Chilly morning, warm and sunny afternoon
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – You’ll need the winter coat this morning, but make sure you have short sleeves underneath that coat. We start in the 40s, and temperatures reach the upper 70s by the afternoon.
With low humidity and lots of sunshine today, it should feel pleasant to be outside this afternoon. We’ll be seasonably cool tonight in the upper 50s, but winter coats will not be needed again.
The rest of the week feels like spring with highs in the low-mid 80s and comfortable humidity.
A front stalls across Florida Saturday, so we get a few passing showers, but the rain chance is just 20%. You’ll notice that it feels more humid as well.
Another front also stalls, so it stays warm and humid with a few spotty showers into early next week.
As Reported by WFLA
Reimer finishes with season-high in saves but Sharks lose to Oilers in OT
EDMONTON, Alberta — Darnell Nurse scored at 4:45 of overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 win over the struggling San Jose Sharks on Monday night for their fourth straight win.
Mattias Ekholm had two goals, Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and an assist, and Nick Bjugstad also scored to help the Oilers win for the sixth time in seven games. Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had two assists, and Jack Campbell had 28 saves.
Erik Karlsson scored twice, Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist, and Steven Lorentz also scored for the Sharks, who lost their seventh straight (0-4-3) and fell to 2-11-4 in their last 17 games. James Reimer had a season-high 46 saves.
With the clock winding down in the extra period, Nurse got a long pass from Yamamoto along the right side, skated in on Reimer on a breakaway, and beat him through the five-hole for his eighth of the season.
Ekholm tied it 4-4 with 3:47 left in the third with his second of the night and eighth of the season as he got a pass from McDavid, skated into the left circle, and fired a shot past Reimer. It was Ekholm’s first multigoal game since he had two against Columbus on Feb. 27, 2021. McDavid, who has an NHL-best 58 goals, extended his league lead with 78 assists and 136 points.
Karlsson put the Sharks ahead 4-3 with a one-timer from between the circles off a pass from Barabanov for his second of the night and 22nd of the season with 5:37 left in the second.
Barabanov got San Jose on the scoreboard first with a slap shot from the left circle on the rebound of a shot by Tomas Hertl at 5:48 of the first. It was his 15th.
Bjugstad tied it 1:20 later as he scored from the left doorstep off a setup from Warren Foegele before Reimer could get back over. It was his 16th.
Yamamoto put the Oilers ahead 2-1 as knocked in a loose puck from the inside edge of the right circle for his 10th just 30 seconds into the second.
Lorentz tied it eight minutes later on a breakaway as he batted the puck out of the air after Campbell had stopped the initial shot. It was his eighth.
Karlsson gave the Sharks a 3-2 lead less than two minutes later as he got a pass from Fabian Zetterlund, skated in on Campbell, and went backhand-forehand-backhand to get the goalie out of position before putting it in.
Ekholm tied it with 8:12 left in the second as he skated between two defenders in the left circle and put a backhander past Reimer on the glove side.
Lost goals
The game featured four goals that were erased — three for San Jose — after video reviews. Hertl appeared to give San Jose a 1-0 lead 1:14 in but was overturned for offside. Zach Hyman gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead midway through the first, but it was disallowed for goalie interference.
The Sharks looked to have tied it 2-2 six minutes into the second on a goal by Andreas Johnsson, but once again it was called back for goalie interference. Noah Gregor’s goal on an odd-man rush four minutes into the third that would have given San Jose a 5-3 lead was wiped out for offside.
Up Next
Sharks: At Vancouver on Thursday night in the second of a three-game trip.
Oilers: Host Arizona on Wednesday night in the second of a three-game homestand.
As Reported by Marin Independent Journal
Union-backed bill seeks state referendum reforms
A bill backed by labor unions and environmental groups would make it harder for industries to subject recently passed legislation to voter approval.
The bill, AB 421 by Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, D-Culver City, would make it more difficult to qualify referendums or similar ballot measures that overturn parts of recently passed legislation by requiring some signature gatherers be unpaid volunteers and requiring that information about who is paying for the petitions be disclosed.
“In recent years, we’ve seen some of tools of our democracy subverted from their original intent,” Bryan, who chairs the Assembly Elections Committee, said at a news conference Monday announcing his bill. “Direct democracy is supposed to be the people’s check on corruption and bias in our government; but over the years we have seen increasing abuse of the referendum process.”
Joined by union and environmental leaders, Bryan said they were frustrated by industries that successfully qualified referendums on AB 257, passed to set minimum wage and work standards for the fast-food industry, and SB 1137, which would restrict oil and gas drilling near homes, schools and hospitals. Both of those laws are on hold pending the outcomes of the referendums placed on the November 5, 2024 ballot.
