Mike Klan
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (KEYT) – Zoe Borter scored a game-high 20 points on the strength of four 3-pointers to lead the Gauchos to a 74-58 road win against Cal State Northridge.
UCSB improves to 10-6 in the Big West and 18-7 overall.
Chauncey Andersen added 11 points and Olivia Bradley tallied 10 points who led 36-26 at half.
Mike Klan
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –
CIF-Central Section Division 1 Semifinal: St. Joseph 67, Bakersfield Christian 57: #1 seed Knights will play #2 Buchanan in title game on Saturday, February 28 at 8 p.m. in Fresno.
Division 2: Atascadero 69, Hoover 52: #1 seed Greyhounds will meet #2 Clovis in title game on Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m. in Fresno.
Division 5: Santa Maria 103, California City 76: #1 seed Saints will play #2 Coalinga in championship game on Saturday, February 28 at noon in Fresno.
Division 6: Orosi 54, Orcutt Academy 43:
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HONOLULU, Hawai’i (KEYT) – Add another Big West front runner to the Mustangs hit list.
Hamad Mousa scored a game-high 24 points as Cal Poly knocked Hawaii out of a first place tie in the Big West with an 86-75 road win.
The Rainbow Warriors are now a 1/2 game out of first place in league behind UC Irvine who is 11-4 in conference. Cal Poly beat Irvine last week as well as rival UCSB and is now riding a three-game win streak.
Besides his scoring, Mousa also collected nine rebounds for the Mustangs (12-16, 8-8 Big West Conference). Cayden Ward added 19 points and notching six rebounds. Peter Bandelj finished with 12 points while Troy Plumtree had 10 points and three steals.
The Mustangs had a two-point lead with 6:30 remaining, but went on a 15-5 run to create a buffer for the win.
Dre Bullock led the Rainbow Warriors (18-7, 10-5) in scoring, finishing with 22 points and nine rebounds. Hawaii also got 18 points and eight rebounds from Isaac Johnson. Hunter Erickson finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
(The Associated Press assisted with this story).
By Bob Jones
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AKRON, Ohio (WEWS) — City of Akron road crews are using specialized Dura Patch vehicles this week to fix troublesome potholes that have popped up this season.
The city purchased two of the specialized trucks for $300,000 each.
The trucks use an emulsion and an aggregate similar to tar, which crews aim with a hose to quickly fill a pothole.
Image (3).jpeg News 5 Cleveland Anthony Dolly with Akron Public Works said the patches aren’t just temporary.
“It’s very durable. It lasts longer. This is a permanent fix for these potholes. We will not be out in three to six months to fill this pothole again,” Dolly said.
Unlike other patches, the weather doesn’t really affect when the city can fill the potholes; it can be used down to 5 degrees.
Tasha Love, who drives one of the trucks, operates a joystick and pushes a button to fill the holes.
Image (5).jpeg News 5 Cleveland Tasha Love “It lasts longer than the cold patch. I deal with the cold patch as well as the hot mix, and on the concrete with the emulsion and the rock, it just seems to settle better,” Love said.
The city is using the trucks, along with road crews using the old-fashioned method of shoveling and tamping patch material, to fix potholes in the city.
“We have three, four or five crews out at at a time patching potholes, whereas this this is just a one-man opportunity,” Dolly said.
According to the city, each truck can fill about 150 potholes over a day and a half.
The city plans to deploy the trucks each weekday.
It’s good news for drivers like Mike Ciraldo and Karen Stallings.
“It’s just frustrating,” Ciraldo said about the potholes all over Akron. “When you’re getting like car-eating potholes, it’s a completely different problem altogether.”
Stallings had to get her car repaired due to the potholes.
“You got to get a wheel alignment because you’re hitting these holes. It’s really bad,” she said.
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UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Gauchos had all the momentum and then they let the Matadors off the hook with a series of late blunders at the Thunderdome.
Northridge scored 4 points in five seconds late in regulation and went on to edge UCSB in overtime 85-83. The win allows CSUN(17-10, 10-5) to leap ahead of the Gauchos(17-10, 10-6) in the Big West Standings. The Matadors are tied for second with Hawai’i.
Tied at 69 UCSB freshman CJ Shaw buried a three-pointer with 47 seconds left. He finished with a team-high 22 points.
Aidan Mahaney added two free throws to put UCSB up 74-69 with 32 seconds remaining.
The Matadors had no time outs but they got a break when Gauchos head coach Joe Pasternack used one of his two remaining time outs to set up is defense.
But it allowed the Matadors to run a well-designed full court offensive play and Larry Hughes II drained a three-pointer with 26 seconds left to pull the Matadors within 74-72.
Mahaney hit two more free throws after he was fouled with 24.8 seconds left and UCSB led by 4.
