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Broncos coach Sean Payton doesn’t want team to be “content at all” after comeback win vs. Bears

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

The Broncos beat the Bears on Sunday, but they didn’t bask in any kind of glory Monday morning.The workweek started and head coach Sean Payton gave his team a clear message about where it stands heading into preparations for the New York Jets.“I said this to the team just 15 minutes ago. I said, ‘I’m encouraged that we fought back into that game, but man, let’s not finish today when we’re done watching this tape and feel like we’re content at all with how we played,’” Payton told reporters Monday. “(We have) too many things that still are disappointing or things that we have to clean up.”Indeed, Denver gave up 471 yards, 26 first downs and 28 points to a winless Chicago team that entered averaging 250, 15.7 and 15.7, respectively.“Same thing offensively,” Payton said. “We stalled for a period after the first touchdown. We went through a third of the game struggling. That sense of urgency has to exist again this week. We’re going to play against a lot better teams here in the next mo...

Suspect in January triple homicide arrested in Upland for unrelated crime 

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

A man who is suspected of murdering three of his family members in January has been apprehended more than half a year since he allegedly committed the crime.According to a release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, three family members – 68-year-old Sonia Ramirez, 72-year-old George Ramirez and 43-year-old David Ramirez – were all found shot to death by deputies from the Chino Hills Sheriff’s Station in their home on the 4800 block of Ramona Avenue in the unincorporated area of Montclair on Jan. 30. Within weeks, deputies had identified the suspect as 29-year-old Pete Renteria, one of the Ramirez family’s relatives, but his whereabouts remained unknown.  12-year-old boy killed in father’s suspected DUI crash Renteria managed to avoid capture for eight months before he was arrested for an unrelated crime in the city of Upland on Saturday, police said. Authorities would not disclose the nature of the crime Renteria committed on Saturday that led to his ar...

Expansion plans reveal 16 new rides, new show could come to Disneyland Resort

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

New rides and attractions similar to Radiator Springs Racers, Toy Story Midway Mania and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad could be coming to the Disneyland Resort, should the company's Disney Forward plans get approved by the City of Anaheim.Maps included in the 17,000-page environmental report for the proposed expansion indicate that as many as 16 new rides and a new outdoor show could come to the resort, the Orange County Register reported. Disneyland expansion moves a step closer to reality The westside expansion of the resort shows a potential new theme park stationed on the Downtown Disney and Lilo and Stitch parking lots, woven amid the Disneyland Hotel and Paradise Pier Hotel — which is currently getting reimagined into the Pixar Place Hotel.Maps of the westside site bordered by Katella Avenue, Walnut Street, Magic Way and Disneyland Drive show plans for five thrill rides, nine family rides, two round rides and an outdoor show, the Register reported.The two outdoor rides would...

Poll: Most think conservatives can’t speak freely on campus

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

By Collin Binkley, Jocelyn Gecker and Emily Swanson | Associated PressWASHINGTON — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll.Overall, 47% of adults say liberals have “a lot” of freedom to express their views on college campuses, while just 20% said the same of conservatives, according to polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the University of Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression.Republicans perceive a stronger bias on campuses against conservatives, but Democrats see a difference too — about 4 in 10 Democrats say liberals can speak their minds freely on campuses, while about 3 in 10 Democrats say conservatives can do so.“If you’re a Republican or lean Republican, you’re unabashedly wrong, they shut you down,” said Rhon...

Sale closed in Palo Alto: $3.1 million for a five-bedroom home

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

865 Thornwood Drive – Google Street ViewA 1,775-square-foot house built in 1957 has changed hands. The property located in the 800 block of Thornwood Drive in Palo Alto was sold on Sept. 13, 2023, for $3,100,000, or $1,746 per square foot. This single-story home provides a generous living space with its five bedrooms and two bathrooms. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. Additionally, the home includes a two-car garage.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:In March 2023, a 1,754-square-foot home on Arbutus Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $3,100,000, a price per square foot of $1,767. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,412-square-foot home on the 3500 block of Lupine Avenue in Palo Alto sold in April 2023, for $3,100,000, a price per square foot of $2,195. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Arbutus Avenue, Palo Alto, in June 2023, a 2,221-square-foot home was sold for $3,200,000, a price per square foot of $1,441. The home has 4 bedr...

