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Fourth bus carrying migrants from Texas arrives in Los Angeles 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

A fourth bus carrying migrants from Texas arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday night.The bus left Brownsville, Texas on Monday at 4:25 p.m. local time and arrived at Union Station around 6:30 p.m.The 45 asylum seekers are from various countries including Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and Venezuela, according to The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA).The bus included 37 adults and 8 children with the largest group of migrants — 23 people — hailing from Venezuela. The arriving migrants will be connected with loved ones or sponsors across Southern California and beyond including Tustin, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Bernardino, the Inland Empire, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Washington. Those arriving were welcomed inside St. Anthony Croatian Catholic Church to rest while food, hygiene kits, clothing, consultations with legal immigration attorneys and guidance on legal resources were being offered by CHIRLA.A fourth bus ca...

MICHELIN 2023 RESULTS: Which restaurants won stars, which lost them?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

The Michelin Guide International on Tuesday night solidified California’s reputation as a dining mecca, reaffirming all six of the state’s three-star restaurants and all 12 two-star restaurants and praising hundreds of others for impressive cuisine, affordable meals or high sustainability standards.At the live star ceremony — held, appropriately, in the planetarium at Oakland’s Chabot Space & Science Center — six restaurants joined Michelin at the one-star level: Nari and Aphotic, both in San Francisco, Auro in Calistoga, Chez Noir in Carmel and Southern California’s Heritage and Valle.“These are truly world-class establishments serving outstanding cuisine,” Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guides, said about the six restaurants in a statement issued before the event. “In addition, our inspectors found four restaurant teams worthy of the Michelin Green Star. These establishments — and the Golde...

Tent fire causes loud explosions near Embarcadero

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A loud explosion could be heard in Downtown San Francisco just after 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening. The cause of the explosion appeared to be a tent fire at Front Street and Green Street. A tent set up right outside @kron4news station exploded in flames minutes ago. From our newsroom we heard half a dozen loud “pops” as more explosions ignited from the tent. It does not appear that anyone was inside the tent. @SFPD is at the scene pic.twitter.com/UzYEj54eO6— Amy Larson (@AmyLarson25) July 19, 2023Police responded to the fire swiftly, followed by fire units. After the first large explosion, several other pops could be heard. The tent was burned to the ground. Firefighters raked through the ashes.KRON4 is awaiting a response from officials regarding what caused the fire. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Women’s World Cup player payments will be distributed by federations

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

FIFA President Gianni Infantino could make no guarantee Wednesday that the member federations will distribute the $30,000 payments promised to every player at the Women’s World Cup. He said at a news conference ahead of the tournament opener that he’s engaging with member federations on the issue. The payments are made the individual federations, which are expected to pay the players. But there is no mechanism to directly pay the players the money, which could be life-changing for some. “We are moving of course in the right direction, we have been consulting with associations, with players, to try to go in the right path,” Infantino said. “We have issued these recommendations, but we have an association of associations. So whatever payments we do, we will through the associations and then the associations will, of course, make the relevant payments to their own players. We are in touch with all the associations.”FIFA had previously confirmed that the 732 players particip...

Ezequiel Tovar and the bullpen lead Rockies to 4-3 win over Astros

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar lined a go-ahead triple in the fourth and the Rockies beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night in a bullpen game where Colorado used seven pitchers. This had all the hallmarks of a high-scoring Coors Field affair when it was 3-3 after the first inning. But the pitching took over and the only run allowed after the early fireworks was courtesy of Tovar, who lined a shot off the fence in right-center to score C.J. Cron.Reliever Jake Bird was roughed up for three runs as he opened the game on the mound for the Rockies. From there, the bullpen surrendered just five hits. Fernando Abad (1-0) earned the win by recording four outs. Justin Lawrence picked up save No. 6 with a perfect ninth. The Astros finished 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position and hit into two double plays.Kris Bryant and Ryan McMahon provided the offensive pop in the first with back-to-back homers off Hunter Brown (6-7). Brown settled down after a rocky start and lasted 5 1/3 solid i...

