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Lawmakers working to preserve sand berm in Laguna Beach 

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

Lawmakers in Laguna Beach are working to preserve a naturally occurring sand berm in Aliso Beach that protects marine wildlife and keeps any harmful contaminants from being released into the ocean. Sometimes the berm is breached naturally during storms, while other times, beachgoers dig out the sand that makes the berm to create a standing wave for skimboarding, officials say. The new laws would impose stricter rules and punishments for people who destroy the berm. “What we’re doing is starting with an educational program," said Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen. “We’re going to have signage out there. Our lifeguards understand the issue. We’re advising people, ‘Please don’t breach the berm.’ In terms of enforcement, we haven't reached that level yet because we don't currently have a mechanism in place.” The new changes are a result of the city of Laguna Beach taking over Aliso Beach and other beaches in South Laguna from the county on March 1. The city is considering cre...

Bailey’s big at-bat sets up game-winning hit as SF Giants come back, hold on to beat Cardinals

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

Patrick Bailey fouled off one 3-2 fastball. He sent the next pitch, another heater, back to the net. The St. Louis reliever on the other side of this battle, Chris Stratton, then turned to a curveball, and Bailey fought that pitch off, too.This chess match went on for 11 pitches. Stratton fired, Bailey fouled. Finally, after fighting off five straight two-strike offerings, Bailey lined a fastball that caught just a little too much of the plate for a double into left field, winning the battle and setting the table for a game-deciding rally in the top of the eighth inning.With another two-strike poke into center, Brandon Crawford singled Bailey home to score the go-ahead run in a 4-3 win over the Cardinals on Monday in the first game of a three-game series at Busch Stadium, delivering his second late-inning, go-ahead hit in the past week.“One thing’s for sure is we’re never out of it,” Bailey said on the NBC Sports Bay Area postgame show. “We have consist...

Santa Rosa businesses targeted in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

(KRON) -- Businesses in and around downtown Santa Rosa have been targeted in a series of hate crimes and hate speech incidents, the Santa Rosa Police Department said on Monday. The businesses targeted were primarily LGBTQ+ owned, or supporters of the LGBTQ+ community, police said.The businesses targeted were defaced with stickers that promoted hateful rhetoric. Stickers were also used to cover up support for LGBTQ+ rights, Trans rights, and Black Lives Matter, police said. Westfield pulling out of downtown San Francisco No information about suspects in the incidents was made available. The perpetrators were simply described as "unknown people.""The Santa Rosa Police Department is committed to supporting all members of our community and will not tolerate hate crimes," Santa Rosa PD said. "No citizen, employee, or business owner should be targeted and harassed for living their authentic lives or supporting their fellow citizens."Santa Rosa PD is investigating each instance and is e...

Daniel Murphy takes next step in comeback bid, joins Angels on minor league deal

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Daniel Murphy is joining the Los Angeles Angels on a minor league contract, the next step in a surprising comeback bid by the three-time All-Star.The 38-year-old Murphy was hitting .331 in 37 games this season for the Long Island Ducks in the independent Atlantic League. He last played in the majors in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season with the Colorado Rockies. During the winter that followed, he said he was retiring.But more than two years later, Murphy is giving it another shot. His move to the Angels adds infield depth for Los Angeles and puts him back in affiliated ball with a big league organization.“Honestly, I didn’t know until a week or so ago that he was playing,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said Monday before his team’s game against the Texas Rangers. “It sounds like he looks good. He’s been swinging the bat. We’ll see what we got when he goes out and plays.”The Ducks announced the deal Monday, saying the Angels purchased Murphy’s ...

Torkelson lifts Tigers to 6-5, 10-inning win over Braves, stops 9-game skid

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson sparked a three-run, ninth-inning rally against Raisel Iglesias with a two-run homer and hit a game-ending single in the 10th, lifting Detroit over the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Monday night to stop the Tigers’ nine-game losing streak.“This is huge, because the last 10 days haven’t been much fun,” Torkelson said. “We’ve felt in all 10 of these games that we were never out of it. Tonight, the pitching staff did a great job and there were a couple of defensive plays that kept us in it. We just kept chipping away.”Andy Ibañez began the comeback from a 4-0 deficit with a seventh-inning homer and threw out Sam Hilliard at the plate from left field in the 10th as Detroit improved to 7-3 in extra-inning games this year.Atlanta’s Marcel Ozuna was hit on the right wrist by a pitch from Garrett Hill in the fourth and left the game one inning later with what the Braves said was a bruise. Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said Ozuna was undergoin...

