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Horse death toll rising at Golden Gate Fields, the Bay Area’s last racetrack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

BERKELEY — Fifteen horses have now died at Golden Gate Fields racetrack so far in 2023 — a rising toll that continues to cloud the final months of operation at the Bay Area’s last standing racetrack.The latest equine fatality was on Oct. 30, when 6-year-old thoroughbred Kind Of Gallant passed away during a training session, according to records from the California Horse Racing Board’s equine fatalities database. His cause of death has not yet been released.Kind Of Gallant was the seventh horse to die within a 40-day span since late September at Golden Gate Fields, located along the shoreline at 1100 Eastshore Hwy.Of the 72 deaths that have occurred across seven different California race tracks so far in 2023, roughly 20% have occurred at Golden Gate Fields.However, there does not appear to be a consistent pattern connecting the deaths or any one trainer involved in a disproportionate number of fatalities at the storied racetrack, which has straddled the border between Be...

CCS football playoffs: Matchups are set. What are the top storylines?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

NEW CCS FORMAT: HOW OPEN/DIVISION I WORKSFor years, the Central Coast Section had an Open Division designated for its best teams. Then it had three Open Divisions, dividing its presumed 24 best teams into three divisions based on enrollment. Then it scrapped the Open Division when the section went to a competitive-equity model. Now, the Open Division is back. Sort of. Following the model that the neighboring North Coast Section has used for the past two seasons, the CCS is calling its top division Open/Division I. The NCS went to the model to create a lane for a Division I school to advance to a regional without having to beat De La Salle, something nobody from the NCS has done since 1991. The CCS has added it to allow a second team from its top division to play beyond the section playoffs. Here is how it works: The No. 1 seed plays the No. 8 seed and the No. 2 seed plays the No. 7 seed in the first round. The winners meet for the Open title in the second week of the playoffs. The O...

Half Moon Bay: 49-year-old man arrested for elder abuse wanted to ‘kill his father by ripping his heart out of his chest’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

A Half Moon Bay man was arrested Saturday evening for elder abuse, criminal threats and battery against emergency personnel, among other charges, officials said.Around 7 p.m., San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Elderberry Road in unincorporated Half Moon Bay on a report that a 49-year-old man was threatening his elderly parents, according to a press release from the department.When deputies arrived, the man was breaking glass windows and his parents told law enforcement personnel that he was threatening to “kill his father by ripping his heart out of his chest.” The parents also believed he was on drugs.Using a patrol car’s PA system, a deputy unsuccessfully asked the man to surrender, leading to deputies entering the home armed with a make-shift weapon.During the arrest, one of the deputies sustained a minor injury. The suspect was transported to a local hospital to undergo a psychologic evaluation before being booked into Maguire Correct...

1 gunshot victim in grave condition, OPD investigates 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

(KRON) – An Oakland shooting left one man in critical and grave condition on Saturday.The Oakland Police Department responded to a shooting in the 2600 block of Montana Street on Nov. 4 around 1:15 a.m.  2 robberies in downtown Walnut Creek, police ask for community assistance Upon arrival, officers located a male victim suffering from a single gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he is listed in critical and grave condition.This is an ongoing investigation.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Robbery Unit at (510) 238-3426.

Giants QB Daniels Jones ruled out vs Raiders with knee injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones left Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders after the first play of the second quarter with a right knee injury and did not return.The Giants ruled him out at halftime.Jones went down awkwardly and untouched while dropping back to pass and then grabbed his knee. He may have injured it on the final play of the first quarter, going down untouched before Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby touched him down.According to the Fox broadcast, Jones told running back Saquon Barkley that his knee went out on him. Jones was taken to the blue injury tent and replaced by Tommy DeVito. He later walked to the locker room with head trainer Ronnie Barnes. Jones signed a $160 million, four-year extension with New York in the offseason. This is the second time he has been injured this season. He missed the previous three games because of a neck injury.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLSource

