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Amsterdam-style cannabis coffee shop bill passes California State Assembly

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

A bill that would allow local governments across the State of California to license Amsterdam-style cannabis "coffee shops" has been passed in the State Assembly. The bill, AB 374, which was proposed by Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, passed with broad bipartisan support, receiving a 64 to 9 vote."Cannabis cafes in the Netherlands capitalize on the social experience of cannabis by offering coffee, food, and live music, all of those opportunities are currently illegal under California law," read a press release from Haney's office. "AB 374 will allow struggling cannabis businesses to diversity away from the marijuana-only 'dispensary' model and bring much-needed tourist dollars into empty downtowns."“Lots of people want to enjoy legal cannabis in the company of others,” said Haney. “And many people want to do that while sipping coffee, eating a scone, or listening to music. There’s absolutely no good reason from an economic, health, or safety standpoint that the state sho...

Car crashes into Concord home once again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

CONCORD, Calif. (KRON) – An East Bay family is without a home after a car crashed into it, and this isn’t the first time something like this has happened.The family says this happened at about 1 a.m. Friday. The home is off of busy Clayton Road in Concord.The family says that a pair of speeding cars was behind this crash. Amazingly, everyone survived, including the grandmother who was sitting in the living room when one of those cars came smashing in. How did sideshows begin, and how did they get so out of hand? Tonight as they’re picking up the pieces, they’re hoping something can be done because this was not the first time this has happened.“It was like a huge boom and the house just shook and then everything was just flying,” Emma Holst said. The crash rattled Holst, her daughter and three grandchildren as they were all fast asleep.“The picture still flashing in my mind of the car coming through the wall,” she said. “The plaster, the glass from the window breaking.”Holst s...

Jarvis delivers in 9th, Alabama edges Nicholls 4-3 in regional nightcap

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jim Jarvis singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and top-seeded Alabama rallied four times to beat Nicholls 4-3 in Friday’s nightcap of the Tuscaloosa Regional.The Crimson Tide (41-19) never led until the final inning, coming from behind to tie the score three different times before Jarvis delivered the winner in a game that ended at 12:45 a.m. local time.Alabama advances to play Troy on Saturday. The Trojans beat Boston College 11-10 in an opener that was delayed more than two hours in the second inning by rain. Nicholls will play an elimination game against BC in the first game of the day.MaCrae Kendrick hit a two-out home run to give the Colonels (34-23) a 1-0 lead. The lead lasted until Ed Johnson drove in a run for the Crimson Tide with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth.Gerardo Villarreal’s sac fly in the sixth regained the lead for Nicholls, but Drew Williamson tied it at 2 with an RBI double i...

Kelly throws 7 strong innings, Diamondbacks beat Braves 3-2 for 6th straight win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Big-time baseball is back at Chase Field and the suddenly surging Arizona Diamondbacks delivered in their first test.Merrill Kelly threw seven strong innings, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ripped a two-run double and the D-backs won their season-high sixth game in a row by beating the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday night.It was the opener of a series between two of the top teams in the National League. It’s no surprise the Braves are among that group, but the emergence of the Diamondbacks — who lost 110 games just two seasons ago — has caught some off guard.Arizona is now 12 games over .500 for the first time since 2018 and on its first six-game winning streak since 2020.“I think there was a little extra zoom in everybody’s behind today, knowing the Braves were in here,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “We knew what was going on today and our guys stood tall in the middle of the ring.“I’m proud of that.”Miguel Castro worked a high-wire ninth for his sixth sa...

Dad-to-be Chris Bassitt pitches Blue Jays over Mets 3-0

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Bassitt stood on the mound in the eighth inning as teammates patted him on the back. Manager John Schneider took the ball and offered the only words necessary: “Go be a Dad.”Taking the mound after a 91-minute rain delay and ready to rush back to Toronto as his wife went into labor, Bassitt shut down his former team on three hits to lead the Blue Jays over the New York Mets 3-0 on Friday.“I’m sure there’s a million things that are going through his mind, “ Schneider said. ”To kind of keep everything in check was really impressive.”Bassitt’s wife Jessica was due to give birth to their second child after daughter Landry. A private plane was ready to take Bassitt home as soon as he came out of the game and got to one of the New York area’s smaller airports.What was supposed to be a 7:10 p.m. start was pushed back by a storm, and the first pitch finally was thrown at 8:41 p.m. Schneider credited director of team travel Mike Shaw for delaying the plane...

