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Deebo Samuel’s return ‘complements everybody,’ says 49ers’ McCaffrey

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

SANTA CLARA — If Christian McCaffrey become the NFL’s first player to score a touchdown in 18 consecutive games, he knows that feat Sunday in Jacksonville would reflect the efforts of his 49ers teammates.Look for Deebo Samuel to be part of that bunch.“It’s huge. It complements everybody, just having him on the field,” McCaffrey said Thursday. “He’s such a threat whenever he has the ball. He can make maybe a play that’s not going to work go and having that confidence that he’s out there means a lot to all of us.”The 49ers (5-3) have lost three straight dating back to the Oct. 15 game in Cleveland, where Samuel exited in the first quarter of that 19-17 loss. Samuel later was diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his left shoulder.Samuel only returned to practice this week, and his shoulder is feeling “pretty good” as he reprised his role of leading receivers through warmups.“Not being part of the game is kind of hard, but I’ve kind...

Big San Jose apartment complex may convert to all-affordable units

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

SAN JOSE — A big apartment complex in downtown San Jose could be converted into an affordable homes property, a shift that would terminate its status as market-rate housing.Modera The Alameda, a 168-unit apartment building on The Alameda near the SAP Center and Diridon train station, is currently slated to be transformed into an affordable housing complex.The San Jose City Council is scheduled to meet Nov. 14 to consider a conversion proposal for Modera. This decision also includes a financing package to enable the transformation to affordable housing.A $100 million package of tax-exempt bonds to finance the purchase of Modera The Alameda is the funding centerpiece of the affordable housing conversion, according to documents on file with San Jose officials.Modera The Alameda, a residential complex with 168 apartments at 787 The Alameda in downtown San Jose. (Google Maps)The funding package of $100 million would be used for “the acquisition, rehabilitation, improveme...

Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Michelle Ho, Dougherty Valley golf

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

Dougherty Valley golfer Michelle Ho is the Bay Area News Group’s girls athlete of the week for Oct. 30 to Nov. 4 after she received 56.74% of the vote by the deadline Wednesday.Menlo School cross-country runner Ariya Kaushek finished second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Aaron Knapp, St. Francis football High School Sports | Poll closed: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week High School Sports | Poll closed: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week High School Sports | Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Kate Brongiel, Granada flag football High School Sports | Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Tyson Lovett, Clayton Valley Charter football  Ho, a junior, helped Dougherty Valley win the NCS Division I team golf title after she shot a 71 on Monday. Dougher...

Opinion: Killing Palestinian children cannot be justified

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

Every day I desperately try to contact my colleagues in Gaza: Doctors, nurses, paramedics, therapists and healthcare administrators, all part of the Palestinian American Medical Association’s programs in the tiny besieged coastal enclave that’s been under merciless Israeli bombardment for over a month.Dr. Yousef Khelfa is an oncologist in Sonora, California, and co-founder and former president of the Palestinian American Medical Association. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Yousef Khelfa.)A few nights ago, I finally reached my friend Riham. She told me about her family’s dilemma: Do they all remain in one house and risk the whole family being wiped out in one Israeli airstrike? Or should she and her husband split up and divide their kids between them to increase the chance that some will survive?Riham told me that she and her husband decided to hunker down in separate places, hoping that at least one of them will remain alive to care for their children who make it through.My hand shook a...

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Aaron Knapp, St. Francis football

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

St. Francis football player Aaron Knapp is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for Oct. 30 to Nov. 4 after he received 37.73% of the vote by the deadline Wednesday.McClymonds football player John “Sharky” Tamale finished second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Poll closed: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week High School Sports | Poll closed: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week High School Sports | Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Kate Brongiel, Granada flag football High School Sports | Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Tyson Lovett, Clayton Valley Charter football High School Sports | Poll closed: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week Knapp threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to tight end James Jordan and a 71-yard scoring pass to Perrion Williams as St. Francis...

Biden and Xi expected to meet Wednesday during APEC, according to officials

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

(AP) – President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a long-anticipated meeting Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay area, according to two senior Biden administration officials. Biden and Xi have plenty of difficult issues to address in their first engagement in nearly a year. Taiwan’s upcoming election, differences over U.S. export controls on advanced technology, North Korea, the Israel-Hamas war, and more are expected to be on the agenda.  Doctor charged with attempting to murder family in Tesla seeks mental health diversion Biden and Xi will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. The two senior Biden administration officials spoke about the meeting on the condition of anonymity on Friday under ground rules set by the White House.

The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip says the Palestinian death toll in Israel-Hamas war has passed 11,000

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip says the Palestinian death toll in Israel-Hamas war has passed 11,000.Source

Krispy Kreme estará regalando una docena de donas: entérate cuándo

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

La cadena de donas Krispy Kreme está celebrando el Día Mundial de la Bondad (World Kindness Day en inglés) ofreciendo a los clientes una docena de donas gratis.La oferta es válida solo por un día, el 13 de noviembre, que es cuando se conmemora esta fecha desde 1998 con el objetivo de reafirmar el buen actuar en personas y comunidades de todo el mundo, siendo la bondad un elemento esencial de la condición humana. , que crea puentes de unión entre diferentes comunidades, según la organización sin fines de lucro REMAR.Los primeros 500 clientes que pasen por una tienda Krispy Kreme participante en Estados Unidos se llevarán una docena de Original Glazed Donuts gratis. No es necesaria ninguna compra adicional. “Esperamos que una docena de donas glaseadas originales (una dona para usted y muchas para compartir con otros) inspiren millones de pequeños actos de bondad”, dijo Dave Skena, director de marca global de Krispy Kreme, en un comunicado de prensa.OFERTA DE KRISPY KREME P...

Gritos de auxilio llevan al hallazgo de 123 migrantes en un tráiler abandonado en México

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

Ciudad de México – El Instituto Nacional de Migración de México (INM) reportó este jueves el hallazgo de 123 migrantes de Centro y Suramérica que estaban encerrados en la parte trasera de un tráiler en Matehuala, municipio del céntrico estado de San Luis Potosí, donde han ocurrido secuestros masivos de extranjeros este año.El organismo informó que 40 de los migrantes son de Guatemala, 35 de Nicaragua, 29 de Honduras, 14 de El Salvador, cuatro de Ecuador y uno de Cuba.De ellos, 89 son adultos y 34 son menores de edad.Los agentes llegaron después de que la Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) recibió una denuncia ciudadana que informaba que en Matehuala había una caja de tráiler abandonada en donde se escuchaban gritos de auxilio, de acuerdo con el reporte policial. Vacaciones terminan en tragedia: hablan hijos de pareja hispana que falleció en accidente en Texas Perdidos a su suerte: 35 migrantes venezolanos desaparecen en ruta a EEUU ...

Biden and Xi will hold a long-anticipated meeting on Wednesday for talks on trade, Taiwan and fraught US-China relations

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:19:04 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden and Xi will hold a long-anticipated meeting on Wednesday for talks on trade, Taiwan and fraught US-China relations.Source