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Athletics shuffle bullpen after 4 consecutive blown saves

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

OAKLAND — The Athletics shipped out three members of the shakiest bullpen in baseball Thursday and replaced them with three fresh faces.Veterans Domingo Acevedo and Jeurys Familia were designated for assignment, with Adam Oller optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.Called up from Las Vegas were Austin Pruitt, Rico Garcia and Spencer Patton.The A’s, 6-25, have had relievers charged with a blown save for the last four games preceding a getaway day game against the Seattle Mariners — the first time that’s happened since the stat was instituted in 2004. The bullpen is 3-for-12 in save percentage, the lowest in baseball, and has a 7.07 ERA which is the highest in the majors.“This change, it doesn’t come as a surprise,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “My message a couple of weeks ago was we’re going to do everything in our power to keep this group together and fight through this and we’re still going to fight through this. But I th...

San Jose road rage suspect had 40 guns, 10K rounds of ammunition: police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

(KRON) -- Dozens of firearms ranging from handguns to a fully automatic submachine gun were seized at the home of a road rage suspect who brandished a gun in a road rage incident, the San Jose Police Department said. Officers responded at around 9:30 a.m. on April 13 to a report of a suspect brandishing a firearm near the intersection of Quimby Road and Remington Way. School bus full of children crashes into car in San Jose, no reported injuries Officers with the San Jose Police Department conducted a preliminary investigation and determined the firearm had been brandished in a road rage incident. The suspect in the incident was positively identified as Michael Myers, 71, of San Jose.Michael Myers mugshot: SJPDMyers fled the area but during a follow-up investigation, officers with the SJPD Field Training Program, along with Recruit Officers, obtained a search warrant for Myers and his residence. Patrol officers located Myers five days after the initial incident and took him into c...

Locally shot Amazon series, 'Casa Grande' tells stories of diverse NorCal farm families

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

(KRON) -- "Casa Grande" is a new five-part miniseries shot around Petaluma that follows the stories of several families in the farmland of Northern California as it navigates themes of class, immigration, culture and family. KRON4's Ken Wayne spoke to several of the actors and people involved behind the scenes of the show.Watch the above video for the full story.

Paving it purple: Minnesota highway to honor Prince’s legacy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The late pop superstar Prince will have a highway named after him in his home state, following a vote by Minnesota lawmakers Thursday.The Senate vote was 55-5 to rename the highway that runs past Prince’s Paisley Park museum and studios. Among those watching was his oldest sister, Sharon Nelson. The bill passed the House unanimously last month on the seventh anniversary of Prince’s death, and now goes to Gov. Tim Walz, who is expected to sign.Purple signs will soon go up along a seven-mile stretch of State Highway 5 in the Minneapolis suburbs of Chanhassen and Eden Prairie — designating it the Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway. Prince’s friends and fans are footing the bill, said the lead sponsor, Republican Sen. Julia Coleman, of Waconia.“Prince was a true genius, a visionary artist who pushed the boundaries of music and cultures in ways that will never be forgotten,” Coleman told her fellow senators. “His influence can be he...

Texas president says building relationships priority in SEC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

AUSTIN. Texas (AP) — University of Texas President Jay Hartzell said Thursday he’ll attend the Southeastern Conference’s annual meeting later this month with a goal of building relationships, not immediately trying to flex Longhorns muscle in their new league.Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12 after the 2023-24 season and join the SEC next summer.Hartzell said he’ll be watching how the conference addresses its football scheduling dilemma — eight or nine conference games — and its potential impact on future media rights contracts. The SEC meets May 30 in Destin, Florida.“It’s going to be weird. I’ll be there with no voting rights. We’re not officially in yet,” Hartzell said Thursday.“My impression is scheduling is tough for them, probably will be the topic of the day, and then figuring out what is the latest in terms of media discussions and how those two interact,” Hartzell said. “I’ll be there mainly to start building relationships.”Hartzell sai...

Authorities: Killings in south Georgia town, including at fast food restaurant, leave at least 2 dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities: Killings in south Georgia town, including at fast food restaurant, leave at least 2 dead.Source

California lawmakers OK emergency loans to failing hospitals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Alarmed by the closure of a rural hospital earlier this year, California lawmakers on Thursday voted to loan $150 million to struggling medical centers in the hope of preventing a cascade of similar failures across the state.The only hospital in Madera County closed in December, leaving the community of nearly 160,000 people with no medical center within a 30-minute drive. The closure was a startling reminder of the plight of many community hospitals in mostly rural areas of the country that have struggled to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic.Since then, hospitals in El Centro, Montebello, Hawkins and Visalia have all teetered on the brink of collapse, with one declaring bankruptcy and another being taken over by a state university to prevent its closure. A report last month paid for by the California Hospital Association warned that 20% of the state’s more than 400 hospitals were at risk of closing.California lawmakers typically don’t a...

LOCALIZE IT: Attendance falls at Black Protestant churches

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:As most Americans try to return to normalcy more than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic, emptier pews have become a common reality among many Black Protestant churches across the nation.Attendance fell 15 percentage points at Black Protestant churches after the COVID outbreak, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Researchers say “no other religious group has registered a decline of this magnitude.”A story published Monday by the AP explores the reasons behind the drop at congregations across the U.S., and how parishioners still feel that the Black church remains crucial to the Black community as a source of refuge and hope.___READ AP’S STORY Black Protestant church still vital despite attendance drop ___SEE THE DATAThe recent Pew survey also found that Black Protestants are the only group in which more than half (54%) still attend services virtually.Read the survey here.Pew defines Black Prote...

Los Angeles Rams sign QB Brett Rypien

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams signed quarterback Brett Rypien on Thursday.Rypien spent his first four NFL seasons with the Denver Broncos, passing for 778 yards with four touchdown passes and eight interceptions in eight appearances. He made two of his three career starts last season for Denver, which signed him as an undrafted free agent out of Boise State in 2019.Rypien will compete for a backup job in Los Angeles behind Super Bowl winner Matthew Stafford, who was limited to just nine games by injuries last season. The Rams also drafted Stetson Bennett, Georgia’s two-time national championship-winning quarterback, in the fourth round last weekend.Rypien’s arrival makes it unlikely the Rams will re-sign John Wolford and Bryce Perkins, their two backup quarterbacks for the past three seasons. Wolford had modest success after replacing an injured Jared Goff in 2020, but both Wolford and Perkins struggled in place of Stafford last season.The Rams eventu...

Evenepoel and Roglič favorites for upcoming Giro d’Italia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:50:39 GMT

MILAN (AP) — This year’s Giro d’Italia is being billed as a two-horse race between the experienced Primož Roglič and the younger Remco Evenepoel.But the Italian Grand Tour, which starts on Saturday, is often wet, wild and unpredictable — especially with a brutal final week.Both Roglič and Evenepoel know that anything can happen over a three-week race and that even unheralded outsiders could lift the “Trofeo Senza Fine” in Rome at the end of the month.Evenepoel became world champion last year and the Belgian also claimed his first Grand Tour success when he won the Spanish Vuelta, ending a run of three straight victories for Roglič.The 23-year-old Evenepoel comes into the Giro having won the prestigious Liège–Bastogne–Liège last month for the second year in a row.“I think I can be here only with a positive feeling,” Evenepoel said Thursday. “I just won Liège for a second time, so that’s a good way to start the Giro. The season has been very good so far. I won the UAE tour, we came se...