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MLB to vote on A’s relocation to Las Vegas in November, but Oakland is seen as possible expansion city

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

The A’s might be going, going, gone, but Major League Baseball could return to Oakland before long.MLB owners will vote in November to give A’s owner John Fisher final approval to move the club to Las Vegas, an industry source confirmed to the Bay Area News Group on Thursday. The A’s would need 75% approval to complete the relocation.But hope emerged this week for Oakland baseball fans: USA Today reported that the city could join Nashville, Tenn., as a top candidate for expansion teams in the next five years.For that to happen, though, a wealthy ownership group needs to emerge immediately. It also needs the wherewithal to pay the expansion fee, estimated at $2 billion, and build a ballpark.“If there’s an ownership group that wants to try to get a team in Oakland, they should voice themselves now and arrange meetings with the commissioner and show why Oakland is viable for an expansion team and what they plan to do as an ownership group,” former A’s star Dave Stewart said...

Coroner IDs man killed at Oakland encampment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

OAKLAND — The Alameda County Coroner’s Office has confirmed the identification of a 38-year-old man who was recently shot and killed at an encampment where he lived.Baltazar Alcaraz was fatally shot around 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 24 at an encampment off Interstate 580 near the 3400 block of Telegraph Avenue. It is being investigated by the California Highway Patrol, not Oakland police, because it is on state property.Alcaraz was shot and killed outside a cropping of tents at the encampment. Police have interviewed several other residents but have yet to identify a suspect, authorities say. The suspected motive has not been released either.Anyone with information can call the CHP tip line at 707-917-4491.

Sudden retirement of San Jose police watchdog came after drunken clash with officers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

SAN JOSE – The sudden retirement announcement of San Jose’s civilian police watchdog followed an encounter at a community festival in which she appeared to drunkenly accost police officers working security at the venue, according to multiple sources.In an interview with this news organization Thursday, Shivaun Nurre said she was “ashamed” of her behavior and confirmed that the incident sped up her plans to retire from the city’s Office of the Independent Police Auditor.Shivaun Nurre, a longtime assistant auditor in the San Jose Office of the Independent Police Auditor, was appointed to lead the office after serving as interim auditor, announced Dec. 4, 2018. (City of San Jose) Nurre submitted her notice to retire June 7, following events at the San Jose Greek Festival at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on June 4. She said she regularly attended the event and was there in a personal capacity.At the Greek festival, Nurre is alleged to have approac...

Giants-Rockies postponed by weather; doubleheader set for Saturday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies had the opener of their four-game series postponed Thursday by inclement weather about three hours before the scheduled first pitch. This is Giants manager Gabe Kapler’s favorite burger spot in SF The contest will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday. The first game will be at 2:10 p.m. EDT and the second at 8:10 p.m.Logan Webb was slated to throw Thursday for the Giants and Chase Anderson for the Rockies. Anderson will pitch Friday night, while San Francisco's rotation has yet to be determined going forward.The Giants entered the day a half-game out of the third NL wild-card spot.

Salesforce CEO: Why can't SF be 'clean and safe' every day?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The annual Salesforce event in San Francisco, Dreamforce, was held from Sept. 12-14 at the Moscone Center. Although CEO Marc Benioff threatened to pull the event out of San Francisco because of the city's safety and homelessness crisis, this year's Dreamforce seemed like a success.San Francisco was "incredibly clean, beautiful, and safe" for the three-day convention, according to Benioff. The software company's founder asked the following.Why can't San Francisco be clean and safe every day?"It is important to ask why the city cannot be this clean and safe every single day?" Benioff posted to his X account Thursday morning. "San Francisco has been incredibly clean, beautiful, and safe for the last 3 days of Dreamforce, and it is great that the city is able to put its best foot forward for this major event that brings in 40K people from around the world, and $80M to the economy." San Francisco’s Cliff House restaurant to reopen in 2024 Moscone Center is locat...

