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Contra Costa DA attempts to block publicization of new racist texts by Antioch cops

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

MARTINEZ — The Contra Costa District Attorney has uncovered even more racist text messages by Antioch officers that are set to be turned over to defense lawyers after a judge struck down a last-minute DA attempt to limit their publicization.In a court document filed Thursday, Chief Assistant District Attorney Simon O’Connell wrote that his office has identified 225 pages worth of never-before-seen racist texts by Antioch officers Morteza Amiri and Andrea Rodriguez, both of whom are under criminal investigation by the FBI. His failed motion argued that should the material be publicized in the media, it “increases the risk of piggybacking and the potential for further harm.”O’Connell asked for a protective order prohibiting the dissemination of materials to the media.Judge David Goldstein rejected the motion without hearing defense objections to it, noting the DA’s office failed to cite any legal opinions that would allow him to grant it. His ruling clear...

San Jose driver dies after 2-car crash, marks city's 30th traffic death of 2023

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

(KRON) -- A driver died after a two-vehicle crash in San Jose Friday afternoon, the San Jose Police Department tweeted. The crash happened near the intersection of Berryessa Road and Sabal Drive.Westbound Berryessa will be closed from Piedmont to Sabal as police investigate the deadly crash. The public is asked to avoid the area. The two drivers involved were both taken to the hospital where one of them died. The second driver has unknown injuries, SJPD said. The crash marks the 29th fatal collision in San Jose for 2023, authorities said. It is the 30th traffic death of the year.SJPD responded to the call of this collision at around 5:02 p.m. These 2 cars were most frequently stolen in July: Alameda PD This story will be updated as KRON4 learns more.

Chris Sale retires 1st 14 batters in return from injury, Red Sox beat Tigers 5-2

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Chris Sale returned after 10 weeks on the injured list and retired his first 14 batters, combining with two Red Sox relievers on a two-hitter on Friday night as Boston beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2. Triston Casas hit a three-run homer, and Trevor Story had a pair of hits in his fourth game back to help snap the Tigers’ three-game winning streak.Sale struck out seven while holding Detroit without a runner until Kerry Carpenter’s solo homer with two outs in the fifth. Sale then hit Javier Báez and was taken out, receiving a standing ovation as he walked to the dugout.Sale, who hadn’t pitched since leaving his June 1 start with shoulder soreness, threw 58 pitches. Kyle Barraclough (1-0) relieved and struck out three in 1 1/3 innings, walking one and allowing pinch-hitter Riley Greene’s single, which drove in Báez to make it 4-2.Chris Murphy pitched three hitless innings for his first professional save. Connor Wong and Pablo Reyes also had two hits apiece for the...

Franco homers in bottom of the 9th, Rays overcome bullpen meltdown to beat Guardians 9-8

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, (AP) — Wander Franco hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the ninth and the wild-card-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-8 after a bullpen meltdown in the top of the inning Friday night.Franco homered to right off Nick Sandlin (5-5).Cleveland pulled even at 8 in the ninth, with all three runs crossing the plate on wild pitches.The Guardians loaded the bases with no outs on a pair of walks and a hit batter by closer Pete Fairbanks. The right-hander struck out Oscar Gonzalez, but had a run-scoring wild pitch before striking out Brayan Rocchio.Fairbanks allowed another run to cross the plate with another wild pitch and walked Bo Naylor before being replaced by Robert Stephenson (2-4), who threw the third wild pitch of the inning to allow the tying run to score. Isaac Paredes put the Rays up 5-4 on his drive in the sixth that ended Cleveland starter Xzavion Curry’s night.The Rays added three more runs in the seventh to go ahead 8-4 after Dan...

Bruce Bochy returns to Oracle Park to warm welcome guiding Texas Rangers

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bruce Bochy waved hello to familiar faces and posed for photos with fans on the field before getting to work with the Texas Rangers.Different uniform, different dugout, still beloved in the Bay Area.Bochy received a warm welcome in his return to Oracle Park on Friday night, guiding the AL West-leading Rangers against his former San Francisco Giants. He remains revered for his decade-plus tenure managing San Francisco, including World Series titles in 2010, ‘12 and ’14.While he made sure to point out these are important games for both teams, Bochy spent some time reflecting on his successful years in orange and black.“It’s special to be back in this ballpark. I can’t say enough about my tremendous time here, 13 wonderful years,” said the 68-year-old Bochy ahead of his three-day reunion with the Giants, whom he managed for 13 years through 2019. “My wife and I, we just had the time of our lives. I lived across the street. Those 13 years impacted me as ...

Judge hits 464-foot homer. Yankees beat Marlins 9-4 in series opener

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a 464-foot home run, rookie Anthony Volpe hit a three-run drive and the New York Yankees beat the Miami Marlins 9-4 Friday night.Judge hit his 22nd homer and is batting .256 with three homers and five RBIs since returning from the injured list on July 28. The home run was the longest at Miami this season.Volpe hit his 15th homer, putting the Yankees ahead with his second-inning shot off Jesús Luzardo’ (8-7).Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes went back on the injured list because of a strained left rotator cuff. Randy Váasquez (2-1) allowed two runs and three hits in 3 2/3 innings.Kyle Higashioka had three hits, including a two-run single in the ninth, and Gleyber Torres doubled, singled and drove in a run.Miami’s Luis Arraez went 0 for 4, dropping his major league leading batting average to .366. Arraez is 1-for-12 since getting dropped from leadoff to second in the lineup.Luzardo allowed seven runs and nine hits in 3 2/3 innings. He is 0-2 with a 6.66 ER...

