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With Earth Day coming, here’s a quick quiz on our planet

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

Earth Day began in 1970 and takes place on April 22 every year.Here are 10 questions to test your knowledge of the planet.1. A day on Earth is 24 hours but it always hasn’t been that way. Are the days getting longer or shorter?Answer: Longer. According to NASA, the length of Earth’s day is increasing. When Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago, its day would have been roughly six hours long. By 620 million years ago, this had increased to 21.9 hours. Today, the average day is 24 hours long, but is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds every century.The reason? The moon is slowing down Earth’s rotation through the tides that it helps create.2. What country has the driest place on Earth?A) U.S.B) Saudi ArabiaC) ChileAnswer C: The driest place in the world — the Atacama Desert in northern Chile — is next to the biggest body of water — the Pacific Ocean. Average annual rainfall in Arica, Chile, is just 0.03 inches. It is believed that Atacama’s Calama city saw no rain for 400 years unti...

Stagecoach 2023: Everything you need to know about the country music fest

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is going to look a little different at the Empire Polo Club in Indio when it returns following both weekends of its big sister event, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 28-30.Stagecoach fans will notice that the layout has been shifted and there’s a new home for the Mane Stage and restaurateur and TV personality Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse.“We had to move it to a new location just because his cooking demonstrations and even when he’s just barbecuing with his buddies and giving people samples, it’s been so popular and Guy is having so much fun with it, we decided to go bigger,” Stagecoach talent buyer Stacy Vee said during a recent phone interview. The new location is where the Indio Central Market is for Coachella.EDM artist Diplo is curating the Honky Tonk Dance Hall at the 2023 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on April 28-30. He’ll be bringing in some of his famous friends including Dillon Francis, Los...

Departures of Pac-12 executives give Kliavkoff the chance to cut salary costs as the Comcast hammer looms

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

Deputy commissioner Jaime Zaninovich became the third executive to depart the Pac-12 this year — but the first to leave voluntarily — when his move to the private sector was revealed last week.In January, the conference terminated the employment of chief financial officer Brent Willman and Pac-12 Networks president Mark Shuken for their roles in the Comcast overpayment scandal.All told, four high-compensated executives have left the conference since George Kliavkoff became commissioner in the summer of 2021, while two others departed in the final stage of Larry Scott’s tenure.Put another way: Kliavkoff has a chance to significantly cut salary costs at the conference office precisely when the schools need it most because of gross mismanagement … at the conference office.The overpayments made by Comcast, which were known to Shuken, Willman and possibly Scott — his role in the scandal remains unclear — are expected to result in the media company with...

'RIP Oakland A's': Fans react to news of A's leaving for Vegas

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- On Thursday morning Oakland A's fans awoke to the news they hoped they'd never hear; the team which has been an integral part of the Bay Area sports fabric since 1968 had secured land for a stadium in Las Vegas. After years of will they or won't they speculation about the team's future, including the proposal of a new multi-billion dollar waterfront ballpark complex in the Port of Oakland, the A's are officially bound for Vegas. Oakland Roots Soccer Club submit stadium bid for lot adjacent to Coliseum Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said she was "disappointed" at the decision and accused the team of having not negotiated in good faith. Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bass said "the A's are not committed to Oakland," and that "it's time to move on."On social media, fan reaction ranged from sadness to anger."I will seriously miss the Oakland Athletics," wrote Instagram user alexghez26. "Thank you Athletics players for all the wonderful years. RIP Oakl...

San Jose math tutor arrested for child porn possession

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

(KRON) -- An employee of a San Jose math tutoring center for children was arrested on child pornography charges, police said Thursday. Deoel Credo Noveno, 30, works as a center director for Mathnasium in south San Jose, according to the San Jose Police Department.An investigation into Noveno was launched by detectives with the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Noveno used the usernames "Zanrath#6659" and "Leothe9th1" on social media while possessing and distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, SJPD Officer Steve Aponte said. During the course of the investigation, it was determined that Noveno tutored and had access to young children at Mathnasium, Aponte said. On April 11, detectives arrested Noveno and served a search warrant at his residence in San Jose. He was later booked at the Santa Clara County Main Jail.Anyone with information regarding this incident, or any other similar incidents, are urged to call Detective Camarillo of the San Jose PD's ICAC/C...

