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Google reaches $93 million settlement in tracking location case

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

By Ramishah Maruf | CNNNew York — Google has reached a $93 million settlement with the state of California to resolve allegations that it was collecting consumers’ data without their consent, the state’s attorney general said in a statement Thursday.The California Department of Justice found that, after a multi-year investigation, the tech giant was “deceiving users by collecting, storing, and using their location data for consumer profiling and advertising purposes without informed consent.”California Attorney General Rob Bonta also said Google accepted taking future actions to prevent those practices. These actions would apply beyond California to other states, according to the proposed order.“Consistent with improvements we’ve made in recent years, we have settled this matter, which was based on outdated product policies that we changed years ago,” a Google spokesperson said.The company pointed to a 2022 blog post which introduced transparency tools, such as auto-delete controls ...

Pac-12 recruiting: Assessing the impact of realignment on Cal, Oregon State and Washington State (so far, so good)

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

The Hotline is delighted to provide Pac-12 fans with a regular dive into the recruiting process through the eyes and ears of Brandon Huffman, the Seattle-based national recruiting editor for 247Sports. He submitted the following report on Sept. 14 …By the time Cal took the field for its season opener at North Texas, the Bears knew they had a future in a Power Five conference. The day before, the ACC had officially invited Cal, along with Stanford and SMU, to join in 2024.So there was plenty of anticipation when the Bears returned to Berkeley and began preparations for their home opener against Auburn. There were also plenty of recruits who were excited to see the Bears coming off their win over North Texas, to watch them play an SEC program and to know Cal had a future in the power conferences.While the Bears lost a late lead and fell to Auburn, the fourth-quarter collapse didn’t ruin their mojo.Linebacker Marco Jones, who attends San Ramon Valley High School in San Ramon, is ...

Girls flag football explodes onto Bay Area high school sports scene

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

Hundreds of high school girls across the Bay Area are living out a dream.From the far reaches of the East Bay to the Peninsula, teenagers in shorts, jerseys and in some cases intimidating eye-black are celebrating touchdowns and victories with smiles and high-fives during a groundbreaking flag football season.“This has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl,” Dublin High senior Sydney Costello said.Seven months after the California Interscholastic Federation unanimously gave its 10 sections approval to play flag football, the sport’s popularity has exceeded even optimistic expectations.Some schools, including Pittsburg and Freedom in East Contra Costa County, cut dozens of players during tryouts because there were not enough spots.At Menlo School in Atherton, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young is an assistant coach on a team that includes his two daughters.“When this came up, I didn’t know if we would have any interest at all,” said Central Coast Section ...

Kaiser Permanente employees vote to strike if bargaining fails

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees have authorized a strike to begin if an agreement with the hospital chain fails. There are 58,000 Kaiser workers in California and 19,000 of them are in the Bay Area. Union leaders say it could be considered the biggest strike by healthcare workers in U.S. history. Three other states, Washington, Colorado and Oregon, have also authorized a strike.Those three states joining could potentially bring in around 15,000 more workers going on strike. The union says no strike will occur before October until the contracts of more than 85,000 workers have expired.Kaiser Permanente and the union have not been able to come to an agreement over wages, staffing issues and how the negotiations have been going so far. The union says Kaiser is not willing to listen to concerns.Kaiser released the following statement that read in part:"Kaiser Permanente is fully committed to reaching an agreement with the unions affiliated with t...

Officer stops moving stolen car after suspects flee in San Jose

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Three people were recently arrested after fleeing from officers in a stolen car, according to San Jose Police Department Assistant Chief Paul Joseph.Automated license plate readers alerted SJPD of a stolen car. The suspects were followed by Air 3, a San Jose police helicopter, during their attempt to flee from officers. Photo: SJPDPhoto: SJPDThe car thieves exited the moving car, which was driving towards an intersection at the time. In fear of a possible collision, an officer jumped into the moving stolen car and stopped it, Joseph said.All three suspects are now in custody.

