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Group pushes to install BART gates faster

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

(KRON) – A Bay Area group of business leaders is demanding BART speed up its timeline to install security gates at its 50 stations. The Bay Area Council Group says data from their recent poll shows riders are staying away due to safety concerns and that gates are one way to drastically improve security throughout the system.  BART plans to have the gates installed by 2026. Officials say they are working hard on making the changes but moving faster may not be the answer. The council calls that timeline unacceptable.  Walnut Creek man arrested after teen fatally shot in botched robbery “We believe there is an urgency and BART needs to do whatever it can to accelerate the project and help keep unwanted elements out,” said Bay Area Council Group spokesperson Rufus Jeffries. Jeffries says the group of local businesses conducted a survey in May showing the primary reason riders have not returned en masse to BART is due to safety concerns. They say their data shows fare gates can so...

Giants beats Reds 4-2 and 11-10, extend winning streak to 7 and Reds’ skid to 6

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Casey Schmitt drew a bases-loaded walk that forced home the go-ahead run in a three-run seventh inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-10 Tuesday night for a seven-game winning streak.San Francisco began the evening by winning the completion of Monday’s suspended game 4-2 behind Joc Pederson’s tiebreaking, 10th-inning double.Cincinnati has lost six straight, matching its season high. Wilmer Flores homered twice off Luke Weaver, a solo drive in the first and a three-run homer in the third that tied the score 4-4. Flores had three home runs in the two games.Christian Encarnacion-Strand, a 23-year-old playing his second big league game, had a pinch-hit, three-run homer off Mauricio Llovera in the fifth for an 8-7 Reds lead. He was surprised to be sent up to pinch-hit but appreciated the faith.“Honestly, when it happened, I was just happy,” Encarnacion-Strand said. “I just want to be a spark for the team. … I try not to think...

Low-key Kiwis: New Zealand slow to embrace Women’s World Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — International visitors are greeted at the arrivals hall in Auckland’s airport by a display promoting the Women’s World Cup with such detail it includes carpeting resembling a soccer pitch.After that, though, the hype trails off. There are banners downtown and an occasional big-screen advertisement, but other than that, one of the globe’s major female sporting events could easily be missed. The tournament kicks off Thursday but seats for many games are still available. One day before the co-host nation faced Norway, many sports fans and media seemed more interested in analyzing New Zealand’s decisive 35-12 win in men’s rugby over South Africa before a sellout home crowd.“We’re a rugby-crazy country, and rugby is seen as our No. 1 sport. You haven’t always seen visibility in terms of being able to watch football on TV, exhibitions, women’s football,” New Zealand midfielder Annalie Longo said. “We’ve only just now got our first professional team here in New...

Abad picks up his first win in six years. Rockies beat Astros 4-3 as bullpen shines

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Fernando Abad barely remembers his last win or even who he was facing.It was that long ago.Abad picked his first victory in more than six years as the Colorado Rockies used a bullpen game featuring seven pitchers to beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night.“That (win) was a while ago,” said Abad, whose last victory was while he was with Boston on June 13, 2017, against Philadelphia. Back then, the left-handed reliever gave the baseball from the victory to his mom. He plans on giving this one to her as well. That is, once he locates it. For now, he will simply bask in the glow of the moment.“I just had to be able to do everything they needed me to do,” said Abad, who began his big-league career with the Astros. This had all the hallmarks of a high-scoring Coors Field affair when it was 3-3 after the first inning. But the pitching took over and the only run allowed after the early fireworks came courtesy of Ezequiel Tovar, who lined a shot off the fence in right-cent...

Tobi Amusan, women’s record holder in 100 hurdles, charged with missing 3 drug tests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

World-record hurdler Tobi Amusan says she has been charged with an anti-doping rules violation for missing three drug tests in the span of 12 months. The Nigerian posted the news on her Instagram account Tuesday and said she would fight the charges. “I am a CLEAN athlete, and I am regularly (maybe more than usual) tested by the AIU,” she wrote, in referencing the Athletics Integrity Unit, which oversees doping issues in international track and is the agency that charged her with the violation.At world championships in Oregon last year, Amusan stunned a still-arriving crowd by setting the world record with a time of 12.12 seconds in the semifinals of the 100-meter hurdles. She came back about 90 minutes later to win the gold medal in 12.06, but that time did not go into the record books because there was too strong a tailwind.“When I watched the record, I was like ‘Whoa, who did that?’” Amusan said of her reaction upon seeing her time pop up on the scoreboard.Amusan went to col...

