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Warriors honor Oakland High boys basketball team for winning state title

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Oakland High star point guard Money Williams went to his first Warriors game when he was 10 years old. He remembers being in awe when Stephen Curry hit a half-court shot. He had a bird’s eye view of the game, sitting all the way in the nose bleeds because that’s all his family could afford, he said. Thinking back to that fond memory makes Tuesday all the more wild in Williams’ eyes. Seven years later, Williams found himself at Chase Center alongside his high school teammates, who were invited by the Warriors to celebrate the Wildcats making history earlier this month when they won the program’s first state championship. “It feels good,” a beaming Williams said. The Oakland High team, which stunned Buena High School in the Division III title game March 10, was honored at center court Tuesday shortly before tip-off for the Warriors-Pelicans game. The teens gathered stood as the Pelicans and Warriors finished warming up on each ...

Closures slated for Highway 101, State Route 17

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

SANTA CLARA COUNTY – Temporary closures of Highway 101 and State Route 17 are slated to begin Thursday, according to the California Department of Transportation.Highway 101 will be closed at De La Cruz Boulevard/Trimble Road to remove an old freeway overcrossing, Caltrans said in an advisory. From 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., southbound lanes will be closed Thursday-Friday and northbound lanes will be closed April 3-6. On- and off-ramps will be used to route traffic around the closed sections.In addition, De La Cruz Boulevard will be closed through April 6 between Central Expressway and Seaboard Avenue, but not over the weekend.Lanes of State Route 17, meanwhile, will be closed to remove fallen and leaning trees impacted by recent storms, Caltrans said.Related ArticlesTransportation | Highway 4 in Brentwood could see closures soon as bridge is built Transportation | Two lanes cracked, retainer wall sliding on I-580 near Altamont Pass Transportation | ...

Former Antioch school security guard faces new charges in relation to alleged sexual communications with student

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- A former security guard at an Antioch high school was fired after allegedly having inappropriate contact with a student, the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office confirmed to KRON4. He now faces new charges in relation to a second incident involving lewd acts with a minor. 'Suspicious death' reported near Uptown Oakland Christopher George Miller, 30, was employed as a Site Safety substitute at Deer Valley High School for a total of seven days in 2022, the Antioch Unified School District told KRON4. During that time, a parent told high school administrators that Miller had had an "inappropriate exchange" with her daughter, a minor named as Jane Doe #1 in court documents to protect her privacy. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KRON4 Breaking News SIGN...

Anti-transgender sentiment follows school shooting

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Six people -- three adults and three children -- were killed in a shooting at The Covenant School Monday in Nashville. The shooter, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was a former student of the school.Police said today that the motive is still unknown. Hale was under the care of a doctor for an emotional disorder but was able to legally purchase seven firearms and use three of them in the shooting.There is now a back-and-forth between lawmakers about gun reform. The shooter’s gender identity is now part of the debate as well.  Timeline: Violence in San Francisco Bay Area schools Hale identified as transgender, and that’s been a hot topic in the state of Tennessee, where it’s now illegal for youth to receive gender-affirming care.The cover of the New York Post on Tuesday read, “Transgender killer targets Christian school.” The hashtag #TransTerrorism trended on Twitter.Some Republican politicians suggested that Hale’s identity as a trans person was the reason Hale ent...

Bane’s 31 points, late free throws lead Grizzlies over Magic

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Desmond Bane scored 31 points and made 8 of 10 free throws down the stretch as the Memphis Grizzlies held off the Orlando Magic 113-108 on Tuesday night.Bane’s free throws thwarted a last-minute rush by the Magic, led by Franz Wagner, who ended up with 25 points, including nine in the final 1:10.Xavier Tillman had 20 points for Memphis, while Luke Kennard and Jaren Jackson Jr. finished with 16 points apiece. Jackson added 10 rebounds and three blocks.Ja Morant, the Grizzlies’ leading scorer, sat out the first night of a back-to-back with right thigh soreness.Paolo Banchero finished with 24 points and Wendell Carter Jr. added 14 for the Magic.Orlando, which trailed by 23 in the third quarter, got the deficit to single digits early in the final period. Then a 10-2 run pulled Orlando within 105-100 with 38 seconds left. Bane’s free throws kept Memphis ahead for its seventh straight win.Memphis led by as many as 22 in the first half, benefitting f...

