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UNITED STATES—Most major pruning happens while the plants that need it are dormant through winter. That is why it is known as 'dormant pruning.' Such pruning would be so much more disruptive while plants are blooming, fruiting, foliating or growing. Pruning that happens during other seasons is not as aggressive as dormant pruning. Spring pruning, although practical for some...

CALIFORNIA—Richmond Police Department arrested RayRay Darn, 35, and Marilyn Northington, 28, for murder and child abuse causing great bodily injury to their 5-week-old baby. The Richmond Police indicated that on February 4, at 6:30 p.m., the couple ran outside their hotel room at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel at 3150 Garrity Way, in Richmond expressing that their baby was not breathing...

SAN FRANCISCO—The police are searching for a vehicle involved in a crash and shootout near the Lower Haight neighborhood. On Monday, February 8, before 11 a.m. officers from the San Francisco Police Department responded to shots fired near the intersection of Buchanan and Herman Streets. Upon arrival, officers found an abandoned white Sedan that crashed into a fence near the...

UNITED STATES—I am sorry America, but Super Bowl LV might have been one of the worst Super Bowl games that I have witnessed in the many years of my life. It just seemed so obvious that Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were going to be victorious after the end of the first quarter. Brady, Rob Gronkowski and...

HOLLYWOOD—The nominations trend continues in the film arena as nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on Monday, February 8. Leading all contenders is the drama “Mank” with 12 nominations, followed by “Minari” which earned 10 nominations. Other movies earning multiple nominations included “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “News of the World.” A partial list of...

SAN FRANCISCO—On February 8, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced that Jermaine McDonald, 26, and Kenneth Matthews, 26, both of San Francisco, were arrested after a shooting in the Bayview neighborhood on January 23. The SFPD revealed on their website that the shooting occurred at approximately 8:28 a.m. in the area of 3rd Street and Palou Avenue. Employees from...

CALIFORNIA—The Oakland Police Department along with other public officials held a press conference on Wednesday, February 3, to discuss the recent surge in violent crime in Chinatown. Public officials indicated the elderly and neighborhood businesses are often targeted in robberies and assaults. Carl Chan, President of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, said during the conference that at the beginning...

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) indicated they have tentatively negotiated with labor unions on health and safety standards to reopen schools in the region. The San Francisco News reached out to the SFUSD to ask if a possible date has been determined to reopen, but did not hear back before print. The agreement comes after Dennis Herrera, the...

SAN FRANCISCO—The United States Supreme Court ruled that California religious services are permitted to hold their services indoors, but they can only do so at 25 percent capacity. The South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, and Harvest International Ministry, requested the Supreme Court to stop the COVID-19 restrictions implemented by Governor of California,...

SAN FRANCISCO—An illegal underground nightclub operating in the city’s Southern District has been shut down.  Authorities indicated the nightclub was in violation of the COVID-19 restrictions, which closed night life and entertainment venues in March 2020. Multiple agencies are now working on the case. In April 2020, law enforcement shut down a nightclub that had been operating illegally amid the...