Seiya Suzuki has homer, 4 hits as Cubs pour it on late to rout Nationals 17-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Patrick Corbin delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)(AP/Charles Rex Arbogast) Washington Nationals starting pitcher Patrick Corbin delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)(AP/Charles Rex Arbogast) CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki homered and drove in three runs on a four-hit night, and the Chicago Cubs poured it on late to beat the Washington Nationals 17-3 Tuesday night.Patrick Wisdom hit his team-leading 17th homer in the seventh inning to put the Cubs ahead 4-3, and Chicago went ...

Prince George’s Co. votes to incentivize restaurants to add healthy meals 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

Bowl dish with brown rice, cucumber, tomato, green peas, red cabbage, chickpea, fresh lettuce salad and cashew nuts. Healthy balanced eating(Getty Images/iStockphoto/YelenaYemchuk) Bowl dish with brown rice, cucumber, tomato, green peas, red cabbage, chickpea, fresh lettuce salad and cashew nuts. Healthy balanced eating(Getty Images/iStockphoto/YelenaYemchuk) Burgers and fries and fried chicken are popular fast-food meals; in Prince George’s County, there’s an effort to encourage restaurants to offer healthier food choices.The county council passed the Healthy Restaurant Bill on Tuesday in a 9-0-1 vote. It would provide incentives to restaurants, such as zero-interest loans, for making their menus at l...

Dream win seventh straight behind Howard’s strong effort in victory over Lynx

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Rhyne Howard had 21 points and seven assists, Nia Coffey added 13 points and 10 rebounds and the Atlanta Dream beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-73 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to seven games.Atlanta (12-8) led by 22 points in the first half before Minnesota rallied behind Napheesa Collier, who scored a career-high 35 points, to get within 70-68. Howard made Atlanta’s first field goal in over seven minutes to extend the advantage to 72-68 with 2:44 left. That started a 10-0 run that also included Howard’s three-point play that made it 78-68 with 1:37 left.Minnesota (9-12) couldn’t recover.Howard also set a WNBA record with her 18th consecutive game of making two or more 3-pointers. MERCURY 72, SUN 66PHOENIX (AP) — Sophie Cunningham scored 17 points, hitting five 3-pointers, Diana Taurasi added 15 and the Mercury beat the Sun to snap a six-game losing streak in the series.Phoenix (5-15) beat a team with a winning record for the first time this sea...

Dairon Blanco has 4 hits and 3 RBIs to help Royals outscore Tigers 11-10

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dairon Blanco tripled, doubled twice, singled and drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals overcame Spencer Torkelson’s two-homer night to outscore the Detroit Tigers 11-10 on Tuesday.“You have to get ready every day,” Blanco, who ranked the day as his best ever in baseball, said through an interpreter. “A day like today you just get ready and take advantage of it.”Blanco tripled and scored to help the Royals tie it at 2 in the third, and had a run-scoring bunt hit to cap a five-run fourth. He doubled and scored in both the sixth and eighth innings for his first career four-hit game.“Every one of the hits was important,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “That’s what stood out to me. It was nice for him because I know he’s been pressing a little bit. To see him do that was rewarding.”Blanco admitted he was trying for a home run to complete the cycle in his final at-bat, falling a few feet short of his first career homer, instead settling for an RBI dou...

Mercury snap 6-game losing streak in series with the Sun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:54 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Sophie Cunningham scored 17 points, hitting five 3-pointers, Diana Taurasi added 15 and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Connecticut Sun 72-66 on Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak in the series.Phoenix (5-15) beat a team with a winning record for the first time this season. It was the Mercury’s first home win against the Sun since the 2018 season.Cunningham made her fourth 3-pointer to extend the lead to 53-43 with 2:45 left in the third quarter. Her fifth gave Phoenix a 58-48 lead heading into the fourth.Brittney Griner finished with 12 points.DeWanna Bonner had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut (15-6). Alyssa Thomas had 11 points and seven assists.Thomas became Connecticut’s all-time leader in assists, passing Jasmine Thomas (994).___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource