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Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations are rising again following summer dip

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising again, but it’s not clear if they’ll stay at roughly this level or continue to increase as the weather gets colder.Hospitalizations have been slowly increasing since early August, but jumped more noticeably in the last two weeks, from 131 people hospitalized for the virus in Colorado on Sept. 19 to 195 on Monday — the highest total since mid-March.The number of people admitted to hospitals for the virus has held relatively steady, though, averaging about 40 per day, said Beth Carlton, associate professor of environmental and occupational health at the Colorado School of Public Health. That’s higher than over the summer, but nowhere close to the peaks set in 2020 and 2021, when hundreds of people were hospitalized each day, she said.It’s possible the number of severe COVID-19 cases will continue to hover around this level through early December, which was when Colorado saw peaks in previous years, Car...

Pedestrian struck by car in Northridge may have been throwing bottles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

Police are investigating a crash that left a pedestrian severely injured in Northridge Friday morning.The incident occurred shortly after midnight as the driver was traveling in the 18900 block of W Parthenia St.It was unclear if the pedestrian was in the street or the crosswalk at the time of the crash, but video showed clothing scattered across the roadway and a white sedan with front end damage and a shattered windshield. The unidentified pedestrian was taken to a local hospital with what were described as severe injuries. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said the driver remained at the scene and was cooperating with investigators. Witnesses said the pedestrian had been throwing bottles at passing cars and was nearly struck several times before the crash happened.Police have not confirmed the witness accounts but are continuing to investigate.

Sleepbomb See the Sunn

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

Sleepbomb See the Sunn: Tim Gotch of Experimental rockers Sleepbomb told us about his Sunn o))) experience.Tim Gotch: In regards to the Best Gig I Ever Saw, I had to think long and hard about this question. As a voracious consumer of live shows, there are so many available to pick from as a potential “Best Gig” so I decided to go with “Closest Gig to a Religious Experience” instead, which has a bonus of reflecting the experience of both myself and Sleepbomb’s guitarist, Charlie.The two of us have spent many years going to shows together and have traveled to Europe and Scandinavia several times in pursuit of ultimate sonic bliss and we agree that this was right up there on the out of body transcendence scale.The gig in question as Sunn 0))) at Psycho Las Vegas in 2018. It was a simple proposition, just Greg Anderson and Steven O’Malley as a duo on the main stage at the old Hard Rock Casino (RIP), with approximately two semi-trucks worth of amps and...

49ers’ Brock Purdy on Cowboys: ‘One of my toughest games’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

SANTA CLARA — When Brock Purdy led the 49ers to a divisional-round playoff win over Dallas in January, it was above and beyond the call for a rookie seventh-round draft pick.It’s not as if Purdy is a seasoned veteran, even if he conducts himself like one. He’s gone wire-to-wire in 11 games. But Purdy is expecting more out of himself when the 49ers host the Cowboys Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium.“They’re a really good defense and there were times where they did a good job of just getting me offset with some little things and just sort of made me rush some things and I feel like I didn’t get in a good rhythm,” Purdy said Thursday.The 49ers beat the Cowboys 19-12, with Purdy completing 19-of-29 passes for 214 yards and no touchdowns. In nine possessions, the lone touchdown came on a 2-yard run by Christian McCaffrey on the first play of the fourth quarter.Otherwise, the scoring was up to place kicker Robbie Gould, who converted field goal...

Donald Trump announces whom he’s backing for House speaker

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

By JILL COLVIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI | Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.“Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington, D.C., representing Ohio’s 4th Congressional District,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social site shortly after midnight Friday. “He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!”The announcement came hours after Texas Rep. Troy Nehls said Thursday night that Trump had decided to back Jordan’s bid and after Trump said he would be open to serving as interim leader himself if Republicans couldn’t settle on a successor following McCarthy’s stunning ouster.Trump, the current GOP presidential front-runner, has used the leadership vacuum on the Hill to further demonstrate his control over the...

Warriors: How a longtime rivalry fuels Steph Curry’s chemistry with Chris Paul

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Warriors fans may need some time to adjust to this sight: Steph Curry and Chris Paul in the same uniform and in the starting lineup together.Fans will get their first glimpse of it on Saturday night at Chase Center when the Warriors take on the Los Angeles Lakers in their first preseason exhibition game.This pairing, which may be surprising to the outside world, is far more familiar with each other than might be expected.Curry and Paul organized team-wide mini-camps this offseason in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco, and have also made it a point to get plenty of run together, along with Klay Thompson, during the offseason. They learned quickly that a decade-long rivalry and years of scouting had the former foes completely in sync. It helps, too, that the 38-year-old Paul is one of the smarter players in the NBA playing within an offense that thrives on high basketball IQ.“He was calling out stuff that he had been scouting against us for years and...

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Noah Beedon, Los Altos football

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

Los Altos football player Noah Beedon is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Sept. 25-30 after he received 35.66% of the vote.Menlo School football player Mikey McGrath (31.16%) took second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Beedon, a senior, threw for 249 yards and four touchdowns as the Eagles opened Peninsula Athletic League El Camino Division play with a 30-26 victory over Carlmont. Los Altos improved to 2-3.To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Ava Allen, Me...

Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Ava Allen, Menlo School flag football

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

Menlo School flag football player Ava Allen is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Sept. 25-30 after she received 40.41% of the vote.James Logan volleyball player Julianna Bondoc (37.02%) took second.Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.Allen, a freshman, did it all in Menlo School’s victories over Notre Dame-San Jose and The King’s Academy. She ran for two touchdowns, threw three more, and even caught a TD.To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday, Oct. 9, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Noah Beedon, Los Alt...

Tech titan lease renewals may spur Silicon Valley real estate rebound

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Tech titan lease renewals in multiple Silicon Valley cities offer some hope that the battered office sector in the region could be starting to stabilize.Google, Amazon and Apple are among the high-profile tech companies that have decided to renew their leases in big office buildings, according to commercial property databases and several real estate sources.1100 Discovery Way in Sunnyvale, an office building leased to Amazon (center). The Amazon logo is visible on an adjacent office building (left) with a separate address of 905 11th Avenue. (Google Maps)Four known major lease renewals were large enough to account for a combined 901,000 square feet of office space, the real estate databases show.Here are the details of the lease renewals involving giant tech companies that have occurred so far this year:Office building at 5425 Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino. Apple logo is visible next to a driveway. (Google Maps)— Google agreed to renew a ...

Blow: Trump, McCarthy and the ripples of Republican chaos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:15 GMT

This week, Donald Trump delivered his version of a sad tiny desk performance, hunched over the defendant’s table in a New York courtroom, diminished and watching the illusion of power and grandeur he has sold voters thin and run like oil in a hot pan.He insisted on appearing in person at his civil fraud trial, apparently believing that he would continue to perform his perverse magic of converting that which would have ended other political careers into a political win for himself.His hubris seemed to consume him, convincing him that in matters of optics, he’s not only invincible but unmatched.He has done it before: In August, he scowled in his mug shot — a precursor to his Fulton County, Ga., criminal trial — summoning the allure of an outlaw, using the photo to raise millions of dollars, according to his campaign.But I think his attempts at cosplaying some sort of roguish flintiness will wind up being missteps. Courtrooms don’t allow for political-rally stagecraft. Ther...