Devan Dubnyk is day-to-day with a non-COVID, lower-body injury, the Sharks announced Thursday, meaning coach Bob Boughner and his staff will likely have to lean on goalie Martin Jones for at least the next little while. Jones is making his second straight start Thursday night against the Los Angeles Kings, his former team. It is […]
The Latest: Trump defense team expects to take a day or less
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial (all times local): 2 p.m. Lawyers for former president Donald Trump are planning to begin and wrap up their defense in his impeachment trial in less than a day, using far fewer than their allotted argument hours. That’s according to his […]
Rioters acted on Trump’s ‘orders,’ Democrats say in trial
By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump’s impeachment said Thursday the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on “the president’s orders” and reflected his violent rhetoric when they set out to storm the building and stop the joint session of Congress that was […]
DoJ: Oath Keepers leader waited for Trump’s signal
By Katelyn Polantz | CNN The Justice Department is now making clear that a leader among the Oath Keepers paramilitary group — who planned and led others in the US Capitol siege to attempt to stop the Biden presidency — believed she was responding to the call from then-President Donald Trump himself. “As the inauguration […]
Sharon Stone compared Hilaria Baldwin’s Spanish scandal to challenges in LGBTQ community
As Hilaria Baldwin makes her cautious return to social media in the wake of her Spanish heritage scandal, she has received support from a few other celebrities, including most recently Sharon Stone. US actress Sharon Stone arrives for “An Unforgettable Evening” benefiting The Womens Cancer Research Foundation at the Beverly Wilshire hotel on February 28, […]
Pac-12 commissioner search: There are qualified internal candidates, but the politics are thorny
*** Welcome to the third installment of the Hotline’s five-part series — and it might expand — on the Pac-12’s search for a commissioner. Links to previously-published content are below. It’s early in the search — so early, in fact, that there’s no actual searching underway. The first order of business for the Pac-12, expected […]
Judge says newspaper invaded Meghan Markle’s privacy by publishing letter to her dad
By JILL LAWLESS | The Associated Press LONDON — A newspaper invaded the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing a personal letter to her estranged father, a British judge ruled Thursday, in a major victory for the royal in her campaign against what she sees as media intrusion. The former American actress Meghan Markle, 39, […]
Shanahan-Kubiak coaching connection will continue with 49ers’ latest hire
There’s a new layer to the longstanding coaching connection between the Shanahans and Kubiaks after the 49ers hired Klay Kubiak as defensive quality control coach. Kubiak, one of former Super Bowl-winning head coach Gary Kubiak’s three sons now working in the NFL, is leaving his job as a high school coach at Houston’s Strake Jesuit […]
Has your Bay Area public school resumed in-class teaching? Here’s a list
Here is the status of in-classroom learning for Bay Area public school districts as of Thursday Feb. 11, 2021. The lists are broken down by county and school district. Distance means for the general student population, a district is teaching classes online, not in person. Hybrid means that a district offers a combination of in-classroom […]
Feds announce months-long string of Bay Area meth trafficking busts
SAN FRANCISCO — An array of federal authorities led by the Drug Enforcement Agency have announced a string of 10 large-drug busts dating back to last summer involving alleged meth trafficking, including a huge seizure of more than 570 pounds of the drug during an operation in late January. The operation netted 500 pounds of […]
