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Jack's bounceback: Flaherty making strides after early-season woes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals are getting some key contributions from an important rotation piece at a time it's been hard to come by wins. Jack Flaherty fired six scoreless innings against a high-octane Texas Rangers offense on Wednesday, paving St. Louis to a 1-0 victory to close out a tough roadtrip. Flaherty didn't end up with the victory, but earned his third quality start in five games. Those last five games embody the best stretch of Flaherty's 2023 campaign. In that stretch, he's covered 30 innings, held opponents to just five runs and averaged around seven strikeouts per game. The Cardinals won in four of those five starts. RELATED - Revisting Mike Shildt’s comments on his Cardinals departure The 2023 season is a critical one for Flaherty in many ways. The 27-year-old could become a free agent next season, and big results could be essential in shaping his next contract, whether with St. Louis or elsewhere. As of now, it's also shaping to be his first largely-health...

Keeler: If Nuggets have to step on Michael Porter Jr.’s ego to win NBA Finals, know what you do? Keep stepping.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

MIAMI — Nikola Jokic has one foot in Bam Adebayo’s nightmares and the other on the Larry O’Brien Trophy. And you’re worried about Michael Porter Jr.’s feelings? Now?If the Nuggets gotta step on MPJ’s ego in order to reach the summit, so be it.The best move Denver coach Michael Malone made in Game 3 of the NBA Finals was shortening Porter’s window while extending the Nuggets’ rotation. When The Christian Braun Express rolls in from out of nowhere with that much smoke, you ride that puppy ‘til the coal runs out.“I loved our energy, our effort, our urgency, our discipline,” Malone said after the Nuggets nabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. “I thought we were where we needed to be (Wednesday). We’ll have to be even better come Friday evening.”And if MPJ doesn’t want to keep getting thrown under the bus, he’s got to get his dang head out of the ditch. If Porter wants to be a factor in Game 4 Friday night at the Kaseya Center, that’s not on Malone. That’s on MPJ.Port...

Changes underway as FlatIron Crossing, Flatiron Marketplace plan for renovations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

Face-lifts are in the works for FlatIron Crossing and Flatiron Marketplace, Broomfield developments along U.S. 36.FlatIron Crossing shopping mall at 1 W. Flatiron Crossing Dr. and Flatiron Marketplace at 231 E. Flatiron Crossing Dr. are neighbors with the same idea in mind: transforming the properties into mixed-use developments.If plans pan out, the mall will expand to offer more than shopping, with offices, residences and a hotel. Flatiron Marketplace would also welcome tenants and customers with a revamped experience, offering ground-floor retail space and apartments.The respective developers have made moves this year to turn their proposals into reality. Broomfield’s Land Use Review Commission heard from real estate investment trust company Macerich about its site development plan for FlatIron Crossing on March 13 and from real estate agency Provident Realty Advisor about its site development plan for Flatiron Marketplace on March 27.Both the development application for Fl...

Marshall fire started by week-old embers on Twelve Tribes property and a sparking Xcel power line, Boulder sheriff says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history started in two places — on the grounds of an international religious cult and from a broken power line about 2,000 feet away, Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson said Thursday, announcing the results of a 17-month investigation into the origin of the Marshall fire.Embers from a fire that was thought to have been extinguished on the Twelve Tribes‘ property at 5325 Eldorado Springs Drive a week earlier reignited under high winds and began the Marshall fire on Dec. 30, 2021, Johnson said. About an hour later, hot particles from a defective Xcel Energy line ignited a second blaze, he said.“The two fires became one at some point,” Johnson said during a news conference in Boulder.He later added that investigators did not examine when or where the two blazes merged, only where they began.Leaders of the Twelve Tribes did not immediately return requests for comment Thursday. A spokeswoman for Xcel Energy, Michelle Ag...

