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Over 130 cited for allegedly buying alcohol for minors in California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

Over 130 people were cited in California on Saturday for allegedly purchasing alcohol for minors.Authorities conducted a “Shoulder Tap” operation statewide that involved 44 local law enforcement agencies throughout the state in partnership with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC).During the operation, a minor under the supervision of law enforcement stands outside of a liquor or convenience store and asks customers to buy them alcohol.The minor will indicate they are underage and cannot purchase alcohol.“If an adult agrees to purchase alcohol for the underage person, they can be arrested and cited for furnishing alcohol to a minor,” authorities said.Suspect arrested in Manhattan Beach for allegedly buying alcohol for a minor during a statewide undercover operation. (California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control)Suspect arrested in Culver City for allegedly buying alcohol for a minor during a statewide undercover operation. (California Department of ...

Steph Curry takes over to lead Warriors past Bucks in overtime

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors were down eight points and on the verge of dropping their fourth straight game with about two minutes left in regulation Saturday night. But Stephen Curry did everything in his power to ensure that wouldn’t happen. Curry scored 13 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth and blocked a Bucks’ shot to force overtime, where he scored another nine points to lead the Warriors to a 125-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Curry knocked down a trio of 3s and made a breakaway finger-roll layup over the last two minutes of regulation to tie the game at 111. As the game clock wound down, Curry denied Jrue Holiday’s layup attempt to put the ball in the Warriors’ hands with 1.9 seconds left. After a timeout, what would’ve been a go-ahead 3-pointer by Draymond Green rimmed out at the buzzer, sending the game into overtime. Curry scored another nine points in the extra period as the Warriors snapped the East-leading Bucks’ th...

Evacuation center set up at fairgrounds in Watsonville due to storm

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- Thousand of people have been displaced because of the storms. Some are staying at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.People here say they are grateful a shelter like this one exists. Many people left without many of their personal items so there are tables full of donated clothing. There's also food being donated and cots set up throughout for people to sleep. 3 suspects arrested for breaking into 48 cars in Millbrae: sheriff Hundreds of people who live in Pajaro are temporarily calling the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds home. Monterey County Supervisor Luis Alejo says it was just after midnight early Saturday morning when they knew they had to evacuate."We got word that the levees had broke and that water was going to reach Pajaro in about three hours," Alejo said.Alejo says many people left with very little, and they can't back because the area is completely barricaded off. Andres Garcia says he and his family evacuated around 1-3...

Danville community remembers Tyrell Wilson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

DANVILLE, Calif. (KRON) -- In the East Bay, the community is remembering Tyrell Wilson.On this day two years ago, the 33-year-old man was gunned down by a former Danville police officer who has since been imprisoned for the shooting death of another man back in 2018.Thirty-five balloons symbolize how old Wilson would be on Saturday released into the Danville sky on the anniversary of the day he was killed two years ago and three days after his birthday. Driver, passenger arrested after chase leads CHP from Contra Costa County into Oakland "Tyrell was a caring young man and he just had that aura about him, that if you met him or you talk to him. I mean, you would fall in love with him," said Tyrell's father Marvin Wilson.On Saturday, Marvin, clergy, community members and activists were touched by Tyrell's story and ultimate death and met at the Park & Ride in Danville where he was shot and killed near I-680.They shared memories of him and circled for prayer."He was like a gentl...

Heiskanen scores in OT to lift Stars to 4-3 win over Kraken

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Miro Heiskanen scored 3:26 into overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night.Roope Hintz, Mason Marchment and Joe Pavelski also scored for Dallas, which has won five of the last six. Jake Oettinger had 28 saves.Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Donato scored, and Vince Dunn had two assists for the Kraken, who lost two in a row. Phillip Grubauer stopped 22 shots.After a scoreless first period, the Stars broke at 4:51 of the second with Hintz’s 32nd goal of the season. The score was set up by a rebound off Grubauer toward the left circle, and Esa Lindell fired a cross-ice pass to Hintz in the right circle, leaving an open net as Grubauer couldn’t dive back across the crease in time.The Kraken evened the score less than three minutes later, as Dunn fired a shot from near the blue line that was deflected by Matty Beniers and Eberle in front of the net. Beniers was initially given credit for the score, but it was later c...