Meronk using pain of Ryder Cup omission to fuel title run at BMW PGA Championship

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Adrian Meronk is using the pain of his Ryder Cup omission to underpin a run for the most prestigious title on the European tour.The Polish player was in a three-way share of the lead midway through the second round of the BMW PGA Championship after shooting 4-under 68 on Friday.Europe’s entire Ryder Cup team is in the field at Wentworth and all 12 of the players heading for Italy are behind Meronk, who feels aggrieved at not being one of Luke Donald’s captain’s picks after winning three European tour events since last July.“I am very motivated,” he said. “I am trying to turn that disappointment and anger into fuel. I have a great team around me. We just keep going.”Meronk was tied for the lead at 9-under par with Thomas Detry of Belgium (68) and Masahiro Kawamura of Japan (65) at the tour’s flagship event.The closest challenger from the Ryder Cup dozen is Tyrrell Hatton, who was two strokes back after shooting 69.A shot further ...

“Siri, tengo que hacer CPR”: Asisten a motociclista que fue impactado por un rayo en la I-66

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

Un hombre de Virginia regresó a su casa el jueves luego de haber sido hospitalizado tras sobrevivir a la caída de un rayo en la Interestatal 66 el sábado.Noah Fowler, de 20 años, sabe que tiene suerte de estar vivo luego de que un rayo lo impactara mientras conducía su motocicleta Harley-Davidson durante una tormenta el sábado por la tarde. Había estado tomando fotografías con su novia en Skyline Drive cuando llegó la tormenta.Mientras regresaba a casa, empezó a llover y la visibilidad era escasa.“Estaba como a 2 millas de mi casa, así que pensé: ‘Ah, puedo llegar a casa; Sé adónde voy’”, dijo Fowler. “Y lo siguiente que sé es que me despierto en el suelo con unas 20 personas a mi alrededor”.El rayo atravesó su casco y bajó por su cuerpo, quemando su cadena de plata en su piel, prendiendo fuego a su bicicleta y enviándolo a volar.La buena samaritana Erica Sutherland y su prometido, que trabaja en el campo médico, iban en dirección contraria por la I-66 y pasaron por la d...

Spanish judge hears allegations of Franco-era police torture in a case rights groups say is a 1st

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge heard evidence Friday of alleged torture during the rule of the country’s late dictator Francisco Franco, in what rights groups said was the first case of its kind to be accepted for legal review.The hearing at a Madrid courthouse involved allegations against five former police officers. The lead witness, Julio Pacheco, told reporters outside that he had recounted to a judge how he was tortured by police in 1975, when he was a 19-year-old student. Pacheco said he hoped his testimony was a step toward “starting to break down the wall of silence and impunity” regarding abuses during Franco’s rule. His wife also testified.Previously, judges have refused to hear such cases because of a 1977 amnesty law that blocked the prosecution of Franco-era crimes. The law was part of Spain’s effort to put that period behind it and strengthen its fledgling democracy following Franco’s death two years earlier.With victims and human rights groups arguing that ...

Police arrest suspect in shooting death of Prince George’s Co. high school student

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

Police in Prince George’s County have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl outside of DuVal High School in Lanham on Monday.Update: PGPD’s Homicide Unit arrested a juvenile male for Jayda’s murder. Details will be released later today at a news conference. Approx time 12:30 pm. https://t.co/U6LzyHH2PX— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) September 15, 2023Police have only described the suspect as a juvenile male and said more details would be released at a news conference Friday afternoon.Jayda Medrano-Moore, of Greenbelt, was walking on Palamar Drive after she left the school when there was a dispute between two groups of people. It was there were she was shot and later taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.This story will be updated. Stay with WTOP for the latest.Source

Remains exhumed from a Tulsa cemetery as the search for 1921 Race Massacre victims has resumed

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:50:00 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second set as the search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resumes in a Tulsa cemetery. The remains are among 22 sets found during the current search in Oaklawn Cemetery, but are the only ones found in simple, wooden caskets as described by newspaper articles, death certificates and funeral home records, Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Thursday.“That basically suggests that we had a number of adult male individuals that were supposed to be buried in simple, wood coffins,” Stackelbeck said.One set was taken to an onsite forensics laboratory Thursday and the second is to be excavated on Friday, Stackelbeck said. Both are of adults although the gender was not immediately known.The latest search began Sept. 5 and is the third such excavation in the search for remains of the estimated 75 to 300 Black people killed during the 1921 massacre at the hands of a white mo...