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Joe Lacob makes bold proclamation after Bay Area awarded WNBA team

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Shortly after the Warriors were awarded a WNBA franchise, Joe Lacob couldn’t help but reference the same promise he made to Warriors fans when he bought the NBA franchise in 2010.“I am telling you right now, we will win a WNBA championship in the first five years of this franchise,” Lacob said Thursday.Patience is not a word often used in describing Lacob. That’s clear with his bold goal of turning a team building a roster from scratch into a title-winning team in five years. But when it comes to his pursuit of bringing a WNBA team to the Bay Area, that’s exactly what he demonstrated, former Warriors president Rick Welts said.The Warriors on two occasions tried to bring a team to Northern California — in 2013 when the Los Angeles Sparks’ future was uncertain and in 2017 when the San Antonio Stars, now the Las Vegas Aces, were up for sale.The timing wasn’t right in either instance, Lacob concluded. But now, with the pand...

San Francisco clerk murdered by man who stole 2 cans of beer, prosecutors say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A beloved San Francisco store clerk was murdered in the Richmond District this summer by a man who stole two cans of beer, prosecutors said.A Hollister man, 21-year-old Santos De La Rosa, is accused of beating the clerk to death with a baseball bat inside the convenience store on Balboa Street the night of August 24. Yohannes "John" Tewolde, 60, confronted De La Rosa with the bat in an attempt to stop him from shoplifting, but the beer thief gained control of the weapon, police said.After the beating, De La Rosa retrieved one of the beers he had tried to steal previously and threw the bat at a second victim in the store, according to the District Attorney's Office. He evaded arrest by fleeing in a getaway car driven by accomplice, prosecutors said. Tewolde died in a hospital five days later. De La Rosa was arrested on September 12. This week, prosecutors charged De La Rosa with murder, second-degree robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon."I would like...

12-year-old bicyclist taken to hospital after being struck by car in Brentwood

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

(KRON) -- A 12-year-old bicyclist in Brentwood was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday, the Brentwood Police Department said in a press release. The boy was hit at around 5:33 p.m. on O'Hara Avenue at Lone Tree Way.The victim, a boy who is a Brentwood resident, was riding his bicycle northbound on O'Hara and the vehicle was traveling westbound on Lone Tree Way when the collision happened. The minor was airlifted to the hospital where he is expected to survive, Brentwood police said. How you can get thousands back from the government for buying an EV The westbound lanes of Lone Tree Way were shut down for approximately 30 minutes and have since reopened. Police said drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the collision. Police did not say whether or not the driver remained on scene to cooperate with the investigation.

Indian Nationalists Cite Inspiration for Foreign Assassinations: U.S. “Targeted Killing” Spree

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

Protesters stomp on an Indian flag and a cutout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sept. 25, 2023, over the Indian government’s alleged involvement in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia, Canada.Photo: Cole Burston/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the wake of Canada’s claim last month that the Indian government was behind the murder of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, observers in the West have compared the alleged state-sanctioned killing to the actions of authoritarian states like Russia and Iran.In India, however, pro-government media outlets and politicians across the spectrum have pointed to a Western democracy that they believe has most legitimized the practice of extrajudicial assassination: the United States.The U.S. government has been supportive of Canada’s investigation of Nijjar’s murder. U.S. officials shared intelligence with the Canadian government that informed the allegations and have stated that there is...

Imágenes satelitales muestran que, tras los ataques a Sebastopol, Rusia traslada buques de su Marina a otros puertos

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

(CNN) — Varias imágenes satelitales muestran que Rusia ha reubicado algunos buques de la Marina del puerto de Sebastopol, en Crimea, tras una serie de ataques ucranianos en el mar Negro. Entretanto, trascendieron los planes de Moscú para abrir una nueva base en una región separatista de Georgia.Hasta una docena de embarcaciones, entre fragatas, buques de desembarco y submarinos, parecen estar amarrados ahora más al este de Novorossiysk, según muestran las imágenes de las últimas semanas.CNN pudo confirmar que algunos de los buques procedían de Sebastopol, el puerto base de la Flota del Mar Negro, pero otras imágenes satelitales revisadas por CNN muestran que otras embarcaciones militares permanecen en ese puerto.El Instituto para el Estudio de la Guerra (ISW, por sus siglas en inglés) comentó que las imágenes de los días 1 y 3 de octubre “al parecer muestran que las fuerzas rusas trasladaron recientemente a Novorossiysk las fragatas Almirante Makarov y Almirante Essen, t...

