It’s not one of the biggest matchups on the NFL schedule. The worst team in the NFL in that of the New York Jets going up against an injury-plagued Denver Broncos team. While most were not necessarily looking for a good outing between the two winless squads, there were a lot of fireworks that went […]
Would $15 a day persuade you to carpool? Roadshow
Q: I don’t know who decided to change the carpool lane access to 3+ on Highway 237 and Interstate 880, but I can’t believe that decision was to help California drivers. I think the decision was all about the money. Who receives the revenue from HOV lane tolls and how does that money help California? […]
Kurtenbach: Athletics finally found their spirit in gutsy Game 3 win over White Sox
The game was excruciating. It was stressful, drawn-out, and oftentimes sloppy. But the agony of Thursday’s winner-take-all Game 3 proved to be worth it for Oakland A’s fans. After all, they had waited 14 years for their team to win a playoff series — what’s another four-plus hours? A 6-4 victory over the Chicago White […]
Man found fatally shot in West Oakland identified; police believe victim was killed elsewhere in the city
OAKLAND — A 36-year-old man found fatally shot Wednesday morning in West Oakland was probably killed in another area of the city before he was brought to the site where he was discovered, authorities said Thursday. That means the city now has 79 homicides for the year, one more than all of last year. Of […]
7-year-old Chicago boy dies after semi crashes into vehicle on Indiana toll road
GARY, Ind, – A 7-year-old Chicago boy died after a crash on the Indiana toll road Thursday morning. Just before 10:45 a.m., police responded to the 12 mile marker of I-90 in Gary on the report of a crash involving a semi. After an investigation, police believe several vehicles were stopped partially in the right […]
Marlon Humphrey contract: Looking at the NFL’s highest-paid cornerbacks
The Baltimore Ravens took care of one of their own Thursday, signing star cornerback Marlon Humphrey to a lucrative five-year, $98.75 million contract. The deal calls for $66 million in total guarantees. It makes Humphrey one of the highest-paid corners in NFL history. This was a well-earned extension for the former Alabama standout. He’s been […]
Coronavirus: Alameda County will allow some schools, businesses to reopen
OAKLAND — Alameda County’s health department announced Thursday that some of the county’s schools would be able to begin reopening as early as the middle of this month, one of a new round of business and educational reopenings set to continue through the fall. The moves, approved Wednesday by the county’s Public Health Department as […]
Feds charge SF man who allegedly returned fire at gunman
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors have filed illegal ammo possession charges against a man who was identified as having returned fire at an armed attacker outside of a liquor store, court records show. Gregory Mack, of San Francisco, was charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition, which carries a maximum of 10 years […]
Three arrested in Moraga home in human-trafficking investigation
MORAGA — Three Contra Costa residents were in county jail after a warrant service at a home this week led to arrests on suspicion of several charges related to human trafficking and other offenses, authorities said Thursday. In a statement, police said several months’ worth of complaints about a Miramonte Drive home led investigators to […]
Oakland A’s celebration goes without champagne
Champagne was not being sprayed, ski goggles were kept away and no one was chugging beer in Madison Bumgarner-type fashion. “They’re not spraying anything around or doing anything like that,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said after his team beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 in the deciding Game 3 of their first round playoff series. […]
