Bay Area

Never in doubt: De La Salle dominates in shutout win over San Ramon Valley

DANVILLE — The energy inside Rick Steen Ballpark could be felt from across San Ramon Valley’s campus. Local residents from nearby apartments tuned in from their balcony to watch Wednesday’s highly anticipated matchup between two East Bay Athletic league rivals. While De La Salle and SRV battled it out on the diamond, fans of both teams kept the stands rocking with loud cheers and a little bit of friendly trash talk. But in the end it was De La Salle that came out on top, dominating on both sides of the ball to cruise to an 11-0 victory on the road. De La Salle senior Joe McGee and sophomore Tyler Spangler each had a home run. Graham Schlicht pitched a two-hitter in five innings and struck out six. “This game was really important to us,” Spangler said. “ With SRV being our rivals, we just wanted to play a great game.” De La Salle’s Joe McGee (8) hits a three-run home run against San Ramon Valley at San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, Calif., on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) 

Bay Area

Sale closed in Los Gatos: $3.4 million for a four-bedroom home

16990 Frank Avenue – Google Street View A 2,041-square-foot house built in 1968 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 16900 block of Frank Avenue in Los Gatos was sold on April 4, 2024, for $3,360,000, or $1,646 per square foot. This two-story house boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. In addition, the house features a two-car garage, providing ample room for vehicles and storage needs. The property encompasses a generous 7,938 square feet of land. Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby: In March 2024, a 2,432-square-foot home on Frank Court in Los Gatos sold for $3,380,000, a price per square foot of $1,390. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. A 1,667-square-foot home on the 15700 block of Izorah Way in Los Gatos sold in October 2022, for $2,565,000, a price per square foot of $1,539. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. On Leroy Avenue, Los Gatos, in November 2023, a 1,636-square-foot home was sold for $2,285,000, a price per square foot of

Bay Area

Five arrested after sit-in at Google headquarters protesting war in Gaza

Sunnyvale police on Tuesday arrested five Google employees for criminal trespassing after they refused to leave a company building to protest the tech giant’s contract with Israel. Roughly 80 employees protested in the afternoon outside Google’s complexes, demanding the company drop Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract that provides computing services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. They also called on the company to stop the harassment, intimidation and censorship of Muslim, Arab and Palestinian employees. After the protest cleared at 1:30 p.m., five remained in the complex and were allowed to stay by Google, but refused to leave at 6:30 p.m. when they were asked to leave, according to Sunnyvale police Capt. Dzanh Le. The arrestees were booked at the police department and released on a citation that same night. “We were called back by Google. They wanted the individuals to leave but they refused the request,” Le said. “We asked them to leave and they refused again.” Advocate group Notech4apartheid, which also helped organize the protest, claimed in a live Twitch stream of the incident that they sat inside the office of Thomas

Bay Area

Prep roundup: O’Dowd softball pulls off stunner, Benicia wins wild one, Gilroy baseball survives pitcher’s duel

Bishop O’Dowd 2, No. 3 Alameda 1 Bishop O’Dowd took the short trip from Oakland to Alameda and handed the Hornets their first loss since Feb. 27.  O’Dowd sophomore Tulip Barnes was 2 for 3 with and RBI, and senior Priya Kasling also scored a run for the Dragons.  Freshman Zoe Bolick pitched five scoreless innings for O’Dowd and allowed just three hits. Alameda, which entered the game on an 11-game winning streak, didn’t go quietly into the night though. Miley Gradney’s single cut the deficit to just one run in the bottom of the seventh, and Alameda later had runners on first and third with two outs.  O’Dowd had lost seven in a row to Alameda prior to that victory. Bishop O’Dowd’s last victory had come in 2019. The Dragons got out of the jam though, and improved to 10-6, 3-1. Alameda fell to 11-2, 2-1.  No. 10  Benicia 14, Granada 10 (8 innings) Benicia won a wild extra-inning game against Granada on Wednesday night, scoring seven in the eighth inning to take the lead, and then surviving a three-run bottom of the eighth

Inland Empire

San Bernardino council censures Kimberly Calvin for ‘policy, law, fiduciary’ violations

