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Women’s basketball player-turned-coach Tasha Butts dies at 41

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

By Doug Feinberg | Associated PressGeorgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts died Monday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, the school’s athletic director said.The 41-year-old coach was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2021. She stepped away from coaching Georgetown last month. Her diagnosis inspired the Tasha Tough campaign which has brought awareness and raised money to bring quality care to women who can’t afford it through the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.“I am heartbroken for Tasha’s family, friends, players, teammates and colleagues,” said Georgetown athletic director Lee Reed. “When I met Tasha, I knew she was a winner on the court, and an incredible person whose drive, passion and determination was second to none. She exhibited these qualities both as a leader and in her fight against breast cancer. This is a difficult time for the entire Georgetown community, and we will come together to honor her memory.”She came to Georgetown from Georgia T...

Warriors: Draymond Green out for opener against Phoenix Suns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green will be out for the Warriors’ season opener against the Phoenix Suns, coach Steve Kerr announced on Monday.Green has missed all five preseason games and most of training recovering from a left ankle sprain he injured the week before training camp began. The 33-year-old has been practicing with the team and doing 5-on-5 scrimmages since Sunday, but isn’t in game-playing condition.“We don’t feel like it would be wise to throw him out there with so little scrimmage time on the floor,” Kerr said.This is the second Opening Night Green will miss in his 12-year career and first since the 2020-21 season when he sat out against Kevin Durant’s Brooklyn Nets with foot soreness.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Warriors, Thompson not near contract extension ahead of season opener: report Golden State Warriors | How Steve Kerr is changing Warriors practices to rectify “failed” se...

Five-bedroom home sells in Dublin for $2.3 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

2509 Amantea Way – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 2500 block of Amantea Way in Dublin has new owners. The 3,201-square-foot property, built in 2012, was sold on Sept. 7, 2023, for $2,268,000, or $709 per square foot. This two-story house offers a capacious living environment with its five bedrooms and three bathrooms. In addition, the house includes a three-car garage, offering generous space for vehicles and storage requirements.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:A 2,475-square-foot home on the 2500 block of Brandini Drive in Dublin sold in July 2023, for $2,170,000, a price per square foot of $877. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In January 2023, a 2,870-square-foot home on Amantea Way in Dublin sold for $2,060,000, a price per square foot of $718. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Valentano Drive, Dublin, in August 2023, a 3,524-square-foot home was sold for $2,150,000, a price per square foot of $610. The home has 5 bedrooms and ...

Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton released from hospital after weekslong health scare

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

Shaley Kelley Schrepfer, the oldest of Retton’s four daughters, posted an update on Retton’s condition on Instagram nearly two weeks after the family disclosed that the former Olympic all-around champion was in intensive care.The 55-year-old Retton is now in “recovery mode,” according to Schrepfer.“We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us,” Schrepfer wrote. “But baby steps.”The family disclosed earlier this month that Retton — who became the first American female gymnast to win the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Los Angeles Games — was “fighting for her life” and unable to breathe on her own.Donations have poured into a fundraiser the family set up to help offset Retton’s medical expenses after the family said she didn’t have medical insurance. There’s been more than 8,300 donations totaling nearly $460,000 by Monday afternoon.Retton was 16 when she became an icon of the U.S. Olympic movement during her gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Summer Gam...

Warriors, Thompson not near contract extension ahead of season opener: report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

The Warriors and Klay Thompson are reportedly not close to an agreement on a contract extension as the former All-NBA guard prepares to open his 13th season with Golden State on Tuesday night.Thompson’s camp and the front office are at a “dead point” in negotiations, according to a Monday report from The Athletic, with issues both on the length of the deal and the money involved.There is no deadline for Thompson, 33, and the Warriors to agree to a deal, but with the season opener as a deadline for extensions to many rookie contracts, it’s a time when other agreements come together, too.The Warriors are reportedly aiming to stay under the second level of the luxury tax (expected to be around $190 million), which may be difficult with almost $115 million already committed to the other members of the Warriors’ starting five.Thompson signed a five-year, $190 million contract in 2019 just after tearing his ACL in the NBA Finals. He missed the 2019-20 season,...

