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Keeler: Kevin Durant is fried. Karl-Anthony Towns is fishing. Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon has become dragon-slayer of NBA Playoffs and Denver’s secret MVP.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

Aaron Gordon has slayed more heavyweights than Joe Louis, more wizards than Voldemort, more dragons than Euron Greyjoy.Before Gordon waltzed into his nightmares with arm extended, hand in his face, the last time Kevin Durant missed at least nine three-point attempts in the NBA Playoffs was (checks notes) five stinking Aprils ago. The number of times KD had misfired 10 times from 3-point land in a postseason game before Gordon and the Nuggets put down the clamps in Game 2? Zero.“There were a few possessions when I’m watching that film (Tuesday) and I freeze it and you have Bruce (Brown) and Aaron Gordon — I mean, I’m gonna frame it and put it in my house,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone gushed Wednesday at Ball Arena before the team flew to Phoenix for Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series with the Suns.“It’s like a work of art (on) a double contest. That’s championship defense right there.”We’ve seen the Nuggets without Jamal Murray. We̵...

Koreatown attempted bank robbery suspect identified; taken into federal custody

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

A 24-year-old man who attempted to rob a bank in Koreatown last month and then barricaded himself in his vehicle, prompting police to release tear gas into his car, has been taken into federal custody and charged with attempted bank robbery, federal authorities announced Wednesday.  The attempted robbery and standoff occurred on April 13, in the 2700 block of West Olympic Boulevard. The suspect, now identified as Los Angeles resident Oscar Rene Canales, is accused of walking into the Bank of Hope at around 1:30 p.m. and demanding money from two of the bank’s tellers. “According to witnesses, Canales threatened to have a gun and reached into his waistband as if to grab a gun,” a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated.  When L.A. police arrived at the scene, the 24-year-old was allegedly holding a knife in one hand and an unknown object in his other, while threatening to have a bomb, officials said. A SWAT team with the Los Angeles P...

85-year-old grandmother fatally struck by cement truck in Riverside 

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

A Riverside County family is grieving after their beloved grandmother was killed in a fatal collision in Beaumont on Monday. Pla Khang, 85, was struck by a cement truck at 8:43 a.m. in the intersection of 6th street and Highland Springs Avenue.“Every morning I miss her too much,” said Pang Yang, Khang’s daughter. “I don’t know what to do right now. So she’s not going to come back anymore.”Khang’s family says she was an active 85-year-old who took daily walks and rode the bus to run errands.  “She walked everyday, cross the street, ride a bus,” Yang said, “everyone knew who she was.”Her family is seeking help in laying their grandmother to rest. She is being remembered as loving, selfless and full of joy. In a GoFundMe page, the family wrote, “No matter where she went, her beautiful smile and contagious laugh never failed to (light) up a room. She loved the outdoors, loved gardening, her chickens, and especially cooking! We will never forget how warm she made all of us feel...

Arrest made in April shooting outside San Mateo bar

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

SAN MATEO – Police on Wednesday announced an arrest in a shooting outside a San Mateo bar last month.The shooting was reported just before 1 a.m. on April 14 in the first block of 37th Avenue.Three men got into a fight with two others inside the bar, according to the San Mateo Police Department. A member of the first group punched a member of the second group in the face. The fight continued outside the bar and a member of the first group grabbed a gun from a car.Police said that person fired one shot into the air and then two to three others at the ground. One of the rounds fired at the ground grazed the leg of a 26-year-old man.The first group left in two vehicles before officers arrived at the bar, according to police.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Palo Alto resident scares off burglars breaking into her home Crime and Public Safety | Passenger cited in alleged attack on airline worker at SFO Crime and Public Safety | Redwood ...

Antioch police disable comments on one social media page

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

The Antioch Police Department has disabled comments on its Facebook page as of Wednesday.Acting City Manager Forrest Ebbs said that he directed staff to stop allowing comments on the police Facebook page, though commenting is still allowed on the less popular Instagram and Twitter pages.“We made the decision – and this is my direction in collaboration with the police chief – that the community would be best served if we disabled the comments on Facebook,” Ebbs said Wednesday afternoon. “…Facebook is the most popular of our media sites and it was the one that was the beginning to kind of evolve into that public forum.”The city has a number of public forums underway already through the police department, as well as listening sessions and community engagement efforts, Ebbs said.“So we are really trying to steer people toward that,” the acting city manager said.Ebbs said the city’s communications outreach strategy is geared toward those who live or work in the community, whereas F...

