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Live updates | Israel-Hamas truce begins with swap of hostages and prisoners; more expected Saturday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

A four-day cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war began Friday in Gaza as part of an agreement that Qatar helped broker. Twenty-four hostages were freed, including 13 Israeli citizens, 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen, Qatar said. Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners later in the day.With the truce deal comes increased shipments of fuel and supplies into Gaza — though still only enough to dent the needs of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza who have endured weeks of Israeli bombardment, according to aid groups. Israel has agreed to allow the delivery of 130,000 liters (34,300 gallons) of fuel a day into besieged Gaza for humanitarian needs for the duration of the truce. More than 13,300 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza after a dayslong pause in its casualty report, which it attributed to the health system's collapse in northern Gaza making it impossible to provide a detailed count.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

San Jose State-UNLV: Spartans seeks to stop explosive Rebels offense

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

SAN JOSE — San Jose State coach Brent Brennan has preached to his team all season that the true mark of a good team is whether or not it is playing meaningful games in November.Saturday’s matchup against UNLV (12 p.m., Mountain West Network) will be the most important game the Spartans play this regular season.UNLV (9-2, 6-1 Mountain West) is currently the best team in the conference, and in order for SJSU to have a chance at a Mountain West championship game berth, it will need to stifle the highest-scoring offense in the conference.“We’re getting ready to play a really good UNLV team,” Brennan said. “They do all the things that lead to winning football and it’s really impressive. They’ve got good players at all positions that present a whole bunch of different challenges. So this is an incredible challenge for our football team.”First-year head coach Barry Odom has turned around UNLV and has led the Rebels to their first nine-win season since 1984. When Odom was hired ...

Holidays 2023: Here are 10 theatrical sugarplums headed to Bay Area stages

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

A whole lot of holiday classics tend to return this time of year, and Bay Ares stages are more than ready to deliver. The diverse breadth and high quality of Bay Area theater is always a gift, and in December that means a whole lot of very different seasonal offerings.What’s great about holiday shows on local stages is that they can be pretty much anything. They might be fairy tales like Presidio Theatre’s panto “Sleeping Beauty” or Berkeley Playhouse and African-American Shakespeare Company’s different takes on “Cinderella.”They could be concerts like Lorraine Hansberry Theatre’s “Soulful Christmas” or the Christmas Revels in Berkeley. They can be circus shows like “Dear San Francisco” at Club Fugazi, Circus Bella in its San Francisco big top or Unique Derique at the Marsh Berkeley. They could even be Jewish comedy in a Chinese restaurant a la Kung Pao Kosher Comedy. Or they could simply be popular musicals and comedies with no particular holiday theme, such as “The 25t...

Post-Thanksgiving weekend could see dropping temperatures, harsh waves on the Bay Area coast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

Just like turkey and stuffing or mashed potatoes and gravy, the holiday season and cold weather are a perfect pairing, and residents of the Bay Area should expect temperatures to drop this weekend alongside harsh sneaker waves along the coast, according to the National Weather Service.While freeze and frost warnings were limited to just the North Bay and parts of San Benito County this weekend, parts of the region will still experience temperatures below 40 degrees on Saturday and Sunday night. In San Jose and the South Bay, Saturday and Sunday lows were 38 on both nights, while other lows included 44 and 42 in Oakland, 37 and 36 in Concord, 46 for both in San Francisco and 41 and 40 in Palo Alto.The NWS warned that low temperatures could be hazardous for unsheltered populations and people, pets,plants and pipes should be protected from the cold.Colder overnight temperatures continue for inland parts of our area over the next several nights. These temperatures are hazardous for vuln...

To stem crowds, Venice rolls out 5 euro day-tripper fee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

By Nicole Winfield | Associated PressROME — Venice authorities on Thursday unveiled a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45) apiece to enter the fragile lagoon city on peak weekends next year in an effort to reduce crowds, encourage longer visits and improve the quality of life for residents.The rollout of the tourist “contribution” program came after Venice, a UNESCO World Heritage site, narrowly escaped being placed on the U.N. agency’s danger list earlier this year because of the threat that overtourism was having on its delicate ecosystem. Member states cited the proposed new entry fee in deciding to spare Venice from the list.Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro stressed Thursday that the fee is not a new tourist tax or an attempt to bring in extra revenue. Rather, he said, it is a first-of-its-kind experiment in regulating tourist flows in one of the world’s most-visited places by incentivizing visitors to avoid high-traffic periods and come on oth...

