. Workers squat on concrete steps picking at their lunches with chopsticks. An old woman walks down an empty alley, rays of sunlight piercing the smoke and dust.
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Giants completely handcuffed by Max Scherzer, Nationals
SAN FRANCISCO — Bryce Harper’s absence from the Washington Nationals lineup Wednesday proved to be a moot point as Ryan Zimmerman continued to torment the Giants pitching staff while Max Scherzer silenced their bats.
With Harper serving the first game of his suspension for Monday’s fight with Hunter Strickland, Zimmerman carried the Nationals offense, providing all the runs they needed to beat the Giants 3-1 at AT&T Park.
As Zimmerman took care of business at the plate, the 2016 National League Cy Young Award winner mowed through the Giants order, surrendering just one earned run on five hits hits while striking out 11 batters in a complete game.
Scherzer’s dueling mate, Matt Cain (3-4), ran into some tough luck in the opening inning, thwarting his effort to build off the seven-inning, one-run outing he put together against the Atlanta Braves on Friday.
After the leadoff man Trea Turner reached base on a rare fielding error by Brandon Crawford, his third of the year, Daniel Murphy squeaked out an infield hit by catching the Giants shortstop out of position as he covered second base on a stolen base attempt.
Ordinarily, Murphy’s grounder to short would have produced a routine 6-4-3 double play, but Crawford couldn’t field the ball cleanly because his momentum was carrying him in the opposite direction, allowing the Nationals to put runners on first and second.
Zimmerman turned the series of unlikely events into a first inning nightmare by smacking Cain’s next pitch, a low curveball, into the left field stands.
The home run, his 15th of the year, wound up being the exclamation point on a scorching hot series for Zimmerman, who collected five hits, five RBI and four runs in three games against the Giants.
Cain eventually left the game after throwing 94 pitches through five innings, surrendering two earned runs on eight hits and a walk.
Zimmerman’s home run proved to be all the offense that Scherzer (6-3) would need. The Nationals ace retired the first 10 batters he faced before Eduardo Nunez scored the Giants lone run in the fourth, racing in from first after Jayson Werth lost a Buster Posey fly ball to left in the lights at AT&T Park.
As stingy as Scherzer was, the Giants managed to put runners on second base in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, but they failed to pick up the timely hit needed to dig into the Nationals lead.
Scherzer also collected a hit and a walk at the plate. He made Crawford’s tough fielding night even worse by striking him out three times.
— Outfielder Hunter Pence will start his minor league rehab assignment with the Class A San Jose Giants Wednesday night.
Pence, who’s missed the Giants last 17 games with a strained left hamstring, is slated to play five innings for the San Jose Giants at San Jose Municipal Stadium Wednesday and another seven innings Thursday.
“He’s probably going to want to come up then,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “But we’ll see how he’s doing. I’m thinking it could be 15, 20 at bats; could be more, could be a couple less. We’ll see how’s he moving around, how he’s swinging the bat.”
— As Pence prepared to return to the diamond in San Jose, left-handed starter Madison Bumgarner continued his rehabilitation program at China Basin. Bumgarner threw a baseball for a second-consecutive day, tossing “about” 45 pitches on flat ground in the outfield at AT&T Park. After throwing from 45 and 60 feet on Tuesday, Bumgarner moved out to toss some balls at 75 feet Wednesday, another positive development for the Giants ace who separated his left shoulder in a dirt bike accident in Colorado on April 20.
— Outfielder Bryce Harper served the first game of his suspension Wednesday after Major League Baseball reduced it from four games to three earlier in the day. Major League Baseball knocked a game off Harper’s suspension after he agreed to drop his appeal. At game time, there still wasn’t any word on whether Strickland’s six-game suspension would also be reduced. Strickland, who is appealing his suspension, pitched in the eighth, striking out one batter and allowing a walk.
— Conor Gillaspie is on track to resume his rehabilitation from back spasms this weekend.
The Giants had been expecting to activate Gillaspie from the 10-day disabled list during their current homestand, which concludes Wednesday. But the 29-year-old infielder experienced tightness in his back while swinging a bat last week, delaying his return to the lineup.
“He’s starting to do baseball activities,” Bochy said. “I think he can resume his rehab this weekend. He’ll stay here while we go on the road.”
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Belle Haven pool may be rebuilt to larger capacity
A community pool in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood may be rebuilt to be more in line with the city’s larger pool at the downtown civic center.
The Parks and Recreation Commission last week signed off on a plan for new facilities at Belle Haven Pool at an estimated cost of $6-8 million. The plan involves removing the pool house, youth center and separating the existing pool into two separate sections: a lap swim pool and a warm water activity pool. It also includes construction of a new pool house with a large multi-purpose room that would house existing youth center programs and other uses.
The commission could have backed a less expensive option at a cost of $3-5 million that would maintain the current pool configuration, but Community Services Director Cherise Brandell said the commission chose the costlier option to better serve the neighborhood and boost the life of the pool, which was built in the 1960s. A staff report estimates the new pool would have a life expectancy of between 30-40 years. The other option would have boosted the expectancy by 7-10 years.
“Their primary reasons were the increased life span, opportunities for greater cost recovery, and opportunity to serve a growing and diverse population with extensive simultaneous programming for non-swimmers, therapy, instruction, performance and competitive uses,” Brandell said in an email. “They also preferred Option B as it would create a facility similar to the Burgess Pool, which is currently operating at full capacity.”
The plan is part of an ongoing $98,310 audit of the facilities, which has found 62 structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, accessibility and programming deficiencies at the pool. The plan requires City Council action before it is finalized.
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Rupee opens 3 paise higher against dollar at 64.48
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Navy investigates clash with police in Calabar
The Nigerian Navy begins investigation to unravel the cause of the ugly incidence between the Navy and Police in Calabar.
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AU, Internet Society tighten cyber security in Africa
The Internet Society and the African Union (AU) Commission unveils a new Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa.
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Amazing looping GIFs of waves
The image you see here is a still frame from a splendid cinemagraph—a seamlessly-looping short video or GIF—that does not do the original justice. Atlas Obscura's Anika Burgess writes on the strange majesty of Ray Collins and Armand Dijcks' cinemgraphs of waves, where the captured natural beauty becomes weird, even threatening, in the eternally-recurring moment.
“The idea was to stretch out the 1/8000th [of a] second during which the image was created into infinity. In a lot of my work, I like to mess with people’s minds a little, and this contrast between a very short time span being stretched infinitely long, and between motion and stillness is a perfect example of that.”
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Fraught White House campaign blamed as US bucks global trend towards peace
Public distrust of US government affects harmony in North America, but annual index records first improvement in global peace levels since Syria war began
Peace has deteriorated in North America following the turbulent US presidential campaign, claim researchers, with racial tension and murder rates rising even as the rest of the world shows signs of recovering from a period of unprecedented violence and upheaval.
The divisive nature of Donald Trump’s rise to the White House has increased mistrust of the US government and means social problems are likely to become more entrenched, said the authors of the annual global peace index, in which 163 countries and territories are analysed.
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Menlo Park aims for ‘zero waste’ over next decade
The city of Menlo Park is pursuing a goal of boosting the amount of waste that is recycled or composted by 17 percent over the next 10 years.
This would equate to the removal of roughly 13,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide, which a staff report equates to taking 2,790 passenger vehicles off the road or using 1.5 million fewer gallons of gasoline. The city’s current rate, based on waste collector Recology’s data, for recycling/composting trash is 56 percent and the city is aiming to reach 73 percent by 2027.
