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Last-minute surprise retirement upends Alameda County supervisor race

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

A 30-year incumbent has retired suddenly from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, just months before an election he was almost guaranteed to win–and it’s not yet clear who’ll be his successor.Supervisor Keith Carson is photographed at the East Bay Times studio on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Carson announced he is no longer running for the Alameda County Supervisor District 5 seat. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) Over his career on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Keith Carson has helped move the county toward sustainability, championed programs for the unhoused, and chaired a number of committees that promoted economic development. And when he began putting together the paperwork in November to run again, most people thought the supervisor, who was first elected to the board in 1992, was planning to continue that work for another term.So it came as some surprise when he announced Friday just minutes after the filing deadline  that he wouldn’t be run...

For the San Jose Sharks, does trading their ‘pulse’ make sense?

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

The rebuilding San Jose Sharks have 10 pending unrestricted free agents, and it’s no secret that any number of them could be shipped to another team before the NHL’s trade deadline in March.“It’s the reality of our situation,” Sharks coach David Quinn said over the weekend. “When you’re in our situation, people are going to want to take your good players and give you future assets. That’s just the nature of the business.”The question for members of the Sharks’ front office will be whether they also want to trade defenseman Mario Ferraro, who is signed through the 2025-26 season and is reportedly coveted by some opposing teams given his work ethic, ability to play big minutes, leadership qualities and a relatively modest salary cap hit of $3.25 million.Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said earlier this month that the Sharks would consider trading several of their defensemen, noting also that Ferraro, 25, isn’t necessarily an untouchable – for the right price.General ma...

Doritos Nacho Cheese-flavored booze has just become a reality

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

By Kate Krader | BloombergDoritos Nacho Cheese chips partnerships have gone to countless places, from Call of Duty to virtual concerts with the Netflix series Stranger Things.One place Doritos has never gone, at least in a way officially sanctioned by parent company PepsiCo Inc, is into alcohol.But on December 12, the flaming orange chips will get sloshed with the launch of Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese.The partnership with Doritos—the most popular savory snack among Gen Z and the 8th-ranked brand overall—is the most commercial offering from Empirical Spirits, a Copenhagen-based distillery. The limited release of the beverage, available at doritos.x.empirical.co and at to-be-announced locations in New York and California, will go for $65 for a 750 millileter bottle. (The companies did not disclose the number of bottles they’re releasing.)“We’re doing more disruptive partnerships,”  says Courtney Larson, Dorito’s senior director of marketing. “When one of the most innovative flavo...

Santa Rosa man arrested after allegedly owning 7 unpermitted guns 

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

(KRON) – A Santa Rosa man prohibited from owning guns was arrested for allegedly possessing seven guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition on Saturday.Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office deputies received multiple reports of someone shooting guns in the 5000 block of Gates Road in Santa Rosa around 7 a.m. on Dec. 7. Scott Fisher charged with murdering San Francisco tech worker Upon arrival, deputies located the man shooting guns. According to deputies, the man refused to cooperate and kept his distance.The Sheriff’s Office said deputies found shotgun and handgun casings on the porch of the man’s home and shotgun cartridges in the road nearby. According to deputies, the officers left the scene because they were unaware if a crime had been committed. Deputies and detectives began investigating the shooter.The man was identified as 64-year-old Santa Rosa resident Clint Mitchell. According to deputies, the Department of Justice had recently listed Mitchell as a person prohibite...

Turkish club president arrested and league games suspended after referee is punched at match

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

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested the president of top-flight soccer club after he punched a referee in the face at the end of match, prompting the Turkish Football Federation to suspend all league games.MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca attacked referee Halil Umut Meler on the pitch late Monday after the final whistle, following a 1-1 draw in a Super Lig game against Caykur Rizespor.The referee, who fell to the ground, was also kicked in a melee that occurred after fans also invaded the pitch after Rizespor scored a last-minute equalizer.The federation announced it suspended all league games indefinitely after an emergency meeting held to discuss the violence.Meler was hospitalized with a slight fracture near his eye but was not in a serious condition. He was expected to be discharged on Wednesday.Koca, who was considered to be at risk of a heart attack, was also hospitalized overnight. He was ordered arrested pending trial on charges of injuring a pub...

