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High School football: Alisal wears down Pacific Grove with big second half
PACIFIC GROVE — Cesar Chaidez sees just one scenario that assures his squad of a spot in the postseason party — win. “We don’t want to have to rely on anyone else controlling our destiny,” the Alisal High football coach said. The Trojans are a step closer to the postseason Friday, using a big second…
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Warriors waive Rudy Gay, Rodney McGruder following final preseason game
SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors waived forwards Rudy Gay and Rodney McGruder following the team’s final preseason game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, the team announced. The roster stands at 13 players, but Golden State has two weeks from Friday night to add a mandatory 14th player to the roster, according to…
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Warriors take on Spurs top pick Victor Wembanyama in first preseason loss
SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors’ best shooters need only a second of daylight to get their shots off. San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama’s eight-foot wingspan closed any and all gaps in a Warriors’ 122-117 loss in the preseason finale on Friday night at Chase Center. The Warriors finish 4-1 in the preseason. A few…
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High School girls water polo: Stevenson star adjusts to help team succeed
PEBBLE BEACH – Her speed in the water resembles a Marvel superhero in that Emmerson Ferreira is unstoppable when breaking in transition before rocketing shots into the net. Yet, for Stevenson School to maintain its prominence in water polo, and for Ferriera to enhance her game, she understood she would have to adjust her style,…
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Liza Horvath, Senior Advocate: Trumping powers
Question: My neighbor tells me that they are making her move to a senior care facility and she does not want to go. When I ask who “they” are, she says her trustee. Can a trustee take over like this and move you against your will? Answer: Generally, no, a trustee cannot make you move…
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Father of American teenage hostage freed by Hamas says she is ‘doing very good’
Judith and Natalie Ranaan had been on a trip from their home in suburban Chicago to Israel to celebrate the Jewish holidays, family said.
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Hamas releases two American hostages amid growing expectations of Israeli ground offensive in Gaza
Israel’s defense minister said Friday that after the country destroys the Hamas militant group, the military does not plan to control “life in the Gaza Strip.”
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49ers roundup: Brock Purdy’s bounce-back approach; McCaffrey’s side work; Greenlaw returns
SANTA CLARA – It’s no wonder Brock Purdy flashed back to his Iowa State days when it came to coping with a loss, not that he had a ton there. He just hadn’t experienced defeat as the 49ers’ quarterback — in a regular-season game — until Sunday’s 19-17, down-to-the-wire upset in Cleveland. “Every game in…
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Former MLB pitcher arrested in connection to California murder
A former MLB pitcher has been arrested in connection to a June 2021 murder in California.
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House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, falling back to square one
Ahead of the vote, Jordan showed no signs of stepping aside, insisting at a Capitol press conference: “The American people are hungry for change.”
