SAN JOSE – The day after the Sharks were blown out by the Utah Mammoth last month, coach Ryan Warsofsky said his team – desperate to get off to a fast start — was too focused on the result of winning, and not enough on the details of how to make it happen.
“So we’ve got to worry about – and every coach says it — the process, and the way we have to work and the way we have to play,” Warsofsky said Oct. 18, “and (victories) will come with that.”
Since that 6-3 loss to the Mammoth on Oct. 17 in Salt Lake City, the Sharks have switched from a 1-1-3 alignment to a much faster, more aggressive 2-1-2 forechecking style. The move has allowed the Sharks to utilize their speed and create a few more high-danger scoring chances, while preventing fewer grade-A opportunities for opposing teams at the other end.
With that has come what everyone in teal wanted from the start — more wins. Since a 0-4-2 start, the Sharks,“You ask any player, they don’t like being under pressure.
The Sharks are still sporting a modest 3-6-2 record, but the eight points they have after 11 games actually represent their best start to a season since the 2021-22 season, when they began 6-4-1.
“I think our strength is we’re young and we’ve got some guys with some juice in this room,” Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro said. “Using our skating and being as aggressive as possible, what we’ve been doing — obviously being smart while we’re doing it — but our aggressive play has really helped us so far.
“Since we’ve been playing better with that, we haven’t changed a thing.”
In beating the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday, forwards Alexander Wennberg and Philipp Kurashev each had a goal and an assist, and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves in his best performance of the season.
Macklin Celebrini assisted on Will Smith’s second-period goal that gave the Sharks a 4-1 lead and now has five goals and seven assists in a career-long six-game point streak, as the Sharks earned their first win on home ice this season.
Celebrini now had 17 points in 11 games, becoming just the fifth teenager in the past 15 years to record 17 or more points in a single calendar month. The others were Connor McDavid in February and November 2016, Clayton Keller in March 2018, Andrei Svechnikov in November 2019, and Connor Bedard in March 2024.
That Celebrini’s hot streak began soon after the Sharks made the change to a less conservative forechecking style probably isn’t a complete coincidence.
“I think it helps just not sitting back as much, not giving (teams) free entry,” Celebrini said. “Putting a little bit more pressure, turning over more pucks, I think it helps us just get possession.
“You ask any player, they don’t like being under pressure. So I think the more pace and pressure we can put on the other team’s players or defensemen, it helps us get more possession time.”
Since a 3-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 18, a game they controlled for the final two periods, the Sharks have gone 3-3-0, with the three losses by a combined four goals.
“I think you can see in these last couple of games, we’ve come out pretty strong, come out really fast, gotten the first goal,” said Sharks goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, who made 29 saves Thursday. “We’re in games. There haven’t been a lot of games this year, maybe like one or two, where we didn’t really have it that night, and we didn’t really have a shot.”
The Sharks’ next few games will offer a stiff test. After Saturday’s game against the Central Division-leading Avalanche, the Sharks face the Atlantic Division-leading Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. That’s followed by games against the improved Seattle Kraken, the Winnipeg Jets, last season’s Presidents’ Trophy winners, and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.
“We’ve definitely taken steps in that process, of what it looks like to win, and what it feels like, what it takes, and how hard you have to work, the details you need to play with,” Warsofsky said. “We still have a ways to go, but our group is definitely taking the teaching and the coaching of what it takes, and our guys are growing it with that as we go.”
DICKINSON UPDATE
Sam Dickinson was still with the Sharks as of Friday afternoon, as the team didn’t make any announcement about whether they would keep the rookie defenseman on the NHL roster to the Ontario Hockey League. Dickinson played his ninth game of the season on Thursday and had 14:23 in ice time, all at even strength, as he played on the Sharks’ third defense pair with Shakir Mukhamadullin.
If the Sharks play Dickinson in a 10th game, they would burn the first year of his three-year entry-level contract, making him eligible for restricted free agency – and a likely significant pay rise — following the 2027-28 season. The Sharks also have the option of loaning Dickinson back to his major junior team, the London Knights.
INJURY UPDATES
Sharks winger Ryan Reaves will not be available Saturday after he sustained a lower-body injury in the second period of Thursday’s game. Reaves had a second-period breakaway and got a shot on goal as he fought off a check from Devils winger Paul Cotter, but tripped over Allen’s glove and fell hard on his back. Reaves did not return for the third period. … Defenseman Nick Leddy (upper body) practiced Friday but will not play Saturday, Warsofsky said.
LAFAYETTE — The most fearsome part of the Halloween night showdown for Foothill Division supremacy in the Diablo Athletic League had to be Acalanes’ offense whenever it got within sniffing distance of a first down.
Whether it was mobile junior quarterback Tyler Winkles or bruising senior running back Josh Elerts, the Dons’ (9-0, 3-0) two-pronged attack methodically moved the ball at will Friday night against visiting Clayton Valley Charter to clinch the league title in front of a sparse — but festive — crowd.
“At the very start of the year, we talked about what we wanted to do,” Elerts said after rushing for 134 yards on 35 carries in the 31-14 win. “Winning league is not something Acalanes is known for. So it’s something that we’ve been emphasizing in our practices and something that we’ve been moving toward.”
Acalanes quarterback Tyler Winkles (6) runs with the ball against Clayton Valley Charter in the first quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Acalanes compiled three scoring drives of a dozen plays or more, ran the ball for 12 first downs and passed for seven more. They ran 81 plays to Clayton Valley’s 34 and possessed the ball for nearly three-quarters of regulation. But they didn’t produce a single play from scrimmage that gained more than 26 yards, that is, until Winkles connected with junior receiver Finley Rivera from the 50-yard line to ice the win with 4:37 left to play.
The touchdown brought Winkles’ passing total to 210 yards, and he added another 30 on the ground before he got to take a knee in the victory formation. Winkles’ first four passes fell incomplete before he went on to complete 17 of his next 20 attempts.
Rivera hauled in eight of those completions for 131 yards.
“That’s the game plan,” said coach Joel Isaac. “We want to stay on schedule, make sure that we’re taking what they give us. We were able to run effectively really all night. Maybe we weren’t popping them, but we also don’t have a No. 8 back there.”
Clayton Valley Charter running back Jhadis Luckey (8) gestures to the Acalanes student section after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Isaac was referring to Clayton Valley’s senior running back, Jhadis Luckey, who is closing in on his second consecutive 2,000-yard season. He trucked a defender and sprinted 29 yards to the end zone to put Clayton Valley up 7-0 as the first quarter came to a close. But the Ugly Eagles (5-4, 3-1) proceeded to surrender 25 unanswered points until junior quarterback Mirza Mann found freshman tight end Landon Trautner in the back of the end zone for a touchdown that made it 25-14 with 7:40 to play.
Mann connected with his receivers for deep balls of 42 and 39 yards but finished with 95 total yards passing. Likewise, Lucky was contained to 57 yards on 20 carries besides the touchdown. He returned the opening kickoff into Acalanes’ territory, but the Uglies then went three-and-out.
“We figured we could match them speed-for-speed in the passing game, and they didn’t really beat us deep,” Clayton Valley coach Nick Tisa said. “We just couldn’t stop their run game, and they did a good job of stopping ours. They just beat us in the trenches.”
