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Death Lens on Fontaines DC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

Death Lens on Fontaines DC: Bryan Torres of East L.A. alt-punk band Death Lens told us about his Fontaines D.C. experience.Bryan Torres: Fontaines D.C. came and played at the Regent Theater in May of 2022. I was always of fan of their music, but did not expect their performance to be so explosive. As they came out, I was expecting them to just perform and listen without any commotion since their music is more on the slow or less aggressive side.As soon as they came out Grian Chatten came ready to put on a show as he swayed around the stage, holding the mic stand and singing all his songs with power and a sense of poise that Ian Curtis gave back in the ’80s. He had this way of him that made me jealous of how good he was as a front man. It made me realized that even slow songs can come with a punch and that songs do not have to be played the same as the record.His movements, his connection with the crowd and the unison his band had that night really push me to mold the boys we h...

Cal football: Bears head to bowl game looking in mirror

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

Cal makes its first appearance in the postseason since 2019 on Saturday night at the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana, and the Bears will see a lot that is familiar in their opponent.Cal and Texas Tech have a lot in common, starting with their unspectacular 6-6 records.The Bears and Red Raiders are meeting for just the second time ever, and the first one came in a bowl game that felt like a consolation prize for Cal. It was 2004 at the Holiday Bowl, and the Bears were still smarting over being leapfrogged by Texas for a berth in the Rose Bowl.Even with Aaron Rodgers at the helm, Cal lost to Texas Tech 45-31 that night in San Diego.The Bears should be much more motivated for the rematch, having won their final three regular-season games to become bowl eligible. The Red Raiders won three in a row to earn their spot in the postseason before ending their schedule with a 57-7 beatdown by Texas.As it stands now. this will be Cal’s final game as a member of the Pac-12 Confe...

Who will rise to replace Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

A broad, diverse set of candidates have emerged to run for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat, which will have no incumbent for the first time in more than 30 years.After Supervisor Keith Carson’s surprise, last-minute retirement annoucement last Friday, the filing deadline was extended to Wednesday December 14 at 5 p.m. In the days since, eight people have declared their candidacy.The new field, which is now set, consistsRelated ArticlesElection | Last-minute surprise retirement upends Alameda County supervisor race of mayors, city council members, political organizers, lawyers, and executives–with no clear favorite.East Bay residents will likely be familiar with some of the candidates, including Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, Berkeley city council member Ben Bartlett, and former Emeryville mayor John Bauters. All three have held elected office in city government and can run a campaign based on experience.But the fiel...

Driver arrested in connection with hit-and-run that injured two in San Mateo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

SAN MATEO — A 30-year-old Redwood City man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run involving two pedestrians a day earlier in San Mateo, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Ex-employee of San Carlos nonprofit agency accused of embezzling $700,000 Crime and Public Safety | Police say ‘armed’ man whose presence forced Palo Alto school lockdown only carried phone Crime and Public Safety | Man allegedly attacks Millbrae convenience store clerk during robbery attempt while on bail Crime and Public Safety | ‘Criticizing a judge is not illegal’: Charges dropped against San Mateo County man accused of threatening jurist Crime and Public Safety | Road-rage incident ends in Peninsula man’s arrest on gun-related charges The incident happened around 8:55 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Edison Street and West Hillsdale Boulevard, the San Mateo Police Depar...

At 23, Lucy Rushton broke into English football’s boys club. Now she’s building the Bay Area’s women’s soccer team

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

LOS ALTOS — Lucy Rushton, fresh out of a master’s program in sports performance analysis, arrived at her 2007 meeting at Reading Football Club looking for a job with her hometown team.Nick Hammond thought she wanted an autograph.The 23-year-old Englishwoman didn’t look much different than many of the kids who would approach Hammond, a former goalkeeper for Reading who spent some time in the English Premier League.“There were not a lot of females in that area (of data analysis),” Hammond, then the club’s director of football, said by phone this week. “It’s the truth…I thought it was a young girl asking me for an autograph. And then she introduced herself as Lucy and it put me back a bit. But we started chatting.“Two hours later, I thought to myself, ‘She’s perfect.’”Fifteen years later, Rushton still can’t believe her luck that a sport once run entirely by men, most of whom once played at the highest level, gave her a chance to begin a career that eventually led to her hi...

