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To win Big Ten West, Gophers need Iowa to lose twice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

For a fan base which chants “Who hates Iowa? We hate Iowa!,” the final three weeks of the Big Ten regular season should be pretty straight forward for the Minnesota football team.With a 27-26 home loss to Illinois on Saturday, the Gophers fell to 3-3 in Big Ten play. Meanwhile, Iowa improved to 4-2 with a 10-7 win over Northwestern at Wrigley Field.After being in pole position, Gophers will likely now need the first-place Hawkeyes to lose at least two of their final three games for Minnesota to win the Big Ten West division.The Gophers also need to beat Purdue (1-5) in West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday and likely top Wisconsin (3-3) at home in the regular-season finale on Nov. 25. In between, the U will be a huge road underdog against No. 1 Ohio State (6-0) on Nov. 18.The Hawkeyes’ final three games are at home against Rutgers (3-3) and Illinois (2-4), and at Nebraska (3-3). Given their plodding offense, dropping two of those isn’t outside the realm of possibilities.If the Gophers a...

PHOTOS: St. Louis gears up for the 11th Annual Cherokee Street JazzCrawl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Cherokee Street came alive with jazz music from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 6 for the 11th annual JazzCrawl on Cherokee Street.Cherokee Street was filled with the sounds of jazz music from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. During the street crawl, attendees enjoyed various musical performances. Following the street crawl, the event concluded with the Jazz Crawl Grand Finale, featuring more jazz music and a dance battle.

Inmate escapes from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

A group of juvenile inmates were involved in a confrontation at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, and during the commotion, one of the inmates was briefly able to escape. According to a release from the Los Angeles County Probation Department, six youth were involved in an “incident” that resulted in a staff member being assaulted shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday night. During the altercation, one male inmate was able to escape from the juvenile hall, officials confirmed.  Video: Car plows into group of people in front of restaurant in Santa Clarita The L.A. County Probation Department’s Special Enforcement Operations, along with the Downey and South Gate police departments, launched a search for the juvenile. He was apprehended within ten minutes and returned to the facility. Visiting hours for Sunday have been canceled, and the facility is set to remain on lockdown until further notice in order to ensure the safety of the public, youth and staff, the probation department...

'Strong' El Niño likely to bring more snow to these states

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

El Niño has arrived. There's 100% certainty El Niño will last through early winter, the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, recently said, and a 90% or higher chance it lasts into spring. El Niño typically divides the country in half, but where the dividing line falls varies from year to year. The southern third to half of the United States, including California, is likely to be wetter during an El Niño winter. The Pacific Northwest and Ohio Valley are usually dry and warm. While El Niño's impacts are never a guarantee, the climate pattern tends to influence weather across the U.S. as it reaches peak strength in the winter. Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world Does that mean El Niño will bring winter storms and feet of snow? Not everywhere and not necessarily, explains Michelle L'Heureux, a meteorologist with the Climate Prediction Center, in an article last wee...

Daylight Saving: Why didn't these 2 states change their clocks?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

If you’re reading this, you (hopefully) got a little extra sleep last night. Or maybe, you had a rude awakening, waking up an hour earlier than you expected. It’s all thanks to daylight saving time. At 2 a.m. Sunday, our phones, laptops, TVs, smartwatches, and any other clock connected to the Internet switched back to 1 a.m. as daylight saving time ended. But, for residents in two states, it’s just another Sunday morning. Can daylight saving time affect your health? Hawaii and most of Arizona stay in one time zone year-round, meaning they don’t switch their clocks in March and November like the rest of us. Since 1968, Arizona has observed Mountain Standard Time year-round, with the exception of the Navajo Nation. For Arizona, the decision was based largely on the amount of sun the state already gets. If you’ve ever been to Arizona, it’s easy to understand why they prefer the nighttime hours to come a little sooner in the summer. As The Arizona Republic explains...

