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Hip-hop and history: The story behind one of L.A.'s most famous streets

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

In most major U.S. cities you will find common street names like Broadway, Market, Oak, Elm, First, Second, etc. But in Southern California, one unique street name found in two cities transcends real history and hip-hop history: Rosecrans.Rosecrans Avenue is a major, 27-mile thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange counties. It is also a bustling street in the Point Loma area of San Diego.So where does the name come from?William Starke Rosecrans (National Park Service)William Starke Rosecrans was born in Delaware County, Ohio in 1819. He was a brigadier general for the Union during the American Civil War and, according to the National Parks Service, “was largely responsible for the Union's early victories in northern Virginia at the Battles of Rich Mountain and Corrick's Ford.”Rosecrans’ military success, however, abruptly came to an end at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 – the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War behind Gettysburg.As the American Battlefield Trust explains, Ros...

Patrick Bailey’s first Coors Field game is a show-stopper as SF Giants set franchise record in rout of Rockies

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

DENVER — There is no lack of San Francisco Giants who enjoy hitting at Coors Field, and after their first game of the season in its mile-high setting, they can probably add at least one more player to the list.Rookie catcher Patrick Bailey quickly learned why the Colorado Rockies’ home is considered a hitter’s paradise, contributing a trio of extra-base knocks in a well-rounded rout Tuesday night in the first of three games between the NL West rivals. The Giants (30-30) won, 10-4, beating Colorado for the ninth straight game.Bailey doubled twice, scored two runs and collected his first career triple as the Giants got 14 hits, including at least one from all but one member of their starting lineup. San Francisco set a franchise record with eight doubles, including a pair from Thairo Estrada in addition to Bailey’s contribution.“It’s definitely got a reputation,” Bailey said. “That’s correct, I’d say. Definitely hitter friendly....

Evans’ 3-pointer late in OT helps lift Chicago over Indiana

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Marina Mabrey scored 18 of her 28 points in the first half, Dana Evans scored all 19 of her points after halftime and the Chicago Sky beat the Indiana Fever 108-103 in overtime on Tuesday night.Evans made a wide open 3-pointer with 50.1 seconds left in overtime to extend Chicago’s lead to 101-96. Indiana turned it over on its next possession for the 16th time and Evans sank a runner in the lane for a seven-point lead.Kahleah Copper added 24 points and Alanna Smith scored 18 for Chicago (5-3), which was coming off a stunning 19-point comeback against the New York Liberty on Sunday.All five starters for Indiana (1-5) scored in double-figures as well as Kristy Wallace’s 16 points off the bench. Boston finished with a season-high 25 points to go with 11 rebounds and Erica Wheeler had 12 points and 12 assists.ACES 90, SUN 84UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A’Ja Wilson scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the defending champion Las Vegas remained undefeated, holding off Con...

Seattle rallies from 21-point deficit, beats Los Angeles 66-63

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Jewell Loyd had 25 points and eight rebounds and the Seattle Storm rallied from a 21-point first-half deficit to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 66-63 on Tuesday night.Seattle (1-4) avenged a 92-85 loss to the Sparks on Saturday with the second-largest comeback victory in franchise history.Loyd was scoreless after the first quarter when Seattle trailed 24-6, but she totaled 24 points over the next two frames to help build a 52-48 lead entering the fourth quarter.Los Angeles forward Nneka Ogwumike blocked a shot with 20 seconds left in the fourth and she headed the other way for a reverse layup, but it was blocked by Ezi Magbegor. Seattle secured the defensive rebound and the Sparks elected not to foul as time ran out.Rookie Jordan Horston scored a season-high 14 points and Magbegor had 13 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks for Seattle. Loyd became the third player in Storm history to reach 4,000 career points.Seattle only had four points through the opening nine minutes...

Arcia drives in go-ahead run, Elder recovers as Braves rally to beat Mets 6-4

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Bryce Elder has posted better pitching lines this season. He hasn’t had a more impressive recovery, though, and his ability to regroup set the stage for a Braves comeback against the division-rival Mets. Orlando Arcia drove in the go-ahead run in Atlanta’s four-run sixth, Elder overcame his worst inning of the season and the Braves beat New York 6-4 on Tuesday night. Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso hit two-run homers in the third, but Elder (4-0) followed that up with three scoreless innings.“To be able to continue to throw well and give us a chance was a positive,” Elder said.New York (30-31) lost its fourth straight, matching a season high. The Mets hope to follow the path of the 2022 Braves, who overcame a slow start to catch New York and win the NL East on a tiebreaker after each team won 101 games.“We know they’re going to be a competitive club all year and we’re trying to be the same,” said Mets manager Buck Showalter. The Mets led 4-1 b...

