Новости за 05.02.2018

Three elementary schools in the South San Jose area will soon shutter, due in part to the fact that it's extremely expensive to live in the South Bay Area.

Three elementary schools in the South San Jose area will soon shutter, due in part to the fact that it's extremely expensive to live in the South Bay Area.

Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” isn’t just a play. It’s an icon, its scenes so codified in collective memory that we can see an uncaptioned photo from the play and immediately know its origin. It’s ripe for parody and, worse, for default interpretation, for productions that give audiences exactly what they’ve learned to expect. The magic of Ubuntu Theater Project’s production of the 1947 drama, which opened Saturday, Feb. 3, is that it sheds the baggage of decades of expectation. Читать дальше...

Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Alec Baldwin have joined the cast of Edward Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn.” Norton writes, directs and stars in the adaptation of the 1999 Jonathan Lethem novel, which just began production in New York City. The cast also includes Willem Dafoe (“The Florida Project”), Cherry Jones (“American Crime”), Ethan Suplee (“Chance”), Leslie Mann (“This Is 40”), Josh Pais (“Ray Donovan”), Fisher Stevens, Michael K. Williams (“Assassin’s Creed”), and Robert Wisdom (“The Dark Knight Rises”).

Murray Fraser and Parisa Fitz-Henley just landed roles fit for a king and queen — or at least, a prince and a princess. The two have been cast in the title roles for upcoming Lifetime movie “Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance.” Chronicling the courtship and love story between a beloved prince and his new fiancée, the film will examine the history of Prince Harry (Fraser) and Meghan Markle (Fitz-Henley) from the moment they met after being set up by friends, through their initial courtship when they were able to keep their romance under wraps... Читать дальше...

A fiery crash Monday morning in Santa Rosa involved 10 cars and sent six people to the hospital — two with serious injuries, authorities said. The collision was reported about 9:50 a.m. in the area of Fountaingrove Parkway and Mendocino Avenue, near Highway 101 and the Old Redwood Highway, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department. Six of the vehicles burned in a fire that erupted from the crash. An investigation into what caused the crash is ongoing. ... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System regents are considering raising tuition for nonresident and graduate students at three institutions next year. The regents' finance committee is set to vote on a proposal Thursday that calls for raising undergraduate nonresident tuition by $355 and graduate tuition by $430 at UW-Eau Claire; raising nonresident graduate business school tuition by $539 at UW-Milwaukee; and raising graduate nonresident tuition by $296 at UW-Stout. The increases are... Читать дальше...

