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Cardinals hit 4 HRs for 2nd straight game, beat MLB-leading Braves 11-6

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt, Masyn Winn, Willson Contreras and Nolan Gorman went deep as the St. Louis Cardinals hit four home runs for the second straight game and beat the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves 11-6 Wednesday night to take the first two games of the three-game series.Gorman hit his 27th homer of the season, one day after hitting two home runs as the NL Central-worst Cards beat the Braves 10-6.Dakota Hudson (6-1) outpitched NL Cy Young Award hopeful Spencer Strider, allowing three runs and seven hits in five innings.Strider (16-5) lasted just 2 2/3 innings, giving up six runs on six hits, including a home run. Strider had won his last four starts.The Braves, who entered the series against St. Louis coming off an 8-2 road trip, had won their last eight series, dating to Aug. 4-6 against the Chicago Cubs. They'll try to salvage a game in the series finale on Thursday.Matt Olson hit his MLB-leading 46th home run, and Austin Riley also homered for the Braves.Gorman's three-run...

California man caught in viral video beating dog avoids jail time

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

An Orange County man who last year was caught on a doorbell security camera hitting and kicking a dog at an apartment complex in Anaheim will not serve time in jail after his felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor.Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said the charges against Albert Frank Abad, Jr., 34, were reduced by an Orange County Superior Court Judge, much to the dismay of his office.Abad was seen on video last September walking in a hallway at an apartment building in Anaheim when he begins hitting and kicking his Labradoodle, "Steeler." Video of incident was shared on social media hundreds of times, leading to Abad being identified as the suspect and felony charges being drafted.Video of the hard-to-watch incident has been shared hundreds of times on social media. (Anaheim Police)Days after the video blew up online, Abad turned himself in to face charges. Steeler was surrendered to a Los Angeles area animal hospital.Originally charged with a felony, Abad's charges...

Hawaiian Airlines begins selling tickets aboard new state-of-the-art aircraft

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

California travelers looking to book an excursion to Hawaii now have the option of traveling aboard Hawaiian Airlines' new flagship aircraft.Beginning in early 2024, travelers from San Francisco International Airport and LAX will be able to fly to the Hawaiian islands on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.Tickets are on sale now from LAX to Maui or Honolulu, and SFO to Honolulu.The airline's new craft will be Hawaii-themed with "bold textures, soothing sunrise and sunset lighting, and sinuous ocean and wind patterns." The interior will pull from the history of Pacific Ocean navigators who used the sun, stars, winds and waves to help guide them in their travels, the airline said.Hawaiian's 787 will seat 300, including 34 deluxe "Leihōkū Suites." (Hawaiian Airlines)The Leihōkū Suites allow for couples to lie flat and fall asleep beneath a sea of stars. (Hawaiian Airlines)The Leihōkū Suites feature a "starlit ceiling inspired by constellations that guided early Polynesian voyagers." (H...

Bay Area businesses listed among top places nationwide to enjoy fall activities

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

(KRON) -- Fall is around the corner, which means it will soon be time for classic fall activities like pumpkin picking and corn mazes. Trips to Discover compiled a list of the best places around the country to partake in fall-themed activities. Of the 18 places listed, two are in the Bay Area.Pastrorino's Farms' pumpkin patchLocated at 12391 San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay, Pastorino Farms has been around since 1957, according to its website. It was founded by Enrico "Hank" Pastorino, who moved from Italy to the Bay Area as a child. The pumpkin patch opened in 1971, and Pastorino's descendants still run the business. Raging Waters in San Jose will not reopen in 2024 During pumpkin season, its barn turns into a showplace for decorations. It houses farm equipment for the rest of the year. "Today, the third generation of Pastorinos are running the operation with the property transformed into a seasonal pumpkin farm every October. There are farm animals, hayrides, train rides, and gi...

Glasnow ties career high with 14 strikeouts and Rays continue home dominance over Red Sox, 3-1

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Glasnow tied a career high with 14 strikeouts and the Tampa Bay Rays continued their home dominance of the Boston Red Sox with a 3-1 victory Wednesday night.Glasnow (8-5) allowed one run and three hits over six innings in a season-high, 103-pitch outing. Boston was 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position against the 6-foot-8 right-hander.“It felt good, it felt timed up, and that was a good feeling for sure,” Glasnow said, “I hope I can do that a lot more.”Glasnow has gone six or more innings in nine straight starts.“You got to have some dominant starting pitching to get where you want to get,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Certainly we want to play well here in September, and he’s a big part of that. Today was a pretty dominating performance.”After Robert Stephenson and Colin Poche went an inning each, Pete Fairbanks worked the ninth to get his 20th save and complete a five-hitter.Brandon Lowe and Isaac Paredes hit solo home runs off Boston ...

