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Longtime Bay Area sports writer says The Athletic is censoring column
The Athletic is apparently telling Bay Area sports columnist Tim Kawakami that he can’t address certain questions in his mailbag columns. Kawakami was critical of San Jose Sharks owner Hasso Plattner in his latest mailbag column on Wednesday, which led two people to disagree with Kawakami in the column's comment section. Kawakami elected to respond to those comments in a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter. In doing so, Kawakami said he’s been told he can’t comment on company matters in his...
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East Bay postal worker robbed at gunpoint, attacks continue in Bay Area
A postal worker in the East Bay was held at gunpoint earlier this week, surveillance footage shows, and forced to give up her mailbox keys and cellphone. The video, published by KTVU, shows two masked men run up behind a U.S. Postal Service worker outside a residential mailbox, grab her and point a gun at her. The robbery happened Monday in broad daylight, at approximately 4:30 p.m., in Dublin near the cul-de-sac of Obispo Court, the Dublin Police Services said in a news release. The robbers...
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The Bay Area's most hazardous playground has to be seen to be believed
Xavi, 7 years old, pounds nails into a wooden board. Once he finishes sealing this wall, his secret hideout will be complete. Then, with his backpack full of books, he can crawl in through the hidden back entrance. “You get to basically do whatever you want,” he says, nonchalantly, as he gives his hammer another gentle swing. In most places, the sight of grade schoolers hunched over workbenches, diligently sawing at blocks of wood, might set off alarm bells. But this activity is a healthy...