The city is aiming to kick off its “zero waste” program slowly over a three-year period in 2018 with outreach on recycling and reuse strategies to construction and demolition firms, elementary and secondary schools, and faith-based organizations. From 2021-2024, the city would increase recycling requirements and expand recyclable items and ban new products and packaging, as well as hire a part-time staffer to oversee efforts. From 2025-2027, participation in recycling and composting programs would be mandatory and all trash from construction and demolition would be required to be sent to designated facilities. The latter two stages would require upgrades to Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos, whose cost would be shared between all jurisdictions in the coverage area, according to the staff report.
Trash rates would increase roughly 1 percent for Recology customers over the 10-year period, according to Clay Curtin, assistant to the city manager.
“It’s a lot to undertake, but we think having this as a percentage of the monthly rates won’t have a huge impact” on customers, Curtin said. He added that the recycling/composting rate at single-family homes is already at 73 percent, but multi-family and commercial properties lag.
The goal is for the city to reach a 90 percent trash diversion rate, which Curtin said is doable, but could be costlier. The 10-year plan is estimated to cost the city $921,375, which would be paid out of the city’s solid waste fund, which currently contains about $1.3 million and earns roughly $300,000 a year.
“There’s other more expensive things to get us the rest of the way (such as) further infrastructure enhancements,” Curtin said.
He said staff can’t finalize the new trash rates until some missing data are released in September, but he anticipates the plan to go before the City Council for approval in January.
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Donald Trump falls to 27 percent approval rating in new California poll
President Donald Trump fell to his lowest approval rating among Californians since he took office, with just 27 percent of state residents approving of his job performance, according to a poll released Wednesday.
That’s down from 30 percent and 31 percent in post-inauguration January and March surveys conducted by the same organization, the Public Policy Institute of California.
In follow-up interviews with the Bay Area News Group, poll respondents didn’t hold back on their views about Trump.
“I think he’s completely unqualified for the job, and it doesn’t surprise me at all that the approval rating is that low,” said Beth Woerner, 55, a Democrat who lives in Martinez. “He has a complete inability to look beyond himself, and I don’t believe he has the nation’s interest at heart.”
Trump’s approval numbers aren’t the lowest for a president among Californians — for example, an October 2008 PPIC poll as the economy plunged found that just 19 percent of state residents approved of President George W. Bush.
But Mark Baldassare, the president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute, said he had never seen such low ratings so early in a president’s tenure. “Late in the presidency, people have developed disappointment over a longer period of time,” he said. “To start out with such low approval ratings, that’s the part that’s unusual.”
At least Trump is doing better than Congress, which has a 26 percent approval rating — a 10-point drop since March. But both Trump and Congress are falling far below state elected officials: 52 percent of respondents said they approved of Gov. Jerry Brown’s job performance, while the state Legislature came out with a 46 percent approval rating.
When it comes to the hot topic of Russia, 58 percent of respondents said they thought the Russian government tried to influence the results of the 2016 election, and 47 percent said they thought Trump’s campaign intentionally helped. A whopping 70 percent of California Democrats said they believed the Trump campaign had purposefully aided the Russian effort, compared with just 12 percent of Republicans.
Noreen Hariman, 45, who lives in Morgan Hill and is not registered with any party, said she was convinced Trump’s campaign had collaborated with the Russian government. “I think he’s out to help himself,” she said. “You can’t trust somebody to be president if you can’t trust him before he gets in office.”
Californians also disapproved of more specific Trump administration policies. In foreign policy, just 28 percent of respondents said they had confidence in Trump’s ability to handle North Korea’s nuclear program, and only 21 percent said they thought Trump had a clear plan for dealing with the civil war in Syria.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has suggested that he may crack down on marijuana sales in states like California that have legalized the drug. Only 38 percent of Californians said they thought the federal government should enforce marijuana laws in states like California, while 60 percent said the feds should take a hands-off policy.
Meanwhile, opinions were split on whether respondents supported retail sales of marijuana in their own communities, with 48 percent in favor and 47 percent opposed.
The poll has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.2 percentage points and was conducted of 1,707 California adult residents in English and Spanish between May 12 and 22. About two-thirds of the group were interviewed on cellphones and one-third on landlines.
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Half of Californians worry about someone they know getting deported, poll finds
As President Donald Trump steps up immigration enforcement, half of Californians are worried that someone they know will be deported, a poll released Wednesday found.
The poll, conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, found that 51 percent of Californians and 78 percent of Latinos in California worry about deportation.
Thirty percent of respondents to the poll said they worry “a lot” and 21 percent said they worry “some” about someone they know getting deported. While the percentages are highest among Latinos and foreign-born Californians, substantial numbers of non-Hispanic white people and those born in the U.S also fear people they know getting deported.
“It reflects the fact that immigrants are such a big part of life in California,” said Mark Baldassare, the president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute. “There’s widespread concern about deportation, and not just among Latinos.”
Vanessa Moses, the executive director of Causa Justa, a Bay Area immigrant rights group, said she wasn’t surprised that the number was so high.
“Given the presence and contributions that immigrants — including undocumented immigrants — make in the state of California, the policies coming from the Trump administration are harmful to ultimately all of us,” Moses said. She said the poll should encourage state legislators to pass legislation making California a “sanctuary state,” prohibiting local law enforcement from working with federal immigration officials.
Even those who didn’t have undocumented immigrants in their family said they worried about acquaintances who might not have papers. Thais Jones, 60, a clerk who lives in Oakland and who responded to the survey, said she kept reading about people around the country who were deported even after living in the U.S. for years.
“It could be people that I work with, that are my neighbors, that I see at church and the grocery store,” Jones said in an interview. “I worry that those people could be separated from their family.”
Stephanie, an Oakland social worker who responded to the poll but asked not to use her last name because she’s a government employee, said fear of immigration enforcement had changed the atmosphere at the community college where she worked.
“Some of the students are scared to show up; they’re afraid that ICE is going to raid the school,” she said. “It definitely has a chilling effect.”
The poll also found Trump at his lowest approval rating among Californians since he took office, with just 27 percent approval among adults. That’s down from 30 percent and 31 percent in post-inauguration January and March surveys conducted by the same group.
In follow-up interviews with the Bay Area News Group, poll respondents didn’t hold back on their views about Trump.
“I think he’s completely unqualified for the job, and it doesn’t surprise me at all that the approval rating is that low,” said Beth Woerner, 55, a Democrat who lives in Martinez. “He has a complete inability to look beyond himself and I don’t believe he has the nation’s interest at heart.”
Trump’s approval numbers aren’t the lowest for a president among Californians — for example, an October 2008 PPIC poll as the economy plunged found that just 19 percent of state residents approved of President George W. Bush.
But Baldassare said he had never seen such low ratings so early in a president’s tenure. “Late in the presidency, people have developed disappointment over a longer period of time,” he said. “To start out with such low approval ratings, that’s the part that’s unusual.”
At least Trump is doing better than Congress, which has a 26 percent approval rating — a 10-point drop since March. But both Trump and Congress are falling far below state elected officials: 52 percent of respondents said they approved of Gov. Jerry Brown’s job performance, while the state Legislature came out with a 46 percent approval rating.
When it comes to the hot topic of Russia, 58 percent of respondents said they thought the Russian government tried to influence the results of the 2016 election, and 47 percent said they thought Trump’s campaign intentionally helped. A whopping 70 percent of state Democrats said they believed the Trump campaign had purposefully aided the Russian effort, compared to just 12 percent of Republicans.
Californians disapproved of more specific Trump administration policies. In foreign policy, just 28 percent of respondents said they had confidence in Trump’s ability to handle North Korea’s nuclear program, and only 21 percent said they thought Trump had a clear plan for dealing with the civil war in Syria.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has suggested that he may crack down on marijuana sales in states like California that have legalized the drug. Only 38 percent of Californians said they thought the federal government should enforce marijuana laws in states like California, while 60 percent said the feds should take a hands-off policy.