Domínguez’s first Yankee Stadium homer, 3 hits lift Yanks over Tigers 4-3 and above .500

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jasson Domínguez broke a third-inning tie with his first Yankee Stadium home run, and New York got back over .500 for the first time in three weeks with a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.Domínguez homered for the third time in five games since his big league debut Friday, a 110.2 mph line drive off Beau Brieske (1-3) that landed in the first-row seats behind the right-field wall. The ball was caught barehanded by a fan wearing a Subway Series T-shirt.On a sultry night with a gametime temperature of 90 degrees, the 20-year-old switch-hitter was among four rookies in the Yankees starting lineup. He went 3 for 4 for his first multihit game, leaving him with a .333 average, five RBIs and a 1.1143 OPS. Shelley Duncan, his Triple-A manager this year, is the only other Yankees player with three homers in his first five games, achieving the feat in 2007.New York, which entered 69-69 for the first time since 1969, matched its longest winning streak this...

Freddie Mercury’s prized piano and a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ draft are champions at a lucrative auction

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Freddie Mercury ’s prized piano that he used to compose “Bohemian Rhapsody” and other hits by Queen sold for more than $2 million Wednesday as some of the late singer’s massive collection of flamboyant stage costumes, fine art and original lyrics were auctioned in a sale that broke records.Items connected to the operatic “Rhapsody,” the band’s most enduring hit, brought a premium with hand-written lyrics to the song selling for about 1.4 million pounds ($1.7 million) and a gold Cartier brooch saying “Queen number 1” given to each band member by their manager after the song topped the charts, selling for 165,000 pounds ($208,000).A Victorian-style silver snake bangle Mercury wore with an ivory satin catsuit in a video for the song — long before the days of MTV — set a record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of jewelry owned by a rock star, Sotheby’s said.The bracelet went for 698,500 pounds ($881,000) — 100 times its estimated low price...

Crawford, Raleigh fuel big inning in Mariners 8-4 win over Reds

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — J.P. Crawford hit a three-run home run and Cal Raleigh added a solo shot during Seattle’s five-run fourth inning as the Mariners ended a three-game losing streak with an 8-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.Raleigh had three hits and Mike Ford added a two-run homer in the second inning in support of Logan Gilbert (13-5), who struck out nine in 5 1/3 innings to improve to 4-0 in his last five starts. He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks.He had lasted at least six innings and not allowed more than two runs in the first three of those wins.Matt Brash escaped a bases-loaded jam in the sixth.Cincinnati’s Will Benson had three hits including a home run in the ninth inning off Andrés Muñoz.The Mariners (78-61) went into the game second in the AL West, one game behind Houston. Cincinnati (73-69) was third in the NL Central and a half game out of the final NL wild-card berth.Rookie Lyon Richardson (0-2) faced eight batters in the fourth. He...

¿Quién es Claudia Sheinbaum? Así es la candidata que representará a Morena en México

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

(CNN Español) — Claudia Sheinbaum, exjefa de Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, ganó el proceso de selección para la candidatura presidencial por el gobernante partido Morena, según anunció la agrupación política. Para algunos de sus militantes era una de las claras favoritas del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador como sucesora en el cargo.Resultados de la encuesta de Morena: Claudia Sheinbaum será candidata a las elecciones en 2024, anuncia el partido¿Quién es Claudia Sheinbaum?Claudia Sheimbaum es licenciada en Física y obtuvo una maestría y un doctorado en Ingeniería en Energía. Nació en la Ciudad de México en 1962, tiene dos hijos y un nieto. Estaría próxima a casarse, en segundas nupcias con Jesús María Tarriba, a quien conoció, según dijo, en la universidad, cuando ambos estudiaban Física.Como funcionaria pública, se desempeñó como secretaria del Medio Ambiente en el año 2000, durante el gobierno en la Ciudad de México de López Obrador.Desde entonces, la relación entre...

Denver parents push to oust school administrators from safety policy

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:47:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There's a new fallout to FOX31's exclusive investigation into discipline over gun crimes at Denver Public Schools.The Problem Solvers first reported Tuesday night that a 16-year-old student wanted for attempted murder and another gun crime caused a lockdown at Thomas Jefferson High School when he showed up there to enroll. Suncor fined, to buy EV lawn equipment to settle Clean Air Act violations Now, the Parents Safety Advocacy Group, or P-SAG, is calling for three administrators to be removed from dictating safety policy.The teenager was charged as an adult for a robbery and shooting in July, and sources told the Problem Solvers he was arrested for felony menacing when he pointed a gun at a student after a disturbance at East High School last school year.Still, sources say, the administrators overruled the school's suggestion that he be expelled. He was arrested when trying to enroll at Thomas Jefferson High School a few weeks ago, when a school resource officer r...