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Debate continues over Concord High School mascot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

CONCORD, Calif. (KRON) -- Controversy continues over a proposed mascot change at an East Bay school. Concord High School is considering retiring its Minutemen Moniker mascot, but some families want to keep it. The group that attended the school district meeting Wednesday night were firm and passionate in their stance that the mascot should stay.They said the name means something historically and the amount of money it would take to change it is wasteful.Parents, students and alumni filled the Mount Diablo Unified School board meeting to fight for the Minutemen that they say once fought for them. "I have relatives that were in the Revolutionary War. They would be appalled at the fact that we are losing our heritage," said Wes Anderson, who supports keeping Minutemen mascot. Murder charges filed against man accused of killing girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter in Oakland A year ago, the district decided to move away from mascots that depicted groups of humans to allow for a saf...

Missing girl in SF last seen at her middle school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A twelve-year-old girl is reported missing and was last seen at her middle school Wednesday afternoon, the San Francisco Police Department said in a press release. Jewl Rayford was last seen around 2:30 p.m. at Presidio Middle School on 30th Avenue. Union City girl reported missing, last seen Tuesday Jewl is described to be 4-foot-7, 120 pounds with black hair with braids, brown eyes and wears braces. She was last seen wearing black tights and black and white tennis shoes.Jewl is considered "at-risk" because of the possibility of her going missing to be suspicious, according to SFPD. The reason for her disappearance is not being disclosed at this time. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }SFPD said anyone who loca...

Inside negotiations between Oakland teachers, school district

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

(KRON) -- The California Public Employee Relations board denied an appeal from the Oakland Unified School District on Wednesday, clearing the path for the city's teachers to go on strike.“We're ready to do what we need to do to ensure that we retain teachers in Oakland, and we have the resources for our students,” said Ishmael Armendariz, Oakland Education Association interim president.Armendariz said the board's decision to allow the union to strike makes it clear OUSD has not been bargaining in good faith. The district, however, disagrees. Photos: Car crashes into light pole in San Rafael In a recorded message posted on YouTube, Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell defended negotiations and announced a possible strike could happen as early as the first week of May.The board and the union have been locked in negotiations for months. The OEA wants all employees to have salaries increased by 10 percent with a 60-day retroactive kickback.In addition, they want a one-time stipend of ...

Heat rally again to win in OT, eliminate top-seeded Bucks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 42 points and the Miami Heat staged a second straight stunning fourth-quarter rally before winning 128-126 in overtime on Wednesday night in Game 5 to complete an upset of the top-seeded Bucks in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.Two nights after outscoring the Bucks 30-13 in the final six minutes of a 119-115 victory in Miami, the Heat produced another huge comeback and tied the game on Butler’s layup with half a second left in regulation.Miami went on to become the sixth No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 seed. The last time it happened was in 2012, when a Philadelphia 76ers team featuring current Bucks guard Jrue Holiday capitalized on Derrick Rose’s knee injury to beat the top-seeded Chicago Bulls.The Heat advanced to a second-round series with the fifth-seeded New York Knicks, who completed their 4-1 series win over the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier Wednesday. Game 1 is Sunday in New York.Bam Adebayo put the Heat ahead for good...

NBA Playoff Eight Seed Upsets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

No. 8 seeds that beat No. 1 seeds since the NBA started a 16-team playoff format with the 1983-84 season.1994 — Denver over Seattle1999 — New York over Miami2007 — Golden State over Dallas2011 — Memphis over San Antonio2012 — Philadelphia over Chicago2023 — Miami over MilwaukeeSource

Tkachuk’s OT goal leads Panthers over Bruins, 4-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored six minutes into overtime to help the Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Wednesday night and force their first-round playoff series back to Florida for a sixth game.One game after Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark tried to fight Tkachuk, the Panthers forward took advantage of Ullmark’s sloppy puck play behind the net and cut the Presidents’ Trophy winners’ lead in the best-of-seven series to 3-2.Sergei Bobrovsky made 44 saves for Florida, and Anthony Duclair, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart also scored — each one giving the Panthers a lead.Patrice Bergeron scored in his return from an injury, and Ullmark stopped 21 shots for the Bruins. Brad Marchand and Taylor Hall had the other goals for Boston, which rallied from 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 deficits to force overtime.Game 6 is Friday night in Sunrise, Florida.KRAKEN 3, AVALANCHE 2DENVER (AP) — Tye Kartye scored in his NHL debut and Seattle moved a win away from clinching their first playoff series after beati...

