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Those crazy beautiful, neon glowing waves are back along the California coast

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

The bright, glowing waves are back in the Southern California.Photographer Patrick Coyne ventured out in the early-morning hours of May 19 and captured the electric blue waves crashing near the Manhattan Beach Pier.Coyne, of Torrance, has spent the past three years searching for the bioluminescence from Ventura to Orange County, venturing out in the dark of night to capture nature’s light show.The photographer had not seen the glowing waves at the Manhattan Beach Pier since 2020.“The glowing waves were pretty sporadic but bright!” Coyne wrote along with a video posted on social media, noting he wasn’t sure how long they would last. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Patrick Coyne (@patrickc_la)Bioluminescent waves are tricky to track, but Coyne and a handful of other photographers have spent countless hours searching and documenting the phenomenon.  Related ArticlesEnvironment | America’s top 100 secret beaches include 8 California gems Environment | ...

San Jose residential complex pushes ahead with construction loan

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

SAN JOSE — A portion of a residential complex in San Jose has landed a key construction loan that could help clear the way for the project to be built, public records show.The project site consists of rental apartments that are being built by Hanover Co. and for-sale townhouses that are being developed by Trumark Homes, according to Erik Schoennauer, a land-use expert who is providing consulting services.The residential complex would be built at 905 North Capitol Avenue in San Jose, documents on file with city planners show.The project site consists of two parcels at the corner of North Capitol and Penitencia Creek Road. The apartments would sprout on one parcel and the townhomes on the other.A total of 32 townhomes and 345 apartments are being planned for the development site.Wells Fargo Bank has provided Trumark with a construction loan for the townhomes segment of the project, documents on file with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show.Portion of a residentia...

Woman convicted in stabbing death of Monterey County high school student granted parole

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

SALINAS – A King City woman responsible for the murder of a Salinas High School student in 2013 has been granted parole, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.Earlier this month, the California Board of Parole Hearings granted Angela Zuniga parole and a future release date of May 1, 2024. By then, Zuniga will have served nine years and eight months of a 15 years-to-life sentence. Zuniga was granted parole in her first hearing with the state board.It’s been nearly six years since Zuniga’s sentencing in 2016 for the second-degree murder of 14-year-old Ricardo Ruiz – and almost exactly 10 since the case began.According to Herald archives, Zuniga and a female friend took a bus from King City to Salinas on the afternoon of May 17, 2013. The two got off at East Alisal and California streets when, around the same time, Ruiz and four teenage friends were walking to a taco shop at the corner of East Alisal Street and Madeira Avenue.Zuniga, a documented Sureño gang...

Bay Area hotel market struggles with post-COVID hangover

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

The Bay Area’s hotel industry is still struggling to rebound from coronavirus-linked shutdowns, even as the lodging sector outside the region has flourished. And not everyone is in agreement about what’s to blame.San Jose’s core hotel markets have been far slower to recover financially from the pandemic than those in other major city centers in the western United States. Hotel revenues in San Francisco and Oakland also remain sluggish.Downtown San Jose ranked dead last in the peer group of 14 markets in terms of its recovery, according to information that STR, which analyzes the hospitality market, provided to this news organization. San Jose’s airport area was nearly as feeble.“San Jose has a heavy reliance on high-tech business travel, which has not rebounded post-COVID,” said Alan Reay, president of Atlas Hospitality Group, which tracks the lodging sector.Together, San Jose’s hotel markets downtown and near the airport generated revenues ...

3 pedestrians killed in Highway 101 crash in Sunnyvale

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KRON) -- Three people were killed in a multi-vehicle collision on northbound Highway 101 in Sunnyvale early Monday morning, according to the San Jose California Highway Patrol office.A call came into the San Jose CHP just before 12:30 a.m. reporting a car hitting the center median between Lawrence Expressway and North Fair Oaks Boulevard. Shortly after, several more cars crashed, officials said.San Jose CHP officials said three pedestrians were killed.A detour is set up to divert traffic off at Fair Oaks Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol incident page. There is no estimated time of reopening.The southbound lane also had a multi-vehicle collision after a body was ejected from the northbound to southbound freeway. One witness from the southbound side told KRON4 they were involved in a collision after avoiding a body in the lanes. This story is developing and will be updated.

