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Opinion: How the government can solve America’s obesity epidemic

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

Dying younger. Living harder. Going broke. It is difficult to overstate the longitudinal effects of excess weight in America.An estimated seven in 10 Americans are overweight or obese. The combination, according to the National Institutes of Health, results in an estimated 300,000 preventable deaths per year with extreme obesity lowering life expectancy by 14 years on average.Added weight not only makes everyday life more difficult, but it also produces serious health consequences that include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and cancer. In total, obesity costs an estimated $260 billion annually in inpatient and outpatient care.Whether weight gain is caused primarily by genetics, societal influences or individual will, scientists aren’t altogether sure. What’s clear, however, is that most efforts to lose weight ultimately fail.Ozempic, one of a new class of medications, has been shown in studies to spur significant weight loss. The others include Mounjaro,...

49ers camp preview: Which backups are in play for offensive line jobs?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

SANTA CLARA – One-on-one combat between Trent Williams and Nick Bosa is typically the marquee attraction among linemen drills at 49ers training camp.This camp’s undercard is worth following, however. Williams’ fellow offensive linemen, after all, must be able to ensure the ever-precarious health of the 49ers’ quarterbacks.At right tackle, Colton McKivitz enters as the already appointed successor to Mike McGlinchey, who left in free agency for Denver (after a five-year term featuring great praise for run blocking and heaping criticism for pass-protection lapses).On the interior, guards Aaron Banks and Spencer Burford will flank center Jake Brendel for a second straight year, which bodes well for their chemistry.So, since the starters are all set, time to look elsewhere, right? Not so fast.Assuming all five first-string linemen – Williams, Banks, Brendel, Burford, McKivitz – make it through a season as 17-game starters is a stretch. Reserves must be schooled up to maintain the consist...

Five-bedroom home in San Ramon sells for $2.7 million

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

2287 Rosemount Lane – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 2200 block of Rosemount Lane in San Ramon was sold on June 29, 2023 for $2,725,000, or $805 per square foot. The house, built in 2005, has an interior space of 3,387 square feet. This two-story home provides a generous living space with its five bedrooms and four bathrooms. The property is equipped with central A/C. In addition, the home comes with an attached two-car garage, allowing for convenient vehicle storage and additional storage space. The property occupies a sizable 8,592-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby:A 3,826-square-foot home on the 2200 block of Rosemount Lane in San Ramon sold in August 2022, for $2,585,000, a price per square foot of $676. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On Longleaf Circle, San Ramon, in May 2023, a 3,826-square-foot home was sold for $2,650,000, a price per square foot of $693. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.In April 202...

Warriors’ Kerr shares thoughts on Dunleavy’s first offseason, Chris Paul and personal goals

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

Steve Kerr doesn’t have much time to rest.He has just a few days with family in Southern California before training begins for Team USA Basketball when August begins. The Warriors’ head coach will reprise his role leading the national team for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, with warm-up games in Las Vegas, Spain and the United Arab Emirates before next month’s tournament in the Philippines.But Kerr paused for a few minutes this week to debrief the Warriors’ busy offseason so far.On Dunleavy’s offseason movesKerr noted that he had been in constant communication with Mike Dunleavy Jr. when it became apparent former general manager Bob Myers was likely to leave his post once his contract ran out and Dunleavy was his likely successor. They got on the same page throughout the season about how the roster needed to change to keep the championship contention window open.“It’s seamless, really, given that he’s been here the last five years,” Ke...

Opinion: California foster youth suffer as state shortchanges agencies

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

California’s foster children are too often being warehoused in hotels, office spaces and former juvenile halls rather than receiving intensive services to heal their trauma.Christine Stoner-Mertz is CEO of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services. (Photo courtesy of Christine Stoner-Mertz.)The state is failing the children who need us most because it has failed to invest at every level of the system supporting them. The state budget just adopted offers a thin lifeline to essential programs for youth yet misses crucial opportunities to fix devastating gaps in our system for the most vulnerable young people.From the viewpoint of the nonprofit programs that help children heal and reunite families, a total collapse is on the horizon without a surge in funding, and better coordination among public and private sectors to meet the growing needs of vulnerable children.First, helping them starts with prevention. Family resource centers, embedded in communities and with the t...

