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Sunnyvale green energy nonprofit names new CEO

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

Monica Padilla has been named the next chief executive officer of Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE). Padilla has worked at SVCE for five years leading power policy, planning, procurement, regulatory, operations and compliance as the chief operating officer and director of power resources.Padilla’s selection by the SVCE Board of Directors follows the announcement of current CEO Girish Balachandran that he plans to retire on March 31, 2024. Padilla’s appointment will start her new role with the Sunnyvale-based green energy aggregator on April 1, 2024.“I am excited to expand my role and help lead SVCE’s efforts to decarbonize our communities,” said Padilla in a statement.“Monica encompasses two characteristics that are critical for successful leadership: genuine caring for people and bottom line value,” said Balachandran. “She is constantly asking, ‘How does this make sense for customers?,’ and that shows through in every decision she makes.”In her current role as COO, Padilla has led...

Saratoga High School seniors develop fact-checking app

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

Saratoga High School seniors Grant Hough and Yanis Herne took first place in the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for the 18th Congressional District with their entry Aletheia. Honored earlier this month by Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo, the competition’s founding co-chair, Grant and Yanis competed against middle school and high school entries from throughout Eshoo’s 18th Congressional District.Their app, Aletheia, is a real-time, browser-integrated fact-checker that allows users to validate news statements. While reading any article, users can highlight and right-click a passage to have Aletheia fact-check it. Aletheia’s research emulates the many steps that journalists would go through to fact-check a statement.This is the second Congressional App Challenge honor for Grant Hough after coming in second last year with his SpeakEasy app, a personal digital writing assistant that detects potentially offensive content in real-time and suggests alternative wording that can be easily and i...

Sports on TV for Sunday, December 24

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSunday, December 24COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)1:30 p.m.ESPN2 — The Diamond Head Classic: Temple vs. Portland, Seventh-Place Game, Honolulu4 p.m.ESPN2 — The Diamond Head Classic: Old Dominion vs. UMass, Fifth-Place Game, Honolulu6:30 p.m.ESPN2 — The Diamond Head Classic: TCU vs. Hawaii, Third-Place Game, Honolulu9 p.m.ESPN — The Diamond Head Classic: Nevada vs. Georgia Tech, Championship, HonoluluIIHF HOCKEY (MEN’S)12 p.m.NHLN — Exhibition: Canada vs. U.S., Gothenburg, SwedenNFL FOOTBALL1 p.m.CBS — Regional Coverage: Seattle at Tennessee, Washington at NY Jets, Cleveland at HoustonFOX — Regional Coverage: Indianapolis at Atlanta, Detroit at Minnesota, Green Bay at Carolina4:05 p.m.CBS — Jacksonville at Tampa Bay4:25 p.m.FOX — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Chicago, Dallas at Miami8:15 p.m.NFLN — New England at DenverSOCCER (MEN’S)8 a.m.USA — Premier League: Chelsea at WolverhamptonTENNIS9 a.m.TENNIS — Ultima World Tennis Lea...

Today in Sports – Marshall Faulk breaks Emmitt Smith’s NFL record for touchdowns in a season with 26

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

Dec. 241950 — Cleveland’s Otto Graham throws four touchdown passes, despite icy footing in Municipal Stadium, and Lou Groza kicks a 16-yard field goal with 28 seconds left to give the Browns a 30-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams and the NFL title in their first year in the league.1961 — George Blanda’s 35-yard touchdown pass to Billy Cannon gives the Houston Oilers a 10-3 victory over the San Diego Chargers for their second AFL title.1967 — New York’s Joe Namath becomes the first player to throw for 4,000 yards in a season. Namath passes for 343 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Jets to a 42-31 win at San Diego. Namath finishes the year with 4,007 yards.1997 — In one of the biggest upsets in college basketball, Division II American-Puerto defeats the No. 12 Arkansas Razorbacks 64-59 in the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic.2000 — Marshall Faulk breaks Emmitt Smith’s NFL record for touchdowns, scoring three times to give him 26 for the St. Louis Rams. Faulk’s three touchdowns and 2...

Tennis players Moore and Gatica cleared in doping case. Contaminated meat blamed for positive tests

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Tennis players Tara Moore and Barbara Gatica were cleared of doping allegations Saturday after investigators ruled that their positive tests for steroids stemmed from contaminated meat they ate while competing in Colombia, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said.Both women had been provisionally suspended after their samples taken at a WTA tournament in Bogotá in April 2022 were positive for boldenone. Moore’s sample also contained nandrolone.The ITIA said an independent tribunal determined that Moore and Gatica “ bore no fault or negligence for their adverse analytical findings and are therefore not subject to a period of ineligibility.”The tribunal found that “contaminated meat consumed by each player in the days before sample collection was the source of the prohibited substance(s).”“The ITIA has issued, and will continue to issue, information concerning the risks of meat contamination in certain parts of the world to all players,” the organ...