Cal Performances has favored the booking of uncategorizable entertainments this season. On Saturday, Feb. 3, at Zellerbach Hall, it came up with a doozy. “Il Ritorno,” a creation of Australia’s Circa Contemporary Circus, can be judged an acrobatic tour de force, a circus act, a modern dance essay and an homage to one of the greatest and earliest operas, Claudio Monteverdi’s 1640 “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” (Ulysses’ Return to his Homeland). Or, all of the above. Whatever you call “Il Ritorno,” it’s a true original... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin urged Oklahoma legislators Monday to approve a broad swath of tax increases to pay for a $5,000 pay raise for teachers and stabilize a state budget plagued by years of shortfalls. Instead of touting her legacy during her eighth and final State of the State address, Oklahoma's first female governor asked lawmakers to back a package of policy and tax changes dubbed "Step Up Oklahoma." It's been endorsed by a group of Oklahoma's civic and business leaders, she said. Читать дальше...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Supreme Court declining to stop court-ordered redistricting in Pennsylvania (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Pennsylvania's governor is voicing his approval to a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to put on hold a Democratic challenge to the state's Republican-drawn congressional district map. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday that gerrymandering "is wrong" and that a replacement map should "correct errors of the past." Wolf says the focus should be... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's final budget proposal includes a range of tax changes, including a higher levy on cigarettes, a 25-cent-per-bottle deposit on wine and liquor and elimination of the $200 property tax credit against the income tax. Those propositions are in addition to the gradual 7-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase and statewide tolling Malloy proposed last week. Malloy's budget does not increase the state's income or sales tax. However, it repeals the sales tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Oklahoma Legislature beginning the 2018 regular session (all times local): 1:35 p.m. A group of protesters heckled Gov. Mary Fallin as she wrapped up her final State of the State address to Oklahoma legislators. As Fallin finished her speech on Monday that highlights the start of the 2018 session, two young women unfurled a banner from the top of the House gallery that included a likeness of Fallin and read: "State of Despair." Another woman holding a toddler... Читать дальше...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on AP revelations that Pope Francis received detailed testimony from a sex abuse survivor in 2015, despite having insisted he never heard from victims (all times local): 8:20 p.m. A lay Catholic group in southern Chile that has opposed a bishop accused of sex abuse cover-up says revelations by The Associated Press that Pope Francis heard directly from a victim about the problem "brings an end to his 'zero tolerance' rhetoric." Juan Carlos Claret, a spokesman for Laicos de Osorno... Читать дальше...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A $15 million notice of claim alleges the state of Arizona failed to protect a former foster child who spent 12 years in the home of a man convicted of child sex crimes. The Arizona Daily Star reports the claim was filed against the Department of Child Safety and Department of Economic Security. The claim is a precursor to a lawsuit. It alleged foster father David Frodsham physically and sexually abused the victim and prostituted him to other men. In 2016, Frodsham was sentenced... Читать дальше...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — A teenage mother who abandoned her infant daughter in a trash bag behind a New York home has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Harriette Hoyt of Sayre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in exchange for the sentence Friday in Chemung County Court. Her lawyer, John Brennan, said Hoyt was very sorry and admits that her diagnosis of postpartum depression didn't excuse her actions. District Attorney Weeden Wetmore said the nine-year sentence was fair given Hoyt's... Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's attorney general rejected a proposal for use of state-controlled land for a $1.1 billion natural gas pipeline, slowing the years-long effort by the company to break ground on a project strongly opposed by environmental groups. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a letter Friday that PennEast was "patently misleading" when it referenced multiple attempts at negotiating over the use of the land. PennEast has said it anticipates construction on the roughly 120-mile... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 2:28 p.m. Stocks are extending their slide on Wall Street, bringing the Dow Jones industrial average down 500 points. The slide Monday brought the Dow back just below 25,000 points, a level it first crossed a month ago. The market's slump began on Friday as investors worried that creeping signs of higher inflation and interest rates could derail the market's record-setting rally. Banks are taking some of the biggest losses. Читать дальше...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania proceed, denying a plea from Republicans legislative leaders to block it. Justice Samuel Alito, who handles emergency appeals from Pennsylvania, rejected the request from the GOP leaders and voters that the court put on hold an order from the state Supreme Court that could now produce new congressional districts in the coming two weeks. The Pennsylvania high court ruled... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the probe into contacts between his campaign and Russia (all times local): 9:10 a.m. Rep. Adam Schiff says a Twitter attack from President Donald Trump amounts to "false smears." Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence panel, responded to Trump on Twitter Monday after the president called him one of the "biggest liars and leakers in Washington." Says Schiff: "Mr. President, I see you've had a busy morning of 'Executive Time.' Instead of tweeting false smears... Читать дальше...

MADISONVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Houston couple has reported a house heist — as in, their vacation home was stolen. KTRK-TV reports that Jo and Lonnie Harrison say their one-bedroom, one-bathroom cabin is missing from their property in Madisonville, about 90 miles (144 kilometers) northwest of Houston. The prefabricated home was on property they purchased last year. The Harrisons hadn't checked on it since early November. But when Lonnie Harrison returned Friday, all he saw "were blocks... Читать дальше...

BLANCHARD, Okla. (AP) — A superintendent in central Oklahoma wants to separate private schools from public schools during high school playoff competition. Blanchard Superintendent Jim Beckham will present a proposal Wednesday to the Board of Directors at the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, the state's governing body for high school athletics. The proposal puts more than 30 private, magnet and charter schools into their own playoff system after competing with public schools in the regular season. Читать дальше...

Riding a school-record 18-game winning streak, St. Mary’s was ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press poll released Monday. It’s the Gaels’ highest ranking in that poll in school history; St. Mary’s was No. 12 early last season. Gonzaga (21-4, 11-1 WCC) is No. 12 this week. St. Mary’s (23-2, 12-0) plays at Loyola Marymount on Thursday night, then hosts the Zags on Saturday evening. Also on Monday, the WCC named St. Mary’s center Jock Landale its Player of the Week ... Читать дальше...

SEOUL — Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was freed Monday after a South Korean appeals court gave him a 2½-year suspended jail sentence for corruption in a scandal that toppled the country’s president. The Seoul High Court softened the original ruling against Lee, rejecting most of the bribery charges leveled against him by prosecutors who sought a 12-year prison term. While the ruling clears the way for the Samsung vice chairman to resume his role at the helm of the industrial... Читать дальше...

BRUSSELS — Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to be the only surviving member of the group that carried out a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris more than two years ago, went on trial Monday in a case that will be closely watched to see if it sheds light on the assaults that reverberated across Europe. Abdeslam, 28, and a co-defendant, Sofien Ayari, are accused of shooting at and wounding Belgian and French police officers who were searching for them in southern Brussels... Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were: 1-2-0-7, Fireball: 4 (one, two, zero, seven; Fireball: four)