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Oakland A’s reportedly toss out initial Las Vegas ballpark renderings

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

Remember those fancy renderings the A’s released of their proposed Las Vegas ballpark, built right on the Strip?The A’s are now telling people to forget all about them.A’s director of design Brad Schrock spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week and said that the team is telling the architectural groups interested in building the ballpark to ignore the initial renderings.“We told the groups, ‘You saw renderings in the newspaper, but wad those up for now,’” Schrock said. “We are really encouraging them to think creatively about the different ways to solve the problem. It will be fun to see what we get back.”Those renderings were produced just as the A’s were meeting with Nevada lawmakers, seeking approval for up to $380 million in taxpayer money to help build the 30,000-seat, nine-acre stadium that is expected to cost $1.5 billion total. After several special sessions, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 1 into law on June 15.In some ways, it was obvious from the beginn...

Pac-12 survival: The expansion imperative following Colorado’s (expected) departure

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

The Pac-12 presidents spent a year mulling whether to expand the conference following the announced departures of the Los Angeles schools.Now, they seemingly have no choice.Colorado’s presumptive departure to the Big 12 next summer will leave the Pac-12 with nine teams for the 2024 football season. That’s more than enough to meet NCAA and College Football Playoff requirements but creates a plethora of challenges, with the football schedule near the top of the list.A nine-game conference rotation doesn’t work with nine teams.As much as we’d like to see Oregon and Washington play a home-and-home series each fall, there’s no indication the Pac-12 plans to double up the intra-conference matchups.Sure, it could move forward with nine teams schools drop to an eight-game conference schedule. (The SEC and ACC also play eight league games.) But that approach would require each team to add one non-conference opponent — a tricky and costly proposition at this late date.Most schedules are...

Putin says fighting in eastern Ukraine has intensified

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

By Hanna Arhirova and Dasha Litvinova | Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine — Fierce fighting raged Thursday in southeastern Ukraine, where a Western official said Kyiv has launched a major push and Russian President Vladimir Putin said “hostilities have intensified significantly.”Battles in recent weeks have taken place on multiple points along the over 1,000-kilometer (over 600-mile) front line as Ukraine wages a counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons and Western-trained troops against Russian forces who invaded 17 months ago.Putin praised the “heroism” with which Russian soldiers were repelling attacks in the Zaporizhzhia region of the southeast, claiming Moscow’s troops not only destroyed Ukraine’s military equipment but also inflicted heavy losses to Kyiv’s forces.He insisted on state TV Ukraine’s push in the area “wasn’t successful,” although it was not possible to independently verify his report. Putin was in...

Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh on NCAA investigation: ‘There’s nothing to be ashamed of’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

By Angelique S. Chengelis | The Detroit NewsIndianapolis — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, facing what likely will be a four-game suspension as part of a negotiated resolution with the NCAA, took the podium on the final day of Big Ten media days and said he couldn’t comment on the penalty or investigation.Harbaugh faced a Level I allegation from the NCAA for allegedly making false statements about recruiting violations during the 2021 COVID dead period in recruiting and for misleading investigators.Related ArticlesCollege Sports | San Jose State football kicks off preparation for tough 2023 schedule College Sports | Pac-12 preseason poll: Stanford dead last, Cal not far ahead College Sports | SJSU’s Cordeiro named MW’s preseason offensive player of the year College Sports | Northwestern fires football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid hazing claims “As you probably know I’m not allowed to talk about any aspect of that ...

California rent hikes on 1-family homes shrink below pre-pandemic pace

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: California landlords are shrinking rent increases on single-family homes to below what they sought in pre-pandemic days.Source: The trusty spreadsheet looked at rent indexes for May based on listed asking rates for houses in nine California markets, calculated by CoreLogic.ToplineYes, house rents are still rising in all nine major California markets tracked. But the good news for tenants is that the pace of rent increases is down over the past year and compared with the pre-pandemic norm.Consider that these nine markets averaged 2% annual increases from May 2020. That’s down from a painful 11.6% during the previous 12 months.It’s also below the 4.2% average annual increases seen in 2011-2020 — before anyone without an infectious disease degree knew much about a coronavirusThis is better than the national pace: U....

