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Suspect in 2022 San Jose killing sent back to Bay Area after serving time in Arizona prison

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

SAN JOSE — A man arrested in San Jose last year and extradited to Arizona on an outstanding warrant has been returned to the Bay Area after police determined that he had killed one man and wounded another in a July 2022 shooting near the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.The suspect, Noel Cortez, 33, was originally arrested in September 2022 in San Jose, police said in a news release Monday. Authorities said he had an outstanding warrant in Arizona, though they did not specify the nature of the warrant. Following the arrest, he was extradited to the Arizona State Prison Complex.While Cortez was in custody in Arizona, police determined that he was responsible for the San Jose shooting, though they did not say how they reached that conclusion.The shooting took place on July 31, 2022 around 3:55 a.m. on the 300 block of Umbarger Road, according to authorities. One man, Bryan Alberto Lopez Fajardo of Sacramento, was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man was wounded and self-transported...

Bad day for BART continues with West Oakland track obstruction

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- BART is currently experiencing a 20-minute delay between Embarcadero and West Oakland in the SFO, Millbrae, Daly City and East Bay directions due to an earlier obstruction on the track outside West Oakland. This is the latest in a series of mishaps for the transit agency on Monday.Earlier, firefighters were on the scene of an incident at the Civic Center BART Station involving a person experiencing a medical emergency on the track Monday morning, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. Initial SFFD reports incorrectly indicated that the incident was a fire that had been extinguished. Hayward city website down after weekend cyber attack The incident has been resolved, according to SFFD. The victim was taken to the hospital.Delays are expected, according to SFFD. Muni service was temporarily blocked in both directions between 7th and 8th streets but has since resumed SF Muni said. BART delays at the Civic Center station due to police activity were al...

Summer heat on its way back to Bay Area this weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

(BCN) -- After a week of chilly temperatures and gloomy summer skies, tank top and shorts weather is finally headed back to the Bay Area. While Monday remains mired in below-normal temperatures, Tuesday will see a return to seasonal averages leading to a week of gradual warming. "It is looking pretty likely we'll see temperatures above 90 degrees starting Thursday and Friday for interior portions of the Bay Area," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Dial Hoang. Family contracts COVID on board Ruby Princess cruise A high-pressure ridge system will move slowly north from the desert Southwest during the week, bringing with it warming temperatures that are expected to top out Sunday. "The interior valleys across the North Bay and the East Bay are going over 100 degrees during the weekend," Hoang said. The transition to more summery conditions starts Tuesday, with inland temperatures hitting the mid-80s to low-90s from the North Bay to southern Monterey County. ...

A drive-by shooting kills a 9-year-old Chicago boy at his grandmother’s birthday party

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy attending his grandmother’s birthday party in a Chicago suburb was killed in a drive-by shooting, police said.Ulysses Campos had been playing with a group of children in an alley late Saturday when four to six shots were fired from a moving vehicle, Franklin Park police director Michael Witz said in a statement Sunday night.The boy was struck in the chest and died after being taken to a hospital, police said.No one else was struck by gunfire in the 10:15 p.m. shooting, which happened in a Franklin Park neighborhood about a mile outside Chicago’s western city limits.Police said a person of interest in the shooting was taken into custody, and officers found a car suspected to be involved in the shooting in nearby Leyden Township. They asked anyone with information to contact the department.Source

Yankees hire TV analyst Sean Casey as hitting coach to replace fired Dillon Lawson, AP source says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees have hired 12-year big league veteran Sean Casey as their hitting coach for the remainder of this season, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been formally announced. Casey, 49, has been working for MLB Network as an analyst.Casey’s hiring comes a day after the Yankees fired hitting coach Dillon Lawson following their 7-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs. New York is eight games behind Tampa Bay in the AL East and has lost four of five.New York is batting just .231 and ranks 21st in the majors. The Yankees have played more than a month without reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge, who injured his toe on June 3 after colliding with the right field wall at Dodger Stadium. Judge hit an AL-record 62 homers last season.Casey batted .302 with 130 home runs and 735 RBIs over 12 seasons, including eight with the Cincinnati Reds highlighted by three NL All-Star sel...

