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Pac-12 economic threat: New California legislation attempts to redirect operating revenue to athletes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

As the Pac-12’s existential crisis plays out in public, a threat to its economic model is quietly churning through the California state legislature.Assembly Bill 252, also known as the College Athlete Protection Act, aims to create a revenue-sharing arrangement between the schools and athletes in the major sports.The bill’s author is assembly member Chris Holden, who represents District 41 (Pasadena) and is a former San Diego State basketball player.To craft AB 252, Holden worked closely with National College Players Association, the athlete-advocacy group that helped push forward the “Fair Pay To Play Act” — better known as name, image and likeness (NIL) — and is supported by the United Steelworkers.But there is a significant difference in the pieces of legislation. While NIL allowed athletes to receive compensation from the private sector for endorsement and promotional endeavors, AB 252 funnels revenue currently used for athletic department ope...

Man sentenced for series of BB gun attacks on California Planned Parenthood clinic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

LOS ANGELES — A man who waged a year-long series of BB gun attacks on a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.Richard Royden Chamberlin, 53, was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles federal court, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement.At least 11 attacks targeted a Planned Parenthood facility in Pasadena between June 2020 and May 2021. No one was hurt but a person waiting outside for a patient was nearly struck, staff was terrified and the building was damaged, prosecutors said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Abortion fight: North Carolina governor vetoes 12-week limit, launches override showdown Crime and Public Safety | Police: Texas man killed girlfriend because she had an abortion Crime and Public Safety | FDA panel OKs over-the-counter birth control pill Crime and Public Safety | Due to Florida laws, she carried a baby to term knowing he would die ...

Extended hours announced for SF parking meters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco will be extending parking meter hours in a phased plan beginning this summer, according to the San Francisco Metro Transit Association. Parking meter hours will be extended until 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday hours will be added between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.The new hours will be rolled out in phases to different parts of the city beginning on July 1 for Dogpatch and Fisherman's Wharf. ‘I’m broken hearted by SF’: Small business owners struggle with post-pandemic changes Phase 2 will begin in September when the new hours will take effect in:North BeachCentral SoMaWestern SoMaHayes ValleyCivic CenterLower PolkUpper PolkFinancial DistrictTelegraph HillUnion SquareUnion Street/Cow HollowMarina Upper FillmorePhase 3 will take place between October and December and will effect:Lower DivisaderoUpper DivisaderoWestern AdditionCastro/Upper Market/Duboce TriangleInner SunsetMiddle IrvingUpper HaightCole ValleyShowplace Square/Northern PotreroPh...

3 dead in Antioch crash after vehicle strikes tree

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

Three people were killed Monday night in Antioch when their vehicle struck a tree. Police received calls at 10:23 p.m. reporting a vehicle crash at 4198 Lone Tree Way.Officers found a vehicle with three occupants that hit a tree. All three occupants had major injuries and were subsequently pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel, police said. Investigators determined the vehicle was speeding east on Lone Tree Way when it hit another vehicle, causing it to lose control, leave the roadway, and hit the tree. 3 injured in collision of BART train, pickup truck The occupant of the second vehicle was uninjured.Identification of the victims is being withheld pending notification to the next of kin.Antioch police ask anyone who witnessed the crash or who has information about the case to contact Officer Egan at [email protected] or (925) 204-1587.People can also text an anonymous tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword ANTIOCH.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Alameda County DA Price requests $300K for onboarding expenses, blames previous administration for lack of support

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

(KRON) -- Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price wrote a letter to the Board of Supervisors requesting more than $300,000 to cover onboarding expenses from hiring private contractors during an extended onboarding period for her team when she took over in January. Price said the expenses could have been avoided had the previous administration offered onboarding support to her and her team, according to the letter.DA Price requested a total of $305,232 to cover expenses she said were necessary when her and her staff took over the District Attorney's Office to hire contractors from temporary employment firm Tryfacta, Inc., until her team could be onboarded into the county system. ‘I’m broken hearted by SF’: Small business owners struggle with post-pandemic changes "This cost may have been avoided had individuals been allowed to onboard at the end of the last administration," DA Price said in the letter. "This request was declined by the previous District Attorney."KRON4 has r...

