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Prep roundup: Valley, Mitty to meet for WCAL baseball tournament title

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

BaseballWCAL playoffsValley Christian won the West Catholic Athletic League’s regular-season championship last week.Thursday, the Warriors will go for the outright title.They advanced to the final on Tuesday with a 9-2 victory at home over Archbishop Riordan as Michael Castaneda and Jacob Hudson hit home runs to lead the way.Valley (25-3) will face Archbishop Mitty, which won on its home field 8-3 over St. Francis on Tuesday behind two hits from Luka Brocilo and two RBIs from Makoa Sniffen.If Mitty (21-6) wins at Valley on Thursday, the teams will share the league title.The playoff format was set up differently than previous years because four teams – Bellarmine, Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. Ignatius and Serra – tied for fourth place.The league receives five automatic qualifiers for the Central Coast Section playoffs and would likely get a sixth team into the postseason as an at-large.But a seventh team advancing seems unlikely.So instead of holding a traditional eight-team bracket, ...

New bill could allow ranked choice voting in Santa Clara County

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

A new state bill from two Silicon Valley legislators could put Santa Clara County one step closer to adopting ranked choice voting.Assembly Bill 1227 has already cleared the assembly and is now headed to the state senate. The bill, by Assemblymembers Evan Low (D-San Jose) and Alex Lee (D-San Jose), would allow the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to decide if they want to adopt ranked choice voting for county elections.The voting method, which has picked up steam in recent years and is being used in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro, has been controversial — especially after the Alameda County Registrar of Voters incorrectly tabulated the ranked choice voting results in an Oakland school board election last year.California law dictates that only cities — not counties — can change their voting methods on their own, which is why state legislation is needed before Santa Clara County could proceed with the change.Lee called ranked choice voting a ...

Are Santa Cruz County drivers more pleasant than either Bay Area or LA drivers?: Roadshow

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

Q: Hey Mr. Roadshow Dude, I’m enjoying your readers’ comments comparing L.A. to Bay Area drivers. Having lived most of my life in the Bay Area and several years in L.A., I did not experience tangible differences between drivers in the two regions. Just over a year ago, my wife and I moved from the Bay Area to the Central Coast in southern Santa Cruz County. I can confidently report that drivers in this region are, overall, 10 times better drivers than in either of the two large metropolitan areas. It is rare to witness the flipping of the bird, tailgating or even horn honking. Driving on heavily traveled non-freeway county roads is an amazing experience as most drivers leave plenty of space between cars when going 45 mph or above. I chalk it up to the chill-out beach mentality of the region.J.D. Sorensen, CorralitosA: Let’s move to Corralitos … your traffic sounds great.Q: Highway 17 is a mountain road, not a freeway, and drivers have to realize that common s...

Pittsburg’s 1991 football team that beat De La Salle going into Hall of Fame

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

NEW: PREP SPORTS MAILBAGThe Bay Area News Group is introducing a high school sports mailbag in May. Get your questions in as soon as possible. Our debut edition is an open forum. Got questions about spring sports playoffs, coaching changes, an early peek at football season, etc.? Send them to [email protected]. Please include “mailbag” in the subject line.The team that orchestrated one of the most memorable victories in the long and storied history of Pittsburg High School football will be honored this weekend.Thirty-two years after their victory over De La Salle at the Oakland Coliseum in a North Coast Section championship game, the 1991 Pirates are being inducted into the school’s football Hall of Fame on Saturday.Their 35-27 win in the 3A final is still relevant because not a single team from the NCS has beaten De La Salle since then.The link between the Pirates of that era and the modern-day team remains intertwined as Charlie Ramirez, a sophomore linebacker in 19...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Asks Congress to Condemn “Israel’s Ongoing Nakba” Against Palestine

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

A day after Israeli bombs ripped through residential buildings in the Gaza Strip, Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced a resolution calling on Congress to recognize “the ongoing Nakba and Palestinian refugees rights.” Tlaib’s resolution comes ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe” that is widely used to describe the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes through violent raids in 1948.The resolution asks Congress to “condemn all manifestations of Israel’s ongoing Nakba against the Palestinian people, including Israel’s illegal theft of Palestinian land in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; Israel’s displacement of Palestinians by destroying their homes and forcing them from their land; and the daily brutality and violence inflicted by the Israeli military and Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians.”In addition to memorializing the Nakba, Tlaib’s resolution calls for a prohibition on U.S. weapons being used to ...

US Rep. George Santos of New York faces charges of wire fraud, money laundering and lying to Congress

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — US Rep. George Santos of New York faces charges of wire fraud, money laundering and lying to Congress.Source

US attorney’s office says Rep. George Santos has been arrested on federal criminal charges, case remains sealed

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — US attorney’s office says Rep. George Santos has been arrested on federal criminal charges, case remains sealed.Source

Immersion: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) — AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) — Immersion Corp. (IMMR) on Wednesday reported profit of $8.3 million in its first quarter.The Aventura, Florida-based company said it had profit of 25 cents per share.The touch-based technology company posted revenue of $7.1 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on IMMR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/IMMRSource

Here's what areas are in an enhanced risk for severe storms Wednesday

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Pinpoint Weather team has issued a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for Wednesday due to the threat for severe weather across the Denver metro area and Eastern Plains.Meteorologist Travis Michels said the storms will start to fire up in the early afternoon along the Front Range and will push out to the Eastern Plains through the evening. What to know before you file a claim for hail damage Enhanced riskThe threat for the Denver metro area and Eastern Plains has increased from a slight risk for severe storms to an enhanced risk for severe storms. Is it legal to collect rainwater in Colorado? If you live in the enhanced risk area, you have a higher chance of seeing damaging winds, large hail and even the possibility of an isolated tornado.The strongest storms will be during the afternoon for the Denver metro area.Severe weather outlook (May 10, 2023)Severe thunderstorm watch vs. warningSevere thunderstorm watches can be issued on days when sever...

Rep. George Santos charged in web of fraud, including stealing from campaign to buy designer clothes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:30 GMT

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating key parts of his life story, has been indicted on charges that he embezzled money from his campaign, lied to Congress about his income and cheated his way into undeserved unemployment benefits, prosecutors said Wednesday.The indictment says Santos induced supporters to donate to a company under the false pretense that the money would be used to support his campaign. Instead, it says, he used it for personal expenses, including to buy designer clothes and to pay his credit cards and car payments.Santos also is accused of lying about his finances on congressional disclosure forms and applying for and receiving unemployment benefits while he was employed as regional director of an investment firm that the government shut down in 2021 over allegations that it was a Ponzi scheme.U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said the indictment “seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent ...