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Kurtenbach: The WNBA is coming to the Bay with a clear mandate: win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The WNBA is coming to the Bay Area.That isn’t just a gift to women and women’s sports fans, but to everyone who loves basketball and high-level competition.And hopefully, it’s a gift to everyone who loves winning.Starting 14 years ago, Warriors CEO Joe Lacob built a new brand around the NBA’s most moribund franchise. Under Lacob and friends’ ownership, the Warriors were going to be winners, and they weren’t going to wait their turn or be apologetic about it.Lacob promised a title within five years when he bought the Dubs.Thursday, he made the same promise in announcing the WNBA’s 13th franchise — a team to be paid for, built, and run by the Warriors’ now-massive organization.I like where his head is at.I would love to be able to write about how meaningful it is to me to have a WNBA team in the Bay. I suppose I could provide some self-aggrandizing commentary telling you that I’m the husband of a wife and the father...

For the first time in 40 years, Panda Express puts dessert on the menu

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | 7 terrific Bay Area things to do this weekend Restaurants, Food and Drink | Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen joins Stanford Shopping Center Restaurants, Food and Drink | First look at San Jose’s Rollati restaurant, City Hall’s sleek new neighbor Restaurants, Food and Drink | Starbucks set to close seven stores in San Francisco Restaurants, Food and Drink | The Cats hosting Oct. 8 Maui benefit with music, Oct. 22 paella dinner Panda Express diners are accustomed to the fast-casual restaurant adding new shrimp, chicken and steak recipes occasionally to its array of wok-fired dishes.But never a dessert — unless you count the fortune cookies — until now.For its 40th anniversary, the chain is introducing its first-ever sweet treat, the Apple Pie Roll.“We are incredibly grateful for our pioneers that paved the way for Panda to create and p...

Rodeo couple charged with torturing 2-year-old and infant, murder of toddler in latest horrific Bay Area child abuse case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

Contra Costa prosecutors are filing murder, child abuse, and torture charges against a Rodeo couple who allegedly drowned a 2-year-old in a bathtub and physically abused a 10-month old baby, authorities said.Destiny Deboe, 22, and Tyshawn Haywood, 21, were charged with murder, child abuse causing death, and two counts of torture — one for each victim — in connection with the Monday incident in their Rodeo apartment. Haywood and Deboe have not yet entered a plea and remained jailed with a bail set in excess of $1 million.Authorities have not identified either victim by name or gender, but they have revealed that Deboe was both victims’ mother and Haywood is her boyfriend.Deboe and Haywood were arrested Monday after police were called to their California Street apartment for a report of a child having drowned. The 2-year-old was pronounced dead later that evening and the 10-month-old was hospitalized with injuries, authorities said.The arrests come just days after a shockingly s...

Sale closed in Danville: $2.5 million for a four-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

172 Lowell Drive – Google Street ViewA 2,842-square-foot house built in 1985 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 100 block of Lowell Drive in Danville was sold on Sept. 13, 2023. The $2,450,000 purchase price works out to $862 per square foot. This two-story house provides a generous living space with its four bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the house includes an attached three-car garage.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:On Bolero Drive, Danville, in July 2023, a 2,623-square-foot home was sold for $2,180,000, a price per square foot of $831. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,660-square-foot home on the 300 block of Borica Drive in Danville sold in February 2023, for $1,925,000, a price per square foot of $724. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In May 2023, a 2,388-square-foot home on Corte Dorado in Danville sold for $2,120,000, a price per square foot of $888. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Collision at major Brentwood intersection injures 12-year-old on bike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

BRENTWOOD — A 12-year-old boy on a bike survived Wednesday after being hit by a car near a major intersection, police said.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Man fires gun to get wedding’s attention, shoots grandson, 12 Crashes and Disasters | Park Service says search for missing Point Reyes swimmer is now a ‘recovery effort’ Crashes and Disasters | At least 21 dead in bus crash outside Venice Crashes and Disasters | A woman was found trapped under a driverless car in SF. It’s not what it looks like, the car company said Crashes and Disasters | Former 49ers’ tight end Russ Francis dies in plane crash The collision happened about 5:35 p.m. on O’Hara Avenue at the Lone Tree Way intersection. According to police, the boy was riding his bike north on O’Hara and was hit while crossing Lone Tree by a vehicle that was going west.An air ambulance took the boy to a h...

