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How many Bay Area concrete buildings might fall like those in Turkey’s deadly earthquake?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

The scenes of tilted, crumbled and collapsed concrete buildings after powerful earthquakes jolted Turkey and Syria last month are sobering. In Turkey alone, the shaking wrecked some 185,000 buildings, and the death toll in both countries has topped 48,000 people.Could the Bay Area’s concrete buildings suffer a similar fate when The Big One strikes?Fortunately, experts say California wouldn’t see the level of devastation like that in Turkey and Syria. But there is a danger, and experts say some buildings erected before 1980 using inflexible or “nonductile” concrete construction will fall. The trick is figuring out which ones — and what to do about them — before it’s too late.“I don’t think there’s any question there’s risk,” said Terrence Paret, a senior principal with the engineering firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates in San Francisco. “If the San Andreas fault went off here and the shaking was as intense as what t...

What went right for the Warriors in fourth quarter of rare road win

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

HOUSTON — Coach Steve Kerr couldn’t remember the last time the Warriors won a road game this season.This reporter promptly reminded him Monday night it was Jan. 30.“Thanks,” he replied. “That doesn’t make me feel any better.”Warriors’ wins away from Chase Center have been few and far between this season, but Golden State took advantage of its best chance to get a victory on this five-game road trip.Despite playing what Kerr thought was their worst game of the last four, the Warriors overcame a sloppy first half to put an end to their 11-game road losing streak with a 121-108 win over the West-worst Houston Rockets.A fourth-quarter push with the team’s best defensive effort of the night put the Rockets away for good.Kerr pointed to the three-man combo of Draymond Green, Anthony Lamb and Jonathan Kuminga as being the difference in the final quarter. They deployed a switchable scheme, which helped the Warriors push the pace and get ...

Google was beloved as an employer for years. Then it laid off thousands by email

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

By Clare Duffy and Catherine Thorbecke | CNNOn the morning of January 20, one Google employee had to call tech support after getting hit with an unusual error message when they tried to log in to their work system.Another employee’s manager was on vacation, so they had no one to reach out to when rumors of layoffs started to swirl.A third was waking up to demands from their toddler when their phone started to buzz with text messages asking, “Are you safe?”The three employees, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity, were all among the 12,000 workers laid off by Google that day. While the extent of the layoffs was staggering, and by far the largest cuts in its history, it was the way the cuts were handled that stunned many inside and outside the company.Google, which for years ranked as the top company to work for in the United States, laid off thousands of workers by e-mail. And not just any employees: Decades-long veterans of the company, at least one employee on health leave, a...

Photos: Christian McCaffrey's NC penthouse hits market for $3.75M

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - Though 49ers player Christian McCaffrey is in San Francisco, he's still got a home in Charlotte.That includes a premier 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, two-story penthouse located in Skye Condominiums high-rise Uptown building. He's asking for $3.75 million.“To me, this penthouse was more than a home," McCaffrey said. "It allowed me to feel a part of the city that I love so much every time I look out the window." Michael Jordan in ‘serious talks’ to sell majority stake of Hornets, ESPN reports If it sells anywhere near that amount, it would be the most expensive condo ever sold in Charlotte on a per-square-foot basis, according to his real estate agent, Victoria Speer of Ivester Jackson Christie’s International Real Estate.(Courtesy: Mario Bianco – SkyCam Digital)(Courtesy: Mario Bianco – SkyCam Digital)(Courtesy: Mario Bianco – SkyCam Digital)(Courtesy: Mario Bianco – SkyCam Digital)(Courtesy: Mario Bianco – SkyCam Digital)(Courtesy: Mario Bianco – SkyCam...

