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‘They’re holding us hostage’: Two Antioch leaders call for firing of police involved in racist texts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

Nearly two months after an untold number of Antioch police were placed on leave for allegedly sending offensive and racist texts to each other, Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe and Mayor Pro Tem Tamisha Torres-Walker this week again called for the firing of those involved.“I think if you’re if we’re going to repair relationships, and there’s going to be reconciliation with the community, they need to be fired,” the mayor said Thursday.Torres-Walker meanwhile offered a similar position in a post on Facebook and in a statement emailed on Wednesday.“I firmly believe that the officers involved in the racist texting scandal should have been immediately terminated,” she wrote in part, explaining why she declined an invitation to attend this week’s “Pizza with the Chief” event at a local church.“My position on this is not some political ploy to silence the community but rather an expression of my commitment to not ignore the deeply entrenched racist culture within the Antioch P...

Letters: Lessons for homeless | Overestimating AI | Green schools | Not at fault

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Refugee camp offerslessons for homelessRe: “What did $116M yield in homeless fixes?” (Page B1, May 15).Monday’s article on San Jose’s $116 million spending on programs to alleviate its homeless crisis should raise the question of how that amount of money can be spent with almost no impact on the 6,700 or so homeless population. Inept comes to mind.I suggest a small task force goes to study how the refugee camps housing hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and elsewhere function. For example, the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan houses approximately 78,000 Syrian refugees in a massive tent city. Tents of all sizes from single-occupant to family-sized tents with multiple rooms and kitchens are present. Germany provided a $15 million solar system for electricity. The French military has a surgical team providing surgery for war wounded.I suspect that valuable lesso...

Oakley woman revived with 5 doses of Narcan after fentanyl overdose

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

(KRON) -- Oakley police officers and paramedics had to use five doses of Narcan, a life saving opioid overdose-revering treatment, to revive a woman who overdosed on fentanyl inside a vehicle Wednesday.A concerned witness had called 911 reporting that the woman and her male companion were both passed out in a vehicle parked at Big Break Marina. "The person who reported the incident said pills were scattered around in the vehicle," the Oakley Police Department wrote. Police said officers found the 60-year-old woman unresponsive with pills in her lap.Officers were able to revive the 61-year-old man, but the woman had no pulse and was not breathing, according to OPD. "Our officers administered one dose of Narcan to the female with no noticeable signs of improvement. Our officers administered two more doses of Narcan to the female, and she began to breathe, and her pulse returned; she did not regain any degree of consciousness," OPD wrote. Paramedics carried the woman into an ambulance ...

El Vaticano: elude la Guardia Suiza con su vehículo, le disparan y lo detienen

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

ROMA — Un conductor con aparentes problemas psiquiátricos pasó el jueves precipitadamente con su vehículo por una puerta del Vaticano, eludiendo a la Guardia Suiza, y llegó hasta el patio de un palacio antes de ser detenido por la policía, informó la Santa Sede.Gendarmes del Vaticano realizaron un disparo hacia los neumáticos delanteros del auto después que pasó por la puerta a gran velocidad, pero el vehículo siguió su camino, señaló la oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede en un comunicado.Una vez que el vehículo llegó al patio de San Dámaso del Palacio Apostólico, el conductor salió del auto y fue detenido de inmediato por gendarmes del Vaticano. Por primera vez desde que comenzó la guerra, el papa se reúne con Zelenskyy en el Vaticano El papa Francisco preside y bendice en la Misa del Domingo de Pascuas desde el Vaticano La Santa Sede señaló que el sospechoso tiene alrededor de 40 años y presentaba “un estado grave de alteración ...

MATCHDAY: Cadiz hosts Valladolid; Freiburg aims to keep CL hopes alive

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Friday:SPAINCadiz hosts Valladolid in a match between two teams trying to avoid relegation in the Spanish league. They are both tied on 35 points, only one above the relegation zone. The loser of Friday’s game in Cadiz — or both teams if it ends in a draw — would be in danger of falling into the drop zone if Getafe beats last-place Elche at home on Saturday.GERMANYFreiburg needs a win over Wolfsburg to keep its Champions League hopes alive. Freiburg has spent most of the Bundesliga season in the Champions League places but has dropped to fifth after losses to its key rivals, Union Berlin and Leipzig. Another loss for Freiburg would ensure Champions League qualification for Leipzig and allow Union to clinch its first-ever appearance in Europe’s top competition with a draw Saturday against Hoffenheim. Wolfsburg is sixth and can’t qualify for the Champions League but is keen to stay ahead of chasing Bayer Leverkusen and Eintr...

