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Avalanche Journal: How far can Colorado go without Gabriel Landeskog in Stanley Cup Playoffs?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

Gabriel Landeskog’s right knee remains a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes, but you’ll have to wait until next season to find out if he cracks the case.The Avalanche captain has officially called it quits for his 2022-23 season that never was, ruling himself out for the Stanley Cup Playoffs while he tries to figure out how to cure the cartilage injury under his patella. Landeskog is still consulting medical experts about next steps to take this offseason, and a fourth surgery since 2020 is an option.Sure sounds like a plight that will bedevil Landeskog and the Avalanche at least into next season, if not longer. Considering the salary cap implications of his $7 million absence, the Avs probably want a quicker resolution about the captain’s 2023-24 fate.“Leading into the draft and free agency, ” general manager Chris MacFarland said, “that will certainly have to be part of our equation, is his situation.”But as for the more immediate obstacle,...

Man wanted for assaulting L.A. County sheriff's deputy in custody after chase

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

A driver wanted on suspicion of assaulting an Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy is in custody Monday morning after a chase from the Lancaster area to L.A.'s Westside. A man wanted on suspicion of assaulting a deputy is taken into custody in L.A.'s Westside after a chase on April 17, 2023. (KTLA) It is unclear exactly where the chase began, but the driver was heading south at a high rate of speed on the 405 Freeway around 10:50 a.m. The driver got off the highway and was boxed in on the off-ramp, but quickly got back on the Freeway in Van Nuys. He had reached the Sepulveda Pass just before 11 a.m., aerial video from Sky5 showed.Around that time, however, KTLA encountered a temporary flight restriction because of Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to the Southland. The driver was seen being taken into custody around 11:05 a.m., near Wilshire and Sepulveda boulevards.The California Highway Patrol did not elaborate on the assault the driver was wanted for.Check back for ...

Select California residents can file their taxes after the April 18 deadline

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

The 2022 tax filing season is ending on Tuesday, but most Californians can still file their returns after the cutoff date.Most Californians have received a federal tax filing extension due to the natural disasters that have plagued the state for the last few months. The new tax deadline is Oct. 16. IRS extends tax deadline to Oct. 16 for disaster areas in California The tax extension also applies to Californians who need to file federal business tax returns or make tax payments.Here is a list of the California counties that are eligible for the filing extension:AlamedaAlpineAmadorButteCalaverasColusaContra CostaDel NorteEl DoradoFresnoGlennHumboldtInyoLos AngelesMaderaMarinMariposaMendocinoMercedMontereyNapaNevadaPlacerSacramentoSan BenitoSan JoaquinSan Luis ObispoSan MateoSanta BarbaraSanta ClaraSanta CruzSan DiegoSan FranciscoSan BernardinoSiskiyouSolanoSonomaStanislausSutterTehamaTrinityTulareTuolumneVenturaYoloFor Californians who don’t live in any of the counties listed above...

Map: The 11 shootings by California police this year that are under investigation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

A fatal shooting by police last week at a Newark hotel was the year’s 10th entry on California’s list of AB 1506 investigations, and an 11th was added on Sunday.The legislation, which took effect in July 2021, requires the state’s Department of Justice to investigate all fatal shootings by law enforcement officers in which the person killed is apparently unarmed.There are now 40 incidents on the list, with nine from the last half of 2021 and 20 from 2022. Final reports have been issued for only two, both determining that no criminal charges against the officers were warranted.Besides the Newark case, the list has three from the Bay Area: a man shot by Antioch police in 2021 after a standoff at his house; a man shot in 2022 at San Francisco International Airport; and the fatal shooting by San Francisco police in 2022 of two men who were fighting.AB 1506 investigations so far in 2023:1/ Samuel Arredondo, shot Jan. 11, 2023, by San Bernardino County sheriff’s de...

