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One man’s quest to diversify our doctors — without considering race — made UC Davis a model for a post-affirmative action world

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

When Dr. Mark Henderson took over admissions at UC Davis School of Medicine in 2007, about 15% of incoming students were Black, Hispanic or Indigenous, groups that are historically underrepresented in medicine.Since then, that number has more than tripled, climbing to 53% — a remarkable turnaround that could inspire other medical schools as they navigate a future post-affirmative action world.The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule this spring on a case that challenges race-based admissions programs, jeopardizing affirmative action at public colleges and universities around the nation.California hasn’t allowed affirmative action in admissions since voters approved Proposition 209 in 1996. But a strategy crafted by Henderson, whose commitment to diversity was forged by his working-class childhood in San Jose, shows that it’s possible to create a multiracial campus using alternative means. His team has transformed the university’s School of Medicine into what U.S. News &a...

Hollywood writers go on strike, blasting gig economy within industry

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Television and movie writers declared late Monday they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era.The Writers Guild of America said that its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will head to the picket lines Tuesday. Negotiations between studios and the writers, which began in March, failed to reach a new contract before the writers’ current deal expired just after midnight, at 12:01 a.m. PDT Tuesday. All script writing is to immediately cease, the guild informed its members.The board of directors for the WGA, which includes both a West and an East branch, voted unanimously to call for a strike, effective at the stroke of midnight. The guild is seeking higher minimum pay, less thinly staffed writing rooms, shorter exclusive contracts and a reworking of residual pay — all conditions the WGA says have been diminishe...

‘Jerk’ bicyclists are a bigger danger than cars, Roadshow reader says

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

Q: Since you’ve covered cyclists a lot lately, can I comment on the nightmare that is being a cyclist dealing with others on bikes who are a constant danger to everyone by riding on sidewalks, riding against traffic, riding too fast on their “electric bikes” (which are really mopeds), and running stop signs and red lights?As a daily bike commuter, these jerks are a bigger danger to me than cars. I was almost in a head-on collision with one of these “salmon” recently. They expect us law-abiding cyclists to be the ones who swerve into traffic to avoid them. No amount of arrows and signs seem to convince these road hazards to behave.We have a fantastic cycling infrastructure in the Bay Area, but these dimwits ruin my ride daily. Can anything be done? This behavior by a driver would end up with a suspended license or an impound. That should happen to bikes, too.Sarah SchummA: I understand your perspective, and it’s a valuable one to hear. There’s not a lot that can be done i...

Alameda County renter advocates warn of landlord lobby’s “fake tenant’s rights website” 

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

When the website AlamedaRentersRights.com launched recently, it seemed innocuous enough. It claimed to be aimed at informing renters in Alameda County about tenant protections–an issue of increased interest since the county’s eviction moratorium expired last week.It even features a video on its homepage featuring two Alameda County supervisors, David Haubert and Lena Tam, encouraging renters to know their rights.“California has some of the strongest renter protection laws in the country,” the website declares. “Here’s what you need to know about laws that protect renters.”The problem, say local tenant advocates, is that the website is run by the California Apartment Association, a landlord lobby group, and is spreading misinformation, as well as diverting renters searching for help online away from valuable resources. In a statement, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), a local grassroots organization working on racial and economic justice issues, likened t...

Bay Area tech layoff plans in 2023 already top the total for all of 2022

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

Bay Area tech job cuts revealed so far in 2023 have already topped the total for all of 2022, an ominous reminder of the widening waves of layoffs that the technology industry has orchestrated.Over the first one-third of 2023, a period of four months, tech companies have revealed plans to chop well over 12,000 Bay Area jobs, this new organization’s review of official state labor filings shows.The 12,318 job cuts affecting tech workers in the Bay Area that have been revealed so far in 2023 now exceed — by a wide margin — the 10,457 tech sector layoffs disclosed in the nine-county region during all 12 months of 2022, WARN notices on file with the state Employment Development Department show.The latest tech layoffs in the Bay Area include a disclosure by Facebook app owner Meta Platforms that the company is planning more than 1,500 layoffs in June and July, according to the EDD filings.Bottom line: Tech industry layoffs during 2023 are galloping ahead at a far more br...

