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Motorcyclist dies after crash in Huntington Beach

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

A 38-year-old Riverside man is dead after a traffic accident in Huntington Beach on Thursday, authorities announced.  Officers with the Huntington Beach Police Department responded to reports of a traffic collision involving a motorcycle on Warner Avenue and Brightwater Drive at around 3:45 p.m. At the scene, police found the 38-year-old motorcyclist in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene, an HBPD news release stated.  Based on their preliminary investigation, authorities believe the motorcyclist was traveling at a high rate of speed on eastbound Warner Avenue when he appears to have lost control, resulting in a collision.  Authorities did not say if the collision was with another vehicle or if anyone else was injured as a result of the accident. It is also unclear whether drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in the fatal crash.  The ongoing investigation is being handled by HBPD’s Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team. Anyone with informa...

Father murdered in Pomona freeway shooting, police seek help on cold case

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

Police are investigating a cold case where a father was shot and killed while driving in Pomona.The victim was identified as Fermín Saldivar, 20, the father of a 1-year-old child at the time of his death, said Pomona police.On April 13, 1999, Saldivar was driving to work when he was shot and killed while driving eastbound on the 60 Freeway between Garey Avenue and Reservoir Street.An unidentified vehicle pulled up alongside Saldivar’s car and for unknown reasons, began shooting at Saldivar as he drove, authorities said.When Saldivar was shot, a passenger inside his vehicle was able to steer the car off the freeway and into a gas station parking lot where he called the police.Fermín Saldivar in a photo from the Pomona Police Department.Fermín Saldivar in a photo from the Pomona Police Department.Newspaper clipping from The Daily Bulletin about Fermín Saldivar's murder in a photo from the Pomona Police Department.Newspaper clipping from The Daily Bulletin about Fermín Saldivar's murde...

Braves’ Arcia headed to IL with microfracture in left wrist

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia is headed to the injured list after tests on Thursday revealed a microfracture in his left wrist.Arcia suffered the injury in Wednesday night’s 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Arcia was hit on the wrist by a 97 mph fastball from Reds right-hander Hunter Greene in the second inning. Arcia left the game in the third, and the Braves said initial X-rays were negative.Ehire Adrianza replaced Arcia at shortstop. The Braves said Thursday Arcia will be placed on the injured list. The move is expected before the team opens a three-game series at Kansas City on Friday night.Arcia is hitting .333 with two home runs and seven RBIs. The Braves have not announced who will replace Arcia on the roster. Candidates include shortstops Vaughn Grissom, who entered spring training as the favorite to win the job after Dansby Swanson signed with the Chicago Cubs, and Braden Shewmake. Grissom and Shewmake began the season at Triple-A Gwinnett.The...

Gaudreau scores in OT, Blue Jackets beat Penguins 3-2

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau scored a minute into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Thursday night, snapping a four-game losing streak.Gaudreau scored his 14th overtime goal and the Blue Jackets moved ahead of Chicago and Anaheim for the worst record in the NHL. Columbus has one game remaining.Andrew Peeke and Emil Bemstrom also scored for Columbus. Michael Hutchinson stopped 34 shots.“I think everyone played great, and we did a good job, team-wise, of winning their chances,” Hutchinson said. “We didn’t give them too much time off their rushes. We were backchecking hard. It was just a fun game to be part of.”Kris Letang had a goal and an assist, Jake Guentzel scored, and Sidney Crosby added two assists for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots.The loss was Pittsburgh’s second straight and came a night after the Penguins were eliminated from the playoffs for the first time since 2006. “It’s been a long time since this gro...

Báez benched as Tigers beat Jays 3-1, end 6-game skid

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Javier Báez was benched after a baserunning gaffe and Spencer Turnbull pitched five solid innings as the Detroit Tigers avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Thursday night.Zach McKinstry drove in the go-ahead run and Jake Rogers had two hits and an RBI as Detroit snapped a six-game skid. Turnbull (1-2) allowed one run on six hits and one walk with six strikeouts.Tigers manager A.J. Hinch removed Báez from the game in the third, one inning after Báez appeared to lose track of the outs and ran into a double play.Báez doubled off the left-field wall with one out in the second but didn’t run hard out of the box, apparently thinking he had homered. He then broke for third and rounded the base on Akil Baddo’s liner to center and was easily doubled off to end the inning.Between innings, television cameras caught Hinch and Báez descending the steps that lead from the dugout to the clubhouse for a brief chat. Báez returned to the dugout, grabbed h...