Man United’s scoring woes continue with 2-0 loss at West Ham in Premier League

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Manchester United’s scoring woes continued in a 2-0 loss at West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday, with Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus netting second-half goals.United has now failed to score in its last four games in all competitions — that hasn’t happened since 1992 — and in five of its last six matches. Rasmus Hojlund, the club’s $82 million offseason signing, was hauled off in the 57th minute as his Premier League drought extended to 14 games.What United would give to have a player in the scoring form of Bowen, who exchanged passes with Lucas Paqueta and bundled in a finish — at the second attempt — past goalkeeper Andre Onana to give West Ham the lead in the 72nd minute with his 11th goal in the league this season.Kudus then pounced on a mistake by Kobbie Mainoo before being played through by Paqueta to drive home the second goal in the 78th. It was the Ghana international’s fourth goal in as many games.The late goals spoiled a composed debut for...

Pronto podrías recibir una carta del IRS sobre deuda. Esto es lo que debes saber, según CNBC

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

Tras un periodo de inactividad de dos años en relación con los avisos automáticos de cobro, el IRS ha comunicado que pronto reanudará el envío de este tipo de cartas, y los expertos ofrecen consejos en caso de recibir una.En febrero de 2022, la agencia suspendió los avisos de cobro automatizados para dedicar recursos a su acumulación de correspondencia y declaraciones sin procesar.Pero a partir del próximo mes, los avisos se reanudarán y el IRS enviará una “carta especial de recordatorio” que cubrirá la responsabilidad de los contribuyentes, las formas de pagar el saldo y el posible alivio de multas, dijo la agencia esta semana. El IRS anuncia que no aplicará multas por pagos atrasados de los impuestos de 2020 y 2021 Llega la época de preparar impuestos; el IRS detalla qué debes considerar CÓMO FUNCIONAN LOS AVISOS DE COBRO DEL IRSNormalmente, el CP14 es el primer aviso del IRS por un saldo de impuestos impagados, segu...

Viajeros que pagaron por pasar rápido los controles de seguridad del aeropuerto se enfrentan a retrasos

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

Nueva York (CNN)– Es el pico de la temporada de viajes de fin de año. Pagaste US$ 189 por una suscripción anual a Clear para pasar sin problemas por el control de seguridad del aeropuerto y ponerte al frente de la cola de la TSA.Pero los pasajeros que pagaron una fracción del precio de una membresía TSA PreCheck (US$ 78 por cinco años) se están moviendo más rápido que tú en su carril dedicado. E incluso la gente que no pagó más se te adelanta porque hay varias filas “normales”.Bienvenido al nuevo problema de los viajes en avión: qué fila de seguridad elegir.Se espera que millones de personas vuelen esta semana de fiestas, un 6% más que el año pasado. Muchos intentan evitar las colas apuntándose a programas relativamente nuevos y caros, tanto gubernamentales como privados, que prometen agilizar el paso por los controles de seguridad del aeropuerto.Los viajes en avión privado al estilo Uber ya están aquí y los vuelos cuestan desde US$ 111Pero a medida que más y más p...

Misa de Navidad del papa Francisco y bendición ‘urbi et orbi’: a qué hora es y cómo ver en vivo

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

(CNN Español) – Con la Navidad llega uno de los momentos más significativos para los católicos de todo el mundo: la misa que ofrece el papa Francisco desde el Vaticano, en la que ofrece su bendición urbi et orbi.Urbi et orbi significa “a la ciudad (Roma) y el mundo”, según Fundéu. Era la fórmula habitual con la que empezaban las proclamas del Imperio Romano. Actualmente es la bendición más solemne que ofrece el papa. Se realiza en dos fechas: el domingo de Pascua y el día de Navidad.Nueva doctrina del Vaticano permite bendecir a parejas del mismo sexoUn día antes de la Navidad, el 24 de diciembre, el papa Francisco celebrará la tradicional misa de gallo, la primera de las celebraciones litúrgicas previstas en la basílica de San Pedro del Vaticano.Ambas celebraciones de la iglesia católica figuran entre las últimas del año y ya tienen horario confirmado.El domingo 24 de diciembre, el pontífice presidirá la misa de Nochebuena, también conocida como misa de gallo, durante la noche en l...

1 killed in shooting in parking lot of Thornton business

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:34:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- One person died after a shooting early Saturday morning in the parking lot of a Thornton business, according to police.A suspect, 26-year-old Victor Salazar-Guarache, was arrested.The shooting happened around 12:50 a.m. in the 16000 block of Grant Street, in the parking lot of a Topgolf location.Thornton police said there was a disturbance between a couple of employees at the business. The suspect, Salazar-Guarache, allegedly shot another man, a 22-year-old.The victim was taken to a local hospital where he later died. Topgolf told FOX31 that it was deeply saddened by the incident, and was cooperating with law enforcement.The venue was closed on Saturday, and the company said it was offering counseling services to employees.The investigation was ongoing.