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2024 bid: Why did Biden announce now, and what changes?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

By Will Weissert | Associated PressWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has formally announced he’s seeking reelection. But he’s also still the president, with roughly 20 months left in his term regardless of whether he wins a second one on Election Day 2024.With Tuesday’s campaign video release, Biden is following through on months of saying he intended to seek reelection. Top Democrats have remained solidly unified behind the president, despite his low approval ratings and many Americans saying they’d rather not see the 80-year-old Biden try for four more years in the White House.But all that has meant Biden faced relatively little pressure to make his 2024 bid official. Here’s a look at why he announced now and how things will, and won’t, change for him going forward:WHY NOW?A formal reelection announcement means the president is now allowed to raise money directly for his campaign. It’s a change from his speeches at donor events benefiting t...

Review: ‘The Diplomat’ with Keri Russell captures the wit of ‘The West Wing’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

“The Diplomat,” now available on Netflix, stars Keri Russell as a newly installed U.S. ambassador to the U.K. She may be great in a crisis zone, but she has no patience for dressing up or standing on ceremony. She’s a little like Sandra Bullock pre-makeover in “Miss Congeniality” — she’s not the obvious choice for the post but she’s sent to London anyway with instructions to nod solemnly and defuse a potential global conflict after a British aircraft carrier is bombed off the coast of Iran.Along for the ride is her husband (played by Rufus Sewell), a former ambassador himself whose jaunty self-assurance and constant back-channel maneuverings tend to have a way of gumming things up for his more serious-minded spouse. He can’t help inserting himself, despite her firm instructions that he not.To get a sense of the show’s tonal sensibility, it’s worth looking to creator Debora Cahn’s previous credits, namely “Homeland” and “The West Wing.” She takes the best from both and jettisons all ...

The 10 most expensive homes that reported sold in San Jose the week of April 17

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

A house in San Jose that sold for $4.7 million tops the list of the most expensive real estate sales in San Jose in the past week.In total, 25 real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.1 million, $1,058 per square foot.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of April 17 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.9 million, detached house in the 5100 block of Yucatan WayThe sale of the single-family residence in the 5100 block of Yucatan Way, San Jose, has been finalized. The price was $1,900,000, and the new owners took over the house in April. The house was built in 1967 and has a living area of 1,744 square feet. The price per square foot was $1,089. The house features 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Yucatan Way9. $2 million, single-family house in the 1500 block of Ilikai AvenueThe 1,956 square-foot single-family house in the 1500 block of Ilikai Avenue, San Jose...

Arraignment for East Bay man accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee delayed one week

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

The scheduled arraignment Tuesday for Nima Momeni, the man accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco after an encounter, was continued to next week.Momeni’s attorney asked for more time to prepare and the arraignment was reset for the afternoon of May 2.Lee, who cofounded the mobile payment service provider Cash App, was stabbed to death in the Rincon Hill neighborhood early on April 4.Authorities have said Momeni, 38, of Emeryville, California, and Lee knew each other and they were in a vehicle shortly before the stabbing.California Secretary of State records indicate that Momeni has been the owner of an IT business. He has been held without bail since his arrest nearly two weeks ago.The district attorney’s office has indicated that the alleged homicide may have been premeditated.“This is a person who was in his vehicle with a kitchen knife,” San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said earlier this month. “That’s not something most of us carry around at a...

Saratoga’s Mountain Winery hosts Grand Tasting of Santa Cruz Mountain wines

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

The Grand Tasting of wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains returns to the Mountain Winery in Saratoga this Sunday, April 30, with a VIP tasting beginning at 12:30 p.m. and the Grand Tasting at 1 p.m.This event is the perfect chance to taste pours from relative newcomers Lago Lomita, Madson, Maison Areion, Gali, Roberts Ranch and Sandar & Hem, along with those from rarely open wineries like Clos de La Tech, Naumann Vineyards and La Vida Bella Vineyard. Doon to Earth wines from Ser and Bonny Doon Vineyards will make their debut, and you don’t want to miss their striking new labels, which might look somewhat familiar to longtime Bonny Doon fans.Grand Tasting tickets are $79 at https://winesofthesantacruzmountains.com/events, with VIP tickets at $120 for early entry along with rose and sparkling wines. Library Tasting tickets are $170 for tastes of nicely aged wines from Bargetto Winery, Big Basin Vineyards, Clos de la Tech, Cooper-Garrod Vineyards, House Family Vineyards, Kathryn Kenne...

