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Earthquakes GM explains Akinola trade, Espinoza extension ahead of playoff push

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

The Quakes signed MLS All-Star Cristian Espinoza to a new contract and acquired forward Ayo Akinola from FC Toronto in recent days, but don’t expect any major help coming for their playoff push.General manager Chris Leitch said Wednesday that it would be hard to add another signing under the salary cap before the secondary transfer window ends on Aug. 2.“It’s a salary cap league and there are constraints for sure,” Leitch said. “It sounds easy to have a lot of players go out and a lot of players come in, but it’s not always that easy. Plus we like our group and we think it can be really competitive here.”The secondary transfer window is the last time that MLS teams can trade with each other or sign someone from abroad and have those players be eligible for competition this season.San Jose hasn’t won a playoff game since 2012 or appeared in the postseason since 2020, but being in playoff position this year hasn’t spurred any major moves yet this summer. Akinola, who made 39 starts an...

Antioch approves new tenant protections

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

Antioch is strengthening its tenant protections with new rules against landlord retaliation and harassment.After hearing more than three hours of public comments and debate on the matter, the City Council voted 3-1 on Tuesday, with Councilwoman Lori Ogorchock dissenting and Councilman Mike Barbanica, a real estate agent/broker, recusing himself.“Antioch is not the first city to propose anti-harassment protections,” proponent Ethan Silverstein, an attorney with the tenant advocate group ACCE Institute, told the council. “These protections are becoming more and more popular. Even Sacramento is considering one.”The anti-retaliation policy will bar landlords from retaliating against tenants when they exercise certain legal rights and future protections related to their rentals. Examples include landlords increasing rent after a tenant requests a broken appliance be repaired or replaced.And, although state law prohibits harassment of tenants with the intent to get them to leave their hom...

The 10 U.S. Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

By Simone Pathe | CNNIn a presidential contest cycle, Senate races don’t get the same kind of attention when there’s still a year to go until Election Day. But the start of the second fundraising quarter earlier this month brought a host of new candidate names – some declared and some still biding their time – that will help shape the race for control of the chamber in 2024 and the ultimate power dynamics for whoever is president in 2025.With more candidates launching their campaigns this month, the prospect of competitive primaries has become more real – especially on the Republican side. That’s especially true in the top three seats most likely to flip, which represent the GOP’s best chances to pick up the one or two seats they’d need to control the chamber, depending on who wins the presidency. (Rankings are based on CNN’s reporting, fundraising figures and historical data about how states and candidates have performed.)West Virginia’s GOP primary – mainly between the governor an...

7 awesome Bay Area things to do this weekend, July 28-30

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

From scary movies and amazing photographs to gorgeous hikes (with waterfalls!) we have some truly amazing ways to enjoy the heck out of this weekend. So let’s get to it, shall we?As with everything these days, be sure to double check websites for any last-minute changes in health guidelines. Meanwhile, if you’d like to have this Weekender lineup delivered to your inbox every Thursday morning for free, just sign up at www.mercurynews.com/newsletters or www.eastbaytimes.com/newsletters.1 SEE & HEAR: Great shows are happening all overFrom outdoor Shakespeare productions to a photo exhibit that will change what you think of photography, there are a ton of cool concerts, shows and exhibits to check out this weekend and beyond.Luke Howard (with his 15-month-old son on his back, snaps a photo of his sister Ella Howard, left, and his wife Isabelle Ni Ruachain at Cascade Falls in Mill Valley. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) 2 PLAY: Hikes with waterfallsIt’s sounds...

Public safety meeting with DA Pamela Price to be held tonight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

(KRON) -- A public safety meeting is being held Thursday night by Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, who is facing a recall nearly seven months into her position. The meeting will cover Price's progressive criminal justice reform agenda and opponents to her plan will also be in attendance. Since Price was sworn in earlier this year, veteran prosecutors, crime victims' families and judges have all voiced their concerns that violent criminals could be let off the hook with her in charge. Alameda County DA Price defends record amid recall attempt During her campaign, she committed to taking aggressive steps to restore the public's trust by pursuing alternatives to incarceration and establishing programs to address crimes committed by young adults. Several cases have drawn controversy over how they have been handled during her time in office. DA Pamela Price spoke with KRON4's Haaziq Madyun defending her record amid the recall attempt. The public safety meeting will be he...