Fremont residents warned against scammers posing as police officers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

(BCN) -- Fremont residents were warned this week against scammers posing as police officers going door-to-door, asking for renewal of alarm permits.The Fremont Police Department said in a news release Wednesday that officers recently learned of suspicious activity in which an individual knocks on the door of a residence and tells the house owner that their alarm permit is expired.Scammers also ask for verification of validity of alarm permits, police said. Fremont police emphasized that its officers do not go door-to-door requesting alarm permit verification or renewal. Robbery during online sale meetup leads to Pinole teenager’s arrest Those with relevant information or have seen suspicious activity are urged to contact Fremont police at (510) 790-6800, option 3, or to call 911. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Here's when Berkeley will test its outdoor warning sirens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

(KRON) -- Berkeley will perform its first citywide test of the Outdoor Warning System Emergency Sirens on Sunday, September 17, at noon.A network of sirens was introduced by the Berkeley Fire Department earlier this year. They are designed to alert people outdoors to life-threatening emergencies, such as wildfires and tsunamis.Specific emergency announcements can be broadcast from sirens located on top of 15 buildings. Outdoor Warning System test messages use a 3-tone chime. Real emergency messages, like the fire evacuation alert, use a wailing tone, according to city officials. You can listen to the chimes and wailing tones here.When you hear a siren wail and it's not a testIf you hear a siren wail, it means that people need to evacuate or take other immediate steps to protect themselves, emergency officials said. When you hear a siren wail:Stop what you are doing and listen for possible voice announcements.Follow the instructions provided through the voice announcement.Check your ...

US faces most diverse, complex security challenges in DHS history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

Terrorists, both foreign and domestic, as well as violence and international election interference will be top threats to the U.S. in the coming year, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security.During the unveiling of a new approach to articulate the terrorism threat level to U.S. officials and the public, a DHS official told reporters that “challenges facing our homeland are more diverse and complex than at any time in our department’s 20-year history.”Not only are the threats different, but the origins, layers of organization, tools and objectives of each create difficult tasks for DHS and its partners to manage.The terrorism threat appears to be fueled by a persistent, evolving trend of low-level plotting.The official said the threat of violence from individuals radicalized in the U.S. will remain high, “marked by lone offenders in small groups seeking to conduct attacks with little to no warning.”The southern U.S. border could be a contributing factor.A...

Jets’ Zach Wilson is stepping in for Aaron Rodgers with renewed confidence and swagger

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson was in the middle of the locker room Thursday talking about taking over for the injured Aaron Rodgers when a teammate shouted and made the New York Jets quarterback grin.“Zach, we love you, bro!”It was a light moment, but one that was telling.Wilson struggled mightily during his first two NFL seasons and his confidence took a massive hit, and so did his popularity in the locker room. He was benched twice last season and his playing future — particularly with the Jets — was uncertain when New York acquired Rodgers in April. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 draft was no longer the face of the franchise. But Wilson insisted he would soak up as much football knowledge as he could from the sideline and learn from Rodgers, the four-time NFL MVP and one-time Super Bowl winner. He found himself back in the huddle after just four snaps with Rodgers out for the season with a torn left Achilles tendon suffered in the Jets’ season-opening overtime w...

Repurposing dead spiders, counting cadaver nose hairs win Ig Nobels for comical scientific feats

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:50 GMT

Counting nose hairs in cadavers, repurposing dead spiders and explaining why scientists lick rocks, are among the winning achievements in this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for humorous scientific feats, organizers announced Thursday.The 33rd annual prize ceremony was a prerecorded online event, as it has been since the coronavirus pandemic, instead of the past live ceremonies at Harvard University. Ten spoof prizes were awarded to the teams and individuals around the globe. Among the winners was Jan Zalasiewicz of Poland who earned the chemistry and geology prize for explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks. “Licking the rock, of course, is part of the geologist’s and palaeontologist’s armoury of tried-and-much-tested techniques used to help survive in the field,” Zalasiewicz wrote in The Palaeontological Association newsletter in 2017. “Wetting the surface allows fossil and mineral textures to stand out sharply, rather than being lost in the blur of intersecting micro...