Person of interest in Davis stabbings detained, police say

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

(KTXL) — Davis Police said they have detained a person of interest in connection to the stabbings that have left two people dead and a person seriously injured. The person of interest is not currently a suspect, and it’s not the first time a person of interest has been detained. Police detained someone in connection to the second stabbing, but they were cleared and released.  Three people stabbed in one week in Davis, two of them fatally: Here's what we know Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel has described the attacks as "brutal and violent," and that they do not have the characteristics of an attack that would occur during the course of a robbery or a similar crime. Police were working on a sketch of the attacker, but “low confidence" in its accuracy prevented them from releasing it.A general description of the attacker, however, has been released: He is described as a man of light complexion with curly hair, and he is believed to be between 5 feet, 6 inches and ...

San Mateo man missing from nursing facility

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Mateo Police Department is searching for a man who has been missing since Monday night.Hector Baez, 68, of Burlingame was last seen at about 11:45 p.m. Monday night when he was discharged from San Mateo Medical Center. He left on foot and did not return to his nursing facility in Burlingame. Ceremony honors fallen San Mateo County police officers Police described Baez as a Hispanic man who stands 5-foot-6 with gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, pajama pants and no shoes.He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is considered at-risk. Police said he takes medication for his condition, but it is unknown when he last took the medicine. Baez does not have a cell phone, money, or car. Police said he has connections to Daly City. KRON ON is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-cont...

Transitional housing development opens in Alameda

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) – Dignity Village, a new transitional housing development, opened and is now fully operational.Velma Gay has lived on the streets and in her car in San Francisco and the East Bay. She is the first resident scheduled to move into Dignity Village in Alameda. "It’s been, what I would call, an extremely humbling experience. I'm very grateful,” said Gay.The new housing community on Fifth Street includes 47 small units with a bed, desk and private bathroom and the property can house up to 61 people at a time. The residents can live there from six months to two years while working their way to a permanent living situation. Oakland man charged with murdering woman over traffic noise "I'm not trying to stay for two years just because that's available to me. I'm a very proactive, aggressive person. So, I'm hoping that six months, I should be on to my next,” said Gay.Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft said the city and Five Keys, the onsite service provider, along wit...

Russia unlikely to face criticism at Central Asian meeting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

PANAJI, India (AP) — Russia is unlikely to face backlash over its war in Ukraine at an upcoming meeting of Central Asian foreign ministers and instead could flex its influence with the regional group. The meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ministers Friday in India’s picturesque state of Goa is the latest avenue for the host nation to burnish its geopolitical credentials as it seeks to cement itself as a consequential global player.It won’t have to contend with an East-West split over the war in Europe, which caused frustration for New Delhi as the chair for this year’s meetings of the Group of 20 leading economies. But India will be looking to secure its own interests in the region, especially as Russia relies more deeply on India’s rival China as Moscow’s invasion drags on, analysts say.India will also be hosting archrival Pakistan’s foreign minister in the first visit from a high-ranking official in nearly a decade.“Russia needs friends. And in the SCO, ...

Red Sox extend winning streak to 5 with 8-3 win over Jays

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:26:48 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Enmanuel Valdez, Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida each drove in two runs and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to five games with an 8-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.Nick Pivetta (2-2) went six innings and gave up three runs, including solo home runs by Daulton Varsho and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — whose shot in the third cleared the Green Monster and left Fenway Park. Alek Manoah (1-2) allowed five runs, two earned, and eight hits in five innings. Manoah held Boston hitless until there were two outs in the third, but encountered a rough stretch after getting hit in his right calf by a sharp line drive off the bat of Rafael Devers with one out in the fourth. Devers took second when catcher Alejandro Kirk fielded the carom and threw the ball into right field. Devers advanced to third when Manoah’s pick-off attempt sailed into center and scored on Jarren Duran’s double. Casas’ single tied the game at 2.Toronto took...