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Searching for the chicken in Petaluma, the former Egg Basket of the World

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

Kingdom of 10,000,000 White Leghorns. Chickaluma. The Egg Basket of the World.These were all once nicknames for Petaluma, a charming little city in the agricultural bosom of Sonoma County. By the early 1900s, a booming poultry industry, driven by a locally designed egg incubator, saw the area producing 120 million eggs a year. There were Egg Day parades led by Egg Queens, the world’s only poultry pharmacy and more money on deposit in the banks, per capita, than any other place on earth.But how chickeny is Petaluma… now?To find out, my partner and I drive into the countryside under a misty sun that looks like a big egg yolk. We carry the determination of Cool Hand Luke to eat 50 eggs or explode trying. Entering Petaluma, evidence of its feathered past peeks out from every corner. Chickens are painted on fading shop walls, metal roosters stand outside a restaurant, and the fairground harbors a huge sculpture of a white hen. That last one requires occasional repairs, becaus...

Lanes of Highway 84 close due to crash in Sunol

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

(BCN) -- Lanes of state Highway 84 in Sunol were closed to motorists early Wednesday morning due to a crash.The eastbound and westbound lanes of Highway 84 from Interstate Highway 680 to Main Street have been shut down, the California Highway Patrol said on social media around 5:45 a.m.The portion of Pleasanton Sunol Road from Paloma Way to Koopman Road is also closed, the CHP said. San Francisco undergoes transformation as APEC kicks into high gear The crash on Tuesday night impacted power lines in the area, according to the CHP. There is no estimated time yet for when the affected roadway will reopen.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

$28K recovered after SF resident arrested for computer scam

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Francisco resident was arrested in connection to a computer scam that involved telling victims that their computers were compromised and asking them to send large amounts of money to safeguard their information, according to the Daly City Police Department.On Nov. 4, a victim of the scam contacted Daly City police after they sent money to a Daly City address, authorities said. Investigators worked with the mail service to track the package’s delivery to a vacant residence. Oven, toilet stolen from Piedmont home, 2 arrested Officers surveilling the residence witnessed a 24-year-old San Francisco resident collect two packages containing the scammed money, Daly City PD said. The suspect was arrested for fraud charges and for the possession of drugs.$28,600 was recovered from the two packages and will be returned to the victims, police said.

3 French Bulldogs dognapped in Southeast DC armed robbery

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

Three French Bulldogs were stolen in Southeast D.C. early Tuesday morning and police are asking for the public’s help in finding three suspects in the armed robbery.The dogs — named Chewy, Coco and Buttercup — were taken from their owner as he was walking them in the 5200 block of East Capitol Street, Southeast around 4 a.m.The suspects in the robbery brandished a firearm and forced the man to give up his dogs, police said.The dogs can be seen in the photo below:Three French Bulldogs — Chewy, Coco and Buttercup — were stolen during an armed robbery as their owner walked them in Southeast D.C. Nov. 14, 2023. (Courtesy Metropolitan Police)Chewy is described as an 18-pound female with brown fur; Coco is described as a 30-pound female with white fur; and Buttercup is described as a 25-pound female with brown fur and spots.Police have asked anyone with information to call the department at (202)-727-9099 or text 50411.Source

Spurs’ Wembanyama and Thunder’s Holmgren have off nights in rookie showdown

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren avoided adding fuel to the idea that they compete with each other, even though media and fans constantly link the slender 7-footers.The much-anticipated first regular-season meeting between two of the NBA’s top rookies wasn’t much of a game, and apparently there isn’t much of a rivalry.Wembanyama said he wasn’t aware he was even being compared to Holmgren.“Every prospect is compared to everyone,” said the 19-year-old from France.They rarely matched up 1-on-1 on Tuesday, and both had off nights. Wembanyama finished with eight points on 4-for-15 shooting, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked two shots in San Antonio’s 123-87 loss to Oklahoma City. Holmgren finished with nine points on 3-for-10 shooting and had seven rebounds and three assists.Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, entered the night averaging 19.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks. Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft, missed last s...

Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson out for the rest of this season with a shoulder fracture

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is tackled by Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Travis Jones during the first half on an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is tackled by Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Travis Jones during the first half on an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will miss the rest of his second season in Cleveland with a fracture in his throwing shoulder, an injury that came in his best performance since joining the team following a controversial trade.Watson will undergo surgery to r...

Stock market today: Wall Street opens higher, adding more to its big rally

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher and adding a bit more to its big rally from a day before. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% early Wednesday. The Dow rose 131 points, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.3%. Target soared 13.8% after reporting much stronger profit than analysts expected. Another big retailer, TJX, fell 2% after giving a profit forecast for the holiday season that fell short of analysts’ estimates. The stock market was moving more tentatively following its best day since April, when an encouraging report on inflation raised hopes that the Federal Reserve may finally be done raising interest rates. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street pointed higher before Wednesday’s opening bell as attention shifts to major retailers that are releasing quarterly earnings in the wake of a promising inflation report this week. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%. Target shares took off...

Babar Azam steps down as Pakistan captain in all formats

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Babar Azam has resigned as Pakistan captain after his team failed to advance from the group stage at the Cricket World Cup.“Today, I am stepping down as the captain of Pakistan in all formats,” the batter said in a statement on Wednesday.“It’s a difficult decision but I feel it is a right time for this call. I will continue to represent Pakistan as a player in all three formats.”Babar thanked the Pakistan Cricket Board for naming him all-format captain four years ago and said he will continue to support the new captain and “the team with my experience and dedication.”Babar scored 320 runs in nine World Cup games at an average of 40 in the ongoing edition. Pakistan won four of its nine games and missed the semifinals after finishing fifth.Pakistan fast bowling coach Morne Morkel resigned Monday with one month left on his six-month contract.___AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricketSource

Édgar Barrera is the producer behind your favorite hits — and the Latin Grammys’ top nominee

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Édgar Barrera is one of the most in-demand people in music. He’s worked with everyone from Madonna and Shakira to Peso Pluma and Karol G. He has one Grammy and 18 Latin Grammys already to his name, and is the top nominee at Thursday’s 2023 Latin Grammys ceremony. Unlike most of his contemporaries dominating the music industry, though, Barrera is a producer and songwriter first, recently receiving a songwriter of the year nod for the Grammys in February.“Being an artist who is a public figure and things like that doesn’t really catch my attention,” he told The Associated Press in Spanish during a video call from Miami earlier this year. “I don’t like that prominence or anything like that. Being hidden behind, writing the songs, producing, doing what I like to do, what I know how to do, that is enough, and I don’t need the mark of being the artist, of being named.”Yet named he is — 13 times at this year’s Latin Grammys, held in Seville, Spain, incl...

Dolly Parton’s new album is a detour from country music — could R&B be next?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:50 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Last year, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — against her wishes. Now, almost exactly a year later, she’s releasing her first rock ‘n’ roll album, appropriately titled “Rockstar,” on Friday.In 2022, Parton shared a statement announcing that she didn’t feel she had “earned” the right to be nominated, but the Hall inducted her anyway. “I just didn’t think that I had done enough in the rock world to be considered, to be put in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when there were so many great rock artists that are not even in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” Parton told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “They were going to put me in anyway, so I just accepted it gracefully. But I thought, ‘Well, I’m going to have to earn my keep,’” she says. Parton once thought she’d record a “Linda Ronstadt-type rock album,” but had felt she was getting too old. This presented a fresh opportunity. “I jumped on that like a...