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Benches clear, Cardinals now 14 under .500 after 11-3 loss to Giants

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Keaton Winn’s first trip to a major league ballpark also became the site of his first big league save.Winn worked four solid innings of relief Tuesday night to help the San Francisco Giants to an 11-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.Mike Yastrzemski and Patrick Bailey homered and Michael Conforto added four hits and three RBIs to pace a balanced attack.The Giants have won five straight road games and six of their last eight games overall. San Francisco won the first two games of the three-game set and claimed just their third series in St. Louis in 10 tries since 2013.Winn allowed one run on one hit in a 55-pitch effort and was doused with a combination of hot sauce and toothpaste by his teammates after the contest.“It was crazy, it was awesome, I don't even know how to describe it,” Winn said. “So awesome.”The 25-year-old right-hander from tiny Ollie, Iowa, which has a population of about 200, had approximately 30 relatives, friends and fans in attendance.“I still...

63-year-old man missing since Tuesday night found

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

PERRYVILLE, Mo. - A 63-year-old man who was missing since Tuesday night has been found.The man was last seen at Lake Drive in Perryville, Missouri at 11:15 p.m wearing blue jeans and a black graphic t-shirt. Family of St. Louis soldier mourns loss after hit-and-run in Texas The man went to his parent's home after escaping from his nursing home window. After being told he would have to go back to the nursing home, he said, "I'm not going back," then left the location.He has since been found safe.

Attorneys from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri holding free clinics Thursday night

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Attorneys from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri are holding free clinics Thursday night.Three different legal service programs will be available. Children's Legal Alliance assists families with getting educational rights for their kids, such as out of school learning, special education, or enrollment. Violent twist follows parents’ intervention on daughter’s Snapchat sessions Legal Advocacy for Adults with Mental Illness helps people with housing issues, marital issues, guardianship, and criminal record expungement. Youth and Family Advocacy provides assistance to families that are homeless, dealing with credit problems, or applying for public benefits.The legal clinic is Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Central Library. If you can't make it Wednesday, there's one every third Thursday of the month.

Michelin Guide will begin awarding fine-dining stars in Colorado

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

The ultimate stamp of excellence in the restaurant industry is coming to Colorado.The company behind the Michelin Guide announced today that Colorado is now just the sixth Michelin Guide destination in the United States and the eighth in North America. The other regions that have sparked Michelin’s interest are New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, California, Miami/Orlando/Tampa, Toronto and Vancouver.“Colorado has a rich culinary community that includes both established, notable chefs and innovative up-and-comers. Their restaurant teams are committed to using a wide range of high-quality ingredients, sourced locally and sustainably, with farm-to-table dining being a particular highlight,” according to Michelin’s statement. “Colorado’s mountainous terrain has influenced its culinary landscape, with many restaurants offering dishes inspired by the state’s outdoor lifestyle. Colorado’s gastronomy is influenced by German, Hispanic and Native American cultur...

Road-rage brawl in Granada Hills caught on camera

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

Cellphone video captured the moment fists started flying in an apparent road-rage incident along a busy thoroughfare in Granada Hills on Tuesday.  Alessandra Forte and her daughters were in their car when they came up to the intersection at Chatsworth Street and Genesta Avenue at around 3:30 p.m. Video shows a white Dodge pickup truck, along with a motorcycle laying in the road and blocking the middle lanes, but it was the fight between the drivers that halted traffic.  “I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is really happening, it’s happening,’” Forte told KTLA. “We got a little scared because you don’t know what these people are going to pull out. Are they going to pull out a gun and start shooting? What do we do?”  Gabriella, one of Forte’s daughters, started recording the fight on her phone, while her other daughter, Giulia called the police on hers.  It’s unclear exactly what triggered the incident, but Forte and her daughters say the driver of the pickup truck confronte...

Burglary suspect fatally shot by deputies in Orange County

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

A burglary suspect was shot and killed by deputies in the Midway City neighborhood of Orange County early Wednesday, authorities said.Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a home in the 1400 block of Van Buren Street around 5 a.m. for a call about a person allegedly breaking into a house and vandalizing property.“A deputy-involved shooting occurred and subject is deceased at scene,” sheriff’s officials said in a tweet without elaborating.No further information about the suspect or the shooting have been released.

Female stabbed to death in Hyde Park neighborhood

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

A female was fatally stabbed in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday night. Investigators believe the stabbing occurred around 8:20 p.m. in the 5700 block of 7th Avenue. Responding officers discovered a female had been stabbed multiple times inside a home, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed. The unidentified victim was pronounced dead at the scene. A 55-year-old man was taken into custody following the incident. No motive for the stabbing was given and the relationship between the suspected killer and the victim is unknown.

Kirsten Powell returns as Monte Sereno’s city attorney after 4 years

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

Kirsten Powell returned to her role as Monte Sereno’s city attorney this month after a four-year break.She previously held the job from 2004 to 2019, also working as the city attorney for Scotts Valley and as counsel for West Valley Solid Waste Management Authority and West Valley Clean Water Authority.Powell said she had three kids in school and resigned from her role in Monte Sereno to spend more time with her family.“There was a lot going on, and it was a lot to handle. I wanted to be able to spend some more time with my family. I now have two in college and one who’s going to be a senior. They need me less, and I have some time,” Powell said. “It’s sort of a good time in my life to go back and work with the city.”Mayor Bryan Mekechuk said Powell will replace the Oakland-based firm Burk, Williams & Sorensen LLP, which worked for the small city of 3,500 residents for the past few years.“I always enjoyed working for the city,” Powell said. “With the exception of the...

First dip in California rents in 2 years comes as vacancies hit 2-year high

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: California renters are finally getting a break: a 24-month streak of rising rents is over and the number of empty units has hit a two-year high.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at rent and vacancy data for May, compiled by ApartmentList. The stats track trends statewide and in 15 heavily populated counties, using yardsticks that combine rental units of various sizes.ToplineIf you didn’t realize the crazed pandemic rental market had ended, this report is a noteworthy mile marker.Rents statewide averaged $1,946 in May – that’s a drop of 0.7% over the past year. And rents have dipped in 13 of the 15 counties tracked over the past 12 months.Yes, this is a meager statewide price decline – but the last time rents were dropping on a year-over-year basis was April 2021.Plus, ponder the speed and depth of this revers...

California college professors test out AI in the classroom, even as cheating debate continues

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:13 GMT

By  ROCKY WALKER | CalMattersThis spring, as debates were raging on college campuses about the proper role of generative AI in higher education, Diablo Valley College adjunct professor Frako Loden created an assignment to see how students in her American Cinema class interacted with ChatGPT.For their final opinion piece of the semester, they were to pick a discussion question about the 1950’s movie “A Place in the Sun,” insert it into ChatGPT as a prompt, and then grade the response themselves. The AI got key details of the plot wrong in some cases, Loden said.In the film, for example, protagonist George takes his girlfriend to a lake and she falls in and accidentally drowns, but ChatGPT says that he purposely killed her there. “That may be a subtle point, but it really does figure at the end when you evaluate his character,” said Loden, “ChatGPT kind of runs rough over that and suggests that he was planning it from the start and that he’s an evil dude.”Loden’s assignment illustrate...