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DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’Neal) to headline Sonoma Raceway pre-race concert

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

Basketball fans worldwide know him as Shaquille O’Neal, but it’s his alter ego DJ Diesel that will rev up the crowd with electronic dance music prior to the June 11 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.The four-time NBA champion and platinum-selling recording artist will drop the beat on the pre-race stage to headline race festivities for the 34th annual NASCAR Cup Series race.Sonoma Raceway’s annual NASCAR weekend packs in three full days of on-track action, beginning with the General Tire 200 ARCA Menards Series West race on Friday, June 9 and the DoorDash 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday evening, June 10. The weekend concludes with the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Sunday, June 11.DJ Diesel isn’t new to autoracing. In 2010 O’Neal had the opportunity to race Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his reality TV show “Shaq Vs.” but this will be O’Neal’s first appearance ever at Sonoma Raceway before the annual NASCAR Cup Series race and his last raceway stop before the summer music festival ...

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom receive six new cheetah cubs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has added something to the park that is about as quick as it gets.No, it’s not a rollercoaster.The park may not have recently added new rides, but it is enhancing the guest’s experience with the addition of six new cheetah cubs.It is the first time in eight years that Six Flags has maintained cheetahs. Recently, three litters joined the park from the Cheetah Conservation Center at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va. There are five female cheetahs and one male. All the cheetahs are cubs, less than 1-year-old.Talib Clemente, a senior trainer at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, feeds meat to one of the five new female cheetahs at the Vallejo park. (Chris Riley/Times-Herald) The five females are named Khari, Naya, Vaila, Rey, Zola, and Wiay. The girls were originally raised by their mother, so they are not exactly tame enough to congregate with people.However, Kalahari, only 4 months of age, is being trained by the staff to become Six Flags Discovery Kin...

Prep roundup: Leigh rolls past Sobrato, stretches baseball win streak to seven

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

BaseballLeigh stays hot, routs SobratoIn a league in which five of the 10 teams have identical records, one continues to keep everyone else looking up in the standings.Leigh stretched its winning streak to seven on Thursday, cruising past host Sobrato 10-2 to maintain a two-game advantage in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Mt. Hamilton Division.Five teams — Live Oak, Pioneer, Christopher, Branham and Willow Glen — are tied for second.Dom Panella was Leigh’s offensive hero in the latest win, finishing 3 for 4 with two doubles and five RBIs as the San Jose school improved to 12-7 overall and 9-3 in the league.Lance Takamura also went 3 for 4 for Leigh with a double and Ollie Obenour added two hits and scored three runs.Leigh scored two in the first and two in the second to grab a 4-1 lead. The Longhorns added two more runs in the fifth and put the game away with four in the seventh.Miles Lu pitched six innings for Leigh, allowing two runs (one earned) and ...

Ford’s F-150 leaves tough choices for buyers seeking EV tax credits

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

By Kyle Stock | Bloomberg NewsAmericans love a Ford pickup truck; it’s one of the few constants of the car business. So it was a huge win on Tuesday when Ford’s F-150 Lightning became one of just 10 vehicles to qualify for the full $7,500 in tax breaks laid out by the US Inflation Reduction Act. Dozens of other electric cars and trucks didn’t make the cut, either because they aren’t manufactured in the US or don’t use American parts and pieces.The tax credits also only apply to new EVs with a sticker price below $55,000, or trucks and SUVs priced under $80,000. And that’s where Americans’ truck lust is butting up against their taste for high-end trims. While the average gasoline-powered F-150 now sells for almost $63,000 — 25% more than five years ago — the electric version commands a premium of almost 30% over that, selling for $80,300 on average last month, according to Edmunds. That means roughly half of Ford’s electric pickups are too fancy for federal incentives.“Honestly, I’m ...

Why renaming roads is more complicated than you think: Roadshow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

Q: You are driving on Hostetter, which becomes Murphy, then Brokaw and eventually Airport Boulevard. Why don’t they use one name for this road? It’s the same physical street.Jeff Hack, San JoseA: Some road segments and their names date back to the valley’s farming days. The roads may have crossed city lands and county lands and when roads connected, agencies may not have coordinated naming.Today, the process for street naming and renaming is highly coordinated. Renaming a road involves the post office, fire department, county, and city building division. It requires public hearings, buy-in from affected property owners, and a funding source. Businesses must publicize their new address, if it changes. Address numbers on a road must be in sequence, so hundreds of property owners could be affected, if road segments were renamed to be consistent.Keeping road names as they are is often the preferred path for the people who are most impacted.Q: I have another question. T...

