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'Suspicious death' in Walnut Creek ruled a homicide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

(KRON) -- A "suspicious death" in Walnut Creek that was first investigated by police on Nov. 27 is now being ruled as a homicide, the Walnut Creek Police Department announced on Friday. Officers were called to the scene in the area of 1900 Camino Verde Circle around 3:09 p.m. to investigate a suspicious death.WCPD did not release the identity of the victim, but the next of kin was notified. The law enforcement agency did not release information about any potential suspect(s) or the circumstances of the homicide. Series of violent robberies leaves Walnut Creek residents on edge No other information is available at this time. WCPD says anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detective Nick Olsen via email at [email protected] or call the anonymous tip line at 925-943-5865. Last week, two people were robbed at gunpoint in downtown Walnut Creek on the night of Dec. 5. Around 7:36 p.m., WCPD responded to the report of a robbery on the 1500 block of Bonanza Str...

Kreider scores twice, Quick makes 29 saves to help Rangers beat Ducks 5-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored twice to move into third place on New York’s career goals list, Jonathan Quick made 29 saves to continue his stellar start and the Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Friday night.After Jimmy Vesey broke a tie with 8:15 left in the second with his seventh goal, Kreider tipped the puck past Lukas Dostal on a power play for his second of the game and 16th of the season to make it 3-1 with 3:41 left in the period.The 32-year-old Kreider has 281 goals — 100 on the power play — to move past Adam Graves on the franchise list. Only Hall of Famers Rod Gilbert (406) and Jean Ratelle (336) have more. “It’s hard to talk about it postgame right now, especially since we have a game tomorrow,” Kreider said when asked about moving past the rugged Graves, a Rangers cornerstone when they won the Stanley Cup in 1994. “I’m happy with the result tonight.”The Rangers are 20-7-1, with a showdown set for Saturday night in Boston against the Ea...

Heiskanen and Duchene rally Stars past Senators after Oettinger departs with lower-body injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Miro Heiskanen and Matt Duchene scored 44 seconds apart in the third period, and Dallas beat the short-handed Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Friday night after Stars goalie Jake Oettinger departed with a lower-body injury.Joe Pavelski, Esa Lindell and Thomas Harley also scored for Dallas, which trailed 4-2 midway through the second. Oettinger left eight minutes into the game. He was replaced by Scott Wedgewood, who stopped 25 of 27 shots and improved to 6-1-1.Drake Batherson scored two goals for Ottawa, and Jakob Chychrun had three assists. Josh Norris and Travis Hamonic also scored.Senators goalie Anton Forsberg made 19 saves in his 10th start of the season.Ottawa played without veteran forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who was scheduled for his 700th career NHL game. The team said Tarasenko was attending to a family matter.Tarasenko’s replacement, Rourke Chartier, left after two periods with an upper-body injury after fellow forward Mathieu Joseph departed after the first period w...

Eastern Conference-leading Bruins rally to beat Islanders 5-4 in shootout

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — David Pastrnak scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, James van Reimsdyk and Mason Lohrei scored in regulation, with Lohrei tying it with 3:09 left on a bank shot from behind the goal line. Linus Ullmark made 34 saves to help Eastern Conference-leading Boston improve to 19-5-4.Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat, Alexander Romanov and Simon Holmstrom scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves. New York had won four in a row.Following a wide-open overtime session in which the teams traded chances, Charlie Coyle and Pastrnak scored in the shootout for Boston, while Holmstrom scored for the Islanders.RANGERS 5, DUCKS 1NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored twice to move into third place on New York’s career goals list, Jonathan Quick made 28 saves to continue his stellar start and the Rangers beat Anaheim.After Jimmy Vesey broke a 1-1 tie with 8:15 left in the second ...

Beal leaves game with ankle injury, another blow for Suns’ trio of All-Stars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal injured his right ankle during the first quarter of Friday night’s game against the New York Knicks and won’t return, according to the team.It’s another blow for the Suns’ All-Star trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Beal, which has played together for just one other game this season, and that was in Wednesday night’s loss to the Brooklyn Nets.The 30-year-old Beal took a 3-point shot in the first quarter, which he made, but he landed on the foot of New York’s Donte DiVincenzo, who was called for a Flagrant 1 because he didn’t allow Beal a space to land. Beal was on the ground for a few minutes, writhing in pain. He eventually got up to make his free throw, but then went to the locker room.The three-time All-Star was playing in just his sixth game this season. He has dealt with a sore back for much of the past two months. Durant and Booker have also missed time this season with various injurie...

