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Walnut Creek: One dead, one hurt after tree hits vehicle

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

WALNUT CREEK — A vehicle passenger died and a driver was injured after a tree fall Tuesday in the city’s Rossmoor retirement community, authorities said.While responding to multiple weather-related incidents, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters learned of a large tree fall that struck a vehicle traveling in the 1000 block of Stanley Dollar Drive just after 7 p.m.When firefighters arrived, they found a tree atop a vehicle with the occupants still inside. The vehicle’s passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. Their identity was not available, pending next-of-kin notification from the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office coroner’s division.The vehicle’s driver suffered minor injuries, and their status and condition was not immediately available Tuesday night.Although some first responders cleared the scene by 8:50 p.m., a fire-district social-media post urged residents to avoid the area, saying it would remain closed.Con Fire is cle...

DC History Conference features topics ripped from recent headlines

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

The D.C. History Conference gets underway this week, and several topics that will be covered during the event will be directly tied to recent headlines, including Congress overriding legislation that was passed by District lawmakers.“If you have an interest in D.C. and its neighborhoods and the issues of statehood and disenfranchisement, there’s really something for everyone,” said Laura Brower Hagood, executive director of the DC History Center, which is helping to put on the three-day event.The history conference at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library starts on Thursday and runs through Saturday. It comes just days after President Joe Biden signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code.The program features more than 100 presenters across 25 sessions, panels and talks. It is free to all attendees, but online preregistration is required.“There is something very different every day,” Hagood s...

Flames bounce back with 5-1 victory over Ducks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Toffoli had three assists, Calgary scored twice on the power play and the Flames bounced back from a six-goal loss one night earlier with a 5-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.Toffoli has nine points in the past four games, including six assists.Nick Ritchie, Troy Stecher, Rasmus Andersson, Elias Lindholm and Andrew Mangiapane scored Calgary’s goals. Mikael Backlund had a pair of assists and Dan Vladar stopped 19 shots for the Flames, who rebounded from an 8-2 defeat Monday night in Los Angeles.Frank Vatrano scored Anaheim’s lone goal. John Gibson made 38 saves, facing more than 40 shots for the 20th time this season.Calgary has 12 goals with the man advantage over the past month, which is fifth in the NHL. Andersson put Calgary up 3-0 less than three minutes into the third period on a one-timer off Toffoli’s pass. It was Andersson’s 11th goal and his third in the past six games. Mangiapane scored on a breakaway with less than five ...

Kessel, Smith score in 1st, Golden Knights beat Canucks 4-3

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Phil Kessel and Reilly Smith scored in the first period, and the Vegas Golden Knights held on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 Tuesday night for their fifth straight road win. Teddy Blueger and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored, and William Karlsson had two assists to help Vegas win for the ninth time in 11 games. Jonathan Quick had 31 saves — including 26 over the final two periods — as the Golden Knights moved two points ahead of Los Angeles for first place in the Pacific Division. J.T. Miller had two goals and an assist, and Phillip Di Giuseppe also scored for the Canucks, who had won two straight and seven of eight. Quinn Hughes had two assists and Thatcher Demko finished with 23 saves.The Canucks pulled to 4-3 with 8:17 left in the third. Hughes fired a point shot that Quick stopped and puck went off Miller’s stick to Di Giuseppe, who skated to the right and put it in before the goalie could dive over. It was his fourth of the season.The Canu...

George leaves with injury as Clippers lose to Thunder

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George got hurt in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s 101-100 loss to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder.George went down under the Thunder’s basket with 4:38 remaining. He lay on his back for several minutes before being helped to his feet. Supported by staff on either side, George headed to the locker room, appearing to barely be able to put any weight on his right leg.George had 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists. His potential loss could prove costly to a team harboring hopes of winning its first NBA championship.Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points against his former team. Jalen Williams added 20 points for the Thunder.George had a highlight dunk in the third, rotating 360 degrees before slamming the ball in the hoop as the crowd cheered.Kawhi Leonard and George stepped up in the second half after shooting a combined 5 of 16 in the first half, but it wasn’t enough. Leonard had 21 points.T...