Predators snap Bruins winning streak at 7

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Juuse Saros stopped 35 shots, Cody Glass scored late in the second period and the Nashville Predators beat NHL-best Boston 2-1 on Tuesday night, halting the Bruins’ seven-game winning streak.Chasing the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot, the Predators won for just the third time in eight games. Former Bruins defenseman Jeremy Lauzon added an empty-netter late in the third.Boston’s David Pastrnak scored his 52nd with less than a second left in the game.Linus Ullmark made 21 saves for Boston, which suffered only its fourth regulation loss at home (30-4-3).The Predators and Bruins wore helmet stickers and held a moment of silence to show support for The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, after a shooting there Monday claimed the lives of three 9-year-old students and three adult staffers.LIGHTNING 4, HURRICANES 0RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brayden Point had two goals and an assist and Tampa Bay snapped a four-game losing streak.Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 s...

Hawks hold off Mitchell, Cavaliers; Bucks win Central

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Dejounte Murray sank three free throws with 2:14 remaining to give Atlanta the lead and added a fall-away jumper with less than a minute left to lead the Hawks to a 120-118 win over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.Murray led Atlanta with 29 points and Onyeka Okongwu added a season-high 21. The Hawks remained tied with Toronto, which beat Miami 106-92 on Tuesday night, for the eighth-best record in the Eastern Conference.The Cavaliers held out starting forward Isaac Okoro (left knee soreness) and center Jarrett Allen (strained right groin) and were led by Donovan Mitchell’s 44 points. Mitchell tied LeBron James’ Cavaliers record of10 games of 40-or-more points in a season.With Atlanta’s win, NBA- and Eastern Conference-leading Milwaukee clinched the Central Division title.After Murray’s jumper gave Atlanta a 119-115 lead, Mitchell’s 3-pointer cut the lead to one point. Mitchell missed another 3 with 12.5 seconds remai...

Perron’s 3rd-period hat trick lifts Red Wings past Penguins

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — David Perron had a hat trick in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings overcame the ejection of head coach Derek Lalonde to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-4 on Tuesday night.Perron posted his ninth career three-goal game. He scored on a wrist shot early in the third, put Detroit ahead 5-4 on the power play with 3:40 left and added his 19th goal of the season 45 seconds later.Lalonde was assessed a game misconduct during the second period. He profanely argued after unsuccessfully challenging Pittsburgh’s third goal on a claim of goalie interference.Detroit squandered an early three-goal lead and won for just the fourth time in 16 games.Jonatan Berggren, Andrew Copp, Dominik Kubalik and Dylan Larkin also scored for Detroit. Alex Nedeljkovic, playing in his 100th game, made 35 saves.Jason Zucker, Jake Guentzel, Jeff Carter and Josh Archibald scored for Pittsburgh, which holds the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.Guentzel’s goal was his ninth in t...

Saros’s 35 saves carries Predators past Bruins, 2-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Juuse Saros stopped 35 shots, Cody Glass scored late in the second period and the Nashville Predators beat NHL-best Boston 2-1 on Tuesday night, halting the Bruins’ seven-game winning streak. Chasing the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot, the Predators won for just the third time in eight games. Former Bruins defenseman Jeremy Lauzon added an empty-netter late in the third.Boston, which matched its franchise record of 1970-71 with its 57th victory on Sunday, is five away from tying the league record of victories in a regular season with eight games left. Boston’s David Pastrnak scored his 52nd with less than a second left in the game.The Detroit Red Wings set the mark of 62 wins in 1995-96 and Tampa Bay matched it in 2018-19.Linus Ullmark made 21 saves for Boston, which suffered only its fourth regulation loss at home (30-4-3). There were very few scoring chances in the opening two periods before Glass collected the rebound of a blocked shot in the slo...

Tarasenko, Kane both score as Rangers down Blue Jackets 6-2

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:49:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Filip Chytil, Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane scored early and Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves as the New York Rangers beat the hapless Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday night.Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck also had goals for the Rangers, who clinched a playoff berth on their day off Monday and then won for the seventh time in eight games. They are 9-1-1 in their last 11 and moved two points behind second-place New Jersey in the Metropolitan Division. They play the Devils on Thursday in Newark.Shesterkin improved to 34-12-7 as the Rangers won for the sixth time in their last seven at home. They are 14-5-0 in their past 19 at Madison Square Garden. New York turned around its season with a 6-4 comeback victory at home over St. Louis on Dec. 5. Since that win, the Rangers are 33-10-5.Chytil opened the scoring 5:23 in with his 22nd goal of the season, with assists to Alexis Lafreniere and K’Andre Miller.Tarasenko made it 2-0 at 6:50, deflecting ...