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San Mateo County green-lights controversial plan to buy a Millbrae hotel

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

(KRON) -- Tuesday, after an all-day vote, San Mateo County officially plans to buy a Millbrae hotel to convert into supportive housing. This decision had much vocal opposition from some area residents and one county supervisor.San Mateo County Supervisor, Dave Canepa, spoke up at the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday. Canepa voiced his concern with turning this La Quinta hotel into an affordable housing complex for unhoused families and seniors.Other supervisors felt differently.“I think this is a good idea,” said supervisor Noelle Corsca. Bay Area college coach charged with pimping women into prostitution The 100-room hotel (located at 1390 El Camino Real) has an apartment complex next-door as well as commercial buildings across the street. Millbrae residents against the project wore red T-shirts in solidarity. The residents opposing the project brought up safety concerns and that the project would take away valuable dollars needed to make repairs and impro...

Police searching for driver who hit teen girl at Santa Rosa crosswalk

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

(KRON) -- The Santa Rosa Police Department is searching for a man who struck a 13-year-old near her school. Police say the man stopped to help the girl before speeding off. The crash happened at Guerneville Road and Marlow Road at 2:30 p.m., per SRPD. That is near Comstock Middle School, where the victim is a student. The girl was crossing Guerneville Road with the "walk" indicator illuminated. A white four-door sedan turned right onto northbound Marlow Road and struck her at a slow rate of speed, police said. Westfield mall operators sued by American Eagle over ‘rampant criminal activity’ The girl fell to the ground, and the driver got out of his car to help her to the sidewalk, according to police. He then got back in his car and fled the scene northbound on Marlow Road.A witness reported the crash to police. The girl was hospitalized for precautionary reasons, police said. She suffered minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery. Police released an image of the seda...

Police up reward to $30k as search for murder suspect who escaped from GW Hospital continues

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

Authorities are still searching for the murder suspect who escaped from The George Washington University Hospital while in D.C. police custody last week — and the department is now offering a $30,000 reward for anyone who comes forward with information that leads to his arrest.When Christopher Haynes, 30, escaped custody on Sept. 6, authorities were initially offering a $10,000 reward. The reward grew to $25,000 the day after Haynes’ escape.In a news release Tuesday, D.C. police said finding Haynes is “a top priority” for the department.“The search remains active and ongoing and MPD is working closely with our local and federal partners to ensure that Haynes is brought to justice,” the news release said.The department said it has also received “numerous reports” of possible sightings of Haynes since his escape and is “dedicating resources to each tip.”Police describe Haynes as a 6-foot tall Black male, weighing approximately 205 ...

Mauricio and Alonso power the Mets to a 7-4 victory over the Diamondbacks

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ronny Mauricio hit his first major league homer, Pete Alonso launched his 44th of the season and the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Tuesday night.Francisco Álvarez also went deep and José Butto earned his first career win as New York handed the Diamondbacks a costly defeat. Arizona began the day with a 1 1/2-game lead over Miami and San Francisco in a crowded race for the final National League wild card.Miami lost to Milwaukee, but Cincinnati moved within a game of the Diamondbacks by edging Detroit 6-5 in 10 innings. San Francisco hosted Cleveland later.New York won hours after David Stearns agreed to become the team’s president of baseball operations, according to several reports — filling a spot that’s been vacant since Steve Cohen bought the team following the 2020 season.Mauricio, who was called up from the minors Sept. 1 and began his career with a five-game hitting streak, put the Mets ahead 3-1 with a 440-foot shot deep into the second dec...

Tyler Stephenson has RBI single in 10th to lift Reds past Tigers, 6-5

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Tyler Stephenson had an RBI single in the 10th inning in the Cincinnati Reds’ 6-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.Stephenson led off the 10th with a single off Tigers closer Alex Lange (6-4), with Noelvi Marte sliding around Jake Rogers’ tag at the plate.“On the pitch before, I fouled off a fastball that was the best pitch of the at-bat,” Stephenson said. “This game is hard enough without missing good pitches to hit, but I called time and refocused. He made a mistake and I was able to take it right and (Marte) did the rest.”Joey Votto then reached on an error, but Detroit turned a 6-3-4 double play and Lange struck out pinch-hitter Jake Fraley.Reds All-Star closer Alexis Díaz (9-4) got the victory with a scoreless ninth, and former Tiger Buck Farmer pitched the 10th for his third save.In the 10th, Spencer Torkelson’s fly ball moved Andy Ibañez to third, but Akil Baddoo grounded to Jonathan India, who threw Ibañez out at the plate. “The con...

