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Wisconsin university chancellor says he was fired for appearing in porn videos with wife

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that the school's governing board fired him because members were uncomfortable with him and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos.The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents, which oversees UW-Madison, UW-La Crosse and 11 other regional campuses, voted unanimously during a hastily convened closed meeting Wednesday evening to fire Gow.After the vote, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and regents President Karen Walsh issued statements saying the regents had learned of specific conduct by Gow that subjected the university to “significant reputational harm.” Rothman called Gow's actions “abhorrent” and Walsh said she was “disgusted.” But neither of them offered any details of the allegations.Gow told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday morning that regents had discovered that he and his wife, former UW-La Crosse professor Carmen Wilson, had be...

Scout Gillett Digs Van Etten

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

Scout Gillett Digs Van Etten: Scout Gillett told us about her Sharon Van Etten experience.Scout Gillett: One of my favorite shows I’ve seen was Sharon Van Etten in April of 2022 at Union Pool for her Album release for We’ve Been Going About this all Wrong.My roommate Jesse Mosher in Brooklyn, NY was doing live sound for her tour and I met Sharon before moving to NY 6 years ago. It was such an intimate way of seeing her and her band sounded amazing.I thought it was really cool that the group had been used to playing much larger rooms on this tour and they adapted seamlessly to the Union Pool capacity of 150 and made it feel just as massive in a different kind of way.I listened to the record before the show on repeat and the songs were so hooky and catchy – I was already singing along to some at the show. I really respect Sharon as a person and as a phenomenal songwriter and performer. I left the show feeling fuzzy and so inspired and those are the kinds of shows tha...

Wish Book: HealthRIGHT 360’s Asian American Recovery Services helps tackle stigma over mental health, substance use

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

Perla Equihua, a 19-year-old Chicana woman, brims with pride as she recounts the last six years — a journey from frequent blackouts as a young teen caused by a drug cocktail of pills and alcohol to learning how to stop and take a breath and cope without substances.Her longtime care coordinator, Cristina Aldama, sits next to her in one of HealthRIGHT 360‘s East San Jose offices, intently listening. The pair have grown close over the years, evidenced by quick glances of reassurance and warm smiles that turn into big grins. Equihua said her mother doesn’t know much of what she’s been through in the last half decade, but Aldama does.Perla Equihua’s longtime care coordinator Cristina Aldama, left, smiles as Equihua talks during an interview at one of  HealthRIGHT 360’s East San Jose offices on Oct. 24, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) “My confidence? It’s crazy now,” Equihua said, flashing her 1,000-watt smile once again.Since age 13, Equihu...

Prep roundup: Jimenez comes through in the clutch again as Salesian stays unbeaten

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

Boys basketballNo. 2 Salesian 59, Centennial-Corona 57Since traveling to the Classic at Damien tournament, Zander Jimenez must have a body temperature far below the typical 97 degrees fahrenheit. In each of Salesian’s two games at the prestigious tournament, the senior guard has had ice water running through his veins in crunch time. On Thursday night, trailing Centennial by one point with under a minute left, Jimenez canned a corner three-pointer to give Salesian the lead. Jimenez knocked down four straight free throws with under 10 seconds left to close out a win against Windward the day before. Salesian (12-0) will play St. John Bosco on Friday night in the semifinal. Aside from Jimenez’s heroics, Salesian got its usual stellar performances from its consistent standouts. Aaron Hunkin-Claytor scored 17 points, De’Undrae Perteete dropped in 12 and Alvin Loving IV scored 10 points. Damien 52, No. 1 De La Salle 42The Bay Area News Group’s top team lost its first game of the season, a...

San Jose cop behind racist texts had large cache of weapons seized because of message about shooting Black attorney

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

A San Jose police officer who resigned in November when his racist text messages surfaced — including one threatening to shoot a Black attorney — also had a large stockpile of weapons seized by authorities due to a gun violence restraining order against him, the Mercury News has learned.Mark McNamara, who joined the SJPD in 2017, cannot access his 18 firearms until May 2024, according to court documents filed in November. The confiscation of his weapons was initiated amid an ongoing civil lawsuit against the city over a controversial shooting where McNamara wounded a man at a downtown San Jose taqueria in 2022.The text that sparked the restraining order was directed at Adanté Pointer — the lawyer representing shooting victim K’aun Green in the lawsuit — and was sent to a former SJPD officer and another who is on administrative leave because of the messages. The names of the recipients of McNamara’s messages haven’t been released.“The other day thi...

