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Review: Country star shows once again why he’s one of the best of all time

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

Eric Church delivered another impressive NorCal show, underscoring — yet again — many of the reasons why he’s one of the country music genre’s all-time greatest artists during his lengthy headlining set at the Country Summer Music Festival in Santa Rosa.Following Lynyrd Skynyrd’s rocking headliner set on Friday night at the festival, Church topped the bill at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Saturday (June 17) and delivered a thoroughly enjoyable concert.Church’s voice was in pristine condition as he mixed songs from throughout his seven studio albums, which collectively form what could well be the strongest country music discography of the last 20 years. (Miranda Lambert’s catalog, however, is also a very strong contender for that distinction.)Backed by a versatile band, complete with a powerful three-piece horn section, Church rocked and rolled his way through such fan favorites as “Mistress Named Music,” “Drink In My Han...

2 people injured in shooting near Pier 39: SFPD

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two people were injured Sunday evening from a shooting near Pier 39, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) confirmed to KRON4. The shooting happened around 6:48 p.m. near Beach and Stockton streets.SFPD officers arrived at the scene and found two victims with gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to a nearby hospital, and their conditions are unknown at this time.No arrests have been made, but SFPD says there were possibly two vehicles involved in the shooting. No other information was immediately available. KRON4 is sending a crew to the scene.This is a developing story. Check back for updates as KRON4 learns more.

Young scores 24 points, Plum adds 21 to help Aces beat Lynx 93-62

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jackie Young scored 24 points, Kelsey Plum made 8 of 11 from the field and scored 21 points, including four 3-pointers, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Minnesota Lynx 93-62 on Sunday night. Chelsea Gray scored 17 points and five assists and Candace Parker added 11 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals for Las Vegas (10-1). A’ja Wilson had her streak of 34 consecutive games scoring in double figure snapped, finishing with eight points on 4-of-14 shooting but grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds and tied her season best with four blocks. Young made a driving layup with 1:55 left in the first quarter that made it 22-20 and gave the Aces the lead for good. Napheesa Collier scored to trim Minnesota’s deficit to 45-41 with 2:11 remaining the second quarter but Plum was fouled as she hit a floater in the lane and made the and-1 free throw, Young made consecutive buckets for Las Vegas and Gray made a jumper at the buzzer to make it 54-41 at halftime. Co...

Cameron Smith has strong finish at U.S. Open as he looks toward British Open title defense

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cameron Smith’s strong play during the final nine holes of the U.S. Open Sunday could give him a boost when he defends his British Open title next month.Smith shot 3 under on the more difficult back nine at Los Angeles Country Club to close with a 67. The Australian finished tied for fourth at 6-under 274, although he wasn’t seriously in contention.It’s the third time in the last four majors Smith has finished in the top 10. He tied for ninth in last month’s PGA Championship.It also equals his best finish in a U.S. Open with the other being in 2015. He had missed the cut the past two years.“The game is feeling really good, and just probably a little bit of confidence,” Smith said. “This is kind of a big tick of the box, I think. Obviously a world-class field, world-class venue, and it got really tough on the weekend, as well.”Smith has two LIV Golf events on his schedule before the British Open starts on July 20 at Royal Liverpool.ANOTHER H...

US beats Canada 2-0 to win CONCACAF Nations League on goals by Balogun, Richards

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Folarin Balogun and Chris Richards scored their first international goals, both off assists from Gio Reyna, and the United States beat Canada 2-0 on Sunday night for the Americans’ second straight CONCACAF Nations League title.Richards scored in the 12th minute from a corner kick and Balogun, who debuted in Thursday’s 3-0 win over Mexico after choosing to play the U.S. over England, doubled the lead in the 34th.The Americans were again led by interim coach B.J. Callaghan, who took over May 30 and also will run the team in the CONCACAF Gold Cup starting next weekend. Gregg Berhalter, brought back as coach Friday 5 1/2 months after his contract was allowed to expire, won’t be on the sidelines until September exhibitions.While the U.S. extended its home unbeaten streak against Canada to 22 games dating to 1957, Canada remained without a title since the 2000 Gold Cup.Reyna sparked both goals, then left at halftime with a calf injury and was replaced by...