Hayward cyberattack: Officials restore disrupted emergency dispatch system

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

The city of Hayward has restored its internal computer network following a cyberattack this month that disrupted 911 emergency dispatch systems and other municipal services, officials said Thursday.The city bought back online its computer network Tuesday and said the 911 center’s computer-aided dispatch system, or CAD, was also restored, according to a press release. The CAD system is how the dispatch center receives calls and records and manages information to send police and firefighters to calls for service.“In CAD’s absence, Hayward’s call-takers and dispatchers reverted to pen and paper, and radio communication with responding officers and firefighter-paramedics,” according to the release.Access Hayward, a system through which non-emergency requests for service and other reports of problems are received, was also brought back online, according to the release.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | ‘Systems have gone down’: ...

Niger’s leader, seized in coup, vows democracy will win

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

By Sam Mednick | Associated PressNIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s president defiantly declared Thursday that democracy would prevail, a day after mutinous soldiers detained him and announced they had seized power in a coup because of the West African country’s deteriorating security situation.While many people in the capital of Niamey went about their usual business, it remained unclear who was in control of the country and which side the majority might support. A statement tweeted by the army command’s account declared that it would back the coup to avoid a “murderous confrontation” that could lead to a “bloodbath.” It was not possible to confirm that the statement was genuine.Meanwhile, President Mohamed Bazoum — who was elected in 2021 in Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since its independence from France in 1960 and is a key ally of the West — appeared to have the backing of several political parties.“The hard-won ...

Video: San Jose burglars ram stolen cars into smoke shops, 4 arrested

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Four suspects police say were involved in a series of robberies using stolen vehicles to ram into the exteriors of smoke shops have been arrested, according to the San Jose Police Department. San Jose police investigated more than 10 commercial burglaries of "smoke shop type businesses" between March and April.In the course of the investigation, police say that Jose Cabellos was identified as a primary suspect by the SJPD Burglary Unit. Police believe Cabellos had additional accomplices and detectives are currently following up on leads. Naked woman on Bay Bridge suffered mental health crisis: CHP Detectives obtained a warrant for Cabellos' arrest and a search warrant for his residence. On June 16, he was arrested in San Jose by officers from the SJPD Covert Response Unit.But the arrest didn't stop the burglaries. Throughout the month of July, police say several more burglaries matching the same pattern occurred.One attempted burglar occurred on July 24 at around 3 a.m. ...

Man arrested for hate crime after assaulting elderly woman in Hayward

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

(KRON) -- A man was arrested for elder abuse and a hate crime after allegedly assaulting an elderly woman outside a Hayward grocery store, police said Thursday. The incident occurred in the late morning hours of July 21.The woman, according to the Hayward Police Department, walked toward the entrance to the store when the man approached her. Without warning or provocation, the man slapped her across the face, police said. Video: San Jose burglars ram stolen cars into smoke shops, 4 arrested The woman fell to the ground and hit her back on the concrete curb of the parking lot.The man then fled the scene. However, the incident was captured by surveillance cameras. Officers reviewed the footage and recognized the man from prior service calls, according to police.The man was eventually located in the same area the alleged assault took place. Police arrested and charged him.

San Leandro home uninhabitable after SUV crashes into it

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:30:54 GMT

(KRON) -- An SUV crashed into a house in San Leandro early Thursday morning, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. Alameda County Fire responded at 1 a.m. to the house in the 1500 block of 148th Avenue.The driver of the SUV suffered moderate injuries and had to be extricated from the vehicle, the fire department said. No one inside the home was injured. Video: San Jose burglars ram stolen cars into smoke shops, 4 arrested The gas meter and electrical for the house were clipped by the SUV during the crash. PG&E secured the meters and house was red-tagged by the building department, making it uninhabitable, firefighters said.Alameda County Fire declined to provide any additional details.