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1 Killed in Head-On Collision on Vasco Road [Contra Costa County, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

Driver Dies after Head-On Collision on Vasco Road near Camino DiabloCONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (March 7, 2023) – Early Monday morning, one person died following a head-on collision on Vasco Road.The fatal accident happened on February 27th, at around 4:19 a.m., involving a Ford Fusion and a tractor-trailer.Investigation showed that the Ford heading southbound on Vasco Road crossed over a center line and crashed head-on into the tractor. As a result, the driver of the Ford suffered serious injuries in the impact, which later led to his death.Furthermore, one person was trapped in the wreck and was extricated by the officers. The person was transported to the hospital in an unknown condition.Consequently, the police blocked both lanes in the area but it has reopened since.The crash is still under investigation and anyone with information is urged to call the CHP in Martinez at (925) 646-4980.The Sweet James team sends their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the deceas...

Man Dies in Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Collision on Brent Thurman Way [Las Vegas, NV]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

77-Year-Old Male Victim Killed in Pedestrian Crash near West Hacienda AvenueLAS VEGAS, NV (March 8, 2023) – Friday morning, one man was killed in a hit-and-run pedestrian collision on Brent Thurman Way.Police responded to the scene around 6:50 a.m., near West Hacienda Avenue on January 27th after receiving multiple dispatch calls.At this time, the events leading up to the fatal collision remain unclear. However, reports indicate the driver of a vehicle struck a man and immediately fled the scene.Responding paramedics pronounced the 77-year-old male pedestrian dead at the scene. Although, authorities have not yet released his identity. Emergency crews closed off the surrounding area for a brief time during cleanup and preliminary duties before it was later reopened.Las Vegas authorities ask anyone who witnessed the fatal pedestrian collision on Brent Thurman Way to call LVMPD at 702-828-3060 or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-555. An active investigation to determine more information...

What Nico Sturm said the Sharks can learn from the Colorado Avalanche

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

Nico Sturm opened the small wooden box that held the Stanley Cup ring that he earned last season as a member of the Colorado Avalanche. Inside was not only the 14-karat white gold ring, set with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires, but a short video that showed the team’s on-ice celebration right after their Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.Sturm received the ring Tuesday night after the Sharks were walloped 6-0 by the Avalanche, a completely one-sided affair that showed the obvious disparity between the two franchises. One appears ready to chase another Cup, the other has one of the worst records in the NHL as it tries to lay a foundation for its own success years down the line.“Obviously, it takes a while to build an organization and a roster to where everybody, every piece fits exactly where it needs to be,” Sturm said. “I think that’s what we’re trying to do, is trying to get guys and players that play a certain part, and that doesn’t happen from today u...

SF Giants’ Camilo Doval on representing the Dominican Republic in WBC, his role model, his horses and Johnny Cueto’s mentorship

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It’s the day before he is set to depart for the World Baseball Classic, and Camilo Doval is popping pink bubbles in front of his locker. His first spring outing produced radar-gun readings in the mid-90s, prompting inquiries that manager Gabe Kapler brushed off earlier in the morning, and Doval quelled any concerns with his final tune up before jetting off to Miami. He popped 101 once, and a couple more times at triple digits.It was nice to be back in the ninth inning, even in a spring exhibition, Doval agreed, before blowing another bubble. (Although the 101 mph pitch was still shy of the franchise-record-setting 104 mph he hit last September.)Still only 25 years old, Doval has come to embrace the ninth inning and the pressure-packed situations that accompany it. In 2021, he became the youngest Giant in history to save a game in the postseason by recording the final three outs of Game 3 of the NLDS, and he followed that in 2022 with 27 saves (with a 2.53 E...

Bay Area Walgreens location halts food sales due to rodents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

MILL VALLEY, Calif. (KRON) -- Food, candy and beverage sales at a Walgreens location in Mill Valley were suspended due to a rodent problem, KRON4 has learned. An employee at the store informed a KRON4 reporter who visited the store on Tuesday night that they had been told not to sell food items from their store, but were not informed why or how long the stoppage would last. WiLD 94.9 remembers beloved morning show host JV since disappearance Video and photos from the Walgreens, which is located on Shoreline Drive, shows shelves stocked full of food with signs taped to the front. The printed signs read "All food, candy, beverage sales are temporarily suspended."KRON4 reached out to another Bay Area Walgreens location, which said it was selling food items as normal. We also reached out to Marin County Health and Human Services to see if they were aware of sales being suspended at the location and are awaiting a response.The Mill Valley location suspending food sales comes on the he...