With no discussion, the San Bernardino City Council voted Wednesday, April 17, to censure one of its own in the aftermath of a report that found her responsible for leaks of confidential information. San Bernardino Councilwoman Kimberly Calvin (Courtesy photo) The council voted 4-3 to formally censure Councilmember Kimberly Calvin for allegedly violating her “policy, law and fiduciary duty” as an elected official, according to a staff report prepared for the meeting. Censures are public reprimands. They don’t come with a fine or suspension attached. The vote comes a day after the city released an investigation into recent council leaks that found a “preponderance of credible evidence overwhelmingly points to Calvin as the originator of the closed-session leaks,” mostly concerning San Bernardino’s search for a new city manager in late 2023. Before the council’s vote, Calvin addressed her colleagues to deny any wrongdoing. According to her, the timelines in the investigation report prepared by Laguna Niguel-based JL Group LLC are not clear. Calvin said she stands alone on the dais on several issues, and touted her work for the 6th Ward community and throughout the city. When

Los Angeles

Cuándo, a qué hora y dónde ver Devin Haney vs. Ryan García, cartelera completa aquí

Devin Haney expondrá su título de peso superligero del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (CMB) el sábado por la noche ante Ryan García. El púgil de 25 años es uno de los mejores boxeadores libra por libra tras derrotar dos veces a George Kambosos Jr. en Australia y al vencer apretadamente a Vasiliy Lomachenko. Haney subió a las 140 libras por primera vez en diciembre para competir por el cinturón de peso superligero de Regis Prograis y ofreció otra clase magistral, ganando claramente en las tres tarjetas para convertirse en campeón mundial en dos divisiones. García (24-1, 20 KOs) retó hace un año a Gervonta “Tank” Davis en un combate muy publicitado entre dos de las principales estrellas jóvenes del boxeo. Las cosas no salieron bien para García, quien perdió por nocaut producto de un golpe al cuerpo en el séptimo asalto, en lo que fue su primera derrota en su carrera. García, de 25 años, ostentó el cinturón interino de peso ligero del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo en 2021 y ahora desafiará a Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) para agregar un primer título oficial a su

Los Angeles

Man brandishing firearm at Long Beach park shot and killed by police

A man who was seen brandishing a firearm at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on Wednesday. Long Beach police responded to reports of a man holding a gun at MacArthur Park at around 4:21 p.m. Arriving officers spotted the suspect as other bystanders were also present in the public space.  Police ordered the man to surrender his gun multiple times. However, he refused to cooperate and was eventually shot by officers. Medical aid was given to the suspect before he was transported to a local hospital. He later died from his injuries, police confirmed. Sky5 video showed a large grassy portion of the park was cordoned off by police tape. A park bench with what appears to be clothing and other debris knocked to the ground was isolated by investigators. A male suspect seen brandishing a gun at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on April 17, 2024. (KTLA) Portions of a Long Beach park cordoned off after a male suspect with a gun was shot and killed by officers on April 17, 2024. (KTLA) Fallen

Los Angeles

Transient Charged with Setting Fire That Destroyed Four Palm Desert Businesses

A 30-year-old transient accused of igniting a fire that destroyed four businesses in a Palm Desert strip mall was charged Wednesday with recklessly causing a fire resulting in property damage and other offenses. Natalie Ann Marie Radu was arrested Sunday following a Cal Fire arson investigation at the Plaza de Monterey Shopping Center. Along with the felony count, Radu is charged with a sentence-enhancing allegation of perpetrating arson in an area under a state of emergency. Radu pleaded not guilty during an arraignment before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Melissa Hale, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for April 26 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The judge ordered Radu held in lieu of $50,000 bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. The strip mall, located near the intersection of Country Club Drive and Monterey Avenue, sustained massive damage in the fire that erupted shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday. According to county fire officials, multiple engine crews were sent to the two-alarm blaze and encountered flames raging in one business, spreading rapidly to three neighboring ones in the 30,000-square-foot single-story building. Along with

Los Angeles

Authorities Seek Public Help Locating 73-Year-Old Woman With Alzheimer’s

A 73-year-old woman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease was reported missing after being last seen in Altadena Wednesday. Donna Louise Bertiger was last seen in the 1700 block of Alta Wood Drive, two blocks north of Altadena Drive, around 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies described Bertiger as a 5-foot-6-inch tall white woman weighing 110 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and blue shoes. Anyone with information regarding Bertiger’s whereabouts was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau Missing Persons Detail at 323-890-5500. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.

