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Billions of snow crabs went missing around Alaska. Scientists now know what happened to them

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

By Rachel Ramirez | CNNBillions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.The finding comes just days after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the snow crab harvest season was canceled for the second year in a row, citing the overwhelming number of crabs missing from the typically frigid, treacherous waters of the Bering Sea.The study, published Thursday by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found a significant link between recent marine heat waves in the eastern Bering Sea and the sudden disappearance of the snow crabs that began showing up in surveys in 2021.“When I received the 2021 data from the survey for the first time, my mind was just blown,” said Cody Szuwalski, lead author of the study and fishery biologist at NOAA. “Everybody was just kind of hoping and praying that that was an error in the s...

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Ryan McKendry, Liberty football

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

Liberty’s Ryan McKendry is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete. (Courtesy of Liberty High) Liberty football player Ryan McKendry is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete for Oct. 9-14 after he received 42.30% of the vote.Bishop O’Dowd football player Miles Dixon (34.32%) took second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.McKendry caught eight passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns as Liberty, playing at home in Brentwood, edged Antioch 41-40 in a Bay Valley Athletic League game.Liberty is 5-2 overall and 2-0 in the league.To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.

Attempted robbery under investigation in Palo Alto

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

PALO ALTO – Police are investigating the second attempted robbery in just over a week in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Silicon Valley tech CEO sentenced to 8 years in prison following COVID and allergy test fraud scandal Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested in connection with shooting at Stanford, attempted robbery in Palo Alto Crime and Public Safety | San Jose man’s toxicology results released in double-fatal Santa Cruz County crash Crime and Public Safety | Armed man taken into custody at Palo Alto shopping center Crime and Public Safety | 2 vehicles stolen, 6 others burglarized Monday in Los Altos The most recent incident happened around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of a pharmacy at 2605 Middlefield Road, the Palo Alto Police Department said in a statement.The victim was walking through the parking lot when a man riding a skateboard approa...

The San Jose Sharks’ problems are plentiful. One issue looms larger than others

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

SAN JOSE – Four games into the season and almost all the major concerns regarding the San Jose Sharks are being borne out.Playing the NHL’s most difficult schedule to date, the Sharks, without Logan Couture and Mikael Granlund, are not only having all kinds of trouble scoring but have also developed a penchant for giving up deflating goals at the most inopportune times.And without Erik Karlsson, the Sharks’ present defense corps has combined for one assist.Add it all up and the Sharks, who begin a five-game road trip on Saturday in Nashville, are the NHL’s last remaining winless team with a 0-3-1 record.“Listen, we all knew the challenge we had on this homestand, right? Let’s be honest,” Sharks coach David Quinn said Thursday after his team’s 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. “We feel like we’re not that far off.”The combined record of the Sharks’ first four opponents, Vegas, Colorado, Carolina, and Boston, before Friday’s games, was a remarkable 15-2-0. Things let up a bit for S...

October heat broke records in several Bay Area cities

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A mid-October heat wave brought Heat Advisories to much of the Bay Area on Thursday, and some cities beat longstanding high-temperature records, according to the National Weather Service. San Jose, Richmond, Napa and even San Francisco International Airport all saw record-breaking heat.San Jose beat out a 110-year-old record for its Oct. 19 high temperature, NWS said. In 1913, the previous record was set at 91 degrees. On Thursday, the temperature soared to 93 degrees.In Richmond, Thursday’s 92-degree high set a new record for Oct. 19. The previous record was 89 degrees, set in 2020.Napa narrowly set a new Oct.19 record for high heat when it peaked at 95 degrees Thursday. The previous high-temperature record was set 90 years ago in 1933 for a 94-degree day.Travelers and workers spending any time outside of SFO Airport also felt a record-breaker. The previous Oct. 19 record was set last year in 2022 for 86-degree heat. On Thursday, the temperature there was ma...

WTOP’s Beer of the Week: D.C. Solidarity Beer 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

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What’s streaming now: The Rolling Stones, John le Carré, ‘Living for the Dead’ and Harry Bosch

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

A fresh Rolling Stones album, a revealing documentary on spy novelist John le Carré and “Living for the Dead,” a new Hulu series that’s like “Queer Eye” meets “Ghost Hunters” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near youAmong the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are comedian Heather McMahan’s first network comedy special called “The Son I Never Had” and Nida Manzoor’s rollicking action-comedy movie “Polite Society.”NEW MOVIES TO STREAM— John le Carré, whose birth name was David Cornwell, died in 2020. But before his death, the author of “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” sat down with documentarian Errol Morris for a series of probing interviews. The result, “The Pigeon Tunnel,” is one of the non-fiction highlights of the movie year. In the film, which streams Friday on Apple TV+, Cornwell discusses his career as a spy, his books and historical truth i...

The leaders of Ukraine and Russia assess resources as their war heads toward another winter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with President Joe Biden about future U.S. support for Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a military base near the invaded nation’s border as the warring countries prepared for the winter and next year’s combat operations.Almost 20 months of war have sapped both sides’ military resources. The fighting is likely to settle into positional and attritional warfare during the approaching wintry weather, analysts say, with little change along the more than 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.Zelenskyy said late Thursday he spoke to Biden by phone about “a significant support package” for Ukraine. Western help has been crucial for Ukraine’s war effort. The U.S. president is expected to ask Congress on Friday for billions of dollars in military assistance for both Ukraine and Israel. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the latest U.S. pledges to back Ukraine would bear no fruit in the war....

Jim Jordan digs in for a third vote for House speaker as Republicans refuse to give him gavel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who failed in a crucial second ballot yesterday to become Speaker of the House, talks to reporters as he leaves a closed meeting of the Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who failed in a crucial second ballot yesterday to become Speaker of the House, talks to reporters as he leaves a closed meeting of the Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite deepening opposition, Rep. Jim Jordan is digging in for a fight to become House speaker ahead of a Friday vot...

Gale-force winds and floods strike Northern Europe. At least 2 people killed in Scotland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:55 GMT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Gale-force winds and floods struck several countries in Northern Europe as the region braced for more heavy rain on Friday. In Scotland, at least two people were reported dead and authorities searched for a man thought to be trapped in his vehicle.The winds are expected to hit hardest in the eastern part of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula and the Danish islands in the Baltic Sea. But the northern part of the British Isles, southern Sweden and Norway, and northern Germany are also in the path of the storm, named Babet by U.K.’s weather forecaster, the Met Office.Eastern Scotland continued to bear the brunt of the stormy weather. On Friday, the Met Office issued a new “red” warning for parts of eastern Scotland for further flooding throughout Saturday.A 57-year-old woman died Thursday after being swept into a river in the region of Angus, where 400 homes were evacuated. A 56-year-old man died when his van was hit by a falling tree in same area. A police sp...