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“I felt it right from day one”: Avalanche newcomers have high praise for team’s culture

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

Jonathan Drouin noticed it right from the start.Drouin, who signed a one-year contract with the Avalanche this offseason, has played for teams that missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in five of the past seven seasons. He knew that signing with Colorado was going to be a different experience.This is a club that in 2023-24 has simple expectations — win the championship. It didn’t take long for him to see why.“It was the informal (pre-training camp) skates,” Drouin said. “Sometimes the informal skates are kind of relaxing and just going through the motions, but it’s not that kind of skate here. Guys are trying to get better every day. You see guys pushing each other right away.“I think it’s great that the bar is set that high. I think the expectations are high for the fans and the people who follow us. They are high for us, too. You feel it. You can feel that hunger. It’s not just we are trying to make the playoffs. We want to go far.”Drouin is one of several key new additions for the Avs...

Travis Hunter, Henry Blackburn hugged it out, bowled for charity this week

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

Travis Hunter and Henry Blackburn didn’t just hug it out. The CU Buffs and CSU Rams rivals bowled it out together earlier this week.“For the people that love to see negativity, this ain’t a negative video, man,” Hunter told Blackburn in the video, which was posted to the CU two-way star’s YouTube channel early Thursday evening.“Just making sure my guy is straight, checking with him,” Blackburn said on the video as he hugged Hunter. The two then conversed on a bench and compared their background and shared faith.A CSU athletic department official confirmed to The Post on Thursday that Hunter, the Buffs’ two-way star, and Blackburn, the Boulder native and Rams safety, got together on Wednesday to go bowling together.Hunter, a transfer from Jackson State, and Blackburn, a CSU defender who played his high school football at Fairview, were part of one of the most controversial plays of the first month of the college football season.Late in ...

Broncos QB Russell Wilson shows glimpses of deadly red zone ability, but Denver needs better overall vs. Bears

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

The culmination of Russell Wilson’s first touchdown drive Sunday against Miami looked familiar.Eventually, it went as a mere footnote under a South Florida avalanche of points. All the same, it’s instructive of the veteran quarterback’s play early in his partnership with coach Sean Payton.Up to this point on Denver’s second possession, Wilson had completed four of five passes for 49 yards. An in-rhythm dart to Jerry Jeudy for 15 on the first play of the drive. Then a slant to Courtland Sutton for 11. Then to Javonte Williams for 17. A shallow cross to Sutton before a tight-window, contested incompletion to Chris Manhertz in the end zone.Everything on time and within the designed framework of the play.But then on third-and-6 from the Dolphins’ 12, edge rushers Jaelen Phillips and Bradley Chubb used power rushes to collapse the pocket. Wilson stepped up, hoping to hit Sutton on an in-breaker. With the traffic around him, he scooted out of the pocket to the right, floated toward the si...

Former CSUF employee admits to killing boss to conceal $200K embezzlement scheme

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

A former employee of Cal State Fullerton has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing and killing his boss in August 2019.Chuyen Van Vo, 55, pleaded guilty to the murder of Steven Shek Keung Chan on Aug. 19, 2019.Chan was a retired administrator of Cal State Fullerton and was working as a consultant for the school when he was attacked by Vo in the parking lot. Vo, who was working for Chan, was waiting for his boss to arrive and proceeded to stab him more than 30 times before fleeing the scene.He was eventually arrested and charged with murder. At the time of his arrest, police discovered a backpack with a note that apparently detailed Vo's plan to ambush his boss, as well as a wig, fake beard, zip ties, lighter fluid and a lighter.Vo worked for CSUF's Extension and International Program and part of his responsibilities included providing approval for invoices. Prosecutors allege that Vo used a fake tutoring business and submitted fake invoices to the school for reimbursement, a...

Missing man found alive in Angeles National Forest

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

A man who vanished in the Angeles National Forest has miraculously been found alive thanks to the help of search and rescue drones.The search for Novak Zemplinski, 46, began after someone reported his vehicle had been abandoned for several days in a turnout along Mt. Wilson Red Box Road, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.When deputies arrived, they found the car was unlocked and the owner was nowhere to be found.“While vehicles often are abandoned along the road, this vehicle was in an unusual spot,” LASD said. “The suspicious circumstances prompted us to do further investigation.”Novak Zemplinski was found alive after disappearing for several days in the Angeles National Forest. Sept. 28, 2023. (LASD)Authorities searched the rugged terrain but found nothing. They also contacted a family member who confirmed that Zemplinski was the car’s owner and that he was from Wayne County, Michigan. The last contact with him had been late Sunday evening.On Thursday morning, the S...