“Sick and Twisted”: Women Sue Texas Over Harrowing Medical Episodes Caused by Abortion Bans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

Amanda Zurawski stepped up to a podium outside the Texas Capitol. Close your eyes, she began, and picture someone you hold incredibly dear. “Now imagine someone telling you you’re going to lose that person in the very near future, but they can’t tell you exactly when or how,” she said. “On top of that, there’s a very high likelihood that you’ll get extremely sick, maybe even near death, as you wait for that person you love to die.”“It sounds like a pretty sick and twisted plot to a dystopian novel,” she continued. “But it’s not. It’s exactly what happened to me while pregnant in Texas.”Zurawski and her husband had known each other since preschool. They married in 2019 and were excited to start a family. After months of fertility treatments, Zurawski learned she was pregnant. The couple was beyond thrilled; they decided to name their daughter Willow. Zurawski was “cruising though” her second trimester, she said, and had just finished the invite list for her upcoming baby shower when ...

Denmark hopes to pump some climate gas beneath the sea floor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark pushed the button Wednesday on an ambitious project that aims to bury vast amounts of planet-heating carbon dioxide gas beneath the North Sea floor, in the hope that it can help the Nordic nation and others meet climate targets.An international consortium including chemicals giant INEOS and gas and oil producer Wintershall Dea said Project Greensand in Denmark’s North Sea will be the world’s first cross-border carbon storage project.Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik gave the symbolic order to begin pumping CO2 into the depleted reservoir of the Nini West oil field, 50 years after his father Prince Henrik celebrated the start of oil and gas exploration off the Danish coast.“It gives me great pleasure today to be able to reverse the traffic in the pipes and send CO2 back into the Danish underground to the benefit of the climate for Denmark, for Europe, but also for the planet,” said Frederik.Initially the gas will be shipped in liquid form ...

BNP Paribas Open Results

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

WednesdayAt Indian Wells Tennis GardenIndian Wells, Calif.Purse: $8,800,000Surface: Hardcourt outdoorINDIAN WELLS, CALIF. (AP) _ Results Wednesday from BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden (seedings in parentheses):Men’s SinglesRound of 128Marcos Giron, United States, def. Aleksandar Kovacevic, United States, 6-3, 7-5.Ilya Ivashka, Belarus, def. Roman Safiullin, Russia, 6-4, 6-2.Ugo Humbert, France, def. Bernabe Zapata Miralles, Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (6).Oscar Otte, Germany, def. Laslo Djere, Serbia, 6-3, 7-5.Women’s SinglesRound of 128Anna Blinkova, Russia, def. Ann Li, United States, 6-1, 6-2.Linda Noskova, Czech Republic, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 7-6 (7), 6-1.Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-2, 7-5.Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-3, 7-6 (5).Source

Georgian police disperse crowd protesting foreign agent law

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in the capital of Georgia used water cannon and tear-gas late Wednesday to disperse demonstrators around the parliament building protesting a draft law that they say could stifle media freedom and civil society.Lawmakers on Tuesday approved the first reading of the proposed law, which would require media and nongovernmental organizations that receive over 20% of their funding from foreign sources to register as “agents of foreign influence.” More than 60 protesters were arrested outside parliament in Tbilisi after the approval.The measure is similar to one enacted in Russia in 2012 that has been used to shut down or discredit organizations critical of the government. Opponents see it as potentially obstructing Georgia’s stated intention of joining NATO and the European Union one day. The draft law “goes directly against the Georgian authorities’ declared ambition to receive candidate status for EU membership,” said a statement from European...

Grains mixed, Livestock mixed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:41 GMT

Wheat for Mar. fell 10.25 cents at $6.7450 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 7.50 cents at $6.3450 a bushel, Mar. oats rose 7.50 cents at at $3.4525 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans was up 1.50 cents at $15.2675 a bushel.Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Apr. live cattle was off .52 cent at $1.6597 a pound; Mar. cattle rose 1.63 cents at $1.9375 a pound; while Apr. lean hogs was up .95 cent at $.8575 a pound.Source