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Season-ending Bay Area News Group high school football rankings, plus early Top 5 for 2024

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

For the third consecutive year, Serra is the No. 1 team in the Bay Area News Group’s season-ending football rankings.The Padres beat the best teams in Northern California (De La Salle, Folsom) and captured West Catholic Athletic League and Central Coast Section Open Division championships before losing to juggernaut Mater Dei-Santa Ana 35-0 on Saturday in the CIF Open Division state title game.De La Salle finished second in the rankings, followed by Pittsburg, San Ramon Valley and Los Gatos.Only two teams in the Top 25 ended the season with a win – Acalanes, which won Division 3-AA state championship, and Liberty, which because of a flaw in the North Coast Section’s playoff format missed the postseason despite winning seven games. Liberty’s resume included a 66-12 loss to San Ramon Valley but only a 35-34 loss to Los Gatos.MML: Time to fix broken CIF Open Division championship gameAcalanes rose three more spots to No. 6.We also have our early Top 5 for 2024 underneath the final Top ...

Pac-12 stock report: Arizona’s dollar-for-dollar wins, the Heisman tilt, Oregon’s new QB and Riley’s defensive upgrades

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

Commentary on Pac-12 developments on and off the field …Rising: Arizona’s booming Big TwoThese are heady days in Tucson, at least for the competitive slice of Arizona athletics.The Wildcats are one of five schools to place both of their major revenue generators in the top 25. Their football team was No. 14 in the final CFP rankings, while the men’s basketball team currently sits atop the AP poll.The other four schools with teams in both are Oklahoma, Tennessee, Clemson and Texas.All five have made ample use of the transfer portal, but two aspects of Arizona’s prominence are notable:1) At the time of their appointments, coaches Jedd Fisch (football) and Tommy Lloyd (basketball) were career assistants with no ties to the university.The other four schools have their two key leadership positions filled with coaches who either knew the school or had previous experience in the hot seat.Arizona took a degree of risk with both Fisch and Lloyd and came out of the hiri...

These are the best and worst cities in the world for expats to live and work

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

By Alex Millson | BloombergMaking the decision to live and work abroad is a huge undertaking, especially if you’re uprooting your family. And perhaps the biggest question of all is: “Where do we go?”Related ArticlesTravel | Jeep maker blames California for job cuts in their Midwest plants Travel | The US economy added 199,000 jobs in November Travel | Cardroom employees protest another California bill aimed at non-tribal gambling Travel | Nurse shortages are set to get even worse with mass US visa delays Travel | Share the Spirit: Opportunity Junction helps East Bay job seekers find careers Well, you could do worse than Vienna, Zurich or Auckland, which just bagged the top spots in global consulting firm Mercer’s 2023 Quality of Living survey for expatriates.The Austrian capital retained its place at the top of the list, which was last published in the pre-pandemic days of 2019. The survey’s compilers hi...

Harry and Meghan spin Archewell’s growth, even as revenue drops by $11 million

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

According to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation, the organization is experiencing the normal growing pains of a young, high-profile nonprofit, as its tax forms show that its donations were down by $11 million in 2022 and it made just over half as many grants as the year before.The California-based couple’s foundation still received a total of $2 million in donations in 2022, which many nonprofits would be thrilled about, and the foundation issued $1.2 million in grants to more than a dozen organizations, according to its 2022 IRS documents, otherwise known as its Form 990. Then again, Archewell boasted in 2021 that it donated more than $3 million to a number of causes that year.Earlier this year, headlines focused on how Archewell received a total of $13 million in donations in 2021, with a $10 million infusion of cash coming from an anonymous donor, via the Mountain View-based Silicon Valley Community Foundation, according to SVCF’s 2021 IRS documents...

Kevin Durant to miss another game against Warriors tonight

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

The Warriors play the Suns in Phoenix on Tuesday night, but they won’t face former Golden State star Kevin Durant.Durant will miss the game with a sprained left ankle, which he injured last Tuesday in the in-season tournament quarterfinals loss to the Lakers. He missed Friday’s game against the Kings.Phoenix will get a different star back on the court, though, as Bradley Beal is set to play his first game in a month as he has dealt with a back injury. The Suns’ star trio of Durant, Beal and Devin Booker has not spent any time together on the court since Beal arrived in an offseason trade that sent Chris Paul to Washington, where he was later flipped to the Warriors in exchange for a package centered around Jordan Poole.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Why the Warriors need more Jonathan Kuminga this week; Steve Kerr reacts to Suns DJ remix Golden State Warriors | Prosecutors say man who entered Atherton home of Steph Curry skipped ...

