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Keeler: If Nuggets star Nikola Jokic got fined, why was Suns owner Mat Ishbia let off the NBA’s hook?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

We’d say to throw the book at Mat Ishbia, but who are we kidding? He’d probably just cradle the thing in his lap and refuse to give it back.“As Nikola (Jokic) said, that’s not an owner in the stands,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone offered Monday during a brief media scrum when asked about Ishbia, the Suns’ handsy governor. “He’s a fan. I mean, we don’t designate who’s in the stands.”If any other fan held onto a game ball and got all keep-away with the rock during a heated postseason game while a player was trying to retrieve it to restart the action, you know what happens? They’re escorted from the arena and banned for the rest of the series.So if Joe Dumars, commissioner Adam Silver and the rest of the NBA wingtips really want to close the book on the case of Jokic v. Ishbia before Game 5 Tuesday night at Ball Arena, how ’bout this:Either a) the Suns owner pays the Joker’s $25,000 fine as recompense for dragging us all down this rabbit hole to begin wit...

Denver’s “junker” vehicle law amended to include pause for people living in cars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

The Denver City Council tweaked a new law aimed at giving police and parking enforcement officials more power to ticket and impound RVs, trailers, semis and damaged or abandoned “junker” vehicles on city streets on Monday.The last-second adjustment, put forth by Councilman Paul Kashmann, requires city officials to provide an additional 48 hours of notice before a vehicle is impounded if they believe that people are living in that vehicle or using it for short-term shelter. The amendment passed unanimously before the amended bill passed 11-1 with Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca voting no.The 48-hour delay was meant to provide time for city officials to reach out to potentially homeless vehicle owners and assuage concerns about the wider discretion the new law provides city officials to ticket and impound large or damaged vehicles parked on city streets. But opponents still see the changes the bill made to the city code as tools for targeting unhoused people and low-income resi...

1 dead in possible road rage shooting in Del Rey; suspect on the run

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

At least one person is dead following a shooting that happened at a busy intersection in Del Rey Monday afternoon.It happened around 12:15 p.m., near the intersection of the 90 Freeway and Lincoln Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Video from Sky5 showed a dark-colored Volkswagen sedan parked in the roadway with a white investigation tent partially covering the vehicle. Those tents are often seen at the site of homicides. Several cars damaged in Woodland Hills road-rage incident (video) Details are limited at this time, but police confirmed that one person was killed.The suspect in the shooting was believed to be driving a black four-door Kia that was last seen driving northbound on Lincoln Boulevard. Although the motive for the shooting is under investigation, LAPD said road rage may have played a role.Lincoln Boulevard was closed as part of the investigation, with no estimated time for reopening.

Former federal agent from Riverside gets life in prison for sexual assault of 2 women

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

A former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) from Riverside was sentenced to life in federal prison for sexually assaulting two women and using his law enforcement position to prevent them from reporting his violent crimes, authorities announced Monday.  The former federal agent, 48-year-old John Jacob Olivas, started his government career in 2007, working in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He later moved to HSI but resigned in 2015 after working for the agency for just over six years, according to a news release from the United States Department of Justice.  Authorities said Olivas sexually assaulted the two victims while he was a federal agent.  In Jan. 2012, the 48-year-old attempted to rape a woman, telling her that police would not respond to any reports she made because he was “above a cop,” “untouchable” and “invisible” as a federal agent, the release stated. He also threatened the victim, telling her that he could make her “disappear...

Danny Elfman bringing career-encapsulating show back to Southern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

Imaginative composer and recording artist, Danny Elfman, is coming back to Southern California. KTLA's sister station KSWB reports. Know for his vast catalogue of film scores like "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Beetlejuice," the four-time Oscar nominee will be bringing his biggest hits to San Diego and Irvine this August as part of a two-stop tour across Southern California.The shows are a continuation of his career-encapsulating live show "From Boingo to Batman to Big Mess and Beyond!", which was last staged at Coachella and the Hollywood Bowl in 2022.The first stop on his Golden State encore will be San Diego on Aug. 3 at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. From there, he'll head north to Irvine on Aug. 5, where he'll take the stage at Five Point Amphitheatre.In both shows, Elfman will be playing some of the most known songs from his band, Oingo Boino, and film scores he composed. Among the scores featured will be "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman," "Doctor Strange: Multiv...

