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Centennial temporarily bans any new outdoor pickleball courts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

Centennial this week approved a six-month moratorium on the construction of new outdoor pickleball courts in the city so that it can assess the potential for noise complaints, and how to minimize them, as the popular sport continues to boom in Colorado.The City Council voted 8-1 on Tuesday night in favor of the temporary ban, which will end on Sept. 30 unless extended by the council.There have been multiple reports from around the country about neighborhoods driven crazy by the sound of the impact between pickleball and paddle, which some acoustical engineers characterize as an “impulsive sound” that is particularly bothersome to the human ear.Related ArticlesColorado News | Pickleball is booming in Colorado. One city isn’t so sure it likes the sound. Other neighborhoods seem to have no problem with the sound of the sport.Centennial’s moratorium comes as pickleball, a mashup of tennis and ping-pong that is easy to learn and highly social, explodes i...

Broncos WR KJ Hamler facing lengthy absence after tearing muscle while training on his own, source says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

KJ Hamler just can’t shake the bad injury luck.The fourth-year wide receiver recently tore his pectoral muscle while training on his own away from the Broncos facility, a source confirmed to The Post on Thursday morning. He is looking at a rehabilitation timeline of four to six months, the shorter end of which would have him healthy for the start of training camp in late July.The NFL Network first reported Hamler’s injury.The former Penn State standout and 2020 second-round pick of the Broncos was just getting back toward full health after a hamstring injury and subsequent aggravation cost him the final nine games of the 2022 season. Hamler missed almost all of the 2021 season with a serious knee and hip injury and the rehabilitation carried all the way through training camp last summer. He played 40 snaps in Denver’s season opener at Seattle but then was inactive in Week 2.Slowly, he worked his way back into playing shape and made the biggest play of his season &#...

Death investigation underway after burned truck discovered off Brea road

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

A death investigation is underway in Brea after a burned-out truck was found off a roadway Thursday morning.It is unclear when the incident was reported, but a traffic advisory was ordered at East Carbon Canyon Road and North Olinda Drive.A full closure of Carbon Canyon is expected for several hours for the investigation, Brea police indicated in a tweet.Motorists are asked to avoid the area.Aerial video from Sky5 showed authorities investigating a burned-out pickup off the roadway.No further details about the incident have been released.

The top barbecue joint in California and every other state, according to Yelp

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

Make no bones about it: Barbecue is one of America’s favorite cuisines.Barbecue, however, is also the subject of some of the most heated debates among foodies. What qualifies as “barbecue” in one region of the country might not pass in another, seeing as some folks might prefer baby-back ribs over St. Louis-style, or the flavors of mesquite over hickory. And don’t even get started on the sauces.The best barbecue, therefore, is truly in the taste buds of the beholder.With that in mind, it’s perhaps easier to set aside any preconceived notions and enjoy some regional styles of barbecue — even if it’s not exactly one's preferred style. To help determine where some of the most finger-lickin’ examples can be found, the analysts at Yelp have compiled a list of the platform’s top-rated barbecue joints in every state, based on the recommendations from its user community. It should be noted, though, that Yelp’s findings are also based on the “total volume” of reviews for each barbecue spot, ...

Justin Torres Pronounced Dead Following Pedestrian Crash on Interstate 215 [Perris, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

24-Year-Old Pedestrian Fatally Struck near Highway 74PERRIS, CA (March 23, 2023) – Early Monday morning, a pedestrian-auto collision along I-215 claimed the life of Justin Torres.The fatal incident happened around 12:45 a.m. at northbound Interstate 215, north of eastbound Highway 74.According to Officer Mike Lassig, a pedestrian suddenly appeared in the path of a 2020 Dodge Charger traveling in the No. 2 lane at 68 mph.The driver failed to avoid the pedestrian, launching the pedestrian onto the roadway. Afterward, the motorist immediately pulled over and contacted 911.Unfortunately, responding emergency personnel declared the pedestrian dead at the scene. Authorities later identified the deceased victim as 24-year-old Justin Torres of Temecula.The Dodge driver stayed at the site of the incident and cooperated with the investigators.At this time, officials are asking anyone with additional information about the fatal pedestrian crash to contact the CHP Temecula office at (951)...