Erik van Rooyen eagles 18 to win World Wide Technology Championship, day Matt Kuchar’s meltdown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — Erik van Rooyen made a 16-foot eagle putt on the par-5 closing hole Sunday to win the World Wide Technology Championship, a day after Matt Kuchar squandered a six-stroke lead with a late meltdown.Playing alongside Kuchar at Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal at Diamante on the tip of Baja California, van Rooyen played the back nine in 8-under 28 in a 9-under 63. He finished at 27-under 261, two strokes ahead of Kuchar and Camilo Villegas.Van Rooyen won for the second time on the PGA Tour. The 33-year-old South African’s first victory came in the 2021 Barracuda Championship under the modified Stableford scoring system.Kuchar and Villegas each shot 66, with the 45-year-old Kuchar parring the final four holes. Tied for the lead on 18, Kuchar — after van Rooyen and Villegas hit fairway-wood second shots near each other on the green — hit his approach left of the green and chipped 20 feet past the hole.On Saturday, Kuchar was six strokes ahead at 24 under whe...

Rypien and the Rams can’t get anything going without injured QB Stafford

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams already had a losing record even before Matthew Stafford got hurt.Their performance in rainy conditions Sunday showcased how much worse they are without their veteran Super Bowl-winning quarterback.With Stafford unavailable because of a thumb injury, the Rams failed to reach the end zone against Green Bay’s injury-riddled defense. Brett Rypien took over for Stafford and went 13 of 28 for 130 yards with two turnovers as the Rams fell 20-3 for their third straight loss.“I’m not really sure what to think right now,” Rypien said. “All I know that that was clearly not good enough.”Stafford hadn’t practiced all week after spraining a ligament in his right thumb in a 43-20 loss at Dallas. Rypien said he didn’t learn for sure that he’d be starting until Friday but had a pretty good idea beforehand because Stafford couldn’t grip the ball.Rams coach Sean McVay said after the game that Stafford is making “good progress” in his recovery. The Rams (3-6...

Real Madrid held by Rayo Vallecano at home in Spanish league and drops to second place behind Girona

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Jude Bellingham couldn’t come through this time and Real Madrid was held by Rayo Vallecano in their Madrid derby on Sunday to drop to second place in the Spanish league.The 0-0 draw ended Madrid’s perfect record at home and kept it from joining Girona at the top of the standings after 12 rounds.Girona had moved three points clear with a 4-2 win at Osasuna on Saturday. Madrid would have taken the lead on goal difference by beating Rayo.Madrid controlled most of the match but couldn’t capitalize on its scoring opportunities, with both Bellingham and Vinícius Júnior unable to break through the Rayo defense.Vinícius had a goal disallowed for offside in the 66th. Bellingham had a few good chances but wasn’t able to find the target.Bellingham has participated in more than half of the goals by Madrid this season and arrived with 13 goals in his first 13 matches since joining the Spanish powerhouse from Borussia Dortmund this season. In the four games Bellingham fa...

Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Donovan Archambault was 11 years old in 1950 when he was sent from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana to a government-backed Native American boarding school in Pierre, South Dakota, where abusive staff forced him to abandon his community’s language and customs.Archambault emerged bitter from the experience and said he drank alcohol for more than two decades before he finally pulled his life together, earning a master’s degree in education and serving as chairman of the Fort Belknap tribes.“It was probably the most brutal time of my whole life,” Archambault recalled Sunday, “and it all stemmed from the trauma we suffered in the Pierre Indian School.”Decades after the last Native American boarding schools stopped receiving federal money, the traumas inflicted by the abusive institutions are getting belated attention through a series of listening sessions hosted by federal officials across the U.S.For over 150 years, Indigenous childr...

Northern Lights may be visible in DC area Sunday night

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

Virginia Aurora photographed with iPhone, March 2023(Courtesy: Greg Redfern) Virginia Aurora photographed with iPhone, March 2023(Courtesy: Greg Redfern) It’s a nice day in the D.C. area, weather-wise. But in the realm of Earth’s magnetic field, a strong geomagnetic storm Level G3 occurred that’s forecast to continue as a G2 storm. That could make an aurora (a.k.a. the Northern Lights) visible in the U.S. Sunday night, including the DMV region.According to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, northern U.S. states have a good chance of seeing aurora Sunday night, but the DMV region’s more southerly location makes it more “iffy.”Our best bet is to monitor the NOAA and space related social media sites like...