Clayton Valley Charter’s Andres Watts (4) fails to grab a pass while being guarded by Acalanes’ River Lockwood (1) in the first quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Acalanes head coach Joel Isaac, left, is congratulated by Clayton Valley Charter head coach Nick Tisa after their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Acalanes defeated Clayton Valley Charter 31-14. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Acalanes’ Deonte Littlejohn (0) runs in for a touchdown against Clayton Valley Charter in the second quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Acalanes head coach Joel Isaac walks the sideline while playing Clayton Valley Charter in the first quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Acalanes quarterback Tyler Winkles (6) runs with the ball against Clayton Valley Charter in the first quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose continues to fail to improve animal shelter services to the community.
A scathing city audit of one year ago has failed to deliver measurable results. The city still fails to provide low-cost public spay and neuter, nor is outreach to rescue groups or trap-neuter-return a priority. The San Jose animal welfare community continues to be ignored.
In response to a number of ethics complaints that I filed regarding staff who have mismanaged SJACC, I was told by a deputy city manager that the “city is experiencing increased communication and complaints from you that is distracting staff from important work.”
This “Ivory Tower” attitude of entitlement, lack of ownership and accountability by city leaders funded by taxpayer money is clearly troubling — especially given that the budget for SJACS has increased to $17.5 million while performance and services have declined.
On this last No Kings Day, we stood along El Camino Real, a few yards from an inflated brown bear holding a “Resist” sign. During our time at the curb, at least half a dozen protesters in frog costumes passed behind us.
That evening, we joined a march through downtown Palo Alto led by a penguin, under the benevolent eye of an inflated frog who bounced at the edge of each crosswalk as we passed.
Later, I realized: On the first No Kings Day in June, the left reclaimed the American flag as a symbol of our commitment to democracy. Last Saturday, we reclaimed the frog as a symbol of life and joy, a counter to the alt-right’s misappropriation of Pepe as a racist meme.
Susan Luttner Palo Alto
Students shouldn’t worry about ICE raids
It is heartbreaking to see the pain and suffering so many families are experiencing. People are forced to live in constant fear that they won’t make it home to their families after a long day of underpaid work.
Despite having worked their whole lives and being positive members of our community, they are labeled as illegal aliens and criminals. So many Latino students are faced with even more anxiety and stress as they are forced to prepare in case their parents are deported. Children who have parents who have been deported are also at risk of developing depression and not doing well academically.
Students should be able to focus on school without having to worry about themselves or their family members being deported. Immigrants pay taxes even though they are not eligible to receive any benefits. Immigrants are an essential part of our society.
Wendy Martinez San Jose
Colleges must increase mental health services
College can be one of the most exciting yet most challenging times in a young person’s life. Between academic pressure, financial stress and the transition to adulthood, many students quietly struggle with anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges. Unfortunately, on many campuses, the demand for counseling services far exceeds the number of available counselors.
Adding more counselors, peer-support programs and wellness activities such as mindfulness workshops, stress-relief events or support groups can make a real difference. These don’t just help students in crisis; they also promote emotional resilience and well-being.
No students should have to wait weeks for an appointment when they’re struggling. By expanding counseling staff and providing accessible mental health programs, colleges can show that they truly care about their students’ success — both academically and personally.
Mireya Ramirez San Jose
Speak up to stop Trump’s wrecking ball
The wrecking ball is in full swing.
Aid to starving countries from USAID is gone; convicted criminals serving their full sentence is gone; civil discourse is gone; the dignified Oval Office is gone, replaced with ostentatious gold everywhere; the East Wing of the White House is gone. The list goes on and on. Will the freedom we all cherish be next?
It’s not about America first. It’s about Donald Trump first; always has been and always will be. These are sad times for America. Only we can stop the wrecking ball. Make your voice heard and vote.
Pat Toby San Jose
Trump’s future plans bode ill for Democrats
The Trump administration, having already commenced the process of desensitizing Americans to military presence in major cities, possibly in preparation for declaring martial law in the event that other measures fail to keep them in power, is perhaps now doing the same, foreshadowing the domestic use of lethality against opponents.
They strategically selected a most unsympathetic group, “foreign drug traffickers,” labeling them as “terrorists” justifying “armed conflict” to creatively legitimize lethal attack and commence the desensitization process for making it acceptable to kill anyone they desire to label as a “terrorist” with no proffered legitimate evidence, oversight or accountability. Thus far, the president’s domestic critics have only been subject to punitive attacks by government agencies, including the Department of Justice, funding elimination and civil suits. But it is noteworthy that Stephen Miller, one of the administration’s top white supremacist henchmen, has ominously described the Democratic Party as fomenting left-wing domestic “terrorism.”
A Sonoma County judge allowed Asia Lozano Morton to await trial outside jail under strict supervision and set her next court date for Dec. 4, according to court records.
Morton must wear a GPS ankle monitor, surrender her passport and get permission from the court before leaving California. She’s also barred from owning guns or using drugs and from contacting her boyfriend, Richard Lund.
Tuesday’s hearing was Morton’s first court appearance since her arrest Friday in the Oct. 3 shooting death of Mark Calcagni.
Lund, 43, remains in custody without bail. Police say he’s accused of shooting Calcagni five times near Calcagni’s home on Brookwood Avenue before driving off in a Toyota RAV4.
Investigators believe the killing was planned and may be connected to Calcagni’s decision to fire Lund and Morton from their jobs at the Condor Club, a North Beach landmark known as the nation’s first topless bar.
Police arrested Lund at his home in Dublin. Morton was taken into custody at San Francisco International Airport when she returned from a trip to Spain.
Police said Calcagni had returned home from work around 5 a.m. when he was shot. A passerby found his body on a nearby sidewalk about 90 minutes later.
James Logan bounced back from a tough loss to San Leandro to seize control of the WACC Foothill race with a convincing win over Bishop O’Dowd, putting itself one win away from a league title.
From classic movies with live music to new tunes from Vampire Weekend and a Grateful Dead Celtic band, there’s a lot to see and hear this weekend in the Bay Area.
Here’s a partial rundown.
Classical picks: Hitchcock + orchestra; New Century
This week’s events light up the classical music scene with an iconic film score, a symphony at the opera, and a tribute to the seasons.
Halloween-appropriate: Scary enough? It has to be, when the San Francisco Symphony’s “Film with Live Orchestra” series presents Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” featuring composer Bernard Herrmann’s brilliantly spooky score. With the film on the big screen, conductor Conner Gray Covington will lead the orchestra in a live performance of the spine-tingling music. Come early to see the Symphony’s latest Art Installation, “Dia de los Muertos,” for a pre-show treat.
Symphony at the Opera: Since the start of fall, San Francisco Opera has brought dazzling productions to the stage; now, with “Parsifal” up and running and “The Monkey King” still to come, the company is presenting a concert conducted by company Music Director Eun Sun Kim. This one-night-only event features mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack singing works by Manuel de Falla; Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony completes the 90-minute program.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; $29-$250; sfopera.com.
New Century, new “Seasons”: The New Century Chamber Orchestra starts the fall season with Vivaldi’s beloved “Four Seasons,” along with works by Dvorak and Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova; conducted by company music director Daniel Hope, four performances are on the schedule.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at First Church UCC, Berkeley; 7:30 Oct. 31 at Empress Theatre, Vallejo; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Herbst Theatre, San Francisco; and 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael; tickets $35-up; ncco.org.
