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30+ Bay Area events, festivals and things to do in 2024

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

From food and film to art, music and nature, here’s an epic sampling of ways to have some Bay Area fun in 2024.SF Tape Music Festival: Jan. 5-7, Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St., San Francisco. America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, SFTMF features four concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions projected over a pristine surround system to an audience seated in complete darkness. $10-$50. sfsound.org/tape/BritBeat – A Tribute to The Beatles: 8 p.m. Jan. 6, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. Step back in time to relive the iconic music of The Beatles with BritBeat, the ultimate tribute band, as they take you on a journey through the greatest hits of one of history’s greatest bands. $45-$75. bit.ly/BritBeatBankheadMonster Jam: 5 p.m. Jan. 6 and 2 p.m. Jan. 7, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco. Come out to Oracle Park for some down and dirty monster truck mayhem, where audie...

The Sharks lead the NHL in this category, and it’s had a severe effect on their season

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

After seeing Logan Couture make steady improvement this month from a lower-body injury that’s kept him out all season, San Jose Sharks coach David Quinn can’t help but begin to look ahead to when his captain is fully healthy and available to play again.“Now that he’s partaking in some team activities and out there with the team,” Quinn said before the Christmas break, “you start thinking ‘OK, when he’s ready, what’s going to happen, where are we going to insert him.’”It’s a regular occurrence for Quinn, who has had to play musical chairs with his lineup more than any other coach in the league so far this season.The Sharks, per NHL Injury Viz’s account on X, led the NHL in man games lost with 176 before their game tonight against the Los Angeles Kings.Near the top of the list, besides Couture’s 34 games, was defenseman Matt Benning (lower body) with his 20 games missed, and counting, and forward Alexander Barabanov, who sat out 18 games with a broken fin...

Person fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in East Oakland, suspect in custody

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

(BCN) -- A person was shot and killed in Oakland on Tuesday and a suspect is in custody, the police department said.Police were alerted to a possible gunshot from the city's ShotSpotter system and they headed to the 1400 block of Sunshine Court just before 2:45 p.m.Officers located a person who had sustained at least one gunshot wound. Medical personnel attended to the victim but they were pronounced dead at the scene.While investigating, police believed they identified a suspect and obtained a location for them. Food truck stolen on Christmas Eve found at homeless encampment The suspect led police on a lengthy pursuit throughout the city, Oakland Police said, but with the assistance of a helicopter and other tools the person was eventually taken into custody.This is being investigated as a homicide and police have not released the name of the suspect or the victim at this time.Anyone who may have information helpful to this case is encouraged to contact the homicide section at (5...

Pedestrian critically injured in Santa Rosa collision

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

(BCN) -- A vehicle collision in Santa Rosa left a pedestrian critically injured Tuesday night, according to police.Around 11:10 p.m., officers and medical personnel responded to a report of a collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle at the intersection of Sebastopol Road and Dutton Avenue.According to Santa Rosa police, they learned that a silver BMW vehicle hit a pedestrian, who went unconscious while lying on the road. Pedestrian hit and killed on I-880 near Oakland Coliseum Officers found the pedestrian on the northbound lane of Dutton Avenue, just north of the intersection with Sebastopol Road, with a silver BMW sedan on the side of the road with major front-end damage. The driver of the car was still on scene, police said.The pedestrian was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries, according to police.Investigators said there was no indication that the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The speed of the car was likely not a factor, and it wa...

T’Vondre Sweat a dominant force on the Texas defensive line heading into CFP semi vs. Washington

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Early in the Big 12 championship game, Texas defensive tackle T’Vonde Sweat was on offense, lined up in a goal line formation to deliver a what everyone expected to be a crushing block for someone else seeking a touchdown.At 6-foot-4, 362 pounds, Sweat is a masher. But he barely brushed against an Oklahoma State defender before tip-toeing toward the back of the end zone for a soft pass, a cradled catch and a TD. A big man TD, followed by a Heisman pose. Sweat’s touchdown launched the Longhorns to a 49-21 rout that secured the program’s first Big 12 title since 2009 and put them in the College Football Playoff for the first time. And it put the exclamation mark on a regular season in which Sweat could arguably be considered Texas’ most valuable player. All of it is why Sweat, a fifth-year senior and the Outland Trophy winner as the nation’s top interior lineman, chose to return to Texas this season. He is the fourth Longhorn to win the Out...

