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Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton released from hospital after weekslong health scare

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

Shaley Kelley Schrepfer, the oldest of Retton’s four daughters, posted an update on Retton’s condition on Instagram nearly two weeks after the family disclosed that the former Olympic all-around champion was in intensive care.The 55-year-old Retton is now in “recovery mode,” according to Schrepfer.“We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us,” Schrepfer wrote. “But baby steps.”The family disclosed earlier this month that Retton — who became the first American female gymnast to win the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Los Angeles Games — was “fighting for her life” and unable to breathe on her own.Donations have poured into a fundraiser the family set up to help offset Retton’s medical expenses after the family said she didn’t have medical insurance. There’s been more than 8,300 donations totaling nearly $460,000 by Monday afternoon.Retton was 16 when she became an icon of the U.S. Olympic movement during her gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Summer Gam...

Warriors, Thompson not near contract extension ahead of season opener: report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

The Warriors and Klay Thompson are reportedly not close to an agreement on a contract extension as the former All-NBA guard prepares to open his 13th season with Golden State on Tuesday night.Thompson’s camp and the front office are at a “dead point” in negotiations, according to a Monday report from The Athletic, with issues both on the length of the deal and the money involved.There is no deadline for Thompson, 33, and the Warriors to agree to a deal, but with the season opener as a deadline for extensions to many rookie contracts, it’s a time when other agreements come together, too.The Warriors are reportedly aiming to stay under the second level of the luxury tax (expected to be around $190 million), which may be difficult with almost $115 million already committed to the other members of the Warriors’ starting five.Thompson signed a five-year, $190 million contract in 2019 just after tearing his ACL in the NBA Finals. He missed the 2019-20 season,...

Bay Area weather: How much rain did we get?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

It wasn’t a downpour. But it wasn’t just a light sprinkle. And a few areas in the mountains actually got a decent amount.The rain that fell Sunday across the Bay Area ranked as the highest precipitation total for any day in nearly six months.That’s not unusual. Very little rain falls most years in summer in California. Nevertheless, the soggy Sunday was a reminder that autumn is here and the state’s winter rainy season has begun.San Francisco received .19 inches Sunday — not a lot by winter storm standards. But the last time more fell in a single day was on May 5, when the city received .54 inches.Oakland similarly saw .19 inches, the most since May 6, when .22 inches fell.The storm came ashore mostly in the Sonoma area, so rain totals were lower farther south. San Jose received .07 inches Sunday, slightly less than the .08 that fell Sept. 30. The last time significantly more fell in the Bay Area’s most populous city was May 5, when .15 inches arr...

Who is pilot Joseph Emerson? Pleasant Hill neighbors say he's 'very friendly'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. (KRON) -- A pilot who lives in Pleasant Hill, Joseph David Emerson, is facing 167 charges after he allegedly tried to shut down the engines of a plane bound for San Francisco while he was off-duty and in the cockpit. Emerson, 44, is an FAA licensed pilot. He is now accused of attempting to murder 83 people who were onboard the passenger flight Sunday evening, according to jail booking records. Neighbors described Emerson as a "positive, very friendly, upbeat," father of two.On a quiet street in Pleasant Hill, Emerson, his wife, and two young sons live in a one-story house decorated with Halloween ghost, tombstone, and skeleton displays on the front lawn.One neighbor, Karen Yee, told KRON4 that the pilot's children sometimes go over to her house to play. "We still can't believe it. We are still shocked. It doesn't sound like Joe at all. I don't know what happened to him mentally that he would do something like that," Yee said Monday.Pilot Joseph David Emerson's ...

