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Pac-12 WBB early forecast: Utah and UCLA are the teams to beat entering the 2023-24 season

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

Charisma Osborne and Lauren Betts.With Osborne returning for a fifth season and the 6-foot-7 Betts transferring from Stanford, UCLA is the clear Pac-12 offseason front runner through Monday. The transfer window doesn’t close until May 11, so more portal movement is ahead. But it will be hard to top what the Bruins have done to strengthen a 27-win team coming off an NCAA Sweet 16 season.Osborne, a three-time all-conference guard, withdrew from the WNBA Draft in early April, five days before she might have been a first-round pick.Then, on April 18, Betts announced Westwood as her transfer destination after just one season as a backup at Stanford.The move made sense: UCLA was among Betts’ finalists coming out of high school in Colorado. She and guard Kiki Rice were the top-two recruiting prospects nationally in 2022, according to HoopGurlz. Now, both are with the Bruins, who also return three others from a class ranked No. 1 nationally.Betts gives UCLA the size that was missing in a 59...

Meghan Markle enjoys ‘life in the present’ at Lakers game amid speculation about her letter to Charles

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

The timing couldn’t be better for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to be photographed in a luxury suite at a Los Angeles Lakers game, gigging and laughing together.The couple’s appearance at Monday night’s game, with an entourage of Archewell associates, allowed the American Duchess of Sussex to show she’s enjoying “live in the present,” as she said in a statement over the weekend – not consumed by her feud with the British royal family, the “unconscious bias” allegations she made against a so-called, unnamed “royal racist” two years ago or her decision to skip King Charles III’s May 6 coronation.Harry and Meghan are in the building for Lakers – Grizzlies game four pic.twitter.com/asqqX39kJm— Ava Brand (@avabssports) April 25, 2023Harry and Meghan’s smiling cameo on the Lakers Jumbotron, before a 20,000-strong crowd at the Crypto.com arena that included Kim Kardashian, Adam Sandler and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, came two days after she appeared to denounce speculation...

Arrest warrant issued for Oakland PD officer charged with perjury, bribery

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

(KRON) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for an Oakland Police Department officer who has been charged with perjury and threatening witnesses, among other things. The officer, Phong Tran, is a 46-year-old man. Tran is wanted on a no-bail warrant.Officer Tran is wanted for committing perjury on the stand, according to Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.Offenses that officer is wanted for include:Perjury under oathThreatening witnessesDefendant induced participation in crimeBribery of witnessAttempted bribery of witness"Lying and manipulating a witness are serious violations of the public trust, and Officer Tran will be held accountable," said DA Price in a statement. "When the integrity of a conviction is at issue in one case, it raises questions in every other case that officer has investigated. The people of Alameda County need to have confidence in the criminal justice system, and these charges are a step toward regaining that trust."The DA's office will need to revi...

Hayward PD arrests suspect in Jan. 4 homicide

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

(KRON) -- The Hayward Police Department has announced the arrest of the suspect in a Jan. 4 homicide that left one dead. The arrest was made on April 6, officials said.Officers arrested 53-year-old suspect Anthony Bergstrom for the murder of 53-year-old victim Jesse Nieto of Hayward. The homicide happened during the early morning hours of April 4. Officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 24000 block of Park Street. Underground casino ring shut down in San Jose At the scene, officers said they found Nieto unresponsive suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Bergstrom was arrested on several charges including murder and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He was booked into the Santa Rita County jail and is being held without bail.This was Hayward's first homicide of the year, officials said.

Mexico immigration agency head arraigned in deadly fire

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The head of Mexico’s immigration agency was arraigned on charges Tuesday that he failed in his responsibility to protect those in his custody when 40 migrants died in a fire at a border detention center last month.Federal prosecutors said that there are video recordings showing that private security guards in the facility had asked immigration agents permission to release the migrants when the fire started, but were denied. Prosecutors presented evidence that Francisco Garduño, the head of the Mexican Immigration Institute, was responsible for the safety of country’s immigration facilities and should have closed those that did not meet safety requirements. A migrant allegedly started a fire inside the Ciudad Juarez detention center March 27. Security cameras inside the facility showed smoke quickly filling the cell holding 68 male migrants, but no one with keys attempting to release them. In addition to the 40 killed, more than two dozen were injured in ...

Video: conoce a la “diputada Shakira” que se ha vuelto viral en las redes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Se hizo viral interpretando un tema de la artista barranquillera en una sesión de diputados. Ahora Kattya González, bautizada en redes sociales la “diputada Shakira” y reconocida en Paraguay como una de las voces críticas contra la corrupción y el gobernante Partido Colorado, compite en los comicios del próximo domingo por un puesto en el Senado.Desde su curul, González dedicó el tema “Te felicito” a sus colegas. Más allá de la anécdota, explica en una entrevista con EFE que su intervención respondió a un comentario de un diputado oficialista que, en medio de la discusión de un crédito para la construcción de viviendas sociales, reconoció que “ellos roban la plata que se destina al presupuesto público”.“Se inicia una suerte de disputa en donde salta un poco el (tema) ‘Te felicito’, como una manera de decir y de llamar la atención a los paraguayos. Yo no pensé que podía llegar al mundo entero”, con...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs bills meant to prevent gun violence; ban sales of dozens of semi-automatic rifles

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs bills meant to prevent gun violence; ban sales of dozens of semi-automatic rifles.Source

How much snow could fall in the foothills and Palmer Divide?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued for Tuesday and Wednesday due to colder temperatures, rain and mountain snow.Pinpoint Meteorologist Travis Michels said the Denver metro area will only see rain with a slight chance for flurries with this storm system. Forecast update: Why some areas will get snow and Denver only rain However, areas like the foothills, Palmer Divide and mountains will see heavy snow.How much snow is coming?Michels said the foothills and Palmer Divide will get five to 10 inches of total accumulation with this storm. These areas are under a winter storm warning The snow will start on Tuesday afternoon and last through the morning on Wednesday.Winter storm warningThe National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Front Range mountains, including Rocky Mountain National Park, the Indian Peaks Wilderness, areas above 7,500 feet in the foothills and the Eisenhower Tunnel.Forecast and radarWhether you ...

Hazmat investigation underway after 2 die, 1 critically ill after working in Pompano Beach warehouse

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating why two people have died and another person fell critically ill after working at warehouse in recent days.BSO and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded to Baer’s Furniture outlet, at 1589 NW 12th Ave., Tuesday morning. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene as people were rushed out of the warehouse by fire rescue. A hazardous materials team arrived at the scene to find any potential contaminant that may have made the people sick, who, authorities said, worked inside the building at different times and started to feel sick in the last few days. They have not found a direct link between the victims.The three victims went to the hospital on their own accord after feeling sick. From their preliminary investigation, officials have determined that the people who fell ill was not due to being in the building. Authorities are reassuring the public that this incident is not a threat to the area or the community, and the investigation continu...

Florida GOP set to remove hurdle to DeSantis White House bid

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:20:49 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans are poised to change state law to allow GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president without having to leave office, according to legislation filed Tuesday.The proposal would exempt presidential candidates from Florida’s so-called resign to run law, which prohibits elected officials from qualifying as a candidate for another office that would overlap with their current term.The legislative move was anticipated but its formal introduction marks one of the clearest signals yet that DeSantis plans to run. He is expected to announce after the state’s legislative session ends in early May.Republicans, who control a supermajority in the statehouse, have largely focused on the governor’s conservative priorities during the current legislative session, approving bills that will likely form much of the governor’s platform when he launches his White House bid.The resign to run exemption was filed by a GOP ally of...