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Athletics fall to Cubs for historic sixth straight series loss

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

OAKLAND — The 2023 Oakland Athletics stand alone.A 4-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night at the Coliseum before a crowd of 5,196 ensured their sixth consecutive series loss to open the season. No other A’s team, be it Philadelphia or Kansas City, ever began a season by losing the first six series.The A’s are 3-15, matching only the 1951 Kansas City A’s for futility through 18 games. They’ve lost six straight, 12 of the last 13, 15 of the last 17 and are 0-5 on the homestand.Rookie right hander Mason Miller can not only put a stop to all that Wednesday afternoon on getaway day, but could also be the first A’s starting pitcher to be credited with a win this season.That’s right. Eighteen games in, no Athletics starter has won a game.Miller was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas and will make his debut largely on the strength of his last outing in the minors in which he topped 100 miles per hour 23 times and gave up no hits and no walks with...

Pleasanton Home Depot employee shot, killed trying to stop shoplifter

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

PLEASANTON, Calif. (KRON) -- The Pleasanton Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting at a Home Depot Tuesday afternoon. Police said one person was shot and killed after attempting to stop a shoplifter.Police were called to the Home Depot, located at 6000 Johnson Drive, at about 2:15 p.m. They found one victim bleeding inside the store.Witnesses told police that the victim attempted to stop a theft, leading to a struggle that ended in the man being shot. Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries in San Jose crash The suspects drove away from the scene, PPD said. At about 2:30 p.m., Alameda County Sheriff's Office deputies saw the suspect vehicle and arrested the suspects in the 7000 block of Ney Avenue in Oakland. Home Depot confirmed that the victim was an employee of the store."We're heartbroken over the senseless tragedy," Home Depot said in a statement to KRON4. "Blake was our associate and friend, and our hearts go out to his family and everyone knew and loved h...

Focus on Fentanyl: Understanding SF's fentanyl crisis

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- More than 600 lives were lost in San Francisco last year due to an accidental drug overdose. The majority of those people died because drugs were unknowingly laced with fentanyl.According to the office of the chief medical examiner, in 2020, 725 people died of accidental drug overdose deaths, in 2021, 640 and in 2022, it was 638. Each of those years, over 70% of the people that died had some form of fentanyl in their system. Focus on Fentanyl: KRON4's Special Coverage With overdose death rates on the rise elsewhere in the state, two consecutive years of decline in San Francisco indicates that some of the city's programs may be helping.In a recently published annual review of the city's response to the fentanyl crisis, SF Mayor London Breed pledged to do more, saying fentanyl continues to disrupt and destroy lives in the city.Watch the video above for more of KRON4's special coverage on San Francisco's fentanyl crisis.

San Mateo County opens first navigation center

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) – San Mateo County is taking a new approach to help solve homelessness. The county opened its first $57 million “navigation center” on Tuesday. “What we wanted was this to be more than a shelter, a feeling of welcoming home,” said Mike Callagy, the county chief executive.  City to open select pop-ups in Downtown San Francisco Unlike most shelters with cots and bunk beds, this navigation center is different. The center has space for 260 people. It will allow them to bring their dogs and allow couples to room together. There is also a community garden along with on-site support services, including the first in the nation to have onsite dental services.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-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The county hopes th...

City to open select pop-ups in Downtown San Francisco

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

(KRON) -- San Francisco has launched a new program to bring back life to the city's downtown. Many storefronts have been sitting empty since businesses closed during the pandemic. Caltrain crash victim identified as Stanford student The city's program aims to fill the vacancies with new pop-up businesses. Right now there are about 40 commercial vacancies in Downtown San Francisco.The new program launched this week aims to fill those empty spots with small businesses making the downtown area the 'it' spot​ to hang out.A new program called Vacant to Vibrant aims to change that. The program will allow small businesses to open a pop-up in vacant spaces downtown. It's a part of Mayor London Breed's downtown recovery plan.The San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development paid for the $710,000 program.The non-profit's new deal will run the effort. People who want to open a pop-up can pitch an idea and apply on this website.The portal opened up on Monday, and 53 applicants h...