At their news conference, they showed what they said were videos of signature gatherers misrepresenting some the petitions they were asking voters to sign. Evelyn Barillas, a fast-food worker who helped campaign for higher wages and joined the conference in support of Bryan’s bill, said a signature gatherer almost tricked her into signing a petition for the fast food law referendum by telling her it would raise wages.
“I said no, this is a lie,” Barillas said. “I scratched off my name. Wealthy fast-food corporations tricked voters into putting AB 257 on hold.”
Business advocates Monday argued that it’s the unions, who wield great influence over state lawmakers, that are trying to silence the voters’ voice with this bill.
Jennifer Barrera, president and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce, said that from 2010 to 2022, labor unions and their allies spent nearly $95 million on signature gathering alone. While thousands of bills have been signed into law over the past 10 years, she said, only seven referendums qualified for the ballot. Nearly 50 initiatives have qualified during that time, many sponsored by labor unions and their allies.
“While we agree with additional transparency measures for signature gathering to ensure voters are well informed, this proposal is clearly meant to limit the public’s voice in California’s system of direct democracy,” Barrera said. “The data simply does not support their claim that the process, which they have used and benefitted from for years, is being abused.”
Bryan said his bill would apply to referendums, and what he calls “referendum look-alikes,” ballot measures that repeal a part of approved legislation within two years of the initial law being introduced.
It would require at least 10% of signature gatherers be unpaid volunteers, which he said would ensure ballot measures have some grass-roots support and aren’t just being promoted by professional petitioners who get paid for signatures by large corporations and industries with money to spend.
“They are lying because there’s a huge profit motive to lie,” Bryan said. “When they truly believe in something, they don’t need to lie.”
Bryan said his bill also would require that the petitions list the proposed measure’s top three funders and that paid signature collectors would be assigned an ID number that would also appear on the petition as a record of who gathered the names.
Supporters include the Service Employees International Union of California and California Environmental Voters.
“Giant corporations shouldn’t be able to silence our voices by writing big checks to overturn laws driven by communities,” said Veronica Carrizales, vice president of policy and external affairs with California Calls, an alliance of progressive community-based organizations.
Shaun Bowler, dean of the graduate division in the University of California-Riverside political science department and an expert on ballot measures, questioned the need for such a measure, noting that voters prove pretty savvy even when bombarded with expensive campaign ads.
Tobacco and plastic bag industries tried to overturn state laws prohibiting flavored tobacco last year and single-use plastic shopping bags in 2016. Both attempts failed.
“One thread in there is a standard one, that voters are being fooled by slick campaigns — that’s just not the case,” Bowler said. “Can you buy your way to victory? The answer is, no, you can’t.”
As Reported by Marin Independent Journal
Pair sentenced in Bay Area baby abduction
SAN JOSE — A woman and her boyfriend were sentenced to prison Monday in the April kidnapping of a San Jose infant, drawing to a close a case that drew national notoriety because of its apparent motive — the woman’s desire to fool another extramarital lover into believing the baby was theirs — and its overlap with the alleged exorcism death of another child.
Yesenia Guadalupe Ramirez, 44, was given a prison term of 13 years and four months in prison, and 29-year-old Jose Roman Portillo was sentenced to five years in prison at a court hearing Monday in San Jose.
Ramirez and Portillo pleaded no contest in August to eight charges, including kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, conspiracy, burglary and vehicle tampering, after the judge in the case offered reduced sentences to the pair if they pleaded to all of the charges.
Both faced a maximum term of 16 years and 4 months, but the judge’s proposal capped Ramirez’s possible prison exposure to 14 years, and Portillo’s at five. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office had objected to the offer, with prosecutor Rebekah Wise advocating for tougher sentencing.
The April 25 abduction of 3-month-old Brandon from a San Jose apartment came after at least four previous, failed kidnapping attempts, and an incident of sabotage where the woman and a different boyfriend cut the brake lines of the mother’s car, authorities said.
Police say that Portillo grabbed Brandon in his family’s second-floor apartment in San Jose as the baby’s grandmother was unloading groceries, and fled toting the child in the baby carrier Portillo brought along for the heist.
“No matter what happens, there’s a child victimized and a family forever changed. The victim’s family is extremely emotionally traumatized. There is no sentence that can take that fear away,” Wise said.
But, she added, it was “better” the case was resolved within a year of the crime rather than “letting it drag on. Hopefully the victim’s family can move forward in the healing process.”
Ramirez’s attorney Cody Salfen said he respected the court’s sentence and that it was expected, but also reiterated his pleas to the court to recognize Ramirez’s own life of trauma — including family sexual abuse — in weighing its decision.
