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Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He’s releasing a memoir about the attack

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

By HILLEL ITALIE (AP National Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” will be published April 16.“This was a necessary book for me to write: a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art,” Rushdie said in a statement released Wednesday by Penguin Random House. Last August, Rushdie was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and abdomen by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. The attacker, Hadi Matar, has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and attempted murder.For some time after Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death over alleged blasphemy in his novel “The Satanic Verses,” the writer lived in isolation and with round-the-clock security. ...

Shuttle Endeavour rockets moved through streets of Los Angeles

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

Two massive rocket motors are on the move through Los Angeles Wednesday morning to join the shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center.People lined the streets of South Los Angeles as trucks maneuvered the twin solid rocket motors through narrow intersections of South Los Angeles around 5 a.m.The images reminded longtime Angelenos of when the shuttle Endeavour caused a similar scene years ago. People watch as the Space Shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved along Manchester Blvd. enroute to the California Science Center on October 13, 2012 in Inglewood, California. (Jeff Gritchen-Pool/Getty Images)It was “eleven years ago today that Endeavour made its way to the science center,” President and CEO of California Science Center Jeffrey Rudolph said.The rockets are in the second day of their two-day, 160-mile trek from the Mojave Air and Space Port to their new home at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. They are expected to arrive at the Science Center around 9 a.m., w...

Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 8, 2023

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

For those of us who cover games through the state championships, we have reached the halfway point.Eight weeks to go after this one before we put a bow on the 2023 season.In our all-in-fun Bay Area News Group picks competition, I am having a great time. I went 13-3 last week to stretch my lead over Mike Lefkow to seven games and Joseph Dycus to 17 games.Give Dycus (aka The Kid) credit. He has taken some chances.If all goes his way this weekend, he can cut six games off my advantage. Lefkow has a shot to trim five games off the deficit.The big game this week is the one Lefkow has talked about for weeks: De La Salle at San Ramon Valley.Will history be made Friday night in Danville?Will De La Salle lose to a North Coast Section team for the first time since Pittsburg beat the Spartans in 1991?We discuss that game in great detail in our video roundtable, with Lefkow noting that John Ben Pau Mendoza’s absence at running back for SRV is a huge deal. The senior suffered a season-endi...

Developer donates 1.5 acres to build affordable housing in Los Gatos

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

Developers behind the controversial North 40 in Los Gatos have submitted their application for the second phase of the project, which would bring in 451 housing units, 90 of which will be affordable housing.The project, located at the intersection of highways 17 and 85, will be made up of both rental and market-rate multifamily housing and a stand-alone affordable housing project to be developed by Eden Housing.“We’re really aligned with the town in trying to provide as much affordable housing as we can, so we have elected to donate 1.5 acres to … Eden Housing, to build a 100% affordable project on site,” said Steve Buster, senior vice president of Grosvenor Property Americas, the North 40’s developers.All cities in California must create a Housing Element to plan for housing growth in eight-year cycles. Los Gatos has been tasked with building 1,993 housing units in the next eight years, 310 of which must be priced for low-income housing.Phase 2 of the North 40 project c...

Prep roundup: St. Ignatius volleyball, Palo Alto water polo, Granada girls flag football among winners

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

GIRLS VOLLEYBALLNo. 4 St. Ignatius 3, Marin Catholic 1After losing back-to-back games against Archbishop Mitty and St. Mary’s-Stockton, St. Ignatius faced another tough test when a trip to Marin Catholic, one of the North Bay’s premier programs, was up next. But after losing the first set 27-29, the Wildcats rallied and swept the next three 25-19, 25-15, 25-19 to earn their 19th victory of the season. St. Ignatius coach Saga Vae said Carol Manu led the team in kills, and Jamie Lo paced the Wildcats in digs. St. Ignatius travels to Archbishop Riordan on Thursday. No. 7 Menlo-Atherton 3, Half Moon Bay 0Menlo-Atherton won its 12th consecutive game and remained an unblemished 10-0 in PAL-De Anza league play after sweeping HMB 25-14, 25-16, 25-8. Menlo-Atherton coach Denny Falls got a monster performance from junior Meki Maile, who had 34 assists, seven digs and five aces. Dani Eline had 17 kills and eight digs, and Sienna Morales and Sarah Littlefield combined for 13 kills and seven blo...

