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Good Samaritans assist attempted kidnapping victim in Berkeley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

(KRON) -- The Berkeley Police Department is investigating an attempted kidnapping that occurred early Wednesday morning. Police said two good Samaritans helped the victim. The crime happened at about 2:05 a.m. on College Avenue near Haste Street. The suspect is described as an African-American man in his 20s or 30s with a slim build. He is between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 and was wearing a black long-sleeve shirt with a hood, gray pants and bright white shoes. Police are also looking to speak to the good Samaritans who helped the victim. Asian man named Adam in his 20s wearing a dark T-shirt. Asian woman in her 20s wearing a brown leather jacket and skinny blue jeans. The good Samaritans are asked to call BPD at (510) 981-5735."Crimes like this can be very alarming for the community and victims. BPD would like to remind the community of some ways to be safe; travel in well-lit, well-traveled areas, travel with friends or in a group if possible, remain alert and aware of your surroundi...

Denver weather: Flash flood warning until 1:15 a.m.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Strong to severe thunderstorms will stay in Denver's weather forecast through Wednesday evening and return again Thursday.A flash flood warning was in effect for Adams, Arapahoe and Denver counties until 1:15 a.m.The Front Range to the eastern plains remain under a slight to enhanced risk for thunderstorms becoming severe with the potential to produce large hail, damaging wind gusts, heavy rain and isolated tornadoes. Weather tonight: Thunderstorms continueSevere thunderstorms and tornado watches continue through Wednesday night.During this time there will be the greatest concern in the Denver area will be large hail and strong wind gusts. Even after the watches expire, there will be a risk of thunderstorms. The greatest concern for severe storms will track east through the overnight.Weather tomorrow: Another round of thunderstorms There will be another risk of thunderstorms on Thursday.Some morning sunshine will help to add instability and bring back the risk...

Red Rocks concertgoers pelted by 'golf-ball sized' hail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

(KDVR) — Concertgoers were pelted by hail on Wednesday night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre as severe thunderstorms moved across the region.Multiple people called 911 to report their injuries from the hail, according to West Metro Fire Rescue. Tornado destroys home in Logan County Videos on social media show people screaming and frantically trying to escape the pouring hail that blanketed the venue like snow. A Red Rocks spokesperson said there were several inches of hail in the seating area.Welts, bruises and 'golf-ball size' hailOne concertgoer told FOX31 around 10:15 p.m. that she and friends had been taking shelter in a bathroom stall for more than an hour. She said Red Rocks gave notice about 3-5 minutes before the hail started pouring. She described some of the hail as golf-ball size and said people were covered in welts and bruises. Some people suffered broken fingers, she said. Ambulances were on the scene.Hail covers the ground at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. (KDVR)Another concertg...

The scale-up city: How Eindhoven races to keep up with its tech giants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

This article is part of the Bridging the Skills Divide special report, presented by Cisco. View it online to see an interactive map of Eindhoven’s innovation hot spots.EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — In 1910, Dutch lightbulb manufacturer Philips broke ground on “Philipstown,” near Eindhoven, to provide housing and recreational facilities to its growing workforce.More than a century later, Eindhoven is still growing to accommodate a burgeoning tech-talent community. This time around, it’s the rapid expansion of ASML that’s testing the infrastructure capacity in the city and its adjacent municipalities. ASML, based in Veldhoven to the southwest of Eindhoven’s city center, is one of the few suppliers globally of chip-printing machines. The demand for microchips to produce everything from smartphones to cars has ushered in a boom time for ASML, which enters the limelight just as Philips’ star is fading (its headquarters are now in Amsterdam).Once again, Eindhoven’s growth is in...

Europe’s message to workers: Retrain or fall behind

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

This article is part of the Bridging the Skills Divide special report, presented by Cisco.If Europe wants to have a competitive workforce, it has to teach its citizens a lesson: School is never out. For years, a person’s educational pathway was simple. They learned at school when they were young, under teachers’ supervision. They earned a degree or did vocational training, and used those skills in the workforce until retirement. Retraining was — and is — a rarity. Now, though, technological advancements and changing industry needs risk exposing a European labor force lacking in relevant, timely skills. It could cost the EU dearly — and just when it has bold green and digital plans. In last year’s State of the Union, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asserted that future European competitiveness hinged on “a workforce with the right skills.”The recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, which can generate new content based on a pr...