All-Stars of Team USA outmatched, outpitched in WBC final

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — As Trea Turner rounded the bases Tuesday night after hitting his fifth home run of the World Baseball Classic, the “M-V-P!” chants roared throughout loanDepot park.Turner’s tournament outing — tied for the most in a single WBC, with a grand slam — was a reminder of how just how stacked this United States team was.But on a night when stars across the South Florida sports teams converged in the Miami Marlins’ home ballpark — Bam Adebayo and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, Jazz Chisolm Jr. of the Marlins and Xavien Howard and Jevon Holland of the Dolphins, to name a few — the stars on Team USA couldn’t deliver a victory in the championship game.It was only fitting that the matchup ended with a thrilling duel between two of the sport’s best players, Los Angeles Angels teammates Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. And Ohtani closed out it, sending the United States home with a strikeout.“It’s so difficult to hold our lineup to two runs,” said Team USA ...

Boris Johnson faces a 4-hour grilling over Partygate. He’s going to hate every minute

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

LONDON — It will be an evidence session like no other.After weeks of anticipation, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be hauled before the House of Commons privileges committee on Wednesday afternoon to account for his actions over the so-called Partygate scandal. The cross-party group of MPs, chaired by Labour grandee Harriet Harman, is examining whether he knowingly misled parliament about COVID rule-breaking parties in Downing Street during the pandemic.For Johnson, the stakes are high. In an initial update earlier this month, the committee suggested he may have misled parliament multiple times. If that assessment is confirmed, Johnson could face suspension from the House of Commons — and perhaps a difficult by-election to defend his seat. In short, Johnson’s stuttering political career hangs in the balance. Four hours have been set aside for the hearing, and every moment will be broadcast live on TV.Wednesday’s showdown will be compulsory viewing ...

Magic take down Wizards for 30th win, gain ground in play-in push

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

While a run at the play-in is bleak with nine games left to play, the Magic have found themselves in close games against teams with the playoffs in their sights.They created some daylight Tuesday with a 122-112 victory against the Washington Wizards at Amway Center.The Wizards (32-40), who entered as the No. 11 seed in the East, were two games back of the No. 10 Chicago Bulls (34-37) before tipoff. They fall even with the Indiana Pacers (32-40).The Magic are learning as they go.“It’s fantastic for this young group,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said before Tuesday’s game. “We can’t say it enough, and you can not stress it enough, in helping understand how critical and valuable those small possessions are. Playoff teams understand how critical winning the first quarter is in any type of situation. The more experience we can get there, the better it’ll be for this group.”The victory was Orlando’s first this season against the Wizards ...

San Diego River floods nearby streets

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Widespread rain across San Diego arrived along with a flood warning for the coast, inland and mountain areas until 9 p.m. Wednesday.“We watched the river rise all morning. The area was dry early on,” Lt. Ric Stell, River Rescue Team leader with San Diego Lifeguards, told FOX 5.Just a few hours of rain Tuesday made a big change along the San Diego River.Lifeguards had eight units with the river rescue team out patrolling and clearing the area proactively since the early morning. Is this San Diego’s rainiest ‘water year’ on record? “If there are people that are around and in the river, we’re making sure that they are exiting,” Stell said.He said thankfully, no rescues needed to be made Tuesday.The area surrounding Fashion Valley Mall is notorious for flooding, including the parking structures first level that sits lower than the height the river reached, which was about 9.5 feet by the evening. Avenida Del Rio and Fashion Valley Road were two of several streets flooded ...

After Greek rail disaster, trains gradually restart

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:54:24 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago, and just a day after the embattled conservative prime minister announced early elections for May.The Feb. 28 head-on collision, the deadliest in the country’s history, killed 57 people and left dozens injured, with nine still hospitalized.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose center-right government has been struggling to regain its footing after the crash, said late Tuesday said he would hold elections in May ‒ a month later than initially expected ‒ but did not give an exact date.Greece must hold elections by July when the government’s term expires.Since the crash, the government’s lead in opinion polls has roughly halved to as little as three points over its main left-wing rival.“It was a tragedy that should never have happened. It is inconceivable to think that in Greece in 2023 there could be two trains on the same track, traveling in oppos...