DA: Robbers who targeted rich Asians in Palo Alto charged with hate crimes

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

(KRON) -- Three men allegedly involved in an armed robbery spree targeting Asian victims in Palo Alto and Milpitas have been charged with hate crimes, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. The three suspects; Tevita Lauti Fefita, 21, of Oakland, Curtis Eddie Charles Freeman, 19, of Stockton, and Siahola Jlan Tupouata, 18, of Oakland, all face robbery charges with hate crime enhancements, according to the DA.If convicted, the suspects face prison time. Civil rights attorney John Burris to file federal lawsuit against City of Antioch In one case cited by the DA, the men held a gun to the head of a man parked in his garage. His wife was standing outside the car at the time and two young children were seated in the car, the DA said.Evidence shows that the suspects targeted Asian victims because of their perceived wealth, the DA also said."Those who prey on Asian people should know that both my office and our county are proudly diverse and united against hatre...

Police Shot Atlanta Cop City Protester 57 Times, Autopsy Finds

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

Family members of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán embrace during a news conference in Decatur, Ga., on March 13, 2023.Photo: Alex Slitz/APWhen 26-year-old Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán was shot dead by police during a brutal, multi-agency raid on the Defend Atlanta Forest, Stop Cop City encampment in January, the activist’s friends felt certain of two things: Tortuguita was murdered, and whatever narrative the police offered would be a lie.Like clockwork, police officials claimed that Tortuguita shot first and hit a state trooper. In body camera footage that was later released — after police said none would be — one officer said that the cop had been shot by his fellow police. (Authorities dismissed the footage as speculation and said evidence did not support the remarks.) A previous, independent autopsy ordered by Tortuguita’s family found that the activist’s hands were raised when they were shot.Then, on Wednesday night, DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office released its official autopsy ...

Tesla’s price cuts drag share prices sharply lower

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shares fell sharply Thursday as the company felt the sting of numerous price cuts it made across its model lineup this year in hopes of energizing sales.Tesla is shaving thousands of dollars off the price of its cars as American consumers pull back spending on big ticket items, anxious over elevated inflation and a pair of U.S. banks that collapsed during Tesla’s first quarter.Tesla’s sales did climb during the quarter, but the amount of money generated per sale fell on price cuts, and first-quarter profit slumped 24%, the company said late Wednesday.Shares of Tesla Inc. tumbled more than 10% after dropping 2% on Wednesday. Shares were trading at $162.18, the lowest point since late January. Shares have rallied all year after a significant sell-off in 2022. TDCowen analyst Jeffrey Osborne said he’s “concerned” about Tesla’s strategy of selling as many vehicles as possible at lower profit margins and counting on revenue generated later from “Full Self...

Canada’s BMO Financial appoints Darrel Hackett as new US CEO

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Canadian and U.S. banking giant BMO Financial said Thursday it has named Darrell Hackett as its U.S. CEO, promoting an insider and elevating a person of color to a role where there are few at that level in the financial industry. Hackett, who has been with BMO since 2004, will replace Dave Casper, who is planning on retiring this summer. Before this promotion, Hackett was head of BMO’s U.S. Wealth Management division. Hackett also ran the bank’s U.S. business banking division. There are only a handful of Black and Latino senior financial executives in the U.S. The only Black CEO of a major U.S. bank is M&T Bank’s Rene Jones, who took over that role in 2017. In a statement, BMO Financial Group CEO Darryl White said Hackett’s promotion is part of the company’s work “for the elimination of barriers to inclusion.”“Darrel is a purpose-driven, high-performing and client-focused leader and I am excited to work with him in this new rol...

Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks trying to get under LeBron’s skin

Published Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:18 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Calling the NBA’s all-time leading scorer — regular season and playoffs — old and just another player might not seem very smart to most folks. For Dillon Brooks, that’s just the Grizzlies’ defender trying to get under LeBron James’ skin. Brooks is one of the NBA’s best defenders. He started off the mind games before their first-round Western Conference series was locked in, saying he wanted to face James and the Lakers.And Brooks didn’t hold back after his Grizzlies tied this series at 1-1 without Ja Morant. Brooks called James a legend yes, but “old” at 38. He added James isn’t the player who won titles in Miami and Cleveland. Brooks, 27, is in the final year of his contract. “I’m creating a name for myself,” Brooks said Wednesday night after a 103-93 win over the Lakers. This is nothing new for Brooks, often called Dillon the Villain in Memphis. He embraces the heel role in a town where wrestling and trash talk is a w...