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‘One of us’: Club pro Michael Block scores one for working man at PGA Championship

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

By WILL GRAVES (AP Sports Writer)PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Block is supposed to work on Monday, just like nearly every other PGA club professional this time of year.The 46-year-old’s daily routine at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Southern California is a mixture of lessons and paperwork. It’s typically followed by an early evening visit from teenage sons Dylan and Ethan, aspiring golfers who can already blow it way past their dad off the tee.Block wouldn’t have it any other way. The lure of being a touring professional vanished long ago. The appeal of chasing a PGA Tour card was heavily outweighed by a steady paycheck that lets him play and teach the game he loves without worrying about missing a mortgage payment.Besides, there’s still room to dream. Room to have rounds like the one Block put together on Friday at the PGA Championship, when his name floated near the top of the leaderboard at Oak Hill surrounded by players far more famous.Hitting ball...

Former Yucaipa H.S. 'Teacher of the Year' accused of having sex with student

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

A Yucaipa High School teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced.Tracy Vanderhulst, 38, was arrested on Thursday and booked into the county detention center on a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. She was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail.Vanderhulst was named "Teacher of the Year" at Yucaipa H.S. in 2017. A tweet announcing the award has since been deleted, however a school YouTube video featuring Vanderhulst titled, "In The Classroom," was still online as of Friday evening.Tracy Vanderhulst (San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department)Authorities say the Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District “worked cooperatively” with its investigation. Detectives believe there may be more alleged victims. Anyone with tips was urged to contact Detective Rachel Young of the Specialized Investigations Division, Crimes Against Children Detail at (909) 890-4904. Callers wishing ...

Residents demand safety improvements for dangerous intersection in Riverside

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

Local residents are demanding safety improvements to a dangerous intersection in Riverside county following a crash that left an 8-year-old boy dead earlier this week.Home security video obtained by KTLA showed the driver of a white Honda sedan apparently losing control and veering into the path of a gray Nissan sedan at Arlington and Stover Avenues. Four people in the Nissan, a female adult and three juveniles were rushed to a hospital with injuries ranging from critical to serious, a spokesperson for Riverside Police said. An eight-year-old boy later succumbed to his injuries.A family friend says their mom is having to go between hospital rooms while also grieving her 8-year-old son. Residents in the area say excessive speeding is an ongoing problem on that stretch of Arlington Avenue and are fighting for more traffic signals. Arelio Munoz Junior, also known as Junior, who would have been 38 years old this year, was killed at the same intersection three years earlie...

'A day of joy:' Brittney Griner set to open 1st WNBA season since detainment in Russia

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time since last season, Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard opened her pregame comments without announcing how many days Brittney Griner had been jailed in Russia.Griner has been free since December when she was part of a high-profile prisoner swap. She hit the court for warmups about 90 minutes before the Mercury's WNBA season opener against the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night.“Until the day we got the news in the morning that she was on her way home, no one thought that it was going to happen,” Nygaard said. “We did our jobs probably with less joy than professional athletes do. It was heavy every day.”Not anymore.“Today is a day of joy,” Nygaard said. “An amazing, amazing thing has happened.”Griner scored 10 points in 17 minutes in an exhibition loss to the Sparks last week. It was the 32-year-old center's first game action since she was arrested at a Moscow airport in February 2022 after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape ...

Single family residence sells for $2.8 million in Monte Sereno

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

18340 Lexington Drive – Google Street ViewA 1,825-square-foot house built in 1950 has changed hands. The property located in the 18300 block of Lexington Drive in Monte Sereno was sold on April 21, 2023, for $2,800,000, or $1,534 per square foot. The property features two bedrooms, two baths, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 1.1-acre lot, which also has a pool.Additional houses that have recently changed hands close by include:A 1,942-square-foot home on the 18300 block of Constitution Avenue in Monte Sereno sold in August 2022, for $3,150,000, a price per square foot of $1,622. The home has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Viewfield Road, Monte Sereno, in October 2022, a 2,853-square-foot home was sold for $10,500,000, a price per square foot of $3,680. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In January 2023, a 2,864-square-foot home on Serena Vista Court in Monte Sereno sold for $3,000,000, a price per square foot of $1,047. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Rep. George Santos names himself campaign treasurer

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

By Fredreka Schouten | CNNRep. George Santos has named himself the treasurer of his campaign committee, marking the latest twist in a monthslong saga over puzzling filings his campaign has made with federal regulators.The new filing, made late Friday afternoon with the Federal Election Commission, comes a little more than a week after federal prosecutors unveiled a 13-count criminal indictment, charging the New York Republican with wire fraud, fraudulently obtaining Covid-19 unemployment benefits and lying about his personal finances on forms he submitted to the US House of Representatives as a candidate. He has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the charges.Santos’ lawyer and an aide did not immediately respond to CNN’s inquiries on Friday evening.Questions long have swirled about the identity of Santos’ campaign treasurer. This year, Santos’ campaign named a new treasurer identified as Andrew Olson, but federal and state records did not show anyone with that name serving ...