Joe Lacob makes bold proclamation after Bay Area awarded WNBA team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Shortly after the Warriors were awarded a WNBA franchise, Joe Lacob couldn’t help but reference the same promise he made to Warriors fans when he bought the NBA franchise in 2010.“I am telling you right now, we will win a WNBA championship in the first five years of this franchise,” Lacob said Thursday.Patience is not a word often used in describing Lacob. That’s clear with his bold goal of turning a team building a roster from scratch into a title-winning team in five years. But when it comes to his pursuit of bringing a WNBA team to the Bay Area, that’s exactly what he demonstrated, former Warriors president Rick Welts said.The Warriors on two occasions tried to bring a team to Northern California — in 2013 when the Los Angeles Sparks’ future was uncertain and in 2017 when the San Antonio Stars, now the Las Vegas Aces, were up for sale.The timing wasn’t right in either instance, Lacob concluded. But now, with the pand...

San Francisco clerk murdered by man who stole 2 cans of beer, prosecutors say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A beloved San Francisco store clerk was murdered in the Richmond District this summer by a man who stole two cans of beer, prosecutors said.A Hollister man, 21-year-old Santos De La Rosa, is accused of beating the clerk to death with a baseball bat inside the convenience store on Balboa Street the night of August 24. Yohannes "John" Tewolde, 60, confronted De La Rosa with the bat in an attempt to stop him from shoplifting, but the beer thief gained control of the weapon, police said.After the beating, De La Rosa retrieved one of the beers he had tried to steal previously and threw the bat at a second victim in the store, according to the District Attorney's Office. He evaded arrest by fleeing in a getaway car driven by accomplice, prosecutors said. Tewolde died in a hospital five days later. De La Rosa was arrested on September 12. This week, prosecutors charged De La Rosa with murder, second-degree robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon."I would like...

12-year-old bicyclist taken to hospital after being struck by car in Brentwood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

(KRON) -- A 12-year-old bicyclist in Brentwood was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday, the Brentwood Police Department said in a press release. The boy was hit at around 5:33 p.m. on O'Hara Avenue at Lone Tree Way.The victim, a boy who is a Brentwood resident, was riding his bicycle northbound on O'Hara and the vehicle was traveling westbound on Lone Tree Way when the collision happened. The minor was airlifted to the hospital where he is expected to survive, Brentwood police said. How you can get thousands back from the government for buying an EV The westbound lanes of Lone Tree Way were shut down for approximately 30 minutes and have since reopened. Police said drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the collision. Police did not say whether or not the driver remained on scene to cooperate with the investigation.

Indian Nationalists Cite Inspiration for Foreign Assassinations: U.S. “Targeted Killing” Spree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

Protesters stomp on an Indian flag and a cutout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sept. 25, 2023, over the Indian government’s alleged involvement in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia, Canada.Photo: Cole Burston/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the wake of Canada’s claim last month that the Indian government was behind the murder of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, observers in the West have compared the alleged state-sanctioned killing to the actions of authoritarian states like Russia and Iran.In India, however, pro-government media outlets and politicians across the spectrum have pointed to a Western democracy that they believe has most legitimized the practice of extrajudicial assassination: the United States.The U.S. government has been supportive of Canada’s investigation of Nijjar’s murder. U.S. officials shared intelligence with the Canadian government that informed the allegations and have stated that there is...

Imágenes satelitales muestran que, tras los ataques a Sebastopol, Rusia traslada buques de su Marina a otros puertos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:21 GMT

(CNN) — Varias imágenes satelitales muestran que Rusia ha reubicado algunos buques de la Marina del puerto de Sebastopol, en Crimea, tras una serie de ataques ucranianos en el mar Negro. Entretanto, trascendieron los planes de Moscú para abrir una nueva base en una región separatista de Georgia.Hasta una docena de embarcaciones, entre fragatas, buques de desembarco y submarinos, parecen estar amarrados ahora más al este de Novorossiysk, según muestran las imágenes de las últimas semanas.CNN pudo confirmar que algunos de los buques procedían de Sebastopol, el puerto base de la Flota del Mar Negro, pero otras imágenes satelitales revisadas por CNN muestran que otras embarcaciones militares permanecen en ese puerto.El Instituto para el Estudio de la Guerra (ISW, por sus siglas en inglés) comentó que las imágenes de los días 1 y 3 de octubre “al parecer muestran que las fuerzas rusas trasladaron recientemente a Novorossiysk las fragatas Almirante Makarov y Almirante Essen, t...