BY ANTHONY SOSA In front of a crowd of 25,746, Oakland Athletics’ starting pitcher Sean Manaea pulled off one of the most impressive feats in baseball by throwing a no-hitter and striking out 10 against the team with the best record in the game, dominating the Boston Red Sox in …
Read More »Warriors open title defense with dominating win against Spurs
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Bruised, battered and struggling at the end of the regular season, the Golden State Warriors opened defense of their NBA Championship with a workman like 113-92 wire to wire victory in the first game of their opening round Western Conference playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs …
Read More »Giants offense, Blach struggle in loss to Mariners in home opener
BY ANTHONY SOSA After managing to score just two runs in their previous four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants put up four runs in Tuesday’s home opener but still fell to the Seattle Mariners 6-4 at AT&T Park. The Giants stumbled out of the gate …
Read More »A’s battle to season opening walk-off against Halo’s in 11th
BY STEVEN LUKE When your starter doesn’t have his best stuff you’ve got to battle to win, and that’s what both the A’s and Los Angeles Angels did on Thursday in Oakland. It wasn’t the Opening Day sell out you get at most stadiums, but the 27,764 fans in attendance …
Read More »Young A’s hoping to exploit powerful potential in 2018
BY STEVEN LUKE Expectations are low for the Oakland Athletics entering the 2018 season after back-to-back last place finishes, but a few key additions in the offseason and a young core could surprise the league. The 2017 season was not one that will be remembered for many Athletics fans, but …
Read More »Giants look to bounce back with new faces, even year magic
BY ANTHONY SOSA Over the past decade, the San Francisco Giants have established themselves as one of the best baseball franchises in the Majors. A big factor in that was winning three World Series titles in the span of five years. However, the Giants took a major step backward in …
Read More »White House photographer Pete Souza holds court at the Castro
BY HELEN LAME’ Long time Chief Official White House photographer Pete Souza, who worked under both President’s Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, entertained an appreciative sold crowd of 1,400 enthusiastic fans during a Commonwealth Club appearance Tuesday night at the Castro Theatre. Souza, 62, documented the entire eight years of …
Read More »Metallica, Dave Matthews, Dead to Headline Fire Benefit Concert
BY HELEN LAME´ A strong All-Star line-up has been announced as part of a November 9th benefit concert at AT&T Park in San Francisco to help support victims impacted by the recent wildfires that ravaged Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino County that were part of the most deadly and destructive …
Read More »Traffic Advisory – Route 4 Ramp Meters Activated
Caltrans has initiated the first part of their Phase II State Route 4 (SR4) freeway ramp metering project (Caltrans press release). The goal of the project is to reduce merging traffic collisions which significantly impact freeway congestion. The other goal of the Project is to provide marginal benefits in travel …
Read More »Warriors receive their rings, but lose a heartbreaker
BY RYAN LEONG Although the Warriors got their enormously sized rings and unveiled their second championship banner in three seasons, it was not the happy ending everyone wanted. The Houston Rockets, whom the Dubs have beaten like a drum in recent years, came back from a 17 point deficit and …
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