“We have a defendant who has truly suffered in life. It’s not an excuse for her conduct, but an explanation,” Salfen said. “There should be a result that doesn’t just punish someone, but heals a person. Yesenia Ramirez is going to be free someday, and if our true goal here is public safety, they should want to rehabilitate her when she is released.”
At a Jan. 13 court hearing, Wise revealed that in the weeks after her plea, Ramirez had claimed someone forced her to commit the kidnapping at gunpoint, and said it was one of several lies Ramirez told over the course of the investigation, including that her husband forced her to commit the crime.
Wise said Ramirez’s claim was an attempt to absolve herself after already accepting legal accountability, leading the judge to ask Ramirez in open court whether she understood what she was doing when she entered her no-contest plea. Ramirez said she did.
On Monday, Ramirez offered her first extensive public statement of contrition about the kidnapping. Through a Spanish interpreter, she said “it hasn’t been until recently that I finally comprehend all these parts of myself. I am deeply embarrassed and regretful,” according to KRON4.
Portillo’s attorney with the county Alternate Defender’s Office reiterated a stance made last fall that Portillo was a lovesick accomplice manipulated by and carrying out the bidding of Ramirez, who authorities say masterminded the kidnapping plot.
The child’s mother also offered a statement at the sentencing through a letter read aloud in court, saying of Ramirez, “We live in fear that she will be free and can try to retaliate against myself and my family,” according to KRON4.
Two San Jose detectives testified in August that Ramirez sought to convince one of her boyfriends that Brandon was his baby with her. That boyfriend told police that he had believed her claim, and only realized he was wrong when he saw news coverage of the kidnapping.
It was not clear what Ramirez hoped to gain from the deception. Wise argued at the preliminary examination that Ramirez planned to raise Brandon as her own.
Ramirez was married but estranged from her husband, and Portillo and the other boyfriend may have been among several men she duped: Text messages by Ramirez detailed in court suggested that “multiple men believed they had birthed numerous children” with her.
Adding another salacious layer to the story was how Ramirez and Brandon’s mother first met, which was through their mutual attendance at a small Pentacostal church run out of a home on South Second Street in San Jose. That church is the subject of criminal charges connected to a 3-year-old girl who died from asphyxiation last fall in an apparent exorcism. That case appears to be unrelated to the kidnapping.
As Reported by Marin Independent Journal
Judge blocks key parts of California handgun law
By STEFANIE DAZIO
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday blocked key provisions of a California law that drastically restricts the sale of new handguns in the state, saying parts of the legislation violate the Second Amendment.
A lawsuit challenging the law was filed last year by the California Rifle & Pistol Association and other gun rights supporters following a landmark 2022 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that set new standards for evaluating firearm restrictions. The ruling left many laws aimed at regulating and limiting the sale and use of guns — in California and nationwide — at risk of being struck down.
U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney, sitting in Santa Ana, wrote Monday that California’s requirements for new handguns are unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. Because of these restrictions, Carney wrote, no new models of semiautomatic handguns have been approved for sale since 2013 and Californians are forced to buy older and potentially less safe models.
He issued a preliminary injunction to take effect in two weeks, meaning the state would have to stop enforcing the law. The delay gives the state Department of Justice time to appeal.
“The fact of the matter is, California’s gun safety laws save lives, and California’s Unsafe Handgun Act is no exception,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. “We will continue to lead efforts to advance and defend California’s gun safety laws. As we move forward to determine next steps in this case, Californians should know that this injunction has not gone into effect and that California’s important gun safety requirements related to the Unsafe Handgun Act remain in effect.”
In California, state law requires new handguns to have three components: A chamber load indicator, which shows whether the gun is loaded; a magazine disconnect mechanism that will stop the gun from firing if the magazine is not properly inserted; and microstamping capability so law enforcement can more easily link spent shell casings to the guns they were fired from.
“No handgun available in the world has all three of these features,” the judge wrote. “These regulations are having a devastating impact on Californians’ ability to acquire and use new, state-of-the-art handguns.”
Older handguns have been grandfathered into what’s known as the “roster,” or a list of guns that pass a safety test under state law known as the Unsafe Handgun Act.
“Californians have the constitutional right to acquire and use state-of-the-art handguns to protect themselves,” he wrote. “They should not be forced to settle for decade-old models of handguns to ensure that they remain safe inside or outside the home.”
Previous attempts to challenge the state law, filed before last year’s Supreme Court ruling, failed.
Chuck Michel, head of the California Rifle & Pistol Association, said the three requirements were “impossible to satisfy.”
“For decades this ‘roster’ law has deprived law-abiding citizens of the right to choose a handgun appropriate for their individual needs,” he wrote in a statement Monday. “If we can hold on to this great Second Amendment win, people will be able to choose from among thousands of the latest, greatest, and safest handguns made today.”
