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Pac-12 football: Our picks for postseason award winners and the all-conference team

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

The Pac-12 will announce its 2023 all-conference teams and postseason award winners on Tuesday. The head coaches were permitted to wait for the result of the conference championship game before casting their ballots.We see no reason to wait for the official reveal.The Hotline’s selections …Coach of the Year: Washington’s Kalen DeBoerIn the end, it was an easy decision. Arizona’s Jedd Fisch did marvelous work turning the Wildcats into a nine-win team in his third season. But DeBoer did what no head coach has accomplished in the 13 years of the conference’s expansion era: He won every game. And nothing beats 13-0. If DeBoer doesn’t claim the official honor on Tuesday, it’s because the coaches are playing politics.Offensive Player of the Year: Washington QB Michael Penix Jr.Loads of terrific candidates for this honor, including two receivers: Oregon’s Troy Franklin and Washington’s Rome Odunze. But Penix led his team through a Novem...

Inman: Purdy lifts 49ers’ starry offense to new heights in Philly return

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — Overjoyed 49ers fans basked in Sunday night’s win by lingering at Lincoln Financial Field and serenading Brock Purdy off that conquered ground: “PUR-DY! PUR-DY!”Darting toward the tunnel came the 49ers’ quarterback. “LET’S GO!!!!” he fired back at the red-clad crooners.The 49ers (9-3) are closing in on their fourth playoff run in five seasons, and they’ve got an MVP-caliber quarterback emerging in the best of times.Now, a 42-19 Week 13 beatdown in enemy territory does not cancel out last season’s 31-7 NFC Championship Game defeat here, and the 49ers acknowledged they may need to return in eight Sundays for a shot at the Super Bowl title.It’s reminiscent of the 2010 San Francisco Giants’ path. They stunned the host Phillies in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, with Cody Ross hitting two home runs and Tim Lincecum laughing at ornery fans’ wolf whistles. A week later, the Giants returned to clinch a World Series berth.Purdy and the 49ers are ...

What to expect — and not to expect — from SF Giants at MLB Winter Meetings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

NASHVILLE — The 2,888-room Gaylord Opryland Resort, set on nine acres east of downtown, is the kind of sprawling place in which you can get lost. Multiple forested atriums, winding walking paths that circle the artificial island and the lazy river surrounding it. Christmas trees stand 50 feet high, below oversized decorative guitars suspended from glass ceilings.The scale of it is massive.And, for the first time since 2015, it is the site of MLB’s Winter Meetings, with executives from all 30 clubs getting into town Sunday and commissioner Rob Manfred kicking off the three-day gathering Monday morning with the announcement of MLB’s charity auction (featuring Gotham Club passes from Giants and batting practice at the Oakland Coliseum, which you can bid on through 7 p.m. PT Thursday here.)The week will be defined by Shohei Ohtani, the two-way sensation said to be nearing a decision in his free agency. Giants manager Bob Melvin, president Farhan Zaidi and part-owner Buster P...

UC Berkeley chef charged with filming explicit video chat with prepubescent girls

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

BERKELEY — A San Leandro man who works as a chef for UC Berkeley has been charged with possessing hundreds of child pornography files, including some he allegedly filmed during a video chat with young girls living in Vietnam and the Philippines, court records show.Gregory Andrade, 56, was charged Nov. 17 with possessing more than 600 images of child pornography, as well as two felony counts of using a minor for sex acts. The two latter charges stem from video chats on Feb. 26 and March 5, according to police.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Trial set for East Bay siblings linked to 2021 killing of Carmel woman Crime and Public Safety | Antioch releases video of officers shooting less lethal round at transgender woman whose hands were raised Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man guilty of murdering romantic rival on Valentine’s Day, faces life without parole Crime and Public Safety | Another ex-FCI Dubli...

Holiday Baking 2023: Three new cookbooks to inspire the perfect cookie platter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

Looking for ways to boost your cookie-baking skills this holiday season? We paged through three hot new baking cookbooks to help and the results — Scandinavian honey cookies with chocolate, gingerbread and coconut almond slice-and-bake butter cookies — are sure to impress at your next holiday party or cookie exchange.But there’s more where these recipes came from. Here’s what to expect from the pages of these new baking-centric volumes.‘Scandinavian from Scratch’ by Nichole AccettolaScandinavian from Scratch is a cookbook by Nichole Accettola, the chef and owner behind Kantine, a Scandinavian cafe and bakery in San Francisco. (Courtesy Anders Schønnemann/Ten Speed Press) For guidance on what to bake when it’s cold out, why not seek guidance from the folks who weather some of the gnarliest winters out there, the Scandinavians?Nichole Accettola, the chef-owner behind San Francisco’s Kantine, a Scandinavian bakery and cafe, offers more tha...

