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Prep roundup: Softball league titles still up for grabs, volleyball and golf postseasons underway

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

SoftballNo. 7 Milpitas 5, No. 14 Willow Glen 0In a non-league matchup between the top team in the SCVAL DeAnza Division and the second-best squad in the BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division, the SCVAL’s top team won thanks to a solid performance by freshman Dominique Walker.The first-year player pitched all seven innings, allowing just five hits and striking out three. No Willow Glen player got more than one hit. Walker also helped her own cause at the plate, hitting 3 for 4 with one RBI. She got more run support from fellow freshman Chloe Cabrera, who batted 4 for 4 with a triple and two RBIs, and senior Madeline Le, who batted 2 for 4 and scored two runs. The win improves Milpitas to 20-4, and Willow Glen slips to 17-6. With a 9-3 record in league play, Milpitas can clinch the De Anza Division by beating Wilcox on Thursday, or with a Los Gatos (8-3) loss on Tuesday.No. 15 Westmont 11, Leland 2A huge game by centerfielder Alexis Gianatasio keyed a Westmont win that gave the team a two-game l...

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Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

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Jordan Poole has few answers amid tumultuous postseason

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Jordan Poole sat in a folding chair facing the inside of his locker with his back turned to the center of the cramped visitors locker room at Crypto.com Arena.He didn’t want to talk much after the Warriors’ 104-101 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.“I don’t got nothing for y’all,” he said as music blared from his iPhone.Poole, a key piece to last year’s improbable championship run, has had a rough go this time around in the playoffs and he’s provided little answers as to why, mainly because he said he’s also stumped by what’s going on.Monday wasn’t Poole’s night, but neither was Saturday or Thursday and some other games before that. Poole played his way into a nine-figure extension last offseason by stepping up big when Stephen Curry was injured and being a dependable sixth man on a championship team. But he hasn’t been able to replicate that on a consistent basis this year...

Oakland teachers strike Day 4: OEA holds news conference

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — The negotiations between the Oakland School District and its teachers have been constant, yet are still at a standstill. Teachers are asking for what are called "common good goals" in their contracts which revolve around resources for students in need.It's now Day 4 of the Oakland teachers strike with 3,000 members of the Oakland Education Association picketing outside schools asking for better pay, more resources for students and better working environments.Oakland teachers will be picketing at four main locations Tuesday afternoon from 12:30 p.m.to 1:30 p.m.73rd and International35th and Macarthur51st and BroadwayGrand and MacarthurThe Oakland Education Association will be holding a news conference at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Melrose Leadership Academy at 4730 Fleming Avenue for parents, student and community allies.The district has offered a historic pay raise totaling to around $70 million, which gives teachers up to a 22 percent pay raise and a $5,000 b...

Shireen Abu Akleh’s Colleagues Are Still Waiting for Justice

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

At Al Jazeera’s headquarters in the occupied West Bank, in a high-rise building by Ramallah’s central square, Shireen Abu Akleh’s colleagues have turned her office into a memorial. A room that was once filled by the veteran correspondent’s voice and laughter is now decorated with flowers, portraits, and tributes to her life and career from all over Palestine and the world.This week marks one year since an Israeli soldier killed the Palestinian American journalist with a single shot to the head while she was reporting from the city of Jenin. For her former colleagues, her absence is as dominating as her presence once was.“She was a legend,” Rania Zabaneh, an Al Jazeera producer and friend of Abu Akleh told The Intercept during a visit to the office earlier this year. Abu Akleh was universally loved among her peers and a household name across the Middle East. While she spent her career covering the daily tragedies of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation, her co-workers remember h...

EU lawmakers warn of Hungary, Poland spyware abuses

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers investigating the use of Pegasus spyware against opposition politicians and journalists on Tuesday raised deep concern about abuses in Hungary and Poland and lamented a lack of cooperation with their inquiry.The spyware developed by developed by Israeli cyber-intelligence company NSO has been used around the world to break into the phones and computers of political figures, human rights activists, reporters and even Catholic clergy. It was allegedly only made available to government agencies.Cybersleuths have found traces of Pegasus or other spyware in Poland, Hungary, Spain and Greece. But after a year-long investigation, members of the European Parliament said they had been unable to come up with a smoking gun.“Do we have evidence? No, because none of the authorities are cooperating,” said Dutch Liberal lawmaker Sophie In‘t Veld, who helped lead the probe.In’t Veld said the lawmakers suspect, but cannot prove, that Greece exported Predator ...

