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Converting a Real ID license to an ID card with Real ID should be easy

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

Q. Dear Honk: A few years ago, my wife and I jumped through the hoops and got the Real ID golden bear on our driver’s licenses. When I renewed my license this spring, my new license came with the Real ID golden bear, which makes sense because I’m still the same guy. Like some other seniors, my wife realized after the COVID hiatus that it was time for her to stop driving. I applaud her. Her Real ID driver’s license will expire late this fall and she wants to convert it to a Real ID California identification card (complete with golden bear). I called the Department of Motor Vehicles and was told that can’t be done, requiring her to jump through the same hoops she did to get the golden bear on her driver’s license. I see no rational rationale for the DMV to ask for information it already has. Your faithful ancient reader.– Tony Provost, OrangeA. Dear Faithful Ancient Reader:Honk applauds your better half, too, Tony, and hopes when his pate has even less hair, and perhaps a few more wri...

3 respiratory viruses could make you sick this season – but for the first time, there are vaccines against all of them

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

By Brenda Goodman | CNNLast year’s respiratory virus season in the US was a bad one.After two years of extraordinarily light flu seasons, which infectious disease experts attributed to Covid-19 pandemic precautions like social distancing and masking, influenza came roaring back, hitting early and hard.Then respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which had been showing up at odd times during the year, surged to new heights over the winter months. It was one of the worst RSV seasons many doctors said they could remember.On top of all that, there was an increase in Covid-19 cases, which almost seemed old hat after three years of wave after wave. The bivalent Covid-19 booster arrived just in time to defend against the BA.5 subvariant, but only 17% of Americans wound up getting the updated vaccine, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.There were packed hospitals. Packed urgent cares. Drug shortages for common cold and fever meds. Endless sick days for kids, then mo...

Los Gatos police put in significant overtime amid staffing shortages

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department was down more than 25% of its budgeted, sworn officers between January and June of this year and cashed in on significant overtime.During that six-month period, the department billed for more than double the overtime than was budgeted for the fiscal year, costing a total of $509,983, Police Chief Jamie Field said in a mid-year review presented to the town council this week. The department recorded 1,090 additional hours of overtime compared to the same period last year.The police department has mirrored a national trend of understaffing. A 2019 survey by the International Association of Chiefs of Police found “multiple social, political and economic forces,” were to blame, including generational differences, negative perceptions of police and a lengthy hiring process, CNN reported.The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department is budgeted for 39 officers and currently has 28 active, available and sworn staff. That number is down slightly fr...

The SF Giants don’t hit the ball hard. Does that matter?

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

ATLANTA — Take a look at the leaderboard of how often all 30 MLB teams record balls in play at 110 mph or harder. Now scroll, and scroll, and scroll. Past the Mets and the Padres and the Dodgers. Keep going, beyond the Royals, the Rockies and the A’s.In 29th place: the San Francisco Giants.Heliot Ramos’ home run last Saturday was their 21st such event of the year, fewer than any team but the Washington Nationals.Simply put, the Giants don’t hit the ball very hard.As for how much that matters, and its correlation to MLB’s worst offense for going on two months, it depends who you ask.“Always,” manager Gabe Kapler said.But, hitting coach Justin Viele said, “we’re not chasing it.”Six games in the next 10 days against the Atlanta Braves will provide somewhat of a test case.Eleven players around the league have hit more balls at 110-plus mph than the Giants have as a team, and two of them — Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson — populate Atlanta&...

Deputies find incendiary device in Saratoga

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

AUG. 9Theft by credit card: Between 4:45 p.m. and 8 p.m., someone stole credit cards from a vehicle left with its windows rolled down at the Saratoga Country Club on Prospect Road. The suspect then used the credit cards to make fraudulent purchases totaling approximately $1,449.AUG. 11Theft by false pretenses: Someone telephoned the victims claiming their grandson was in jail and in need of bail money. The suspect then went to the victims’ residence in the 18000 block of Ambleside Lane and obtained $10,000 in cash.DUI, non-injury collision, unlicensed driver: At 7:35 p.m., deputies responded to a three-vehicle accident at Prospect Road and Lyle Drive. An investigation revealed the suspect did not have a driver’s license, was driving under the influence of alcohol and had two outstanding warrants.AUG. 12Possession of destructive incendiary device in public: At 4:23 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a suspicious device found near the train tracks between Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road ...