Langeliers, Kemp homer as Athletics down Astros again 6-2 to avoid 100th loss

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Shea Langeliers and Tony Kemp both homered as the Oakland Athletics jumped on Justin Verlander early in a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.Oakland has won the first two games of this series to avoid its 100th loss this season. Houston’s lead in the AL West dwindled to one game with the loss and a win by Texas over Toronto on Tuesday night.The Astros home woes continued as they fell to 37-37 at Minute Maid Park this season after dropping 12 of their last 16 games there.A two-run homer by Langeliers made it 3-0 in the first inning and Kemp’s shot in the fifth made it 5-1.Verlander (11-8) allowed eight hits and five runs with seven strikeouts in seven innings in his eighth start since a trade from the New York Mets.Oakland starter J.P. Sears (5-11) yielded five hits and two runs in six innings for his third straight win.A night after getting shut out 4-0, the Astros again had trouble stringing hits together. Houston, which scored 39 runs in a three-...

Severe Tuesday night storms bring flash flood warning to Montgomery Co., ground stop at Reagan National Airport

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

Reagan National Airport is experiencing delays ahead of thunderstorms that are expected to roll through the D.C. area Tuesday night.The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop for the airport, preventing inbound flights from landing there until 11:15 p.m. The ground stop was initially supposed to end at 8:30 p.m.The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northwestern D.C. and southeastern Montgomery and northwestern Prince George’s counties in Maryland. The warning is in effect through 11:15 p.m., after a severe storm was spotted moving 25 mph over Chevy Chase.Quarter-sized hail and 60 mph winds are possible.The weather service also issued a Flash Flood Warning for northwestern Montgomery County, in effect through 1:15 a.m. Wednesday.Between 1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have already fallen in the affected area, and additional amounts of 0.5 to 2 inches are possible, according to the weather service. Flash flooding is ongoing or exp...

US routs Oman 4-0 in exhibition as Balogun, Aaronson and Pepi score

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Folarin Balogun scored in the 13th minute, Brenden Aaronson converted a free kick in the 60th and Ricardo Pepi got a goal in the 79th to lead the United States over Oman 4-0 in an exhibition Tuesday night for a two-game sweep of the Americans’ first matches in Gregg Berhalter’s return as coach.Khalid Al-Braiki added an own goal in the 81st when he deflected in a cross by defender Kevin Paredes, who had entered two minutes earlier in his U.S. debut.Berhalter was hired after the failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and led the Americans to the second round of last year’s tournament, where they lost to the Netherlands 3-1. He was replaced by interim coaches while the U.S. Soccer Federation investigated a domestic violence accusation brought to its attention by the Reyna family, then was rehired.The 11th-ranked U.S. has an automatic berth for 2026 as a co-host of the 48-nation tournament, No. 73 Oman has never qualified for soccer’s top tour...

Single Season 50 Home Runs

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

Through 2022x-active73 — Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants, 200170 — Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals, 199866 — Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, 199865 — Mark McGwire, St. Louis Cardinals, 199964 — Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, 200163 — Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, 199962 — x-Aaron Judge, New York Yankees, 202261 — Roger Maris, N.Y. Yankees, 196160 — Babe Ruth, N.Y. Yankees, 192759 — Babe Ruth, N.Y. Yankees, 192159 — Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins, 201758 — Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 193258 — Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tigers, 193858 — Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals, 199758 — Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies, 200657 — Luis Gonzalez, Arizona Diamondbacks, 200157 — Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers, 200256 — Hack Wilson, Chicago Cubs, 193056 — Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle Mariners, 199756 — Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle Mariners, 199854 — Babe Ruth, N.Y. Yankees, 192054 — Babe Ruth, N.Y. Yankees, 192854 — Ralph Kiner, Pittsburgh Pirates, 194954 — Mickey Mantle, N.Y. Yankees,...

Podiatrist explains why turf fields pose a risk to athletes

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:10:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Aaron Rodgers, of the New York Jets, tore his Achilles tendon during a nationally televised game on Monday."His foot on the turf was not able to give way, and on that extra extension, the Achilles had nowhere to go," said Dr. Keyvan Ganz, a podiatrist of foot and ankle surgery.For younger folks playing high-contact sports, Ganz said, you see a similar type of injury."Tendonitis, inflammation of the tendon, more so than actual tears in the kids," Ganz said. Failing to obey Colorado’s new roundabout law could cost you $70 These injuries happen when the Achilles tendon on the back of the leg is overextended. You can have a partial — or, in Rodgers' case, total — rupture of the tendon.Recovery can vary depending on the injury. Ganz said it's no less than three months before you can even start rehab, whether for an NFL athlete or a high school football player."Typically, it's going to be in a walking boot with a little bit of a heel lift to take some of that tension off...