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Man dies after ignoring new tattoos warnings
Man dies after ignoring advice given to people with new tattoos to wait two weeks before going swimming to avoid infection of the deeper layers of skin.
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Stanley Cup final: Penguins take 2-0 lead after comfortable win over Predators
- Pittsburgh win Game 2 despite being outshot by Nashville again
- Jake Guentzel scores twice as Penguins chase second straight title
Jake Guentzel scored twice and Matt Murray made 37 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins chased off Predators goalie Pekka Rinne and moved two wins away from a second consecutive title by beating Nashville 4-1 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final on Wednesday night.
Related: Fan charged with crime after throwing catfish on ice during Stanley Cup
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Peninsula Things to Do, June 2 and beyond
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ART
The Anderson Collection. “Nick Cave,” including “Soundsuits,” video, film, through Aug. 14. Works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Robert Irwin, Ellsworth Kelly, Terry Winters, Sean Scully and Vija Celmins, open ended. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays; Thursdays till 8 p.m. The Anderson Collection, 314 Lomita Drive, between Campus Drive and Museum Way, Stanford. http://ift.tt/VPZLcI or 650-721-6055
Art on the Square. June 9, July 7. Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. 650-780-7311 or http://ift.tt/2qYeKT9
Caldwell Gallery. “78 Years of Fine Art” by the Society of Western Artists. Through June 28. Caldwell Gallery, 400 County Center at the Hall of Justice, Redwood City. http://ift.tt/1Kxhieu
Djerassi Resident Artists Program. “Open House/Open Studios: Scientific Delirium Madness 4.0.” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 16. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 2325 Bear Gulch Road West, Woodside. $25-$50. Reservations required, http://ift.tt/1phl6Gx
Gallery 9. Watercolors by Rosemarie Gorman, Suej McCall, Daniel Meehan, Mami Weber, Nancy Wulff, and Gene Zukowsky, through July 2, reception 5-8 p.m. June 2. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. gallery9losaltos.com
Mohr Gallery. “Meringue,” paintings by Lindsay Evans Montgomery. Through July 23, reception 6-8 p.m. June 2. Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts, Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Free. www.arts4all.org or 650-917-6800, ext. 305
Palo Alto Art Center. “Collections from Sundown,” using groupings of notes and collections of personal belongings, artist Kija Lucas explores the ways in which Alzheimer’s disease has shaped her grandmother’s understanding of the world around her and how that understanding affects those caring for her, through July 9. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. http://ift.tt/1TLAD0s
Peninsula Museum of Art. “Fun Stuff Reinvented Art,” works by Nancy Woods, through July 16, reception 1-4 p.m. June 4. “Richard Kamler: Remnants,” sculpture and paintings, through July 30. “Resolving Space,” lithographs by James Claussen; “Memory’s Fog,” paintings by Farnaz Zabetian; and “Under the Surface,” encaustic paintings by Rinat Goren; through July 9. Free demonstration, Rinat Goren: Encaustic Layers of Wax, 2-4 p.m. June 4. Peninsula Museum of Art, 1777 California Drive, Burlingame. Free admission. 650-692-2101 or http://ift.tt/1zEYOS1
Books
Kepler’s Books. Artist Paul Madonna and journalist Peter Moskowitz discuss “Gentrification on the Fast Track,” on In Deep with Angie Coiro, 7:30 p.m. June 5. Paul Ehrlich and Jeremy Lent, “The Pattering Instinct,” 7:30 p.m. June 7. Youth event: Anderew Shvarts, “Royal Bastards,” 7 p.m. June. 8. Youth event:Andrew Fraknol, “When the Sun Goes Dark,” 2 p.m. June 10. Youth event: Story time with Tom Booth, “Don’t Blink!” 5 p.m. June 13. Kelly Nyks, who directed and edited Noam Chomsky’s “Requiem for the American Dream,” 7 p.m. June 14. Youth event: Sarah Dessen, “Once and For All,” 7 p.m. June 15. Laurie R. King, “Lockdown,” 7:30 p.m. June 20. Paul Hawken, “Drawdown,” 7:30 p.m. June 21. Lee Kravetz with Julie Lythcott-Haims and Roni Habib, “Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves,” 7:30 p.m. June 27. Roxane Gay, “Hunger,” with Angie Coiro, 7:30 p.m. June 28. Barry Eisler, “Zero Sum: A John Rain Novel,” 7:30 p.m. June 29. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. www.keplers.com
COMEDY
The Comedy Get Down. Cedric The Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley and George Lopez. 8 p.m. Aug. 19. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $39.50-$99.50. livenation.com or 800-745-3000
Jim Gaffigan. “Noble Ape” tour. Sept. 17. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $29.50-$95. http://ift.tt/1qsCNW8
EVENTS
Dragon’s Den Casino Club. 7-11 p.m. June 17. Benefit for Dragon Productions Theatre Company. Entertainment, gambling, food, auction, prizes. Odd Fellows Hall, 839 Main St., Redwood City. 21 and older, evening attire suggested. $100. 650-493-2006 or http://ift.tt/2rWdliV
EXHIBITS
Bonsai show and sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 3, 4. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo. Free.
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The Hoover Institution Library & Archives. “Weapon on the Wall: American Posters of World War I, through Sept. 2. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays. Free. Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion (next to Hoover Tower), Stanford University. Parking on campus is free on Saturdays. Hoover.org
Museum of American Heritage. “Open for Business: Office Success Before Computers,” through Aug. 20. Emphasis on business and mathematical machines that revolutionized the workplaces across America. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. 650-321-1004 or www.moah.org
Los Altos History Museum. “Joseph L. Eichler’s architectural vision,” through Oct. 8. Main Gallery, Los Altos History Museum, 51 S San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Noon-4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Free admission. http://ift.tt/TOt6Pp, hello@losaltoshistory.org 650-948-9427, ext. 14
San Mateo County History Museum. Free First Friday, June 2; 11 a.m., preschool children will learn about high tech robots and make cardboard robots to take home, hear the story, “Sometimes I Forget You Are a Robot”; 2 p.m., docents will lead tours for adults. “Peninsula at War! San Mateo County’s World War II Legacy,” through Feb. 4, 2019. “Redwood City in Bloom,” photographs of the historic floral industry, through Sept.10; part of Redwood City’s sesquicentennial observances. San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. www.historysmc.org or 650-299-0104
FILM
Movies Under the Stars. At dusk on Thursdays. June 8, “Spaceballs.” June 15, “Trolls.” June 22, “Passengers.” June 29, “Sully.” July 6, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” July 13, “Doctor Strange.” July 20, “The Princess Bride.” July 27, “Moana.” Aug. 3, “La La Land.” Aug. 10, “Finding Dory.” Aug. 17, “Rogue One.” Aug. 24, “Dirty Dancing.” Aug. 31, Redwood City Fire presents “Ladder 49.” Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Free. 650-780-7311 or http://ift.tt/1P69jep
MUSIC SERIES
Classical Music on the Square. 7 p.m. June 24, Redwood Symphony. 6 p.m. July 9, Opera San Jose’. 5 p.m. Sept. 10, Bay Shore Lyric Opera. Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Free. 650-780-7311 or http://ift.tt/2qdWV5y
Kidchella: A Kids’ Rock Series. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays. June 11, Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies. July 9, The Hipwaders. Aug. 13, Alison Faith Levy’s Big Time Tot Rock. Sept. 10, Andy Z and the Andyland Band. Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Free. 650-780-7311 or http://ift.tt/2qYl1OE
Music at Kohl Mansion Chamber Concert Series. Concerts begin at 7 p.m. Pre-concert talks by musicologist Kai Christiansen at 6 p.m. Dec. 18: Holiday Gala, Aulos Ensemble with Julianne Baird. 650-762-1130 or http://ift.tt/2fHBm81
Music on the Square. 6-8 p.m. Fridays. June 2, Pop Rocks. June 9, Caravanserai. June 16, Encourage the Band. June 23, Mitch Woods and His Rockin 88s. June 30, Neon Velvet. July 7, Paperback Writer. July 14, Long Train Runnin’. July 21, Lara Price. July 28, Rafa. Aug. 4, Mustache Harbor. Aug. 11 Steel ‘n’ Chicago. Aug. 18, Whiskey Dawn. Aug. 25, Foreverland. Sept. 1, Pride and Joy. Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Free. 650-780-7311 or http://ift.tt/293mfzi
