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Mickey Morabito has been Oakland A’s man with the travel plan for 43 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

With another dreary, last-place season in the forecast, the A’s are fortunate to have Mickey Morabito and his dry sense of humor around for the 43rd straight year.Oakland’s quick-thinking, do-everything traveling secretary has long known when it’s time to lighten a mood. When someone bemoans the A’s seemingly hopeless plight, Morabito deftly points out how Oakland can and will distance itself from every other MLB team this season.“We jumped Seattle and the Angels into the No. 1 spot in most air miles traveled for this season. So we are leading Major League Baseball in something,” Morabito wittingly said during a phone conversation while he waited to board a flight to spring training.Mickey Morabito has handled all the A’s travel arrangements since arriving in 1980. Photo by Michael Zagaris Sure, the A’s 51,527 air miles for 2023 puts them safely ahead of the Mariners (49,036) and Giants (46,111), but it obviously still leaves them a long way from where they want to be as a team...

Review: ‘Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe’ lets fans enjoy an overlooked marvel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

It was easy to miss “Kirby’s Return to Dream Land.” Nintendo released the multiplayer platformer on the Wii in 2011 toward the tail end of the console’s lifespan. Its successor, the Wii U, was on its way to being released, and the “Kirby” project’s standard definition visuals paled in comparison to the high-definition graphics of its peers.That’s a shame because the first “Kirby” console game in over a decade was an imaginative marvel. In recent years, Nintendo has given the pink puffball more love on the Switch, and now, it’s giving fans a chance to play this overlooked adventure.IMPROVED GRAPHICS AND MOREWith “Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe,” the developer, HAL Laboratory, gives the project a fresh coat of paint, updating the visuals for HD screens. The 2-D platformer keeps the essence of the original series as the pink puffball and his friends help out Magolor, a cosmic traveler whose spacesh...

9 best new Bay Area coffee and tea houses, from Danville to San Jose to Oakland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

We’re not sure what wave this is — the fourth? — but the Bay Area’s coffee and tea scene is absolutely buzzing.There are fair-trade beans and alluring pastry programs, yes, and also culture and late-night hours. The last two years have given the caffeine-dependent community new spaces inspired by Korean, Brazilian, Filipino and Yemeni cultures. There’s one dedicated to your mental health and another with an all-vinyl soundtrack.There is more to come, too, with the much-anticipated opening of Mr. Espresso’s first-ever stand-and-sip bar in Oakland. And you know we’ll be standing in line for coffee to go with our Oprah-loved English muffins when Model Bakery opens in Walnut Creek.Corner of Brazil, DanvilleOne imagines downtown Danville’s Corner of Brazil is like visiting a typical neighborhood café in Sao Paolo. Owner Nickolas Guido, who opened the doors in October of 2021, offers the full spectrum of sips and eats from his native Brazil....

Concord man slain in Pleasant Hill sports bar parking-lot shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

PLEASANT HILL — A dispute between two groups of people led to the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old Concord man early Monday in the parking lot of a sports bar, authorities said.The man’s name was not released Monday morning. No arrests were announced.Police said they responded about 1:12 a.m. Monday to 911 calls of a shooting with a victim down in the parking lot of Farrington’s Bar, 1938 Contra Costa Blvd.The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity was not immediately released pending confirmation and notification of next of kin.Police said the suspected shooter apparently fled in a vehicle before officers responded.The investigation determined the shooting occurred after a dispute started between two groups of people that started inside the bar and carried over to the parking lot, Pleasant Hill police Chief Scott Vermillion said. Authorities have not confirmed the nature of the dispute.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Three men shot ...

One killed, one injured in Walnut Creek traffic accident

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

(KRON) -- One person was killed and another left with major injuries Sunday in a traffic accident in Walnut Creek, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident occurred shortly before 5:42 a.m. Sunday morning when the CHP Contra Costa responded to a two-vehicle crash on Treat Boulevard at Alderwood Road. Man shot, killed in parking lot of Pleasant Hill bar The CHP's preliminary investigation indicated that a Nissan van with one occupant was stopped facing westbound on Alderwood at Treat. The Nissan's driver got out of the van and stood behind it, police said.KRON On is streaming live news now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }At the same time, a Honda Accord traveling west on Treat was approaching the stopped van. The Honda's driver lost control of the car...