Tommy Paul beats top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in Toronto quarterfinals

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — American Tommy Paul ended top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz’s winning streak at 14 matches, beating the 20-year-old Spanish star 6-3 4-6 6-3 on Friday night to reach the National Bank Open semifinals.Alcaraz had the shot of the match with a between-the-leg winner in the second set, but couldn’t keep up with Paul in the third. Alcaraz, the Wimbledon champion preparing for his U.S. Open title defense, leads the tour with six victories and 49 match victories against only five losses.Paul will face the winner of the late match between seventh-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy and Gael Monfils of France.In the afternoon, second-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia dropped out with a 7-6 (7), 7-5 loss to Australia’s Alex de Minaur. “I had to play some of my best tennis today,” de Minaur said. “It has been a great week for me so far. I played the right way today. I think having played him at the end of last year gave me the confidence that I had a chance. I just had to pla...

Are youse ready for Delco? Suburban Philly team is headed to the Little League World Series

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The manager of the suburban Philadelphia Little League team that needed just one hit — a walk-off, two-run home run — to advance to the Little League World Series had the same question on his mind as anyone who has stepped foot in the home of WAWA convenience stores and wooder ice: Is the Little League World Series ready for Delco?“I don’t think they know what’s coming,” said a laughing Tom Bradley, who leads the team from Media, Pennsylvania. “Delco is like it’s own little world. I don’t think they’re ready for this accent.”The Media team, from about 20 miles southwest of Philly, defeated the team from Northwest Washington D.C., 2–0 on Friday in the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship game in Bristol, Connecticut. Trevor Skowronek’s two-run homer in the seventh inning was the only hit for Media in the game.“It was a pretty darn big hit,” Bradley said.Maybe somewhere actress Kate Winslet — who needed months to master the m...

Boeing Classic Par Scores

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

FridayAt Snoqualmie RidgeSnoqualmie, Wash.Purse: $2.2 millionYardage: 7,217; Par: 72First RoundWoody Austin34-32—66-6Kevin Sutherland33-33—66-6Stephen Ames34-33—67-5Harrison Frazar34-34—68-4Miguel Angel Jimenez35-33—68-4Steven Alker34-35—69-3Shane Bertsch34-35—69-3K.J. Choi34-35—69-3Fred Couples37-32—69-3Glen Day35-34—69-3Richard Green35-34—69-3Tim Herron35-34—69-3John Huston35-34—69-3Bernhard Langer37-32—69-3Tim Petrovic34-35—69-3Vijay Singh36-33—69-3Y.E. Yang35-34—69-3Marco Dawson33-37—70-2Jerry Kelly37-33—70-2Davis Love III33-37—70-2Scott McCarron35-35—70-2Colin Montgomerie37-33—70-2Timothy O’Neal36-34—70-2Jeff Sluman35-35—70-2Paul Stankowski35-35—70-2Willie Wood37-33—70-2Ernie Els36-35—71-1Tom Gillis35-36—71-1Paul Goydos36-35—71-1Lee Janzen35-36—71-1Justin Leonard36-35—71-1Brett Quigley34-37—71-1Harry Rudolph34-37—71-1Ken Tanigawa37-34—71-1Stuart Appleby34-38—72EPaul Broadhurst34-38—72EKen Duke36-36—72EKeith Horne36-36—72ERobert Karlsson40-32—72EJeff Maggert35-37—72EBilly ...

Boeing Classic Tour Scores

Published Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:49:45 GMT

FridayAt Snoqualmie RidgeSnoqualmie, Wash.Purse: $2.2 millionYardage: 7,217; Par: 72First RoundWoody Austin34-32—66Kevin Sutherland33-33—66Stephen Ames34-33—67Harrison Frazar34-34—68Miguel Angel Jimenez35-33—68Steven Alker34-35—69Shane Bertsch34-35—69K.J. Choi34-35—69Fred Couples37-32—69Glen Day35-34—69Richard Green35-34—69Tim Herron35-34—69John Huston35-34—69Bernhard Langer37-32—69Tim Petrovic34-35—69Vijay Singh36-33—69Y.E. Yang35-34—69Marco Dawson33-37—70Jerry Kelly37-33—70Davis Love III33-37—70Scott McCarron35-35—70Colin Montgomerie37-33—70Timothy O’Neal36-34—70Jeff Sluman35-35—70Paul Stankowski35-35—70Willie Wood37-33—70Ernie Els36-35—71Tom Gillis35-36—71Paul Goydos36-35—71Lee Janzen35-36—71Justin Leonard36-35—71Brett Quigley34-37—71Harry Rudolph34-37—71Ken Tanigawa37-34—71Stuart Appleby34-38—72Paul Broadhurst34-38—72Ken Duke36-36—72Keith Horne36-36—72Robert Karlsson40-32—72Jeff Maggert35-37—72Billy Mayfair35-37—72Dicky Pride36-36—72Mario Tiziani38-34—72Notah Begay38-35—73...