Ticket To Rock package. June 22, Korn / Stone Sour. July 28, Avenged Sevenfold. Aug. 16, Incubus with Jimmy Eat World . Sept. 27, Sublime with Rome & The Offspring. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $65 lawn for four shows, limited availability. www.livenation.com
MUSIC
West Bay Opera. “Salome,” by Richard Strauss. 8 p.m. June 3; 2 p.m. June 4. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. $40 to $83 (group discounts available); 650-424-9999 (preferred) or www.WBOpera.org
Bay Choral Guild. “400 Years of Shakespeare.” 8 p.m. June 3. Sonnets and quotes put to music by various composers. All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverly St., Palo Alto. $5-$25. http://ift.tt/2jJCy7X
Dead & Company. June 3 and 4. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $40-$149.50. http://ift.tt/1OQQuqu
New Millennium Chamber Orchestra. “Women Composers: A Celebration.” 7:30 p.m. June 3, Transfiguration Episcopal Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo; 4 p.m. June 4, First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto. $8-$23. http://ift.tt/2qY8OJW
Peninsula Girls Chorus. “The Song Speaks,” spring concert. 3 p.m. June 3 and 4. Texts from American poets such as Emily Dickinson, Sara Teasdale, Emma Lazarus, Langston Hughes, and others. Aragon Performing Arts Center, 900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. $10-$25, http://ift.tt/1gQQIDq. Information: http://ift.tt/1mFFgYv
Ragazzi Continuo. The Great American Songbook. 7:30 p.m. June 3. American songs from colonial composer William Billings’ “Lamentation Over Boston,” to Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies,” and more. First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto. http://ift.tt/2oaXZVJ
Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show. With Brothers Osborne and Lucie Silvas. POSTPONED. Live Nation announced Wednesday that the June 2 appearance has been postponed and will be rescheduled. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $30.75-$70.75. livenation.com
Live 105’s BFD. June 10. More than 30 bands on four stages, including Phoenix, Franz Ferdinand, Cold War Kids, Milky Chance, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $37.50-$125. livenation.com
Ragazzi Boys Chorus. “From Sea to Shining Sea.” 5 p.m. June 11. Showcasing the Ragazzi’s touring repertoire before they leave for Arizona and the Baltics. Latvian folks song, Estonian compositions and American music. Aragon High School Performing Arts Center, 900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. Advance: $29 reserved, $17 general, $10 students; Door: $33 reserved, $20 general, $12 students. www.ragazzi.org or 650-342-8785
Future, with Migos, Tory Lanez. 6 p.m. June 13. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $29.50-$125. livenation.com
Boston, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. June 14. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $30-$134.50. livenation.com
Future, with Migos, Tory Lanez, Kodak Black, Zoey Dollaz. 6 p.m. June 15. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $26-$99.50. livenation.com
Korn, Stone Sour, Baby Metal, Yelawolf, Islander. June 22. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $25-$89.50. livenation.com
ID10T Music Festival and Comic Conival. June 24, 25. Created and hosted by Chris Hardwick. Tank And The Bangas, Greg Proops, Brent Weinbach, Dan Mintz, comic-book artists, cosplay tent and more. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $65-$99. ID10TFest.com
Hershey Felder’s Great American Songbook Sing-Along. 7:30 p.m. June 27. 100 years of American music, from the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Berlin, and Rodgers and Hammerstein, through Bernstein, Sondheim, and more. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $75-$100 plus $5 handling fee currently available only to TheatreWorks subscribers; on May 31 will become available to those who buy tickets to “Hershey Felder, Beethoven.” The remainder, if any, go on sale to the general public on June 1.650-463-1960 or boxoffice@theatreworks.org
San Francisco Symphony. Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. 8 p.m. July 4. Includes tribute to 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love by Nicole Lizee with vocalist Storm Large; also, music by John Williams and patriotic music. Conductor Edwin Outwater. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on April 28. livenation.com
Goo Goo Dolls, Phillip Phillips. July 14. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $29.50-$99.50. googoodolls.com/tour and livenation.com
Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows. “A Brief History of Everything Tour 2017.” July 21. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $29.50-$125.50. livenation.com
Avenged Sevenfold. July 28. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $25-$69.50. www.livenation.com
Vans Warped Tour. 11 a.m. Aug. 4. Sick Of It All, CKY, GWAR, The Adolescents, Strung Out, T.S.O.L, Hatebreed, Emmure, Andy Black, American Authors, Beartooth, Dance Gavin Dance, Jule Vera, I Prevail, Neck Deep, New Years Day, Memphis May Fire, War On Women and more. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $29 (early bird)-$42.50. www.livenation.com
Sam Hunt. 6 p.m. Aug. 11. With Maren Morris, Chris Janson, Ryan Follese. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $26-$65.50. livenation.com
Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, guest to be named later. Aug. 12. KFOX Summer Send Off. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $30-$125.50. www.livenation.com
Kings of Leon. 5:30 p.m. Aug. 24. With Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $32.50-$89.50; on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 4. livenation.com
OneRepublic. Aug. 26. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $33.50-$156. livenation.com
Bone Bash XVII. Foreigner, Cheap Trick, others. Sept. 2. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $30. livenation.com
Nickelback. Sept. 3. “Feed the Machine Tour.” With Daughtry, Shaman’s Harvest. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $25-$125. livenation.com
Muse & Thirty Seconds to Mars, with Pvris. 5:30 p.m. Sept. 15. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $35-$125. www.livenation.com
Sublime With Rome and The Offspring. Sept. 27. Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. $49.50-$79.50. www.livenation.com
THEATER
Broadway By The Bay. “Smokey Joe’s Cafe.” June 2 through June 18. Songs of Lieber and Stoller. Directed by Brandon Jackson. Featuring Chris Aceves (Michael), Jessica Coker (BJ), Anthone Jackson (Adrian), Janelle LaSalle (Brenda), Cadarious Mayberry (Victor), Montel Nord (Ken), Anthony Rollins-Mullens (Fred), Majesty Scott (Pattie), Cheyenne Wells (DeLee), with Sean Kana (conductor/piano), Danny Min (bass), Steve Cassinelli (guitar) Ken Bergmann (drums), and Larry DeLaCruz (saxophone). Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City. $44-$66. 650-369-7770 or broadwaybythebay.org
Dragon Theatre. “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church.” Through June 4. By Bo Wilson. Directed by Cindy Powell. Featuring Lisa Burton, Stephanie Crowley, Ambera De Lash, Caley Suliak and Jennifer Tipton. Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City. $15-$35; $175 for VIP box (seats four). 650-493-2006, ext. 2, or http://ift.tt/18Jmqhf
Foothill College Theatre Arts. “The Odd Couple.” Female version. 7:30 p.m. June 8; 8 p.m. June 2, 3, 10, 11; 2 p.m. June 4, 11. By Neil Simon. Lohman Theatre, Foothill College, Interstate 280 and El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. $10-$20. 650-949-7360 or http://ift.tt/2qUdsv9
Los Altos Stage Company. “[title of show].” Through June 24. Directed by Doug Brook. Featuring Caroline Clark, Derek DeMarcho, Jocelyn Pickett and Nick Rodrigues. Bus Barn Theatre, Los Altos Stage Company, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. $18-$36. http://ift.tt/1MkaZvQ or 650-941-0551
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. “Hershey Felder, Beethoven.” June 7 through July 9. “Felder will bring a compelling Ludwig van Beethoven to life through the eyes of a Viennese doctor who spent his boyhood by the Maestro’s side.” Featuring works from “Moonlight Sonata” to the “Ninth Symphony.” Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $45-$105. theatreworks.org or 650-463-1960
THEATER upcoming