Case dismissed: ‘Wizard of Oz’ dress may soon be auctioned by Catholic University

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

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the ownership of a blue and white gingham dress worn by Judy Garland in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” that Catholic University in D.C. plans to auction.Catholic University has said Father Gilbert Hartke, the founder of the school’s drama program, accepted the gift on behalf of the school in 1973. The dress was misplaced for years, but was discovered in a shoe box in 2022, years after Hartke’s death in 1986.In May 2022, one day before the university and Bonham’s auction house’s planned offering to the highest bidder, the auction was halted by a federal judge in New York City, when a niece of Hartke filed suit, asserting her family owned the dress, rather than the university.Now, Judge Paul Gardephe has ruled Barbara Hartke has failed to establish that she had legal standing to claim ownership to the Dorothy dress.Father Hartke had received the dress from actress Mercedes McCambridge, a close con...

PGA Tour offered rookies $500K up front. Only 8 of them needed it

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

The PGA Tour approved a new program this season to make sure rookies and most Korn Ferry Tour graduates get $500,000 up front. That money would be recouped from their earnings to make sure no one lost any money.Tour officials are still calculating the “Earnings Assurance Program,” although only eight of the 27 rookies who finished a full season (15 events or more) failed to reach $500,000. All but one of them are back in Q-school this week.How much that cost the tour is still to be determined. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan predicted $2 million to $3 million — money spent making up the difference if players didn’t reach $500,000 — though that’s what is still being computed.Rookies had the option of getting the money up front. But the program was for every fully exempt player, which might have come in handy for Kevin Kisner in a strange year. He was torn between bad play and wanting to be at home with three young children during the summer when he stopped playing in Ju...

Stock market today: Wall Street holds steady as inflation report comes in as expected

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting in early trading after a report showed inflation in the United States is behaving pretty much as expected. The S&P 500 edged down 0.1% Tuesday, a day after hitting a 20-month high. The Dow and the Nasdaq composite were little changed. Prices for gasoline, food and other living costs rose 3.1% last month from a year earlier, slightly less than October’s 3.2% rate and in line with expectations. The Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on interest rates Wednesday. Oracle tumbled after reporting revenue that fell short of forecasts. Crude oil prices fell.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street tilted toward small gains early Tuesday ahead of new U.S. inflation data that will likely set the tone for the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of the year.Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.1% before the bell and they are up about 0.2% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.On Tuesday, the government will release it...

German soccer federation to prosecute perpetrators of online racist abuse

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

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German soccer federation will start prosecuting people who direct racist abuse and hate speech at players online. The federation, known as the DFB, said Tuesday it is working with the public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt to identify the perpetrators of online abuse and send their cases to local authorities for prosecution.It comes after a slew of racist and discriminatory comments were directed on social media against Black players on Germany’s team that won the Under-17 World Cup for the first time this month.“We do not accept the inhumane hostility toward our players on the internet, but will combat it actively and consistently,” federation vice president Ronny Zimmermann said. “We hope that the initial identifications and prosecutions of perpetrators will have a deterrent effect. Online hate is a problem for society as a whole that we all have to combat together.”The federation said 14 of the comments aimed at the U17 players were deemed to consti...

US consumer inflation eased slightly last month as gas prices fell, though some costs kept surging

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

File - A woman holding several shopping bags enters a subway station on Black Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in New York. On Tuesday, the Labor Department issues its report on inflation at the consumer level in November. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)(AP/Peter K. Afriyie) File - A woman holding several shopping bags enters a subway station on Black Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in New York. On Tuesday, the Labor Department issues its report on inflation at the consumer level in November. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)(AP/Peter K. Afriyie) WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation ticked down again last month, with cheaper gas helping further lighten the weight of consumer price increases in the United States. At the same time, the ...