— Georgia Rowe, Correspondent
More movies and music
Fans of classic silent films can catch two of them — “Phantom of the Opera” and “Nosferatu” — at Grace Cathedral this weekend. But the real star of the events won’t be on the screen but seated at Grace Cathedral’s famed 7,500-pipe Aeolian-Skinner organ, which has been a key facet of the church since it was installed in 1934. The organ will be played by musician Dorothy Papadakos, who started out as a jazz pianist in her native Reno and has evolved into a world-renowned organ player, thanks in part to her long stint as organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York as well as her Grammy-winning stint with the Paul Winter Consort (their live album “Silver Solstice” remains a New Age/ambient classic).
Papadakos is, among other things, considered a talented improviser, which will come in hand in these gigs. She’ll accompany the 1925 silent version of “Phantom of the Opera” starring Lon Chaney, at 8 p.m. Oct. 30, and the 1922 version of “Nosferatu” — a film that was once ordered destroyed because it was deemed to be an unauthorized adaptation (read: ripoff) of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” — at 8 p.m. Oct. 31. The church — which is a San Francisco landmark and always worth a visit — is at Taylor and California streets in San Francisco. Tickets are $34.50-$44.50; go to www.sfjazz.org.
— Bay City News Foundation
Cool shows, great album
In late October of last year, Vampire Weekend performed two memorable sold-out shows — an evening gig, followed the very next day by a matinee performance — at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City. The shows included many longtime Vampire Weekend fan favorites, of course, such as “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” “A-Punk” and “Oxford Comma.”
Yet, the NYC-born indie-pop act — led by vocalist-lyricist-guitarist Ezra Koenig — also performed a wonderful assortment of cover songs during those two shows. The list includes a number of Big Apple-appropriate tunes, such as the easily recognizable “Seinfeld Theme,” the Frank Sinatra favorite “Theme From New York, New York,” the Ramones’ blistering “Blitzkrieg Bop” and Billy Joel’s classic “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” the latter of which was reportedly performed with a candlelit table and waiter in a tux on the Garden stage.
Other cuts to make the Vampire Weekend setlist were The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside,” Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” The Surfaris’ “Wipe Out,” Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” and Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys Are Back in Town.”
Now all VW fans can experience the shows thanks to “Weekend at the Garden,” a limited edition double-LP recorded during that epic NYC stand. The offering, which includes portions of the two performances rather than the complete shows, is part of the band’s Frog on the Bass Drum vinyl series.
The Shaker Theater is showing the original 1968 “Night of the Living Dead” in a warehouse with a haunted maze in October 2025 in Oakland. (Shaker Theater)
Pop-up theater brings scares to Bay Area
This Halloween, you can see a scary movie in your local AMC theater. Or you can watch one as perhaps it was meant to be watched: In a dark warehouse full of horrific decor, where it feels like zombies could break down the door any minute.
The Shaker Theater is a new underground pop-up cinema in a residential part of northern Oakland. For its inaugural run, it’s been playing George Romero’s 1968 “Night of the Living Dead” during October, with final runs up until Halloween evening. It’s the uncensored, 96-minute original preserved on real celluloid. There will be popcorn and soda and, for more fun, before the movie the theater is playing clips from its “deep archives of rare and bizarre material.” Think Halloween safety films, forgotten trailers and classic monster-movie moments.
To get into the screening, visitors must first navigate a “Corridor of Horror” designed by local artist Rob Vertigo. Picture a classic haunted house, but turned into spooky-maze form. Did your group just lose a member? It’s probably nothing to worry about, they’re no doubt right behind you …. Wait, that’s not Chad! (Screams.)
Details: Preshow begins at 6:30 p.m. and movie starts at 8 p.m.; 950 54th St., Oakland; $18 online or $20 at the door; instagram.com/shakertheater.
— John Metcalfe, Staff
Freebie of the week
We tend to think of great film experiences as those that expose us to brilliant camerawork, incisive dialogue, or a poignant or hilarious reflection on the world at large. But let’s not forget the joys that await us at the other end of the spectrum. There is nothing quite like experiencing a truly terrible film with a room full of gleefully derisive bad-movie fans. There’s a reason why “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” spawned three sequels and too many spoofs and homages to count, and it wasn’t John K. Culley’s nuanced cinematography. Halloween, it seems, is a favorite time to indulge in bad-movie bliss, probably because violent mutant vegetables and irritable aliens fit most comfortably in the horror genre.
And so it is that this week delivers the opportunity to view one of the most glorious and beloved bad movies of all time, “Robot Monster.” The film, in case the clever title doesn’t make it obvious, is about an alien robot sent to destroy Earth but who defies its orders when it saves an imperiled woman from certain death. The 1953 film took four days and $20,000 to make, $4,000 of which was spent on incorporating 3D technology. One of the stars was cast because he already owned a gorilla suit and therefore didn’t need to be costumed. So, yeah, this was not an extravagant production. Yet, it grossed $1 million in its first year and has gone on to be a favorite among those who revel in the wonders of wretched filmmaking. If such a buffet of bad moviemaking – in 3D!! – is your thing, “Robot Monster” will screen at 6 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco. The screening is free but if you feel like making a donation to the Internet Archive or co-presenter the Golden Gate Stereoscopic Society — both of which are dedicated to preserving humankind’s digital history — certainly no one would hold it against you.
When you think about it, Wake the Dead would be a tremendous name for a screeching-loud punk band or maybe a Goth band. But the real Wake the Dead is neither of those things. It is a collection of very talented Bay Area musicians merging two of their musical passions – Grateful Dead classics and Irish/Celtic music. The name is certainly appropriate, as it references the Dead as well as Irish wakes, which are known to be deeply heartfelt and celebratory affairs. The moniker also mirrors the title of the Dead’s 1973 album “Wake of the Flood,” the first recording the band released acting as its own label. Adding to the plays on words, the band’s annual gig at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley celebrates the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), the holiday widely observed in Mexico, in which family members and friends gather to honor loved ones who have passed away.
If all this is simply too much to ponder, just know that Wake the Dead will, per tradition, return to the Freight & Salvage on Nov. 1 to perform a Day of the Dead-themed show at which you are likely to hear high-energy Celtic takes on such Dead classics as “China Cat Sunflower” and “Eyes of the World.”
Details: The show begins at 8 p.m.; tickets are $26.50-$44; or you can livestream the show for $25; more information is at thefreight.org.
— Bay City News Foundation
Celebrating Día de los Muertos
The skeletons are dangling from the windows and looming merrily overhead the staircase in the festive lobby of Davies Hall, as the San Francisco Symphony gears up at 3 p.m. Nov. 1 to mount its 18th annual celebration of the Day of the Dead, the joyous Mexican tradition held to pay love and respect to ancestors who have passed on. The centerpiece of the festivities is a symphony concert, but multiple preconcert family-friendly activities are planned in the lobby and upper floors, including marigold flower making, offering-altar installations, a mariachi instrument petting zoo, sugar skull decorating and costumed dancers from Casa Círculo Cultural. The Symphony, conducted by Lina González-Granados, will perform traditional and contemporary Latin American music associated with the holiday, including Gabriela Ortiz’s “Kauyumari,” selections from Arturo Márquez’s “Espejos en la Arena,” the Intermezzo from Ricardo Castro’s “Atzimba” opera, Paul Desenne’s “Hipnosis Mariposa,” Jimmy Lopez’s “Loud,” Márquez’s popular Danzón No. 2 and Gabriela Lena Frank’s “The Mestizo Waltz.”
Details: Tickets, which are 50 percent off for those under 18, range from $27.50-$175; go to www.sfsymphony.org.
