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Cardinals eliminated from postseason, Wainwright won't start in San Diego

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals were officially eliminated from postseason contention after Tuesday's 7-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. It's the first time in five years that St. Louis will not qualify for postseason. The Cardinals recently secured their first losing record since 2007, and postseason hopes became increasingly unlikely after several prolonged losing skids throughout the year. 200 WINS! Adam Wainwright caps career with long-awaited milestone The Cardinals enter Wednesday with a 67-84 record and 11 games remaining on schedule. That includes two more at home against the Milwaukee Brewers, a three-game weekend set in San Diego, three more in Milwaukee and the final home series against the Cincinnati Reds from Sept. 26 - Oct. 1. Manager Oli Marmol announced on Tuesday, following Adam Wainwright's historic 200th win on Monday, that he would not pitch in the upcoming San Diego series despite being on schedule to start. Marmol hinted if Wainwright makes another start...

Denver police searching for driver in hit and run with motorcyclist

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

A motorcyclist was seriously injured Tuesday night in a hit-and-run crash in southwest Denver.#ALERT DPD has issued a Medina Alert from the vehicle vs motorcycle hit and run car crash that resulted in serious injury at 7500 Blk W Yale Ave. Vehicle is a 2008 red Dodge Ram truck CO plate JQE-032. Please call 911 with any information #Denver pic.twitter.com/uAazATI4xM— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) September 20, 2023The driver of a 2008 red Dodge Ram pickup truck hit the motorcycle at 10:22 p.m. near the intersection of West Yale Avenue and South Wadsworth Boulevard, according to a Medina Alert the Colorado Bureau of Information issued after the crash.The driver then left the scene.Anyone with information on the crash or the location of the vehicle is asked to call 911.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Pedestrian seriously injured in hit-and-run crash on Federal Boulevard in Denver Crime and Public Safety | Suspect in fatal Parker hit-and-...

The Nuremberg Laws: A shadow which must never be allowed to return

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

This week marks 88 years since the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws by Nazi Germany. The dark shadow they cast remains an enduring testament to humanity's capacity for cruelty. They institutionalized racial discrimination and persecution against Jews, serving as a chilling precursor to the horrors of the Holocaust. However, beyond their historical significance, they offer a stark lesson for our contemporary world in the ongoing battle against racism and prejudice - writes  Baruch Adler, Vice Chair of The International March of the Living on the anniversary of the passing of the Nuremberg Laws. The Nuremberg Laws, consisting of the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor set out to strip Jews of their fundamental rights and dignity. These laws criminalized Jews' participation in public life, engagement in German culture, and even their right to marry non-Jewish Germans. Essentially, the Nuremberg Laws relegated Jews to second-class citizen...

Protesters gather outside Karen Bass' L.A. Mayor's Mansion, demand meeting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

Families displaced by a 2021 explosion in South Los Angeles have gathered outside the Mayor's Mansion in Hancock Park Wednesday morning demanding a meeting with Karen Bass.The protesters, carrying megaphones, signs and a banner calling for the arrest of the officers involved in the blast, were seen outside the mansion by 5:30 a.m.It's been more than 800 days since the Los Angeles Police Department attempted to safely detonate 16 tons of illegal fireworks found at a home on East 27th Street. Protest grows outside Karen Bass' L.A. Mayor's Mansion on Sept. 20, 2023. (KTLA)Unfortunately, the armored containment vessel the fireworks were placed in was overloaded and exploded, injuring at least 17 people, and damaging or destroying 37 vehicles, 13 businesses and 22 residential properties.Some of the displaced residents have been living in a hotel since the blast because their homes still have not been repaired. Many are experiencing financial hardships due to the incident and say they hav...

Gas prices up almost 50 cents in last week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

Rising gas prices showed no signs of dropping on Wednesday, leaving drivers in the Los Angeles area facing gas prices nearly 50 cents higher than they were last week.On Wednesday, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the L.A. area was about $6.07, according to AAA.That's 4 cents higher than Tuesday's $6.03, 49 cents more than last week's $5.58 and nearly three quarters more than the $5.35 average for a gallon this time last month. Gas prices soar overnight in the Southland While the average price is over $6, that hasn't stopped some stations from soaring well beyond that. One station in downtown Los Angeles, the Chevron station at Alameda Street and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue which "is notorious for having the highest prices," was charging $7.69 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, according to Key News Network.With fuel prices sky high, check out KTLA's tips on how to use less gasoline when driving.