DeBoer brings Stars to Vegas with trip to Stanley Cup Final on line

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dallas coach Pete DeBoer couldn’t hide his joy when the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 in January.DeBoer — fired by the Golden Knights after the previous season — chugged a beer in the locker room. “Nailed it,” he said afterward.Now there is much more on the line for DeBoer and the Stars than revenge and a cold one. They visit play Knights in the Western Conference Final, the first game is Friday night in Las Vegas. The Knights are a minus-140 favorite to win the NHL playoffs series, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Knights coach Bruce Cassidy, who was fired by Boston after last season, said DeBoer could have some advantages in knowing Vegas’ players strengths and weaknesses. But the Knights have two assistants on staff who coached under DeBoer last season and another, John Stevens, was on the Dallas bench the past three seasons.“I’m just putting my feet up and relaxing because those guys have all the information,” Cassidy said tongue-in-cheek.Ca...

Gallagher gets key hit as Cleveland Guardians beat Chicago White Sox 3-1

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Cam Gallagher snapped a long hitless drought with an RBI single during Cleveland’s two-run seventh inning, and the Guardians beat Dylan Cease and the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Thursday to salvage the series finale.Rookie Gabriel Arias homered and doubled for the Guardians, who were outscored 15-5 in the first two games. Nick Sandlin (2-1) got four outs for the win, and Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth for his MLB-leading 15th save.The Guardians went ahead to stay in the seventh. With one out and runners on second and third, rookie Brayan Rocchio hit a grounder shortstop Tim Anderson flubbed for an error. Rocchio was credited with his first major league RBI when Will Brennan scampered home to make it 2-1.Gallagher then drove in Arias with a single to left against Gregory Santos. Cleveland’s catchers were 0 for 44 with 26 strikeouts in May before Gallagher’s hit. It was just the third hit of the year for Gallagher, Cleveland’s backup behind the plate. He...

Ohtani, Trout homer to help Angels to 6-5 victory over Orioles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — All Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout need is a little more help.They got it from Hunter Renfroe during a dicey ninth inning.Ohtani homered in the first and hit a tiebreaking infield single in the eighth, and Renfroe’s terrific throw in the ninth helped the Los Angeles Angels hold on for a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.“That throw from Renfroe was incredible,” Los Angeles manager Phil Nevin said. “That’s one of the better throws I’ve seen by a right fielder.”Trout also went deep for the Angels, and Anthony Santander and Adley Rutschman homered for Baltimore. Rutschman’s two-run shot in the seventh gave Baltimore a 5-4 lead, but it was short lived.Bryan Baker (3-1) allowed a single and a walk with one out in the eighth, and then Austin Voth came on and yielded an RBI single to Gio Urshela. After a strikeout, Voth hit Trout with a pitch to load the bases.Left-hander Danny Coulombe came in to face Ohtani, who ripped a grounder to the right s...

Ericsson, Dixon keep Ganassi atop Indianapolis 500 speed chart for 2nd day

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson looked like a double threat in Indianapolis 500 practice Thursday.First, he charged to the top of the speed chart with a lap of 229.607 mph on the 2.5-mile oval. Then late in the session, he turned the best no-tow speed of the day at 224.414.Ericsson’s teammate, Scott Dixon, had the second-fastest overall lap for the second straight day, giving Chip Ganassi Racing another one-two finish. The six-time series champ and 2008 race winner went 229.186.“It was a really good day for the whole Chip Ganassi team,” Ericsson said. “Yesterday we worked a lot on the race cars. We did some changes overnight that I felt were really great. It was a very positive day and hat’s off to the Ganassi team.”For Ericsson, it was a significant jump from Wednesday’s session when he was seventh overall but the slowest driver on Ganassi’s four-car team. Tuesday’s first scheduled practice was rained o...

ESPN sideline reporter admits to 'sleeping on' Jokic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

DENVER (AP) — In what the Denver Nuggets saw as the latest sign of disrespect, ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters revealed she hadn’t watched two-time MVP Nikola Jokic play before Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.Jokic had 34 points, 21 rebounds and 14 assists in Denver’s 132-126 win Tuesday night.“This is really the first time I’ve had a chance to watch him play, and I’ve got to admit, I have been sleeping on this guy. He is spectacular. He is ridiculously good,” Salters told Rich Eisen Show guest host Suzy Shuster the next day. Tickets on sale for Nuggets watch parties at Ball Arena She explained it had been a decade since she’d worked a game in Denver and she couldn’t recall watching Jokic, who is in his eighth NBA season, on the road or in the conference finals in the 2020 Florida bubble, also against the Lakers.The revelation came shortly after Mark Jackson, one of ESPN's analysts calling the series, apologized for leaving Jokic off his ...