Only New York also has a similar microstamping requirement, according to gun congrol group Everytown for Gun Safety.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, hailed the preliminary injunction in a statement Monday.
“For too long, the Second Amendment has been significantly infringed upon by elected officials who have taken every opportunity to put roadblocks in front of law-abiding citizens seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights,” said Lawrence Keane, the organization’s senior vice president. “The order is the first step in what will be a protracted legal battle, but it is a significant win.”
As Reported by Marin Independent Journal
You Paid For It: East St. Louis residents upset over neighborhood mess
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Residents in East St. Louis are upset over a multi-million dollar project that was supposed to make their neighborhood better, but instead made it worse.
The city paid the contractor part of the $3.4 million to fix up the neighborhood by paving streets, redoing sidewalks, and driveways. However, after weeks on the job, the contractor left the streets, sidewalks, and driveways unfinished. It’s a nightmare for residents along North 24th Street.
“And they took up all the side wall. Took up the curb, and people can’t get halfway in or out,” said Willis Jenkins, an East St. Louis resident. “How do you give a $2 million contract and nobody follow up with what’s going on. The only thing I could say is if I could get $2 million and not do the work I would do. Somebody dropped the ball. This is uncalled for, at least put the sidewalks in.”
The project started with a budget of $2 million. The city added more money to it, bringing it to $3.4 million. FOX 2 was told that the contractor has already been paid $1.7 million to work on 24th Street and another block away.
“That’s one of the reasons that we made changes down at city hall in the public works department,” said East St. Louis Mayor Robert Eastern III. “Because we saw that there were things that were falling through the cracks, and citizens were screaming.”
“It’s not my fault. I don’t run the day-to-day operations,” Eastern said. “It was the public works director’s duty and the engineer’s duty to make sure this street is done and done correctly.”
The mayor said the director of public works is no longer with the city.
Eastern also said he has no idea when this project is going to be finished.
“It’s a big ball of confusion. I think it’s unfair to the citizens of the City of East St. Louis because they’re the ones that are suffering while we’re trying to figure out who’s on first,” he said.
As Reported by FOX 2
St. Louis and MoDOT crews increase pothole patrol amid spring weather
ST. LOUIS – With the start of warmer weather, potholes that formed in the winter are becoming bigger and deeper. The city and MoDOT plan to keep up with demand across the St. Louis region.
Recent roller coaster weather has allowed potholes to expand.
“In springtime, they pop up more often, much like daffodils,” said Tom Blair, district engineer for MoDOT.
To keep up with demand, the Missouri Department of Transportation planned to increase crews. They said a milder winter has freed up some money in the budget to use on projects such as fixing potholes.
“You’ll also see a lot of our crews out there do road sweeping, shoulder sweeping,” Blair said. “Sort of like that spring cleanup, like we all want to do on our yard, that’s what MoDOT has to do in the spring; we prioritize all that spring cleanup stuff, which includes filling potholes.”
In 2022, St. Louis officials said they had filled more than 6,000 potholes. Currently, the city has about 400 open requests.
The top priority right now is fixing potholes on highly trafficked streets like Kingshighway, Jefferson, Union, and more. After that, they will work down to residential roads.
In addition, $17 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds will be used for repaving to help prevent potholes in the long term, starting in 2024.
“You have to be careful going down Manchester, I know where the potholes are, so I can switch lanes if I need to,” said Kim Linhares, a St. Louis County resident.
“Constantly dodging potholes just left and right, cars rattling, things fall out of the visor, it’s been like that for years,” said Matthew Walker, a St. Louis County resident.
If you have a pothole to report on state-controlled roads or highways, you can contact MoDOT at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (275-6636) or by clicking here.
To report to the city, contact their citizen service bureau via phone at (314) 622-4800 or online.
Officials ask you to slow down and pull over when crews are working on the roads.
As Reported by FOX 2
Hendon house neighbors ‘aren’t safe until they’re gone’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The two men arrested Sunday at the notorious Hendon house in North Portland each face multiple charges and both have long criminal records.
Tanner Lewis came out of the house with his hands up. About 30 minutes later police went inside and handcuffed Darold Haws.
Lewis was arrested for possession of a loaded firearm and burglary. Daws will face charges of eluding officers, reckless driving, endangerment and assault. They each have previous arrests for illegal drugs, weapons, stolen vehicles, burglary and fleeing from police.
The Hendon house is a property that’s attracted crime and hundreds of 911 calls over the years. Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, they allegedly used a tow truck to elude police, tried to run an officer over and then fled in to the Hendon house in North Portland Sunday.