Brussels turns to ‘artisanal skills’ to mend the textiles industry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

This article is part of the Bridging the Skills Divide special report, presented by Cisco.Born out of the Industrial Revolution, the global fashion trade has mutated into a polluting, labor-rights-evading trillion-dollar behemoth. Now, Brussels wants to tame it — in part, through a back-to-basics approach to reskilling the bloc’s textile workers. The European Commission last year launched a “strategy” to ensure that all textiles on the EU market are “durable, repairable and recyclable,” with the goal of pushing “fast fashion out of fashion.” That could mean putting power back in the hands of European artisans and textile workers. “If we want our fabrics and garments to last longer, they have to be designed with time in mind,” the Commission wrote in March. “We need to value once more the artisanal skills that make that possible, which is one core aim of this European Year of Skills.” But the legacy of industrial and economic churn will be hard to overcome. A size...

Skills shortage could be ‘Achilles’ heel’ of the Green Deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

This article is part of the Bridging the Skills Divide special report, presented by Cisco. Trinidad del Rocío is 47 years old, lives in Seville and used to work in retail. Now, she spends her working days up a ladder, fixing solar panels onto rooftops.An email from Andalusia’s employment service, recommending a new 13-week intensive course in solar panel installation, sparked her curiosity, del Rocío said. Last year, she completed the course — managed by the skills agency Generation Spain — and now works for a green energy firm. She is, she says via email, “quite proud” to be making a hands-on contribution to Europe’s climate fight.But del Rocío is just one recruit; what Europe needs to reach its vital net-zero climate goals is an army — and right now, it’s a long way from where it needs to be.Speak to anyone in the renewable-energy sector and they will tell you that the workforce — or lack thereof — is now the key limiting factor that could hold back Europe’s transit...

Europe’s air traffic controllers are falling off the radar

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

This article is part of the Bridging the Skills Divide special report, presented by Cisco. Europe’s air traffic controllers should be retiring — but no one is coming up to replace them.Gaps in training, inflexible hours and more lucrative alternative career tracks mean the industry is struggling to lure newcomers into control towers to relieve its aging workforce. “We’re missing between — depending on who you ask — 700 and 1,000 air traffic controllers across Europe,” says Frederic Deleau, the executive vice president at the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations.The European Union’s Year of Skills initiative identifies advanced sectors like aerospace and defense as targets for upskilling. Deleau, though, argues that in an area like air traffic control, it isn’t just new skills that are needed; it’s also basic training. Unlike some links of the aviation chain that have also faced shortages in recent years — like baggage handlers or airport ...

Lucas: Biden gives China plenty of room to flex

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

Here’s the deal.Joe Biden should promise not to invade Cuba if Xi Jinping promises not to invade Taiwan.Taiwan is a thriving democracy and an economic powerhouse of 24 million people. Cuba is a communist police state and an economic basket case of 11 million people, half of whom wish they lived in Florida.Taiwan, supported by the US, is 100 miles off the coast of mainland China. Cuba, now supported by China, is 100 miles off the coast of the US.But given the cool reception the Chinese Communist Party Leader provided for U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken — our appeasing Neville Chamberlain — in Beijing, XI most likely would turn down the deal.Blinken could not even get Xi to agree to resume military to military communications — a top US priority — that were cut off after the Chinese spy balloon gathering military intelligence was shot down after traversing the US for a week.President Biden, at a fundraiser Tuesday night, said Xi was embarrassed by recent tensions over the ...

Chicago White Sox drop series finale 6-3 to Texas Rangers, their 8th loss in 11 games

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:36 GMT

Michael Kopech didn’t allow a hit until there were two outs in the third inning.After the fourth inning, he was out of the game.A high pitch count factored in manager Pedro Grifol’s decision to make a pitching change for the fifth in the 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers in front of 18,963 on Wednesday at Guaranteed Rate Field.“He’s thrown a lot,” Grifol said. “He had to work hard in those four innings (throwing 86 pitches). I just decided it’s one of those games where I’m going to give him a break. Instead of running him up to 100-105 (pitches). He wanted to go back out. He was good. Strong. But it was one of those games I’m going to give him a break today. He’s got six days of rest. Regroup and get back after it.”Kopech allowed three runs on four hits with five strikeouts and three walks in his shortest outing of the season in terms of innings and pitches.“If we didn’t have a day off tomorrow and if we didn&...