Judge throws out controversial plea deal for man accused of three Oakland killings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

Less than two months after lamenting “he had never seen a case pled down like this before,” an Alameda County Superior Court judge plea deal that would have imposed 15 years for a reputed West Oakland gang member accused of gunning down three people when he was 18 years old.Judge Mark McCannon ruled Thursday that 31-year-old Delonzo Logwood should go to trial, saying he had decided against accepting a plea deal proposed by prosecutors. Logwood had previously been eligible for a sentence of death or life without parole before being offered the unusual plea deal by newly-installed District Attorney Pamela Price. Had Logwood been convicted at trial of all three first-degree murder counts, he would have faced a minimum prison sentence of 75 years to life.It is extremely unusual for a judge to reject a plea deal that has been agreed upon by both defense attorneys and the DA. During Thursday’s hearing, Logwood apologized and the mother of one of his three alleged victims...

What’s black and white and running around Seoul?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — A young zebra walked, trotted, and galloped for hours in the busy streets of South Korea’s capital before emergency workers tranquilized the animal and brought it back to a zoo.The zebra — a male named Sero that was born in the zoo in 2021 — was in stable condition and being examined by veterinarians as of Thursday evening, said Choi Ye-ra, an official at the Children’s Grand Park in Seoul.She said the zoo was investigating how the zebra managed to escape. She didn’t immediately confirm media reports that the animal partially destroyed the wooden fencing surrounding its pen before busting out around 2:50 p.m.Social media was flowing with smartphone videos of the zebra trotting alongside lines of cars that were waiting for the greenlight at an intersection, and galloping through a street surrounded by commercial buildings as pedestrians stopped and gasped.Police and emergency workers managed to corner the zebra after it entered a...

What could have been: Reggie Jackson says he was denied chance to buy Oakland A’s

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

Reggie Jackson helped put the Oakland A’s on the baseball map as a charismatic superstar player in the 1970s, but the Hall of Famer this week said he had designs on another role with the franchise — team owner.The 76-year-old Jackson was on the “Howard Stern Show” and said that money was no object for his group, which he said included Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and he believed a deal was all but done when the A’s were up for sale in the early 2000s. Jackson suggests he had an agreement in place with then-A’s owner Ken Hoffman, and is “absolutely” convinced then-MLB commissioner Bud Selig made sure the deal didn’t happen — paving the way for the A’s to be sold to a group led by Selig’s college buddy, Lew Wolff, in 2005 for $180 million.“It broke my heart,” Jackson said during a wide-ranging interview with Stern on Wednesday. “I went into depression for about six months.”Jackson said his group, w...

Pac-12 expansion: Does SMU create media value? “I think it probably helps,” sports media analyst says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

The Pac-12 began evaluating candidates for expansion long before USC and UCLA announced their intentions to leave the conference.The process commenced in the summer of 2021, after Texas and Oklahoma agreed to join the SEC and the Big 12 lurched toward the brink of extinction.Pac-12 presidents ultimately passed on extending membership invitations and concluded none of the available schools (in the Big 12 or elsewhere) met the competitive, financial and institutional criteria.Now here we are, 21 months later, and the Pac-12’s geographic footprint features a crater in Southern California as the conference negotiates a new media rights contract and considers expansion.The candidate list includes SMU. It is not known whether the conference sized up the Mustangs in the summer of ’21, but the calculation deployed back then is essentially the same one being applied now.Does SMU fit academically? Could its football program eventually clear the competitive bar? And does the school...

Body of popular radio host Jeffrey “JV” Vandergrift found

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:35:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities identified a body found late Wednesday at Pier 39 as popular Bay Area radio host Jeffrey “JV” Vandergrift, 55, who went missing from his San Francisco home on Feb. 23.Authorities did not specify a preliminary cause of death or issue a ruling on the nature of the death.Vandergrift, a longtime morning show host at Wild 94.9, co-founded and co-hosted the popular Doghouse show during the early 1990s. The show soared in popularity, mostly due to on-air antics, stunts, pranks and raunchy humor. After the Doghouse moved to New York and eventually disbanded, Vandergrift returned to Wild 94.9 to host “The JV Show.” After his return to the Bay Area, Vandergrift reunited with his co-host on the Doghouse, Elvis “Dan” Lay, for an AM talk show and recurring podcast.The radio host had revealed last year that he had been diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2021 that had caused him considerable suffering.Six days after his disappearance, his wife put out a st...