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Sweltering temperatures scorch Bay Area, gradual cool down expected through Fourth of July weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

Man, it was a hot one.The Bay Area’s first summer heat wave arrived just in time for backyard barbeques and fireworks shows this Fourth of July weekend as temperatures soared into the upper-90s and triple digits across much of the region Saturday before an expected cool down ahead of the holiday.The scorching temperatures were forecast to dip a bit Sunday and cool the rest of the long weekend, with highs by Monday and Tuesday expected in the 80s and low-90s in inland parts of the South Bay and East Bay, in the 70s around the San Francisco Bay and the mid-60s along the coast.“We’ll continue to see a gradual cool down so that most of our temperatures will get closer to seasonable levels,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Brooke Bingaman.By Saturday afternoon, temperatures had hit 106 in Livermore, 100 in Santa Rosa, 93 in San Jose, 77 in Oakland and 69 in downtown San Francisco, according to the weather service. The readings were expected to keep tic...

Twitter responds to 'extreme levels of data scraping,' by limiting users

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

(KRON)-- Twitter appeared to be down for some users on Saturday morning, and a tweet from owner Elon Musk only seemed to add to the confusion. Pedestrian killed in Fremont crash "Twitter down" began trending on the app after 10 a.m. Several users also reported seeing the note "rate limit exceeded" when attempting to use the application.Musk tweeted that the tech giant is responding to "extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation." As a result, Twitter users with verified accounts are able to read 6,000 posts per day, while unverified accounts are limited reading to 600 posts a day. Newly created accounts that are unverified are also faced with the limit, those users are only able to read 300 posts each day, according to Musk. By noon, Musk tweeted that those numbers would soon change again. Verified users will be able to view 8,000 posts, unverified users will be able to read 800 posts and 400 for new unverified users. Musk did not clarify what "reading" a tweet mea...

Elderly man shot in attempted robbery near Marina District

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

(KRON) -- An elderly man was shot during an attempted robbery in the Union Street area of San Francisco overnight on Saturday, the San Francisco Police Department confirmed to KRON4. Woman found dead in Fairfield motel room Police say around 12:24 a.m., officers were called to a report of a possible shooting near Fillmore and Filbert streets. When they arrived, officers found a 71-year-old man suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police later learned that the victim had been approached by two suspects when they allegedly attempted to rob him before shooting him. Both suspects then left the scene. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }SFPD is still investigatin...

Devers hits 20th home run and Red Sox beat Blue Jays 7-6, spoiling Canada Day celebrations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Rafael Devers hit his 20th home run, Justin Turner homered and scored three times and the Boston Red Sox spoiled Canada Day celebrations in Toronto by holding on to beat the Blue Jays 7-6 Saturday.Right fielder Alex Verdugo threw out Bo Bichette at home plate for the final out of the game after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI single off Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen. George Springer scored on the play, but Bichette was tagged out by catcher Caleb Hamilton. Toronto’s challenge was unsuccessful.Verdugo’s assist gave Jansen his 17th save in 20 chances.Devers went 3 for 5 with three RBI and scored twice. Turner finished 3 for 5 with two RBI as Boston returned to .500 at 42-42. The Red Sox are 37-13 when scoring four or more runs.Matt Chapman hit a two-run home run, and Springer and Bichette both had solo homers, but the Blue Jays dropped to 16-28 all-time on Canada’s national holiday, disappointing a sell-out crowd of 41,813.The Blue Jays wore red hats and jerseys for the...

Denny Hamlin wins pole for NASCAR Cup Series’ first street race in downtown Chicago

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Denny Hamlin won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Cup Series’ first street race, edging Tyler Reddick on the challenging course in downtown Chicago.Hamlin led the way for the race Sunday with a lap of 88.435 seconds at an average speed of 89.557 mph on the 12-turn, 2.2-mile course. It’s his third pole of the season and No. 39 for his career.“It was just a great day,” said Hamlin, who is looking for his 50th Cup Series win. “Probably my single best day at the race track in all of my career for sure.”Reddick was second at 88.479 seconds, followed by Shane van Gisbergen in his first NASCAR event and Christopher Bell. Daniel Suárez rounded out the top five in 89.322 seconds.With Hamlin, Reddick and Bell, Toyota had three of the top four cars. Hamlin and Bell are teammates on Joe Gibbs Racing, and van Gisbergen and Suárez drive for Trackhouse Racing.“The track’s got a lot of grip,” Reddick said. “It has a lot of character in a lot of areas, bu...