Alleged car thief in Benicia places homemade license plate on stolen vehicle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

(KRON) – A Benicia Police Department officer noticed a handmade license plate while patrolling the area of the 5000 block of East Second Street around 1 a.m. on Nov. 24. The officer checked the vehicle and discovered that it was stolen from Alameda, Benicia PD said.  Mother of San Jose toddler who died of fentanyl toxicity arrested The driver was arrested and booked into Solano County jail.Benicia PD posted a picture of the fake license plate with a message on Facebook: “We know we are not superheroes, but just FYI this is NOT a way to get one over on us.”The handcrafted license plate "tag's" expiration date was in 2025, which would not be possible.

Kane scores again as Bayern back on top of the Bundesliga with 1-0 win over Cologne

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Harry Kane scored again Friday to lead Bayern Munich to the top of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win at Cologne.The England forward took his tally to 18 goals in 12 league games and put the pressure on early season leader Bayer Leverkusen, which can reclaim first place Saturday with a win at Werder Bremen.But Bayern missed several opportunities to put the result beyond doubt and had to endure an unnecessarily nervy final minutes in Cologne, where Jamal Musiala scored late on the final day last season to snatch the title for Bayern from Borussia Dortmund.Thomas Müller had to be content to watch from the sideline again Friday as coach Thomas Tuchel opted for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in support of star forward Kane. It was the eighth league game in which the Bayern veteran sat among the substitutes – this time for the whole match.Müller hasn’t started in any of Bayern’s four Champions League games so far, while the only time he played a full match this season was in Bayern’s ...

Without Reese, No. 7 LSU cruises past Niagara in Cayman Classic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Aneesah Morrow had 28 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 7 LSU, which once again was playing without Angel Reese, beat Niagara 99-65 in the Cayman Islands Classic on Friday.Reese didn’t make the trip to the Cayman Islands and missed her third straight game for the defending national champions.A smoke alarm emptied the gym before the game and delayed the tip by about 40 minutes and the Purple Eagles kept it close in the opening minutes, stealing an LSU inbounds pass and scoring to cut the Tigers’ lead to 7-6.The Tigers (6-1) used a 21-0 run midway through the first half to pull away and led by as many as 42 at one point in the third.Hailey Van Lith finished with 20 points and seven assists while Mikaylah Williams and Flau’jae Johnson scored 19 and 14 points, respectively.While the Tigers cruised, a pair of key players appear to have suffered injuries. Starting forward Sa’Myah Smith came out of the game in the first quarter after appearing to i...

Canada, EU agree to new partnerships as Trudeau welcomes European leaders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — Canada and the European Union said Friday they are making strides toward new partnerships on green energy, digital transformation and research funding, as a Canada-EU Summit got underway in the Atlantic coast province of Newfoundland.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced during opening remarks Thursday evening that Canada is joining Horizon Europe, a $100 billion scientific research program. Afterward, the two parties said in a joint statement on Friday that substantive negotiations are complete and they are working toward its “prompt signature and implementation.”“Canadian companies are already benefiting from Horizon and have for many years, but there is much more that we’ll be able to access now that we are full partners,” Trudeau said.“It is an exciting articulation of what have been long-standing partnerships between scientists on both sides of the Atlantic.”Ottawa and Brussels started negotiations on Canada joining it a year ago, with an initi...

Man arrested for attacking migrants, killing 1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A suspect has been arrested for the stabbing death of a man that occurred on Thanksgiving Day, according to the Denver Police Department. FOX31 was covering an unrelated story at the street corner when the reporter witnessed the attack unfold. The reporter was speaking to migrants who were camping in the area, along with other homeless individuals. Chicago family of five rescued from Greenhorn mountains Cell phone video shared with this station showed the scene as it continued to grow more violent. People can be seen fighting off a man they said had a knife and had been harassing them since late Wednesday night.Gido Izquierdo-Ortega, 64, was arrested for the homicide, which occurred at Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street at about 10:49 a.m. on Nov. 23. The victim has not been identified but was pronounced dead later at a local hospital.Police reported they were told by witnesses that a second person had been stabbed; however, that victim has not been located.Acco...