PGA Championship at a glance

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A brief look at the second round of the PGA Championship:UP FRONT: Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland are tied for the lead at 5-under 135. Conners and Scheffler shot 2-under 68 on Friday while Hovland capped off a 3-under 67 with a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole.IN THE MIX: First-round leader Bryson DeChambeau is two back after shooting a 1-over 71 on Friday. Justin Suh is also 3 under after a 69 that helped him easily make the cut for the first time in a major. HANGING IN: Brooks Koepka bounced back from a 72 on Thursday to post the round of the day, a 66 that moved him to 2 under for the tournament. Koepka finished with a flourish, birdieing the difficult 17th and 18th holes to ensure himself a spot in one of the final pairings on Saturday.HANGING ON: Defending champion Justin Thomas made it to the weekend by draining an 8-foot bogey putt on 18 to make the cut on the number at 5 over. Good friend Jordan Spieth did the same, rolling in an 8-...

Defending champ Justin Thomas makes cut on number at PGA Championship

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Forget defending his PGA Championship title. Justin Thomas had to scramble on his final hole to simply make the cut at Oak Hill on Friday.Two former PGA champions, Jason Day and Jimmy Walker, are out.So is Talor Gooch, whose failure to make the cut at 5-over 145 cost him a chance to earn a spot in the U.S. Open next month. Gooch is ranked 63rd in the world, with the U.S. Open inviting the top 60 after this week.And leave it to Phil Mickelson to correctly predict he’d still be playing this weekend after a second-round score of 2-over 72 pushed his two-round total to 145.The 156-man field was slashed to 76 players for the final two rounds.Thomas, ranked 13th in the world, turned making the cut into an adventure. He was 4 over on the 18th tee and his drive landed landed in a fairway bunker. His first attempt caught the lip and stayed in the sand. He punched the ball within 95 yards of the hole on his second attempt and eventually made an 8-foot putt for bogey.Jor...

Dos auxiliares de vuelo se enamoraron en un avión. Esto fue lo que pasó después

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

(CNN) — En un reciente vuelo transatlántico de Florida a Londres, los auxiliares de vuelo Hunter Smith-Lihas y John Lihas, ambos casados, cruzaron miradas al otro lado del pasillo.Ambos se sonrieron antes de volver a servir champán a los pasajeros de primera clase.Esta sonrisa compartida fue fugaz, pero lo dijo todo. Y más tarde, cuando Hunter y John estaban de vacaciones al mismo tiempo, la pareja se encontró sentada en la sala de descanso de la tripulación, reflexionando sobre la vida en común y las carreras que han construido juntos.“Pasé cinco minutos en el avión contigo, cuando ni siquiera debía hacerlo, y ahora vivimos juntos en la ciudad, y tú estás sentado frente a mí en el avión y trabajamos juntos”, recuerda Hunter que le dijo a John.“Cuando conoces a alguien por primera vez, nunca piensas que llegará tan lejos. Es algo surrealista. Y, sinceramente, te hace muy feliz, porque te preguntas cómo es que llegué hasta aquí”.Encuentro en un aviónLa h...

Mickelson relieved to make PGA Championship cut after 2nd-round struggles

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:16:01 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — After plunking a tee shot in the water, and missing 10 fairways and six greens in regulation, Phil Mickelson closed a haphazard second round at the PGA Championship on Friday clinging to the one positive he could find.Poorly as Lefty played in carding a 2-over 72 that put him at 5-over 145 at Oak Hill, Mickelson anticipated he did enough to make the cut.“I’m just a fraction off. This is as bad as I’ve played in a long time,” Mickelson said. “And yet, I’m still here on the weekend and I have a chance to turn it around.”The two-time PGA Championship winner, who teed off in the morning, ultimately made the cut on the number, one of 76 players advancing to the weekend.And it wouldn’t be extraordinary for Mickelson, who has won 45 PGA Tour events and six majors, to mount a charge. He did so as recently as the Masters last month, when he shot a fourth-round low of 7-under 65 to finish in a tie for second with Brooks Koepka.Yet Mickelson’s surge at Augusta seems more...