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Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

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Weekend recap: Menlo School breaks track record, girls flag football update, Oakland throws parade

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

Track and fieldMenlo School relay sets a new markThe Menlo School boys 4×1,600 relay team broke a 44-year Central Coast Section record, placing second at Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 17 minutes, 19.22 seconds.Torrey Pines finished first in 17:10.10.Menlo senior Justin Pretre, sophomore Landon Pretre, senior Aiden Deffner and sophomore Will Hauser broke the CCS record event that Leigh held since 1979. The Longhorns’ time was 17:24.84.Landon Petre ran his leg in 4:17.0, Deffner in 4:27.8, Hauser in 4:21.0 and Justin Petre in 4:13.4. “It is a really good sign as we approach the postseason,” Justin Pretre said in a statement provided by the school. “We’re going to keep pushing for the next few weeks and then it’s all about competing and maintaining until the end of the year.”Girls flag footballNorth Coast Section sets guidelines for new sportThe NCS Board of Managers voted Friday to set Aug. 7 and Nov. 4 as the start and end dates for the inaugural girls flag football ...

Boston Marathon: Kenyan racers claim men’s, women’s titles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

There was double delight for Kenya at the 2023 Boston Marathon as Evans Chebet and Hellen Obiri won the men’s and women’s races, respectively.Chebet claimed his second consecutive Boston Marathon — the first man to defend his title since Robert Cheruiyot did so in 2008 — in an unofficial time of two hours, five minutes and 54 seconds, while Obiri took the honors in only her second official marathon.Tanzanian Gabriel Geay came in second, finishing in 2:06:04, while Kenyan Benson Kipruto placed third in 2:06:06.More than 30,000 athletes from all 50 states and more than 100 countries participated in the famed 26.2-mile course, starting in rural Hopkinton and finishing on Boylston Street.This year’s race marked the 10-year anniversary of the double bombings that took place near the finish line, killing three people and injuring at least 264.Obiri won the women’s elite race to claim her first Boston Marathon title in an unofficial time of two hours, 21 minutes and 38 seconds.An exuberant...

Coachella 2023: Blackpink’s success has K-pop fans hoping for more Asian music and representation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

When Xander Benitez learned that Blackpink was headlining the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival this year the decision for him and two friends to travel from their small town near Sarasota, Florida was a simple one.“It’s insane,” Benitez, 21, said. “The first K-pop headliner at Coachella? Hello!”He, Jony Leyva, 21, and Edward Sebastian, 31, were easy to spot on the festival grounds on Saturday, April 15, the first of Blackpink’s two weekends there. Like many fans of the K-pop girl group, they’d taken Blackpink literally when it came picking their outfits for the day.“It’s a phenomenon,” Sebastian said of the emergence in recent years not just of K-Pop artists such as Blackpink and BTS, the latter of which could easily headline Coachella some day, but of Asian artists in general. Blackpink will be back to headline the second weekend of the Coachella on Saturday, April 22 and announced a tour stop at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 26.Blackpink fans Jenny Zhou, left, and ...

Traffic signal blocks roadway after crash in San Jose

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

(KRON) -- A traffic signal is down at the scene of a two-vehicle crash that also involved a pedestrian in San Jose, according to the San Jose Police Department. E-40 escorted out of Warriors vs. Kings game The crash happened near Keyes and 3rd streets, just a few blocks from Kelley Park. Police say the pedestrian was taken to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The traffic signal is in the roadway, police said. There are some road closures on Keyes Street between 3rd and 5th streets. Drivers are asked to use other routes.

Elon Musk launches AI company in Nevada, state business filings show

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:17:21 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Elon Musk has launched what appears to be an artificial intelligence company in Nevada, according to a business filing with the Secretary of State.A.XI Corp. was incorporated in the state on March 9, according to a search of filings at the Nevada Secretary of State website.The filing lists Musk as the director and Jared Birchall, considered by many business analysts to be Musk's right-hand man, as secretary. San Francisco Restaurant Week begins The filing says X.AI Corp. has authorized the sale of 100 million shares for the privately held company.A report in the Financial Times says Musk has been hiring engineers and talking with investors of Tesla and Space X to launch an AI startup that would rival Open AI.