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Bob Melvin gets ejected before Sunday’s game even starts
San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin managed to get ejected from Sunday’s game before it even started. Melvin made the unusual move of bringing his team’s lineup card out to the umpires himself prior to the start of the game against the Colorado Rockies. During the exchange, he began arguing with the umpires, culminating in... The post Bob Melvin gets ejected before Sunday’s game even starts appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Fast-food chains make announcement about major update for citywide restaurants: 'Building a future where reuse is the norm'
Single-use cups are among the leading offenders when it comes to landfill-populating waste. Whether made from coated paper, plastic, or Styrofoam-esque plastic foam, these items are difficult to recycle and often end up in garbage heaps, where they will not decompose for years — if ever. What's more, they...
One of Sonoma’s Best Wineries Just Dropped a Stellar New Label
Savvy wine lovers who are fans of Vérité in Sonoma have a reason to celebrate: Pierre and Hélène Seillan, the father-daughter winemaking team behind the winery, have just released a new brand, Connaissance, and it has been worth the wait. Located in the Chalk Hill AVA between Healdsburg and Windsor, Vérité makes three of Sonoma’s best wines—La Muse, La Joie, and Le Desir—with grapes from their onsite vines and two other estate vineyards in nearby Alexander Valley and Knights Valley. Where the wines of Vérité are blended from holdings which span 18 vineyards and more than 50 individual blocks, Connaissance...
$54M jackpot: This Northern California store sold winning SuperLotto Plus ticket
WOODLAND, Calif. - One super lucky SuperLotto Plus ticket with a jackpot worth $54 million was sold in Northern California over the weekend. The ticket was purchased in Woodland in Yolo County, at the 7-Eleven on Cottonwood Street. It hit all six winning numbers, including the mega number, in Saturday’s...
California regulators step up support for offshore wind
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Friday ramped up its support for offshore wind, with a proposal to fund the procurement of up to 7.6 gigawatts. The proposal recommended launching three solicitation rounds for offshore wind projects beginning in 2027, with expected electricity deliveries rolling out in 2035, 2036 and 2037. In addition to pledging financial…
$3.935 Million State Grant is a ‘Game Changer’ for Port of Hueneme
The Port of Hueneme is excited to support and enhance the movement of goods across the state of California and throughout the supply chain with the announcement of a $3.935 million award from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). This historic investment, known as the California Port Data Partnership, will revolutionize direct cloud-based data management and sharing amongst California’s five containerized ports to accelerate climate adaptation and resiliency, workforce development, zero-emission vehicle deployment, and increased grid support and reliability. As the nation’s preeminent global goods movement gateway, California ports are responsible for handling forty percent of all containerized imports and thirty percent of all containerized exports in the United States.
Roundup: Books, balls and bugs
Sebastopol Library patrons now have the freedom to pick up library holds 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the BiblioBox smart locker, easily accessible right outside the library’s western entrance on High Street. The point of the BiblioBox isn’t to replace librarians; it’s to cater to those who, usually for work reasons, can’t make it in during regular library hours.
San Francisco AIDS Walk sees fall-off in attendance
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sunday morning, people gathered for the 38th annual AIDS Walk in San Francisco but something was missing this year -- the crowds. With many effective HIV treatment options available, AIDS has fallen out of public view and participation in the walk has declined. Organizers say that's not such a bad thing.Each year a tiny portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt is unfurled so people attending the AIDS Walk understand why they're really there. This was the first time Ayden Shupe had seen the panel for his uncle Donald who died in 1988 when Ayden was only 3...
Angels rally against Oakland bullpen, beat A's 8-5
OAKLAND -- Kevin Pillar hit a two-run double in the eighth as Los Angeles rallied against Oakland's bullpen and the Angels beat the Athletics 8-5 on Sunday in likely their final game ever at the Coliseum.Logan O'Hoppe singled to start the decisive inning. Pinch-hitter Nolan Schanuel had an RBI single and Jo Adell drew a bases-loaded walk from Lucas Erceg (2-3) as the Angels came back to snap a franchise-long eight-game losing streak at the Coliseum dating back to early last season.An announced crowd of 10,380 was on hand for the Angels' final scheduled trip to Oakland — where they...
Reno family seeks justice in decades-old rape case, Calif. lawmakers consider changing law
Reno, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Lawmakers plan to take a look at California laws to see if they need to be changed to go after the suspects who rape a person decades ago. Currently the law only allows prosecution in more recent cases. The change could help a northern Nevada family.
Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — At least a half-dozen homes lay in ruins Monday after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a Southern California neighborhood during a blistering heat wave. Six homes were ravaged and seven damaged when the fire sparked by fireworks erupted Sunday...
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