Author

admin - page 223

admin has 2287 articles published.

Football rankings: Week 2 Bay Area Preps HQ Top 25

in Local Roundup

De La Salle remained firmly atop the latest Bay Area Preps HQ Top 25 rankings despite losing to St. Thomas Aquinas 24-14 on Friday.

St. Thomas entered the game ranked No. 1 nationally by USA Today and De La Salle still has not lost to a Northern California team north of the Fresno area in 28 years.

Liberty is still No. 2, followed Valley Christian, Serra and Menlo-Atherton.

One team to slide was Rancho Cotate, which lost its opener Saturday night at Sacramento 24-6. The Santa Rosa school fell six spots, to No. 18.

The other to fall was Moreau Catholic, which went from No. 25 in the preseason rankings to on the outside looking in after a 20-19 loss to Del Norte-Crescent City.

Continue Reading on The Mercury News

You might be interested in

CCAA takes notice as women’s volleyball rebuild comes of age

in Local Roundup/Sports

The rebuilding of the Stanislaus State women’s volleyball team is taking shape. The rest of the California Collegiate Athletic Association is taking notice.

In the preseason coaches’ poll, the Warriors were picked to finish second behind Stan Francisco State.

Stanislaus State, 16-11 overall, 9-9 in the CCAA last season, reached the conference tournament but lost in the first round.

"(The poll result) hopefully will give our team some confidence going into the season being recognized and gained the respect from other coaches in the conference," said fifth-year coach Mallori Gibson-Rossi, whose team opens the season at the Dixie State Tournament Sept. 6-7.

Continue Readin on

You might be interested in

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake – 18km E of Little Lake, CA (USA) on Thursday, 22 August 2019 – 17 hours ago

in Environment/Local Roundup
"I felt it" reports:
(132.4 km WSW from epicenter) [Map] / not felt: Did not feel it or hear it or see it. Was in my basement workshop and didn't have any idea that there was an earthquake until I got off later and checked my notifications. Lol Coworkers on the ground floor also did not feel it. (via app)
North Wales / not felt: People in CA need to stay alert and be ready..definitly a slow slip happening but worse to come.. you can thank the greedy elites for the millions of holes from the drilling stations .. they drilled on both sides of the San Andreas fault line too..
Lake Isabella, CA / MMI III (Weak shaking)
Wofford Heights / MMI IV (Light shaking): I was blasting my music while sitting when this quake hit. It was a shock and scared the shite out of me at first. It hit with a strong jolt followed by some strong back and forth shifting. Everything in the house had a slight rattle.
Continue Reading on Volcano Discovery

You might be interested in

Unemployment rate steady in county

in Local Roundup

The unemployment rate in Stanislaus County increased by the slightest margin in July according to the latest report from the Employment Development Department.

Stanislaus County had an unemployment rate of 6.6 percent in July, up from a revised rate of 6.5 percent in June, the EDD reported. The July rate was below the year-ago estimate of 6.9 percent.

Five sectors in the county had neither job gains or losses, including the Farming sector. Four sectors posted job gains in July, with Manufacturing leading with an estimated 1,800 new jobs. Of those, 18.9 percent were in food processing, which typically sees gains as the harvest comes in and declines once the harvest is over.

Continue Reading on The Ceres Courier

You might be interested in

Man behind a ‘Straight Pride’ event is ridiculed for saying organizers are ‘peaceful racist group’

in Local Roundup

A man behind a planned ‘Straight Pride’ event in California provoked laughter at a meeting when he referred to the organizers as a ‘totally peaceful racist group.’

Don Grundmann addressed a Modesto City Council meeting on Wednesday about his plans to hold a ‘Straight Pride’ rally on August 24.

He chastened council-member Kristi Ah You, accusing her of ‘pulling the race card’ and allegedly inflaming tensions by attacking the group as racists.

Footage then shows him make the embarrassing gaffe, with the room erupting into laughter at his remarks.

Continue Reading on Brinkwire

You might be interested in

Industry Sees What Damage Stink Bug Can Do

in Local Roundup

(UC ANR) — Last May, a Turlock almond grower noticed nearly all the nuts on a row of trees in his orchard had fallen to the ground.

“It looked like we shook this row,” he said. “I was scared. I thought the whole orchard was going to go.”

He called UC Cooperative Extension.

UCCE Integrated Pest Management advisor Jhalendra Rijal, who serves Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced counties, determined the cause was an infestation of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), an invasive pest from Asia. For years, BMSB had only been found in urban areas of California – most notably a 2013 infestation in midtown Sacramento.

Continue Reading on AG NET West

You might be interested in

Turlock businessman appointed to state water post

in Local Roundup

Local businessman Matt Swanson will take his agricultural expertise to the state level after recently being appointed to the California Water Commission.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that Swanson, 51, has been appointed to a four-year term on the CWC — a position which requires Senate confirmation. Members are generally chosen for their expertise related to the control, storage and beneficial use of water or for their knowledge of the environment. Swanson has served as president and chief executive officer at Associated Feed in Turlock since 1998.

Associated Feed serves the animal feed market, offering product for the dairy, poultry, swine, beef, equine, sheep, ratite and rabbit industries. The company considers itself leaders in sustainable, ethical operation, replacing trucks with new, energy-efficient models, running rail cars using emission-lowering technology and upgrading equipment company-wide to state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies that help production run more efficiently in all aspects.

Continue Reading on Turlock Journal

You might be interested in

California high school students filmed giving Nazi salutes and singing Nazi war song

in Local Roundup

A video of California high school students giving Nazi salutes while singing a Nazi song emerged on Monday, marking the second time that Orange County teenagers making anti-Semitic actions have come to light in 2019.

The video, first reported on by The Daily Beast, shows student-athletes from Pacifica High School extending their arms in Nazi salutes while singing along to a Nazi war chant.

According to a statement issued Monday by the Garden Grove Unified School District, which oversees the school, the racist incident occurred in November, before "an after school hours, off-campus student athletics banquet in an empty and unsupervised room at the facility."

Continue Reading on

You might be interested in

Update: Suspect, car sought after off-duty Merced County deputy shot in Turlock

in Local Roundup

Authorities are looking for a man in his 40s and a gray car after a shooting outside a Turlock business left a Merced County Sheriff’s deputy in critical condition.

Turlock Police spokeswoman Deandra Wiley said police “received a call of a male that sustained at least one gunshot wound in the 100 block of South First Street” at 2:30 a.m. “Officers responded and provided medical aid until the victim could be transported to a local hospital.”

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke confirmed the victim is a Merced County Sheriff’s deputy and said he is expected to survive, but referred all other questions to Turlock Police, which is handling the investigation.

Continue Readin on Merced Sun Star

You might be interested in

Parental nightmares in Denair & other California schools

in Local Roundup

Public schools are reopening for business across America, meaning it’s time to get back to reading, writing, arithmetic ... and revolution.

As usual in matters such as these, California is leading the way.

On the first day of classes at Denair Middle School just east of Turlock, science teacher Luis Davila Alvarado handed out a worksheet from a transgender advocacy group titled “The Gender Unicorn” asking students about their “gender identity,” “gender expression” and their sexual and emotional attractions.

These are children. And yet the teacher did not ask permission to hand the worksheet out. Most parents were outraged. The school estimated about 50 children received the worksheet. It turns out Alvarado was educating the children about his own life. He declared he rejects the term “Mr.” and prefers to be addressed with the newfangled “Mx.,” pronounced “Mix.” A school official quickly put a stop to it, but the damage was done.

Continue Reading on Manteca and Ripon Bulletin

You might be interested in

1 … 221 222 223 224 225 … 229
Go to Top