The police response included many officers on the ground and the air patrol unit.
Neighbors Kim Smith and Erica Borman just wanted to spend the day playing with their kids. Instead they took cover when about a dozen officers set a perimeter around the house on North Houghton Street.
“I screamed to my girls to go into the basement,” Smith told KOIN 6 News. “Twelve police vehicles marked and unmarked, all sirens blazing, coming from every direction.”
In January the city served the Hendon family a chronic nuisance warning, initiating a serious probationary period. They’ve been told to clean up their act and if they get 3 strikes they’re out.
That’s something Borman would like to see.
“Today it’s really hit me how scary that really is. People shouldn’t live like this,” Borman told KOIN 6 News. “We aren’t safe until they’re gone. They can’t control the property.”
“Oh, it’s just a matter of time before something else happens,” Smith said. “It’s not an if, it’s just a when it will happen.”
Police originally said the tow truck involved in the incident was stolen. Further investigation revealed it was not stolen but rather a salvaged tow truck.
Questions continue in the case, including why Lewis and Haws allegedly fled.
KOIN 6 News will continue to follow this case.
As Reported by KOIN.com
Missouri Attorney General’s plan to restrict gender-affirming care for minors draws criticism
ST. LOUIS – Reaction to a plan by Missouri Attorney Andrew Bailey to restrict gender-affirming care is drawing sharp criticisms from advocates for transgender youth.
“These kids are fabulous kids, and there is nothing that I would like better than for them to just be themselves,” said Susan Halla, executive director of TransParent, a national organization that provides support for the families of transgender and gender-nonconforming youth.
Bailey’s office shared details of his plan on Monday.
Planned Parenthood was among the organizations calling Bailey’s claims false and harmful and insisting gender-affirming care is safe, effective, and life-saving.
The ACLU of Missouri believes Bailey is outside his authority to implement the restrictions and has called them reckless and dangerous.
The news comes following an allegation from a former employee at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital that alleged teens receiving care were not properly vetted.
The center responded to Monday’s news by stating, in part:
“We take the care of our patients very seriously. Our focus remains on our commitment to providing compassionate, family-centered care to all of the patients and families we serve.”
PROMO, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, also denounced Bailey’s plans.
“His office is politicizing health care,” said Robert Fischer, a spokesperson for PROMO. “It really sets up a dangerous precedent if the state is wanting to ban certain health care for certain individuals.”
Rabbi Daniel Bogard is the parent of a trans child. He predicts Bailey’s action will only make lives harder for some of the most vulnerable and bullied kids in the state.
“Republican politicians are chewing up trans kids and their families because they think it’s good politics for them,” Bogard said.
As Reported by FOX 2
Daycare re-opens after more than a year of changes following child left alone
FLORISSANT, Mo. – A daycare facility in St. Louis County just reopened under a probationary license. The Tendercare Learning Center on New Halls Ferry has been closed since December 2021, when Missouri’s Office of Childhood suspended its license for reportedly leaving a toddler outside for nearly four hours.
“It should never happen,” said Steve Fleddermann, the facility’s attorney, as he explained what went wrong. “The teacher did a headcount, and that’s not enough, because, as children will do, by the time they actually filed in, the line starts moving the child decides to go back and stay outside.”
A 2-year-old child was documented by regulators as being out alone in a fenced-in playground from 10:33 a.m. until 3:23 p.m. on that day in December. It was unseasonably warm, with temperatures reportedly in the low 50s.
“Fortunately, there was no injury in this case, but that’s not to say there couldn’t have been,” Fleddermann said.
The center’s attorney said Tendercare has changed staffing and updated policies and procedures. He said the facility has updated camera systems and door alarms and has also hired an experienced director with a Ph.D.
“Not only did they put the time in, but they put the dollars in to make the facility what it should be,” Fleddermann said.
He also said the teachers have strict instructions on how to keep track of children.
“Not only head counting, but double head counting, and face-to-face and literally touching each child as you state their names,” Fleddermann said.
He said the area that Florissant Tendercare serves is in desperate need of quality childcare.
“They also need, needless to say, safe daycare facilities, that’s always been the goal with Tendercare,” Fleddermann said. “We’re kind of proud of where we are now and welcome the kind of oversight that’s going to be happening for at least the next year.”
The current probationary license period means more inspections for a while, some of which will be surprises, so that regulators can monitor the child safety improvements.
As Reported by FOX 2
Contact 2 cleans up car wash membership mess
ST. LOUIS – As winter turns to spring, it’s prime time to get the grime off your vehicle. Brian Byrd says he was surprised to find he was still paying for his last trip to the Zips Car Wash on South Kingshighway, months after he last pulled off the lot.