Rita Lee, Brazil’s long-reigning Queen of Rock, dies at 75

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Rita Lee Jones, Brazil’s million-selling “Queen of Rock” who gained an international following through her colorful and candid style and such hits as “Ovelha Negra,” “Mania de Você” and “Now Only Missing You,” has died at 75. Otherwise known as Rita Lee, she died at her home in Sao Paulo on Monday evening, according to a statement posted to her official Instagram account. With a career spanning six decades, the Sao Paulo native left a lasting mark with her irreverence, creativity and compositions containing messages that helped introduce Brazilian society to feminism, while also candidly addressing her struggles with drug abuse. Although she regarded her voice as “weak and a little out of tune,′ like a sparrow’s, she enjoyed a long run of top-selling albums, including “Rita Lee” and “Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho,” and dozens of her songs were featured in widely watched telenovelas in Latin America. The behemoth television network Globo used her renditio...

NBA Playoffs: Surprise, it’s Lakers and Heat with 3-1 leads

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

The two lowest seeds left in the NBA playoffs, a No. 7 in the Los Angeles Lakers and a No. 8 in the Miami Heat, are the teams in the driver’s seats right now.Go figure.There are two teams with 3-1 leads in the NBA conference semifinals, and few probably expected them to even still be playing right now. The Lakers have a 3-1 lead on defending champion and sixth-seeded Golden State in the Western Conference semifinals, while the Heat have a 3-1 lead on fifth-seeded New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals.Looking ahead — looking way ahead — there has never been a No. 7 seed in the NBA Finals, and only one No. 8 seed to play for the title.In this playoff format, the only No. 7 seed to make the conference finals was Seattle in 1987 (losing to the Lakers) and the only No. 8 seed to get there was New York in 1999 (beating Indiana before falling to San Antonio in the finals).WHAT’S NEXT?There are two Game 5s on Tuesday: Phoenix at Denver and Philadelphia at Boston. Those series ...

Models covered by Hyundai and Kia anti-theft software update

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

About 8.3 million Hyundais and Kias dating to the 2011 model year can be stolen easily by using just a screwdriver and a USB cord, creating an auto-theft outbreak across the U.S.The cars lack theft immobilizers, whereby computer chips in the car keys and the steering columns must recognize each other before the engines will start. The wave of thefts began in 2021 and spread nationally as a result of instructional videos posted on TikTok and other social media sites. Some police departments report continued rampant thefts despite the automakers’ unveiling of anti-theft software nearly three months ago.Here are the vehicles covered by the software upgrade:____Hyundai: 2018-2022 Accent2011-2022 Elantra2013-2020 Elantra GT2018-2022 Kona2013-2022 Santa Fe2013-2018 Santa Fe Sport2019 Santa Fe XL2011-2019 Sonata2011-2022 Tucson2012-2017 and 2019-2021 Veloster 2020-2021 Venue2013-2014 Genesis Coupe2020-2021 Palisade._____Kia: 2011-2022 Sportage2011-2020 Optima2011-2022 Sorento, 2011-2...

Tempur Sealy to buy Mattress Firm in $4 billion deal

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:45:11 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bedding provider Tempur Sealy has agreed to acquire Mattress Firm in a cash-and stock-transaction valued at about $4 billion, the companies said Tuesday.Mattress Firm operates more than 2,300 brick-and-mortar retail locations and an e-commerce platfom. After the Tempur Sealy acquistion is complete, the two companies will have a total of some 3,000 retail stores, 30 e-commerce platforms, 71 manufacturing facilities and four research and development facilities worldwide.“This combination will accelerate our growth trajectory and enhance operating cash flow,” Tempur Sealy Chairman and CEO Scott Thompson said in a statement. “Mattress Firm has been a valued retail partner for more than 35 years, and we look forward to welcoming their talented workforce of more than 8,100 employees to the Tempur Sealy family.”Mattress Firm CEO John Eck added that the transaction will increase the companies’ ability “to better address consumers’ needs and drive growth.”In the...