A Theatre Near U. “Like, Like, Like?” June 16 through July 1. 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. “This hilarious romp, filled with mistaken identities, lying liars and clean-cut anarchists, follows the rigging of a Homecoming Queen election.” Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Second Stage, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $17-$22; $31 for opening night and reception, June 16. 650-903-6000 or mvcpa.com
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. “The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga.”July 12 through Aug. 6. By Min Kahng. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. $40-$100 (discounts available). theatreworks.org or 650-463-1960
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. “Constellations.”Aug. 23 through Sept. 17. By Nick Payne. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, $40-$100 (discounts available). theatreworks.org or 650-463-1960
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Crunch Report | 2017 Internet Trends Report
Today’s Stories Read Mary Meeker’s essential 2017 Internet Trends report Nest’s latest home camera is the super smart Nest Cam IQ Elon Musk will leave Trump councils if U.S. withdraws from Paris agreement Samsung’s elusive Bixby voice assistant is reportedly still weeks away from launching Credits Written by: Tito Hamze, John Mannes Hosted & Edited… Read More
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Footage shows Tiger Woods failing sobriety test before arrest – video
The former world No 1 golfer was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after being found asleep at the wheel of his car. Dashcam footage shows a ‘confused’ Woods failing several sobriety tests
Police dashcam shows Tiger Woods being arrested
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Travis Scott Grabs Kylie Jenner's Ass Outside His L.A. Home (PHOTO GALLERY)
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott hug and kiss when they say goodbye ... and play a little grab ass too. Kylie was with the rapper at his home in L.A. for a couple hours Wednesday before they walked out together and packed on the PDA in front of her…
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Uber's execs keep leaving, the latest to go is head of finance
As the ride-hailing company's top finance officer departs, Uber says it's business is "healthy and resilient."
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If you stay awake, ‘[title of show]’ is an easy time in the theater
There’s a danger in producing a show that is very New York-centric, whose primary appeal is to a subset of the population that is young, hip and cares about theater — at least if you’re doing the show in Los Altos and your subscriber base is mostly north of age 50.
That was apparent after the opening of “[title of show]” the night of May 26 at Los Altos Stage Company. Friends and family of the perky/placid foursome who comprise the cast were oozing compliments and smiles. Yet some long-time Los Altos Stage Company subscribers were vocal in expressing their dissatisfaction by describing the show as so tedious they fought off sleep. One season subscriber said he would have left early, but the 95-minute musical runs without an intermission.
Too bad, because “[title of show]” does have its atypical quirks and vibrant personalities, uppermost of whom is the wickedly delightful Jocelyn Pickett as Heidi, she of the zillion facial expressions.
But the storyline, besides being hard to follow, is so “meh” that it’s tough to stay focused on where it’s going.
The gist of it is that a writer and a composer/lyricist can’t decide what to submit to a theater festival — with a deadline staring at them in three weeks — so they decide to write about their efforts trying to write a musical in three weeks. Interesting concept; not always so interesting in actuality.
Naturally the twosome are polar opposites: Hunter (Nick Rodrigues) is a perennially enthusiastic, bubbly, gay guy who goads Jeff (Derek DeMarco) into the project without considering their story might be monotonous (it is). Rodrigues does a decent job of wringing every ounce of life out of his role, though sometimes he’s just too smiley to be real. DeMarco plays Jeff as all business and realistic enough to know that what they’re creating may not sell.
In actuality, “[title of show]” did make it into the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004, ran off-Broadway in 2006 and played on Broadway for more than 100 performances. The musical’s book, by Hunter Bell, was even nominated for a Tony Award.
But that was in New York. Does it translate to a small theater in Los Altos?
Director Doug Brook makes a herculean effort to make it do so, and Esther Selk’s choreography is sharp, fast and bouncy. Top that off with Yusuke Soi’s stark-but-effective scenic design and terrific multi-colored lighting from Carol Fischer, and there’s the makings of a decent show.
And yet …
Sometimes frenetic movement does not a play make. Yes, chairs on wheels whiz in and out, ditto a desk, people run around in circles and bob up and down at will. But the thought lingers: “Do I care?”
At times it’s difficult to like Caroline Clark’s character, Susan. She’s perennially whining about her day job, her lack of money and her generally cynical outlook on life. At least that’s the way Clark plays her, so the vivacious Pickett is, by contrast, Little Miss Sunshine.
There’s a fifth character in this musical: Larry, who singly plays all the show’s songs on a piano at the rear of the stage. In this case “Larry” is Katie Coleman, who not only does a marvelous job with the 18 songs in the show, she has a few lines of dialogue to boot.
Some of the songs show promise or at least have lyrics that are entertaining. “Change It, Don’t Change It” has a nice cadence, “Awkward Photo Shoot” is funny, and “Nine People’s Favorite Thing” is probably the best song of the lot.
“[title of show]” is certainly not rocket science, nor even great theater. But it’s an undemanding way to spend an evening with some mostly likeable people talking and singing about the trials of writing a Broadway show.
Theater
What: “[title of show]”
Where: Los Altos Stage Company, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos
When: 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays
Through: June 24, 2017
Tickets: $18-36; 650-941-0551 or http://ift.tt/1MkaZvQ
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World's largest airplane is rolled out
Even if you had been allowed to kick the tires as the world's largest airplane was rolled out for the first time Wednesday, it might have taken you a while.
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China's fight for transgender rights
Clad in a fur shawl, a black silk dress and blood-red six-inch heels, Chao Xiaomi struts down a Beijing alley.
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Jordan's 24-hour literary labyrinth saved from closure
Nestled in between the crumbling buildings that line the ancient streets of Amman lies a haven for book lovers that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Zaza Pachulia says country of Georgia going Warriors gaga, contingent flying in for Finals
OAKLAND – The Warriors are already favored to win the NBA Finals over the Cleveland Cavaliers, but according to center Zaza Pachulia, they also have an entire country of 3.7 million people unanimously behind them.
Pachulia, a native of the Republic of Georgia wedged between Russia, Turkey and the Black Sea, said his country is going gaga for the Warriors’ quest for the title, and added a sizable contingent of fans, friends and family will be making the long trip to Oracle Arena to witness Games 1 and 2 in person.
“They are already on their way,” Pachulia said. “It’s a crazy thing, a 17-hour trip. But for them, they don’t care. I’m sure you’ll be seeing some Georgian flags waving here during the games.”
Pachulia doesn’t know exactly how many people are coming from his country that’s 11 time zones away. Game 1 of Thursday’s finals will be starting at 5 a.m. in his native land.
“I kind of left it to my wife (Tina) to deal with it,” he said. “I don’t want any distractions, all my focus is on (Thursday’s) game. She’s in charge of who’s coming, where they’re staying, the tickets … honestly, I don’t know the details. I just told them that hopefully, after winning the championship, we can all celebrate together. But during the series, I had to say, `Sorry, but I have business to take care of.’ ”
Pachulia, 33, is in his 14th NBA season and has always had a passionate following in Georgia, which nearly voted him as a starter on the NBA All-Star team on a couple of occasions. But he added the Warriors were popular in his country before he joined them this season.