Spain and Manchester City great David Silva ends career at 37 because of serious knee injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) — Spain great David Silva announced the end of his career Thursday at age 37, one week after suffering a serious knee injury.“Today is a sad day for me,” Silva said in a video posted on his social media accounts. “It is time to say goodbye to what I have dedicated my whole life to.”He had been preparing for another Champions League campaign after helping Real Sociedad finish fourth in Spain’s La Liga last season. He damaged the ACL in his left knee in training last week.Silva is in the elite group of Spain players that was on each title-winning squad from the 2008 European Championship, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012.In that 2012 final he scored the opening goal with a header in a 4-0 rout of Italy in Kyiv. It was arguably the peak performance of Spain’s dominant era playing the high-tempo, possession-based style known as tiki-taka.Silva also won four English Premier League titles in a decade with Manchester City, where there is a statue of him outside th...

Today in Sports – The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

July 281913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two.1928 — The Summer Olympics open in Amsterdam and the Olympic flame is lit for the first time.1929 — The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, holding camp in Michigan.1972 — The American Basketball Association announces that San Diego will receive a franchise and the NBA’s Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego and are renamed the San Diego Clippers.1972 — The Dallas Cowboys beat the College All-Stars in Chicago 20-7.1984 — The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 Communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycott the games.1987 — Laura Davies shoots a 1-under 71 to defeat Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women’s Open.1987 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the fourth U.S. jockey to win 6,000 races when he rides Lost Kitty to victory at Monmouth Park, N....

A ‘rolling recession’ or a ‘richcession’ might spare the US economy from a full-scale downturn

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite more than a year of widespread warnings that a recession was near, America’s economy is, if anything, accelerating. Even as the Federal Reserve has sent borrowing costs sharply higher, the economy’s resilience has been on plain display: Consumers keep spending, and employers keep hiring. Inflation has reached its lowest level in two years, helping Americans stretch their paychecks.The government estimated Thursday that the economy expanded at a solid 2.4% annual rate in the April-June quarter, an unexpected pickup from the 2% pace in the first quarter. Businesses helped drive the growth, with robust investment in equipment, software and buildings. The latest snapshot of the economy coincides with rising sentiment that it may achieve an elusive “soft landing,” in which growth slows and inflation falls without igniting a full-blown recession. Analysts point to two trends that might help stave off an economic contraction. Some say the economy is experiencing a...

Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of the bipartisan ‘moonshot’ effort

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced health research agency, aiming to help doctors more easily distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue during surgery and improve outcomes for patients.The administration’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is launching a Precision Surgical Interventions program, seeking ideas from the public and private sectors to explore how to dramatically improve cancer outcomes in the coming decades by developing better surgical interventions to treat the disease.ARPA-H is modeled after the military-focused DARPA, which spawned the internet and GPS. The administration hopes the new investment will yield tools that will help surgeons avoid healthy nerves and blood vessels, while ensuring they can remove all cancerous cells. ARPA-H, along with the administration’s “cancer moonshot,” is a key part of Biden’s “unity a...

Today in Sports – Week Ahead, July 28 – August 3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:54:24 GMT

July 281913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two.1928 — The Summer Olympics open in Amsterdam and the Olympic flame is lit for the first time.1929 — The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, holding camp in Michigan.1972 — The American Basketball Association announces that San Diego will receive a franchise and the NBA’s Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego and are renamed the San Diego Clippers.1972 — The Dallas Cowboys beat the College All-Stars in Chicago 20-7.1984 — The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 Communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycott the games.1987 — Laura Davies shoots a 1-under 71 to defeat Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women’s Open.1987 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the fourth U.S. jockey to win 6,000 races when he rides Lost Kitty to victory at Monmouth Park, N....