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San Jose’s Aaron Gordon took in the beauty of the NBA Finals arriving in Denver, then took over in Game 1

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

Nathaniel Rateliff bellowed “The Star Spangled Banner,” tipoff approached and the Nuggets stepped to the precipice of history.As the NBA Finals arrived on the Front Range after 47 years in the league and a frenetic Ball Arena brimmed, Aaron Gordon relished the scene.“It was just like, it was beautiful,” Gordon beamed after the Nuggets polished off a 104-93 Game 1 victory over Miami. “I took a moment during the national anthem was like, ‘Wow, this is really the NBA Finals and it’s really, really cool.’”Pregame nerves would have been perfectly understandable for the 27-year-old forward from San Jose. He’d played in 596 regular-season and 35 playoff games over nine professional seasons, but his 632nd time on an NBA floor doubled was his Finals debut.A day before, he told reporters he planned to embrace the new frontier by staying “deeply present.”“I think that’s a reward in its own right,” added the former Archbishop Mitty High star. “Just be in the moment. Enjoy this, regardless of th...

Sale closed in Pleasanton: $2.2 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

1164 Hopkins Way – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 1100 block of Hopkins Way in Pleasanton was sold on April 25, 2023 for $2,205,000, or $865 per square foot. The house, built in 1989, has an interior space of 2,550 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and three parking spaces. The unit sits on an 0.3-acre lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:A 3,609-square-foot home on the 4800 block of Braxton Place in Pleasanton sold in November 2022, for $2,500,000, a price per square foot of $693. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In April 2023, a 2,302-square-foot home on Middleton Place in Pleasanton sold for $1,950,000, a price per square foot of $847. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Hopkins Way, Pleasanton, in June 2022, a 3,016-square-foot home was sold for $2,860,000, a price per square foot of $948. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Is SF Giants’ Kuiper ready to retire? His broadcast partner responds to new rumor

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – Any suggestion that Duane Kuiper might be ready to step away from calling San Francisco Giants games at the end of this season is complete bunk, his longtime friend and broadcast partner Mike Krukow said Friday.A report published Wednesday by media blogger Rich Lieberman said Kuiper has been “contemplating leaving for several months” and that NBC Sports’ decision last month to fire his younger brother Glen from his job as A’s play-by-play broadcaster last month might have accelerated the process. Duane Kuiper has also dealt with health issues that caused him to miss several games during the 2021 season.Krukow, though, told KNBR’s morning show Friday that a Kuiper farewell after this season “is not going to happen.”“So whoever was responsible for creating that BS, shame on you, because Kuip and I are not retiring,” Krukow said on the “Murph & Mac” show. “We’re both going to retire the same day, and it’s going to be when we drop dead behind ...

Citing its ‘vulgarity or violence,’ Utah district bans Bible

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

By Sam Metz | Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.The 72,000-student Davis School District north of Salt Lake City removed the Bible from its elementary and middle schools while keeping it in high schools after a committee reviewed the scripture in response to a parental complaint. The district has removed other titles, including Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” and John Green’s “Looking for Alaska,” following a 2022 state law requiring districts to include parents in decisions over what constitutes “sensitive material.”A district spokesperson, Chris Williams, said it doesn’t differentiate between requests to review books. The reviews are handled by a committee of made up of teach...

Bellarmine names former Super Bowl champ as its new football coach

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

SAN JOSE – David Diaz-Infante has been hired to replace Jalal Beauchman as the head coach of the storied Bellarmine College Prep football program, the school announced Friday.Diaz-Infante graduated from Bellarmine in 1982 before going on to play at San Jose State and in the NFL. The former offensive lineman won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos in the late 1990s.“David brings a sense of pride, tradition, and hard work from his playing days at Bellarmine, San Jose State, and the NFL,” Bellarmine athletic director Kevin Saldivar said in a news release. “His love and enthusiasm for Bellarmine football and the life lessons that the game can teach young men is what is most exciting about this new chapter of Bellarmine football. I can’t wait to see David build on the past success of the program while forging his own legacy for many years to come.”Diaz-Infante, 59, played on the Bells’ first Central Coast Section championship team in 1981.“I am beyond excited to hav...

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Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

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Suspect wanted in shooting of 4-year-old identified by Oakland PD

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland Police Department has identified a suspect wanted in connection to the shooting of a 4-year-old girl earlier this week. On Friday, OPD identified the suspect as 19-year-old Lamarion Griffin of Oakland. Mugshot released of San Jose crime spree suspect; 3 dead Griffin is wanted in connection to the shooting that occurred on Wednesday, May 31 just before 9 p.m. in the 3400 block of 68th Avenue. The victim in that shooting, a 4-year-old girl, was taken to the hospital and is currently listed in stable condition. Oakland PD and CrimeStoppers of Oakland are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. Anyone with information about Griffin's whereabouts is asked to contact the OPD Criminal Investigation Division at (510) 238-3644.

San Francisco to open new 'command center' targeting open air drug markets

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The City of San Francisco will be opening a new command center near Civic Center that will target open air drug markets, the SF Department of Emergency Management confirmed Friday. The center is related to a targeted initiative that's a joint effort involving the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), the San Francisco Police Department, and the Department of Public Health. KRON4's Focus on Fentanyl The targeted initiative was launched on April 17, "in order to more closely coordinate and direct resources to better understand and disrupt open air drug markets," the DEM told KRON4. The new command center will officially be known as a "Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC)," that's intended to "enhance existing unified command efforts by moving from a virtual to an in-person environment," the DEM said.The command center is intended to "formalize the communications and operational coordination already in progress with state and federal partners, an...

Virginia Beach schools superintendent chosen to lead Loudoun Co. schools

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia has hired Aaron Spence, superintendent of Virginia Beach Public Schools, to be the school system’s next superintendent.The school board voted 6-1 to approve Spence’s candidacy.Spence takes over for Daniel Smith, who was appointed interim superintendent in December. Smith had previously served as the school system’s chief of staff. Spence has led Virginia Beach schools since 2014.Loudoun County Public Schools, a Northern Virginia division with about 83,000 students, has been mired in controversy and scrutinized for the way it handled two in-school sexual assaults by the same student on different school campuses in 2021.After getting elected, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order calling for a review of how Loudoun County handled the assaults. Attorney General Jason Miyares impaneled a special grand jury.Former Superintendent Scott Ziegler was fired in December, a day after a special grand jury criticized the school s...

Montgomery Co. police searching for man suspected of groping women along Bethesda Trolley Trail

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:49:44 GMT

The Bethesda Trolley Trail. (WTOP/Scott Gelman)Montgomery County, Maryland, police are searching for a suspect they say groped multiple women on two separate occasions near the Bethesda Trolley Trail last month.The suspect groped women in the adjacent neighborhood along the trail between Edson Lane and Tuckerman Lane, police said in a news release Friday.In the first case, on May 21 at 9:30 p.m., a woman was walking on Nicholson Lane near the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center when police said she was approached by a man riding an electric scooter. The suspect knocked her to the ground and groped her. She was able to run away and call police, according to the release.Then, on May 23, two women were walking along the trail when they were approached by the same suspect riding an electric scooter. The suspect, police said, followed them and “touched them inappropriately.” One of the victims took a video of the suspect as he fled the scene.Police described the suspect as an adul...