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San Jose PD deploying additional resources for Cinco de Mayo, sideshows

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department will be deploying additional resources this weekend for Cinco de Mayo and to respond to sideshow activity, police said. San Jose typically draws large crowds of people for Cinco de Mayo celebrations. While police say most of those who come to celebrate are "law abiding," the celebration has also attracted individuals responsible for "various crimes, including vandalism, and sideshows." SF parking ticket scam going around in city: Here’s what to look out for SJPD will be deploying additional personnel and resources this weekend and advises residents living in the Downtown area and the King Road corridor to expect vehicular and traffic delays. Police are also recommending that residents find alternate routes if possible.Unplanned traffic diversions may be activated in other areas where congestion occurs, police also said. "Officers may utilize traffic diversions to reduce gridlock along major arterial roadways, and freeway exits that normally...

NBA Playoffs: Warriors’ Klay Thompson extends 3-point record

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

When Klay Thompson gets hot, forget it.Golden State evened up its Western Conference semifinal series with the Los Angeles Lakers at a game apiece on Thursday night, rolling to a 127-100 victory in Game 2.And Thompson extended an NBA record in the process.No other player has more than four playoff games with at least eight made 3-pointers. Thompson now has six, after going 8-for-11 from 3-point land in the win. Not surprisingly, the Warriors are 6-0 in those games where Thompson makes that many 3’s.“That’s the best version of Klay, when he really’s going offensively but he takes great shots,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. Thompson’s Golden State teammate Stephen Curry has four playoff games with at least eight made 3’s, as do Damian Lillard and Ray Allen.Chris Paul, Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell each have two such games — and nobody else has more than one.WHAT’S NEXT?Friday’s slate will see Denver seeking a 3-0 lead when it visits Phoe...

US full-back Joe Scally growing up fast in German league

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Joe Scally arrived in Germany just after his 18th birthday in the depths of a pandemic lockdown and soon became a regular starter in the German soccer league. The next step is to become a regular with the U.S. national team. After breaking into the team at Borussia Moenchengladbach, Scally was included in the U.S. squad for the World Cup in Qatar last year but did not play a single minute. He’s already looking ahead to the 2026 World Cup that will be co-hosted by the U.S., when Scally is determined to have a much bigger role.“Not being able to play one minute (in Qatar) definitely affected me immensely just because, playing every single game in the Bundesliga then to not even get a minute, I don’t understand that,” the 20-year-old Scally said in a recent call with reporters. “I definitely have that next World Cup, you know, circled on my calendar to be playing. When you see the guys out there walking out on the national anthem, it is, I’m sure, no b...

Poland summons Russian ambassador over assassination comment

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in protest Friday after a former Russian official suggested that it would be acceptable to assassinate Poland’s ambassador to Russia.Pavel Astakhov, Russia’s children’s ombudsman from 2009 to 2016, spoke on a television program hosted by Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov. He was being interviewed after Polish authorities took over a school building in Warsaw on Saturday that was serving the children of Russian diplomats and the military.Astakhov argued that murdering an ambassador in retaliation “for unfriendly actions … is within the framework of international law,” adding: “I was taught this well at the KGB school at the counter-intelligence faculty.”That school takeover was the latest of several incidents which have added to tensions between Russia and Poland, an ally of Kyiv which has been supplying Ukraine’s military with weapons.In the interview with Solov...

12-year-old fatally shot, man wounded at Florida gas station

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man fatally shot a 12-year-old boy and wounded another man before turning the gun on himself inside a South Florida gas station, sheriff’s officials said Friday.Broward Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of gunfire at a 7-Eleven in Dania Beach just after 11 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release.The boy and the shooter both died at the scene, investigators said. A third person was taken to a hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds, the release said. A condition report was not immediately available.Investigators said witnesses told them the man fired shots at a man in a vehicle that was parked outside the gas station. He then went inside the station and shot the boy, and then himself, the release said.The names of the suspected shooter and the victims have not been released. An investigation is continuing and police are asking anyone with information to come forward.Dania Beach is just south of Fort Lauderdale on Florida’s Atlant...