Coconut? Marshmallows? Feelings run hot for ambrosia salad

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — “My name’s Joyce,” drawls a neighbor to Edward Scissorhands, “and I noticed that you have not tasted any of the ambrosia salad that I made especially for you.”Johnny Depp’s character in the 1990 cult film opens wide to receive a giant spoonful of the fluffy pink-tinged fruit confection.He manages an “mmm” as he chews, but not before viewers are treated to a food-sexy little scene involving Joyce’s disembodied hands laboriously preparing the dish, which has a long history and passionate protectors. Mostly a holiday treat for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, ambrosia of yore was a humble delight. At least when compared to Joyce’s version or many of the fluffy parties in fancy bowls seen now on TikTok and Instagram. In 1867, Maria Massey Barringer of Concord, North Carolina, provided a recipe in her “Dixie Cookery; or, How I Managed My Table for Twelve Years.” She counseled readers to stick to fresh grated coconut, sweetened with a little suga...

Pentagon to speed up delivery of tanks to Ukraine by sending older refurbished models, officials tell AP

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon to speed up delivery of tanks to Ukraine by sending older refurbished models, officials tell AP.Source

Russia’s reliance on China rises amid Ukraine sanctions

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Like a salesman buttering up his best customer, President Vladimir Putin gushed about China’s economic success as he welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin.“We even feel a bit envious,” Putin said Monday as Xi grinned.That was more than idle flattery. China isn’t just Moscow’s diplomatic partner in opposing what they see as U.S. domination of global affairs. Its thriving economy is the biggest buyer of Russian oil and gas exports, pumping billions of dollars into Putin’s treasury and helping the Kremlin resist Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.Putin welcomes the lifeline, but that reliance is accelerating Russia’s slide into the junior role in an uneasy relationship with Xi’s government. Beijing has ambitions that diverge from Moscow’s and sometimes conflict.“Russia may worry about increasing reliance upon China, but it has no other good options,” said Li Xin, director of the Institute of European and Asian Studies...

Pakistan court grants Imran Khan bail in terrorism cases

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a weeklong bail in two new cases in which he faces terrorism charges, officials said. The ruling gave the embattled ousted premier and now popular opposition leader another brief reprieve from arrest. Since his ouster in a no-confidence vote in Parliament last April, the 70-year-old former cricket player turned Islamist politician has become embroiled in a series of legal cases against him, including on terrorism charges and graft while in office. Khan’s standoff with the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, has turned increasingly violent in recent days. In the latest terrorism cases, Khan is accused of inciting people to violence when he traveled to Islamabad last Saturday to face indictment in a graft case. His followers clashed with police outside the court and Khan never appeared before the judge. The graft case was later postponed till later in March. A se...

Doctors spread awareness during National Kidney Month

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — March is National Kidney Month, and medical experts at DaVita are trying to raise awareness for kidney disease. One in seven people have some sort of kidney dysfunction and often, many of those can be asymptomatic and it's not always hereditary. Jason Brightman was diagnosed at birth with hydronephrosis. "Basically, my kidneys were taking on too much fluid. And I had to have some reconstructive surgeries. But ultimately, my kidneys had gone into a disease state because of that," Brightman said.  He had a slow progression of kidney disease until he was a teenager when he ultimately had kidney failure. Doctors were able to get him a transplant at 16 years old, but three years later the kidney failed. Mountain lion attacks man in Colorado hot tub He started doing dialysis three times a week, four hours a day for eight and a half years. He was a college student at the time trying to work 40 hours a week, and his goal was to improve his health in order to ge...

Rapidly spreading fungus already in 28 states including Colorado, presents 'urgent' threat

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:59 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – A fungus that poses "an urgent antimicrobial resistance threat," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has already been detected in more than half of U.S. states. Candida auris, or C. auris, is so concerning because it is often resistant to anti-fungal drugs, making it hard to treat infections. It can also be hard to identify with standard lab tests, making it even more difficult to treat properly and early. The fungus was first detected in the United States in 2016. The fungus "spread at an alarming rate" between 2020 and 2021 in healthcare facilities, the CDC wrote in a memo released Monday and has continued to spread in 2022. ‘Ozempic face’: Doctors explain side effect of weight loss drugs By the end of 2022, there were more than 8,000 instances of Candida auris identified across 28 states and Washington, D.C. The map below shows confirmed cases of the fungus, with states shaded in red having the most infections. While it usually isn't a sign...