Kenneth Chesebro, alleged architect of fake electors’ plot, followed Alex Jones around Capitol grounds on January 6th

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

When conspiracy theorist Alex Jones marched his way to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, riling up his legion of supporters, an unassuming middle-aged man in a red “Trump 2020” hat conspicuously tagged along.Videos and photographs reviewed by CNN show the man dutifully recording Jones with his phone as the bombastic media personality ascended to the restricted area of the Capitol grounds where mobs of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters eventually broke in.While the man’s actions outside the Capitol that day have drawn little scrutiny, his alleged connections to a plot to overthrow the 2020 election have recently come into sharp focus: He is attorney Kenneth Chesebro, the alleged architect of the scheme to subvert the 2020 Electoral College process by using fake GOP electors in multiple states.When asked by the House select committee where he was the first week of January 2021 and on January 6, Chesebro invoked his Fifth Amendment rights. But a CNN investigation has placed him...

High school football 2023 preview: West Catholic Athletic League

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

WEST CATHOLIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE(Predicted order of finish)No. 1 SERRACoach: Patrick WalshRecord in 2022: 13-1What to expect: Serra was the clear No. 1 in Northern California last season, edging Folsom and De La Salle on the road to open the season and going 13-0 before losing to national powerhouse St. John Bosco-Bellflower in the Open Division state title game. The Padres bring back most of the key players from that team, including four-year starters Jabari Mann (RB/LB), Danny Niu (RB/LB) and Joseph Bey (safety). QB Maealiuaki Smith also is back, as is LB Marley Alapati, WR Kyon Loud, DL Timo Poloka and a host of others for a team that could represent NorCal in the Open game for the third consecutive season. The Padres once again start the season against Folsom and De La Salle, this time at home in San Mateo.Season opener: Aug. 26 vs. Folsom, noonNo. 2 ST. FRANCISCoach: Greg CalcagnoRecord in 2022: 8-4What to expect: St. Francis finished second in the WCAL last season and is expected...

Shooting after attempted burglary in Martinez, police at scene

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

MARTINEZ, Calif. (KRON) -- There is a large police presence Friday morning following an attempted burglary and shooting on Sunrise Drive off of Pacheco Drive in Martinez. According to the owners of a cannabis shop, they received a call from the Martinez Police Department notifying them of an attempted burglary. The suspect(s) was not able to break into the business. Police arrived shortly after the shop's alarm went off. The photo below shows markers placed next to bullet casings on the ground. There was an interaction between police officers and the suspect(s), however, it is unconfirmed whether or not shots were fired between the two parties. Less than a mile away from the business, the suspect(s) is believed to have crashed their car. Law enforcement is currently at the scene of the crash.Several agencies have joined MPD in their investigation including the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.KRON4's Tiffany Justice is live at the scene this morning. Watch her report in the vide...

“Desgarrador”: Realizan vigilia en memoria de los perros ahogados tras inundación en DC

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

Miembros de la comunidad realizaron una vigilia el jueves por la noche por los 10 perros que se ahogaron cuando 6 pies de agua inundaron una guardería para perros en el noreste de DC el lunes.Cuatro días después de que esa pared de agua inundara District Dogs, familiares y amigos de las mascotas se reunieron en Tanner Park.Los perros ladraban mientras se leían los nombres de los que murieron.“Somos una comunidad que se levanta mutuamente en nuestros mejores momentos y llora juntos durante nuestros peores”, indicó Alyssa Weinersandler, quien organizó la vigilia.Ella dijo que no podía creerlo cuando vio el dramático rescate en la televisión en vivo. Su perra, Bernadette, no estaba allí el lunes, pero conocía a muchas de las familias cuyas mascotas no sobrevivieron.“No quería que esto fuera sobre quién tiene la culpa”, dijo Weinerslander. “Quería que hubiera un espacio donde la gente pudiera apagar ese ruido y simplemente sentarse y llorar, estar con la co...

Los momentos clave del convulso proceso electoral en Guatemala

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:16:00 GMT

(CNN Español) — La segunda y definitiva vuelta para elegir al próximo presidente de Guatemala se llevará a cabo este domingo. El país centroamericano ha estado bajo la mirada de la comunidad internacional por la “excesiva judicialización”, como calificó la Organización de Estados Americanos el proceso electoral, después de las elecciones del 25 de junio.Sandra Torres, candidata del partido Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza y Bernardo Arévalo, del partido Movimiento Semilla son las dos opciones que tendrán este domingo más de 9 millones de guatemaltecos convocados a las urnas.Guatemala concurre a las elecciones en un panorama agitado: así está el clima antes de la votaciónEl proceso para llegar a este momento ha sido complejo por la exclusión de tres candidatos a la presidencia, uno de ellos es Carlos Pineda, quien a fines de mayo lideraba los sondeos de opinión, según la encuesta elaborada por la firma ProDatos para el periódico Prensa Libre, uno de los más importantes en Guatem...