"Crazy situation yesterday," Virostko wrote on Instagram. "I saw the boat coming as I was outside dodging a big middle peak set. He zoomed by me and I saw he had his family on the boat. As I watched him drive straight into a big white wash I knew they went down and it was time to paddle in as quickly as possible to help save the family."
The Burbank media and entertainment company allegedly restricted the extent of opt-out requests, including complying with users' petitions only on the device or streaming services they processed it from, or stopping the sharing of consumers' personal data through Disney's advertising platform but not those of specific ad-tech companies whose code was embedded on Disney websites and apps, the attorney general's office said.
"It's a rare alignment of San Jose's political stars: Two influential organizations on opposite sides of San Jose's labor-business political divide have endorsed the same candidate in the District 7 City Council race. Incumbent Councilmember Bien Doan has won support from both the Silicon Valley Biz PAC and South Bay Labor Council. Doan - a longtime union member and former fire captain who has been a consistent vote for business friendly policies - is battling to hold onto his seat for a second term."
ANTIOCH In an effort to meet requirements in a deal between the city and U.S. Department of Justice, two members of the Antioch Police Oversight Commission were added Tuesday to the oversight body. The Antioch City Council unanimously voted to reappoint Porshe Taylor, the commission's former chairperson, to a three-year term that expires in 2028. Her previous term ended in November 2025. The council also approved the appointment of Josiah Ben-Oni Graham to fill a partial-term vacancy that expires in November.
BIG SUR Monterey County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue assisted with recovery efforts after a vehicle drove off Highway 1 and went over a cliff at Hurricane Point in Big Sur on Tuesday afternoon. At about 4:22 p.m. on Tuesday, emergency dispatchers received multiple 911 calls reporting a vehicle had gone off the roadway and was believed to have entered the water. Big Sur Fire and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office established a coordinated search and rescue operation.
A relative of the man went to the Irvine police station around 2:15 p.m. to report the dispute, which was occurring in the 100 block of Terrapin, spokesman Kyle Oldoerp of the Irvine Police Department said. Four family members in an upstairs bedroom were not being allowed to leave, but police were able to get them out from the third floor with ladders just after 4 p.m., Oldoerp said.
TRUCKEE, Calif. -- A 26-year-old Los Angeles man has been identified as a skier who died near Lake Tahoe last week, authorities confirmed. Nicholas Kenworthy died Feb. 6 at the Northstar California Resort in Truckee, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. The resort confirmed the deadly incident, only describing it as a "skier incident on the advanced Martis Trail." Details on the type of accident or injuries sustained by Kenworthy were not available.
Several tech leaders with longstanding ties to Newsom have recently moved closer to Trump, including Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder who's been close to Newsom since his tenure as San Francisco's mayor, and Marc Benioff, the billionaire co-founder of Salesforce Inc. and godfather to one of the first California couple's four children. Benioff said last year that Trump is doing a great job. Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., all based in California, have also contributed to Trump's White House ballroom project.
Recent campaign finance reports show Mahan has raised more than $2 million, though he has touted raising a total of $7 million so far on social media. Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and YCombinator CEO Garry Tan are among the Silicon Valley elite who maxed out their legally-allowed contributions - $78,400 each - into Mahan's governor campaign in January. David Baszucki, the billionaire CEO of the gaming platform Roblox, and his wife Jan gave a combined $156,800 to Mahan's campaign, records show.
Two ads among the many aired during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast didn't sell beer, cars, fast food or cell phone services; rather they were opening salvos of what could be one of the year's most expensive ballot measure duels. One spot denounced personal injury attorneys who promise justice for victims of accidents and assaults but take big chunks of settlements and judgments.
Nine people have died inside L.A. County jails so far this year, an alarming number for the Sheriff's Department as it continues to face a lawsuit from the state over the conditions in local lockups. Sheriff's Department officials said they are continuing to make changes, hoping to reduce the number of in-custody deaths and care for an inmate population that is increasingly struggling with medical and mental health issues.
Another day in California, another fatal "accident" taking the lives of innocent Californians whose only misfortune was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This latest incident of driver negligence occurred in Westwood, in Los Angeles, on Feb. 5. The crash is strikingly similar to the one in Burlingame last summer, where a 19-year-old motorist killed 4-year-old Ayden Fang and sent a 6-year-old girl standing beside him on the sidewalk outside a downtown restaurant to Stanford Hospital.