Bay Area weather: How much rain did we get?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

It wasn’t a downpour. But it wasn’t just a light sprinkle. And a few areas in the mountains actually got a decent amount.The rain that fell Sunday across the Bay Area ranked as the highest precipitation total for any day in nearly six months.That’s not unusual. Very little rain falls most years in summer in California. Nevertheless, the soggy Sunday was a reminder that autumn is here and the state’s winter rainy season has begun.San Francisco received .19 inches Sunday — not a lot by winter storm standards. But the last time more fell in a single day was on May 5, when the city received .54 inches.Oakland similarly saw .19 inches, the most since May 6, when .22 inches fell.The storm came ashore mostly in the Sonoma area, so rain totals were lower farther south. San Jose received .07 inches Sunday, slightly less than the .08 that fell Sept. 30. The last time significantly more fell in the Bay Area’s most populous city was May 5, when .15 inches arr...

Who is pilot Joseph Emerson? Pleasant Hill neighbors say he's 'very friendly'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. (KRON) -- A pilot who lives in Pleasant Hill, Joseph David Emerson, is facing 167 charges after he allegedly tried to shut down the engines of a plane bound for San Francisco while he was off-duty and in the cockpit. Emerson, 44, is an FAA licensed pilot. He is now accused of attempting to murder 83 people who were onboard the passenger flight Sunday evening, according to jail booking records. Neighbors described Emerson as a "positive, very friendly, upbeat," father of two.On a quiet street in Pleasant Hill, Emerson, his wife, and two young sons live in a one-story house decorated with Halloween ghost, tombstone, and skeleton displays on the front lawn.One neighbor, Karen Yee, told KRON4 that the pilot's children sometimes go over to her house to play. "We still can't believe it. We are still shocked. It doesn't sound like Joe at all. I don't know what happened to him mentally that he would do something like that," Yee said Monday.Pilot Joseph David Emerson's ...

Eastbound Dumbarton Bridge to be closed for 4 days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

(KRON) – Caltrans has scheduled to close the Dumbarton Bridge (State Route 84) in the eastbound direction for four nights in October and November for repaving.The Dumbarton Bridge is to be completely closed in the eastbound direction between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. for four nights, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 through Nov. 3. The westbound direction will remain open. The bridge will be repaved during the closure, Caltrans said. Livermore gun store owner fatally shot would-be robber, police say Detours:Motorists headed to the East Bay from San Francisco and San Mateo can take the San Mateo Bridge (State Route 92) from the City of San Mateo to Hayward.Motorists headed to Milpitas or Fremont from the South Bay can take Calaveras Boulevard (State Route 237).The bridge stretches between the City of Menlo Park in San Mateo County and the City of Fremont in Alameda County. 

Oakland woman found safely after reported missing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

(KRON) – The Oakland Police Department said it has safely located a woman reported missing. The missing woman was last seen on Oct. 20 in the 9800 block of Plymouth Street. 16-year-old killed, 3 injured at Oakley house party shooting killed She was described as a white female with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was around 350 pounds and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.The family reported the woman was in good physical condition and had mental health challenges. Anyone with information regarding missing persons cases is asked to contact the OPD Missing Persons Unit at (510) 238-3641.

Pentagon rushes defenses and advisers to Middle East as Israel’s ground assault in Gaza looms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:57 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to aid in its war planning and is speeding multiple sophisticated air defense systems to the Middle East days ahead of an anticipated ground assault into Gaza. One of the officers leading the assistance is Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Glynn, who previously helped lead special operations forces against the Islamic State and served in Fallujah, Iraq, during some of the most heated urban combat there, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss Glynn’s role and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Glynn will also be advising on how to mitigate civilian casualties in urban warfare, the official said. Israel is preparing a large-scale ground operation in an environment in which Hamas militants have had years to prepare tunnel networks and set traps throughout northern Gaza’s dense urban blocks. Glynn and the other military officers who are...