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‘My people are free-ish, not free’: Berkeley celebrates Juneteenth Festival

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

German Chocolate Cake. Bundt Cake. Apple Cobbler. Teacakes. At her stall at the 36th annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival on Sunday, Lee Nora Glover-Holloway, or Nunu for short, was selling Southern-style “desserts with soul.”“It’s all part of my ancestors’ legacy,” she said. “My ancestors suffered, were enslaved, brought to a country they did not choose to come to. They endured and survived so I could live. Even to this moment, my people are free-ish, not free. And Juneteenth is a free-ish event for my people. It’s wonderful to see my people in the spirit of Juneteenth here.”In celebration of Juneteenth, three blocks of Adeline Street in Berkeley were filled with the aroma of popcorn and barbecue, the sound of live jazz and R&B and the sight of vibrant clothes and jewelry on Sunday. The festival marked the culmination of a week of events in the city to “remember the hope and the promise of emancipation.”Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the Civil War in the United...

Red-hot SF Giants complete convincing sweep of Dodgers, first in LA in more than a decade

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The big, scary Dodgers don’t seem so menacing now, do they?With a 7-3 win Sunday afternoon, the Giants completed a three-game sweep here at Dodger Stadium for the first time in more than a decade and only the sixth time since the teams moved west in 1958. Outscoring their archrivals 29-8 over the course of the weekend, their most runs ever in a three-game series here, it couldn’t have come in much more convincing fashion.In three games, the Giants seemed to vanquish any leftover demons from a season ago, when they went 1-8 here and lost 14 times to the Dodgers.Logan Webb earned the win Sunday, overcoming an outing in which he didn’t have his best stuff or command to limit Los Angeles to two runs over seven innings, but it required the work of Camilo Doval, who entered with one out in the ninth after Scott Alexander loaded the bases.It had been more than a decade since the Giants’ last swept a series of at least three games at Dodger Stadium. The...

Ohtani, Trout homer to lead Angels past Royals 5-2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout hit back-to-back home runs to help the Los Angeles Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series.It’s the sixth time this season, and 28th overall, that Ohtani and Trout have homered in the same game. The Angels are 6-0 this season and 20-8 overall when both players go deep.“When I write Mike Trout in the lineup I feel pretty good about it, as any other manager in the league would,” Los Angeles manager Phil Nevin said. “You can’t win games with just two guys, but if there are any guys back-to-back you can do it, it’s those two. They can carry a team for quite a while.”Royals manager Matt Quatraro agreed.“They’ve certainly done that to a lot of pitchers over the years,” he said of LA’s dynamic duo.Ohtani saw the end of a six-game streak in which he recorded an extra-base hit, a walk and a run. The only other players in MLB history to accomplish that were Babe Ru...

Braves cut Charlie Culberson before infielder’s father was to throw 1st pitch

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves designated infielder Charlie Culberson for assignment hours before his father was set to throw out a ceremonial first pitch on Father’s Day.Culberson, a 34-year-old from Rome, Georgia, was cut before Sunday’s game against Colorado. He was brought up from Triple-A Gwinnett on May 19 but had not appeared in any games since his promotion.After Culberson was let go, the father of Braves outfielder Michael Harris II took care of the first pitch at Truist Park. Harris went 5 for 5 and scored three times for Atlanta in the 14-6 win.Culberson made his big league debut in 2012 with San Francisco. He is a .248 hitter with 30 homers and 145 RBIs in 589 games.He also played for Atlanta for parts of three seasons from 2018-2020, hitting a career high 12 homers in 2018.Catcher Chadwick Tromp was recalled from Gwinnett. He is 2 for 16 in six games with the Braves this year.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Stoutenborough and 2 relievers stymie Virginia offense to keep TCU alive in CWS with 4-3 win

