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Boys basketball preview 2023-24: Rankings, players to watch, more

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

WHO IS NO. 1? HOW ABOUT DE LA SALLE?This was not a slam-dunk choice. Not nearly as simple as writing in Dougherty Valley as the No. 1 team at the end of last season or Campolindo two seasons ago. This one took some discussion and could be proven right or wrong in the coming week or weeks. But having watched Alec Blair break onto the scene as a freshman two years ago and lead De La Salle into the North Coast Section Open Division final in each of his first two years – not to mention NorCal Open Division semifinals last season – we’re going with De La Salle as our preseason No. 1 team and project the Spartans to be back in the NCS Open Division final again this winter and contending to represent the region in the state final. The 6-foot-6 Blair is a two-sport star who has done nothing but win since his arrival on the Concord campus. Last spring, he helped lead DLS to section and regional baseball championships as a center fielder. On the basketball court, he is a four-star talent with...

‘Widespread rainfall’ headed to Bay Area on Friday, according to the National Weather Service

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

The Friday commute home could get a little messy for Bay Area residents as the National Weather Service predicted “widespread rainfall” in the afternoon that could linger well into Saturday, with potential thunderstorms sprinkled in.As much as one-full inch of rain was forecast in San Francisco and Concord on Friday in what’s expected to be the wettest day of a week which saw a couple of spouts of rainfall throughout the region. That prediction drops to upwards of .75 inches in Oakland and .5 in San Jose, but the consistent rain expected after about 1 p.m. should still be enough to slick roads.More rain's coming to our area today. Widespread rainfall begins this afternoon and continues overnight, with a chance of thunderstorms through Saturday afternoon. Plan for wet roads and allow more time for travel. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/mtxIIWMIdE— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) November 17, 2023Related ArticlesWeather | Friday thunderstorms possible around ...

Cal football: Do the Bears have a big-game QB?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

BERKELEY — Cal heads to Stanford on Saturday for the 126th Big Game with a still-beating postseason pulse and a young quarterback who plans to stick around for a while.Redshirt freshman Fernando Mendoza, a third-stringer when fall camp began, has led the Bears’ offense the past five games, helping them score at least 40 points in three of those.He faced a baptism by fire with four straight defeats to AP Top-25 opponents before Cal (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) held off Washington State 42-39 last Saturday to end the skid and keep alive its hopes for bowl eligibility.The Bears need a win at Stanford and a week later at UCLA to do it, and no one is more convinced it will happen than Mendoza.“I want to win the next two games,” he said, “and after that I want to win the bowl game and then I win more games next year and be the best quarterback I can become. And one of the top in the nation.”(AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)In the fluid era of the transfer portal wi...

Girls basketball preview 2023-24: Rankings, players to watch, more

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

CAN ANYONE IN BAY AREA BEAT ARCHBISHOP MITTY?No.WHAT MAKES MITTY SO DOMINANT?There are talented teams in the East Bay, South Bay, and Peninsula, but no program in the region can match Mitty’s superstar duo of five-star sophomore McKenna Woliczko and UConn-bound Morgan Cheli.  Last year’s team lost one game to a Bay Area opponent, Piedmont, but that was early in the season with Cheli out with a foot injury. The 6-foot-2 point guard is fully healthy now and flanked by Woliczko and Los Gatos transfer Belle Bramer, they form a trio capable of torching anyone in coach Sue Phillips’ high-octane press. Elana Weisman, who averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds as a sophomore at Burlingame before transferring and taking a more supporting role at Mitty in 2022-23, is back for her senior year, too. AND THE BAY AREA’S SECOND-BEST TEAM IS …Crowning Mitty is a no-brainer, but figuring out who the second-best team in the Bay Area is much harder given the number of powerful programs. Oakland Tech...

