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Long Beach man dead after he was ejected from car during crash 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

A man is dead after he was ejected from his car during a crash in Long Beach on Friday. Long Beach police responded to reports of someone who was injured in a traffic collision near 6th Street and Santiago Avenue. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man who had been ejected from his vehicle, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Authorities say the driver of a 2021 Nissan Rogue, a 63-year-old Long Beach resident, was traveling southbound on Santiago Avenue on the wrong side of the road, when he hit a parked car head-on. He was ejected from the Nissan and the vehicle rolled into the front yard of a nearby residence. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Detectives believe speed may have been a factor in the crash. The driver’s identification is being withheld until his family is notified. 

The 10 most expensive homes reported sold in San Jose in the week of July 17

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

A house in San Jose that sold for $3.3 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in San Jose in the past week.In total, 32 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.1 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $1,083.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of July 17 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2.3 million, single-family residence in the 5600 block of Domaine DriveThe sale of the single-family residence in the 5600 block of Domaine Drive, San Jose, has been finalized. The price was $2,305,000, and the new owners took over the house in July. The house was built in 1994 and has a living area of 2,000 square feet. The price per square foot was $1,153. The house features four bedrooms and three bathrooms.Domaine Drive9. $2.4 million, single-family house in the 2300 block of Lansford AvenueThe 2,17...

Gelof, Laureano homer to back Sears in Oakland A’s win at Rockies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

By JACK MAGRUDERDENVER — Zack Gelof and Ramon Laureano homered, JP Sears won for the second time this season and the Oakland Athletics broke a three-game losing streak with an 8-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.Shea Langeliers had a double, a triple and scored twice, Laureano had two hits and scored twice and Tony Kemp had two doubles as the major league-worst A’s pounded out 14 hits. They were 3-13 in their previous 16 games.“We followed the game plan,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “This park can get you out of the right approach, and from the onset we stayed through the middle, we stayed through the other side of the field, and you saw the results. We were able to add onto a lead, which we haven’t been able to do. Overall it was a good night.Oakland took a 7-2 lead into the eighth inning, but the Rockies closed to 7-5 on pinch-hitter Michael Toglia’s run-scoring single and Jurickson Profar’s two-run double. Lucas Erceg, Oakland’s third pitcher of the inning, go...

SF Giants waste solid start from Webb, Luciano’s first hit in loss to Red Sox

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants’ offense appeared to wake up Wednesday, and the club should have been well-rested Friday after a long-awaited day off.They must have hit the snooze button.Rookie shortstop Marco Luciano notched his first hit and scored the first run of his career, and Joc Pederson smashed a late solo shot, but the Giants didn’t manage much else Friday night to back up a bounce-back start from Logan Webb in a 3-2 loss to the Red Sox, who ran their winning streak to five games.San Francisco Giants’ Marco Luciano scores on a Michael Conforto single in the sixth inning against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, July 28, 2023, in San Francisco, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) “In order to beat the best teams in baseball,” manager Gabe Kapler said, “we’re going to have to string together more walks, hits and obviously score more runs.”Pederson’s home run in the eighth, his 11th of the season, should have tied the score at 2....

Homeless encampment fire destroys woman's car in San Francisco

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A San Francisco woman is without a car after a fire from a homeless encampment destroyed it, and she is blaming city leaders and their policies.Firefighters responded to the scene Wednesday night in the city’s “Nopa” neighborhood. The woman says this experience was heartbreaking and frustrating but for reasons other than losing her car.“It’s heartbreaking,” said Linda Posage. “It makes me angry. And clearly, city hall is not making a dent in the issue.” Person, dog killed in San Pablo fire She says she has voted to make life better for San Franciscans and is not seeing that happening for many who are forced to live on the streets. She’s hoping attention to her misfortune and this situation will help bring about change to address homelessness.Posage has lived in the neighborhood for the past two years. She says people live in tents on the sidewalks where the car fire happened on Central Ave. and Fell St.She says her interactions with those people are usually ...