— Bay City News Foundation
An orchestral showcase
The San Francisco Opera takes a breather from its usual regimen of presenting full-fledged and lavish operatic productions to let Music Director Eun Sun Kim shine a solo spotlight on her instrumentalists in a single night concert of music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Manuel de Falla at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in War Memorial Opera House. The program opens with “Siete Canciones Populares Españolas,” a set of songs inspired by de Falla’s home country of Spain, sung by mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, and continues with the second orchestral suite from the same composer’s ballet “El Sombrero de Tres Picos” (“The Three-Cornered Hat”). Following the intermission, the concert will conclude with Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony. Tickets, $29-$250, can be purchased through www.sfopera.com.
OAKLAND – A person was arrested in connection with a shooting Monday in Oakland, police said.
The incident happened around 8 p.m. in the 1400 block of 18th Avenue, according to the Oakland Police Department. Officers arrived to find evidence of a shooting but no victims.
Surveillance cameras captured both the incident and the suspect vehicle, police said.
Roughly an hour and a half after the shooting, officers found two people inside the suspect vehicle in the 1400 block of 13th Avenue.
In addition to arresting one of the occupants, officers recovered two unregistered firearms, police said.
BRENTWOOD – After a nationwide search and careful review of candidates, the Brentwood City Council unanimously approved the appointment of G. Harold Duffey as the next city manager.
He stated that integrity and transparency are principles he follows in his role as city manager.
“If I lose the trust of the council, I’ve lost the council,” Duffey, who has three decades of local government experience, said.
As city manager, part of his role is to ensure that he and city staff fulfill their obligations and responsibilities by providing councilmembers with relevant information that enables them to make informed decisions.
“I’ve, of course, have had great projects, the best projects of all available. And the council tweaks it, changes it,” said Duffey. “I say to my staff, OK, the train is leaving. Get on the train. Let’s make sure we get this thing done.”
Public concerns related to Duffey’s appointment have centered on his background and qualifications, prompting councilmembers to address the matter on Tuesday night.
Mayor Susannah Meyer said the City Council is not a “rubber stamp” and “does not blindly” approve matters, adding that they spend a lot of time researching issues before every meeting.
“We are not stupid; we are not blind. People are sending us things that we’ve already seen,” said Meyer, in reference to social media posts about Duffey. “In fact, Mr. Duffey shared these things with us before anyone did. He was transparent with us before anyone told us or showed us.”
Vice Mayor Pa’tanisha Pierson said residents may question a city manager’s qualifications, but must ensure their information is accurate and not based on assumptions or stereotypes.
The concerns over Duffey’s appointment revealed “bias,” said Pierson.
“As a Black woman from Oakland, I’ve spent my life navigating spaces where excellence is simply because it doesn’t fit a certain mode,” said Pierson. “I know what it feels like to have questions and qualifications scrutinized more harshly and contributions minimized way too quickly, and I also recognize a pattern in our city.”
She said previously, residents have also spoken against “highly qualified Black professionals” in leadership roles.
“When excellence continues to be met with skepticism only when it comes in Black skin, it’s not a coincidence; it is a bias,” said Pierson. “So, when I hear statements that amount to, ‘I don’t want him because he’s Black,’ I feel a responsibility to call that mess out.”
Councilmember Faye Maloney said Duffey’s hiring was “the most intricate process” she’s been part of, as it took a lot of time, collaboration, and discussions.
She also had high praise for Duffey, adding she was impressed with him during the interview process. Maloney apologized to Duffey on behalf of the community.
“Some people’s comments were very derogatory. I am sorry that you have to go through and experience that,” said Maloney, adding she was appalled by them.
She hoped residents would give Duffey a chance to prove his skills and help further build Brentwood.
BERKELEY — Significant bicycle and pedestrian improvements have been completed at the North Berkeley BART Station, paving the way for better connections for hundreds of future neighborhood residents.
Berkeley councilmembers, electeds from neighboring cities, city staff and community members gathered Monday to celebrate the completion of the North Berkeley Bicycle and Pedestrian Access Project.
As part of the project, a section of the Ohlone Greenway, a 5.3-mile bike and pedestrian path, was widened between Acton and Virginia streets. Also added were separate two-way cycle tracks leading to BART entrances from Acton and Sacramento streets and two new bike lockers in the plaza, among other improvements.
The project was funded partly by the transportation agency’s Safe Routes to BART grant program which is supported by BART Measure RR funds, a tax measure approved by voters in 2016. An additional $3.4 million in grants were awarded to the project through the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program.
“As Senator, I am proud that the state supports sustainable transportation projects,” State Sen. Jesse Arreguín, D-Oakland, said in a statement. Arreguín also noted his support for similar projects when he served as Berkeley mayor.
About 61% of all trips made to the North Berkeley BART Station are done by walking or biking, according to the agency’s 2015 Station Profile Study. The improvements are meant to support those already walking and biking to the station while making those modes of transportation more appealing to others.
BART Director Barnali Ghosh said he’s “thrilled” to see the project complete.
“These improvements make it safer and easier for people to walk, bike, and connect to BART. Delivering these community benefits years before the first North Berkeley TOD building opens reflects BART’s strong and lasting commitment to North Berkeley,” Ghosh said in a statement.
The project is part of a larger overhaul of the North Berkeley BART Station property. Working with the city and a team of housing developers, the transportation agency plans to welcome nearly 750 new homes on about 5.5 acres of land currently being used for station parking.
North Berkeley Housing Partners, the development team, is made up of three affordable housing nonprofits – BRIDGE Housing, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation and Insight Housing – and one market-rate housing developer, AvalonBay Communities.
The new homes will be spread across five buildings that will be developed in phases. Construction was expected to begin in either 2025 or 2026. Half of the new units will be listed as affordable to people making up to 80% of the area median income. That’s about $127,000 annually for a family of four living in Alameda County, according to the state’s 2025 income limits.
Bound by Delaware, Sacramento, Virginia and Acton streets, the project site will also feature about 60,000 square feet of open space, a diagonal connection to the Ohlone Greenway that cuts through the center of the site and ground floor retail and childcare.
“The North Berkeley access improvements are just the beginning,” Mayor Adena Ishii said in a statement. “With more than 700 homes approved at North Berkeley BART and a similar number planned at Ashby, we’re showing that Berkeley can build more housing while making it easier for everyone to move safely and sustainably through our community.”
In 2010, Californians voted to create a nonpartisan Citizens Redistricting Commission to stop decades of gerrymandering. That reform was meant to restore fairness and ensure that all Californians — regardless of political affiliation — had a meaningful voice in representation.
Today, Proposition 50 threatens to undo that progress. If passed, it would allow California’s Democratic supermajority to tighten its control even further, reducing Republican representation in Congress from an already disproportionate 17% to just 8%, despite conservatives about 28% of likely voters.
Gov. Newsom’s support for this measure shows a willingness to suppress representation in pursuit of partisan gain. Such actions contradict the very principles of democracy and reveal a troubling hypocrisy. California deserves fairness — not one-party rule masquerading as reform.
Allowing private donors to pay government expenses — and especially allowing them to specify which government expenses they pay — is a terrible idea, regardless of its legality. (It’s probably illegal, as noted in the article.) That’s true whether it involves military salaries or a new wing on the White House.
