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Martinez: County health officials warn residents after mercury spill

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

County health officials issued a health advisory Tuesday warning residents and visitors to avoid certain downtown streets until residue from a rare and significant mercury spill has been safely removed.Around 3 p.m. Monday, the county health department’s hazardous materials team responded to a report of the spill  in the Amtrak train station’s parking lot, 601 Marina Vista Ave. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District paramedics had been at the station for a prior medical call, but saw and recognized mercury on the ground. Crews then found mercury inside the train station itself.By Tuesday afternoon, team members working with federal Environmental Protection Agency staff found more mercury in the street and gutters along a five-block route from the station. Those amounts were not expected to cause immediate health risks, but could affect people and animals who walk through the area and track the mercury indoors to homes and businesses.County health department deputy ...

Man allegedly attacked in Danville Costco parking lot over parking space

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

DANVILLE, Calif. (KRON) – A Danville man is recovering after he says he was attacked over a parking spot. It happened outside of Costco Sunday morning.Craig Blackburn spent six hours in the hospital after he says a man beat him in the Costco parking lot. He needed X-rays and a CAT scan, and he’s being monitored for concussion symptoms.It all started as a normal Sunday morning for Blackburn. He did his shopping at the Costco at 3150 Fostoria Way and grabbed a hot dog on his way out. Teen girls accused of robbing, stomping on victim in Berkeley He was eating it while loading his car when a man pulled up in a white Toyota Corolla, put his turn signal on, and waited for the parking spot. But Blackburn says that man quickly got impatient and started hurling insults. “He wasn’t happy with how long it was taking me to load my groceries, so he said, ‘Hope you’re enjoying that hotdog, fat***,’” Blackburn said. A spot opened next to Blackburn’s, but the man insisted on taking Blac...

Robert De Niro, 79 años, da la bienvenida a su séptimo hijo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

(CNN) — Robert De Niro ha vuelto a ser padre, según confirmó este martes un representante del actor a CNN.El ganador del Oscar compartió por primera vez la noticia el lunes en una entrevista con ET Canadá para promocionar su nueva película, acertadamente llamada “About My Father”.Hablando de paternidad en la entrevista, el actor de 79 años corrigió educadamente a la entrevistadora Brittnee Blair cuando ésta mencionó los seis hijos que De Niro había tenido anteriormente.“Siete, en realidad”, dijo De Niro, y añadió: “Acabo de tener un bebé”.Robert De Niro conversó con CNN en Español de su nueva película: “Ya están ocurriendo suficientes cosas malas en EE.UU.”De Niro tiene seis hijos de relaciones anteriores, pero no está claro quién es la madre de su séptimo hijo.El actor de “The Godfather” también compartió que le gusta ser padre, diciendo que cree en “ser cariñoso con (sus) hijos”, incluso si tiene que ser...

Soler smashes two HRs, has five RBIs, Marlins beat D-backs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — It was just four years ago when Jorge Soler smashed 48 homers in one season to lead the American League.A couple massive blasts on Tuesday night served notice that the hard-swinging Cuban might have another season like that coming.Soler hit two long homers and had five RBIs, Jesus Luzardo threw six effective innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2.Miami’s Jazz Chisholm Jr. reached base three times in front of Soler, rounding the bases twice while watching the homers.“They looked like shooting stars, I’ll tell you that,” Chisholm said.Soler’s first homer was a 468-foot shot in the second inning that landed on the concourse behind the left-center seats and gave the Marlins a 4-1 lead. His second homer was a two-run blast in the fifth that landed near the same area, just not quite as deep.“There’s not too many guys that have that kind of raw, real power,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “He’s a smart player, too....

Casey Schmitt homers in debut, Giants beat Nationals 4-1

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Casey Schmitt homered for his first career hit in his major league debut and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 on Tuesday night.“It was just so much emotion,” Schmitt said. “Just everything kind of bundled into one. It was surreal.”The 24-year-old was selected from Triple-A Sacramento earlier Tuesday and went 2 for 4 with dozens of friends and family members in attendance.“I’m really excited that I was able to do that in front of the home crowd, doing it with my family as well,” he said. “It was really special.”Schmitt tracked down the home run ball and traded a signed bat and ball to the young fan who caught it.“My parents are going to have the ball,” he said. “So it’s going to be really cool to see that at home at the end of the season.”Mitch Haniger drove in two runs and Logan Webb limited the Nationals to one run in seven innings.Webb (3-5) struck out seven and allowed nine hits and a walk, pitching out of several jams. Washing...