SF Bay Ferry schedule changes go into effect Monday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- New changes for the San Francisco Bay Ferry schedule have gone into effect as of Monday morning. Weekend and weekday schedules are being adjusted in order "to better serve riders," according to a tweet from SF Bay Ferry.The ferry service also advised double checking your ferry schedule before riding Monday. The new SF Bay Ferry schedule changes that take effect Monday, April 3 are as follows:Alameda Seaplane: A new 11:35 a.m. eastbound trip will replace the existing 11:25 a.m., 11:50 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. trips. A new 9:05 p.m. eastbound trip will be added. "There will be other minor timing changes," the ferry service said, "but no changes during peak commute times."Harbor Bay: There will be minor schedule changes in the midday periodOakland & Alameda: On weekdays there will be minor schedule changes in the late evening period. On weekends, the schedule will add three new departures in the early afternoon. There will be some additional minor schedule change...

Santa Clara County confirms 1st 'tranq' death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

(KRON) -- Santa Clara County officials reported the first confirmed case of a Xylazine--or "tranq"--overdose in the county. County officials said a 36-year-old man was found unresponsive in San Jose and died in late February. Testing for the victim came back positive for drugs including fentanyl and tranq, officials said. Man shot, killed in parking lot of Pleasant Hill bar “This tragic event is an important alert to the community that xylazine is now present in drugs in Santa Clara County,” said Dr. Michelle Jorden, Santa Clara County medical examiner-coroner.Tranq is a veterinary tranquilizer that is often added to fentanyl or heroin to extend the drugs' effects. It has no approved usage for humans.Tranq impacts the nervous system and can slow breathing and heart rate. While Narcan will not reverse the effects of a tranq overdose, officials said it should still be administered.“It is critical to still administer naloxone and call 911 when encountering someone with an overdose, s...

Kennedy Center hosts ‘Free at Last! A Musical Tribute to Dr. King’s Legacy’ on April 4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews MLK concert at Kennedy Center (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); This August will mark the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.The Washington Chorus will commemorate the occasion with the special concert “Free at Last! A Musical Tribute to Dr. King’s Legacy” at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, ...

DC boat show is back, this time at National Harbor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

National Harbor in Maryland is seen in this stock photo.There hasn’t been a boat show in D.C. for years. Falling attendance led to the last D.C. Boat Show at the Washington Convention Center in 2008.The inaugural D.C. Boat Show at National Harbor is May 5 through May 7 and promises a much bigger boat show than a convention center could accommodate.More Business NewsMore Local News“We’ll have probably over 100 boats in the water, and another 200 or so on land — power and sail, new and high-quality brokerage,” said D.C. Boat Show co-owner Kelly Stewart, who has been involved in boat show marketing in Maryland for nearly two decades.The pandemic led to increased interest in all sorts of outdoor activities, including recreational boating.“For the two years when the pandemic was in its height, in 2020 and 2021, I think there were over 300,000 power boats sold a year,” Stewart said.The D.C. Boat Show will have live entertainment with at least 15 musical...

Barcelona asks for Tebas’ resignation after newspaper report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

MADRID (AP) — The attacks and accusations between Barcelona and Spanish league president Javier Tebas are far from over.The latest spat on Monday was the club asking for Tebas’ resignation after a report said the league gave false evidence against Barcelona to prosecutors in the refereeing scandal involving the Catalan club.Tebas had already claimed the report by La Vanguardia newspaper was misleading and carried incorrect assumptions, but it was enough to reignite the vendetta between the two sides.“It is not the first time that the president of La Liga has used the media weapons at his disposal to damage FC Barcelona,” the club said in a statement. “However, in contrast to his usual nonsense, we could never have imagined that he could try to incriminate our club with false evidence.”Barcelona said the article published by La Vanguardia “is of such gravity that it should put all the clubs in La Liga on alert, given that it talks of practices which are in no way consistent with the ...