Congress controls how much the government spends and on what. If the people don’t approve of the way Congress appropriates tax dollars, they can complain to their representatives or vote them out of office. Acknowledging that Congress isn’t functioning particularly well right now, if ultra-wealthy individuals fund government and the people don’t approve, what recourse do we have? That’s government by the wealthy, for the wealthy (aka, oligarchy), and the rest of us will be left with even less power than we have now.
There’s a reason that government agencies are allowed to spend only amounts appropriated by Congress.
Phil Sanders Fremont
Hegseth and Trump celebrate a slaughter
On Dec. 29, 1890, 300 Lakota Indian men, women and children were massacred by the United States Cavalry at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. A few days later, they were buried in unmarked graves. The soldiers who took part in the massacre were awarded Medals of Honor. The myth was that Wounded Knee was a battle when, in reality, it was a massacre.
There was an attempt by Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, to revoke the medals from the soldiers by ordering a review. However, the current Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, stopped the review, saying that the soldiers should keep their medals. For his action, Hegseth, along with his boss, President Trump, are celebrating the massacre of American Indians.
Republicans claim they cannot provide SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if the government remains shut down. That’s not true. SNAP has a $5 billion-$6 billion contingency fund. Republicans are shamefully using the more than 40 million Americans who rely on SNAP as pawns, creating a hunger crisis to pressure Democrats to submit to Donald Trump’s will.
However, Democrats should not give up their fight to save our health care. Congress only has two weeks left to extend the ACA premium tax credits. Once open enrollment ends, the dramatic increases in health insurance premiums will be locked in — even if Congress acts later.
Meanwhile, this shutdown is really expensive. According to White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, this shutdown could cost the U.S. economy $15 billion a week.
What are we doing? Trump and Congress need to start negotiating on a bipartisan basis in good faith to reopen the government and extend ACA premium tax credits.
Jennifer Huber El Sobrante
In fact, GOP isn’t so tough on crime
The Trump administration is now using the National Guard for law enforcement in cities with shrinking crime statistics, in direct conflict with local officials and likely even federal law.
The president also pardoned 1,500 people for assaulting local and federal police officers while storming our nation’s Capitol and threatening to execute elected federal officials. Similarly, Trump commuted most of George Santos’ sentence and the administration granted favorable treatment to Ghislaine Maxwell.
All this while firing many senior officials in the Department of Justice, reducing federal funds for local law enforcement and prosecuting political enemies.
That is under the leadership of a draft-dodger, adjudicated sex offender and convicted fraudster. Don’t forget the never-completed efforts to prosecute him for election fraud and classified document cases.
Yet, the president has faced no resistance or objection from a Republican-controlled Congress. Are they strong on crime? I don’t think so.
Jim Kenna Brentwood
We should make health care a human right
Health care access and affordability has been an ongoing ethical issue. Millions of people are having a difficult time affording medical care, insurance and medication, and it is affecting their overall health and quality of life.
A couple of factors that are limiting their access to health care are income and location. I strongly believe that to prevent suffering, health care should be a human right and not a business for profit.
Health care access, affordable medication, health programs and insurance should be prioritized for our well-being, as well as protecting everyone, promoting public health and building strength in our communities.
SAN JOSE – Deputies with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a man armed with a knife during a traffic stop Monday evening in San Jose, police said.
The fatal encounter unfolded just after 7:30 p.m. in the area of College Drive and Fruitdale Avenue, the San Jose Police Department said in a social media post late Monday.
The man was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.
An investigation is underway into the shooting, police said, adding more details are expected to be released Tuesday.
Streets in the area of College Drive and Fruitdale Avenue remained closed late Monday.
OAKLAND — The Raiders may have departed Oakland years ago for Las Vegas, but Carol Davis had remained nearby in Piedmont, at a longtime home of the family that reigned over one of sports’ most memorable teams.
Indeed, the storied NFL franchise’s “First Lady” kept a residence on Mountain Avenue up until her death Friday at 93. It was the culmination of a life linked intrinsically to the East Bay and football alike, the kind that her son, Mark Davis, described Sunday as “wrapped in a cloak of immortality.”
“I love you mom; you will be missed,” said Mark, who shared a “controlling interest” in the now-Las Vegas Raiders with Carol, a stake inherited from the family patriarch, Al Davis, one of the iconic figures in the history of American sports.
Carol Davis was omniscient in the owners’ suite at games; she gave the team’s star players and executives a hug “hello,” they remembered, and would demonstrate a watchful eye about everything happening in the organization — even, for instance, a team employee’s divorce that Davis would not be expected to know about.
Her passing was the latest notable death among memorable Raiders figures from the team’s history. George Atkinson, the last member of the team’s beloved defense in the 1970s known for its unprecedented physicality, died Monday at 78.
Al Davis, a swashbuckling head coach with an unmistakable Brooklyn accent, simply “adored” his wife, the legendary Raiders quarterback and head coach Tom Flores remembered. Al and Carol ran in a tight inner circle of team officials and Bay Area businessmen, even amid the Raiders’ 13-year stint in Los Angeles.
Al Davis ended his long streak of joining the Raiders on road trips to work out of the Oakland hospital while Carol recovered from a massive heart attack and stroke in 1979 that kept her in a coma for 23 days. Carol miraculously recovered, earning a reputation for toughness that the Raiders themselves rallied behind on the football turf, winning the Super Bowl the very next season.
“She was a very intelligent and very dedicated woman,” recalled former Raiders executive John Herrera, an Oakland native who began working for the franchise as a teen in the 1960’s and finally departed in 2012. “She was a very interesting person to be around — and she kept up with everything that was going on, not just in sports but in the world.”
Through it all, Carol Davis remained committed to the idea of the Raiders as a model of teamwork, the kind of ideal that made the football team a storied fixture of NFL history, but an ambition that slumped in the 21st century before the team limped to a sleek new stadium in Las Vegas.
“She was a strong behind-the-scenes figure,” said Ignacio De La Fuente, the former Oakland City Council president who in 1995 recruited the Raiders back for their second stint in Oakland. “My perception was that she would keep Al realistic about things in our negotiations.”
Born Carol Sagal in New York City, she had been a buyer for retail stores even after Al finished military service and before his start as a pro football coach. The couple married in a Brooklyn synagogue but quickly formed roots in the East Bay once Al began with the Raiders ahead of the 1963 season.
During the team’s most storied years — an AFL championship in 1967 and a pair of Super Bowl victories in 1976 and 1980 — Carol stayed mostly behind the scenes, those who knew her recalled, though she always demonstrated an awareness of what was happening on the field.
“There were so many instances where she would say something that would cause me to giggle, at times where I should not have been,” said Amy Trask, a longtime former Raiders executive and the first former woman to serve as an NFL team’s CEO.
“They tended to be at Raiders business dinners,” Trask added about these occasions, “and usually involved a wise, keen observation about someone in attendance.”
Carol read newspapers every morning, always offering fresh insight about the country’s politics or society at large, friends remembered — a fitting description of a woman who led a team that broke new ground in diverse hiring.
Flores, the league’s first Mexican-American quarterback and head coach, recalled the warmth that Carol showed the team’s players, despite her and Al’s penchant for keeping their business private.
“To them, people were Raiders — it didn’t matter which color you were, what ethnic group you belonged to,” recalled Flores, who is 88 and lives in Palm Springs. “She was just very proud of you when you finished your journey.”
Al’s passing in 2011, seen as a pivotal moment in the franchise’s history, had Carol lined up in the succession plan as controlling owner. Trask, though, found herself notifying the league that Carol’s son, Mark, would take over operations instead, the outcome of discussions between mother and son that altered how the torch would be passed.
Trask departed from the franchise not long afterward, and the Raiders — fed up after stalled talks with Oakland for a new stadium — departed for Vegas.
Carol, though, stuck around in the house in Piedmont that Herrera had helped the family secure.
“I never tried to impose any of my beliefs on Carol — it wouldn’t have done any good either way,” Herrera said. “She was very strong in her opinions and she did exactly what she thought was right.”
Still, until her passing last Friday, those who knew her remembered her the way they do the Oakland Raiders: a football team with tall aspirations and a swagger.
“As the originals, we all had the same dream, but we didn’t know how to get there,” Flores said. “Al and Carol had that dream — and they knew how to do it. They brought us where we wanted to go.”
Lovato has announced dates for The It’s Not That Deep Tour — her first major headlining jaunt in three years — and it includes a stop on May 11 at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Lovato will be supporting her latest studio album, “It’s Not That Deep,” which hit stores last week.
“Lovato’s ‘It’s Not That Deep’ era revisits the dance-pop sound laced throughout her previous hit records and brings a celebratory energy that’s about taking full control while letting inhibitions go, featuring tracks that demand late nights and dancefloors,” according to a news release.
Demi Lovato tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Oct. 31, ticketmaster.com.
Find out about the artist presale by visiting livemu.sc/demilovato by 10 p.m. Oct. 28. There is also a Citi card presale that runs 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 29, www.citientertainment.com.
DEMI LOVATO: IT’S NOT THAT DEEP TOUR DATES
Wed Apr 8 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Fri Apr 10 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center
Sun Apr 12 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Tue Apr 14 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Thu Apr 16 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
Sat Apr 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena
Mon Apr 20 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
Wed Apr 22 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Fri Apr 24 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Arena
Mon Apr 27 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
Wed Apr 29 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Fri May 1 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Sat May 2 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Tue May 5 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Fri May 8 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Sat May 9 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
Mon May 11 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Wed May 13 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Sat May 16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum
Tue May 19 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
Fri May 22 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Sun May 24 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
Mon May 25 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
IT’S NOT THAT DEEP TRACKLISTING:
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Cupertino’s De Anza College in Cupertino has been named a Pathway Champion for 2025 for its efforts in ensuring that students are on the path to transfer to a four-year university.
The Campaign for College Opportunity, a statewide research and advocacy group, awarded De Anza top rankings among California community colleges for student success in completing transfer-level math and English in academic year 2023-24. De Anza ranked third in the state for students completing transfer-level math (78.8%) within one year. The community college also ranked second in the state for Black students completing transfer-level English within one year of enrolling in their courses (82.6%).
De Anza earned similar recognition from the group in 2024, when it ranked second statewide in two categories for the 2022-23 academic year: students completing transfer-level math within one year (81.4%) and students completing transfer-level English within one year (81.2%).
The nonprofit compiles the rankings to recognize community colleges that are helping students reach their goals through “equitable course placement practices,” following the passage of state legislation in 2018 requiring community colleges to move away from traditional placement methods that led many students to spend time in remedial courses before they could take transfer-level math and English.
In response to that legislation, De Anza developed new assessment practices, curriculum and other services that support students in completing those college-level courses.
Tavern Talk
The Cupertino Historical Society and Museum is holding its next Tavern Talk on Nov. 12, 6-8 p.m., at Florentine’s Trattoria to celebrate the restaurant’s 61st anniversary and talk about its first location in Cupertino.
Florentine’s Trattoria is now located at 14510 Big Basin Way #11 in Saratoga. Tavern Talk tickets are $25 at http://bit.ly/4nlzcbg.
It took some time, but Los Gatos seized control of a battle of undefeated teams in the PAL Bay thanks to a stifling, tenacious defense and pulled away from Menlo in the second half.
San Mateo County officials are questioning whether Millbrae Police Chief Eamonn Allen is living inside the city’s police station during the week and regularly commuting home to Idaho, according to a report from ABC 7. Six other sergeants also reportedly live somewhere other than California.
San Mateo County Board President David Canepa has called for an investigation into Allen, who is allegedly living in Idaho while sleeping during the workweek in the Millbrae bureau, ABC7 reported Friday.
Patches removed from Millbrae police officer’s uniforms sit in the locker room at the Millbrae Police Department in Millbrae, Calif., on Saturday, March 3, 2012. At midnight on Sunday, March 4, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s office will take over policing the city of Millbrae. No one was laid off while some officers left. In all 18 workers accepted jobs with the sheriff’s office. (John Green/Staff)
The TV station shared photos, reportedly from a fire inspector, showing potentially illegally constructed living quarters with beds. A note from the inspector, who reportedly visited the station on Tuesday, asks the police station to “please stop using rooms for sleeping.”
A photo also appeared to show a half-empty half-gallon bottle of liquor sitting on a shelf of one of the suspected living quarters. In order to have living quarters in the station, the police department would have to get certain permits, modify the construction of the rooms and pass inspection, ABC 7 reported.
The fire inspector reportedly could not access one of the living quarters because it was locked with an “in use” sign outside the door, according to ABC 7.
“If it’s permanent housing, my understanding is that’s not permissible,” Canepa said in a interview with this news organization Saturday. “Essentially what you’re doing is you’re having the taxpayer pay for your housing.”
Millbrae contracts with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office for its police services. Allen was appointed as chief by former Sheriff Christina Corpus, who supervisors removed this month after a judge ruled she violated conflict-of-interest laws and retaliated against deputies. Her removal by the board — a first in the state — capped off months of investigations into complaints of an alleged inappropriate relationship she had with her chief of staff, and allegations she used racist and homophobic slurs in the workplace.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.
According to ABC 7 reporter Dan Noyes, six other sheriff’s sergeants are living in other states, such as Idaho, Nevada, Texas and Tennessee. This includes two sergeants who work on the department’s bomb squad, which requires them to be able to respond to an emergency within an hour, Noyes reported.
Canepa said he plans to send a letter to Undersheriff Dan Perea on Monday, calling on him to investigate Allen and the suspected living arrangements at the Millbrae police station. Canepa, who also serves on the Caltrain Board of Directors, said “the undersheriff really needs to look into this.”
Canepa said the public should know if Allen or any other police or sheriff’s employees throughout the county are wrongfully using any of the government’s facilities as permanent residences, or if they are overstaying their welcome on any beds.
He said he knows it is “common practice” for some police departments to have beds for their officers to use if they’re working overtime and have another shift, or have an early court date and need to get some rest overnight. Although, Canepa admitted he doesn’t know the county’s policies regarding how long they can sleep there consecutively.
Canepa also said he didn’t know Allen was potentially living in Idaho until the ABC 7 report came out.
“But in ideal circumstances, it’s always good to have a chief or police officers that live within the area. … I don’t know if there’s a set policy on that, but ideally you want people to live and work in their community,” Canepa said. “There’s a lot of questions that need to be answered.”
In response to allegations against Allen and the other sergeants, Millbrae Mayor Anders Fung told this news organization on Saturday that “this came as a surprise” and called the photos of the living quarters “highly alarming,” especially considering the potential implications of an open container of alcohol in the station. Fung said he agreed that city and county officials should take up their own investigations into the allegations.
“Obviously our chief needs to be highly responsive to any emergency or situation,” Fung said. “What’s more concerning for me at this time is the use of our police station as a living quarters and where the funding is coming from.”