“I didn’t know the Warriors had that many fans back in Georgia, but thanks to Steph (Curry), Klay (Thompson) and Draymond (Green), they set the tone,” he said. “I think everybody from the president to the prime minister on down to the people, I think everybody’s looking forward to these Finals. It’s a special moment for Georgia, and hopefully, by winning the title, I’ll be the first Georgian to be in that situation. I’m already the first Georgian to play in the Finals, but I also want to be the first to be part of an NBA title.”
Pachulia said he feels he has a special obligation to play at his very best in the championship round because it’s as if he’s also playing for his country as well as the Warriors.
“I always say I represent my family when I’m in my country, but I represent my big family, which is Georgia, when I’m outside of my country,” he said. “I have a lot of responsibilities. Every move I make, on and off the court, I’m thinking about doing the right thing for my country. It’s a small country, but I’ve said it before, we Georgians have a big heart, we all support each other in every way we can.”
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Police release dashcam footage of Tiger Woods' DUI arrest
The video shows officers approaching the car and Woods, who didn’t know where he was, stumbling through a sobriety test
Police in Jupiter, Florida, have released dashcam footage of Tiger Woods’ arrest for driving while under the influence this week.
Early Monday, officers on patrol noticed a Mercedes pulled awkwardly to the side of the road with the engine running, the brake lights on and a right turn signal blinking. Both tires on the left side of the car were flat, and police described fresh damage to the driver’s side.
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Denouncing Trump’s Paris remarks, local leaders vow to double-down on climate action with design challenge
OAKLAND — Standing at the edge of Oakland against the backdrop of the Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline, leaders from across the region on Wednesday denounced President Trump’s promise to break from the Paris climate accord, appealing to global experts and local activists alike to confront the challenge climate change is posing for communities across the Bay Area.
They couldn’t have divined a more timely context for the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge, which officially launched Wednesday, hours after White House officials revealed Trump was planning on pulling out of the landmark 2015 agreement between 147 nations to curb climate change.
The yearlong competition is expected to draw small armies of architects and urban planners, ecologists and engineers, public finance specialists and educators, community advocates and activists, and others in a fight for ideas. Those ideas will be contained in 10 projects designed to better defend the Bay Area’s most vulnerable communities against the impacts of climate change.
At the Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, Oakland and Berkeley’s mayors, along with leaders from the Bay Area’s regional environmental agencies, said it was more important than ever to protect communities against extreme, unpredictable weather and sea level rise.
“This morning’s news by President Trump … makes us more determined than ever to double-down on our commitment to not only fight climate change but to promote resiliency in the Bay Area,” Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin said. “It now turns to us, the local and state governments, to lead, and we are up to that challenge.”
Armed with a $4.6 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the teams are expected to assemble within the next month. A jury will select ten qualifying teams that will then spend the fall researching possible solutions. In the new year, those teams will embark on a community design process, reaching out to local residents at 10 sites across the Bay Area to design their projects. Next May, a jury will select which projects “win,” though in reality, the prize is the project itself.
It’s a model for action born out of the devastation left in Hurricane Sandy’s wake. The post-tropical cyclone ravaged the East Coast in 2012, killing 147 people and leaving thousands of others without power for days. And, New York City especially, was not prepared, said Sam Carter, managing director of the resilience team for the Rockefeller Foundation.
“Subway systems flooded, people were forced to leave their homes, the region was brought to a complete standstill for days,” he said, adding the storm wreaked $19 billion in damage in New York City alone.
As the city sought to rebuilt, Carter said it was essential to not only restore what had been lost, but improve upon the original designs, making infrastructure better able to withstand extreme storms and offering ancillary benefits along the way. President Barack Obama convened the first competition, called Rebuild by Design, which the Rockefeller Foundation also helped fund, with input from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Municipal Art Society, Regional Plan Association, New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Van Alen Institute and others.
The seven projects that resulted from that first effort are comprehensive and complex, said Amy Chester, the manager director of Rebuild by Design, and all of them are now beginning construction. One, called the “Big U,” will eventually create 10 continuous miles of green space that will double as a barrier against flooding waters in the event of a severe storm and as a community park for sunnier days. The green space will help buffer not only the city’s Financial District, but also approximately 95,000 low-income, elderly and disabled residents who live in areas prone to flooding. Another project, called “Living Breakwaters,” will protect Staten Island’s shoreline with an arsenal of oyster reefs that double as educational and recreational opportunities for local residents.
With many of the Bay Area’s low-income communities already living in low-lying areas, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said it is essential to act quickly to address the impacts of climate change.
“We have an opportunity to ignite what the Bay Area is known so well for, and that is innovation and grassroots power,” she said. “This community is ready to step up to this challenge.”
To learn more about the competition, along with how to apply and get a timeline for completion, visit ResilientBayArea.org.
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Donald Trump and the secret meaning of 'covfefe' – video
It seems that the word ‘covfefe’ is not simply gibberish tweeted by Donald Trump late at night. According to his press secretary, Sean Spicer, the president and a ‘small group of people’ knew exactly what he meant
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NTT Data announces strategic investment in NoSQL database provider MarkLogic
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Atherton Fiber working on individual home site assessments
It’s taken longer than Atherton Fiber founder Mike Farmwald had hoped, but crews are going through Atherton these days, talking with homeowners who want fiber-optic internet service, and doing site assessments of individual properties.
The company doing that work is Paxio, a subcontractor to Atherton Fiber.
“They are contacting people who have expressed interest,” said Atherton City Council Member Bill Widmer on Tuesday. “They go to the home, talk with the homeowner, explain about the different options. I had mine done.”
Atherton town staff and the city council’s IT subcommittee also met with Paxio/Open Fiber/Atherton Fiber (the companies involved in the venture), according to Atherton City Manager George Rodericks.
Phillip Clark, CEO of Paxio, on Wednesday said his team intends to meet again with the IT subcommittee on June 20, at which time he hopes to have a better idea of a timeline for the project.
“We expect to present an informal timeline on the 20th,” Clark said. “At that point we’ll have a clearer idea of distribution areas … we want a little more time to have a clear timeline, so everybody has the same timeline.”
Clark said Paxio people will be “out in force” this month to spread awareness” for the project.
“It’s taken longer than expected,” Widmer said. “There were some starts and stops, but I think that the team that is on it now, they seem to know what they are doing … they are very well organized. They will come back later this month or next month with project plans. They are putting down a backbone on major streets. They’ll, essentially, light that up, then start in regional areas where they have the highest number of people interested in doing something.”
Fiber-optic data transmission is a much faster way to use the internet than traditional copper wires. Lasers transmit light through fiber-optic lines at about 10 times the speed — at a minimum — of a signal through a copper wire. Fiber-optics, according to the Atherton Fiber website, could potentially hit a terabyte per second, as compared to copper’s cap at more or less 1.5 megabytes a second.
Atherton Fiber plans to run a fiber to every home in Atherton, using two main ways of connecting — through “a 16:1 or a 32:1 splitter on their way from your house to our central office,” according to the company’s website, or via dedicated fibers that run directly from a home to the Atherton Fiber office.
Atherton Fiber is offering a two-fiber connection to a home for $7,500, or four fibers for $10,000. The fibers will belong to the home, and ownership will transfer to future purchasers of the home.
The highest internet speeds possible will require equipment that is now very expensive, but the Atherton Fiber website speculates that the prices for it will come down. Such a connection would require specialized equipment in the home and in the Atherton Fiber network hub.
The company website is encouraging people to buy the dedicated lines, hoping to get enough people signed on for that service to make undergrounding possible. If that doesn’t work out, utility poles will be used.
“The option to buy fiber must be exercised before construction starts,” Atherton Fiber said. “The extra fibers are part of the design process. After construction begins, we cannot guarantee that fibers will be available to purchase.”