“I happened to notice there was a $20 debit from Zips and I thought, I hadn’t been to Zips in months,” he said. “So, I went back and looked at some of the other previous statements, and sure enough, they’d been hitting me for about six months.”
Bryd tells us the charges totaled $120. He says he didn’t sign up for a monthly membership.
“The interface, I noticed, was a little confusing. I thought I had just purchased one car wash, turns out it ended up being a membership. Full-on membership,” he said. “The thing that was kind of odd is I never got an email or any kind of confirmation, anything like that, that a membership had started.”
Bryd says the local employees referred him to a corporate customer service number, but he was unable get ahold of anyone on the phone. Contact 2 did. A representative told us they were working to refund his money, and they came through.
In a statement, Zips said: “Our team is ready to assist anyone with a billing or club member question. We have team members working daily to assist customers via phone, chat, and email.”
Zips advises anyone with an issue to contact them on their website, zipscarwash.com by clicking ‘Contact Us’ and then ‘All other requests’ on the right-hand side. You’ll be taken to this page to submit a request.
Brian Byrd is thankful to have this issue cleaned up.
“You guys made it happen through whatever connection you have with Zips. Absolutely. Thank you, very much,” he said.
As Reported by FOX 2
Sports briefs: Branson claims tiebreaker in decisive match against Redwood
Jeffery Huang and Pete Storell pulled out a dramatic super-tiebreaker victory in the decisive match as the Branson School boys tennis team pulled out a 4-3 win against Redwood on Monday.
Huang and Storell erased a match point at 8-9 in the super-tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles, winning the final three points to swing the match in Branson’s favor. The Bulls also got wins at the Nos. 2-4 singles matches from Tommy Higgins, Chase Hoeveler, and Ishwar Jayaraman, respectively.
Redwood’s Jackson Sichel won the top singles match, 6-0, 6-1, against Max Goldman.
- Gavin Kennedy pulled out a 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 victory at No. 1 singles to lift San Domenico to a 3-2 win against Urban on Monday. The Panthers also got victories from Parker Sadzeck at No. 3 singles and Zuzu Bikahi/Harry Wan at No. 1 doubles.
- Jack Millar and Qas Vidyarthi had wins at Nos. 1 and 3 singles, respectively, to help Marin Catholic to a 5-2 victory against Terra Linda. The Trojans won the other two singles matches, courtesy of Luca Ratra and En-Yun Liu at Nos. 2 and 4, respectively.
Boys golf
Branson’s Ryan Herbst shot a 4-over-par 76 in the Champ Invitational at Silverado Country Club, helping the Bulls secure a 414-419 win against Redwood. Brody Root paced the Giants with a 78. Branson (6-0) remains undefeated in league play this season.
- Hayden Thill shot a 38 and Max Berg added a 39 for Tam at Meadow Club on Monday, helping the Red-tailed Hawks to a 206-239 win against Archie Williams. Colton Mansbridge shot a 40 to lead the Peregrine Falcons, who defeated Novato 239-286.
Prep softball
Maizy Crawford and Maddies Sofnas combined to collect seven hits and help Redwood secure a 5-3 win against Tam on Monday.
Crawford went 4 for 4 and scored a run while Sofnas went 3 for 4, drove in a run and scored twice. Josie Templeton and Gia Meyers had two hits apiece for Redwood (5-2-1, 3-0 MCAL).
The Giants scored two runs in both the third and fourth innings to extend to a 5-1 lead before Tam rallied for two in the seventh to make it close. Tam’s Lauren Cummings drew a walk then Carly Waldeck hit a two-run homer to cut the lead to 5-3.
Relief pitcher Stella Belluomini got the final two outs to close out the game. Redwood starter Georgia Pineda worked 5.1 innings, allowing nine hits and two earned runs while striking out 11 batters.
- San Rafael (6-2, 3-0) scratched out just enough offense from the top of the order to secure a 1-0 win against Archie Williams (0-6, 0-3) on Monday. The Bulldogs’ 1-2-3 hitters had five of the team’s six hits. Megan Murphy singled home Sophia Everett for the only run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Everett and Thomara Drummer had two hits apiece. Drummer (four innings, three hits allowed, nine strikeouts) and Murphy (three innings, one hit allowed, seven strikeouts) combined on the shutout. The Peregrine Falcons were led by Paige Murphy, who had two hits from the leadoff spot, pitched six innings and struck out 10 batters.
- Gabby Winnett delivered a two-run double to tie the game in the eighth inning against Terra Linda then came around to score the winning run on a passed ball as Novato picked up a 9-8 victory.
Prep baseball
Novato put together a five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn an 8-3 victory against Sonoma Valley Monday. The Hornets scored on a Nathan Dito single, an error, a Julian Oliver sacrifice fly, and an Andy Gates double to blow the game open.