Hicks hits long-awaited first homer as Yankees top A’s 7-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

By LARRY FLEISHER (Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Hicks broke out of his season-long slump with a two-run homer and the New York Yankees went deep four times to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Monday night.Gleyber Torres hit a tiebreaking solo drive in the sixth inning against former Yankees lefty JP Sears (0-3). Oswaldo Cabrera and DJ LeMahieu launched two-run shots off Sears as New York (19-17) avoiding falling back to .500 for the second time in a week.Hicks doubled his season RBI total when he homered in the seventh for the first time since Sept. 23 against Boston — his second extra-base hit this year. He began the night batting .143 overall and was 0 for 19 at Yankee Stadium this season before connecting, making him the frequent target of boos.Batting from the left side of the plate, the switch-hitting Hicks lifted the first pitch from Austin Pruitt into the second deck in right field. He dropped his bat and watched the ball soar into the stands before rou...

Oakley: Weekend injury shooting suspect arrested after pursuit, search

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

OAKLEY — A man was hospitalized after a shooting, with a police pursuit of an associated vehicle ending in a solo collision and a suspect’s arrest, while officers investigated a separate car-to-car shooting within minutes of each other Sunday, authorities said.In a statement posted to social media, police said officers responded at 4:52 p.m., to the 4300 block of Lorenzetti Drive, south of West Cypress Road, for a report from a man who told dispatchers he had been shot.When officers arrived, they found a 44-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his groin on a home’s front porch. While receiving care from other first responders, the man told police he had been confronted by three suspects.Shortly after, one of the three shot the victim, who managed to take a picture of the license plate of the black Volvo before the suspects fled, police said.Soon after officers shared the car’s description and license plate with nearby law enforcement, a Contra Costa...

NBA playoffs live updates: Warriors, Lakers battling hard in low-scoring Game 4 midway through second quarter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

To view the live updates on your mobile device click here.GAME 4: Warriors at Lakers at Crypto.com Arena, at 7 p.m. TV: TNT. Announcers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Stan Van Gundy (color commentary), Chris Haynes (sideline reporting).ODDS: Lakers -2.5. OVER/UNDER: 228. (Both from Caesars Sportsbook.)CURRENT SERIES: Lakers lead 2-1. SEASON SERIES: Lakers went 3-1 against the Warriors in the regular season. PRIOR PLAYOFF HISTORY: Lakers have won 6-of-7 postseason series, including the last one in 1991.Success can be blinding, in some ways. That’s why it’s wild to realize that the Warriors are very familiar with this position — entering Game 4 of a playoff series down 2-1.In fact, it’s exactly what they’ve faced in their last three playoff series. They were home for Game 4 last round against Sacramento, but they were on the road in Boston last year in the NBA Finals, just like they are on Monday night in Los Angeles.Against the Celtics, Steph Curry willed the...

New study illuminates fentanyl crisis' youngest victims

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

(KRON) -- The first study looking into how many children have died from fentanyl poisonings nationwide was released Monday with heartbreaking numbers. In 2021, almost 70,000 Americans died from overdosing on fentanyl. Fentanyl poisoning deaths surged among children as well. "Fentanyl was responsible for the deaths of 40 infants, and 93 children aged 1 to 4 years (in 2021)," the new study by JAMA Pediatrics states. Between ages 0-19, 1,557 victims died that year."Little is known about the extent to which the fentanyl crisis has affected children since the opioid epidemic began nearly 25 years ago," the study's authors noted. Researchers looked for answers by compiling statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research's database. They identified opioid deaths between 1999 and 2021 for victims ranging between 0 and 19 years old.Fentanyl was implicated in 5,194 of 13,861 (37.5%) fatal pediatric opioid poisonings between 19...

Contreras leads Cardinals past Cubs 3-1 in return to Wrigley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:21 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras had two hits and two RBIs in his return to Wrigley Field, including a tiebreaking double, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Monday night.St. Louis also got a strong effort from its bullpen in its second straight win after an eight-game losing streak. Génesis Cabrera (1-0), Jordan Hicks and Ryan Helsley combined for 4 2/3 innings of one-hit ball in relief of Miles Mikolas. Helsley got his fourth save.It was the Cardinals’ first win in 12 series openers. The streak of 11 straight losses in such games to begin the season was a franchise record.Contreras played for Chicago for seven seasons before departing in free agency, signing an $87.5 million, five-year contract with St. Louis in December. And the three-time All-Star seemed to enjoy the stage at the middle of one of baseball’s biggest rivalries.He waved to the cheering crowd of 30,937 after the Cubs showed a pregame tribute video. He was greeted with more applause ...