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State auditor’s office blasts Cal State for mishandling sexual misconduct cases

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

One day after California State University released a damning report about its mishandlings of sexual misconduct cases, the state auditor’s office has released an investigation of its own — one that calls for urgent, “systemwide changes” across the 23-campus network.The state auditor’s office reviewed 40 cases of alleged sexual harassment by employees of California State. In the process, it found the nation’s largest public university system repeatedly failed to address allegations of sexual harassment, revealing a lack of accountability at the highest level.The report noted that “campuses did not consistently count the number of reports of sexual harassment that they received.” But from what they did find, from 2018 to 2022, at least 1,251 employees at California State had been accused of sexual harassment allegations. Just 254 of those were investigated.At San Jose State, a school that has repeatedly made headlines for its mishandling of sexual misconduct complain...

Pac-12 media rights negotiations: No deal expected this week as football takes center stage in Las Vegas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

The Pac-12 won’t announce a long-awaited media rights deal before or during its preseason football media showcase Friday in Las Vegas, according to conference sources. Instead, the event will focus on the teams, players and coaches underpinning the conference’s most anticipated football season in years.Of course, the best-laid plans can be laid to waste by the forces of realignment. Commissioner George Kliavkoff is sure to face questions about an existential crisis that began 55 weeks ago, when USC and UCLA announced they would join the Big Ten in 2024, and remains unresolved.Exactly what Kliavkoff will say about the saga during his remarks at Resorts World Las Vegas, and during the subsequent question-and-answer session with reporters, is not clear at this point.However, the timing of the Big Ten’s media agreement last summer has always seemed instructive: The conference unveiled its groundbreaking deal with Fox, NBC and CBS on Aug. 18 — two weeks before the start of the 2022...

Shohei Ohtani trade market: Angels reportedly avoiding Dodgers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

There are two questions dominating the sports radio talk show airwaves, nationally and in the Bay Area:Should the Angels trade Shohei Ohtani before he hits free agency this offseason? And what kind of haul should teams like the Giants give up to get him?Major League Baseball’s trade deadline is coming up on Aug. 1, giving the Angels two weeks to make a decision with their free-agent-to-be superstar.It’s easy to see why everyone wants Ohtani. He’s fourth in all of baseball in strikeouts as a pitcher (139) while going 7-5 with a 3.50 ERA in 18 starts, and he’s the major league leader in home runs (35).Even with that MVP-level performance, the Angels enter Tuesday with a 47-48 record, 5.5 games out of the final American League wild card spot with four teams ahead of them.MLB Network insider Jon Heyman spoke to Bleacher Report Monday and handicapped the chances of Ohtani getting traded before the deadline at percent 25%. But if Ohtani is traded, Heyman said that Angels owner...

Popular former Bay Area news anchor lands in Los Angeles for new TV job

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

Popular former Bay Area TV anchor Liz Kreutz is heading to SoCal.Kreutz, who had previously worked as the weekend news anchor at ABC7 in San Francisco, is joining NBC News as a correspondent based in Los Angeles.She will “cover all news in the western region, reporting across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms,” according to a news release.Kreutz surprised TV viewers in June when she announced on-air from her anchor chair at ABC7 that she was leaving both the station and the Bay Area.“This is my last day anchoring the weekend morning news at ABC7 News,” she told viewers.At the time, she didn’t give any details behind her decision other than to say that she was “leaving the Bay Area for an exciting opportunity.”Related ArticlesCalifornia News | Waiting for ‘Oppenheimer?’ Here are 10 films about the bomb to watch now California News | Movie, TV actors join picket lines in Hollywood strike California News | ...

San Jose police seek public’s help in identifying driver from fatal June hit-and-run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

SAN JOSE — Police on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in identifying the driver from a June hit-and-run collision that left a bicyclist dead in South San Jose.In a news release, police said that just two minutes before midnight on June 3, a dark-colored sedan struck a woman who was riding a bicycle across Monterey Road near Curtner Avenue. The unknown driver of the sedan fled the scene.In a graphic video posted to the San Jose Police Department’s YouTube channel, the blurred-out bicycle is seen slowly crossing Monterey Road near what appears to be a railroad crossing while a first car passes by seconds before the suspect video plows into the woman at full speed.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Husband was driving in suspected DUI crash that killed wife on East Bay freeway, CHP says Crashes and Disasters | Man walking on East Bay freeway dies after being hit by truck Crashes and Disasters | CHP: Wrong-way drunk driver k...

CSU system is failing to meet some Title IX requirements, report says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

(KRON) -- The California State University system is failing to meet certain Title IX requirements involving discrimination and sexual misconduct, according to a new report released by the California State University Board of Trustees. Efforts underway to save San Francisco staple Anchor Brewing Company The CSU Board of Trustees initiated a review of its processes which are aimed at preventing discrimination on campus. Cozen O'Connor, a San Francisco law firm was hired to conduct the assessment. All students and staff are bound by the CSU Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Exploitation, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Retaliation. However, when it comes to the process of investigating incidents of misconduct, the CSU system is not meeting the mark, the report states. The report claims that the current arbitration process on CSU campuses is overly complicated and burdensome for all parties involved. One result of these complic...

Baggage cart crashes into United flight on runway at SFO

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A baggage cart collided with an aircraft on a runway at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday morning, according to United Airlines. The aircraft, United flight 1107, was parked at the gate at the time. Sunset District high-rise ‘isn’t a thing,’ according to Weiner No one was injured as a result of the crash. The aircraft was subsequently removed from service, United said. The airline arranged for another plane to take customers to their destination.Flight 1107 was bound for Austin, TX and it was scheduled to take off at 9:10 a.m. According to United's website, the flight is estimated to arrive one hour and 14 minutes late. The flight was standing at Terminal 3 at SFO when the crash occurred.

Bobcats, foxes resistant to impacts of 'mega fire,' new study finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

(KRON) -- Northern California's wildlife is remarkably resilient during and after a "mega fire," a new study on intense wildfires by UC Berkeley researchers found. During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through the University of California's Hopland Research and Extension Center. “It felt like something out of the Lord of the Rings -- like Mordor. It was hard to imagine much surviving,” said Justin Brashares, an environmental science professor at UC Berkeley.Grassy, oak tree dotted hillsides around the center in Northern California rapidly transformed into smoldering, ash-covered "moonscapes." The center is located on the banks of the Russian River about 13 miles south of Ukiah.A deer runs from flames in Clearlake Oaks, California, on August 4, 2018. (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)"Mere months after the fire, animals like bobcats, coyote, gray foxes and black-tailed jackrabbits were seen returning to the area, spotted by grid of motion-sensor camera...

Western Alliance: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — PHOENIX (AP) — Western Alliance Bancorp (WAL) on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $215.7 million.The Phoenix-based bank said it had earnings of $1.96 per share.The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.98 per share.The bank holding company posted revenue of $1.12 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $678 million, which topped Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $658.9 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on WAL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/WALSource

Hearing in Trump’s classified documents case ends with no immediate decision on trial date

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:51 GMT

In this image from video provided by the U.S. Senate, Aileen M. Cannon speaks remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight nomination hearing to be U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 29, 2020, in Washington. Cannon, the Florida judge who issued a court ruling last year that critics said was unduly favorable to Donald Trump is set to preside over the first pretrial conference in his landmark criminal case concerning the willful retention of classified documents. (U.S. Senate via AP) In this image from video provided by the U.S. Senate, Aileen M. Cannon speaks remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight nomination hearing to be U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 29, 2020, in Washington....