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While the Sacramento River Cats opened their season last week, the remainder of the Giants’ minor-league affiliates are set to get under way in the coming days, which means they set their rosters and finalized the assignments for the organization’s top prospects. The team’s first-round pick from last summer, first baseman Bryce Eldridge, will begin the year at Single-A San Jose, but he might not be there for long. The 6-foot-7 teenager moved quickly in his introduction to pro ball last summer with eye-popping exit velocities and an advanced approach at the plate. The San Jose roster is populated with a number of other top picks from last year’s draft. Sharing the infield will be Cole Foster, their third-round pick, and Maui Ahuna, selected in the fourth round, who is fully healthy after playing through a back injury while leading Tennessee on its run to the College World Series. That delayed his pro debut until this spring, and impressed he enough in his first camp to earn a spot on the travel roster for a few Cactus League games. Foster, another college shortstop, from Auburn

OAKLAND — If it’s closure Athletics fans are hoping for, the Coliseum wasn’t the place to find it Tuesday night. Their team wants to move to Las Vegas, but it’s a long way from shovels in the ground. Their team is open to the idea of extending the lease in Oakland until that proposed stadium is built, but a morning meeting between the club and city officials brought nothing close to a resolution. Then there’s the involvement of Sacramento, which has entered the fray on some level with the idea of a being a temporary home at Sutter Health Park — home of the Triple-A River Cats — until Las Vegas becomes a reality. Sitting in a beach chair with a cold beverage, wearing an A’s hat and and a green “Sell” T-shirt, Dave DeMartini of Marin openly wondered if he’d be back in 2024. A friend who’s a Red Sox fan gave him a ticket, but he’s joined the fan boycott otherwise. “This might be the only game I go to,” DeMartini said. “I’m a fan of anyone who puts on an A’s uniform.

A new friend-ranking feature on the popular app Snapchat is alarming teens and parents. Judy Ho, clinical and forensic neuropsychologist, joins CBS News to discuss.

LOS ANGELES — It didn’t take long for the San Francisco Giants to find a suitor for Joey Bart. Bart, the former No. 2 overall pick who was designated for assignment Sunday, was traded Tuesday to the Pittsburgh Pirates, who parted with a 21-year-old pitching prospect for the privilege of jumping ahead of the waiver wire. San Francisco received right-hander Austin Strickland, the Pirates’ eighth-round pick in last year’s draft. He has yet to pitch in pro ball. Related Articles San Francisco Giants | Here’s where every SF Giants’ top prospect will play this season San Francisco Giants | Jung Hoo Lee, Bob Melvin share their experiences entering SF Giants-Dodgers rivalry San Francisco Giants | New crab noodles, habanero chicken, waffle sundae join the Oracle Park lineup San Francisco Giants | Dodgers’ Big Three daunting as advertised in SF Giants’ defeat to archrivals San Francisco Giants | SF Giants set date for Blake Snell to make first start The Giants had a week to find a trade partner for Bart after DFAing him in order to add Daulton Jefferies to the 40-man roster before Sunday’s

LOS ANGELES — Growing up in Korea, Jung Hoo Lee didn’t have a clue about the Giants-Dodgers rivalry. Decades earlier, Bob Melvin lived and breathed it while being raised in Palo Alto, then became a part of it as a player when he was traded to his hometown team. Of the handful of new entrants to the rivalry — the highest-profile, of course, being Shohei Ohtani on the other side — it would be hard to find two who came into it with more disparate history than the Giants manager and his increasingly impressive center fielder. “It’s something I’ve grown up with, so I know all about it,” Melvin said. “Everybody takes it individually. Some people just look at it as another series. Some may be a little more fired up for it.” Lee? “Probably not a lot,” Melvin said. “He’s got a lot going on right now. I’m sure he knows a lot of the rivalries in the big leagues – Yankees-Red Sox and so forth – but I think he’s got enough on his plate where he’s not too focused on that.” If

SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Kuminga remained out for the Warriors’ Tuesday night game against the Mavericks, but the Warriors have set a plan in motion for him play on Thursday night in Houston. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr revealed the team’s course of action for Kuminga, who has missed four straight games with tendinitis in both knees. “He hadn’t done anything because of the knee for the last week,” Kerr said. “He’s feeling a lot better. Just got a really good 3-on-3 scrimmage in, the first work he’s done since he’s been out. So, we felt strongly that he needed to get a couple days’ work in before he’s ready to play.” The Rockets matchup could have substantial stakes for the Warriors at the bottom of the Western Conference. The Rockets won 11 straight to inch within striking distance of Golden State’s play-in spot, so the Warriors being at full-strength for the game in Houston is a big development. Kuminga, 21, has had a breakout season for the Warriors. He’s averaging 16.3 points per game while shooting 52.9% from the field. He’s at his best

Hospitals must now receive informed patient consent for breast, pelvic, prostate and rectal exams performed by medical students — particularly on anesthetized patients, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. Michelle Mello, professor of law and health policy at Stanford University, joins CBS News to unpack the new policy.

World leaders are condemning an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed at least seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen. The IDF says the strike should not have happened and that it was a “mistake that followed a misidentification.” Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, joins CBS News to assess the state of Israel’s operations in Gaza.

The company said there is no known bird flu risk associated with eggs that are currently on the market and no eggs have been recalled.

Lizzo worried fans recently with a statement saying she quit. The singer explained Tuesday what she really meant.

WATCH LIVE: Breaking news and other events from ABC WATCH LIVE Welcome, Manage MyDisney Account Log Out Wednesday, April 3, 2024 12:22AM Comedian Joe Flaherty, founding star of the sketch show “SCTV” and known for his memorable roles in “Happy Gilmore” and “Freaks and Geeks,” has died. He was 82. Comedian Joe Flaherty, a founding member of the Canadian sketch series “SCTV,” has died. He was 82. His daughter Gudrun said Tuesday that Flaherty died Monday following a brief illness. Flaherty, who was born in Pittsburgh, spent seven years at The Second City in Chicago before moving north of the border to help establish the theater’s Toronto outpost. FILE – Comedian Joe Flaherty, October 26, 1982. Photo by Jim Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images He went on to star alongside John Candy and Catherine O’Hara in “SCTV, about a fictional TV station known as Second City Television that was stacked with buffoons in front of and behind the cameras. Flaherty’s characters included network boss Guy Caballero and the vampiric TV host Count Floyd. He won Emmys in 1982 and 1983 for his writing on “SCTV”

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, both 109 years old, went to the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon to appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit against the City of Tulsa for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. “We are grateful that our now-weary bodies have held on long enough to witness an America, and an Oklahoma, that provides Race Massacre survivors with the opportunity to access the legal system,” Randle and Fletcher, the last survivors of the incident, said in a joint statement Tuesday. “Many have come before us who have knocked and banged on the courthouse doors only to be turned around or never let through the door.” Survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, and Hughes Van Ellis sing at a rally for the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on June 01, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images The lawsuit, filed against the city, seeks reparations for Randle and Fletcher for injury, public nuisance and unjust enrichment others have gained from exploiting the massacre, according to court documents. Lawyers for the victims and their families are making the

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Tuesday, April 2, 2024 11:28PM ABC7 Eyewitness News Stream Southern California’s News Leader and Original Shows 24/7 LOS ANGELES — Stevie Wonder, Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Peter Frampton, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson and J Balvin are just some of the over 200 names featured on a new open letter submitted by the Artist Rights Alliance nonprofit, calling on artificial intelligence tech companies, developers, platforms, digital music services and platforms to stop using AI “to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists,” according to the letter. The Artist Rights Alliance is an artist-led nonprofit organization that advocates for musicians in a precarious digital economy. The letter, while acknowledging the creative possibilities of new AI technology, addresses some of its threats to human artistry. Those include using preexisting work to train AI models – without permissions – in an attempt to replace artists and therefore “substantially dilute the royalty pools that are paid out to artists.” “This assault on human creativity must be stopped,” the letter reads. “We must protect against the predatory use of AI to

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — Our conversation with local public safety leaders continues with one of the Central Valley’s newest police chiefs. Steven Stanfield became Merced’s top cop in October of 2024. In part two of the conversation, we discussed how a real-time crime center will be used to improve public safety. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Former President Trump is again using the term “bloodbath” on the campaign trail, this time in an attempt to criticize President Biden’s immigration policies. Mr. Biden, meanwhile, is launching an ad campaign focused on abortion rights. Nancy Cordes reports.