He said he will soon be taking up a public discussion on the allegations with his colleagues on the council, as well as with supervisors.
“This will need to be discussed sometime in the near future, as quickly as possible…. I’m looking forward to having a productive discussion with my colleagues on the City Council coming up.” Fung said. “The people of Millbrae have always had high expectations of our police chief, and this is disappointing. We need to figure out a pathway forward to make sure that our people continue to have high expectations of our chief and Millbrae Police bureau and police services in general.”
If found to be true, the allegations against Allen wouldn’t be the first time a public employee has faced consequences for constructing illegal living quarters in government buildings.
In 2024, a former Caltrain director, Joseph Navarro, and a Caltrain contractor, Seth Worden, got caught building their own apartments in Burlingame and Millbrae train stations.
Navarro received 120 days in jail and two years probation for embezzling nearly $40,000 to build his secret Burlingame train station apartment, which was equipped with a bedroom, office, gym, bathroom with a shower, and other furniture, such as a sofa and coffee table. Navarro also reportedly moved his ex-girlfriend into the residence for a short time during his years-long stay in the station. A jury found him guilty of one felony count of misuse of public funds.
Worden received 60 days in jail and one year probation, and was ordered to pay back over $8,000 in restitution for his hand in helping construct the apartments. He accepted a plea deal for a lesser misdemeanor embezzlement charge in exchange for testifying against Navarro.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ciara, 40; Katy Perry, 41; Josh Henderson, 44; Persia White, 53.
Happy Birthday: Refuse to get caught in someone else’s problems. Question everything that happens, and design the best way to make the most with what you have. Focus on what’s running smoothly in your life instead of fighting for the impossible to turn in your favor. Knowing when to shift your energy to ensure you make the most of every opportunity is a gift you’ll grow to appreciate this year. Your numbers are 4, 15, 22, 26, 34, 38, 46.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Explore the possibilities of a friendship, partnership or mentorship. Dig in and find out all you can about someone or something of interest. The quest for something new and exciting will spark your imagination and encourage you to add to your skills and marketability. Networking will lead to interesting prospects. Romance is in the stars. 5 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll gravitate toward unique individuals, pursuits and practices. Making a change at home or in your lifestyle can help you transition in a different direction. Broaden your horizons, review your options and set a budget that will alleviate stress, not add to it. Time and money are key when it comes to finishing what you start. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Channel your energy into something worthwhile. Protect and nurture your relationships, and don’t take anyone or anything for granted. Your health and well-being depend on how you maintain yourself and your position. Make deliberate and well-thought-out moves and personal changes, and you’ll avoid an indiscreet or excessive situation. Focus on self-improvement and health. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Size up your budget, expenditures and what it will take and cost to reach your goals. Ease stress by creating a plan that helps you avoid making poor choices or falling for scams. Be open to suggestions, but do your homework and complete the hands-on work yourself when possible; you will come out ahead financially. 3 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll face opposition at home and at functions you attend. Be cautious about sharing personal information with those trying to sell you something. You’ll receive misinformation from someone you think you can trust. Fact-check and be willing to walk away when red flags pop up. Funnel your time, money and effort into personal growth. 5 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep your plans to yourself. You can expand your interests quickly if you avoid interference from negative people or those unlikely to take risks. Communicate with experts and learn all you can without revealing the true nature of your inquiries, and you’ll gain insight into how you can use your skills, experience and knowledge to your benefit. 2 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Read, research and find remedies for what ails you. A desire to look and feel your best will propel you in a positive direction, offering ways to make your surroundings more conducive to the lifestyle you desire. A change of scenery will provide clarity to your vision and encourage immediate transformation to jump-start your new adventure. 4 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Budget wisely, formulate a plan and work diligently toward your goal without announcing it to others, and you’ll gain the most leverage and returns. Refuse to let others tempt you with lavish plans that have little to no credibility. Follow your heart and nurture what matters most to you. Physical improvements will boost your confidence and energy. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Share feelings and resolve issues. Stick to the facts and avoid overreactive responses. Don’t be too quick to use your credit card or to participate in a joint venture. You may crave change, but the wrong move will ultimately cost you more than you are willing to pay. Focus on self-improvement, not on trying to change others. 3 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put your time and effort into building trust with those you want to interact with more. Be open to discussions and listen to the ideas that others present. Understanding the potential downfalls of a situation will help you make wise choices. Offer your thoughts, but only join in if it’s a good fit for you. 3 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Rethink your strategy and consider your options. Stick close to home and dedicate more time and effort to personal growth and development. Examine the job market and consider how you can adapt your skills to match the available opportunities. Refuse to let anyone undermine you or take advantage of your knowledge, experience or skills. Know your worth. 4 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put your emotions aside and refuse to let anyone play mind games or manipulate you. Ask direct questions, stick to your morals and ethics, and be willing to go it alone if it will give you the freedom to create and use your imagination to suit your needs. Trust in yourself and your abilities, and you will excel. 2 stars
1 star: Avoid conflicts; work behind the scenes. 2 stars: You can accomplish, but don’t rely on others. 3 stars: Focus and you’ll reach your goals. 4 stars: Aim high; start new projects. 5 stars: Nothing can stop you; go for gold.
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Thursday morning, the NBA’s worst came to light. There’s no spinning that a player of note and an acting NBA head coach landing federal indictments in a betting probe is bad news.
It is, in fact, the kind of crisis that can send an entire league into a tailspin.
So maybe it was fitting —a karmic counterbalance — that mere hours later, the absolute best of the NBA was right there for the world to see, front and center at Chase Center.
That Warriors-Nuggets game is why we still tune in. That contest is why we still love this game.
We were treated to a playoff game in October. Two legends of the game, Steph Curry and Nikola Jokic, were going blow-for-blow down the stretch, with two top-tier teams playing fully-engaged basketball, even into overtime, even when the stakes couldn’t have been lower.
The Warriors took down the Nuggets, 137-131, on Thursday, clawing their way back from a 14-point crater, surviving a 50-point explosion from San Jose’s Aaron Gordon, and somehow shrugging off yet another triple-double from Jokic.
Yes, it’s only Game No. 2, but if the Warriors are still playing deep into the NBA playoffs come May, there’s a real chance we look back at Thursday’s game as the foreshadowing of that success.
The Nuggets are a bona fide, no-doubt-about-it title contender, and they’re at full strength.
So, yes, it was only one game, but if the Nuggets are the real deal, what does that make the team that beat them on Thursday?
The Dubs have three major things working in their favor this season that they simply lacked in the previous campaign.
The first is an engaged, role-playing Jonathan Kuminga. The Warriors forward is now 2-for-2 on winning performances to start the season. There are 80 games left, but I honestly cannot recall a time Kuminga has ever strung together back-to-back possessions, much less whole games, where he was playing active, smart, and selfless basketball like this. He’s finally getting it.
The second change is the addition of the old man, Al Horford. The 39-year-old knows exactly where he needs to be on the court, on both ends, at all times. His three made 3-pointers Thursday were absolutely massive in the Dubs’ gritty, come-from-behind win.
And Horford’s pairing with Draymond Green? It’s a thing of beauty, and it’s nearly tragic.
Both men have rings on their fingers and places in the Basketball Hall of Fame, but it’s a shame these two will only play together for a year or two. What could have been.
Defensively, they can play off each other perfectly. Jokic took 10 shots combined in the fourth quarter and overtime — he missed all five that Horford defended him on and went 1-for-3 against Green (with his make being of the highest level of difficulty.)
