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SF Giants trade for outfielder who excelled at Triple-A last year

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

The San Francisco Giants have been active at the top end of free agency, but that doesn’t preclude them from operating at the margins.After signing center fielder Jung Hoo Lee for $113 million over six years, the Giants added another outfielder — although on a much smaller scale. Tuesday morning, the team announced they traded cash and a player to be named later for TJ Hopkins, who played 25 games for the Reds last year.Hopkins, 26, struggled with the Reds in his first MLB action, going 7-for-41. His minor league results are much more promising; the righty slashed .308/.411/.514 in Triple-A last year.The Reds selected Hopkins in the ninth round of the 2019 MLB Draft after he spent four years at the University of South Carolina.Hopkins hasn’t fit the plate discipline profile of a typical Giants position player, as he strikes out significantly more than he walks. He does have power, though, smacking 16 home runs at Triple-A in 2023.The Reds designated Hopkins for assignmen...

The top seven most expensive home sales in Saratoga, reported the week of Dec. 4

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

A house that sold for $5.8 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Saratoga in the past two weeks.In total, eight residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $4.6 million. The average price per square foot was $1,084.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded from the week of November 27 to the week of Dec. 10 even if the property may have been sold earlier.7. $770K, condominium in the 20700 block of Fourth StreetThe sale of the condominium in the 20700 block of Fourth Street in Saratoga has been finalized. The price was $770,000, and the new owners took over the condominium in November. The condominium was built in 1970 and has a living area of 876 square feet. The price per square foot was $879. The condominium features two bedrooms and one bathrooms.6. $1.4 million, condominium in the 18900 block of Sara Park CircleThe property in the 18900...

Hayward’s first Chipotle opens at new apartment village

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

Chipotle has finally come to the city of Hayward.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | South Bay restaurants ring in 2024 with a French twist Restaurants, Food and Drink | What opening day was like at In-N-Out’s first Idaho restaurant Restaurants, Food and Drink | 15 long-lived Bay Area restaurants we said goodbye to in 2023 Restaurants, Food and Drink | Restaurant news: Chateau, a Parisian-style cocktail bar, is coming soon to Walnut Creek Restaurants, Food and Drink | Restaurant news: Alameda’s newest wine bar highlights drinks by women makers The restaurant has opened at Lincoln Landing, a new luxury apartment village on Foothill Boulevard. The six-floor complex features ground-level retail spaces.Besides burritos, bowls and quesadillas stuffed with chicken, carnitas, steak, barbacoa, veggies and plant-based sofritas, Chipotle’s menu now includes a limited-time offering, carne asad...

Woman killed in Oakland traffic collision is identified; suspect facing multiple charges

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

OAKLAND — A woman killed last week in West Oakland when the car she was driving was hit by a stolen vehicle that police said was fleeing a hit-and-run collision was identified by the coroner’s office Tuesday.The woman killed was Samrawit Abbadura, 23, of Oakland, authorities said.The 34-year-old driver of the allegedly stolen vehicle was booked into Santa Rita Jail on Monday night after being released from a hospital where he was treated for injuries suffered in the Dec. 13 collision. He is being held on $110,000 bail for investigation of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, driving under the influence of drugs, felony hit-and-run, vehicle theft and possession of stolen property.A 24-year-old woman who was a passenger in Abbadura’s vehicle remains hospitalized with multiple injuries, including some fractures, police said.The collision happened just before 11 a.m. Dec. 13 at the intersection of 16th Street and Mandela Parkway.Police allege the 34-year-old m...

San Jose: Homicide declared for April death of 2-month-old baby after findings of malnourishment, physical abuse

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

SAN JOSE — The death of a 2-month-old boy earlier this year in San Jose is now being investigated as a homicide after coroner’s officials declared that he was malnourished and had suffered serious head blows, authorities said.No arrests have been made, according to San Jose police. Santa Clara County officials told this news organization that the child, Charles Zheng, was not the subject of any referrals with the Department of Family and Children’s Services prior to his death.Officers were called to a local hospital the evening of April 4 regarding Charles’ death, in accordance with county child-death protocols. San Jose police said homicide detectives — who are summoned as standard procedure for child death cases — interviewed the infant’s parents and collected evidence.However, the child’s cause of death was not declared until Dec. 8, when the county Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office finalized its autopsy and death investigatio...