This time Pasternack did not call time out and the Matadors went down the court and Hughes II missed his three-point attempt. But Colin Smith was beaten to the rebound by Joshua O’Garro who grabbed the ball and scored the layup with 15.9 seconds to go.
No time out was called by UCSB and Smith inbounded the ball into the corner to Shaw who was immediately trapped by two defenders. His attempted pass back to Smith was stolen by Josiah Davis who fed a wide open Grady Lewis under the basket and he tied the game at 76.
Mahaney missed an off-balance driving shot as time expired and the game went to overtime at 76.
Josiah Davis scored 5 of his game-high 31 points in overtime and CSUN escaped with the two-point win after Zion Sensley missed a three-pointer before the buzzer sounded.
The Gauchos threw away what would have been a nice home win due to a questionable time out, a failed defensive rebound and a turnover, all in the final 32 seconds of the game.
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YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – Locals came together Thursday evening for an immigrant solidarity prayer vigil. Yuma area United Methodist churches and community members gathered at Friendship Park.
They emphasize it wasn’t a political event or protest but a time for prayer and mourning.
“Immigrant communities are experiencing times of turmoil. I describe it as a storm that is raging and people are suffering, and so it’s important for us to create spaces for people to come together to acknowledge our common humanity- our common sacred worth. Our common humanity moves us to compassion, to caring for one another,” said Gila Mountain United Methodist Church pastor Edgar Vergara Millán.
They also want to bring hope and lift their voices.
“It’s important for all of us to have our voices be heard- to all of us to have an understanding of what’s taking place because it is affecting us all in different ways, in different aspects,” said event organizer & speaker Roxanne Barley.
Locals are standing in solidarity with immigrant communities who are being impacted by immigration policies and recent ICE raids and deaths.
“So we’re praying that as we emphasize our common humanity and sacred worth, we can support each other and pray and work together so that change occurs,” said Pastor Millán
The Church Desert Southwest Conference (DSC) made an announcement Thursday of the their solidarity fund and lenten match to financially support families impacted by immigration policies.
“We believe that through the solidarity fund, we can come together, join our resources, and again have that compassion be evident. The families that are struggling to make ends meet because of these reasons can receive the support they need,” said Pastor Millán.
Donations are welcome from Yuma community members that want to support this fund and local effort to support immigrant families here in Yuma. Locals can learn more about donations here.
The DSC website also shares their short term goal is “a generous matching gift from the Board of Global Ministries commits that the first $5000 will be matched directly. We hope to raise this during this matching amount during the Lenten Season as our community unites over a season of Prayer, Repentance, Fasting.”
They say they hope people walk away in unity.
“I hope that what we all come away from is that there are things we can do. It doesn’t have to all always be the same every day. We can make changes. We can work together, and we’re not alone,” said Reverend Katie Fuchs.
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ANAHEIM, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Four suspects stole about $180,000 worth of collectibles and Pokémon cards from an Anaheim store earlier this week.
The Anaheim Police Department said the burglary happened early Wednesday morning at Do-We Collectibles. Officers said the burglars broke into a neighboring business and tunneled through a shared wall to get into the trading card shop.
Security camera videos showed the suspects, all masking their faces, using sledgehammers to smash display cases and steal the valuable items.
This is one of the latest instances of thieves breaking into memorabilia stores to steal collectibles, including Pokémon cards.
Ken Goldin, who owns an online auction house of the same name, said people bid millions of dollars for Pokémon cards on his website.
“There’s jewelry stores, there’s fashion stores, there’s banks, and there’s collectible stores, and unfortunately, collectibles have become so valuable and so popular that they’ve now joined the ranks of a watch store or a jewelry store that makes itself a target,” Goldin said.
While most cards cost a few bucks, special limited-edition cards can fetch millions of dollars at auctions and among collectors.
“These are all kids, young adults, who are playing the game, treating it as a game in the late 90s, early 2000s, and they’re now in their 30s and 40s,” Goldin said. “A lot of them have much more disposable income, and they’re spending it on something they love, which is Pokémon.”
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By Alan Gionet
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EVERGREEN, Colorado (KCNC) — Parts of Evergreen’s history-rich El Rancho restaurant will be preserved, as a new filling station and convenience store moves ahead on the site.
Evergreen Park & Recreation District announced Thursday it will step in and preserve parts of the restaurant. The historic site is subject to demolition, as the new owner of the El Rancho property, QuikTrip, moves forward with development.
“We’re very excited and very humbled. This starts something very big for us,” said Cory Vander Veen, the park and recreation executive director.
Vander Veen said the district had looked at moving the building, but said, “Our engineers have advised us this is not able to be moved. We are now looking at how to preserve the essence of El Rancho.”