Bay Area birdwatching tips for newbies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

So you want to try birdwatching, or as some of us call it, birding.Something about our feathered friends has grabbed your attention. A great-horned owl, perhaps, hooting outside your window after dusk. Or an American robin slurping worms from your lawn. Maybe you spied a group of birdwatchers at the park across the street, hot on the trail of a rare warbler and, well, you want in on the action.Could be you simply overheard the ongoing debate of birb, borb or floof. Translation: which bird is cute, which bird is round, which bird is fluffy? You will have opinions on this – I know I do.Or maybe you’ve had a “spark bird,” a creature so magnificent, it sparked your interest in birding.BirdNote, a popular radio show, provides wonderful two-minute stories on how birds capture our imaginations. When I was on the show, I told interviewer Mark Bramhill my spark bird was a Vermillion Flycatcher, a glorious ruby. It’s a shining jewel of plumage and attitude. This bird is a show-off...

Recipe: The Pie Hole’s Moe’s Pumpkin Pie

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

This pumpkin pie recipe hails from cookbook author Rebecca Grasley’s grandmother, Moe, who was famous for her pies. The Thanksgiving specialty has been served at The Pie Hole, Grasley’s Los Angeles-based pie shop enterprise, since the shop’s very beginning, she says.A customer once insisted that Grasley give him the recipe, claiming that it was the best pumpkin pie he’d ever eaten — he was the first of many guests to say that, Grasley recounts in her new cookbook, “Pie is Messy” (Ten Speed Press, $28) — and offered to pay $100,000. She refused, of course. But today, you can have it for the price of her new book — or a newspaper subscription.Moe’s Pumpkin PieMakes one 9-inch pieINGREDIENTS1½ cups pumpkin puree, homemade or canned1 cup sugar1 teaspoon kosher salt1½ teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg“Pie is Messy” (Ten Speed Press, 2023) 1½ cups whole milk4 eggs1½ teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 recipe Moe’s pie crustGrou...

Bay Area high school football: Where to find our complete Week 11 coverage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

That’s a wrap for the high school football regular season.Week 11 made the schedule-makers look smart, and the matchups lived up to the hype as Campolindo, Live Oak and Leigh were among the teams that made thrilling rallies to secure league championships.The weekend also will be remembered for Mt. Diablo running back Herschel Turner breaking the North Coast Section regular-season rushing record and Pittsburg completing what coach Charlie Ramirez said is the first 10-0 regular season in program history.As always, the Bay Area News Group has you covered.If you have not already, please subscribe here for digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.Here is our complete Week 11 coverage.Enjoy.Roundup: Best of Week 11Results: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 faredPhotos: Our staff’s Week 11 imagesSaturday roundup: San Mateo wins Little Big GameThe best: Mt. Diablo RB breaks NCS rushing recordBig Little Game: Pitt routs Antioch, completes 10-0 regular seasonWhat a ...

1 gunshot victim in gravel condition, OPD investigates 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

(KRON) – An Oakland shooting left one man in critical and grave condition on Saturday.The Oakland Police Department responded to a shooting in the 2600 block of Montana Street on Nov. 4 around 1:15 a.m.  2 robberies in downtown Walnut Creek, police ask for community assistance Upon arrival, officers located a male victim suffering from a single gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he is listed in critical and grave condition.This is an ongoing investigation.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Robbery Unit at (510) 238-3426.

Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camps as Israel rejects US push for a pause in fighting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:04 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck two refugee camps in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing at least 53 people and wounding dozens, health officials said. The strikes came as Israel said it would press on with its offensive to crush the territory’s Hamas rulers, despite U.S. appeals for a pause to get aid to desperate civilians.Israel has rejected the idea of halting its offensive, even for brief humanitarian pauses proposed by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his current tour of the region. Gaza’s Health Ministry said more than 9,700 Palestinians have been killed in the territory in nearly a month of war, a number that is likely to rise as Israeli troops advance into dense, urban neighborhoods.Airstrikes hit the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza overnight, killing at least 40 people and wounding 34 others, the Health Ministry said.An Associated Press reporter at a nearby hospital saw eight dead children, including a baby, who were broug...