Eastbound Dumbarton Bridge to be closed for 4 days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

(KRON) – Caltrans has scheduled to close the Dumbarton Bridge (State Route 84) in the eastbound direction for four nights in October and November for repaving.The Dumbarton Bridge is to be completely closed in the eastbound direction between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. for four nights, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 through Nov. 3. The westbound direction will remain open. The bridge will be repaved during the closure, Caltrans said. Livermore gun store owner fatally shot would-be robber, police say Detours:Motorists headed to the East Bay from San Francisco and San Mateo can take the San Mateo Bridge (State Route 92) from the City of San Mateo to Hayward.Motorists headed to Milpitas or Fremont from the South Bay can take Calaveras Boulevard (State Route 237).The bridge stretches between the City of Menlo Park in San Mateo County and the City of Fremont in Alameda County. 

Oakland woman found safely after reported missing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

(KRON) – The Oakland Police Department said it has safely located a woman reported missing. The missing woman was last seen on Oct. 20 in the 9800 block of Plymouth Street. 16-year-old killed, 3 injured at Oakley house party shooting killed She was described as a white female with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was around 350 pounds and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.The family reported the woman was in good physical condition and had mental health challenges. Anyone with information regarding missing persons cases is asked to contact the OPD Missing Persons Unit at (510) 238-3641.

Pentagon rushes defenses and advisers to Middle East as Israel’s ground assault in Gaza looms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to aid in its war planning and is speeding multiple sophisticated air defense systems to the Middle East days ahead of an anticipated ground assault into Gaza. One of the officers leading the assistance is Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Glynn, who previously helped lead special operations forces against the Islamic State and served in Fallujah, Iraq, during some of the most heated urban combat there, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss Glynn’s role and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Glynn will also be advising on how to mitigate civilian casualties in urban warfare, the official said. Israel is preparing a large-scale ground operation in an environment in which Hamas militants have had years to prepare tunnel networks and set traps throughout northern Gaza’s dense urban blocks. Glynn and the other military officers who are...

Don Laughlin, resort-casino owner and architect behind Nevada town, is dead at 92

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) — Donald “Don” J. Laughlin, a resort owner and the namesake of a southern Nevada town that he turned into a tourist destination, has died. He was 92.Laughlin died Sunday at his penthouse home at the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino in Laughlin, Diana Fuchs, the resort’s marketing director, said Monday. He died of natural causes.Family and other relatives had been with Laughlin for several days before his death. “Don … in true Don Laughlin spirit, was still trying to make them laugh with his jokes,” Fuchs said in an email to The Associated Press. Laughlin is credited as the architect behind the transformation of an area of dirt and weeds 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of Las Vegas into a thriving alternative to Sin City.“When we came here there was a dirt road in here and you had to come in by way of the dam,” Laughlin told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2016 while celebrating the resort’s 50th anniversary. “If it rained, you couldn’t get h...

Cathay: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) on Monday reported third-quarter profit of $82.4 million.The bank, based in Los Angeles, said it had earnings of $1.13 per share.The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.12 per share.The holding company for Cathay Bank posted revenue of $331.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $193.5 million, which missed Street forecasts.Cathay shares have decreased 18% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $33.31, a drop of 20% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CATY at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CATYSource

Back in Top 25, James Madison hopes to avoid another skid that takes them right back out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:01:39 GMT

James Madison is back in the Top 25 after a 7-0 start to the season, and coach Curt Cignetti is confident the Dukes are better prepared for continued success this time.A year ago, after starting 5-0 and being ranked No. 25 for the first time as a Bowl Subdivision program, they promptly lost three straight.“I think last season we were ranked and then went down to Georgia Southern, there was a lot of hoopla around here,” Cignetti said Monday, the day after the Dukes appeared in both the AP Top 25 and the coach’s poll for the first time.“We crossed that bridge a little bit when we played them last time because we were 5-0 again, the same match up, and I thought we handled it much better.”On Oct. 14, this time at JMU’s Bridgeforth Stadium, the Dukes rolled, 41-13.“This team has learned the lessons from the past,” Cignetti said. “It’s very mature. One thing I’ll say about this team is they have been extremely focused day in, day out and played with great effort and energy eve...