Schembechler son resigns at Michigan after offensive social media activity revealed

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A son of longtime Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler has resigned from his position with the Wolverines, with the school saying it was aware of his social media activity that may have caused “pain” in the community.Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler stepped down Saturday, just days after he had been hired as assistant director of recruiting on Jim Harbaugh’s staff.The Detroit News reported Saturday that Schembechler’s Twitter feed contained posts and likes of offensive material, including some that suggested slavery and Jim Crow were positives to strengthen Black individuals and families. “We are aware of some comments and likes on social media that have caused concern and pain for individuals in our community,” Harbaugh and athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. “Michigan Athletics is fully committed to a place where our coaches, staff and student-athletes feel welcome and where we fully support the University’s and Athletic Department’...

Nationals Notebook: Those miracle Marlins

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

The good news for the Washington Nationals is they won two of three over Detroit after getting swept by the Miami Marlins, which ranks near the bottom of the big leagues in run differential. The bad news is the one team it looked like they could pass in their climb out of the NL East is a Marlins team that isn’t going quietly into the night.Manager Skip Schumaker, in his first season at the helm, has the team from South Beach exceeding expectations thanks to their performance in nail-biters. They’re 15-2 in one-run games this year, including a pair of victories last week against the Nats.That’s helped offset a lineup tied for 28th in runs scored and a pitching staff that ranks 18th in team ERA over the first three months of the season.The beauty of a Major League Baseball season is that over a full campaign, one has a chance to see the entire tapestry develop with 162 pixels as opposed to 17 NFL snapshots or 82 NBA/NHL photos.Eventually, every team finds its level,...

Maryland state trooper, allegedly impaired driver injured in crash on I-495 in Silver Spring

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

A Maryland state trooper is injured Monday morning after police say an allegedly impaired driver drove into a construction zone on Interstate 495 in Silver Spring and struck his vehicle.As of 8:30 a.m., WTOP Traffic reports some traffic is getting past the investigation amid major delays on the Beltway Inner Loop. A spokesperson with state police told WTOP a trooper was parked monitoring some construction work on the Inner Loop after University Boulevard at around 4:30 a.m. when the crash happened.A driver of a Mercedes SUV — identified as 31-year-old Anthony Bowser, of D.C. — struck the back of the trooper’s vehicle while he was inside. The police vehicle had its emergency lights on at the time of the crash, police said.The trooper was hospitalized at a trauma center with non-life-threatening. Bowser was also taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Charges are pending for Bowser who police suspect was operating the SUV while impaired. Update – Beltway IL ...

Brittney Griner gets rousing welcome in Phoenix home game after release from Russian prison

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post.There was nowhere else the ball was going on the Phoenix Mercury’s opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here.Her back to the basket, Griner faked as though she would shoot a turnaround, spun the other way and put up another up-fake. Chicago’s Elizabeth Williams fell for the deke, Griner absorbed the contact and hit the shot to begin a three-point play.After all the emotional buildup, Griner got off to the perfect start in her first regular-season home game since being released after more than 10 months in a Russian prison.“If I was the first option, I was going to be aggressive and try to score,” Griner said.Griner did her part all afternoon, finishing with 27 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. The Mercury did their best to pull out a win after cutting an 11-point deficit to two in the closing minutes.It wasn’t enough....

This lively springtime asparagus pasta is defined by textural contrast

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:02 GMT

One of the pillars of great cooking is ensuring that each dish features ample textural contrast, an element as important as flavor. Once you strike the balance of sweet, salty, acidic, bitter and savory, it’s crucial to consider creamy, crispy, chewy and more.But incorporating different textures doesn’t necessarily require additional ingredients. As in this lively springtime pasta dish inspired by one at the River Cafe in London, the solution can be as simple as cooking asparagus in two batches.In this recipe from our book “Tuesday Nights Mediterranean,” which features weeknight-friendly meals from the region, the asparagus is finely chopped in the food processor. Half is sautéed until tender and half is added later in the cooking to preserve its crisp texture. One vegetable, two textures.A cup of cream and some of the starchy cooking water binds the asparagus into a silky sauce just thick enough to coat the chewy, al dente pasta.Lemon zest and a squeeze of lemon juice at the table ...