Local fans sack 49ers broadcasts for featuring shots of San Francisco instead of Silicon Valley

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

Sweeping views of the Golden Gate bridge, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco’s skyline have dominated aerial shots for 49ers television broadcasts for years — after all, it’s the team’s namesake.But it’s been nearly a decade since the NFL team played in the City by the Bay after its 2014 relocation roughly 40 miles south from Candlestick Park to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, and national broadcasts still pan San Francisco’s cityscape before and after commercial breaks.Many South Bay Niners fans have had enough, taking to social media in recent weeks to bemoan the lack of Santa Clara aerial footage, particularly following comments made by sportscaster Al Michaels during a Sept. 21 Thursday Night Football game between the 49ers and the New York Giants on Prime Video.“Have you ever noticed we come here and all of our aerials are from 44 miles away?” Michaels said.The longtime play-by-play announcer called San Francisco “beauti...

How motorcyclists can more safely split lanes: Roadshow

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

Q: My question regards lane sharing. Frequently motorcyclists are traveling much faster than vehicular traffic, and are not always easy to spot when changing lanes. Which vehicle (car or motorcycle) has the right of way in the “shared” lane, if there is an accident between them when changing lanes?Jan Jurnecka, AptosA: Lane splitting is legal in California, but it can be very dangerous. Motorcyclists have the right to drive between cars here, but that doesn’t mean they can do so in an unsafe way which could lead to accidents.I checked the California Driver’s Handbook and the California Motorcycle Handbook to see what they say about lane splitting. The motorcycle handbook was more valuable in this case.The motorcycle handbook places great emphasis in all sections on motorcyclists’ responsibility to keep themselves safe. This handbook says of lane splitting, “Riding between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane can leave you vulnerable...

Can the San Jose Sharks (gasp!) improve? Five ways they can be better than expected

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks were in the early stages of practice — exercising an up-tempo drill — when a sloppy entry by one forward across the blue line resulted in an easy turnover for the opposing defenseman.Right then, Sharks coach David Quinn halted the drill. Using some choice language, Quinn raised his voice and reminded his team that poor puck management was one of the Sharks’ biggest issues last season.“It’s not going to happen this year,” Quinn told his team Tuesday. “We have to work with a purpose.”Fixing those types of mistakes will be crucial for the Sharks if they have any hope of improving upon their 22-44-16 record from last season. This is not a team that figures to light up the scoreboard now that Erik Karlsson and Timo Meier are no longer wearing teal, so playing smart, detailed hockey will be necessary if they want to remain competitive on a nightly basis.“Will we win games 6-5? Probably not,” Sharks winger Mike Hoffman said. “But...

Hayward police investigating fatal crash Monday night

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

(BCN) -- Hayward police are investigating a fatal collision in the city's Eden Shores neighborhood Monday night.Shortly before 9 p.m., officers responded to a crash in the area of Industrial and Hesperian boulevards. Upon arrival, responding officers found a pickup truck and a sedan on scene, Hayward police said in a statement.The driver and sole occupant of the pickup truck, a 46-year-old man from Modesto, did not suffer injuries, Hayward police said.The second vehicle was occupied by two adults and two children. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Hayward, was treated at the scene by medical personnel for injuries that were not life-threatening.The children also suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were sent to the hospital.A 39-year-old woman, also a passenger in the second vehicle, was transported to a hospital for injuries. However, she eventually died there, according to police.Authorities withheld the identities of the involved parties.The investigation into the crash is...

Powerball drawing Wednesday for second-largest lottery jackpot in history

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:54 GMT

BURLINGAME, Calif. (KRON) -- One-point-seven-three billion dollars. To put that much money into perspective, even if you spent $10,000 a day, it would still take 466 years to spend that much.Wednesday's drawing of $1.73 billion is happening at 8 p.m., with tickets priced at two bucks each. The cut-off time to purchase a ticket is 7 p.m.The last Powerball won was back in July. There have been 35 straight drawings since with no winner. That makes this drawing the second-largest lottery jackpot in history.The first-largest jackpot was over $2 billion and was won last November in California. SF teachers voting today to authorize strike Your odds of winning are 1 in about 300 million, but some say you should still roll the dice.If you do win, you can accept the $1.73 billion over 30 years, or you can opt for $756.6 million in cash. If you don’t win, you could always save $100,000 a year for the next 17,000 years.