NASCAR 75: Greatest drivers convene, reminisce at Darlington

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

Darlington Raceway president Kerry Tharp could barely contain himself as he thought about the group of greats he was about to host. “You’re looking an iconic list of who’s who in motorsports,” he said. “And I don’t think that’s ever going to happen again, not in my lifetime.” The last 25 of NASCAR’s greatest 75 drivers — the first 50 were named before the 50th anniversary in 1998 — were rolled out the past few months and ended over the weekend at South Carolina’s Darlington Raceway.There were 33 of them on hand, including 95-year-old Hall of Famer Herchel McGriff, with grey, button-down shirts with their names stitched just below the right lapel. “I tell you, it’s a pretty impressive list,” said Greg Biffle, who won 56 races combined in NASCAR’s top three series, including 19 in the Cup Series. “When I got the call from Mr. (Mike) Helton, I was quite shocked and quite surprised,” Biffle said with a smile. Not everyone in the final 25, ...

AUTO RACING: All-star out for NASCAR while IndyCar preps for 107th Indy 500

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES NASCAR All-Star OpenSite: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.Schedule: Friday, practice, 4 p.m., and qualifying (All-Star Pit Crew Challenge), 5:45 p.m.; Saturday, Heat No. 1, 7:35 p.m., and Heat 2, 8:15 p.m.; Sunday, All-Star Open, 5:30 p.m. (FS1), and All-Star Race, 8 p.m. (FS1).Track: North Wilkesboro Speedway.Race distance: 100 laps, 62.5 miles.Last year: Ryan Blaney won at Texas.Last race: William Byron avoided a crash six laps from the finish and won in overtime at Darlington. Fast facts: This is a non-points exhibition at the midpoint of the regular season. … The races will be the first for NASCAR at North Wilkesboro since 1996. … Byron became the first three-time winner this season but stands just fifth in points, 42 behind non-winning points leader Ross Chastain. … Christopher Bell is second, 27 points back, followed by Kevin Harvick (-29) and Denny Hamlin (-36). … Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch, the only other multiple ...

US condemns arrest of former US consulate employee in Russia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday condemned the arrest of a former employee of a U.S. consulate in Russia, the latest example of the country’s crackdown against its own citizens and foreigners.Russia’s Tass news agency said Robert Shonov was detained in the Russian city of Vladivostok on suspicion of “cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state, international or foreign organization.” Tass didn’t say when the detention occurred or provide any details of the allegation. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Shonov is a Russian national worked at the now-closed U.S. consulate in Vladivostok for more than 25 years. He said that after a Russian government order in April 2021 required dismissing all local employees from U.S. diplomatic outposts in Russia, Shonov worked at a company the U.S. contracted with to support its embassy in Moscow.“Mr. Shonov’s only role at the time of his arrest was to compile media summaries of press items from p...

Jurors hear closing statements at trial over fatal upstate NY limo crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — The operator of a limousine company who has been accused of acting recklessly and causing the deaths of 20 people, is not to blame for the 2018 upstate New York crash, because he tried his best to repair and maintain the stretch limo, his lawyer argued during closing statements Tuesday. Special prosecutor Frederick Rench said Nauman Hussain, who ran Prestige Limousine, intentionally failed to follow the maintenance regulations for the 2001 Ford Excursion. Rench said that if Hussain had done routine state vehicle inspections, as required, it would’ve revealed brake defects and prevented the wreck in Schoharie, a village west of Albany. Hussain is charged with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2018 wreck of the stretch SUV limousine. Jurors will be asked to decide whether Hussain is guilty of one of the charges. Prosecutors say the brakes failed to stop the heavy limo, which was packed with birthday reveler...

Confidence keeps carrying Jimmy Butler, and the Miami Heat hope it continues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:21:25 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler was the last Miami player on the practice floor Tuesday, getting shot after shot after shot into the air.Everyone else was long gone, getting ready for the flight to Boston for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals — a series that starts Wednesday night. But Butler remained, not leaving until he determined he had done enough.And nobody was surprised.“It’s the most competitive time of the year,” Heat guard Kyle Lowry said as he watched Butler keep firing on the far end of the court. “And as a competitor, he’s one of those guys who competes at literally everything. Cards, UNO games … he’s just the ultimate competitor.”Butler will now try to keep writing the ultimate playoff story. Miami is the second No. 8 seed ever to make the conference finals, the first to do so in a full 82-game season. New York did it in 1999 after labor strife shortened the regular season to 50 games.He’s averaging 31.1 points in the playoffs — no player left i...