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Monday Morning Lights: Serra beat De La Salle last season. Will Padres do it again?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

Welcome back to Monday Morning Lights, our weekly feature that sheds more light on the high school football weekend and peeks ahead to the new week. If you haven’t already, please subscribe. Your contributions keep us going.HEAVYWEIGHT MATCHUP: DLS VISITS NO. 1 SERRASerra cleared one hurdle in its season opener, winning at home over Folsom. Now the San Mateo school has another on Saturday when De La Salle travels from Concord to play the top-ranked Padres.De La Salle lost its opener at home on Friday to Orange Lutheran, giving up 21 unanswered second-half points in a 35-14 loss to the Southern California heavyweight.Serra coach Patrick Walsh made it clear what he thinks about DLS — “they’re big and physical” — while once again noting the differences between elite teams in Southern California and Northern California.“They played like what seemed like a college team down there,” said Walsh, who spoke candidly last season about St. John Bosco a...

Cal DL Johnson ready for return to game action — and perhaps dominance — after nearly 3 years

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

BERKELEY — By the close of training camp, college football players are itching to take the field in an actual game. It can feel like forever since the last one.Few players in the country have had a longer wait than Cal defensive lineman Brett Johnson.“It’s been a long time,” he said this week.In fact, when the Bears open their season on Sept. 2 at North Texas, it will have been 1,001 days since Johnson played in a game. He missed the entire 2021 season after fracturing his hip in a car accident that spring, and when he tore his ACL during camp a year ago, his 2022 season also was scrubbed.Named a third-team freshman All-American by Pro Football Focus way back in 2019, Johnson hasn’t faced an opponent since Dec. 5, 2020, when the Bears closed out their COVID-shortened season with a 21-17 win over Oregon.Asked if he can even remember that day, Johnson said, “Of course. That was a great game.”Football folks also have a long memory as evidenced by the fact that Johnson was named Wednesd...

Jill On Money: Summer Mail Bag — Estate

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

As we close out the last weeks of the summer, my in-box is begging for responses. I will spend the next few weeks plowing through a bunch of your great questions. This week, we are concentrating on estate issues.Related ArticlesBusiness | Fee-only financial planners vs. fee-based Business | Ask a travel nerd: How can I make solo travel affordable and fun? Business | 9 bad money habits that you should break right now Business | Student loan payments restart will dent US housing market, survey finds Business | 5 steps to prepare for student loan repayment Q: I’m 80 years old, retired, and single and have an updated simple will, executor, and health care directive. I have consolidated most of my investments and also have some CDs and annuities with designated beneficiaries. I also own a condo with a transfer on death deed. My net worth is roughly $3,000,000. My question is simple: Is there any reason ...

Two teens stabbed at Golden Gate Park

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Two teenagers were stabbed Saturday night at Spreckels Lake in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, police said. Around 9:30 p.m., police were called to the lake near John F. Kennedy Drive and found two victims who were stabbed. The teenagers were transported to a local hospital and are expected to survive, according to police. VIDEO: Fight after 49ers game at In-N-Out near Levi’s Stadium leads to stabbing No arrests have been made and the cause surrounding the stabbing is unknown at this time.

El Cerrito police warn of spike in ATM robberies

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

(KRON) -- The El Cerrito Police Department is warning the public of a recent increase in ATM robberies within the city.On Aug. 19 around 3:30 p.m., four people were robbed at gunpoint at Wells Fargo ATMs on San Pablo Avenue near Albany Hill Park. VIDEO: Fight after 49ers game at In-N-Out near Levi’s Stadium leads to stabbing The armed suspects robbed the victims of their wallets, purses, cell phones and cash. License plate reader cameras were able to identify the suspect vehicle, police said.ECPD discovered the suspect car was reported stolen following a robbery during a home invasion in Lafayette. Police advise the public to be aware of your surroundings at all times.

Simone Biles makes history in the Bay Area, winning record 8th US Gymnastics title

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Simone Biles is not going to explain herself. Part of this is by design. Part of this is because she simply can't.When the gymnastics star is at her best, as she was on Sunday night while winning her record eighth U.S. championship, she feels like she's in a “fever dream.” It's not autopilot exactly. It's more of a vibe. A flow.It's in those moments that the doubts that still plague her almost daily even now, a decade into a run of unprecedented excellence, fade away.There is no thinking. No overanalyzing. No “ twisties.” All of it recedes into the background. Her coach Laurent Landi calls it a skill. Biles, even at 26, won't go that far. Maybe because she simply doesn't want to.She spent a long time, far too long, getting caught up in her head. She's intent on not doing it this around.So yeah, she was smiling midway through a floor routine that made almost every other competitor on the floor stop what they were doing to watch and drew a standing ovation...

Google Flights presenta tres funciones para ayudar a los viajeros a ahorrar dinero y revela los lugares más buscados para las vacaciones

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

(CNN) — Los usuarios habituales de Google Flights podrían notar algunos cambios importantes la próxima vez que visiten el sitio para consultar los horarios de las aerolíneas y comparar precios de vuelos.Las nuevas funciones anunciadas oficialmente este lunes por la mañana en un comunicado de prensa incluyen orientación sobre el momento más barato para reservar un vuelo, alertas de seguimiento de precios y una opción de garantía de precio.Google lanza una alternativa para reemplazar las contraseñasY si lo que quieres es seguir o evitar las aglomeraciones de las vacaciones de invierno (en el hemisferio norte), el gigante de los buscadores también tiene información al respecto.Google dio a conocer los destinos más buscados en Google Flights en lo que va del año para viajes con salida entre el 20 de diciembre de 2023 y el 5 de enero de 2024 desde aeropuertos estadounidenses. Cancún (México) ocupa el primer puesto. (Véase más abajo la lista completa de los 10 principales destinos)....

Japan asks China to urge citizens to halt harassment after start of Fukushima wastewater release

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked China on Monday to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic facilities and schools, in response to Japan’s release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.“I must say it is regrettable,” Kishida said. He said Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Masataka Okano summoned China’s ambassador, Wu Jianghao, to ask that Chinese people act calmly and responsibly.The release of the treated wastewater into the ocean, which began Thursday and is expected to continue for decades, has been strongly opposed by fishing groups and by neighboring countries. China immediately banned all imports of Japanese seafood in response. In South Korea, thousands of people joined rallies over the weekend to condemn the discharge.Acts of harassment including crank phone calls and stone throwing have targeted Japan’s embassy and consu...

March 4 trial date set for Trump in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The decision from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a defense request to push the trial back until April 2026, about a year and a half after the 2024 election, but also sets it later than the January date proposed by special counsel Jack Smith’s team.Chutkan made it clear to both sides at the outset of Monday’s status conference that she considered neither proposal acceptable.“These proposals are obviously very far apart,” she said. “Neither of them is acceptable.”Trump, a Republican, was charged earlier this month in a four-count indictment with scheming to undo his loss to Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the 2020 election.The federal election subversion prosecution is one of four criminal cases against Trump. Smith’s team has brought a separate federal case accusing him of illegally r...

Judge sets March 4 trial date for Trump in federal case accusing him of plotting to overturn results of 2020 election

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:56:54 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge sets March 4 trial date for Trump in federal case accusing him of plotting to overturn results of 2020 election.Source