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• Sharks interim GM on possibly trading Karlsson or Burns: ‘Nothing is off-limits’ SAN JOSE – Joe Will, the Sharks’ interim general manager, said he’s open to discussing the possibility of trading either Brent Burns or Erik Karlsson this offseason if he feels such a move would improve the team. “We do need to, anytime, look at getting better however we can and nothing is off-limits,” Will told this news organization earlier this week. “But having said that, they’re exceptional players and we have a lot of very high-end players. Ideally, we’d like…
• Photos: World Table Tennis Feeder Series Fremont 2022 One hundred fifty players from around the world, 17 of them Olympians, competed in Fremont for four days at Table Tennis America for the World Table Tennis Feeder Series. On Sunday, the final day, the Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Singles and Men’s Singles were crowned. Sakura Mori and Asuka Sasao of Japan won their Women’s Doubles match (11-9, 11-7, 11-13, 8-11, 11-9) against Taiwan’s Li Yu-Jhun and Cheng I-Ching. In other matches, Hiroto Shinozuka beat Tom Jarvis to win…
• Photos: Golden State Warriors defeat Memphis Grizzlies without coach Steve Kerr Warriors coach Steve Kerr tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals series against the Memphis Grizzlies. The news of Kerr entering the league’s health and safety protocols broke just two hours before tipoff Monday night. No one else on the Warriors’ roster or staff tested positive Monday. Assistant coach Mike Brown is serving as the acting head coach in place of Kerr. Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant will miss Game 4 with a…
• Letters: Vote for Monroe | Knox’s blind spot | A’s loyalty | CARE Court Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Reelect Monroe county superintendent of schools Superintendent L.K. Monroe has successfully served Alameda County as its superintendent of schools for the past eight years. She convened the East Bay Coalition for Public Education, a group of school board members, union leaders, district superintendents, parents and students who joined together to advocate for increased funding for schools before the COVID pandemic. Her ability to bring this…
• Bafta TV Awards 2022: Winning scriptwriter reads powerful letter from bereaved Covid families during acceptance speech: ‘Start the inquiry now’ The campaign group want the government to take action (Picture: REX/BBC)The writer behind BBC drama Together used his TV Baftas speech to read a letter from families bereaved by Covid-19 tonight. Their letter criticised the Government’s handling of the pandemic, after Together, starring Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy, won the award for single drama. Taking to the stage, scriptwriter Dennis Kelly read a letter from the campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, calling for a public inquiry to be…
• Anti-Semitism, as lawmakers say in letter, has no place in public discourse Maze Jackson speaks during a 2021 rally outside the Chicago Housing Authority headquarters in the Loop, decrying economic disparities for black communities in the city.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Everyone, particularly in these times of discord, should treat others fairly and with respect. So-called influencers especially should strive to do so. We say this after 11 state lawmakers wrote a letter this week to Kari Steele, president of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, asking her to repudiate remarks by her husband, Maze Jackson.…
• Snow due for Tahoe could dust some Bay Area peaks Brisk and chilly conditions ahead will bring a bit of snow to the San Francisco Bay Area’s highest locations, and a lot more to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra, the National Weather Service said. “We do have a very cold air mass that continues to filter into the Bay Area in wake of a cold front that moved through earlier in the day,” meteorologist Roger Gass said Sunday afternoon. That air means that scattered and isolated rain showers, unlikely to lead…
• Letters: Common sense | Supporting abuse victims | Radical action | Student guidance | SCOTUS leaker Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. When you vote, vote for common sense Why is it we are punished for water use that is already low by standards for residential usage? CCWD rates and EBMUD rates are already causing customers to conserve. Now we are expected to pay more for less? Maybe it’s time for the boards and the agency to collect fewer dollars. We in the CCWD were told the…
• Vote now: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) girls athlete of the week poll. For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner. This week, we consider performances from May 2-8. Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Vote as many times as you’d like until then. Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can…
• Letters: Becton is best | Mentally ills’ humanity | No Planet B | Free lunch | The big picture | Woman’s choice Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Becton is the best choice for DA The East Bay Times got it right with the endorsement of Diana Becton as the best choice for Contra Costa prosecutor. Becton prioritizes safety while staying resolute in applying justice fairly and holding all, including law enforcement, accountable. She eliminated the backlog of untested sexual assault kits, and she established the county’s first Human Trafficking Unit and a…