Arraignment delayed for accused killer of Bob Lee, Nima Momeni

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The man accused of stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee to death in the overnight hours of April 4 appeared in court Tuesday morning and had his arraignment continued. Making his second appearance in a San Francisco courtroom, Nima Momeni's lawyer, Paula Canny, asked the judge to continue the arraignment until May 2. The judge agreed to the request. Elon Musk calls violent crime in SF ‘horrific.’ Is it? Momeni's defense said the reason for the request was that they need until the end of the week to review the police report and autopsy on Bob Lee.Momeni, 38, is accused of fatally stabbing Lee with a kitchen knife just off the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Momeni was arrested in his Emeryville home on April 13 and charged with one count of murder. Prosecutors are seeking no bail.Prosecutors said Momeni drove Lee to a dark area, stabbed him and sped off, leaving Lee to die. The motive is still unclear, but officials said that Lee was friends with Momeni's sister....

Flaming Lips, Santigold, Indigo Girls among Stern Grove headliners this summer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The lineup for this summer's Stern Grove Festival has officially dropped with The Flaming Lips, Lyle Lovett, Santigold and Indigo Girls among this year's headliners.Now in its 86th year, the Stern Grove Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in the country and will kick off this summer on June 18 with eclectic jazz ensemble, Snarky Puppy and singer/songwriter Isaiah Sharkey. The monthlong (or so) festival will run every consecutive weekend until August 20 with indie rockers The Flaming Lips set to headline "The Big Picnic," which also features Alan Palomo. Family Guy skit pokes fun at Oakland A’s Flooding impacted the meadow where the concert takes place after a broken air valve on a water transmission postponed the 2021 festival's final concert. However, damage was repaired prior to the beginning of the 2022 festival."What makes this news so remarkable is that for three consecutive years, Stern Grove Festival has fought through the pandemic followed...

Arrest warrant issued for Oakland PD officer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

(KRON) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for an Oakland Police Department officer who has been charged with perjury and threatening witnesses, among other things. The officer, Phong Tran, is a 46-year-old man. Tran is wanted on a no-bail warrant.Offenses that officer is wanted for include:Perjury under oathThreatening witnessesDefendant induced participation in crimeBribery of witnessAttempted bribery of witness"Today, the Oakland Police Department was made aware that an arrest warrant was issued for one of our officers," said OPD in an official statement. "The department is fully cooperating with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office."The warrant for Tran's arrest is dated April 24, 2023.

Underground casino ring shut down in San Jose

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department announced multiple arrests of suspects allegedly involved in a criminal organization running several underground casinos in San Jose. Detectives launched the investigation into the operation after community members began complaining.On April 20, SJPD executed seven search warrants at various locations including six in San Jose and one in Los Banos, officials said. Bob Lee’s accused killer has checkered past Locations in San José included:• 2000 block of Whittington Drive• 1000 block of Commercial Court• 400 block of East Williams Street• 200 block of Prairiewood Court• 3000 block of Capewood Lane• 1800 block of Harbor View AvenueThe seventh location was on the 21000 block of Ingomar Grade in Los Baños.Detectives identified Chuong Ho, 43, of San Jose, as the mastermind behind the operation and arrested him for various felony charges. Aside from Ho, several others were also arrested for their alleged involvement, police said.Police said the u...

With Pentagon Leak, the Press Had Their Source and Ate Him Too

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:40:54 GMT

Members of law enforcement assemble near the home of Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira on April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass.Photo: Steven Senne/APTracing the concept of homo sacer from antiquity to modern life, philosopher Giorgio Agamben cites the ancient Roman lexicographer Festus, who defined the term as someone “whom the people have judged on account of a crime. It is not permitted to sacrifice this man, yet he who kills him will not be condemned for homicide.” Homo sacer is thus an outlaw who is free to be pursued by vigilante lynch mobs but who, crucially, cannot be martyred. The mass media’s treatment of the alleged Pentagon leaker appears to have taken this conceit to heart, codifying him as a justifiable target for persecution, to be “tracked” and “hunt[ed] down.”Over and over, the mainstream press has employed a rhetoric of exclusion, stripping the leaker bare of any protections that might be afforded to a whistleblower. He is not, they tell us ad nauseum, an Edward S...