Writers, studios head back to bargaining table in effort to end strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

Negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are set to resume on Wednesday after a month of silence between the parties.The strike, which began May 2, has brought much of Hollywood to a halt, especially after actors joined the writers in striking in July.While a deal does not appear to be imminent - the union told Variety the last negotiating session was more of a "lecture" - the union told its members that "our focus is getting a fair deal for writers as soon as possible.""We’ll reach out again when there is something of significance to report," union officials added. Photos: WGA strikes across Los Angeles  In the meantime, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he's been in communication with both sides in an effort to bring the strikes to a close. “I’m encouraged by the conversations over this last weekend. I’m not going to overstate that, and I’m encouraged that they’re meeting again later this week," Newsom told CNN's Dana Bash.

These SNL Writers Plan to Destroy The Wiltern, or Not

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

We haven’t had episodes in a while due to the strike, but if you found yourself asking who those three young nerdy guys who made awkward videos on Saturday Night Live were when it was still on, now you have your answer. As the picketing and protest continues, Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall, and John Higgins collectively calling themselves Please Don’t Destroy are doing other stuff, like going on tour (they hit the Wiltern tomorrow). They obviously scored the gig of a lifetime as writers and performers on SNL, making videos about… being writers on SNL.But how did they get there? The trio were formed at New York University,  after creating an act titled “Please Don’t Destroy My Farm,” which turned into monthly comedy shows and ultimately a YouTube channel. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the troupe expanded its output with shorts on TikTok and Twitter. In the same way that he embraced Pete Davidson as a sketch player, Lorne Michaels continues to discover unexpected...

Police raids target Vallejo gang after armed robbery of Alameda County judge’s Rolex

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

On the morning of June 1, Alameda County Superior Judge Kevin Murphy was knocked down and robbed of a Rolex watch, cellphone and cash by armed robbers who noticed his sports car pulling into a parking garage in Oakland.Authorities have not arrested any of the robbery suspects, nor have they found and returned the judge’s watch. But over the three-and-a-half months since the robbery, police have arrested more than a dozen people suspected of other crimes, as they continue to investigate members and associates of a Vallejo-based gang believed to be behind the June 1 holdup.In a coordinated series of late August raids, Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies and police in Solano County hit six locations around Vallejo, including an apartment containing 10 firearms, and a lot that was allegedly being used to dismantle stolen cars, authorities said. One man was arrested on an attempted murder warrant out of Contra Costa, and four others were charged in Solano County with possessing...

Wildfire smoke is reversing years of air pollution progress

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

Most of California has enjoyed a blissfully mild fire season so far this year, following heavy winter rains and snows that soaked the state and ended its three-year drought.But as smoke blew in Tuesday and Wednesday from wildfires burning hundreds of miles away near the Oregon border, Bay Area skies turned hazy, rekindling an unhealthy and growing trend.A new study published Wednesday from researchers at Stanford University found that many of the improvements America has made in reducing air pollution since 2000 are now being diminished — particularly in Western states — as the frequency and ferocity of wildfires has increased.“We have been remarkably successful at cleaning up air quality,” said Marshall Burke, an associate professor at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, and co-author of the study. “We have seen decades of improvements and public health benefits. But over the last 10 years, that progress has slowed down and started to reve...

Big firms eye office leases at San Jose mall — some may exit downtown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:30:12 GMT

SAN JOSE — Some high-profile companies are eyeing office space leases at Santana Row in San Jose — including deals that may trigger their exit from San Jose’s struggling downtown, several industry sources say.PwC, a professional services giant officially known as PricewaterhouseCoopers International, is in discussions to lease three floors in One Santana West, a brand-new office building in San Jose across the street from Santana Row, commercial property experts say. The sources did not wish to be named because while they have close knowledge about the possible transaction, they are not authorized to discuss the leasing talks.Separately, UBS Group has completed a leasing deal to relocate to an office building within Santana Row, agreeing to occupy 9,000 square feet of office space, according to real estate sources and a commercial property transaction database. That lease was signed in early 2023, the database shows.The leasing efforts by PwC and UBS would have one...