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Kiszla vs. Masisak: Was Jared Bednar’s tirade a sign of big trouble for Avalanche?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

Kiz: Coach Jared Bednar is correct. On too many nights early this season, the Avs have been a joke. And it’s not funny ha-ha. A team with the top-tier talent of Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon has no excuse for getting blown out on a regular basis. Is this a leadership problem? Do the Avs miss captain Gabe Landeskog more than we can possibly know? And how does Bednar fix it?Masisak: For a team that spent training camp talking about the standards and culture here, including new guys gushing about how the grass was actually greener, the noncompetitive losses are startling. Bednar didn’t shy away from taking a minor jab at the leadership core after the meltdown against St. Louis. There are two reasons for optimism. One, the underlying numbers are still very good. And two, this team was in the weeds for a while last year and eventually looked like a Cup contender again in the final two months. This core has shown it can figure things out before.Kiz: The glory...

CSU run game gets spark from freshman Justin Marshall

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

All season long, the Colorado State football team has searched for some kind of spark to get its running game on track.Before the start of the season, it didn’t look like that would be a problem with last year’s leading rusher Avery Morrow returning and transfer Kobe Johnson expected to have a significant impact as well.But along the way, both got injured, Johnson so much that the Rams decided to shut him down and redshirt him this season. Morrow is back but hasn’t been 100%.In the meantime, CSU turned to redshirt sophomore Vann Schield, who carried the load for a few games. Then last Saturday in the Rams’ 22-19 victory over San Diego State, the Rams got the spark they have been looking for.In his first college game, true freshman Justin Marshall rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown, making him the first CSU freshman to rush for 100 yards in a game since Ron Harris in 1974.“We’ve had a lot of injuries,” CSU head coach Jay Norvell said. “We lost Kobe. Avery was hurt for several weeks...

Violent sucker-punch caught on camera leaves 68-year-old man severely injured

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

A brutal attack on an elderly store employee in Riverside County that was captured on surveillance footage last month has left the victim seriously injured and hospitalized. Now, the grieving family wants justice.  The violent assault happened on Oct. 27 outside Sun Valley Market and Liquor on Simpson Road in Winchester where the victim, 68-year-old Carlos Munguia, has worked for four years.  Surveillance footage from a nearby business captured the incident.  The 68-year-old can be seen on video taking the trash out with a dolly in the store’s parking lot when a man approaches him and starts talking to him before suddenly sucker-punching Munguia and running away.  “Right now, he barely opens his eyes. There’s times that he knows who we are and days where he doesn’t know who we are,” Alma Romero, the victim’s daughter-in-law told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson. “It’s sad. We can’t talk to him or bring him home.”   Tarzana man accused of dumping body parts now charged with...

Calling for ceasefire in Gaza, protesters take over Oakland federal building

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

OAKLAND – Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza took over the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland on Monday.Related ArticlesPolitics | Online misinformation is thriving in Israel-Hamas war Politics | Letters: Delinquent rent | Divulging RMDs | Cutting homelessness | No armchair QBs Politics | California high school student suspended for saying ‘Free Palestine’ Politics | Medics and patients, including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals Politics | GOP hopeful Chris Christie visits Israel, says the US must show solidarity in war against Hamas More than 700 Jewish people and their allies occupied the building’s rotunda, according to organizers. Many of them wore matching black T-shirts declaring, “Jews Say Ceasefire Now.”Organizers said the protesters would not leave the building unless a ceasefire is called or they are forcibly removed. As of 6:15 p.m., no arrests had bee...

Single-family home sells for $1.7 million in Oakland

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

841 Wawona Avenue – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 800 block of Wawona Avenue in Oakland was sold on Oct. 6, 2023. The $1,700,000 purchase price works out to $851 per square foot. The house, built in 1949, has an interior space of 1,997 square feet. The layout of this single-story house includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms. On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of wood shake roofing / shingles. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. Additionally, the home includes a garage.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 2,184-square-foot home on the 100 block of Oak Road in Piedmont sold in September 2022, for $2,200,000, a price per square foot of $1,007. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Ashmount Avenue, Piedmont, in April 2023, a 4,559-square-foot home was sold for $1,750,000, a price per square foot of $384. The home has 7 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 2,243-square-foot home on Lakeshore Avenue in Oakl...

