BERKELEY — Police said they are asking for the public’s help in finding suspects in a weekend armed robbery of a juvenile cyclist, apparently continuing a recent series of crimes in the city’s hills. According to authorities, UC Berkeley police officers responded around 2 p.m. Saturday to Grizzly Peak Boulevard between mile markers 12 and 13. There, officers learned two suspects approached the male juvenile, displayed at least one weapon and took his mountain bike before leaving in a vehicle resembling a Volkswagen Jetta. The juvenile was unhurt, but joins several victims of similar crimes targeting cyclists since at least mid-March in the Oakland and Berkeley hills, sections of which fall under the jurisdictions of Oakland, Berkeley, University of California and East Bay Regional Park Di...
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It would have been a titanic comeback for Schauffele, but then it took on water
He arrived at the clubhouse with no gaping wounds. He was lucid. He even smiled. He said he had survived his head-first lunge into the Masters Tournament wall. “It’ll be another thing to put in my memory bank,” Xander Schauffele said. After this Masters and the 2019 Masters and the 2017 U.S. Open and the seven runnerup finishes that Schauffele has notched since his last previous PGA Tour win, that bank is becoming too big to fail. On Sunday he was six feet from stardom, or maybe legend, once again. He was playing with Hideki Matsuyama, who began Sunday with a 4-stroke lead, which really is no more than two swings. But when they walked off the 11th green, Schauffele trailed Matsuyama by seven. “He was a robot,” Schauffele said. “For a long time he just never made a mistake.” Schauffele made
Read MoreGaetz and Trump rep challenge report that the Florida congressman was denied a meeting with the former president
Summary List PlacementGOP Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is facing federal sex trafficking allegations, was reportedly denied a meeting with Donald Trump as aides try to distance the former president from him, CNN reported. Two anonymous sources who were familiar with the situation told the outlet that the Florida congressman tried to schedule a visit to Mar-a-Lago this week but was denied. Following CNN's report, Gaetz took to Twitter to say he never asked for a meeting. "This is a total lie. I am on a pre-planned vacation with my fiancée. I was welcomed at Trump Doral days ago," Gaetz said in a tweet. "No such meeting was denied nor sought. Gabby, "unnamed sources" lied. When can we expect a retraction?" Trump spokesman Jason Miller also said no meeting was ever sought. "This @CNN st...
Read MoreA man was injured in an apparent drive-by shooting in Harbor City on Saturday, April 10, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. LAPD responded to the shooting at about 1 p.m. at 25221 Senator Ave., according to Sgt. Bradley Hearn, with LAPD’s Harbor Station. Hearn said the victim survived his injuries but was not cooperative with police. Hearn said details into the shooting remain “sketchy.” No suspect vehicle information was immediately available. Related Articles Gunman fires into Sun Valley apartment, wounding boy Suspect in Monterey Park double killing found at the border 2 arrested in Pasadena shooting that killed a man, injured a woman Officials: Navy medic shot and killed after...
Read MoreThe I-80 and I-15 interchange overpasses cross over 600 West in South Salt Lake on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsInfrastructure, education at top of Utahns’ minds Infrastructure projects are at the top of most Utahns’ minds as the biggest priority on which state leaders should spend billions in federal COVID-19 relief funds that are coming to Utah. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found 23% of Utahns want the Utah Legislature to spend the money on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and buildings. Coming in at a close second, 19% of Utahns think the funds would be best spent on education. Not far behind, about 18% said the money should be spent on PPP loans to assist businesses recovering from the recession, and 12% say that
Read MoreErica Hansen, community relations coordinator at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, and Harvey Helton, 3, of Kearns, communicate with Tuah, an orangutan, at the zoo in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. According to zoo officials, the primates missed the interaction with guests during the zoo’s 50 days of closure that occurred at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News Like the rest of us, Utah’s Hogle Zoo is clawing its way out of the pandemic, looking forward to a not-too-far-off future that will be filled with crowds at full capacity, no one wearing masks, good old boring normalcy — and hopefully the PTSD won’t be too bad. But that’s just the humans. The rest of the animals, they seem to have weathered the storm just fine. Not a single zoo animal has come down with C
Read MoreANAHEIM — On the eve of the NHL’s trade deadline, the Ducks lost a 4-1 decision to the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday at Honda Center. Not that the West Division-leading Avalanche needed any help, but the Ducks gave them some with a first-period giveaway that led to Andre Burakovsky’s goal that made it 1-0 only 7:15 into the game. A dubious officiating decision then led to a five-on-three for the Avalanche in the second period. With the Ducks’ Nicolas Deslauriers already in the penalty box for a legitimate hooking penalty, teammate Max Jones was whistled for tripping, giving Colorado a two-man advantage that led to Gabriel Landeskog’s power-play goal that made it 2-0 at 6:35 of the second. Jones gestured in disgust at the replay shown on the overhanging scoreboard. Deslauriers, seated next ...