3rd fatality in deadly 680 crash in which vehicle went airborne and hit tree

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

(KRON) -- The number of confirmed fatalities that occurred in a deadly crash involving a vehicle that went airborne on the southbound 680 near Pleasanton Monday has risen from two to three, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday. The crash occurred Monday at 2:36 p.m. near the Sunol Boulevard and Castlewood Drive exits.The vehicle, a Honda Pilot, was traveling south in the number 1 lane at 65 mph when it suffered a blowout, the driver told the CHP. He said he reacted by steering to the left, as he initially feared going down the embankment on the west shoulder.By veering to the left, he rode his left side tires partially up the jersey wall bordering the east side lanes, the CHP said. This caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle and cross all the lanes before traversing the right shoulder. Hundreds of drug dealers arrested in SF six-month crackdown The edge of the right shoulder, the CHP said, is bordered by a sloped curb edge. This caused the Honda to become airborne ...

April death of 2-month-old being investigated as homicide, SJPD announces

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

(KRON) – An autopsy cites the death of a two-month-old infant that died in April as a homicide, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday.  Patrol officers and homicide unit detectives responded to a local hospital to investigate the death of a two-month-old infant at approximately 6:49 p.m. on April 4. Officers and detectives interviewed the parents of the infant and evidence was collected, police said.  1 man fatally shot, another injured in South San Jose The Santa Clara County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office provided detectives with final medical reports and autopsy and ruled the manner of death as homicide.According to police, the motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Van Den Broeck and Detective Estantino at (408)-277-5283.

Zelenskyy says he’s confident Ukraine will get more U.S. support for its war with Russia

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he’s certain the United States will make good on its promise to provide billions of dollars in further aid for Kyiv to continue its fight against Russia, and he bluntly replied “No,” to a question about whether his country might lose the war.Speaking at an end-of-year news conference in Kyiv, Zelenskyy also dismissed suggestions that Moscow’s forces have come out of 2023 on top after mostly beating back Ukraine’s counteroffensive and stepping up its military production.“Russia failed to achieve any of its goals” this year, he said, although he conceded Ukraine still faces “lots of challenges” after expending Western military hardware in the counteroffensive that failed to make an impression on the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.The U.S. Congress has left town for the holidays without a deal to send some $61 billion to Ukraine, and the U.S. Defense Department says it is almost out of money to...

Live updates | Israel strikes hit Gaza as UN negotiates a cease-fire resolution

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

Israeli troops launched more deadly strikes in Gaza on Tuesday and raided two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, while the U.N. Security Council is intensely negotiating a resolution to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting.A strike on a home in Rafah where displaced people were sheltering killed at least 27 people, including women and children, and another killed at least three people, according to Associated Press journalists who saw the bodies arrive at two local hospitals early Tuesday.Nearly 20,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel declared war on Hamas, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza, which does not differentiate between civilian and combatant deaths. Thousands more lie buried under the rubble of Gaza, the U.N. estimates. Israel says 127 of its soldiers have died in its ground offensive after Hamas raided southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and taking about 240 hostage...

Angel Cabrera clear to return to PGA Tour after prison, hopes to recover from ‘serious mistakes’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:37:08 GMT

Two-time major champion Angel Cabrera, released on parole from an Argentina prison in August for gender violence, has been cleared to play in PGA Tour-sanctioned events. He said in a Golf Digest interview he wants to clean up his image from “serious mistakes.”Without confirming Cabrera was ever suspended — the PGA Tour does not publicize conduct violations — a tour spokesman confirmed the 54-year-old Argentine is eligible to play.Cabrera, who won the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 2007 and the Masters in a playoff in 2009, was imprisoned for two years for threats and harassment of Cecilia Torres Mana, his partner of two years. Her case was joined by that of another former partner, Micaela Escudero.In a lengthy interview with Golf Digest published in the December-January edition, Cabrera said he was embarrassed by his behavior and said, “I made serious mistakes.”“I refused to listen to anyone and did what I wanted, how I wanted and when I wanted,” Cabrera said. “That was wrong. I ask ...