In its 75th year, the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll is still driving discussion across the sport

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

When the first AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll was published in January 1949, Saint Louis was installed at No. 1 ahead of mighty Kentucky, thanks to a head-to-head win a few weeks earlier in New Orleans.The poll did exactly what was intended, and what it has continued to do for 75 years: It sparked debate.Were the Billikens of coach Eddie Hickey — the defending NIT champions at a time when that tournament was more prestigious than the NCAA Tournament — really deserving of the top spot? Would the Wildcats of Adolph Rupp win a rematch? And what of Western Kentucky, Minnesota and Oklahoma A&M, some of the other powerhouse programs of the era?“It was a case of thinking up ideas to develop interest,” Alan J. Gould, then the sports editor for The Associated Press, explained years later. “Sports was then living off controversy, opinion, whatever. This was just another exercise in hoopla.”Gould had dreamed up the AP college football poll in 1936, when he asked newspaper ed...

Michigan Supreme Court will not hear appeal in Trump case, allowing him to appear on primary ballot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Supreme Court will not hear appeal in Trump case, allowing him to appear on primary ballot.Source

EE.UU. monitorea la gran caravana de migrantes y dice que los grandes grupos por lo general se dividen antes de llegar a la frontera

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

(CNN) — La Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos (CBP) está monitoreando los informes de una caravana de miles de migrantes que se ha formado en el sur de México y advierte que estos grupos generalmente se mueven lentamente y luego se fragmentan antes de llegar a la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, dijo la agencia en un comunicado a CNN.“La CBP continuará monitoreando los acontecimientos en coordinación con nuestras contrapartes extranjeras e interinstitucionales, como lo hemos hecho con movilizaciones anteriores de migrantes”, dijo la CBP.¿Cómo es y dónde queda Eagle Pass? Esta es la realidad de una de las ciudades fronterizas donde se agolpan inmigrantes en EE.UU.La Administración Biden ha estado lidiando con un elevado número de cruces de migrantes que han agotado los recursos locales, estatales y federales durante varias semanas. CBP ha aumentado los recursos a la frontera y suspendido temporalmente las operaciones en varios puertos de ent...

Stock market today: Wall Street aims for gains to close 2023 in subdued holiday trading

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

Wall Street aimed for a winning week to close out the year in subdued holiday trading Wednesday. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each edged less than 0.1% lower before the bell, but markets so far are holding on to gains for the week with little in the way of new economic data or corporate earnings. On Tuesday the S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 4,774.75, finishing less than 0.5% below its all-time high set nearly two years ago. The benchmark index is coming off eight straight weekly gains, its longest winning streak since 2017.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% to 37,545.33, while the Nasdaq composite ended 0.5% higher to 15,074.57.Trading was relatively light as U.S. markets reopened following the Christmas Day holiday. Still, the latest gains were widespread, with advancers outnumbering decliners by nearly 3 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange.With just three trading days to go in 2024, the S&P 500 is now up more than 24% for the year, while ...

Denver denies plans to house migrants in Wheat Ridge hotel

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:07 GMT

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KDVR) -- A so-called emergency town hall meeting was set to take place in Wheat Ridge to discuss whether a hotel should house migrants coming into Denver. According to a flyer FOX31 received from people living in the neighborhood, there was an “emergency” town hall meeting scheduled for Wednesday night that was supposed to discuss the possibility of a Wheat Ridge hotel becoming home to Denver migrants. Denver food pantries stretched thin helping migrants with rising demand Those organizing the meeting were concerned about the potential of hundreds of migrants being housed in Wheat Ridge. However, when FOX31 reached out to the city of Denver, they said: "While we had conversations about a Denver-run location in Jefferson County, we never advanced past that initial stage. Also, we would not open a shelter in a surrounding community without first communicating with its leaders."Due to Denver dropping its plan to house migrants there, the meeting has been ...