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Monday Morning Lights: Top storylines heading into this weekend’s season openers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 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.SERRA, FOLSOM SET FOR REMATCHNo, the decision-makers at Northern California powers Serra and Folsom were not trying to mimic Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff when they picked a noon start time for their rematch on Saturday.As Serra coach Patrick Walsh tells it, the Folsom staff coaches both the varsity and JV teams, normally playing the JV game the day before the varsity game.With both games at Serra scheduled for Saturday, the schools will play the varsity game first, followed by the JV, so the Folsom staff is fresh for the bigger matchup.And what a matchup it is.Serra was last season’s undisputed No. 1 team in Northern California.The Padres opened the season with a 17-12 victory at Folsom, followed by a 24-21 triumph at De La Salle.Nearly all of the key players are back ...

Several SoCal-bound flights canceled as tropical storm Hilary impacts Bay Area airports

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

(KRON) -- Hurricane Hilary has been downgraded to a "tropical storm" Sunday morning. However, the storm is playing a factor in many areas in and around Southern California.Although the Hilary is not directly impacting the Bay Area, flights going south are. A number of Southern California-bound flights out of San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport and San José Mineta International Airport have been delayed or canceled. According to the respective airports' websites, here is a list of flight cancellations coming out of the Bay Area's three major airports as of Monday morning.SFOSouthwest Flight 3751 to Burbank: Canceled7:30 a.m. scheduled departureUnited Flight 2546 to Burbank: Canceled7:44 p.m. scheduled departureSouthwest Flight 3221 to Burbank: Canceled 12:30 p.m. scheduled departureAs of 7:30 a.m., no Los Angeles-bound flights from SFO have been canceled. Oakland AirportSouthwest Flight 977 to Las Vegas: Delayed8:10 a.m. scheduled departure8:22 a.m. new...

Police arrest man suspected of groping women in Millbrae

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

(KRON) -- Millbrae police have arrested a man who they say is connected to a series of incidents involving women being groped. Jaime Garcia Mogollan of San Bruno is suspected of allegedly groping women in five separate incidents. In one case, a woman accuses Mogollan of groping her on the Spur Trail in Millbrae. According to the woman, Mogollan rode away on a black mountain bike. A few days later, a woman was with her son on Poplar Avenue when Mogollan allegedly came from behind and ran away after she started yelling. Dirt bikes, motorcycles take over San Francisco roads On Saturday, a community member notified the San Bruno Police Department of a suspicious person in the San Bruno City Park. Officers arrived to the area and located an individual matching the description of the alleged serial groper, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. San Mateo County detectives arrived shortly after and located key evidence linking Mogollan to the reported incidents.The 40-year-...

1 dead after car crashes into tree in Santa Cruz

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

(BCN) -- At least one person is dead after a vehicle crashed into a tree along State Route 1 in Santa Cruz early Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. The accident occurred at around 4:38 a.m. Monday along northbound State Route 1 near the intersection with State Route 17. The driver of the vehicle was declared dead on the scene, according to highway patrollers. Dirt bikes, motorcycles take over San Francisco roads Authorities have yet to release information on the crash victim. There were no road closures as a result of the accident, and northbound State Route 1 remains open to traffic. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Cave Rock, a 3-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, dies of laminitis

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cave Rock, runner-up in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and trained by Bob Baffert, has died from complications of laminitis that developed after surgery in July.The 3-year-old colt who died Friday had not raced since last year’s Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland.His second-place finish to Forte in the BC Juvenile had placed Cave Rock among the early favorites for this year’s Triple Crown. He recorded six workouts this year, his last coming on April 2.Cave Rock won three of four career starts and had earnings of $748,000 for owners Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman.Veterinarian Dr. Vince Baker at San Luis Rey Equine Hospital in Bonsall, California, said Cave Rock showed signs of colic after a morning workout on July 28. After being treated with a tranquilizer and an anti-inflammatory, the colt didn’t improve and went to the hospital.Baker said tests showed Cave Rock had a congenital inguinal hernia. Surgery was done to re-se...