Trump pierde recurso legal para impedir que Pence testifique sobre sus conversaciones directas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

(CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump perdió un intento de última hora para impedir que el exvicepresidente Mike Pence testifique sobre sus conversaciones directas, en medio de una investigación criminal federal que examina las acciones de Trump y otros después de las elecciones de 2020.El expresidente ha intentado y fracasado repetidamente impedir algunos testimonios de testigos cercanos a él en la investigación. Esta última orden de la Corte de Apelaciones del Circuito de DC probablemente dará paso rápidamente al testimonio de Pence ante el jurado investigador, un hecho sin precedentes en la historia presidencial moderna.La decisión unánime, de los jueces Patricia Millett, Robert Wilkins y Greg Katsas en el Circuito de DC, se produjo en un caso sellado este miércoles por la noche, que CNN identificó previamente como un desafío al privilegio ejecutivo de Trump en relación con Pence.Fiscales de Manhattan piden al juez que limite la capacidad de Trump para publicar información s...

CNBC: de ser aprobado, Medicare cubrirá el fármaco del Alzheimer “Leqembi” para todos los pacientes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

Medicare cubrirá el nuevo tratamiento de Alzheimer Leqembi para todos los pacientes elegibles según la etiqueta del medicamento si la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) aprueba completamente el medicamento en julio, dijo una funcionaria federal a los miembros del Congreso el miércoles. La funcionaria, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, testificó ante el Congreso el miércoles por primera vez desde su confirmación como administradora de los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid. Brooks-LaSure enfrentó fuertes críticas de miembros demócratas y republicanos del Subcomité de Salud de la Cámara de Representantes por la controvertida política de cobertura de Medicare para nuevos tratamientos contra el Alzheimer. Lento debut de nuevo fármaco para el alzhéimer en EEUU; te explicamos por qué La FDA aprueba nuevo fármaco que parece frenar la progresión del alzhéimer La Administración de Alimentos y Medicam...

Drury, Ohtani lead Angels to 11-3 victory over skidding A’s

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Drury homered, doubled and drove in three runs, and Shohei Ohtani hit a late two-run homer in the Los Angeles Angels’ 11-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.Hunter Renfroe also homered and Ohtani drove in three runs for Los Angeles, which has won four of six. Oakland became the fifth team in major league history to lose 20 games in April.Drury, Matt Thaiss and Zach Neto had run-scoring doubles in the Angels’ five-run second inning against Oakland’s Luis Medina (0-1), who gave up seven earned runs and eight hits over five innings in his major league debut.Patrick Sandoval (2-1) became the only Angels starter other than Ohtani to last seven innings in a game this season, yielding six hits and two earned runs.Kevin Smith hit his second homer of the series for the A’s, who have lost 11 of 13. The April record is 22 losses by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles, and Oakland still has four games to play before May.Esteury Ruiz ha...

Winderman’s view: Butler, Spoelstra, Heat were right, they did have enough

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:06 GMT

Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 128-126 overtime NBA playoff win over the Milwaukee Bucks:– Who saw this coming?– Jimmy Butler.– Playoff Jimmy.– No matter whether he wants the nickname.– And Erik Spoelstra.– Because he doesn’t need a full roster.– Or even the best of Bam Adebayo.– So even without Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo, the Heat are moving on.– And even Pat Riley and Andy Elisburg saw it coming.– Because, as Spoelstra likes to say, the Heat did have enough.– Because Gabe Vincent was enough.– Because Kevin Love at the buyout deadline was enough.– Because how could it be anything but Heat-Knicks next?– With Alonzo Mourning among those on the scene Wednesday in Milwaukee.– This is what the playoffs do.– They change the narrative.– Which the Heat just did.– And will set out to do again Sunday at Madison Square Garden.– That...