US regulators seek to compel Elon Musk to testify in their investigation of his Twitter acquisition

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X.The SEC said in a filing in a San Francisco federal court that Musk failed to appear for testimony on Sept. 15 despite an investigative subpoena served by the SEC and having raised no objections at the time it was served.But “two days before his scheduled testimony, Musk abruptly notified the SEC staff that he would not appear,” said the agency’s filing. “Musk attempted to justify his refusal to comply with the subpoena by raising, for the first time, several spurious objections, including an objection to San Francisco as an appropriate testimony location.”X is based in San Francisco.Musk’s attorney, Alex Spiro, said in an emailed statement Thursday that the “SEC has already taken Mr. Musk’s testimony multiple times in this misguided investigation — enough is enough.”The SEC...

All Blacks finish Rugby World Cup pool play with 73-0 win over Uruguay

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — New Zealand overcame a sluggish start to beat Uruguay 73-0 in its final pool match at the Rugby World Cup on Thursday. But the All Blacks’ performance was less than the polished quarterfinal rehearsal they were hoping for.New Zealand took 20 minutes to score the first try of the match and for much of the first quarter was put under pressure by Uruguay, which rose to the occasion of the first official test match between the teams.“It was quite a tough test match, especially in the first half. We were made to really work for it,” All Blacks captain Sam Cane said. “In that first 20 minutes we showed some good composure and patience to not allow (errors) to creep in and we started getting some rewards.”The All Blacks recovered to score four tries in the second quarter and lead 26-0 by halftime. But they will look back on their shaky start with concern as they were often turned over at breakdowns by Uruguay and at times looked stretched in defense.Still, the All...

Business Highlights: The economic threat of rising rates, a huge recall of air bag inflators

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

___Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ‘soft landing’WASHINGTON (AP) — Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession. Since mid-summer, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note has steadily climbed, causing a spillover rise in other borrowing costs. The costs of mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt have all risen in response. The collective impact of higher rates across the economy could also weaken the government’s own finances. The jump in longer-term rates coincides with other threats, from higher gas prices and this week’s resumption of student loan payments to autoworkers’ ongoing strike and the risk of a government shutdown next month.___Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employeesTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Among the many changes being sought by striking United Auto W...

OPINIÓN | Jon Fosse, Premio Nobel de Literatura 2023: deshielo del imaginario noruego

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El escritor, dramaturgo y poeta noruego Jon Fosse se alza con el Premio Nobel de Literatura 2023. La Academia siempre nos sorprende, más allá de cualquier apuesta. Los expertos dirigen su mirada hacia nuevos lenguajes, poderosas estructuras, formas sublimes y originales de contar historias.Este otoño no ha sido la excepción. La Academia subraya que otorga este galardón al autor por sus “innovadoras obras de teatro y prosa que le dan voz a lo que no se puede decir”. Al leer la obra de Fosse encontrarás un sistema de escritura muy original. El autor solo utiliza comas, nunca puntos, creando un vaivén cadencioso que nos remonta a las olas que bañan las costas noruegas.El escritor noruego Jon Fosse gana el Premio Nobel de Literatura 2023Su pasión por Lorca, su devoción por Beckett e Ibsen, traslación poética recurrente, es su herencia legendaria que lo ha llevado a construir una voz propia con bases muy firmes. La música, el eco de su adolescencia, va galopando sobre lo...

Colorado funeral home under investigation after improperly stored bodies found

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:25:21 GMT

PENROSE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs what they call “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets.The investigation centers on a building owned by the Return to Nature Funeral Home outside Colorado Springs in the small town of Penrose. Ameristar Casino sued by card counter after police detainment Deputies were called to the building on Tuesday night in reference to a suspicious incident. Investigators returned the next day with a search warrant and found the improperly stored remains, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said a Thursday statement. The sheriff’s office said it was working with state and federal officials.Trash bags could be seen Thursday outside the entrance of the company's single-story building with two law enforcement vehicles parked in front. Yellow police tape cordoned off the area and a putrid odor pervaded the air.A hearse ...