Fifty years after Bruce Lee’s death, this man keeps his promise

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Jeff Chinn says Bruce Lee saved his life.Now, 50 years after Lee’s death, Chinn works to keep Lee alive in the minds of visitors at a San Francisco museum.“Many times I get burned out and I get tired, but I keep reminding myself that Bruce Lee helped me so I have to keep up my part of the bargain,” Chinn said this week. “It’s just kind of strange because half my tour group doesn’t know he was born here.”Lee died on July 20, 1973, after an allergic reaction to headache medication. He was 32 and not yet the martial arts movie superstar he would become.Chinn, 62, is a retired mail carrier who serves as a docent in the Museum of the Chinese Historical Society of America in San Francisco’s Chinatown, where he guides tourists through an exhibit dedicated to Lee’s life.“His tour is really quite personal, quite in depth, and very intentional,” said the museum’s collections manager, Palma You.About 60% of the displayed artifacts, including the blue suit Lee wore i...

Fatal San Jose crash closes East Capitol Expressway east of I-87

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

(BCN) -- San Jose Police are on the scene of a fatal crash early Thursday that has closed the East Capitol Expressway in both directions between Snell Avenue and Vistapark Drive. A collision between two vehicles about 1:11 a.m. resulted in one man dying after he was taken to a local hospital. Another man suffered life-threatening injuries and is at a local hospital, according to a social media post from police, who advised the public to avoid the area. This marks the city's 28th traffic fatality of 2023. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

BCB Bancorp: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — BCB Bancorp Inc. (BCBP) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $8.6 million.The Bayonne, New Jersey-based bank said it had earnings of 50 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 53 cents per share.The community bank posted revenue of $48.4 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $28.1 million, exceeding Street forecasts.BCB Bancorp shares have declined 29% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased 29% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on BCBP at https://www.zacks.com/ap/BCBPSource

Australia’s 1-0 opening win at the Women’s World Cup gives a record crowd something to cheer about

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Matildas supporters streamed toward Sydney’s Central Station chanting “Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!” in the hours before Women’s World Cup co-host Australia kicked off against Ireland.The mood remained buoyant as a sea of yellow and green filled Stadium Australia at Sydney Olympic Park, becoming part of the biggest crowd ever for a women’s soccer match in Australia, announced at 75,784 on Thursday.“Who wouldn’t want to be here for the first match?” asked Katie Lynn, who traveled from Adelaide, 850 miles (1,370 kilometers) away, with girlfriend Jasmine Williamson. “I have not been to a sporting event this big before. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”Williamson summed up the mood perfectly: “People that aren’t even football fans are interested.”Sydney’s famed sporting atmosphere seemed subdued in the days leading up to the match. But game day brought out the fans, including a man dressed in a kangaroo costume who identified himself only as “Skippy.”“Just coming ...

Manassas schools finalize Jennie Dean replacement

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:59 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.Manassas City Public Schools have settled on a design for the new Jennie Dean Elementary School, with plans to break ground at the start of 2025.On Tuesday, School Board Chair Suzanne Seaberg announced that the division had selected Arlington-based RRMM Architects for the project. The company will use a prototype design used for Hardy Elementary School in Smithfield.Crews will break ground on the building at some point in 2025, and the new school will be ready for the start of the 2026-27 school year. According to Seaberg, the hope is that work will begin on school at the start of 2025.The building will go up adjacent to the current Dean school, which will remain intact for the time being as officials decide whether to attempt to repurpose it or possibly tear it down. Cost estimates for making the necessary renovations...