India train crash kills over 280, hurts 900 in country’s deadliest rail accident in decades

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people on Saturday after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people. Hundreds of others were trapped inside more than a dozen mangled rail cars overnight in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades.The accident, which happened about 220 kilometers (137 miles) southwest of Kolkata on Friday night, led to a chaotic scene as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches to free survivors.About 900 people were injured in the accident in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, said P.K. Jena, the state’s top administrative official. The cause was under investigation.More than 288 dead bodies were recovered overnight and into Saturday morning, Sudhanshu Sarangi, director of Odisha’s fire department, told The Associated Press. He said more than 800 injured passengers were taken ...

Seattle Thunderbirds beat Peterborough 4-1 to reach Memorial Cup final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — Thomas Milic made 27 saves and the Seattle Thunderbirds became the fifth U.S. franchise to reach the Memorial Cup final, beating the Peterborough Petes 4-1 on Friday night in the semifinal game.Western Hockey League champion Seattle will face Quebec on Sunday for the title, with Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy stepping aside as coach of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Remparts after the tournament.U.S. franchises have won four titles, the Portland Winterhawks in 1983 and 1998 and the Spokane Chiefs in 1991 and 2008. The Detroit Junior Red Wings (1995), Portland (2013) and the Erie Otters (2017) lost in championship games.Brad Lambert, Colton Dach, Kyle Crnkovic and Nico Myatovic scored for Seattle.Lambert opened the scoring with 4:28 left in the second period, beating goalie Michael Simpson with a backhander off a rebound.Dach made it 2-0 at 1:28 of the third, and Brennan Othmann countered for Peterborough at 2:41. Crnkovic restored t...

Joran van der Sloot sale de una prisión del sur de Perú hacia Estados Unidos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

(CNN Español) — Bajo estrictas medidas de seguridad, este viernes Joran van der Sloot abandonó el penal de máxima seguridad en el sur de Perú con destino a Lima, donde será recluido en otra cárcel antes de ser entregado a las autoridades de Estados Unidos.Van der Sloot fue una de las últimas personas que vio con vida a la estadounidense Natalee Holloway en Aruba en 2005 antes de que ella desapareciera. Ahora está cumpliendo una pena de 28 años de prisión por la muerte de Stephany Flores, una joven de 21 años, ocurrido en 2012.Se trata de una entrega temporal, establecida en el tratado de extradición entre Perú y el país norteamericano, que permitirá que Van der Sloot pueda ser juzgado en Estados Unidos por los presuntos delitos de fraude y extorsión en perjuicio de Elizabeth Halloway, la madre de Natalee.El 19 de mayo CNN informó que Van der Sloot sería entregado en una fecha que “no excedería mediados de junio”, según afirmó entonces una fuente con conocimiento de...

Betts hits 2 HRs, Kershaw beats Yankees for 1st time in Dodgers’ 8-4 win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw beat the Yankees for the first time with nine strikeouts over seven innings of four-hit ball, and Mookie Betts hit two more homers in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-4 victory over New York on Friday night.Betts hit a leadoff homer and an RBI single during Los Angeles’ six-run, eight-hit first inning against Luis Severino (0-1). Betts finished 4 for 4 with three RBIs in his second straight two-homer game for the NL-leading Dodgers, who got off to an impressive start in this high-profile interleague series.Kershaw (7-4) was 0-1 in four previous starts against the Yankees over his 16-year career, but the three-time Cy Young Award winner got a huge early cushion and didn’t falter after allowing early homers by Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson, who both returned from lengthy injury absences.Kershaw eventually retired his final seven batters, earning a standing ovation from Dodger Stadium after recording his final out. He has now beaten every...

San Diego prepares for Rock 'N’ Roll Marathon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:29 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The Rock 'N’ Roll Marathon is back for its 25th year, and runners are resting up for their big race. Saturday will kick off the weekend with a 5k through Balboa Park, but runners are being warned parking is going to be more difficult than in previous years. New bike lanes have shut down hundreds of parking spaces while Metropolitan Transit Service is trying to make up for the loss with runners utilizing mass transit.“There’s going to be thousands of riders, we are expecting a higher-than-average rate, so it’s best to be prepared," said Max Walther with the MTS. Allstate quietly stopped accepting new insurance applications from California homeowners Experts are telling runners to download the MTS pronto app to buy tickets seamlessly. The Saturday 5K is expected to shut down roads from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Balboa Park area. The official Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon is set for Sunday. Roads and highways all over downtown San Diego are expected to be jammed from...