During their intervention, they observed the student concealing an item in the waistband area. The site safety staff identified the item as a firearm, safely removed it, and immediately secured it away from other students and staff. No students or staff were injured during this incident. Vallejo Police officers retrieved the loaded, unregistered firearm from the school staff and rendered it safe.
The shower activity is going to continue throughout the day, National Weather Service meteorologist Lamont Bain said. As it pertains to thunderstorm risk, there's probably a 10-to-15 percent chance. There is a lot of instability between the upper low pressure and the lower air. That upper low is going to spin out there and not move much, and that's why the rain showers are going to be scattered throughout the day and why the best chances for thunder are out over the ocean.
San Jose is home to one of three surviving Japantowns in the country. The other remaining Japanese communities are also in California cities: San Francisco and Los Angeles. Japanese immigrants came to San Jose in the late 1890s in search of farm work, originally settling in Chinatown before establishing their own cultural community in the region.
A 41-year-old transient with a history of arrests for burglary was nabbed again on a person's back porch Monday, thanks to a tip from a resident who reported a trespasser, police said. The arrest happened after officers were called about 4:25 p.m.to the 1700 block of Liberty Street. In a statement, police said a homeowner was alerted to activity on the property after an alarm was triggered. The resident then looked at video footage from the alert and saw an unknown person inside the yard.
Agustin Calderon, 43, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and a gun enhancement in the Dec. 16, 2023 fatal shooting of 29-year-old Eric Azevedo, in Antioch. Calderon was formally sentenced in October and is housed at Pleasant Valley State Prison, records show. Prosecutors dropped a murder count as part of the plea deal, records show.
At approximately 12:45 p.m., that day, officers were notified of a student in possession of a firearm on the campus. Upon arrival, officers learned that the school's site safety staff had already intervened, separated the firearm from the student, and secured the student in a classroom. Officers detained the student without incident and conducted a safety search, confirming that no additional weapons were present.
The crash happened around 12:15 p.m. at Highway 1 and Terrance Avenue, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said in a new release. Medical personnel rushed the teen to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. An initial investigation indicated the teen was riding the motorcycle at a high rate of speed on the highway shoulder when he collided with the truck, the sheriff's office said.
They had met on the Jewish dating app J-Swipe in 2017, citing a lack of third spaces to meet people. After Dani misinterpreted a typo Ziv sent her, the two went on a date. We went on our first date because she had to prove me wrong, Ziv Wolkowicki said. They hadn't even visited Los Gatos before booking their wedding venue in the town in 2022. But after visiting a one or two times, the couple bought a house in town.
George Fazio and Ed Furgol had long, versatile careers. But they may be among the lesser-remembered winners of professional golf tournaments on the Monterey Peninsula. Fazio was also a renowned course designer who incorporated cloverleaves and butterfly shapes into bunkers. Furgol won the 1954 U.S. Open and played with a left arm 10 inches shorter than his right arm. RELATED:Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Travis Kelce, along with elite pro field expected for 79th tournament
Sen. Bernie Sanders will formally launch a campaign next week to place a one-time 5% tax on the assets of California's billionaires. Supporters argue it's essential to prevent millions of the state's most vulnerable residents from losing access to healthcare because of federal funding cut; opponents warn it will drive wealthy entrepreneurs to flee the state and stifle innovation. Gov. Gavin Newsom, despite Sanders' popularity in California, joins opponents warning the tax would damage the state's competitive edge.
I am new to the East Bay Times branch of Bay Area news. God bless it. You cover local news. You inform us of state news. You pull strong, relevant pieces from the Los Angeles Times and other papers. You still have comics. The op-ed by Mark Barabak should be read by all. I taught at California community colleges for 40 years and used good journalism as writing models, points of discussion and assignments.
A youth coach who led Santa Rosa High School cross country and track teams for nearly three decades is facing shocking allegations that he possessed more than 1,000 computer files of child sexual abuse material. Douglas Courtemarche, 78, is charged with one felony count of possessing child porn, according to a Jan. 16 criminal complaint filed by the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office. Courtemarche made his first court appearance on Jan. 22 and was granted pretrial release.