Newly released video of a 2022 police shooting in California showed a 15-year-old girl attempting to surrender before she was killed during a shootout on the side of a highway. Elise Preston reports.

The dangerous storms in the Ohio Valley will continue moving through the U.S. The Weather Channel meteorologist Alex Wilson has the forecast.

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump again used language denounced by Democrats to hammer President Joe Biden over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday as he campaigned in two midwestern swing states likely to be critical to the outcome of the 2024 election. Trump, who has accused migrants of “poisoning the blood of the country” and vowed to launch the largest domestic deportation operation in the country’s history if he wins a second term, delivered a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in which he accused Biden of allowing a “bloodbath” that was “destroying the country.” The former president referred to immigrants in the U.S. illegally suspected of committing crimes as “animals,” using dehumanizing language that those who study extremism have warned increases the risk of violence. “Under Crooked Joe Biden, every state is now a border state. Every town is now a border town,” Trump said at the DeVos Place, where he stood flanked by law enforcement officers in uniform before a line of flags. While violent crime is down, Trump and other Republicans have seized on several high-profile crimes alleged

Anne Z. Cooke | Tribune News Service (TNS) NADI, Fiji Islands — “That’s Tom Hanks’ island, in ‘Cast Away’ the movie,” said the passenger sitting nearby, on the rear deck. We’d seen him standing in line, a college kid in a red shirt, packing and repacking a knapsack while we waited to board the early morning ferry out of Viti Levu, largest of Fiji’s 330 islands. Leaning over the railing, he pointed at the horizon and a faint grey-green shape. “Its real name is Modriki, and it’s small, just 100 acres,” he said. “But the beach is awesome. Tourists can’t wait to go.” No surprise there. For most South Pacific travelers, nothing rivals Fiji’s sandy beaches, palm-shaded gardens, starry nights and Melanesian hospitality. We’d island-hopped over the years, tried a dozen different beach resorts, and liked most of them. Until 2019, when we joined a hiking group for a long look at the island’s mountains. Horses are cheaper than trucks, say Fiji farmers, if you’re out to see a neighbor. (Steve Haggerty/TNS) Navala Village, Fiji’s last traditionally thatched village, is an hour from the Fiji

Laurie Baratti | (TNS) TravelPulse Leading vacation rental company Airbnb is updating its Extenuating Circumstances Policy, including renaming it the Major Disruptive Events Policy “to better reflect its purpose.” This will provide greater flexibility for travelers who may need to cancel their reservations when unforeseen circumstances, such as natural disasters, extreme weather events and government-imposed travel restrictions, affect their ability to complete their stay. Under this updated cancellation policy, guests can cancel reservations and receive refunds in cases of “foreseeable weather events,” such as hurricanes, that would result in another covered event occurring, such as large-scale utility outages. According to Travel + Leisure, the policy already applies to other “unexpected major events,” such as declared public health emergencies, including epidemics, but excluding COVID-19. This revised policy, which will go into effect on June 6, overrides individual hosts’ own cancellation policies. This updated policy also applies to mid-trip cancellations, making it so that travelers can receive refunds for the unused portion of their stays in the event of a covered cancellation. However, it’s important to note that Airbnb’s policy does not cover all unforeseen incidents, such

May-lee Chai | Star Tribune (TNS) Like many women of her generation, the unnamed Japanese American writer at the center of Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s bold, erotic “The Tree Doctor,” finds herself in midlife, squarely ensconced in the sandwich generation. She’s burdened with the double-whammy of childcare and tending to an elderly parent while holding down a job, in this case as an adjunct lecturer. At novel’s start, Mockett’s protagonist has flown from her home in Hong Kong for what was supposed to be a brief trip to northern California to help her widowed mother, who has dementia and needs to be placed in long-term care. “The Tree Doctor,” by Marie Mutsuki Mockett. (Graywolf/TNS) Then, the pandemic hits. All nonessential travel is banned; Hong Kong has imposed a strict quarantine for travelers. The woman is stranded in her childhood home, remotely teaching a class on Japanese aesthetics and trying to console her two children and husband through video chats. This could have been a novel solely about the unfair amount of work that disproportionately fell upon many women during the pandemic, the care-giving while also doing