Oakland man charged after murder warrant arrest at Mexico border

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

HAYWARD — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 23-year-old man taken into custody while re-entering the United States from Mexico with murder in the fatal December 2019 shooting of a Hayward man, authorities said this week.Around 4:45 p.m. Dec. 7, 2019, police responded to a shooting report near Santa Clara Way and Yolo Street, and arrived to find a man suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite first responders’ efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.The Alameda County Sheriff’s coroner’s bureau identified him as John Creech Jr., 20, of Hayward. He was the city’s fourth homicide of the year.After investigative work by detectives, leads and evidence led them to identify Emmanuel Padilla Maciel as a suspect in Creech’s killing, and an Alameda County judge granted an arrest warrant in June 2022, followed in February by a second warrant from the district attorney’s office.On April 14, Padilla Maciel was entering the Uni...

Gilroy police look for man who touched woman inappropriately while walking in neighborhood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

(BCN) -- Gilroy police investigators are looking for a man who approached a woman from behind and inappropriately touched her buttocks. A Gilroy police spokesperson said the incident occurred at about 7:40 p.m. Wednesday as the woman was walking in a residential neighborhood along Mantelli Drive near Kern Avenue. After the incident, the man ran into a nearby neighborhood. He was not located. Police said the suspect is described as an unknown race male, about 5'9" to 5'10" tall with a thin build. He was wearing a face mask, a black hoodie and black pants. The Gilroy Police Department is actively investigating the incident. More details will be released if they become available. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact Gilroy Police Det. Esthela Rocha at (408) 846-0334 or [email protected]. Tips may also be submitted anonymously by calling the police department's tip line at (408) 846-0330. Copyright © 2023 Bay City ...

England’s Leah Williamson tears ACL, will miss World Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

LONDON (AP) — England captain Leah Williamson will miss the Women’s World Cup because of a torn knee ligament.The Arsenal defender left a midweek game against Manchester United after injuring her knee and falling to the ground.“We can confirm that Leah Williamson suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament on Wednesday night,” Arsenal said Friday on Twitter.The versatile Williamson, who can play in defense or midfield, helped England win the European Championship last summer.England already is without striker Beth Mead, who is expected to miss the World Cup after tearing her ACL last November.The World Cup begins in July. Australia and New Zealand are co-hosting the tournament.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Sabalenka beats Badosa in Stuttgart, reaches semifinals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka came back from a set and a break down to beat Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and reach the semifinals of the Porsche Grand Prix on Friday.Badosa broke Sabalenka in the opening game of the second set and was leading 4-2 before the Belarusian won seven straight games to take the set and move into a 3-0 lead in the decider. Badosa recovered to 3-3 but was broken in each of her next two service games to give Sabalenka the victory.Sabalenka beat a clay specialist for the second straight match after defeating 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková on Wednesday.Sabalenka will play either Caroline Garcia or Anastasia Potapova in the semifinals.___More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, anunció que no buscará la reelección

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:09 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, anunció este viernes que no buscará su reelección en las elecciones generales que el país sudamericano celebrará en octubre.El mandatario comunicó su decisión a través de un video de casi 8 minutos publicado en sus redes sociales, en el que, además, recorrió lo que fueron sus cuatro años de gobierno.Mi decisión pic.twitter.com/EEQBJaxDUz— Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) April 21, 2023“Desde que comencé a militar políticamente en los años 70, nunca antepuse una ambición personal a la necesidad del conjunto. Como militante peronista siempre supe que primero estaba la Patria, después el movimiento y por último, los hombres. Es por eso que voy a cumplir con esta escala de prioridades”, afirma Fernández en el video.Asimismo, dijo que “las PASO son el vehículo para que la sociedad seleccione los mejores hombres y mujeres de nuestro frente que mejor nos representen en las próximas elecciones generales. Co...