Dillon Brooks scores 26, keys rally in 2nd half as Rockets defeat Grizzlies 103-96

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored 24 of his 26 points in the second half as the Houston Rockets overcame an early double-digit deficit and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 103-96 on Friday night.Brooks, who was making his return to Memphis after being traded to Houston in the offseason after six seasons with the Grizzlies, was 1 of 9 in the first half. He keyed a second-half comeback and hit a 3-pointer with 39.4 seconds left for a 99-94 lead as the Rockets won their fifth straight. He also stole an inbounds pass later, sealing the Houston win.Fred VanVleet had 16 points and eight assists for Houston, and Alperen Sengun finished with 15 points.Desmond Bane led Memphis with 28 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. Jaren Jackson Jr. finished with 22 points and four blocks as Memphis dropped to 1-10 at home.The Rockets had won the first two games in the season series, including a 117-104 defeat of Memphis on Wednesday night in Houston. This time, Memphis jumped to a 17-point lead in...

David Pastrnak scores shootout winner, Bruins beat Islanders 5-4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — David Pastrnak scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, James van Reimsdyk and Mason Lohrei scored in regulation, with Lohrei tying it with 3:09 left on a bank shot from behind the goal line. Linus Ullmark made 34 saves to help Eastern Conference-leading Boston improve to 19-5-4.Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat, Alexander Romanov and Simon Holmstrom scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves. New York had won four in a row.Following a wide-open overtime session in which the teams traded chances, Charlie Coyle and Pastrnak scored in the shootout for Boston, while Holmstrom scored for the Islanders.Horvat gave the Islanders a 3-2 lead on a power play goal at 5:06 of third that extended his points streak to nine games.It appeared as if Brad Marchand tied it with 10:21 remaining, but a video review showed the Boston captain punched the puck past Sorokin while laying...

Young scores 38 points, Hawks beat Raptors 125-104 to end five-game losing streak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Trae Young had 38 points and 11 assists, Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20 points and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a season-long five-game losing streak with a 125-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.“We’re learning, we’re growing,” Young said. “We’re not satisfied with how we’ve been playing.”Clint Capela scored 10 of his season-high 18 points in the first quarter and finished with 15 rebounds. “I really think that it was important for us to set the tone early,” Capela said. “I felt that we did that.”Dejounte Murray scored 17 points as the Hawks bounced back from Wednesday’s 135-128 loss in Toronto, when the Raptors halted a four-game losing streak.Toronto’s 104 points were the fewest by an Atlanta opponent this season.“Defensively I thought we played one of our best games tonight,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said. “Our guys were really focussed on the game plan and the things they need to do to help each other. When you play that way defensively, that’s when yo...

Watch parties on tap for Colorado School of Mines football championship game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — Watch parties are planned Saturday morning for the Colorado School of Mines Division II football championship game.Bars and restaurants in downtown Golden plan to have their flatscreen televisions set to the game, which will be played in McKinley, Texas. Take a look inside Denver’s newest apartment building with a tree-filled canyon No. 1 School of Mines plays No. 2 Harding University, out of Arkansas.Over at the Golden Mill, staff said special amenities are being offered."We are gonna have a huge LCD screen out in the yard over here and hopefully watch the School of Mines win," said Danielle Quigley, with the Golden Mill.Kickoff, locally, is set for 11 a.m.

Gaskin: Environmental justice $$ needs better priorities

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:23:33 GMT

At the federal level, billions of dollars have been budgeted to fight climate change in the Infrastructure Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and others with funding from the Departments of the Environment, Energy, and Labor among others. With billions of dollars available, why isn’t the money making it to environmental justice communities such as Grove Hall in Boston?One reason is a large portion of the state (53%) has been designated an environmental justice community or designated as EJ Group Blocks. It is easy for the funds to flow to municipalities with more resources and capacity. Towns with more resources can get even more resources and those without, go without.  The second is that the current Massachusetts definition of an Environmental Justice (EJ) Community has nothing to do with the level of environmental damage or harm that has been inflicted upon certain communities. That’s right, the definition of an environmental justice community has nothing to do environmental harm ...