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Duterte in war of words with Chelsea Clinton
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is escalating a war of words with Chelsea Clinton, which began when Duterte said he would absolve his soldiers of any future rapes under martial law.
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Sacred Heart graduates its largest class in 119 years
Sacred Heart Preparatory School in Atherton on May 26 graduated 156 students, the largest graduating class in the school’s 119-year history.
School spokesperson Diana Chamorro said the graduates would be attending 71 different post-secondary institutions, from American University to Foothill College to several University of California campuses to Yale University.
The Class of 2017’s valedictorian is Grace Zdeblick, who is to enroll at Yale in the fall. The salutatorian is Gordon Holterman, who will attend Stanford University.
Chamorro said the recipients of the Blue Ribbons — “the highest honor Sacred Heart Prep bestows upon a senior at graduation for embodying the goals and criteria of a Sacred Heart Education” were:
- Julia Basnage and Katherine Harrison, for Goal I: A personal and active faith in God;
- Connor Johnston, Natalie Novitsky and Isabella Rhyu for Goal II: A deep respect for intellectual value;
- Dominique Reese and Alfonso Siam for Goal III: A social awareness which impels to action;
- Isoa Moimoi and Hayley Pietro for Goal IV: The building of community as a Christian value; and
- Karina Cabrera, Oscar Delgado and Vincent Xie, for Goal V: Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.
In addition, Dark Blue Ribbons were presented to Sophie Amid-Hozour, Jack Pleasants and Alexa Thomson for exemplifying all five goals and criteria.
Chamorro said 19 students earned recognition by the National Merit Scholarship program, 16 have committed to play collegiate athletics and 23 members of the graduating class have been on the Sacred Heart campus for 12 or more years.
Sacred Heart Schools, located on a 64-acre campus, is the only accredited preschool through 12th grade school on the Peninsula, with a total enrollment of approximately 1,190 students, said Chamorro.
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Atherton reminds residents: Don’t block street frontage
“Placing objects in the lot frontage strip directly in front of your property to prevent others from parking there is illegal,” warned Atherton Deputy City Clerk Judi Herren in an email to residents on May 26.
“If less than 6 feet back from the edge of the pavement they are subject to removal at the homeowner’s expense, and the homeowner can be found personally liable for any damages or injuries that might occur from a vehicle driving into these obstructions,” said Herren’s note.
Why place these rocks or tree stumps in the first place?
“Normally it’s a petty argument between neighbors, for the most part,” said Atherton City Council member Bill Widmer on Tuesday. “People are feeling they don’t want someone parking in front of their house. Maybe it starts with construction vehicles in the area, then the blocks never leave. Or people move into houses where they are and don’t know to move them. It’s been going on for quite a while.”
Widmer said that the town sending notices around to residents about the issue started a couple of years ago, as part of planning for putting bike lanes in the town.
“We told them, ‘You’re going to have to move these things,” Widmer said. “They can cause bodily injuries and property damage.’”
City Manager George Rodericks said the town is taking a proactive stance on the issue, with Code Enforcement Officer Monica Diaz enforcing the ordinance — Atherton Municipal Code Section 12.06.100(D) — when she spots a violation, or a complaint is filed.
If a citation is issued, the fine is $100 to $500 per day.
“They get a period to comply,” said Widmer. “Then the town can go out and remove them, then charge the homeowner.”
Widmer noted that sometimes homeowners use the objects within 6 to 8 feet of their driveways just to force a clear field of view for exiting their driveways.
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Hillary Clinton condemns 'terrible' assault on Guardian reporter in Montana
Clinton’s comments on assault by congressman Greg Gianforte, on the eve of his election, were part of wide-ranging discussion at a tech conference
Hillary Clinton condemned the assault on a Guardian reporter by Montana congressman Greg Gianforte on the eve of the election earlier this month, and accused a local news station of initially refusing to cover the encounter.
Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic nominee, pointed to the incident as an example of conservative media conglomerates “beginning to call the shots” and intervening to influence a newsroom’s editorial coverage.
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No apparent love lost between ex-teammates Shaun Livingston, Deron Williams
OAKLAND – When the subject of Cleveland Cavaliers guard Deron Williams was broached with the Warriors’ Shaun Livingston on Wednesday at NBA Finals Media Day, it was if the temperature inside Oracle Arena dropped several degrees almost instantaneously.
Williams and Livingston are having a reunion of sorts in these Finals. They were starting backcourt mates for one season with the Brooklyn Nets in 2013-14, the year before Livingston joined the Warriors. That season was the last time the Nets made the playoffs, and they even won a postseason series before being dispatched by the Miami Heat and some LeBron James guy.
Now Williams and Livingston will likely lock horns head-to-head on the court as role-playing adversaries off the bench, and, well, that doesn’t sound like it’s going to be a problem. Their memories of each other from that one season together sound a bit detached, and at least from Livingston’s side, downright frosty.
Asked if he and Williams kept in touch after that year, Livingston turned somber and a bit clipped.
“Nah,” he said. “Some guys do, some guys don’t. There’s nothing to that. If I see him, it’s, `What’s up, you healthy, your family good?’ But then you just kind of keep it moving.”
Only moments later, however, Livingston said he still keeps in regular contact with several players from that Nets team, including Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Joe Johnson, and the man who coached them, Jason Kidd. Williams? Nah.
As for Williams, when asked if it’ll feel strange playing head-to-head against Livingston, he didn’t exactly respond like he was going to battle against a close chum.
“Why would it be weird going against Shaun?” he said. “I play against old teammates all the time, pretty much every game I play. It’s nothing.”
A little back story on that Nets team should be noted here. With Williams as the franchise’s centerpiece, Brooklyn made blockbuster moves to acquire Pierce, Garnett, Johnson and Jason Terry. Livingston, just trying to keep his career afloat at that time, also siged on. On paper, it looked like a team that could challenge the Heat in the East, and the incoming players thought that way, too. But the team was just 44-38, and after barely outlasting Toronto in the opening round, got roundly ousted by Miami in five games.
It was a bitter pill, particularly for Pierce and Garnett, who didn’t get along with Williams, and felt he was a petulant underachiever. A number of players didn’t like Williams very much, according to a New York area media member familiar with that team, and that the breakup was decidedly acrimonious.
Livingston rubber-stamped that notion as it applied to Pierce and Garnett.
“It wasn’t necessarily what they signed up for,” Livingston said. “In the back of their mind, when it was all said and done, they kind of felt like it was a short end of the stick. We weren’t happy the way it ended. I was grateful for the season I had, but I wanted to continue to play. too. We felt like we had a chance to beat the Heat. We beat them every time during the season, but it didn’t work out that way.”
Pierce, Livingston and Terry departed after that one season, Garnett followed the next year, and the Nets fell apart as a competitive franchise. After completing three seasons of a five-year, $100 million contract, Williams was waived and given a buyout for the final two years of his deal. He spent two years in Dallas, but was waived by the Mavericks on Feb. 23 this season. He subsequently signed with the Cavaliers four days later.
Livingston doesn’t regret that one year in Brooklyn, as bitter as things got for the team in the end. After several seasons as an NBA vagabond following a devastating knee injury in 2007, he made a career-best 54 starts, averaged 26 minutes and 8.3 points. In one memorable game in Brooklyn, he was instrumental in beating the Warriors. It helped open their eyes about signing him in the off-season.
“It was a big-time steppingstone for me,” Livingston said. “It cast me back into the light throughout the NBA, showing people how healthy I was, how good I felt, how hard I worked to get to that position. It was the right opportunity to be on the platform. I’d been playing on losing teams, 20-25 win teams. It allowed me a chance to showcase myself.”