After Draymond Green suspension, the clock on this Warriors season (and beyond) starts now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The clock on this Warriors season, and perhaps the dynasty, started before the Warriors’ loss to the Clippers on Thursday.Specifically at around 5 p.m. Pacific Time — when news broke of Draymond Green’s indefinite suspension. The seismic decision shook the NBA world, prompting pundits and talking heads to declare the Steph Curry era dead and bid good riddance to Green.Inside Warriors land, the suspension was just another domino to fall. Add it to an ever-growing list of ways the Warriors’ season hasn’t gone at all by their own book. The team isn’t pinning this 10-14 start on Green alone, but seem to have pinned it as an evaluation starting point.What happens in the next month could determine whether this roster can get it together for a realistic playoff run, or if Dunleavy will be taking advantage of the expiring contracts as the Feb. 9 trade deadline. Is there enough good to retool, take a step back and run again? Or is it ti...

Defense lawyers say retired police officer who held Pleasant Hill cops at bay during two standoffs ‘did not intend to kill anyone’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

MARTINEZ — A retired Pittsburg police officer who held Pleasant Hill police at bay during two standoffs over a 36-hour period is a “polite, pleasant, kind, calm” man who was spiraling downward during a mental health crisis and not a monster who wanted to kill police, his attorneys said Thursday.“This is a textbook mental health case,” Chunliam Saechao’s defense attorney, Curtis Briggs, said Thursday outside the A.F. Bray Courthouse.A Pleasant Hill police officer watches from his police vehicle while parked in a gas station near a home where police had held a standoff with a suspect in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Authorities would return to the same home a few hours later, eventually arresting a man who fired at police vehicles. Defense attorneys for the suspect, retired police officer Chunliam Saechao, questioned whether Pleasant Hill police exacerbated the situation during two standoffs with Saechao last week in the Sherman Ac...

Supervisors name Yuba County official as new treasurer-tax collector

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

(BCN) -- The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors this week appointed Dan Mierzwa as the county's next treasurer-tax collector, effective Jan. 1. Mierzwa replaces Russell Watts,' who announced his retirement earlier this month, county officials said Tuesday. New California laws bring changes to housing in 2024 Mierzwa is currently serving the same role in Yuba County and must submit proof of residency and voter registration in Contra Costa County before he assumes the office. "I'm honored by the opportunity to help during this transition in leadership and am committed to maintaining the levels of transparency and accountability with sound financial practices that serve the best interests of the public," he said in a statement. "We will also continue improving our online payment and business license application services and explore ways to save and recover costs to deliver our services." The treasurer-tax collector's office acts as the county's bank, providing financial servic...

Md. state’s attorneys introduce legislative priorities before upcoming General Assembly session

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

Aisha Braveboy and Ivan Bates, Democratic prosecutors who represent two of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions, held a joint press conference Thursday in Annapolis to unveil legislative priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session.Braveboy, state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, and Bates, state’s attorney for Baltimore, summarized those at Lawyers’ Mall and in a glossy pamphlet: public safety enhancements, juvenile justice reform, criminal justice reform and restorative justice reform and community resources.Both prosecutors said they want people who are charged with serious crimes to receive tough but fair sentences. They also want to provide those who are incarcerated with resources to be rehabilitated and to become productive citizens when they are released.“But it all starts with accountability,” said Braveboy, a former state delegate who represented the county’s 25th legislative district. “We believe that there is an appetite here in Annapolis for change.”One of the...

2 attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike container ships in vital Red Sea corridor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:15 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a cargo ship Friday in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, following another attack only hours earlier that struck a separate vessel, authorities said. The missile attack on the MSC Palatium III and the earlier assault on the Al Jasrah escalate a maritime campaign by the Iranian-backed Houthis. The attacks also endanger ships traveling through a vital corridor for cargo and energy shipments for both Europe and Asia from the Suez Canal out to the Indian Ocean.The Houthis say their attacks aim to end the pounding Israeli air-and-ground offensive targeting the Gaza Strip amid that country’s war on Hamas. However, the links to the ships targeted in the rebel assaults have grown more tenuous as the attacks continue. “The Yemeni armed forces confirm they will continue to prevent all ships heading to Israeli ports from navigating in the (Red Sea) until they bring ...