Mariners score 4 runs in the 1st, cruise to a 5-2 win over the sliding Diamondbacks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Nobody seems to completely be sure if the Seattle Mariners will be buyers or sellers at the rapidly approaching trade deadline, not even in their own clubhouse.Cal Raleigh hopes the team’s latest three-game winning streak has made a good impression on the front office.Raleigh and Tom Murphy hit back-to-back, two-run doubles in a four-run first, Logan Gilbert threw 6 1/3 strong innings and the Mariners beat the skidding Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Friday night.“We know we want to be buyers at the deadline,” Raleigh said. “We want to compete. We want to keep going in this thing. It’s still far from over and we’ve played a lot of good baseball lately and we’ve just got to keep it going.”The Mariners have won three straight and are 8-6 since the All-Star break. It’s been a consistently mediocre season for Seattle to this point, with the team never more than three games above .500 or four games below that mark. Right now, they’re sitting...

Triston Casas homers, hits RBI double to lead Red Sox past Giants 3-2 for fifth straight win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As a player for the Dodgers, Red Sox manager Alex Cora witnessed more than his share of towering drives over the fences by home run king Barry Bonds.Triston Casas hit a shot to left-center that Cora considered one of the best ever seen in San Francisco.“Any time I can get my name mentioned with Barry Bonds, it’s awesome,” Casas said.Moved up in the batting order, Casas homered and hit an RBI double to back Kutter Crawford, and Boston beat the Giants 3-2 on Friday night for its fifth straight win.“I played here a lot of games and I saw one of the great ones dominating from like 2000-2004,” Cora said. “That ball he hit to left-center, that’s one of the best home runs I’ve seen here and I saw many. I think I saw 500, 600, 700.”Second baseman Justin Turner delivered the defensive gem of the night to save at least one run in the seventh. He backhanded a two-hopper by pinch-hitter Blake Sabol and flipped the ball while falling to the ground to shorts...

Kerr available for must-win game against Canada in a boost for Women’s World Cup co-host Australia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Sam Kerr is ready to go, and so the much-needed reinforcements appear to be arriving just in time for co-host Australia ahead of its must-win Women’s World Cup match against Canada. Kerr and Mary Fowler missed Australia’s upset 3-2 loss to Nigeria but are available for Monday’s make-or-break Group B game against the Olympic champions.“I’m going to be there,” Kerr said Saturday. “I’m going to be ready.”Kerr trained in soccer boots while participating in her first practice session since going down with a calf injury on the eve of the July 20 tournament opene. She hasn’t played a minute yet at a World Cup on home soil.The 29-year-old Kerr scheduled a news conference at the Matildas’ camp in Brisbane, seemingly to assure Australian supporters that she’s on track.“I would love to tell you guys everything. It’s going to be down to the wire,” she said. “I’m definitely going to be available, but how we decide to use that is not to be given to the oppo...

Aaron Judge draws 3 walks after coming off injured list for Yankees at Baltimore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge speaks to reporters before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)(AP/Ashley Landis) New York Yankees' Aaron Judge speaks to reporters before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)(AP/Ashley Landis) BALTIMORE (AP) — The New York Yankees have been a sub-.500 team since Aaron Judge injured his toe in early June. Now they hope his return can help them rally for a postseason spot.The Yankees reinstated Judge from the injured list Friday before the opener of their weekend road series against the Baltimore Orioles. Judge admits he isn&#...

Santander hits 9th-inning homer to give the Orioles a 1-0 win in Judge’s Yankees return

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:34:35 GMT

Baltimore Orioles' Anthony Santander, third from left, is greeted near home plate after hitting a walk-off solo home run off New York Yankees relief pitcher Tommy Kahnle during the ninth inning of a baseball game, early Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Baltimore. The Orioles won 1-0. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP/Julio Cortez) Baltimore Orioles' Anthony Santander, third from left, is greeted near home plate after hitting a walk-off solo home run off New York Yankees relief pitcher Tommy Kahnle during the ninth inning of a baseball game, early Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Baltimore. The Orioles won 1-0. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP/Julio Cortez) BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander said it felt like a playoff game at Camden Yar...