Nicaragua thrown out of CONCACAF Gold Cup for ineligible player, replaced by Trinidad

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Nicaragua was thrown out of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Monday for using an ineligible player in eight matches and was replaced in the tournament by Trinidad and Tobago.The Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Football said the decision was made by its disciplinary committee. It did not identify the ineligible player and said some of the matches included Nations League play.Trinidad and Tobago will open on June 24 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, against the winner from qualifying among Curaçao, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana and Sint Maarten. The Soca Warriors will play Jamaica four days later at St. Louis and will end Group A against the United States on July 2 at Charlotte, North Carolina.Antigua and Barbuda will replace Trinidad in qualifying and will play Guadeloupe on Friday at Fort Lauderdale with the winner facing Grenada or French Guiana on Sunday for a berth in Group D of the tournament with Canada, Cuba and Guatemala.Nicaragua was relegated to Grou...

Matt Turner only World Cup regular starter named to US Gold Cup roster

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Just four players who appeared for the U.S. at last year’s World Cup are on a largely junior varsity roster announced Monday for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, including just one regular starter: goalkeeper Matt Turner.The 23-man roster selected by new interim coach B.J. Callaghan for the championship of the Confederation of North and Central America and the Caribbean has three others who saw limited World Cup time: forwards Jesús Ferreira and Jordan Morris, and right back DeAndre Yedlin. Three additional players were on the World Cup roster without getting into a match: goalkeeper Sean Johnson, defender Aaron Long and midfielder Cristian Roldan.The Gold Cup roster totaled just 442 minutes in Qatar: 360 by Turner, 45 by Ferreira, 33 by Yedlin and 4 by Morris.Five of the players are with the U.S. for this week’s CONCACAF Nations League matches: Turner and Johnson plus defender Miles Robinson, midfielder Alan Soñora and forward Alex Zendejas.Turner was limited to five Europa Le...

Haniger drives in 2, Crawford delivers tiebreaking single as Giants edge Cardinals 4-3

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mitch Haniger drove in two runs and Brandon Crawford hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.Wilmer Flores had three hits for the Giants, who have won five of seven. San Francisco, which took the opener of the three-game set, has won just two of nine series in St. Louis since 2013.Haniger’s single to right field in the seventh inning scored Flores and tied the game at 3-all.In the eighth, the Giants’ Patrick Bailey doubled with one out off reliever Chris Stratton (1-1) and scored on a hit by Crawford, who pitched one inning of relief on Sunday in a 13-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.Paul Goldschmidt and Paul DeJong homered for St. Louis, which has lost 10 of its last 13 games.Goldschmidt poked a two-run homer of Logan Webb in the sixth inning, giving the Cardinals a 3-2 lead. DeJong connected on a solo shot off Webb in the fifth.Haniger highlighted San Franci...

Las conclusiones del foro del exgobernador Chris Christie con CNN

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

(CNN) — El exgobernador de Nueva Jersey Chris Christie arremetió contra el expresidente Donald Trump durante un foro en vivo con CNN este lunes, al calificar al exmandatario de “enojado” y “vengativo”. Christie también acusó a Trump de una “vanidad desbocada” durante los primeros minutos del evento.Sus comentarios marcaron el tono de la velada y dejaron claro que Christie –quien se apoyó en su propia experiencia como exfiscal federal– ve su papel en las primarias republicanas de 2024 como el principal crítico de Trump, dispuesto a enfrentarse al favorito de la contienda, mientras la mayoría de los demás aspirantes eluden la confrontación.Chris Christie, exgobernador de Nueva Jersey, se suma a la contienda por la candidatura presidencial republicana para 2024“Estoy convencido de que si (Trump) vuelve a la Casa Blanca, en los próximos cuatro años todo girará en torno a él ajustando cuentas”, dijo el exgobernador.“Ha demostrad...

Denver Nuggets are the 2023 NBA champions

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:41:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Nuggets won Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat and are now the league's new champions.The Nuggets outlasted the Miami Heat 94-89 in an ugly, frantic Game 5 that did nothing to derail Nikola Jokic, who bailed out his teammates with 28 points, 16 rebounds on a night when nothing else seemed to work. When is the Denver Nuggets championship parade? Jokic won the Bill Russell trophy as the NBA Finals MVP — an award that certainly has more meaning to him than the two overall MVPs he won in 2021 and ’22.“We are not in it for ourselves, we are in it for the guy next to us,” Jokic said. “And that’s why this (means) even more.”The Nuggets finished the regular season with 53 wins and 29 losses, the best record in the Western Conference and fourth-best overall for the NBA.They followed that by defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the Phoenix Suns in the second round and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western ...