Man dies rescuing others from San Bernardino house fire

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

Loved ones are mourning the loss of a man who died while rescuing others from a house fire in San Bernardino.It was a split-second decision that Alfred Murillo, Jr., better known as “Freddie,” made in a heartbeat — a decision that ultimately cost his life.“He gave his life trying to save someone else and that is the person he was,” said Corinne Lopez, Freddie’s sister.On Sept. 25, authorities received reports of a roof fire at a home on West 14th Street near E Street around 4:30 a.m.Within minutes, the home was completely engulfed in flames, sending large plumes of smoke across the neighborhood before authorities could arrive.Witnesses said several people were sleeping inside the burning home, including Freddie and 23-year-old Jesse Jamal Austin. Alfred Murillo, Jr. in a family photo.A house fire in San Bernardino claimed the lives of two people on Sept. 25, 2023. (San Bernardino County Fire Department)A house fire in San Bernardino claimed the lives of two people on Sept. 25, 2023....

Trump Administration forced Joshua Tree to stay open amid last shutdown: report

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

As another government shutdown looms bringing the possibility of the closure of our nation's parks, a new report claims that the Trump Administration forced one Southern California National Park to stay open during the last shutdown, despite "chaos and destruction" to the park's delicate ecosystem.The report, published by the Guardian, cites emails exchanged between National Park officials, including David Smith, superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park, during the 2018-19 government shutdown.The emails, which were obtained through a public records request, detail how then-Interior Secretary David Bernhardt allegedly overruled park leadership to keep Joshua Tree open, despite a staff of only nine people working and National Park officials previously granting permission to close if visitor safety was at risk.After the government shutdown began and prior to the Smith's decision to close the park, Joshua Tree experienced a holiday rush, with visitors taking advantage of the park's s...

Pedestrian killed in 2-vehicle crash at West L.A. adult care center

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

A woman was killed and an elderly man was injured following a two-vehicle crash in the Carthay neighborhood of West Los Angeles Thursday afternoon.The crash happened around 1:35 p.m. on the 6000 block of West Pico Boulevard, at an adult care center, according to Los Angeles police.Video from Sky5 showed a damaged white Chevrolet pickup truck and a black Mercedes-Benz SUV at the scene with visible damage to the building. The pickup truck was disabled on the sidewalk after it appeared to have crashed through a glass door of a business. An internet search identified the business as Sinai Adult Day Health Care, a facility associated with Kaiser Permanente. A glass door to an adult health care center in West Los Angeles is shown following a crash on Sept. 28, 2023. (KTLA)The program director for the healthcare business told KTLA that a female staff member in her 60s and a male client in his 80s were struck by the pickup truck after it crashed into the lobby.Both the client and the employ...

Trump won’t try to move Georgia case to federal court

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

By Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy | Associated PressATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to federal court, his attorneys said in a filing Thursday, three weeks after a judge rejected a similar attempt by the former president’s White House chief of staff.The notice filed in federal court in Atlanta follows a Sept. 8 decision from U.S. District Judge Steve Jones that chief of staff Mark Meadows “has not met even the ‘quite low’ threshold” to move his case to federal court, saying the actions outlined in the indictment were not taken as part of Meadows’ role as a federal official. Meadows is appealing that ruling.Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges, including an alleged violation of Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He was indicted last month along with Meadows and 17 others.The notice, filed in state cour...

Gas prices surge above $6 a gallon in some Bay Area cities

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:13:29 GMT

Hold your horsepower! The average price for a gallon of gas in California surged past the $6 mark Thursday, with drivers in San Mateo, San Francisco and Marin counties seeing some of the most painful spikes in the Bay Area.The state’s average price of $6.03 per gallon represented a 19-cent jump over Tuesday, marking the first time since last fall that the cost has topped $6, according to AAA data.San Mateo’s average price jumped in two days from $5.67 to $6.04 a gallon, while San Francisco’s leaped from $5.68 to $6.03. Marin’s cost ballooned to $6.07 from $5.69.Dawn Cusulos, who commutes most days from her home in San Bruno to San Francisco, said the cost of filling up her teal Ford Bronco has spiked from $60 to $80. “You don’t want to drive as much,” Cusulos said at a San Francisco gas station charging $5.79 for a gallon of regular. “But I kind of have to. I’m a Realtor, so I just have to show (properties) when I have to.”Other Bay Area counties may not have...