Read in English 市長布裡德（London Breed）的「華裔阿婆」黃太太表示，週三在華埠一場宴會上，她被迫戴上麥法恩（Mark Farrell）的競選帽，還被騙與布裡德的對手合影，意圖讓外界以為她已改變立場。 86歲的黃桃菊，人稱「黃太太」，是加州住客之友團盟的主席，據她說該組織有500多名會員。作為一位人脈廣闊的社區領袖，黃太太經常為布裡德的活動動員大批華裔志願者，並常在競選活動中與布裡德並肩出現。 她作為布裡德堅定支持者的形象深入人心，若她轉投他人，無疑會成為其他候選人在華裔選票舉足輕重的競選中的重大勝利。 週三，黃太太原本準備參加遠東樓的中秋節午宴。但她用粵語告訴本報記者，她發現自己陷入了一場「騙局」。 「他們之前跟我說只是吃個飯，」黃太太談到宴會組織者時說。她回憶，華裔民主黨協進會（該俱樂部已支持麥法恩）的朱偉 （Selena Chu） 事先告訴她麥法恩會出席，但只是慶祝中秋，不涉及政治宣傳。 然而，根據黃太太的說法，這變成了一場在洗手間的不愉快伏擊，有人迅速將她的橙色聖荷西Barracudas隊帽換成藍色「麥法恩競選市長」帽。隨後，她戴著麥法恩帽與麥法恩合影的照片被發到了網上。 黃太太說，宴會開始時她還在與加州住客之友團盟的老朋友敘舊。但不久，麥法恩的支持者就接近了她。 「我擔心會被要求上台拍照支持麥法恩」黃太太說。 為了避免這種情況，幾週前剛做完雙腿手術、行動不便的黃太太藉口去了洗手間。她說自己在那裡躲了至少15分鐘。然後，四名女子跟了進來，更多人在外面等著。有人拍打她所在隔間的門。「我正在提褲子，」黃太太說，「這時看到有人從門縫偷看我。」 黃太太說現場非常嘈雜混亂，她記不清具體發生了什麼。但她確信麥法恩的競選經理Jade Tu和華裔民主黨協進會的招霞參與其中。她還看到華裔活動家雷千紅，但説在宴會上沒有與她交談。 黃太太說，洗手間裡的人要她「出來拍照」。她回憶有人說，「我們有頂很酷的藍帽子給你，來戴上吧。」 當黃太太出來時，有人突然摘下她的橙帽，換上了「麥法恩競選市長」的帽子。 黃太太不懂英文。她說周圍沒人告訴她帽子上寫了什麼，她完全不知道發生了什麼。 然後，有人想摘下她的口罩 — 可能是為了在照片中辨認她。她拒絕了，那群人就走開了。 但當黃太太回到座位摘下口罩吃飯時，有人趁機拍下了她戴著麥法恩帽子的照片。 黃太太說麥法恩本人沒有參與這次事件。 雷千紅承認出席了宴會，但對黃太太的指控表示「無可奉告」。目擊者證實Tu和招霞都在現場。招霞否認與黃太太有任何互動，聲稱直到後來在網上看到照片才知道這件事。Tu否認給黃太太戴帽子：「我非常尊重長輩，絕不會做傷害他們的事。」 黃太太說，宴會後招霞給她打電話，要她把布裡德排在第一位，麥法恩排在第二位。黃太太說她沒有直接回答，只說「以後再談」。 當Mission […]
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Gas leak shuts down 4 blocks in Mission, buildings evacuated
A gas leak near 24th and Hampshire streets in the Mission caused several buildings to be evacuated on Tuesday morning for about three hours, as emergency crews worked to find the source of the leak and shut it down. A four-block radius on Hampshire Street from 23rd to 25th streets and on 24th Street from Potrero Avenue to York Street was still shut down to vehicle traffic as of Tuesday afternoon, and emergency crews were on scene.Lt. Mariano Elias, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department, said the department got a 911 call from a construction worker at 9:15 a.m. about a broken gas pipe at the intersection. A private firm had been doing work that morning, Elias said, though he did not know the name of the firm.The crew struck a two-inch natural gas line at the intersection, […]
Nearly 100 still missing in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
Ninety-two people are still unaccounted for in North Carolina, weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the western part of the state, Governor Roy Cooper said on Tuesday.In a news conference on Tuesday, Cooper warned that number could change as more reports of missing people are resolved."I want to caution that this is not a definitive count, because the task force is continuing its work," he said.Ninety-five people are known to have died in North Carolina as a result of the storm, while more than 220 have been killed in total, including in Florida, where the storm made landfall.During the news conference, Cooper also made reference to the "persistent and dangerous flow of misinformation" circulating about the hurricane, which he said was continuing to complicate relief efforts.He said such misinformation "breeds confusion and demoralises storm survivors and response workers alike"."If you're participating […]
Murder trial for CashApp founder Bob Lee kicks off in San Francisco
During opening statements today in the highly anticipated murder trial of Nima Momeni, who is accused of stabbing CashApp founder Bob Lee to death last year, attorneys presented two different versions of events: One in which Momeni was a hostile aggressor, the other in which Lee was a drug-addled, sleep-deprived assailant. “Stabbed through his heart — and left to die,” Omid Talai, the lead prosecutor, said slowly and deliberately to the packed San Francisco Superior Courtroom, underscoring his version of events with images projected on two large screens of Lee’s lifeless and stitched-up body.He also showed the jury of seven men and five women surveillance footage of Lee’s movements in the hours before his death. Saam Zangeneh, the lead defense attorney, started with a similarly dramatic opening: “Six. Six hours,” he said. Evidence would show, he said, that Lee slept only six hours […]
A La Niña winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US
Fall is in full swing, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to winter, especially one that could feel considerably different than last year’s dominated by El Niño.A weak La Niña is expected to develop ahead of the season and influence temperatures, precipitation, and by extension, even snow across the United States.La Niña is a natural climate pattern that influences global weather marked by cooler than average ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. The effects on weather are most pronounced during the winter months in the Northern Hemisphere and have a much weaker influence in the summer.Last winter was the warmest on record for the Lower 48 because it was dominated by La Niña’s counterpart El Niño in a world also warming due to fossil fuel pollution.The prolonged warmth prevented many heavy snow events in the Northeast and Midwest and created […]
Thousands gather for Indigenous Peoples’ day on Alcatraz Island
Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. While the rest of the city slept, Alcatraz glowed as thousands circled around a bonfire lit on the island in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.The annual sunrise gathering began before dawn on Monday to commemorate the original occupation of Alcatraz island, the ancestral lands of the Ohlone, by “Indians of All Tribes” between 1969 and 1971. Organizers from the International Indian Treaty Council say that action “sparked the National and International Indigenous Peoples movement for rights and justice.”This year, the event drew around 2,500 people, council liaison Morning Star Gali estimated. The crowds did not shy away from an early morning boat ride. The council’s executive director, Andrea Carmen, arrived around 2:30 a.m to set up for the dozens of indigenous performers who […]
Q3 earnings focus is on price pressures: JPMorgan strategist
After the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) close at record highs, JPMorgan asset management global market strategist Jordan Jackson sits down with Market Domination Overtime Hosts Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton to discuss his view that tech stocks are likely to take a backseat this earnings season.The strategist expects CEOs and CFOs will "continue to have this sort of benign outlook." He tells Yahoo Finance, "It's not great, but it's not bad either. And so I think in this environment, they can still flex a little bit of pricing power. You can still see the earnings recovery kind of come through for other sectors outside of technology, which I think is really important for the durability of this market rally, right. So I think you know co confidence is going to again be sort of benign. […]
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