Jokic has triple-double, Nuggets rout Suns for 3-2 lead

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night in Game 5 to regain the series lead.Joker had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for most by a center in NBA history. Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal is Thursday night in Phoenix.The home team has won every game in the series. If that holds true again, the decisive winner-take-all clash will come Sunday back in Denver, where the top-seeded Nuggets own the NBA’s best home record at 39-7, including 5-0 in the playoffs.After Denver lost two straight at Phoenix, Nuggets coach Michael Malone devised a five-point plan for the Nuggets to regain control of the series: patch up their transition defense, slow Devin Booker, get more from his bench, unleash MPJ and knock down open 3s.Check, check, check, ch...

Valdez fans 12, sends Ohtani to 1st loss in Astros’ 3-1 win

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Framber Valdez says he probably threw too hard and made too many mistakes early in his career when he got into mound matchups against a pitcher of Shohei Ohtani’s caliber.These days, the Houston Astros’ ace rises to such challenges with poise and precision.Valdez racked up 12 strikeouts over eight innings of three-hit ball and sent Ohtani to his first mound loss of the season in the Astros’ 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.Ohtani (4-1) passed Babe Ruth in career mound strikeouts while giving up six hits over seven innings, but the two-way superstar allowed five straight Astros to reach base in a three-run fifth, highlighted by Martín Maldonado’s two-run homer.Ohtani finished with seven strikeouts, but he has yielded at least three runs in three consecutive starts for the first time in his major league career.“(Valdez) is a great pitcher,” Ohtani said through his interpreter. “I knew it was going to be a low-scori...

Vaughn’s homer lifts White Sox over Royals, 4-2

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo, (AP) — Andrew Vaughn’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.Lucas Giolito (2-2) allowed two runs on five hits over six innings in a game that started two hours late because of rain.Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his first save. He said the delay played into his hands.“It was a bonus for me pitching at 9 at night because I’m a night owl,” he said. “I was right at home. It was one of those nights when the stuff was a little bit better, velocity-wise.”Jordan Lyles (0-6) threw a complete game, the first by a Royals pitcher in more than two years, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks. Brad Keller was the last Kansas City starter to go the distance, in his 11-0 shutout of Pittsburgh on Sept. 13, 2020.“He’s incredible,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of Lyles. “He always wants the next inning, whether he pitches five, six, se...

Mueren tres personas, entre ellos un francés, en un atentado cerca de una sinagoga en Túnez

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

(CNN) — Al menos tres personas murieron y otras nueve resultaron heridas en un atentado perpetrado este martes cerca de una sinagoga en la isla tunecina de Djerba, según el Ministerio del Interior de Túnez.Un guardia de seguridad del Centro de la Infantería de Marina de la Guardia Nacional mató a un compañero “con un arma y se hizo con su munición”, indicó el Ministerio en un comunicado en Twitter.A continuación, el atacante “intentó llegar cerca del lugar de culto de El-Ghriba (la sinagoga) y comenzó a disparar al azar contra las unidades de seguridad allí desplegadas, donde éstas se enfrentaron a él y lo mataron a tiros”.Entre las tres víctimas figuran el otro guardia de seguridad y dos visitantes, según el Ministerio. El recuento no incluye al autor de los disparos, que fue abatido por las fuerzas de seguridad.El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Túnez dijo este miércoles que un tunecino de 30 años y un francés de 42 estaban entre los muertos.Dos h...

No winning ticket sold for Tuesday’s $28 million Lotto Max jackpot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:55:00 GMT

There was no winning ticket sold in Tuesday’s Lotto Max $28 million draw.The jackpot for the next draw on May 12 will be an estimated $33 million.The Canadian Press