Juan Soto hits 2-run homer, Joe Musgrove wins 8th straight decision as Padres beat Blue Jays 9-1

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Juan Soto hit a two-run homer, Joe Musgrove pitched six sharp innings to win his eighth straight decision and the San Diego Padres beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 Tuesday night.Manny Machado, Gary Sánchez and Trent Grisham each hit solo homers for the Padres, who ended a three-game skid.“We’ve just got to be consistent,” Soto said. “It’s been like that the whole year. We have games like this and then we come back and we don’t do anything. We’ve just got to keep the same pace every day.”Musgrove (9-2) allowed one run and five hits. He walked one and struck out seven.Musgrove said he felt a slight strain in his left adductor early in the game but was able to continue.“We monitored it pretty good,” Musgrove said. “I don’t think it’s going to limit anything. I plan on doing everything normal tomorrow.”Musgrove is 8-0 with a 1.76 ERA in his past 10 starts. He’s struck out 61 batters over 61 1/3 innings in that stretch.“He’s just a tough guy and he knows he needs to be there...

Montgomery Co. council OKs rent increase cap

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

The Montgomery County Council discusses Bill 15-23, Landlord-Tenant Relations-Anti-Rent Gouging Protections on July 18. The bill passed 7-4 and is likely to be signed by County Executive Marc Elrich (Courtesy Montgomery County Council)(Courtesy, Montgomery County Council) The Montgomery County Council discusses Bill 15-23, Landlord-Tenant Relations-Anti-Rent Gouging Protections on July 18. The bill passed 7-4 and is likely to be signed by County Executive Marc Elrich (Courtesy Montgomery County Council)(Courtesy, Montgomery County Council) After months of hearings and debate, and a voting marathon that included more than a dozen amendments, the Montgomery County, Maryland, council approved the bill that would limi...

Diamondbacks outlast the Braves 16-13 to snap 4-game losing streak

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo was determined he would not be intimidated by Atlanta’s five-run first inning.“I just said to my teammates, `If they do it, we can do it back,’” Perdomo said.Perdomo gave Arizona the lead with a two-run double in the ninth inning and the Diamondbacks took advantage of Atlanta’s worst pitching effort of the season to beat the Braves 16-13 on Tuesday night.It was Arizona’s first game in which each team had at least 13 runs and the first in the majors since the Chicago White Sox beat the Cubs 17-13 on Aug. 27, 2021.Just as Perdomo predicted, the Diamondbacks answered Atlanta’s five-run first by scoring five in the second. The high-scoring pace led to a football-like final score.“Couple missed extra points,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo joked.Said Atlanta manager Brian Snitker: “We kept coming back. They did, too. It was like a Coors Field game.”The NL East-leading Braves have lost three straight. Arizona snapped a four-game ...

Jason Heyward hits a 3-run homer as the Dodgers rout the Orioles 10-3 for 8th win in 9 games

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

Los Angeles Dodgers' Jason Heyward gestures as he rounds the bases on his three-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) Los Angeles Dodgers' Jason Heyward gestures as he rounds the bases on his three-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) BALTIMORE (AP) — Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer during a five-run second inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 Tuesday night.Michael Grove won his second outing in a row for the NL West-leading Dodgers, w...

Arenado’s game-ending 3-run homer in 10th lifts Cardinals to 5-2 win over Marlins

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:18:10 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado’s three-run homer in the 10th inning lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the slumping Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.Arenado’s homer off A.J. Puk (4-4) was his first game-ending homer since Aug. 14, 2019 and the fourth of his career.JoJo Romero (2-0) pitched a perfect 10th for the Cardinals, who have won four straight games.The Marlins have lost five straight, matching a season high from May 2-6.Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery threw 92 pitches in his first appearance since a July 7 start was cut short by right hamstring tightness. He allowed one run and six hits, struck out five and walked two.Marlins starter Edward Cabrera was dominant in his return from the 15-day injured list as he recovered from a right shoulder impingement felt at Seattle on June 13. Cabrera, who was on a pitch count, went five-plus innings, allowed just one run on two hits. He struck out five and walked three.Jon Berti had three hits and scored twice for the Marl...