Bomber attacks police station in Pakistan, killing 23

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed | Associated PressPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station’s main gate in northwestern Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at least 23 troops, wounding 32 and causing a part of the building to collapse, authorities said.The attack — one of the deadliest in recent months in Pakistan — also damaged businesses and shops nearby. A newly formed militant group — Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, believed to be an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban — claimed responsibility for the attack.The military and local police said six other attackers were also involved in the assault at the police station, triggering an hourslong shootout before all six were killed.Some of the wounded officers were said to be in critical condition, and there were fears the death toll would rise. Mohammad Adnan, a senior police official, said the casualties were taken to a local hospital.Later, the army said in a statement that “...

US college campuses have embraced the Palestinian cause like never before. The story began six decades ago

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

Jenny Jarvie | (TNS) Los Angeles TimesThe Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was best known for its sit-ins against segregation in the Deep South. But in the summer of 1967, the civil rights group used its newsletter to weigh in on a different topic.In an article headlined “The Palestine Problem,” the group wrote: “Do you know that Zionism, which is a world-wide nationalistic Jewish movement, organized, planned and created the ‘State of Israel’ by sending Jewish immigrants from Europe into Palestine (the heart of the Arab world) to take over land and homes belonging to the Arabs?”It was illustrated with a dollar sign inside a Star of David. The story roiled many civil rights activists, who denounced it as antisemitic and expressed their support for Israel as a homeland for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust.The SNCC, which had expelled white members as it shifted to a more militant Black nationalism, responded with an official statement that recognized the murder of 6 million ...

Razor-wire and federal agents: Mexico’s increasingly visible effort to deter migrant crossings at border

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

Alexandra Mendoza | San Diego Union-Tribune En EspañolTIJUANA — Months into an ongoing increase in migrant border crossings — which have left hundreds of migrants on any given day unsheltered in San Diego County and strained local humanitarian resources — Mexican authorities have stepped up enforcement in an effort to deter passage into the United States.Just south of the border wall in San Ysidro, Mexican officials have installed a chain link fence reinforced with razor wire at the top and bottom that prevents entry to a section of the Tijuana River channel, identified as one of the main points for migrants crossing into San Diego.Behind the barrier, Mexican National Guard and immigration agents keep watch at all times.Since its installation last month, the number of migrants crossing in that area has decreased. However, it has increased in others spots farther east, such as Jacumé in Tecate, just south of the border from Jacumba Hot Springs, according to Mexican officials. As a re...

Bay Area holiday lights not to miss this season

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

(KRON) -- Not only is winter considered the most magical time of the year, but it’s also the brightest, especially in the Bay Area. In the Bay Area, residents do not have to spend a lot of money to experience a winter wonderland.Here are some places in the Bay Area to view festive lights: Ariana Grande’s ‘Last Christmas’ is most dangerous Christmas song for driving: study Union Square's Winter Wander-Land, San FranciscoUnion Square’s Winter Wander-land is a staple San Francisco Christmas event. The star attraction is the 83-foot Macy’s Christmas tree in the center of the plaza. Visitors can also stroll through the arctic-themed Winter Walk on Stockton Street with food trucks, roaming live performances, and sit-downs with Santa. When: Nov. 9 - Jan. 1, 2024Where: 323 Geary Street, Ste. 203, San Francisco, CA 94102Fantasy of Lights Drive-thru, Los GatosThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the Fantasy of Lights. This route is 1.5 miles of large, animated displays. Themes ...

60% of homeless people offered shelter last month refused, according to SF mayor

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:08:01 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Sixty percent of the homeless people offered shelter in November refused it, according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed. In November, the city's Street Outreach encampment workers offered shelter to 350 people, Breed said.Of those, 213 people refused shelter and 117 accepted it. November was actually an improvement over the previous month, according to Mayor Breed. In a thread posted to X, formerly Twitter, Breed said that in October, 65% of those contacted at encampments refused shelter. In September, 60% refused. Space Force missile launch visible across Bay Area: video "This is why enforcing our laws is important," said Mayor Breed. "Our laws are for the health and safety of everyone. There are public safety challenges around encampments. There are threats of fire. We lead with compassion, but when we have resources -- and we do -- we need people to accept help."Specific examples cited by Mayor Breed included an encampment at 15th Street and Julian Av...