Tim Tebow will be part of ownership team bringing hockey to Lake Tahoe, ECHL says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Tim Tebow will be part of an ownership group bringing an expansion hockey team to Lake Tahoe, the ECHL announced Monday.The league, in conjunction with Zawyer Sports & Entertainment, said the team will begin play in the 2024-25 season. The Lake Tahoe team expects to announce an NHL affiliation in February 2024.Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL player, will partner with David Hodges, the CEO of Hodges Management Group LLC, in the venture. The team, currently unnamed, will play at the new Tahoe Blue Events Center and help expand the league’s reach.“I love that sports can bring people together from all over to enjoy camaraderie, competition, and community impact,” Tebow said in a release. “I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be part of a group bringing hockey to the Tahoe area for fans and families to create memories for years to come.”Tebow is already a minority partner in the ECHL’s Jacksonville Icemen and Savannah Gh...

NATO chief says Turkish president has agreed to send Sweden’s NATO accession protocol to Parliament as soon as possible

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO chief says Turkish president has agreed to send Sweden’s NATO accession protocol to Parliament as soon as possible.Source

Ukrainian minister says he fears Russia has “no red lines” to prevent attacks on nuclear plant

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The catastrophic collapse of a dam in southern Ukraine has made Kyiv worried that Russia might stage an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to foment panic and quell Ukrainian advances on the frontline, Ukraine’s energy minister said Monday.Herman Halushchenko said the destruction of the dam while under Russian control in the Kherson region proved “there are no red lines” for Moscow. He said it warrants the level of alarm Ukraine’s leadership has been raising in recent weeks of an alleged Russian ploy to attack the nuclear plant in a possible false flag operation.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged last week, citing intelligence reports, that Russian troops placed “objects resembling explosives” atop several power units to “simulate” an attack. Drone and satellite images obtained by the Associated Press showed unidentified white objects on the roof of the plant’s fourth power unit, but Ukrainian leaders have so far been unable to provide further...

Guatemala president says he won’t stay in power as courts continue to hold up election results

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — With tensions surrounding Guatemala’s June 25 presidential election heightening, President Alejandro Giammattei took the unusual step of publishing an open letter Monday saying he has no intention of staying in power beyond his term.Two weeks have passed since electoral authorities identified two presidential candidates to face off in an Aug. 20 runoff. But the courts have intervened at the request of some political parties and blocked certification of the results.The delay fed rumors that Giammattei, an unpopular leader accused by the U.S. government and others of backsliding on democracy, might be looking to hold onto power because one of the candidates in the runoff has vowed to tackle corruption.Without providing specifics, Giammettei denounced a “campaign of disinformation and absolutely false and biased rumors.” He said he was telling Guatemalans that he would respect the constitutional end of his term on Jan. 14, 2024.He said the second round of voting s...

Spurs decide that Wembanyama’s Summer League is over after 2 games

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:57:31 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s first, and likely last, Summer League is over.The San Antonio Spurs have seen all they needed from the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft and won’t play him during their remaining games in Las Vegas.Wembanyama’s final numbers from two games: 36 points, 20 rebounds, eight blocks and three assists on 41% shooting from the floor. He played about 54 minutes.The shutdown wasn’t a surprise; the Spurs never planned for Wembanyama to play the entirety of Summer League, and now they’ll have a chance to use the minutes he would have gotten to take a look at other players.“I’m going to sit down with the Spurs to know what the next months are going to be like,” Wembanyama said Sunday night after what became his summer finale. “When to go on vacation, when to start back working out, where I’m going to practice, in San Antonio or somewhere else. I just know I’ve got two to three months — two to three great months — that are coming and they’re going to change my l...