Parts of the remaining building, like the signature sign and parts of the fireplace, would be part of a new performance pavilion the district is planning to construct at the edge of a baseball field in Evergreen’s Buchanan Park. A permanent stage is already planned, and the new structure would connect with that. There is already construction at the site involving the district’s plans for a new playground and skate park nearby. It’s all part of a recent new master plan for Buchanan Park.
Crews make site improvements for a new playground and skate park at Buchanan Park in Evergreen, where a future performance pavilion incorporating parts of historic El Rancho will also be located.
“This is not just about saving pieces of the building. It is about retaining the legacy of a place that will shape those memories for decades,” said Craig Romrell, real estate manager for QuikTrip at a Thursday news conference in front of the old restaurant.
The rec district said the work will include, “salvaging, recycling, and repurposing elements of the physical building, landscaping, and hardscaping.” It called the project a warm and welcoming tribute to El Rancho that would keep many of the memorable parts of the inside and outside of the building, while crediting QuikTrip for a desire to partner with the district on the project.
The 75-year-old building does not have historic designation, which is typically sought by a building’s owners, but never has been. The Historical Preservation and Landmarks Committee of the Jefferson County Historical Commission wrote to Jefferson County Planning & Zoning, “It is a significant historic building that would be eligible for the county’s historic designation, as well as, likely eligible for State and National designation.”
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By Molly McCrea, Zoe Mintz
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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Under bone-chilling conditions, an international team of scientists has unlocked the secrets to better understand a rapidly-warming planet.
The 29 scientists – including geologists, engineers, physicists, microbiologists, and polar specialists – have drilled more than 1,600 feet through the Antarctic ice sheet to reach into the seabed.
“It’s a project that has been more than 10 years in the making,” said Tina van de Flierdt with Imperial College London. She is also the co-chief scientist for the project known as the “Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to 2 Degrees Celsius of Warming,” or SWAIS2C for short.
The group has extracted a record-breaking vertical core of sediment about 750 feet long. The sediment is packed with layers of mud, sand, fossils, and other debris accumulated for millions of years.
“We are the first people ever to see sediment from underneath that ice. Nobody has seen this before,” said van de Flierdt.
These layers provide a record of the Earth’s history over multiple climate changes – from the ice ages to when it warmed up and became more greenhouse and tropical.
“It’s unprecedented, and I’m really excited about it,” said Dr. Kurt Cuffey, an environmental geophysicist at the University of California at Berkeley who specializes in the physics of glaciers.
He was impressed with the technical achievement of retrieving the core and is looking forward to seeing the analysis from the team. Cuffey explained how an analysis of the layers could finally answer some critical questions
“If they succeed with the analysis, then we will have a definitive answer to questions that we’ve been wrestling with for decades about how the ice sheet will respond to warming,” Cuffey said.
Cuffey said there should be no confusion between weather and climate. While the weather might be cold at times, overall our planet is warming.
“The planet has been warming since the late 19th century,” Cuffey said. “The first 50 years or so of the warming had some human component, but it was largely natural. But then, starting around 1980, the planet continued to warm at a pretty good rate, and essentially all of that is due to human agency, due to changes, primarily in the composition of the atmosphere.”
The SWAIS2C team believes an analysis of the sediment core may guide plans for how coastal communities and cities can better adapt to sea level rise.
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By Madeline Montgomery
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ATLANTA (WUPA) — A metro Atlanta community organization is offering an 11-week cooking program that’s getting people off the street and into a lifelong culinary career.
Open Hand Atlanta’s program teaches aspiring chefs and culinary professionals everything from new skills to restaurant management.
“We want everyone to come here and gain the skills that are going to have the ripple effect of changing their lives and getting them not just into a job, but into a career,” said Chef Kira Scott, who runs the program.
The nonprofit works with homeless shelters and advocacy groups to find apprentices like Kanecki Guischard. Guischard was living at Covenant House, a youth homeless shelter, when he first met Scott.
“Food’s been a part of my life, and I’ve always been like, ‘How am I going to get into this professionally? Like, where do I start?’ and they honestly jump-started part of my dream for real,” said Guischard, a graduate of the workforce development program.
The program has an 85% in-industry employment rate. The average salary for graduates is $18 an hour.
Guischard was hired at Natalie Bianca, a new restaurant in Southwest Atlanta, one week after graduating.
“It was pretty amazing. Chef Kira made sure she found a great environment for me. It wasn’t just about getting me a job; it was finding a place where I would belong,” said Guischard.
“It doesn’t even feel like charity. I feel like I won. You know, by getting someone on my team that’s so bright and is creative with new ideas, fresh ideas, but also a willingness to learn,” said Courtney Rucker, Natalie Bianca’s co-owner.
Open Hand Atlanta is always looking for new restaurants and chefs to partner with for the program and donors to help sponsor apprentices. To help, go to its website.
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