Festival La Onda lineup announced by BottleRock

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Alejandro Fernandez, Mana, Fuerza Regida, and Junior H are among the headliners for the inaugural Festival La Onda, BottleRock announced on Monday. The Latin music festival will be held at the Napa Valley Expo on June 1 and June 2 and is an offshoot of the long-running BottleRock festival."La Onda by BottleRock will offer the hottest Latin musical acts spanning several genres, including regional Mexican, Latin pop, Spanish rock, reggaeton, mariachi, rap, norteno, cumbia, bolero and more," read a press release from BottleRock. Places with the lowest cost of living in California: study In addition to the headliners, other notable acts appearing at the festival include Cafe' Tacuba, Los Angeles Azules and Gera MX.Festival La Ona lineup:ManaFuerza RegidaAlejandro FernandezJunior HFarrukoEslabon ArmandoCafe TacubaLos Angeles AzulesMon LaferteGabito BallesterosDianna PaolaYahritzia y Su EsenciaMaldita VecindadLa ArrolladoraEden MunozGera MXXimena SarinanaSiddhart...

Suspect caught with 43 fraudulent debit cards in Rohnert Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

(KRON) -- A man who authorities said is a suspect in over a dozen cases of fraudulent transactions across California was arrested Friday in Rohnert Park after a traffic stop, the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (RPDPS) said.Rohnert Park officers responded to a bank on the 200 block of Rohnert Park Expressway at 6:04 a.m. on Dec. 1 after receiving a report that a suspicious person was using fraudulent debit cards. The suspect’s vehicle was found leaving the area, and officers initiated a traffic enforcement stop, RPDPS said. Rain returns to Bay Area Tuesday night and will last through Friday Antonio Kronidis, identified as the suspect, was in possession of 43 fraudulent debit cards and over $3,000 in cash, according to police. Kronidis is also suspected of over a dozen fraudulent transactions in California, RPDPS said.KRON On is streaming live.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container ifra...

San Franciso ranked as 5th most fun city in US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — When you think of the most fun cities in America, what comes to mind? WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities based on 65 pertinent metrics. The three key dimensions were entertainment and recreation, nightlife and parties, and overall costs."WalletHub compared 182 cities — including the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state," WalletHub stated.Las Vegas, Nevada, topped the list as the most fun city in America, with a score of 71.38. WalletHub gave the city the top spots in the entertainment and recreation rank and the nightlife and parties categories.Coming in at No. 2 and No. 3 were two Florida cities: Orlando and Miami.The report said Orlando's nation-leading theme parks helped the city rank toward the top of the list. 3 Bay Area cities named among CA towns with most holiday spirit The city has one of the lowest nightly rates for a 3-star hotel room and relatively low average prices for staple foods...

Two-car crash in Palo Alto closes street near Stanford

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

Police in Palo Alto are advising motorists to avoid the area of a collision near Stanford University on Monday morning. Oakland school district responds to planned ‘unsanctioned’ pro-Palestine teach-in The two-car crash has closed down Alma Street in both directions between Lincoln Street and Addison Avenue, police said in an advisory shortly after 8 a.m.KRON On is streaming live news now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Details about the collision were not immediately available.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

How to get a really low mortgage rate? Assume the seller’s mortgage, and have a pile of cash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:00 GMT

There is a way to get a much lower mortgage rate from the past, but it’s complicated, not common and requires what could easily be a six-figure equivalent of a down payment.Assumable mortgages are those that lenders will allow sellers to sign over to buyers, with the existing interest rate and existing remaining balance. Assuming the seller’s existing loan rate would almost certainly mean a much lower rate, depending on when they bought, and it gets the buyer around today’s much higher prevailing rates.Assumable mortgages are allowed in only certain circumstances, and not those loans that are conventional financing. Assumable mortgages can apply to VA, FHA and USDA loans.If a buyer finds a seller able and willing to sign over their existing mortgage, the buyer pays the selling price, which would most certainly be higher than the seller’s remaining mortgage balance.“The buyer has to bring cash to the table to cover that seller’s equity. The hurdle to getting into a situation like tha...