On the offensive end, Horford’s floor spacing unlocks Draymond to operate as a perimeter screener and a short-roll maestro.
It’s seamless stuff.
Everyone within the Warriors organization knew Horford and Green would work together, but honestly, they might have even undersold it.
“For these moments, it’s what you play for,” Horford said.
And the third thing? Continuity.
Sure, that could change in the months to come with a couple of phone calls, but for now, the Warriors aren’t spending every day staring at the trade deadline, desperately hoping for reinforcements. No, they have the luxury of experimenting in the short term because they know they have enough as things stands.
As such, those experiments can pay off exponentially down the line.
That is precisely why Warriors coach Steve Kerr had zero problem playing 22-year-old Will Richard deep into the fourth quarter of a tight game against a top Western Conference foe on Thursday.
It was a prudent decision, make no mistake — Richard was a dynamo and his sheer activity helped flip the game for the Dubs — but it’s also a move Kerr could make with a sense of impunity.
“There’s something about winning players at whatever level. He’s a champion for a reason down there in Florida,” Curry said of Richard, who won the NCAA title with the Gators last season.
The Dubs have everything they need to truly compete right now. The question, the tantalizing one, is whether they have more than they initially budgeted for.
Look, we all know how this goes sideways: The old bodies break down. The young bodies can’t fill the gaps. Two impressive wins in October don’t suddenly change that paradigm.
But maybe, just maybe, the incredible reward of another title run is worth the risk for these Dubs.
And maybe we’ll see this kind of electrifying, high-stakes basketball from the fall in the spring.
Protesters gathered Thursday outside a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrived to support federal efforts to track down immigrants in the country illegally.Several hundred people, many singing hymns and carrying signs saying “No ICE or troops in the Bay,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, gathered near the base shortly after dawn. Police used at least one flash-bang grenade to clear a handful of demonstrators from the entrance as CBP vehicles drove through. Organizers urged protesters to remain peaceful, as a line of Coast Guard officers in helmets watched from an intersection at the Oakland entrance to the bridge that leads to Coast Guard Island. Video posted by NBC Bay Area showed a vehicle driving over a protester’s foot at one point while the roadway was blocked.A clergyman said an agent shot him in the face with a projectile at close range. He went to the ER. In another violent moment, a private security guard was assaulted. His company told KCRA 3 that the man was jumped and beaten up after arriving there. It was not clear what provoked the attack. At night, what sounded like gunfire rang out as video from KTVU showed Coast Guard members firing at a U-Haul truck as it was rapidly reversing onto federal property. It’s unclear if anyone was struck.A group of California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear arrived at the scene around 2:15 p.m. and cleared part of the intersection.The protests remained mostly peaceful, though KCRA 3’s Maricela De La Cruz saw a man and a woman being detained.Cars were seen leaving the bridge from Coast Guard Island after 3 p.m. By 4 p.m., CHP agents had left the area and protesters returned to the intersection. The developments unfolded the same day President Donald Trump said he would back off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor.Trump posted on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him Wednesday night that the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own.Lurie said Thursday morning he received a phone call from Trump Wednesday night in which the president told him he was “calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco.” Lurie said in a statement that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “reaffirmed that direction” in a conversation Thursday morning.It was not clear if the president was canceling a National Guard deployment or calling off immigration enforcement by CBP agents. Lurie’s office did not respond to requests for clarification.The San Francisco Chronicle, citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the operation, reported Wednesday that more than 100 CBP and other federal agents would arrive this week. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and California Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately condemned the move. The two Democrats said the action was meant to provoke violent protests.Trump has repeatedly said he plans to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco to quell crime, but his administration hasn’t offered a timeline for doing so. His assertions of out-of-control crime in the city of roughly 830,000 have baffled local and state leaders, who point to statistics showing that many crimes are at record lows.Trump has deployed the Guard to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, to help fight what he says is rampant crime. Los Angeles was the first city where Trump deployed the Guard, arguing it was necessary to protect federal buildings and agents as protesters fought back against mass immigration arrests.He has also said they are needed in Chicago and Portland, Oregon. Lawsuits from Democratic officials in both cities have so far blocked troops from going out on city streets.Coast Guard Island is an artificial island formed in 1913, and the Coast Guard first established a base there in 1926. The island is owned by the federal government and is not open to the general public, so escorts or specific government ID cards are required for visitors. The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which also houses ICE and CBP.(See footage of the demonstrations from around noon in the video below.)See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
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Protesters gathered Thursday outside a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrived to support federal efforts to track down immigrants in the country illegally.
Several hundred people, many singing hymns and carrying signs saying “No ICE or troops in the Bay,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, gathered near the base shortly after dawn.
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Police used at least one flash-bang grenade to clear a handful of demonstrators from the entrance as CBP vehicles drove through. Organizers urged protesters to remain peaceful, as a line of Coast Guard officers in helmets watched from an intersection at the Oakland entrance to the bridge that leads to Coast Guard Island.
Video posted by NBC Bay Area showed a vehicle driving over a protester’s foot at one point while the roadway was blocked.
A clergyman said an agent shot him in the face with a projectile at close range. He went to the ER.
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In another violent moment, a private security guard was assaulted. His company told KCRA 3 that the man was jumped and beaten up after arriving there. It was not clear what provoked the attack.
At night, what sounded like gunfire rang out as video from KTVU showed Coast Guard members firing at a U-Haul truck as it was rapidly reversing onto federal property. It’s unclear if anyone was struck.
A group of California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear arrived at the scene around 2:15 p.m. and cleared part of the intersection.
The protests remained mostly peaceful, though KCRA 3’s Maricela De La Cruz saw a man and a woman being detained.
Cars were seen leaving the bridge from Coast Guard Island after 3 p.m.
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By 4 p.m., CHP agents had left the area and protesters returned to the intersection.
The developments unfolded the same day President Donald Trump said he would back off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor.
Trump posted on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him Wednesday night that the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own.
Lurie said Thursday morning he received a phone call from Trump Wednesday night in which the president told him he was “calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco.” Lurie said in a statement that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “reaffirmed that direction” in a conversation Thursday morning.
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Yesterday, I spoke to San Franciscans about a potential federal deployment in our city. I said then what I have said since taking office, that keeping San Franciscans safe is my top priority.
Late last night, I received a phone call from the President of the United States. I…
It was not clear if the president was canceling a National Guard deployment or calling off immigration enforcement by CBP agents. Lurie’s office did not respond to requests for clarification.
Trump has repeatedly said he plans to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco to quell crime, but his administration hasn’t offered a timeline for doing so. His assertions of out-of-control crime in the city of roughly 830,000 have baffled local and state leaders, who point to statistics showing that many crimes are at record lows.
Trump has deployed the Guard to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, to help fight what he says is rampant crime. Los Angeles was the first city where Trump deployed the Guard, arguing it was necessary to protect federal buildings and agents as protesters fought back against mass immigration arrests.
He has also said they are needed in Chicago and Portland, Oregon. Lawsuits from Democratic officials in both cities have so far blocked troops from going out on city streets.
Coast Guard Island is an artificial island formed in 1913, and the Coast Guard first established a base there in 1926. The island is owned by the federal government and is not open to the general public, so escorts or specific government ID cards are required for visitors. The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which also houses ICE and CBP.
(See footage of the demonstrations from around noon in the video below.)
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