Oliver, Dito and J.P. Harmon had two hits apiece for the Hornets (7-3). Gates, Dito and Harman all had two RBIs.
- Amelia Thomas had three hits and scored twice but Marin Academy was unable to hold a three-run lead in a 5-4 loss to Ygnacio Valley. The Wildcats surrendered three runs in the fifth and single runs in the bottom of the sixth and seventh innings.
- Both teams scored early and often as San Rafael lost to Albany 7-5. The Bulldogs (1-8) scored three times in the top of the first inning but Albany bounced right back with a three-run second inning. All 12 runs came in the first four innings. Dexter Jackson and C.J. Harter had two hits apiece for San Rafael.
- Carson Frame had two hits and drove in three runs to lift Tam to a 9-6 victory against Terra Linda. Tam scored three times in both the fourth and sixth innings to gain some separation. Kaiden Dossa had two hits and drove in a run for the Red-tailed Hawks (5-7, 5-2). Leon Cervantes had two hits for TL (1-10, 0-5) and Miles Finn had two RBIs.
Men’s lacrosse
James Walker put together a five-goal, two-assist stat line to lead Dominican University to a 17-12 victory against Washington on Monday. The Penguins (5-5) host Texas A&M at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Reporting scores
Coaches are encouraged to report scores, stats and game details via email to sports@marinij.com or to @marinij_sports on Twitter following games. Anything that comes in after the deadline for print – around 8 p.m. typically – will be included the following day.
As Reported by Marin Independent Journal
Sports in Marin: Tuesday, Wednesday
Tuesday’s local events
Prep badminton
San Domenico vs. Drew: 4 p.m., Washington High (S.F.)
Prep baseball
Archie Williams vs. Branson: 4:30 p.m., COM
Terra Linda at Tam: 4:30 p.m., Mill Valley
Redwood at San Rafael: 4:30 p.m., San Rafael
San Marin at Marin Catholic: 4:30 p.m., Kentfield
College baseball
COM at Solano: 2:30 p.m., Fairfield
Boys golf
Marin Catholic vs. Tam: 4 p.m., Mill Valley CC
Boys lacrosse
Branson at Marin Catholic: 4 p.m., Kentfield
Archie Williams at Novato: 4 p.m., Novato
Redwood at San Marin: 4 p.m., Novato
Tam at San Rafael: 6 p.m., San Rafael
Girls lacrosse
Terra Linda at Sacred Heart: 3:30 p.m., San Francisco
Novato at Archie Williams: 4 p.m., San Anselmo
Marin Catholic at Branson: 4 p.m., Ross
San Marin at Redwood: 4 p.m., Larkspur
San Rafael at Tam: 4 p.m., Mill Valley
San Domenico at Lowell: 5:45 p.m., San Francisco
College softball
Hawaii Pacific at Dominican (DH): 12 p.m., San Rafael
Boys volleyball
San Marin at Novato: 5 p.m., Novato High
San Rafael at Marin Catholic: 5 p.m., Kentfield
Tam at Cardinal Newman: 5 p.m.., Santa Rosa
Branson at Redwood: 5 p.m., Larkspur
Terra Linda at Archie Williams: 5:30 p.m., San Anselmo
Wednesday’s local events
Prep baseball
Branson vs. John Swett: 4:30 p.m., Crockett
Northgate at Tam: 4:30 p.m., Mill Valley
San Domenico vs. Marin Academy: 6:30 p.m., Albert Park
San Marin at Benicia: 7 p.m., Benicia
Boys golf
Archie Williams vs. San Marin: 4 p.m., Indian Valley
Branson vs. Terra Linda: 4 p.m., McInnis
Prep softball
Novato at Archie Williams: 4:30 p.m., San Anselmo
Marin Catholic at Redwood: 4:30 p.m., Larkspur
Terra Linda at Tam: 4:30 p.m., Mill Valley
San Rafael at San Marin: 6:30 p.m., Novato
College softball
Hawaii Pacific at Dominican (DH): 12 p.m., San Rafael
Boys tennis
Drew at San Domenico: 4 p.m., San Anselmo
Washington at Terra Linda: 4 p.m., Terra Linda High
Novato vs. Archie Williams: 4 p.m., Canon Tennis
Marin Catholic at Branson: 4 p.m., COM
San Marin at Redwood: 4 p.m., Larkspur
San Rafael at Tam: 4 p.m., Larkspur
Prep track & field
San Domenico at BCL Meet: 2 p.m., Kezar Stadium
As Reported by Marin Independent Journal
Sports in Marin: Tuesday, Wednesday
Tuesday’s local events
Prep badminton
San Domenico vs. Drew: 4 p.m., Washington High (S.F.)