Canadian firefighters make progress battling some blazes but others push thousands from their homes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian firefighters made some progress battling blazes in a British Columbia region known for picturesque resort towns, but hundreds more raging across the province have pushed thousands from their homes and flames also threatened a provincial capital hundreds of kilometers (miles) to the north.There’s “finally a bit of a glimmer of hope,” West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Broland told a news conference of the progress being made Sunday in the Lake Okanagan region, which is known as a summer destination for families.“The weather has allowed us to make progress,” he said, adding that crews were able to conduct more traditional firefighting techniques such as putting out hot spots. More than 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) away, firefighters fought flames bearing down on Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories. The fire remained about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the city, which was left virtually empty after nearly all of its 20,000 re...

Need to leave kids home alone as the school year gets underway? Here are some tips

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

As the school year begins for some students in Northern Virginia, some parents may be considering leaving their child home alone before or after school for the first time.In Virginia, there are no specific rules about how old a child should be when they’re left alone. But Twana Johnson, Program Manager for Fairfax County Children, Youth and Families Division said there are child supervision guidelines.She said children should not be left alone until they are at least nine and, if you are leaving an older child alone with younger siblings, the older child should be at least 10 years old.Johnson said parents should ask the question, “Is the child ready to be left home alone, and are you the parent ready to leave the child home alone?”If an older child is left with younger siblings, Johnson said to ask: “Is that child ready to watch that younger sibling, and is that sibling ready to listen to that older child?”She said parents should consider holding a fam...

Stock market today: Wall Street is holding a bit steadier after its third straight losing week

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is mixed on Monday and holding a bit steadier after its third straight losing week amid its dismal August.The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 22 points, or 0.1%, at 34,478, as of 9:50 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.8% higher.Security software maker Palo Alto Networks jumped 15% for the biggest gain in the S&P 500. The California company reported better profit for the spring than analysts expected late Friday.Electric vehicle maker Tesla rose 4.4% to scrape back some of last week’s 11% loss. It struggled with other high-growth stocks last week because they’re seen as some of the hardest hit by higher interest rates, and bond yields have been swiftly rising. Besides worries about the tightening grip from the bond market, concerns about a faltering economic recovery in China have also caused markets worldwide to sway this month.The week’s main event is likely to be a speech on F...

Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender minors

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the state of Georgia from enforcing a new law that banned doctors from starting hormone therapy for transgender people under the age of 18.In a ruling issued Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Geraghty granted a preliminary injunction sought by the parents of several transgender children. At least 22 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and most of those states face lawsuits. The Georgia law, Senate Bill 140, still allows doctors to prescribe puberty-blocking medications, and it allows minors who are already receiving hormone therapy to continue.But the law bans any new patients under 18 from starting hormone therapy. It also bans most gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people under 18. Geraghty’s ruling did not block the surgery ban.During two days of hearings earlier this month, Geraghty heard conflicting testimony about the safety and benefits of horm...

Greek coast guard rescues scores of migrants from boats drifting in the Aegean Sea

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:39:23 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek patrol boats in the eastern Aegean Sea on Monday rescued nearly 80 migrants trying to cross from Turkey in inflatable dinghies in two separate incidents, as the number of such dangerous journeys increases.Over the weekend, the coast guard picked up another 200 people who had left Turkey in similar boats provided by smugglers for Greece’s nearby eastern Aegean islands.A coast guard statement said 40 migrants were rescued from a drifting dinghy off the coast of Lesbos island Monday, shortly after another 36 were picked off from another flimsy vessel in the same area. All 76 were taken to a local reception center.More than 14,000 people have reached Greece by land and sea so far this year, according to United Nations figures. That’s about a tenth of the total successful Mediterranean crossings, most of which — about 104,000 — were to Italy.Arrivals in Greece for the whole of 2022 totaled 19,000. Most were people from the Middle East and Africa se...