Fairfield man arrested for Walnut Creek robberies

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

(KRON) -- A Fairfield man was arrested on Friday in connection with two robberies in Walnut Creek, the Walnut Creek Police Department said. Malcolm Hale is being held at the Martinez Detention Facility on a $600,000 bail on charges including two counts of robbery, two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, and illegal possession of an assault weapon. Arrest made in fatal shooting outside San Leandro Chili’s The first robbery that Hale is believed to be responsible for happened on Nov. 3 in the parking lot of a Burger King located at 1799 North Broadway. A witness told KRON4 the elderly victim was knocked down and robbed when walking back to his Porsche. The second robbery happened at Autopia Carwash at 2172 North Main St. on Nov. 8, police said. WCPD detectives and members of the Central County SWAT Team executed a search warrant in Fairfield. Detectives arrested Hale and recovered an AR-15-style assault rifle, police said. The robberies allegedly committed by Hale are part of a...

Visiting media crew robbed of equipment at gunpoint in North Beach

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Sunday evening, San Francisco police responded to reports of an armed robbery in North Beach. Sources say the victims were a visiting media crew and that they met with San Francisco Mayor London Breed."We don’t want anyone in San Francisco to be a victim of any crime, whether they are a visitor or a resident," Mayor Breed said in a statement. "SFPD is actively investigating this case, and we know that when an arrest is made, our District Attorney has taken a strong position of aggressively prosecuting crimes like these." ‘I’m going to have to take you out’: Paul Pelosi delivers chilling testimony in DePape trial The robbery allegedly took place near Broadway and Columbus Avenue at 4:56 p.m. The victims told police three suspects armed with guns drove up near them, exited the vehicle and approached them. The victims then said the suspects demanded their production equipment, which the victims gave up, and fled the scene.Sources say the victims will have equi...

Biden hails ‘new era’ of ties between US and Indonesia

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a “new era” in the relationship between the United States and Indonesia as he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the White House on Monday, formalizing closer ties with the world’s third largest democracy and a heavyweight player in Southeast Asia.The announcement is a reflection of U.S. commitment to the region before Biden heads to San Francisco for a summit of Asian leaders, where he’s scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Washington and Beijing have been jockeying for influence in Southeast Asia, which is a critical crossroads for trade and a potential flashpoint for global conflict. “This will mark a new era in relations between the United States and Indonesia across the board,” Biden said, sitting next to Widodo. He added that Widodo, the leader of a tropical archipelago, mentioned that he was cold when he stepped out of his vehicle at the White House. Biden joked, “I told him I c...

‘It is well worth it’: Prince George’s Co. libraries raising money for defibrillators

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

Some of the libraries in Prince George’s County have defibrillators. But library leaders say all of them should. With GivingTuesday coming up a few days after Thanksgiving, the library system is raising money to buy them for every branch.Seven of the county’s 19 library branches have defibrillators in case of an emergency, though there’s never been an occasion when one has had to be used at any of them. The branches that have them already are found in Laurel, South Bowie, Baden, New Carrollton and Hyattsville, as well as the brand-new branches in Bladensburg and Clinton.The county is hoping to raise $20,000 to get them in the rest of the libraries now.“We think that all of our patrons at all our branches should enjoy the ability to come to our branches and be safe in case of a medical emergency,” said Jermaine Gordon, safety and security supervisor with the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System. “We want this in every library.”The estimated cost is about $20,000...

Haley Cavinder says she’s becoming a Horned Frog. Former Miami guard announces commitment to TCU

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:20:13 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Former Miami guard Haley Cavinder, one of the most recognizable players in the name, image and likeness era of college athletics, revealed Monday on social media that she has committed to play at TCU next season. Cavinder posted a series of three photos on Instagram that showed her sitting on a throne-like chair wearing a TCU uniform and holding a silver basketball with the school’s logo. She captioned the post “the last rodeo #committed” and listed her location as Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the campus. That came exactly a month after Cavinder wrote in another Instagram post “see you next season” without saying then where she planned to play in 2024-25. Cavinder and her twin sister, Hanna, played at Miami last season and helped the Hurricanes reach the NCAA Elite Eight. Haley Cavinder had told The Associated Press last season that she planned to play one more college season; Hanna Cavinder said she was likely done playing. The twins announced in Ap...