65-year-old Bernhard Langer takes a 2-shot lead in the US Senior Open at SentryWorld

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Bernhard Langer took a two-stroke lead Saturday in the U.S. Senior Open at difficult SentryWorld in the 65-year-old German star’s bid to break the PGA Tour Champions’ career victory record.Fan favorites Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly —both from Madison, 100 miles to the south — were right behind, with Retief Goosen and Y.E. Yang the only other players under par with a round left on the punishing tree-lined course with thick rough and tricky greens.Langer shot his second straight 3-under 68 to reach 6 under. The 2010 U.S. Senior Open winner at Sahalee outside Seattle, Langer won the Chubb Classic in Florida in February to tie Hale Irwin for the Champions’ career victory record of 45.“No, it’s not on my mind at all,” Langer said about the record. “Hopefully, my mind will not wander anywhere but on the next shot. That’s the secret to playing the best golf.”Allen Doyle is the oldest winner in event history, taking the 2006 title at SentryWorld at 5...

Mets back Verlander with 3 quick homers in a 4-1 victory over the Giants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Verlander pitched seven steady innings for his first victory in nearly six weeks and slumping rookie Francisco Álvarez hit the first of three quick homers that powered the New York Mets past the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Saturday.Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor launched back-to-back shots as the Mets went deep three times in a span of four batters against Anthony DeSclafani (4-8) in the third.Tommy Pham added an RBI double off Sean Manaea in the fourth, and New York (37-46) opened July with a much-needed win after going 6-19 in its previous 25 games.“I’m glad June’s over,” manager Buck Showalter said before the game.The 40-year-old Verlander (3-4) gave up five hits, struck out six and didn’t allow an earned run for his 248th victory and first since May 21 against Cleveland. The three-time Cy Young Award winner was 0-2 in his previous six starts.The only run the Giants scored came on Thairo Estrada’s double-play grounder in the seve...

La población blanca y asiática creció en EEUU gracias a la inmigración, según la Oficina del Censo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

Sin inmigración, la población blanca de Estados Unidos hubiera disminuido el año pasado.La inmigración provocó también el crecimiento de la población asiática, que fue el grupo racial o étnico que registró la mayor expansión el año pasado. La cantidad de nacimientos superó la de muertes en las poblaciones hispana, negra, tribal y hawaiana.Las cifras estimadas de población difundidas el jueves por la Oficina del Censo revelan los factores que produjeron cambios por grupos raciales, étnicos y de edad el año pasado y también desde el comienzo de la transmisión del COVID-19 en el país en abril de 2020. ¿Son hispanos los brasileños? El error que cometió el Censo de EEUU CNBC: 37.9 millones de estadounidenses viven en la pobreza, según censo El país tenía 333.2 millones de habitantes a mediados del año pasado, 0.4% más que el año anterior, de acuerdo con los cálculos de 2022.La población blanca de Estados Unidos aumentó gracias a la inm...

Cierra la montaña rusa “más alta” de América del Norte después de que descubrieran una grieta en un pilar de soporte

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

(CNN) — El parque de diversiones Carowinds en Carolina del Norte cerró una de sus montañas rusas este viernes después de descubrir una grieta en unos de los pilares de soporte, dijeron funcionarios del parque.El parque informó que Fury 325 es una de las atracciones más altas y largas del enorme parque que se extiende a ambos lados de las fronteras estatales de Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur.“La giga montaña rusa más alta, rápida y larga de América del Norte” permanecerá cerrada hasta que se lleven a cabo las inspecciones y reparaciones necesarias, dijo el parque. La grieta se encuentra en la parte superior de un pilar de soporte de acero.La montaña rusa tiene una caída de entre 91 y 121 metros (300 y 399 pies), según Kings Island en Ohio.Clausuran montaña rusa en Japón en medio de una investigación sobre lesionesCarowinds dice que el Fury 325 lleva a los pasajeros a una altura máxima de 99 metros (325 pies) y alcanza las 152 km/h (95 mph).El resto del parque...

Wild sign F Vinni Lettieri. Minnesota native and grandson of Lou Nanne gets a 2-way deal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:16 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild signed forward Vinni Lettieri to a two-year, two-way contract on Saturday, bringing the grandson of hockey great Lou Nanne back to his home state.The salary-cap-crunched Wild made only a couple of minor moves after NHL free agency opened, also signing forward Jake Lucchini to a one-year, two-way contract.But the transaction was plenty significant for the Lettieri and Nanne families. The 28-year-old Lettieri, who will make $750,000 in the NHL and $550,000 in the AHL, spent most of last season with Boston’s minor-league affiliate. He had 23 goals and 26 assists in 48 games for Providence. The native of Excelsior, Minnesota, can play center or wing. He has 116 goals and 113 assists in 267 career AHL games and seven goals and 11 assists in 83 career NHL games. Lettieri originally signed with the New York Rangers as an undrafted free agent before latching on with Anaheim. Lettieri played four years of college hockey at Minnesota, helping th...