Suwinski homers twice, Pirates beat skidding Rockies 5-3

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Jack Suwinski homered twice and drove in three runs, Vince Velasquez recovered from a rough start to pitch six solid innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Colorado 5-3 on Tuesday night, sending the Rockies to a season-high seventh consecutive loss.Connor Joe had a double and a triple against his former team, and Carlos Santana added an RBI double for the Pirates, who have won seven of their last nine road games.Kris Bryant homered and Elías Díaz had a two-run double in the first for the Rockies, who did not score over the final eight innings. Velasquez (2-2) allowed five hits, only one after the first. He struck out seven and walked three.David Bednar gave up a two-out double to Charlie Blackmon in the ninth before striking out C.J. Cron for his fifth save.The Pirates broke through in a four-run fourth to go in front by two. Joe and Santana hit successive doubles to start the inning and Suwinski followed with his second homer of the night and third in two games. Tucu...

Cubs score 4 in 8th, send Athletics to 6th straight loss

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit an RBI single to break a scoreless tie and ignite a four-run outburst in the eighth inning, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.Seiya Suzuki led off the inning with a walk. Patrick Wisdom followed with a double, sending Suzuki to third. Bellinger then lined his first hit of the game past a diving Ryan Noda into right field, scoring Suzuki and putting the Cubs in front.“Wis made my job a little easier, getting the guy to third, less than two (outs),” Bellinger said. “Got a pitch up in the zone and just wanted to stay through it and put the ball in play.”Yan Gomes followed with an RBI groundout and Nick Madrigal added an RBI single to give Chicago a three-run lead. Madrigal scored on a fielding error by right fielder Conner Capel and the Cubs clinched their fourth straight series win.“It was a huge win,” Bellinger said. “Obviously, it was a struggle today early on. But throughout a long season,...

Strider, Braves pummel Padres 8-1 for 8th straight win

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Spencer Strider and three relievers combined on a four-hitter and Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies and Sean Murphy each hit an impressive homer for the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves, who beat the struggling San Diego Padres 8-1 Tuesday night for their eighth straight win. It’s the longest active winning streak in baseball and the second-longest overall after Tampa Bay’s 13 straight wins to open the season. The Padres have lost six of seven. They avoided their third straight shutout when Juan Soto’s fielder’s choice in the eighth brought in Trent Grisham, who was aboard on a one-out double. That snapped a streak of 25 scoreless innings for San Diego, 12 shy of the franchise record set in 1971.Strider (2-0) held the Padres hitless until Soto singled on his 90th pitch, with one out in the sixth, on a grounder that was deflected by second baseman Albies. Until then, Strider had allowed only three walks and a hit batter.Strider was finished after six inn...

Kershaw wins No. 200 in style as Dodgers blank Mets 5-0

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw delivered a vintage performance for his 200th win, pitching seven splendid innings of three-hit ball as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 5-0 on Tuesday night.J.D. Martinez homered twice and drove in four runs, finishing with four hits to help the Dodgers stop New York’s five-game winning streak.Kershaw (3-1) struck out nine to pass Mickey Lolich for 22nd place on the career list with 2,833 strikeouts. The three-time Cy Young Award winner improved to 200-88 in 405 games (402 starts) over 16 major league seasons — the best winning percentage among the 117 pitchers to win 200 games.The only one of them with a lower career ERA than Kershaw is Hall of Famer Walter Johnson.Kershaw allowed three singles and no walks. He took a one-hitter into the seventh but needed 32 pitches to get through the inning, letting out a rare primal scream after striking out Tommy Pham with two on to preserve a 3-0 lead.Evan Phillips and Brusdar Gratero...

Jets’ Barron receives 75-plus stitches after skate to face

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:36:08 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Winnipeg Jets forward Morgan Barron took a skate to his face Tuesday night, requiring more than 75 stitches, but he returned to the ice less than a period later.Barron was injured in the first period during a big scramble in front of the Vegas Golden Knights’ net in Game 1 of the teams’ Western Conference first-round series, which Winnipeg won 5-1. As players collapsed around the front of the net in pursuit of a loose puck, Vegas goalie Laurent Brossoit’s skate cut Barron.“I was trying to figure out if the puck went in because it was pretty close,” Barron said. “I saw the skate coming. It was an unlucky play. The first thought was that I could see out of the (right) eye was the main thing.”Barron immediately went to the Jets’ locker room, but returned in the second period wearing a full cage on his head.“Looks like he got attacked by a shark,” center Adam Lowry said. “It’s a scary thing. We’re all so worried about the ...