Prep baseball
Archie Williams vs. Branson: 4:30 p.m., COM
Terra Linda at Tam: 4:30 p.m., Mill Valley
Redwood at San Rafael: 4:30 p.m., San Rafael
San Marin at Marin Catholic: 4:30 p.m., Kentfield
College baseball
COM at Solano: 2:30 p.m., Fairfield
Boys golf
Marin Catholic vs. Tam: 4 p.m., Mill Valley CC
Boys lacrosse
Branson at Marin Catholic: 4 p.m., Kentfield
Archie Williams at Novato: 4 p.m., Novato
Redwood at San Marin: 4 p.m., Novato
Tam at San Rafael: 6 p.m., San Rafael
Girls lacrosse
Terra Linda at Sacred Heart: 3:30 p.m., San Francisco
Novato at Archie Williams: 4 p.m., San Anselmo
Marin Catholic at Branson: 4 p.m., Ross
San Marin at Redwood: 4 p.m., Larkspur
San Rafael at Tam: 4 p.m., Mill Valley
San Domenico at Lowell: 5:45 p.m., San Francisco
College softball
Hawaii Pacific at Dominican (DH): 12 p.m., San Rafael
Boys volleyball
San Marin at Novato: 5 p.m., Novato High
San Rafael at Marin Catholic: 5 p.m., Kentfield
Tam at Cardinal Newman: 5 p.m.., Santa Rosa
Branson at Redwood: 5 p.m., Larkspur
Terra Linda at Archie Williams: 5:30 p.m., San Anselmo
Wednesday’s local events
Prep baseball
Branson vs. John Swett: 4:30 p.m., Crockett
Northgate at Tam: 4:30 p.m., Mill Valley
San Domenico vs. Marin Academy: 6:30 p.m., Albert Park
San Marin at Benicia: 7 p.m., Benicia
Boys golf
Archie Williams vs. San Marin: 4 p.m., Indian Valley
Branson vs. Terra Linda: 4 p.m., McInnis
Prep softball
Novato at Archie Williams: 4:30 p.m., San Anselmo
Marin Catholic at Redwood: 4:30 p.m., Larkspur
Terra Linda at Tam: 4:30 p.m., Mill Valley
San Rafael at San Marin: 6:30 p.m., Novato
College softball
Hawaii Pacific at Dominican (DH): 12 p.m., San Rafael
Boys tennis
Drew at San Domenico: 4 p.m., San Anselmo
Washington at Terra Linda: 4 p.m., Terra Linda High
Novato vs. Archie Williams: 4 p.m., Canon Tennis
Marin Catholic at Branson: 4 p.m., COM
San Marin at Redwood: 4 p.m., Larkspur
San Rafael at Tam: 4 p.m., Larkspur
Prep track & field
San Domenico at BCL Meet: 2 p.m., Kezar Stadium
As Reported by Marin Independent Journal
“It Felt Like a Jeb Bush sort of Scott Walker Cheap Shot” – Pete Hegseth ON FIRE: Blasts Ron DeSantis Over His Swipe Against Trump (VIDEO)
FOX and Friends Weekend host Pete Hegseth joined Judge Jeanine Pirro on Hannity on Monday night. This was after Governor Ron DeSantis finally came out and commented on the Democrats’ latest political assault on President Trump.
New York City DA Alvin Bragg announced last week that he is going to abuse the justice system and file charges against his political opponent Donald Trump. If you thought this only happened in banana republics you would be wrong… It appears that is where we are heading under Joe Biden!
Pete Hegseth blasted Governor DeSantis for his clearly planned swipe at President Trump on his payment to a porn star.
Pete Hegseth: That’s where you mentioned Ron DeSantis. He’s totally right. This is a Soros-based prosecution. But I was actually disappointed in Ron DeSantis today. He talked about the political persecution, but he started with a too-cute-by-half political jab at Trump by saying, “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star.” And the donors kind of chuckled. In some ways it felt sanctimonious. It felt like a Jeb Bush sort of Scott Walker cheap shot. I don’t think that’s going to work. This is a closed-ranks behind a former president who fought for America First and as a selective political persecution from a DA funded by Soros. So you can acknowledge that, but don’t take cheap shots. And I like Ron DeSantis. I like him a lot. We’re in a political season, I get it. But this is a moment to stand firmly behind Donald Trump and say in a full-throated nature, this is political persecution. And the irony of it and maybe Democrats want Trump to be the nominee, I don’t know.
Speaker 1 (01:12)
But the irony of it is they’re making likely he will be because of this political persecution. If you’re a Republican right now, back Trump on this.
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