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Sam Stoutenborough and two relievers limited Virginia to five hits, Cole Fontenelle drove in two runs and TCU eliminated the Cavaliers from the College World Series with a 4-3 win Sunday.The Horned Frogs (43-23) will try to extend their stay when they play Tuesday against the loser of Sunday night’s game between Florida and Oral Roberts.Virginia (50-15) lost a second straight one-run game and went 0-2 for the first time in six CWS appearances. Four of the first five CWS games have been decided by one run.The Cavaliers entered the game batting a nation-leading .334 for the season, but they never found a rhythm against Stoutenborough, Garrett Wright (3-2) and Ben Abeldt.Virginia starter Connelly Early (12-3), who came in having allowed two earned runs in 13 1/3 innings in the NCAA Tournament, gave up single runs in the first and third innings and was relieved by Brian Edgington to start the sixth.Edgington, who pitched a complete game in the super regional-cli...

1 shot, killed in triple shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man died and two others were injured after a shooting Saturday, according to the Denver Police Department.The shooting was in the area of East 35th Avenue and Forest Street as well as East Thrill Place and Hudson Street.Two victims were located with unknown injuries and taken to a local hospital. A third person self-transported to the hospital.One of the victims, an adult male, was later pronounced deceased. Investigators are working to gather information on what led up to the shooting.

What you might see pop up on your lawn after this soggy spring

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Lawns all across Colorado looked extra green this spring after continuous moisture across parts of the state and up in the high country where some peaks were still seeing snow. “It's been an unusual spring here with the amount of consecutive days of rain and the cloudiness,” Tony Koski, professor in the horticulture and landscape architecture department at Colorado State University, said. Koski said Sunday that grass is loving all the rain but the problem is it is growing too fast and people are having a hard time keeping up. “Maybe some of the kids are saying they want to mow the lawn for dad this Father's Day," Koski said. He said our state is seeing weather similar to the northwest, which means vegetation that wouldn't usually have a chance of thriving in Colorado, now is. “Because we don’t see as much rain as other parts of the country we don’t see mushrooms as often," Koski said. First-ever stretch below 80-degree high He said different types of mushroo...

Parking lot party shooting leaves 1 dead and at least 22 hurt in suburban Chicago

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — At least 23 people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a suburban Chicago parking lot that drew hundreds of people to celebrate Juneteenth, authorities said.TV news video showed the strip mall lot in Willowbrook filled with debris and police tape, about 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office described it as a “peaceful gathering” to celebrate Juneteenth that suddenly turned violent as a number of people fired multiple shots into the crowd.“We know of 22 victims injured and one victim killed by gunfire. Several other victims were also injured while attempting to flee the area,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Authorities didn’t immediately release the conditions of those injured.A motive for the attack wasn’t immediately known, and no one was arrested by early afternoon. Sheriff’s spokesman Robert Carroll said authorities were interviewing “persons of interes...

Driver arrested on DUI charge after multi-vehicle crash in NH

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

A driver is facing an operating under the influence charge after a violent multi-vehicle crash in New Hampshire, state police said.Troopers responding to a reported crash on I-95 southbound in North Hampton around 9:15 p.m. assisted those injured and worked to remove the large amount of debris from the highway, according to New Hampshire State Police.A preliminary investigation suggests a 2020 Subaru Outback driven by Douglas McKay, 50, of Cape Neddick, Maine, crossed the median and struck a 2013 Honda Civic driven by a Salem, Massachusetts woman. Two other people were injured in other vehicles.McKay was later arrested on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs or liquor, reckless conduct, and vehicular assault.Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Trooper Galvin at [email protected] or Trooper Parker at [email protected] or bycalling New Hampshire State Police Headquarters Communications Unit at (603) 223-4381.https://twitte...

Pattern change on the way

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:41 GMT

After having quite a few days of cooler, unsettled weather, a pattern change is developing and looks to bring some summer weather to New England. The jet stream is forecast to shift from our south and move north into southern Canada. This will move the cooler, unsettled weather to our north and allow a summerlike weather pattern to return. Although the week will start cooler and unsettled with highs in the 70s and a few showers and storms, late week things clear out and temperatures warm up significantly. By the end of the week, temperatures will approach 90 degrees to kick of the first few official days of summer! So if you’re looking for some beach weather, we’ll have some arriving to New England soon.