Slumping Pirates calling up 2021 top draft pick catcher Henry Davis from the minors

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are calling up heralded prospect Henry Davis. the top pick in the 2021 draft, to help the team that has lost six straight games and tumbled from the top spot in the NL Central.Pirates manager Derek Shelton said after Sunday’s 5-2 loss to division-leading Milwaukee that Davis, who has played catcher and outfield, will join the team at PNC Park on Monday for the start of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs.“I’m excited,” Shelton said. “He deserves to be here. I think he’s shown that. We’ll probably talk more about it (Monday). Our two catchers will be staying, so we’ll be using him in different ways.”The 23-year-old Davis is being called up from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he batted .286 with a homer in 10 games. The 6-foot, 220-pound Davis opened the season at Double-A Altoona, where he batted .284 with 10 home runs. He is hitting .284 with 11 home runs and 30 RBIs in 51 combined games Double-A and Triple-A this season.The Pirat...

Colorado's Wyndham Clark plays big and becomes a major champion at the US Open

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the city of stars, Wyndham Clark had his own script in mind in the U.S. Open.In front of him was Rory McIlroy, one of golf's biggest talents who looked ready to end his perplexing nine-year drought in the majors. Next to him in the final group Sunday was Rickie Fowler, a Southern California native who returned from a three-year slump and was poised to finally win his first major.Clark carried a message from his late mother — “Play big,” she always told him — and the belief he could compete with anyone on any stage.No stage was bigger than a U.S. Open on the edge of Beverly Hills. That's where Clark delivered clutch saves, a signature shot that gave him control and the steady nerves to hold off McIlroy and become a major champion.“I feel like I belong on this stage,” Clark said after closing with an even-par 70 for a one-shot victory over McIlroy. “Even two, three years ago when people didn’t know who I was, I felt like I could still play and compete against the...

Blinken’s day one in Beijing yields agreement for more meetings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his first of two days of meetings in Beijing on Sunday with rhetoric suggesting that the two countries are taking steps to curb the bilateral acrimony that has curdled the U.S.-China relationship.Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang emerged from their meeting with twin readouts describing that encounter as “candid and constructive.” Blinken secured an agreement from Qin to continue their discussions in Washington “at a mutually suitable time.” Both Blinken and Qin stressed the need for the two countries to improve people-to-people contacts that Qin said should include educational exchanges and an expansion of passenger flights between the two countries.That language suggests that both Blinken and Qin are inching toward an off-ramp from months of rancor that Qin said had driven bilateral ties to “their lowest level since the establishment of diplomatic relations” in 1979. The fallout over a Chinese spy balloon found...

Editorial: As China & Cuba get closer, Biden must engage with Havana

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

Few countries in the Western Hemisphere have evoked for Americans the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine as much as has Cuba. For years, the Soviets used the island nation 103 miles off the coast of Florida as a listening post, and, in 1962, they brought the world to the brink of existential conflict by secretly placing nuclear ballistic missiles on the island.Today, America’s most worrisome unwelcome guest in the Caribbean is China. That’s also true elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.Beijing has been using Cuba as a spy base since 2019, the White House said recently. The Biden administration’s statement was aimed at refuting a Wall Street Journal report that China was planning to build a new listening post in Cuba, though, given the history, it’s anything but comforting to know that Beijing has been eavesdropping on the U.S. from close range for the last four years.Both economically and militarily, China looms as a worrisome threat to U.S. interests. The U.S. can expect China to step u...

Roxbury International Film Festival celebrates a milestone with stellar lineup

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:44:02 GMT

You must be doing something right to hit a 25th anniversary, as this year’s Roxbury International Film Festival has shown.“It is amazing! Our audience is one of the biggest reasons we’ve lasted,” Roxbury artistic director Lisa Simmons said in a phone interview. “We created this niche for our festival by celebrating filmmakers of color. Our byline is to be fiercely independent.”Among the significant changes over the years, “More films!  We became more international, because so many filmmakers are from around the world. It’s no longer a local festival simply supporting local filmmakers. It’s supporting people from all over.“We’re now known among filmmakers as a festival to come to.”Being larger means this year Rox 25 can screen 84 films in person and online.More than simply showing many varieties of international cinema, “We’re doing workshops, supporting local writers and actors for our script reading program. And we work with Black-owned restaurants to bring filmmakers just to hang ...