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布裡德的「華裔阿婆」稱遭麥法恩支持者脅迫

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 […] 布裡德的「華裔阿婆」稱遭麥法恩支持者脅迫 Source: missionlocal.org

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Slain Israeli hostage held by Hamas in ‘inhuman’ conditions underneath Gaza, sisters tell CNN

The sisters of an Israeli woman kidnapped and killed by Hamas have described the “inhuman” conditions in which she was held captive, telling CNN they have been living “a nightmare” since her body was recovered by the Israeli military in an underground tunnel in Gaza.Eden Yerushalmi was taken from the Nova music festival when Hamas launched its October 7 attack on Israel, and her body was among six recovered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) late last month.Her sisters Shani and May told CNN’s Anderson Cooper they had received proof that she was alive on three occasions, including just three weeks before her death.“It’s very difficult for us. We feel like we’re in a nightmare,” Shani Yerushalmi said. “Sometimes it feels like it isn’t real, like it’s not happening to us, because the whole time we truly believed that Eden […]

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Breed’s ‘Chinese grandma’ says Farrell backers coerced her

Mayor London Breed’s “Chinese grandmother,” Mrs. Wong, said that at a Chinatown banquet on Wednesday, she was coerced into wearing a Mark Farrell hat and tricked into posing with Breed’s opponent in a bid to make it appear she had switched sides.Tow Kuk Wong, more widely known as “Mrs. Wong” is president of the California Friends of Tenants Caucus, which has over 500 members, according to the 86-year-old. A well-connected community leader, Wong has also mobilized large groups of Chinese volunteers for Breed’s events. Wong is frequently pictured alongside Breed at campaign events.Her well-known image as a staunch Breed supporter makes any betrayal of the mayor a coveted win for other campaigns in a race in which Chinese votes hold significant importance.On Wednesday, she prepared herself for a mid-autumn festival lunch at the Far East Cafe. Instead, she found herself […]

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Why Apple’s iPhone 16 just is ‘not hitting home’ with consumers

Apple’s (AAPL) newest iPhone lineup is now in stores. However, the release of the iPhone 16 comes without the tech giant’s AI features — dubbed Apple Intelligence — which is slated for an October rollout.“We're very much in the early days of AI, a lot of questions by consumers around the benefits” says TECHnalysis Research President and Chief Analyst Bob O'Donnell.O'Donnell tells Yahoo Finance that there are some “fundamental challenges” right now in Apple's push for a device upgrade cycle, affirming that he is still a big believer in AI in the long run.As for the smartphone business overall? O'Donnell says it has stalled as consumers wait longer to upgrade their smartphones: "The hope was that these AI features from Apple would be that trigger for change, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen for a while."For more […]

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Breed and Farrell’s mutual attacks overshadow mayoral debate 

Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Mark Farrell. Read earlier dispatches here.Outside the cavernous Mission headquarters of the public radio giant KQED on Thursday night, a usually sleepy corner was overtaken with some 20 volunteers holding campaign signs. Inside 2601 Mariposa St.,  perhaps the most anticipated mayoral debate of the election season and likely the last to feature every major candidate was soon to kick off. Campaign staffers for London Breed and Daniel Lurie stood on opposite corners, waving campaign signs while cars passed by and honked. Alongside them stood another 20 disgruntled journalists with KQED itself, rallying to protest what they allege is illegal outsourcing and centralizing of television engineering jobs. The some 170 attendants streamed between the two jostling crowds.  The temperature […]

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Venerable Raleigh Beltline bridge will disappear this weekend

A bridge that has carried Raleigh Beltline traffic over Hillsborough Street for 66 years will be demolished this weekend.Weather permitting, Hillsborough Street and Beryl Road will close at the Beltline at 9 p.m. Friday so crews can begin taking the bridge apart. Demolition and cleanup should be done in time for Hillsborough and Beryl to reopen by 6 a.m. Monday.The four-lane bridge opened in April 1958, carrying what was then known as the U.S. 1 bypass around Raleigh. It was the first piece of the Beltline to open and is the last four-lane section of what is now known as Interstate 440.Contractors began widening the road from four to six lanes in 2019. The project includes reconfiguring and rebuilding the interchanges with Hillsborough Street, Wade Avenue, Western Boulevard and Jones Franklin Road, including all new bridges.Traffic on Beryl Road crosses […]

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SFUSD school board candidates on supporting educators

Welcome back to the “Meet the Candidates” series for the school board, where we ask each candidate one question every two weeks. They must answer the question in 100 words or fewer. We will link to longer answers.Eleven candidates are vying for four seats on the city’s seven-person school board. The election will take place on Nov. 5. Non-citizen parents of children living in the city are permitted to vote in school board elections, and can find information on doing so here.The San Francisco Unified School District kicked off the year with more than 100 educator vacancies. In response to the SFUSD’s financial troubles, the state has stepped in to oversee the district’s spending, including spending on hiring, which leaders of the teachers union say has delayed the process of filling those vacancies. The process has been hard on educators: […]

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23andMe directors resign as the CEO of the genetic-testing company seeks to take it private

NEW YORK (AP) — All of 23andMe's independent directors resigned from its board this week, a rare move that marks the latest challenge for the genetic-testing company.The resignations follow drawn-out negotiations with 23andMe CEO and co-founder Anne Wojcicki, who wants to take the company private. In a Tuesday letter addressed to Wojcicki, the seven directors said they had yet to receive a “a fully financed, fully diligenced, actionable proposal that is in the best interests of the non-affiliated shareholders” from the chief executive after months of efforts.The directors said they would be resigning effective immediately — arguing that, while they still believed in 23andMe's mission, their departures were for the best due to Wojcicki’s concentrated voting power and a “clear” difference of opinion on the company's future.Wojcicki later responded to the resignations in a memo to employees, published in a […]

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What Mark Farrell would do in his first 100 days as mayor

Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Mark Farrell. Read earlier dispatches here.With less than two months to go until Election Day, Mark Farrell is putting the jigsaw pieces of his plan for San Francisco together. The mayoral candidate revealed on Wednesday he would not open up Market Street to all cars (just to ride-shares like Lyft and Uber), but would upzone downtown, remove members of the police commission, and declare a fentanyl state of emergency. He said he would fire the police chief and the head of the transit agency, put together a “stop the spread” tent removal team, and make use of expanded mayoral powers he is bankrolling via ballot measure.  “My 100-day agenda articulates a clear plan: A vision for a safer, […]

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Israel bombs Lebanon after radio blasts, says it thwarts assassination plot

By James MackenzieJERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel bombed southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it had thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios that came on the heels of blasts in booby trapped pagers, setting the foes hurtling towards war.The sophisticated attacks on communications equipment used by Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah have sown disarray in Lebanon, and are increasingly viewed as heralding a return to all-out war, last fought 18 years ago.Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel in parallel with the Gaza war nearly a year ago.The previous day, hundreds of pagers - used by Hezbollah to evade mobile phone surveillance - exploded at once, killing 12 people including two children, and injuring nearly 3,000.Israel has not commented […]

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