Elderly resident critically injured in San Leandro house fire Thursday evening

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

The Alameda County Fire Department responded to a house fire on Thrush Ave. in San Leandro shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday evening, according to a post on X, formerly called Twitter.ACFD is on the scene of a house fire on Thrush Ave in San Leandro. Please avoid the area. #ALCOFIRE #sanleandro pic.twitter.com/9D6MKeSkez— Alameda County Fire (@AlamedaCoFire) December 29, 2023Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Former Oakland fire chief resigns from top San Rafael job Crashes and Disasters | ‘One of the pillars’: 95-year-old Oakland artist known for vivid depictions of Black life killed in house fire Crashes and Disasters | Vacant harbor master’s office at San Leandro Marina destroyed by fire Crashes and Disasters | Car catches fire in eastbound Caldecott Tunnel Crashes and Disasters | Christmas morning fire in San Leandro apartment building displaces three people According to a re...

This view of the Golden Gate Bridge is getting an upgrade — but for many, it’s an unwelcome one

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

For decades, one of the most iconic views of the Golden Gate Bridge has been framed by a heavy, sea-weathered iron chain along San Francisco’s road to historic Fort Point. Now, that chain is getting an upgrade — and many Bay Area residents are not happy about it.“Hey let’s take one of the really charming parts of the city and instead put in this pre school looking railing,” said one Reddit user, chiming into a cacophony of disappointment on the platform last week. “How this got accepted from a design standpoint borders on depressing.”“Doesn’t border, full on embraces bottom of the barrel depressing,” replied another.Rusty Iron chains that have lined the road to Fort Point in San Francisco, Calif. for over 30 years are in the midst of being replaced by National Park Service contractors with aluminum railings, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Although the dark, heavy, linked loop chains conjure visions of San Francisco’s seafaring days...

During a late night round of golf, Brandin Podziemski finds a mentor in Steph Curry

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

Practice in Phoenix had ended and Brandin Podziemski was about to turn in for a nap when his phone lit up with a text message.It was from Steph Curry:“Hey, if you want to come golf with me, I’m leaving in 15-20 minutes.”Podziemski hadn’t played a hole of golf in his life, save for occasional rounds of putt-putt with family growing up in suburban Milwaukee. But unfazed by unfamiliarity and undaunted by a one-on-one, 18-hole round with the American Century Champion, Podziemski leaped at the opportunity.With a little guidance from Curry, Podziemski dusted off his old baseball swing and, by his count, had this golf thing down by hole 15 or 16. By Curry’s expert opinion, he started picking it up by hole eight or nine.“Then you form a sense of expectation for what a good hit is and you lose it a little bit,” Curry said. “He didn’t finish strong, but the potential is there.”A round of night golf in the Sonoran Desert was less about honing putting technique and...

49ers’ George Kittle at age 30 — as explosive as ever and the beating heart of a franchise

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Life as a third wheel has been good to George Kittle.Just nine yards away from his third season with 1,000 yards receiving, Kittle at age 30 is as good as he’s ever been — which is saying something for someone who has more receptions (457) and yardage (6,245) than any tight end in 49ers history.The 1,000-yard milestone should be surpassed at some point in the first quarter Sunday in the 49ers’ road game against the Washington Commanders. As much as Kittle values blocking, he was taught early by former position coach Jon Embree to appreciate a statistical marker that is rarified air to a true tight end.“My goal every year is 1,000 yards, 10 touchdowns,” Kittle said. “It’s a goal I set for myself since my second year. My tight ends coach made me do that. And I love having that mindset, something to strive for.“Is it the most important thing? No, winning is. But it’s a fun little box you can check and it looks go...

Barabak: Newsom made the right call on Trump ballot access

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:21:06 GMT

Gavin Newsom had a chance to score some cheap political points that might help if, as widely expected, he someday seeks the White House.To his credit, Newsom passed.Chalk it up to good sense and, if the holiday spirit moves you, the governor’s integrity as well.There’s a movement across the land to strike Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot as punishment — or justice, if you prefer — for summoning and unleashing the deadly mob that overran the U.S. Capitol and desecrated our democracy on Jan. 6, 2021.The effort was moldering in the hearts of Trump antagonists until last week when the Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, disqualified the former president from the state’s primary ballot on the grounds of insurrection.Kounalakis panderingThe ruling, which was based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, is on hold, as Republicans appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. But the move by Colorado’s justices invigorated the dump-Trump movement and catalyzed oppor...