No place like road: Visiting teams thriving in NHL playoffs

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

When the Vegas Golden Knights went on the road to face the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the NHL playoffs, they got a chilly welcome — and that was inside.“They had no hot water at the Fairmont Hotel last week in Winnipeg, which I really didn’t like at all,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Great hotel, by the way: great service, nice people, just no damn hot water.”And no home cooking. Vegas beat the Jets twice on the road and won the series in five games.The Golden Knights are not alone in what Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper declared “the year of the road team.” Visiting teams have matched the best start in league history with 34 wins through 56 games; the .607 winning percentage is by far the highest of any playoff year dating to 1966, not counting 2020 when games were played at neutral sites with no fans.Coaches point to better preparation and more roster depth as well as parity leaguewide that has evened out the differences among teams playing for the Stanley Cup. Matchups that use...

1st lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

Stargazers in Asia and Australia had the best seats for the year’s first lunar eclipse.The four-hour eclipse got underway late Friday or early Saturday, depending on the location, as the moon slipped into the fringes of Earth’s shadow.In what’s known as a penumbral lunar eclipse, the full moon passed within the outer part of Earth’s shadow, causing the moon to dim only slightly. Such an eclipse isn’t as dramatic as a partial lunar eclipse or a total lunar eclipse when the moon, Earth and sun are perfectly aligned. The eclipse was visible from beginning to end, weather permitting, as far west as Saudi Arabia and Africa’s western coast, as far east as Japan and New Zealand’s South Island, and from the South Pole to Siberia. Almost all of Europe also got in on some of the action.The Virtual Telescope Project planned to livestream the moon rising over the countryside in Tuscany, Italy. “Even subtle astronomical events like this one make me excited and happy to share th...

Judge sets a deadline to put Lake Erie on pollution diet

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s environmental regulators will have until the end of June to finish a plan to aimed at combating toxic algae blooms that have flourished in Lake Erie since the late 1990s.The deadline is part of settlement agreement a federal judge approved Thursday. The consent decree also calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to either approve the plan within 90 days or come up with its plan own if the federal agency determines the state’s proposal isn’t strong enough. The agreement brings an end to a lawsuit seeking to force mandatory pollution rules for the lake.Algae outbreaks have fouled drinking water twice since 2013 and are a threat to fish and wildlife.Nearly all of the phosphorus that fuels the blooms comes from farm fertilizer and livestock manure, researchers have found.Ohio already has been working for months to develop the pollution plan that would set “total maximum daily loads” and impose specific limits on phosphorus that flo...

Forte, Derma Sotogake among Kentucky Derby horses to watch

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby is up for grabs.The starting gate will contain 19 horses vying to wear the garland of red roses.Most of the 3-year-olds will be running 1 1/4 miles for the first time on Saturday. Besides the distance, the traffic-choked conditions typically eliminate half the field in the opening quarter-mile.Here are some horses to watch: FORTEComes into the Derby on a five-race winning streak and is the early 3-1 favorite. Rallied in the Florida Derby to win by a length after being ninth in the early going. Lost just once in seven career races, as a 2-year-old. He’s trying to become just the fourth 2-year-old champion since 1980 to go on and win the Derby. Forte is one of three horses in the race trained by Todd Pletcher, a two-time Derby winner. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. knows the colt well, having ridden him in all of his races. Forte is co-owned by Mike Repole, whose Uncle Mo was the early favorite for the 2011 Derby but scratched the day before because of...

Broncos owner Lewis Hamilton protesting Florida's anti-LGBTQ law

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:53:42 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Seven-time Formula One champion and part-owner of the Denver Broncos Lewis Hamilton lashed out Thursday at anti-LGBTQ measures enacted by Florida lawmakers and ripped the state's controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law with a reference to oppression seen in Saudi Arabia.“It’s not good at all,” Hamilton said ahead of F1’s highly anticipated race in suburban Miami this weekend. “I stand by those within the community here. I hope they continue to stand firm and push back. I’ll have the rainbow on my helmet. It’s no different to when we were in Saudi.”Hamilton, F1’s only Black driver, regularly uses his platform to speak on issues of social justice and race, human rights and protection of the LGBTQ community. The 38-year-old Briton speaks out while racing in countries with questionable human rights records – including Saudi Arabia -- or when an issue arises in which he feels his voice can lend support. One Championship lands in Broomfield with debut US show The co...