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Opinion: The teen mental health crisis is no place to cut corners

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

It’s no secret that kids in the U.S. are struggling with mental health issues in increasing numbers. Now, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasizes the severity of the situation: Pediatric mental health hospitalizations are rising, and many more kids are being hospitalized for attempting suicide.The data couldn’t be clearer: We’re not identifying and supporting struggling kids before they hit a crisis.JoAnna Leyenaar, lead author of the study, is a pediatric hospitalist and vice chair of research for the department of pediatrics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. She noticed a growing proportion of the patients at her hospital were coming in because of mental health conditions. She decided to mine the country’s largest public database of pediatric inpatient care to try to understand if it was a nationwide trend.And clearly, it is. Between 2009 and 2019, pediatric mental health hospitalizations at acute care facilities rose by near...

Draymond Green unleashes his fire — something the Warriors desperately need

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s nothing more unrelenting than a Warriors’ 3-point shooting avalanche, and often an amped-up Draymond Green’s voice triggers the cascade. So when Green starts talking — loud — teammates who know him best know it’s time to lock in.Teammates also know Green typically saves that voice for the playoffs. But in a crucial game against the New Orleans Pelicans with just a handful of games to pull themselves into a first-round series guarantee and out of the play-in tournament bracket, Green let loose.Once longtime foe CJ McCollum ticked him off, Green was in everyone’s ear and in their face. He drew a technical foul, a Flagrant 1 and was a team-high plus-26 as the Warriors overcame a 20-point deficit in the second half to win 120-109.“Draymond willed us to victory,” Steve Kerr said after the game. “His intensity, his frustration with the way we were playing. Mad at the world, yelling at everybody. Our bench,...

Opinion: Bay Area counties push for comprehensive homelessness plan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

Counties have worked hard for years to partner with cities, the state and community organizations to fight homelessness. We’ve developed resources and innovations to expand housing and services for unsheltered residents suffering on our streets.And yet, making real progress has been difficult to achieve because California doesn’t define clear state, county or city roles and responsibilities in addressing homelessness — which leaves us with the existing patchwork of solutions that aren’t yielding the results we need when we need them most.Until we answer some basic questions — Which entity is responsible for what? Are these responsibilities properly aligned with authority, flexibility and sustainable funding? How can we design and apply accountability to ensure the best outcomes? — California will continue to live with the shame of leading the nation with nearly 200,000 unsheltered children and adults across our state.We must change course. We can’t continue to do t...

A’s Opening Night starter Kyle Muller was the Shohei Ohtani of Texas high school baseball

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

OAKLAND — Kyle Muller is cheerfully standing in front of his locker, doing his best to recount one of the most special moments of his young life and failing miserably to come up with the details.The Athletics’ rookie left-hander remembers getting an e-mail from pitching coach Scott Emerson late last week requesting his presence along with manager Mark Kotsay and bullpen coach Mike McCarthy.“I’ll be honest. I forgot the whole first half of it right up until the point where Kots said, `Do you think you can do that on Opening Day?,’ ” Muller said. “At that point I was locked in. I got up, hugged everybody. I was freaking out.”If all goes according to plan, Muller, 25, will be an anchor on the A’s pitching staff. The choice of Kotsay to be the Opening Night starter Thursday (7 p.m.), Muller will face Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels.Ohtani is coming off a dominant performance on the mound and at the plate, leading Japan to the...

Holes-in-one: Aces carded from around Bay Area golf courses recently

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

Congratulations to the following golfers who made the most perfect shot in the game recently:Allan Cantando: Lone Tree GC, No. 14, 109 yards, pitching wedgeRick Dudley: Deep Cliff GC, No. 6, 226 yards, driverAaron Ellis: Metropolitan GL, No. 12, 120 yards, 7-ironAlex Gutierrez: Pleasanton GC, No. 8, 134 yards, 7-ironMaggie Lindquist: Metropolitan GL, No. 15, 99 yards, 9-wood*Jameson McBride: Lone Tree GC, No. 8, 100 yards, driverIsaac Neal: Metropolitan GL, No. 12, 127 yards, 9-iron*McBride, 10, was competing in First Tee Contra Costa Tournament 

Shooting on eastbound 580 in Oakland kills 1, closes lanes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

(KRON) -- One person is dead after a freeway shooting in Oakland, according to the California Highway Patrol. The shooting happened on eastbound 580 at Park Boulevard, officers said.I-580 is closed in that area for the investigation. There is no estimated time of reopening.Officers said they responded to a crash around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they got there, officers determined it was a freeway shooting. Officers said they found one person in the car suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.This story is developing and will be updated.

Damaged pipe causes water shortage in Benicia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

(KRON) -- The City of Benicia is requiring all residents, businesses, schools, hotels and others to reduce their water usage by 40 percent. A collapsed hillside near I-680 caused damage to the city’s main water line that delivers water to the entire city, located about nine miles outside of the city.Photos show a cracked road as a result of the damaged water line.Crews scrambled to fix the pipe Wednesday. In the meantime, the 27,000 people who live here are being asked to cut back their water use by 40 percent.The city is tapping into a secondary source of water from nearby Lake Herman, but the water will taste earthy because it contains organic carbon. There is no timetable on when the main line will be repaired. 

Major track work will delay East Bay BART trains over weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

(BCN) -- This weekend is the first of five through June during which BART's regular yellow line service through Orinda will be delayed while the transit agency conducts major work on tracks. Free buses will replace train service between the Rockridge and Orinda stations while BART does its work. BART officials said riders can expect delays of 30 minutes in the work area. Yellow line trains will run every 30 minutes on shutdown weekends. Riders at the Rockridge station should anticipate normally scheduled weekend departures being delayed. On each night of the weekend shutdowns, the last scheduled departure from Antioch to Orinda that normally leaves at 11:44 p.m. will be canceled. Riders traveling west from Antioch must catch the earlier train at 11:14 p.m. each night. BART officials said the equipment being replaced is decades old and has outlived its design life. "Riders will enjoy a smoother, safer, more reliable, and quieter ride once the projects are com...

Hudson Global: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

OLD GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — OLD GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Hudson Global Inc. (HSON) on Thursday reported earnings of $62,000 in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Old Greenwich, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of 2 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 33 cents per share.The staffing company posted revenue of $43.6 million in the period.For the year, the company reported profit of $7.1 million, or $2.27 per share. Revenue was reported as $200.9 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on HSON at https://www.zacks.com/ap/HSONSource

More Americans file for jobless claims; layoffs remain low

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:32 GMT

U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and the job market in its fight against inflation.Jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 25 rose by 7,000 to 198,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday.The four-week moving average of claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week fluctuations, rose by 2,000 to 198,250, remaining below the 200,000 threshold for the tenth straight week.Applications for unemployment benefits are broadly seen reflective of the number of layoffs in the U.S.Last week, the Federal Reserve extended its year-long fight against high inflation by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point, despite concerns that higher borrowing rates could worsen the turmoil that has gripped the banking system.Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed that the central bank remains focused on fighting high inflation, which could require addit...