2 children dead after falling into pool at San Jose day care facility

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

(BCN) -- Two children died after falling into a pool and a third was rescued on Monday morning at a day care center located in a South San Jose home, police said. Authorities were called about 9:05 a.m. for a welfare check at the home in the 1000 block of Fleetwood Drive, where several children reportedly fell into a pool. Search suspended for person missing after possible shark attack at Point Reyes beach Emergency medical crews were called, and three children were taken to hospitals in critical condition. Despite life-saving efforts, two were pronounced dead at the hospitals. The third's status was later updated to non-life threatening, police said.Per county protocol for all child deaths, the San Jose police homicide unit and the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office will investigate the deaths. No other information was released about the incident.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

San Jose students earn rare perfect scores on AP calculus exam

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

(KRON) --Two high school students in San Jose achieved perfect scores on their AP calculus exams, school officials announced Monday. The stellar students, Ritwin Narra and Kaylee Nguyen, secured all 108 out of a possible 108 points on the demanding exam. Narra and Nguyen were two of only 16 students worldwide to finish the annual AP Calculus BC Exam flawlessly last spring, a letter from AP officials states. Their teacher at Silver Creek High School, Ms. Leena Guttal, has been teaching advanced math for 28 years. After Ms. Guttal was notified of her students' scores, she felt overwhelmed with joy. "Two students out of 16 in the whole world are my students!" she said.Nguyen’s mathematics studies were "very meticulous and thorough. And she was very hardworking, too. She didn't take it for granted," the teacher said.“Ritwin always had an answer for any problem that I give him. It was so hard to challenge him. He always had a different way of doing problems,” Guttal said.Compared to solv...

Over 100 pounds of fentanyl seized from SF open-air drug markets in past 4 months

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Over 100 pounds of fentanyl was seized from open-air drug markets in the Tenderloin and SoMa districts over the last four months, according to the San Francisco Police Department. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, SFPD announced that between May 29 and Oct. 1 of this year, it had seized 82 kilograms of narcotics, including 47 kilograms of fentanyl.That amounts to approximately 180 pounds of total narcotics seized and just over 100 pounds of fentanyl. During that same time period, SFPD said it had made a total of 1,233 drug-related arrests. 2 children dead after falling into pool at San Jose day care facility Of those arrests, 380 were for narcotics sales, 582 were for narcotics use, and 271 were connected to warrants and other charges."Our joint efforts to shut down the open-air drug markets in the Tenderloin and SoMa are still ongoing," SFPD said. The arrests and seizures were made as part of the SFPD Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC), a downt...

Imprisoned YouTuber’s high-end car collection to be auctioned off in Maryland

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

The multimillion dollar car collection of an imprisoned YouTube star is set to be auctioned off in Maryland.Bill Omar Carrasquillo — the man behind the popular YouTube channel “Omi in a Hellcat” — was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for a scheme that involved piracy of cable TV, access device fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of copyright infringement.In addition to his prison sentence, he was subject to forfeit $30 million, and about $3 million in high-end exotic cars.“Some Lamborghinis, some Bentleys and Jeeps,” said Jennifer Crane, assistant chief of the Asset Forfeiture Division of the U.S. Marshals Service. “And, a few SUVs, some ATVs and dirt bikes.”Carrasquillo’s channel included produced videos, set to a hip hop beat, in which he shows off his collection of cars and diamond-encrusted jewelry.Omi in a Hellcat’s bling will be auctioned off at the B&O Railroad Museum in Balt...

Hurts’ breakthrough passing game resembles 2022, and so does 4-0 start for NFC champion Eagles

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:40:51 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts won games for the Philadelphia Eagles by margins large and small, with his arms and his legs, with eye-popping playmaking that earned him one of the richest contracts in NFL history.But it took Hurts until Sunday to achieve a new feat — leading the Eagles to an overtime win.No matter how late in the game — and Jake Elliott’s 54-yard field goal in a 34-31 win over Washington was about as late as it gets — Hurts and the Eagles find a way to pull out a win.They are 4-0 for the second straight season, one of two undefeated teams in the league. The other is San Francisco, and an NFC championship game rematch — even in October — doesn’t seem so far out of reach.Hurts turned in his first true 2022 performance of this season. He threw for 300 yards for the first time this year and connected with A.J. Brown for two touchdowns. Brown, one of Hurts’ closest friends on the team, said he saw a fire in the QB that had been missing.The Eagles were hardly inspiring o...