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Aurora residents can go back to watering their lawns three times a week

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

After weeks of heavy rainfall, the Aurora City Council on Wednesday removed the city’s drought declaration, returning to normal water availability conditions.The vote comes after city staff emailed council members about removing the restrictions, as The Denver Post first reported earlier this month.That means residents and businesses will, as of Thursday, no longer be restricted to watering their lawns only twice a week — those who watered them more were faced with a surcharge on their bills during the drought declaration. They can now go back to watering three times a week before 10 a.m. and after 6 p.m.“With that, we feel we’re in good shape for the remainder of this year and prepared well headed into next year,” Aurora Water Manager Marshall Brown told council members on Wednesday.It wasn’t just the consistent rain that led to the change, which doesn’t directly increase water in the reservoirs — Aurora gets most of its water from mo...

LAPD volunteer who was attacked by bees returns to duty

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

A Los Angeles Police Department volunteer who was attacked by bees while offering assistance during an outbreak in Encino has returned to duty.The volunteer, identified only as Gary, was stung anywhere from 50-100 times as he tried to help with traffic control in a residential neighborhood that was actively being terrorized by a swarm of aggressive bees.On Wednesday, the Police Department announced that Gary was back on duty after an "extended recovery."The attack happened in mid-May on the 17100 block of West Adlon Road in Encino.Sky5 captured video of LAPD volunteer Gary being stung by a swarm of bees that shut down a residential neighborhood in Encino on May 15, 2023.Gary, an Air Force veteran who has been an LAPD volunteer for nearly 18 years, was attacked by hundreds of aggressive bees as he swatted them away and then fell face-first onto the asphalt. Gary's son, Daniel, watched the event unfold live on TV.Daniel described the helplessness he felt as he watched his father bleed...

Sharks add size, skill with second first-round pick of NHL Draft

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

The San Jose Sharks added some size and skill to their prospect pool Wednesday night by selecting Sudbury Wolves left winger Quentin Musty with the 26th overall pick in the first round of the NHL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee.Musty, listed at 6-foot-2 and 197 pounds on the Wolves’ website, had 78 points in 53 regular season games, with most of his production coming at even strength after he missed some time with injury.Musty played for Team USA at the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament and had five points in four games. With the Wolves, Musty enjoyed an 18-game point streak early in the season in which he had 35 points.Going into the draft, Musty was ranked as high as No. 12 by Elite Prospects, No. 20 by Daily Faceoff, and No. 25 by TSN’s Bob McKenzie.Musty said he had about 60 or 70 friends and family in Nashville for the event.“There were some serious sweat stains going,” Musty said of the wait. “Obviously the nerves are going, just trying to get through and it was a big ...

Curry trolls Chiefs' Mahomes, Kelce ahead of Las Vegas golf match

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

(KRON) -- Let the trash talk begin. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson will face Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs on a golf course Thursday in "The Match." Curry has already started the trash talk between the 2022 NBA champions and the Super Bowl LVII champions. The Warriors superstar posted an Instagram video Wednesday of him laughing as he looks up highlights from Super Bowl LV. Who’s still left on the Warriors’ 2022 championship team? That was the February 2021 game in which Mahomes and the Chiefs lost 31-9 at the hands of the Tom Brady-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers. "It'll be the same thing in Vegas baby," Curry said in the video to his 52.7 million followers. "Idk if y’all are ready for us @killatrav @patrickmahomes 🤣. See you on the course ⛳️," Curry wrote on Instagram.Brady seemed to enjoy it as the now-retired quarterback commented three laughing emojis on Curry's Instagram post. As of Wednesday evening, neither Kelce nor Mahomes has responded with trash ...

Yankees’ Domingo Germán perfect through 7 innings against Athletics

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán has not allowed a baserunner through six innings against the Oakland Athletics.Germán has nine strikeouts and has thrown 81 pitches, 59 for strikes. The 30-year-old right-hander is winless in six previous outings against the A’s. New York led major league-worst Oakland 8-0 through seven innings Wednesday night.Germán, a seven-year veteran, has never thrown a complete game. His longest outing was 8 1/3 innings against Cleveland on May 1, when he gave up two hits and one run.Germán gave up a career-high 10 runs, eight earned, in 3 1/3 innings in his last outing, a loss to Seattle on June 22.There has not been a no-hitter in the majors this season. Seattle’s Félix Hernández threw the last perfect game in the majors on Aug. 15, 2012.The Yankees have three perfect games and 12 no-hitters in their history, totals that include Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Their last no-hitter came from Corey K...