Livingston admitted so much has changed in three years as he looked back on that 2013-14 season, playing alongside Williams.
“That was a crazy year,” he said. “It was just a totally different situation. I was coming in not knowing what to expect and it was their team. He was more of a bona fide star on that team, as opposed to now, where he’s a complimentary piece, similar to what I am to this team.”
As for facing his old backcourt partner in the Finals, Livingston added, “He’s another ball-handler, a veteran player. They know what he brings to the table. They trust him. I don’t think they necessarily had that before with the second unit when Kyrie (Irving) and LeBron went out of the game. It should be a good matchup. We’ll leave it on the court.”
It appears there was never anything off the court to speak of.
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Tiger Woods’ dashcam video from arrest released by police
JUPITER, Fla. — Police in Florida have released video of Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest.
Jupiter police released the dash-cam footage Wednesday night.
Officers on patrol early Monday noticed a Mercedes pulled awkwardly to the side of the road with the engine running, the brake lights on and a right turn signal blinking. Both tires on the left side of the car were flat, and police described fresh damage to the driver’s side.
The video shows officers approach the car and Woods, who didn’t know where he was. The footage also shows Woods stumble and sway through a field sobriety test before being arrested.
A breath test registered a blood alcohol level of 0.00 percent. Woods later said his condition was caused by prescription medications.
Woods is to be arraigned July 5 in Palm Beach County court on the DUI charge.
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Kathy Griffin Is Enemy of the State says Veterans Organization
Kathy Griffin is acting more like an adversary of the U.S. than one of its citizens ... according to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which is slamming her controversial photo shoot. The VFW -- the oldest war veterans organization -- is condemning…
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Derek Carr, Khalil Mack on how it is to have Marshawn Lynch around
The twin pillars of the Raiders’ recent success on the field expressed excitement to be practicing alongside Marshawn Lynch.
While the running back may or may not join quarterback Derek Carr and defensive whiz Khalil Mack as centerpieces of a Super Bowl champion, Lynch certainly has ingratiated himself with those to Raiders stars.
Carr described his relationship with Lynch while speaking with media Tuesday.
“Oh yeah, he’s definitely made a lot of jokes towards me, especially about some bad throws that I’ve had … but that’s just how he is,” Carr said. “He likes to talk trash and things like that. But at the same time, it’s kinda like the big brother thing — no one else better do it. ’cause he’ll take care of it.”
That bond began immediately, Carr added, even though the two talked for “maybe a total of 10 seconds” before Lynch joined the Raiders.
“I know for a fact he has my back no matter what,” Carr said. “Right away I could just feel it from him. There was no feeling out process or anything, I just knew. He’s told me multiple times that he does. To have that as quarterback is big, because he’s my last line of defense picking up blitzes. He’s the one fighting for those extra yards to move the chains for us. He’s just a loyal guy.”
Mack showed a similar enthusiasm during an interview Friday with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
“Oh man, you talk about the energy he brings…” Mack began, via Raiders.com. “He’s not even practicing right now, but he’s on the field with the running backs, talking trash. And we love it. We love it, man. We love seeing him out there. It’s fun having that experience and his personality in itself is just one of those things that’s more surprising that anything saying what kind of teammate he is. It’s exciting.”
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Warriors watch parties: Restaurants, theaters offer game-day specials
East Bay restaurants and theaters know you’re going to be glued to a big-screen TV somewhere for the NBA finals (if you’re not at a game yourself), so they’ve cooked up some Warriors-Cavaliers specials. (Know of other Bay Area restaurant and bar parties and deals? Email us at food@bayareanewsgroup.com and we’ll add them to the list.)
— In Oakland, alaMar Kitchen will offer $1 oysters, drink specials and the game on a 150-inch screen. Seating on a first-come basis; no reservations. 100 Grand Ave.; 510-907-7555; http://ift.tt/1WatozF.
— The New Parkway Theater in Oakland is showing the games on two living-room-size screens (tickets, $10) and serving a fun menu inspired by the Warriors of the present and past: Curry Fried Chicken with Draymond Greens, KD for Three (deviled eggs), Iggy Fries (beer-cheese fries with blue cheese), PizZaZa (the calzone of the week) and Run TMC (a triple macaroni-and-cheese named in honor of the trio of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin). Advance purchase of tickets recommended: http://ift.tt/2p5j6sz. 474 24th St. in the Uptown district.
— ESPN will broadcast “First Take” and “The Jump” live from Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill for Games 1 and 2 (Thursday and Sunday) and Games 5 and & (if needed). If you want to be in the audience for the shows, arrive early and get in line for a wristband. Admission is free for the first approximately 80 fans in line. Find the live broadcast times and suggested arrival times (some show up the night before) at http://ift.tt/OOL44v. 1520 Lakeside Drive; 510-208-LAKE.
— The Alameda Theatre and Cineplux will show all local NBA finals games on the historic theater’s big screen. Buy tickets online for $6 at http://ift.tt/1cZMxMV; net proceeds will go to the Warriors Community Foundation. First 300 fans receive a 2017 finals T-shirt. 2317 Central Ave., Alameda.
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‘I, Daniel Blake’ — radiant portrait of resilience amid economic despair
A year ago, “I, Daniel Blake” won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, but it is only now reaching our shores. A slice of British working-class life from social-realist director Ken Loach and his longtime screenwriter Paul Laverty, this affecting portrait of an unemployed craftsman desperately trying to return to a life of dignity and productivity gives the lie to the myth that there are no films celebrating and reflecting white working-class culture. If the movie ultimately descends into awkward obviousness and didacticism, its sharply observed drama and radiant central performances make it well worth seeing.
Known in England as a comedian, Dave Johns delivers an astonishingly moving portrayal of the title character, a 59-year-old woodworker who has been out of work since a heart attack and is now navigating the state bureaucracy to get his old job back. “I, Daniel Blake” opens with a dark screen, and only the voice of a social worker interviewing Blake about his health and prospects. Back at his modest flat in a dreary postwar apartment complex, Daniel chides his neighbors for leaving their rubbish out, then continues his war on bureaucratic inertia while staying on hold for up to two hours in a Kafkaesque game of attrition.
A superficial reading of “I, Daniel Blake” might leave the impression that Loach and Laverty are critiquing Britain’s bloated and oppressive welfare state, but their true target is privatization. The social workers and employment “professionals” Daniel works with at the jobs office are all hired by an American contractor. Efficiency, rather than efficacy, is the goal in an operation that often seems cynically structured to guarantee enough shame, humiliation and frustration on the part of clients that they’ll ultimately give up, saving the “company” untold amounts of money and time.
But Daniel is not one to give up, whether he’s trying to become computer-savvy in a “digital default” world, or to help Katie, a young single mother he takes under his wing with alternately inspiring and heartbreaking results. A scene in which Katie breaks down in a food bank is but one of several small, shattering masterpieces that compose “I, Daniel Blake,” which brims with spirit, sympathy and candor as it tackles the catastrophic displacement brought on by economic and technological change.
As we’ve seen in the year since “I, Daniel Blake” premiered at Cannes, those changes have only become more pronounced, and consequential. Loach and Laverty don’t necessarily point out anything new in their film, which, in the end, succumbs to melodramatic stagecraft that detracts from the crystalline simplicity and clarity came before. But they have much to teach us, simply by lifting up resilience and compassion, and the inherent grace that lies in listening and responding to one another’s deepest needs.
“I, Daniel Blake” is about human value: disposable and abstract in one context; eternal, inviolable and sacred in another. They might underline the point a bit too thickly, but Loach and Laverty count on their audience to discern the difference, and to act accordingly.
‘I, DANIEL BLAKE’
3 stars
Rating: R (for obscenity)
Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann, Dylan McKiernan, Kate Rutter
Director: Ken Loach
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
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