Sacramento

Klay Thompson really, really doesn’t want to talk about his free agency

SAN FRANCISCO — Inside a Chase Center already turned over for a quiet summer, Klay Thompson sat down at the podium with a fat lip and a twinkle in his eye. A smirk formed around the corner of his lips as he batted down the first question about his future. He’d be naive if he didn’t expect to be asked about his pending free agency. But he wanted to get what seemed like a planned routine off his chest. “You don’t want to talk about the season first?” Thompson asked rhetorically. “You want to talk about the future? That was a lot of games played, man. That was a pretty big accomplishment. What’s up with y’all not wanting to live in the present, bro? It’s ridiculous.” The thing is, Thompson’s present is exactly what he doesn’t want to broach. His free-agency future, which has been on the horizon all year, is here. Even if he’s not officially a free agent until July 1, everyone knows he may have played his last game in a Warriors uniform on Tuesday night. And it was an absolutely brutal

Los Angeles

Disneyland’s $1.9-billion expansion project is latest mega investment in the Anaheim resort

Walt Disney famously said that Disneyland will never be completed. He was right. The vote by the Anaheim City Council on Wednesday to approve the Disneyland resort’s $1.9-billion expansion plan is the latest of several huge investments made by the media giant at the 100-acre facility known to its fans as the “Happiest Place on Earth.” Once upon a time, Disneyland was just a concept that grew out of a visit by Disney to Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Then on July 17, 1955, the gates were flung open at the then-$17.5-million resort and things have never been the same for the city of Anaheim. Ticket prices on opening day were $1 for an adult and 50 cents for a child, with each attraction charging extra at each location, ranging from 10 to 35 cents. Over the decades, the resort has added new attractions and entire worlds built around new franchises acquired by Disney. Bear Country opened in 1972 and gave way to Critter Country in 1988 in anticipation of Splash Mountain, which eventually closed in May 2023. Splash Mountain will be reopened later this

Los Angeles

Fire recruit killed on freeway had been in collision before exiting vehicle, CHP says

A Los Angeles Fire Department recruit fatally struck on the 101 Freeway early Monday morning was initially involved in a two-car collision before exiting his vehicle and being hit, a California Highway Patrol collision report has confirmed. Jacob Fuerte, 22, of Riverside was killed just after 5 a.m. on the northbound side of the freeway at Campo De Cuehenga , south of the Vineland Avenue offramp in Studio City, according to the CHP report. Initial reports said Fuerte was rendering aid and may have been in a prior collision. Fuerte was en route to the Fire Department’s Drill Tower Academy for training, fire officials confirmed. The CHP report said that Fuerte’s vehicle had collided with a 2021 Ford sedan driven by a 36-year-old Montclair man. Fuerte exited his 2000 Jeep after the crash, and was struck by an unknown vehicle in a separate multicar accident. A couple in their 60s and another unknown driver were also injured in the series of collisions. Los Angeles fire officials arrived at the scene, where they declared Fuerte dead. The California Highway Patrol, which had begun investigating the incident

Los Angeles

Woman violently assaulted on street, robbed of purse in Southern California

Police are searching for a man responsible for a violent assault and robbery of a woman earlier this week in San Fernando, authorities confirmed to KTLA.   The broad daylight attack occurred on April 15 just before 3 p.m. in the 200 block of Park Avenue. The victim, Juliana Murillo, had just bought her mother a bouquet of flowers for her birthday when her attacker came up from behind as she was just outside her apartment building and violently knocked her down, sending everything she was holding, including the flowers, to the ground. “He pushed me really hard and I hit my head on the door,” Murillo told KTLA’s Carlos Saucedo. “My body just went into shock. I couldn’t process what was going on. I kept saying, ‘What are you doing, what are you doing?’ He used force to turn me over and he pulled out my purse and took off.” Despite the hit to her head, Murillo was able to put up a fight, struggling with the man, who eventually made off with her purse, which carried her car keys, credit cards and identification.

Los Angeles

Climate change may drive millions of species to extinction

Climate change may drive millions of species to extinction – CBS News Watch CBS News At least a million species may disappear from Earth in coming decades due to a warming climate, but scientists are using a range of tools to protect plants and animals. CBS News environmental correspondent David Schechter reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On