Dane Dunning comes within an out of his first shutout, the Rangers beat the Tigers 10-2

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dane Dunning threw shutout ball for a career-high 8 2/3 innings, Adolis Garcia homered for the third consecutive game and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 10-2 on Wednesday night.Josh Jung and Ezequiel Duran also each had solo home runs and RBI singles.Dunning (7-1) retired 17 straight batters between Zach McKinstry’s single to open the game and McKinstry’s two-out double in the sixth. With Dunning an out from a shutout, Andy Ibanez legged out an infield single, a call that stood following a Texas challenge, and Kerry Carpenter homered.“I felt really good, which is kind of funny because in the bullpen before the game I think I threw like two strikes,” Dunning said. “I walked up to (catcher) Jonah (Heim), and I said, ‘It’s going to be a good day.’”Dunning allowed four hits, walked none and struck out a season-high 10. His previous long outing was 7 2/3 innings in April 2022.Dunning and Tigers manager A.J. Hinch agreed that the early six-run Texas lead...

Rain hasn’t quelled Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way, officials say

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec missed the places where the fires are most active, officials said Wednesday.Smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains of haze on broad swaths of Canada and the United States, pushing into southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and moving into parts of West Virginia. Canadian officials say it is the nation’s worst wildfire season ever and they expect air quality to remain a concern through the summer, as long as the fires continue. It started early on drier-than-usual ground and accelerated very quickly, exhausting firefighting resources across the country, fire and environmental officials said.Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Steven Flisfeder said smoke will drift across Quebec and Ontario over the next few days, and that air quality will deteriorate as a result.“As long as the fires are burning and th...

Castellanos homers, Sosa and Harrison go deep as Phillies beat Cubs 8-5

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Nick Castellanos homered, Edmundo Sosa and Josh Harrison also went deep, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 on Wednesday night.Castellanos hit a three-run homer in the second off Drew Smyly (7-5) after Sosa launched a two-run shot earlier in the inning. Castellanos also hustled out an RBI double and scored in a two-run fourth.Harrison added a solo homer in the fifth off Hayden Wesneski to make it 8-2, helping Philadelphia overcome a shaky start by Aaron Nola (7-5) to win for the 17th time in 22 games. The Phillies also won their eighth straight road game, matching their longest streak since 2011.Nola allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings, after going at least six innings in 13 straight starts.Chicago has lost three straight since winning nine of 10. Smyly lasted just 3 2/3 innings and matched season highs by allowing seven runs and nine hits.Jared Young hit his first career homer in his first at-bat this season when he connected in the ...

Garrett and Segura lead the Marlins past the Red Sox, 6-2

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Jean Segura hit a two-run single in a three-run sixth inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Wednesday night after a rain delay.Braxton Garrett (4-2) pitched five innings for the victory, allowing a run on three hits and a walk. The Marlins have won eight of his last nine starts, the last six in a row. A.J. Puk closed for his 12th save.Garrett Cooper opened the second inning with a home run for Boston against Kaleb Ort. Rafael Devers tied it in the fourth with his 19th homer, a two-out shot.After back-to-back, one-out walks from Boston’s Nick Pivetta (4-5) to Jorge Soler and Bryan De La Cruz and a 1-2 count on Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the sixth, the game was delayed for 1 hour, 13 minutes because of rain.When play resumed, Josh Winckowski replaced Pivetta. Winckowski struck out Chisholm before walking Garrett Cooper and unleashing a wild pitch with Segura at the plate, allowing Soler to score. Segura’s infield single scored De La Cruz and C...

Rebuilding Flyers willing to be patient with top pick Matvei Michkov of Russia

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:37:59 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers are in rebuilding mode, so that makes waiting for Matvei Michkov to finish his commitment in Russia a bit easier.The Flyers answered perhaps the biggest question coming into Wednesday night’s NHL draft by taking the Russian right winger at No. 7 overall.Michkov wasn’t the first Russian selected. That was defenseman Dmitriy Simashev at No. 6 by Arizona despite Michkov being considered possibly the best Russian prospect since Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in 2005. Now the Flyers have no choice but to be patient after the team drafted a Russian in the first round for the third time in its history.“We can’t wait to have that answer ourselves,” general manager Daniel Briere said of exactly when Michkov will play for Philadelphia. “It is what it is. We know he has got a contract for three more seasons. But for us we just felt after watching him play and after meeting him, we just felt it’s a talent that we cannot pa...