Orange County high school teacher placed on leave after LGBTQ sex discussed in anatomy class

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

A teacher at a Placentia high school has been placed on administrative leave after video of her anatomy and physiology lesson was released online and drew controversy.The El Dorado High School teacher, identified by the Orange County Register as Judy Rehburg, discussed the prostate and its role in providing sexual pleasure in homosexual relationships, the video shows. She also discussed sex toys being sold at popular retailers like Target.The video sparked outrage among some parents, who filed a complaint against Rehburg with the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, the Register reported.Placentia is a city in northern Orange County, next to Anaheim. Fights break out amid Glendale school board meeting on Pride curriculum While some parents have criticized Rehburg's lesson and said it was inappropriate for physiology class, others defended the teacher and the concept of teaching sexual education topics during the class.A syllabus posted to the school's website includes th...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tests positive for coronavirus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tested has positive for coronavirus, her office said Thursday.Bass tested positive following a routine test Wednesday night.“The Mayor is feeling fine and will continue to work remotely as she follows public health guidelines,” officials said, adding that she is vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.The mayor released the same statement on her official Twitter account Thursday morning. Bass was scheduled to speak at the 42nd Lotus Festival celebration at Echo Park at 11 a.m., according to her press office.At 7 p.m. she was set to attend the LiUNA Local 300 scholarship dinner where she was supposed to deliver remarks. Though not open to the public, Bass was also supposed to meet with Xi Boule of Sigma Pi Phi to speak on key issues facing Los Angeles, her press office said. No further details about the mayor's diagnosis or condition were released.

Superman actor Dean Cain flees California, citing 'terrible' policies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

Dean Cain is the latest celebrity to leave the Golden State. In an interview with Fox News the "Lois & Clark" star revealed he moved to Nevada because of his issues with some of California's "policies.""I love California. It's the most beautiful state," he told the network's Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday. "Everything's wonderful about it except for the policies. The policies are just terrible. The fiscal policies, the soft-on-crime policies, the homelessness policies."Real estate sources told TMZ that Cain sold his mansion for $6.25 million, which went for $1 million under his original asking price. The actor listed his home in March and it sold in May. Cain's departure follows actors Mark Wahlberg and Scott Baio, who also left California.Dean Cain and Terri Hatcher in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." (promotional image)"The things that our leaders in California have been doing have driven out anybody who can really afford to get out. People are flocking ou...

Officers find 19 tons of illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles warehouse, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

Tens of thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks were seized from a South Los Angeles warehouse Wednesday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Around 3 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department was "conducting routine compliance inspections" in the 900 block of East 61st Street in the Florence neighborhood when marshals found "a large number of fireworks in a storage room," police said in a news release. The illegal, "commercial-grade" fireworks were seized by authorities, who "immediately began the process of packaging and removing the fireworks from the area, which totaled 38,000 pounds in weight," the release added. Two Angelenos, 64-year-old Lorenzo Ponce and 35-year-old Diego Ponce, were arrested for possession of illegal fireworks over 5,000 pounds. 2 years after botched police fireworks explosion, South L.A. residents are still displaced, angry CalFire will assist with the disposal of the fireworks, and the investigation is ongoing. Nearly two years ago, th...

SFJAZZ appoints Grammy-winner Terence Blanchard as executive artistic director

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

Terence Blanchard, a seven-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee, has been named the new executive artistic director at SFJAZZ.“I am honored and excited to become a part of such an amazing and historic institution,” Blanchard says. “SFJAZZ has meant so much to the development of America’s greatest art form. I am looking forward to collaborating with the staff while also bringing my own ideas about how to move our music forward and continue the SFJAZZ mission to explore the full spectrum of jazz — from its origins to its diverse and evolving expressions around the world today. I cannot wait to continue this journey.”Blanchard, who is starting immediately, is taking over from Randall Kline, the SFJAZZ founder who has been \preparing to step down this year from the arts organization he started back in 1983.“Terence Blanchard is an extraordinary artist whose experience and accomplishments make him an ideal creative leader for SFJAZZ, building on...

California State Parks Week: Forest bathing, butterfly seed-bomb making and other events

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:32 GMT

Ever hear of a “butterfly seed bomb”? That would be a clay ball full of native wildflower seeds you huck into the wild, where it’ll sprout to provide nectar for migrating Monarchs.You can make a butterfly seed bomb – and go birding in salt marshes, take guided tours of wildfire burn zones and partake in shinrin-yoku aka “forest bathing” – during California State Parks Week that runs from June 14-18.Now in its second year, the event celebrates California’s 280 state parks with an array of unique activities geared to get you out of the house and exploring nature. You can find the full list at castateparksweek.org, but in the meantime here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the Bay Area. Note that some events require advanced reservations, and others marked as free still require entrance or day-use fees for those parks:June 14Mount Tamalpais State Park, 9:15 a.m., “Forest Bathing”“Forest bathing, a literal translati...