York Water: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

YORK, Pa. (AP) — YORK, Pa. (AP) — The York Water Co. (YORW) on Tuesday reported profit of $3.7 million in its first quarter.The York, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of 26 cents per share.The purifying and distribution company posted revenue of $15.4 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on YORW at https://www.zacks.com/ap/YORWSource

Wrexham party goes on in Wales and maybe Las Vegas, too

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham’s celebrations aren’t over yet.The Welsh soccer team owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney will mark its promotion to the fourth division of English soccer with an open top bus parade through the city on Tuesday.The celebrity owners will reportedly jet the team off to Las Vegas as a reward for winning the National League with a record total of 111 points.Reynolds and McElhenney were at the Racecourse Ground to join in on the wild celebrations when promotion was clinched with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood last month.But goalkeeper Ben Foster had hinted there was more to come.“They promised us a big deal at the end of the season,” Foster told CBS Sports last month. “They promised us a monster one (party) at the end of the season, (that) if we get promoted then they are going to take us away somewhere with a lot of flashing lights.”Wrexham’s women’s team also won promotion in a year of double success for Reynolds a...

PGA Tour elevates at Quail Hollow; LPGA has 8-team event

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

PGA TOURWELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIPSite: Charlotte, North Carolina.Course: Quail Hollow Club. Yardage: 7,538. Par: 72.Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $3.6 million.Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).Defending champion: Max Homa.FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm.Last week: Tony Finau won the Mexico Open.Notes: This is the eighth elevated event of the year, offering a $20 million purse. The field features only six of the top 10 in the world ranking. … The last two Masters champions, Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler, are using their one opt-out from elevated events. The other two are Cameron Smith, who is with LIV Golf, and Will Zalatoris. who is recovering from back surgery. … Scheffler faces a busy swing with two Dallas-area events sandwiched around the PGA Championship. … Homa won last year at the TPC Avenel Farms. … Tony Finau joined Homa, Scheffler and Rahm as the only players wi...

Medvedev upset by Karatsev in Madrid; Khachanov advances

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Daniil Medvedev’s impressive run this season took a hit after a straight-set loss to qualifier Aslan Karatsev in the fourth round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.The 121st-ranked Karatsev dominated in a 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over the second-seeded Medvedev for his first victory against a top-10 opponent since 2021.Medvedev entered the match with a tour-leading 33-4 record this year. The 29-year-old Karatsev is a former No. 14 in the world and has won three tour titles, the last in Sydney last year. “I’m feeling great, playing well,” Karatsev said. “I just have to focus every match, so I will be prepared for the next one.”The Russian will next play either Taylor Fritz or Zhang Zhizhen in the quarterfinals.Another Russian advancing to the last eight was Karen Khachanov, who beat doubles partner Andrey Rublev 7-6 (8), 6-4 after saving two set points in the tiebreaker and breaking serve early in the second set. Knocking out the fifth-ranked Rublev sealed KhachanovR...

125 names etched in remembrance at renovated DC police memorial

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:02:57 GMT

Thirteen years ago, a D.C. couple walked by a dilapidated memorial for local police officers. On Monday, their passion project turned into a reality when the newly renovated D.C. Police Memorial was unveiled.D.C. officials laid a brightly colored wreath at the new wall and renovated fountain of the D.C. Police Memorial on Monday.Days after announcing his departure as chief of the D.C. police, Robert Contee remarked on the importance of having a place to pay respects to the 125 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in D.C.’s police department.“This memorial is part of our grieving process,” Contee said. “It honors those we lost far too soon. It reminds everyone who sees it, how courageous each person on this wall is.”The couple who went on the walk was Don Graham and his wife, who, when seeing the state of the memorial, remarked to her husband, who had served as a D.C. officer, “You have to do something about that!”That ...