Joey Wiemer’s 10th-inning single lifts Brewers over Orioles 4-3

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Wiemer is congratulated after hitting a walk-off RBI single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 4-3. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)(AP/Morry Gash) Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Wiemer is congratulated after hitting a walk-off RBI single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 4-3. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)(AP/Morry Gash) MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joey Wiemer hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.Wiemer’s hit came off Austin Voth (1-2). It scored pinch...

A Denver basketball fan — from the very start

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Perhaps nobody will be cheering harder for the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of the NBA Finals than a woman who both roots and works for the team. Loretta Harmon said she has worked for the Denver basketball franchise since 1974, when the team was known as the Denver Rockets and played in the old American Basketball Association. "We love basketball. And then, when I was hired in the ticket office, why, we were in seventh heaven,'" she said. Decades later, Harmon said she still works for the team in the accounts payable department, working most days from home. Nuggets fever showing big in Denver neighborhood Harmon is 90, with her 91st birthday around the corner at the end of June. “They were my life for so long,” she said of the locals. The Nuggets face the Miami Heat on Wednesday night in Game 3 of the finals. “Oh, I don’t think you can get any higher than we are right now. I think this is as high as you can go,” she said. Asked what it would feel like if the Nuggets f...

New MLS team coming to San Diego needs your help

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Officials tied to the new Major League Soccer Team that is coming to San Diego are now turning to the public for help. They want fans to help create the team identity.Fans poured into Kilowatt Brewery, just off Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, Tuesday for their chance to shape what they want the new Major League Soccer in San Diego to look like.“It’s exciting,” fan Morgan Teder said. “It will be fun.”The owners are asking San Diego fans to help decide the team’s name, colors and values.“I want it to feel like San Diego,” fan David Chamberlain said. “I’m not sure what that is yet but something to do with the beach, and the water, and the sky. I think the values we have is to support the team and to support the community.”The new MLS team still doesn’t even have players or a coach, but the owners want this team to be built around the San Diego community. 5 waterfalls to see in San Diego County “The team needs to represent the city which is a very welcoming city,” fan Quinn Ho...

New tool could fix ongoing streetlight vandalism leaving San Diegans in dark

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

SAN DIEGO - The City of San Diego is cracking down on streetlight vandalism downtown. Homeless there have been opening the bottom of the lamp posts, to then steal or destroy the wires inside. Now, a company from Orange County is providing a new tool that could fix the problem. Streetlight vandalism has been an ongoing issue leaving streets pitch black after sundown. So much so, FOX 5 caught one unsheltered person crouching near a streetlight Tuesday along E Street, tampering with the electricity to charge his phone, which has caused surrounding poles to stop working in the past. Walking along the Gaslamp Quarter, you may be able to catch unhinged openings on the back of a streetlight where extension cords will connect power from the pole to nearby encampments."It’s not really safe for our customers and people coming and going to our businesses here," shared Mark Hamilton who owns 'Feel it Records' on E Street and 9th Avenue. A solution to the recent vandalism and theft could all beg...

‘Home is like a jail’: Afghan soldier weathers injuries, uncertainty in US asylum bid

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:27:12 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — The April visit to a Houston clinic was just one of a never-ending assembly line of medical appointments Abdul Wasi Safi has had since his January release from an immigration detention center.The former Afghan soldier, called Wasi by family and friends, sat in a dental chair and conversed in Pashto with his older brother Sami as Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova” played in the background. It was a scene thousands of miles from the places he’d been the past two years.After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, fear of retribution from the Taliban for sharing information with American soldiers while he was an intelligence officer drove Wasi Safi to flee to Brazil. The goal? Reaching the U.S. and applying for asylum.He eventually made it after crossing 10 countries, but the journey came at a high cost. A brutal beating by police officers in Panama severely damaged his teeth and jaw and left him with permanent hearing loss.Wasi Safi didn’t appear ne...