California family sues Virginia sheriff’s office after deputy kidnapped girl, killed her mother, grandparents

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated PressLOS ANGELES — A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff’s department that hired a deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint, killed her mother and grandparents, and set their home on fire.This undated photo provided by Mychelle Blandin shows Brooke Winek. Winek was killed in 2022 by a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped her 15-year-old daughter in Riverside, Calif. A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff’s department that hired a deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint, killed her mother and grandparents, and set their home on fire. (Mychelle Blandin via AP) Austin Lee Edwards, 28, died by suicide during a shootout with law enforcement on Nov. 25, hours after the violence in Riverside, a city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The teenager was rescued.Edwards had been hired as a Washington ...

British writer AS Byatt, author of ‘Possession,’ dies at 87

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Author A.S. Byatt, whose books include the Booker Prize-winning historical novel “Possession,” has died at the age of 87.Byatt’s publisher, Chatto & Windus, said Friday that the author died “peacefully at home surrounded by close family.”Byatt wrote two dozen novels, starting with “The Shadow of the Sun” in 1964.“Possession,” published in 1990, follows two modern-day academics investigating the lives of a pair of Victorian poets. It was adapted as a 2002 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow.Source

Publisher says A.S. Byatt, author of the novel ‘Possession,’ has died at age 87

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Publisher says A.S. Byatt, author of the novel ‘Possession,’ has died at age 87.Source

Lluvia de meteoritos Leónidas: dónde y cuándo se podrá ver

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

(CNN) — El próximo espectáculo celeste de fin de año es la lluvia de meteoros Leónidas, que producirá meteoros brillantes con trenes persistentes que cruzan el cielo nocturno.Las Leónidas han estado activas desde principios de noviembre, pero se espera que alcancen su punto máximo este fin de semana a las 12:33 a.m. ET de este sábado, según EarthSky. Los observadores del cielo podían ver de 10 a 15 meteoros por hora en un espectáculo deslumbrante.Aquellos que buscan vislumbrar un meteoro de esta lluvia están de suerte porque la Luna estará en su fase creciente y no habrá tanta interferencia lumínica como ocurre con la Luna llena, dijo la Dra. Sharon Morsink, profesora de física en la Universidad de Alberta en Edmonton, Alberta. La Luna estará llena en un 23% la noche del pico de la lluvia, según la Sociedad Estadounidense de Meteoros.Si bien el pico es el sábado, se pueden ver las mismas tasas de meteoros unos días antes y después. El mejor momento para ver la lluvia será desp...

UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza on Friday and warned of the growing possibility of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of a lack of fuel.Israeli officials said the country’s War Cabinet approved for the first time allowing small, daily shipments of fuel into Gaza. Two container trucks a day of fuel would be let in for the U.N. to use in supporting water and sewage infrastructure, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement.Israel has barred entry to fuel since the start of the war, saying it would be diverted by Hamas for military means. It has also barred food, water and other supplies except for a trickle of aid from Egypt that aid workers say falls far short of what’s needed.It was not clear if the fuel shipments could be used for other purposes, including powering the internet and phone ne...

6 more officers charged in death of Christian Glass

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:35:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — One day after a former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office deputy agreed to plead guilty to an amended charge in the death of Christian Glass, six more officers have been charged.On Thursday, Kyle Gould pleaded guilty to a Class 1 misdemeanor of failure to intervene.He was sentenced to two years probation with no jail sentence. In addition, Gould agreed to withdraw his Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training certification and not work in law enforcement or security in any jurisdiction. Suspect with ‘edged weapon’ shot, killed by Fort Collins officer On Friday, the 5th Judicial District Attorney's Office said six more officers have been charged in Glass' death.According to the DA, the following were charged:Georgetown Marshal Randy WilliamsGeorgetown Police Officer Timothy Collins Idaho Springs Police Officer Brittany MorrowColorado State Trooper Ryan Bennie Division of Gaming Officer Christa LloydDivision of Gaming Officer Mary J. HarrisWilliams has...