Read MoreSari Goodfriend/Cardozo LawA Florida woman who police say was so high on mind-bending drugs that she was screaming she was Harry Potter has been charged with the hit-and-run accident that killed a federal judge. U.S.District Judge Sandra Feuerstein, 75, was mowed down as she strolled down a Boca Raton sidewalk on Friday morning and was pronounced dead at the hospital. A 6-year-old boy, Anthony Ovchinnikov, was injured in the crash, but survived. Feuerstein was appointed to the federal bench in 2003 by former President George W. Bush, and worked out of the Eastern District of New York, which covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island. She previously served as a New York State judge and worked as a school teacher. at The Daily Beast. ...read more Source:: The Daily Beast...
Read MoreSummary List PlacementHi and welcome to Insider Advertising for April 12. I'm senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here's what's going on: Clubhouse data leak. Mobile deals heat up. Media burnout. If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here for your daily insider's guide to advertising and media. Tips, comments, suggestions? Drop me a line at or on Twitter at @LaurenJohnson. Scraped personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users has reportedly leaked online Over a million Clubhouse users have had their personal data leaked for free, Cyber News reported. The social media app, popular for its audio community, is the latest to have user records posted in a hacker forum. LinkedIn and Facebook user data has also been exposed online within the past week. ...
Read MoreMasters: Hideki Matsuyama wins the Masters to become first Japanese major champion
Hideki Matsuyama has made history as the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship. Matsuyama held on after knocking one in the water at the 15th, shooting a 1-over 73 to win the Masters by one stroke. A five-time winner on the PGA Tour, Matsuyama took control of the tournament with a brilliant 65 on Saturday, doing his best work after a rain delay. Xander Schauffele closed within two strokes after Matsuyama made bogey at No. 15. But Schauffele put one in the water at the 16th and took the first triple-bogey of his major championship career. That cleared the way for Matsuyama to claim the green jacket. He made a bogey at No 18 but that was enough to hold off Masters rookie Will Zalatoris, who stamped himself as a future star with a 9-under 279. Matsuyama was one shot better...
Read MoreSF Giants cruise to sweep of Rockies, Anthony DeSclafani keys team’s first shutout since 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — Led by a lights-out starting rotation and an offense that’s blasting timely home runs, the 6-3 Giants cruised to a sweep of the Rockies at Oracle Park and have won four straight games. After going 29-31 in an abbreviated 60-game season last summer, the Giants are back over .500 in the Gabe Kapler era (35-34) and built off a series win over the Padres by limiting the Rockies to four runs in this weekend’s three-game set. Led by six shutout innings from right-hander Anthony DeSclafani, the Giants won 4-0 Sunday and recorded the team’s first shutout since September 13, 2019, when Tyler Beede tossed eight scoreless frames in a 1-0 win over the Marlins. A stellar outing from DeSclafani dropped the Giants’ rotation ERA to 2.24 on the season as the club has now had their starters
Read MoreThe San Jose Sharks acted as a third party in a blockbuster trade between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, and received another selection in this year’s draft as part of the deal. In one trade, Columbus sent forward Nick Foligno to San Jose, retaining 50 percent of what is remaining on Foligno’s $5.5 million salary for this season. The Sharks then sent Foligno and forward Stefan Noesen to the Maple Leafs for Toronto’s own 2021 fourth-round selection. San Jose is retaining 25 percent of what was left on Foligno’s contract. Additionally, Toronto sent their first-round selection in this year’s draft and a fourth-round selection in next year to Columbus. Noesen, 28, split the season between the Sharks and Barracuda. Noesen played in five games for the Sharks and ha...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES >> Right-hander Dustin May will return to the Dodgers’ rotation and start on eight days’ rest Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers skipped May’s turn in the rotation this weekend, going with Clayton Kershaw on regular rest (four days off) Sunday instead. By inserting May into the Rockies series, the Dodgers have lined up Walker Buehler, Kershaw and Trevor Bauer to start the three-game series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park next weekend with Buehler and Kershaw each getting extra rest before their starts. That they lined that trio up for their first series against the Padres does not seem like a coincidence. “I think that you can read into it any way you want,” Roberts said Sunday. “But I think that making sure guys are rested and feeling good goi
Read MoreBy Hollie Silverman and Alaa Elassar | CNN Two sheriff’s deputies were shot and an individual involved in an altercation with the deputies was killed outside the Salt Lake County Metro Jail in Utah on Saturday. The individual, who was identified Sunday as 31-year-old Joshua Michael Johnson, was shot and killed, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said. Deputy Joshua Buerke was shot in the cheek and was released from the hospital the same day, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office Sunday. Deputy Leland Grossett was shot in the eye and underwent surgery; he is currently stable and did not lose his eye, the release said. The deputies were part of a campus security team at the jail when an altercation began in a grassy area by the parking lot around 10:30 a.m., Rivera told r...
Read MoreJohn Boehner says that Mitch McConnell ‘holds his feelings, thoughts, and emotions in a lockbox’
Summary List PlacementWhen former GOP House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio served in leadership, he often worked with his Senate counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Both men were from the same political party and even hailed from adjoining states — Boehner was a conservative Midwestern Republican, while McConnell the face of the South's dominant influence within the party. However, while promoting his new memoir, "On the House: A Washington Memoir," Boehner made some revealing observations about McConnell. During an interview with USA Today, the former speaker highlighted McConnell's intellect and penchant to play the long game, which the minority leader wholly adhered to when installing conservative jurists to the federal bench. Boehner also said that the Kentucky ...
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