Miller has 2 goals and an assist, Canucks beat Senators 5-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller had two goals and an assist and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Saturday night for their season-high fourth straight victory.Andrei Kuzmenko, Nils Aman and Sheldon Dries also scored for Vancouver, and Thatcher Demko made 18 saves.Claude Giroux and Nick Holden had third-period goals for Ottawa. Mads Sogaard made 25 saves in the Senators’ second straight loss.Kuzmenko opened the scoring for Vancouver with 4:45 left in the first period. He also had the final goal of the game, scoring a power-play goal into an empty net with 15 seconds to go for his 32nd goal of the season.Miller and Aman scored in the second period, with Miller making it 2-0 with a short-handed goal at 4:26 and Aman striking with 9:33 to go.Dries scored at 6:50 of the third for a 4-0 lead.Giroux ended Demko’s shutout bid with 6:21 to go with his 28th of the season. Holden connected with 4:16 left.UP NEXTSenators: At Calgary on Sunday night...

St. Louis wins 3rd straight with 2-1 victory over Portland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kyle Hiebert scored the go-ahead goal in the 75th minute and St. Louis City won it’s third straight match with a 2-1 victory Saturday night over the Portland Timbers, tying the league record for wins to start the season by an expansion team. Jared Stroud also scored for St. Louis, which was among just four teams in MLS with two wins to start the season heading into the match. The Timbers took an early lead on Zac McGraw’s header off a corner from Eryk Williamson in the third minute. Portland has scored in a team-record 23 consecutive matches, the longest active streak in the league.But Portland was hurt in the ninth minute when Cristhian Paredes had to be stretchered off with an injury. He was replaced by Evander, who Portland signed in the offseason.City regrouped and dominated the rest of the opening half, tying it up with Jared Stroud’s goal in first-half stoppage time. Heibert scored the winner on a header in the 75th that got past Timbers...

College umpire suspended for game-ending called strikes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A college baseball umpire was suspended indefinitely by the Southland Conference on Saturday in connection with a pair of late called strikes to end a game between Mississippi Valley State and New Orleans.The sequence of disputed calls began when home plate umpire Reggie Drummer called a second strike on a breaking ball that appeared to cross the plate below batter Devon Mims’ knees — low enough that UNO catcher Jorge Tejeda caught it just above the dirt behind the plate.Mims hopped out of the batter’s box in protest and was subsequently called out on strikes on the next pitch, which broke low and away, well off the plate. “Oh my gosh! Wow! He got rung up on ball two!,” UNO radio play-by-play announcer Emmanuel Pepis exclaimed during the broadcast. “That is horrific! … Drummer just wanted to go home.”UNO won the game 7-3.The Southland Conference said in its statement — which didn’t identify Drummer by name — that after a thorough review, “t...

Espinoza lifts Earthquakes to 1-0 victory over Rapids

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cristian Espinoza scored in the 78th minute to rally the San Jose Earthquakes to a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.Espinoza’s goal helped San Jose (2-1-0) win for just the second time in its last eight matches against Colorado (0-2-1). The Rapids have not scored a goal through three matches this season. Colorado failed to score in its first three matches in 2015 when they became the only team to open a season with three scoreless draws.The Earthquakes outshot the Rapids 13-6 with a 4-0 advantage in shots on goal.JT Marcinkowski didn’t have to make a save in posting a clean sheet for San Jose. William Yarbrough saved three shots for Colorado.Both teams next play Saturday. San Jose travels to play St. Louis City, while Colorado returns home to host Minnesota United.——AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Oil giant Saudi Aramco has profits of $161B in 2022

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:23 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday it earned a $161 billion profit last year, attributing its earnings to higher crude oil prices.The firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said in its annual report that the profit represented “its highest annual profits as a listed company.” “Given that we anticipate oil and gas will remain essential for the foreseeable future, the risks of underinvestment in our industry are real — including contributing to higher energy prices,” Saudi Aramco CEO and President Amin H. Nasser said in a statement. Nasser said Aramco would spend $37.6 billion to expand its production capacity. Aramco also declared a dividend of $19.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2022, to be paid in the first quarter of this year. In 2021, Aramco declared profits of $110 billion, as compared to $49 billion in 2020 when the world faced the worst of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, travel disruptions and oil prices briefl...