BY RICK PORCARO Pablo López struck out a career high 14 Oakland batters in a masterful eight inning performance to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 win and a series win over the A’s at the Coliseum Sunday afternoon. López (7-6, 5.11), retired the first 17 batters he faced, …
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The East Bay Regional Park District is celebrating Juneteenth with a Free Park Day on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in recognition of the date when the last of the enslaved Black Americans were notified of their freedom. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally recognized celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in …
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BY FLORA CSONTOS The East Bay Regional Park District has just unveiled the Martin J. Cooney “Park Landscapes” online photo collection. This digital photo exhibit debuts a rare gathering of beautiful, nostalgic images that capture parkland and open space views of the East Bay from 1965 to 1981. At that …
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BY RICK PORCARO Bryan Woo and three Seattle relievers combined on a two hit shutout, leading the Mariners to a 3-0 win over the Athletics Thursday afternoon. Woo (3-0, 1.07), who grew up in nearby Alameda, allowed only the two hits without walking a batter while striking out six in …
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BY RICK PORCARO Cristopher Sanchez worked six scoreless innings and Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber each homered and drove in a pair of runs as the Phillies salvaged the finale of their three game series against the Giants with a 6-1 win at Oracle Park Wednesday afternoon. Sanchez (3-3, 2.83) …
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BY DEBRA J. MORRIS Round, long, crooked neck, straight, dark green, light green, yellow, multicolor, two-tone – the varieties are endless! Summer squash has names like pattypan, zucchini, zephyr, crook neck, straight neck, Italian, globe (eight ball), Tatuma, and chayote squash, all with the mild squash flavors we have all …
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BY RICK PORCARO Ross Stripling pitched six shutout innings for his first win since the 2022 season and Abraham Toro and Tyler Nevin hit home runs to lead the A’s past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 for a sweep of their three game series. Stripling (1-5) had lost ten straight games …
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BY DEBRA J. MORRIS We’re jumping for joy this year because farmers are telling us that California’s sweet cherries are arriving right on schedule! Last year they had to be harvested two to three weeks late because of the heavy rain and wind we received. The rain and wind came …
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Born July 23, 1929 in a house on Lyon Street in San Francisco, “the year of the crash,” as she always added. Anna was the 2nd of 4 children born to Radovan & Tomana Radulovich who had emigrated from Montenegro in 1913. The family moved to Mountain View after Anna …
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BY RICK PORCARO Thairo Estrada’s ninth inning double scored Matt Chapman all the way from first to give the Giants a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres in San Francisco’s home opener Friday afternoon at Oracle Park in front of a sellout crowd of 40,645. Returning to the Bay …
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