Myers helps Reds win 6-2 over Phillies, who drop to 4-9

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Wil Myers hit a pair of run-scoring singles and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Thursday night after getting swept in a three-game series at Atlanta.Spencer Steer, Tyler Stephenson and Jose Barrero drove in runs for the Reds, who had lost six of seven after a 3-1 start — the last four all by one run.“We had a meeting today,” Reds manager David Bell said. “The message was to fight for every pitch, kind of doubling down on who we are.“The singles were big, the two out hits, the add on runs is what our offense did. Wil has been doing this for quite a while. He’s a good hitter and knows what he’s doing.”Kyle Schwarber became the first left-handed batter to hit a home run off Nick Lodolo (2-0), a left-hander in his second major league season. The defending National League champions have lost three straight and are 4-9.Lodolo allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings.“It is a different type of satisfaction,” Lodolo said. “It wa...

Anderson makes 30 saves, leads Sabres to 4-3 OT win vs. Sens

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Casey Mittelstadt scored 1:18 into overtime and Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots before announcing he is retiring at the end of the season as the Buffalo Sabres closed their home schedule with a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.Tage Thompson scored his team-leading 47th goal, while Henri Jokiharju and Victor Olofsson also scored for Buffalo in a game between Atlantic Division rivals eliminated from playoff contention. By forcing overtime in rallying from a 3-2 deficit, the Sabres assured themselves of finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference standings.Though extending their NHL-record playoff drought to 12 seasons following a 6-2 loss at New Jersey on Tuesday, the Sabres have 89 points to match their most since 2011-12, and with one game remaining. Buffalo’s 41 wins are also the most since winning 43 in 2010-11.Claude Giroux achieved a single-season career-best by scoring his 35th goal, while playing in his 1,100th career game, and three days af...

Taylor, Julien, Correa HR in 9-run 1st, Twins top Yanks 11-2

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael A. Taylor, rookie Edouard Julien and Carlos Correa hit consecutive homers in a nine-run first inning, and the Minnesota Twins routed the New York Yankees 11-2 on Thursday night.Taylor homered twice and drove in four runs from the No. 9 spot in the batting order.Joe Ryan (3-0) struck out 10 and walked none while allowing one run and three hits over seven innings. Ryan reached double digits in strikeouts after achieving the feat once in his first 33 starts.Jhonny Brito (2-1), coming off wins in his first two major league starts,gave up seven runs and six hits in two-thirds of an inning as his ERA climbed from 6.75. Minnesota went 3 for 3 with three doubles on his sinker.Anthony Rizzo hit a pair of solo homers for the Yankees. Minnesota, which had lost 13 of its previous 16 games against the Yankees, had its highest-scoring inning against New York in a top of the first that took 28 minutes.With about 25 family and friends on hand, the 23-year-old Julien had a ni...

Point gets 50th, 51st goals, Lightning beat Red Wings 5-0

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

TAMPA, Fla (AP) — Brayden Point scored his 50th and 51st goals, backup Brian Elliott made 32 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped a four-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings in the regular-season finale for both teams on Thursday night.Point joined Steven Stamkos (2009-10, 2011-12) and Vincent Lecavalier (2006-07) as the only Lightning players to reach the 50-goal mark. The playoff-bound Lightning will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in a first-round series starting next week.Point collected the rebound of Nikita Kucherov’s power-play shot in the slot, made a move around goalie Ville Husso and put it into the net with 9:13 left in the third for his 50th. The center added an empty-netter at 15:59.The 38-year old Elliott, a free agent after the season, picked up his second shutout of the season and 45th overall. He had allowed six goals in each of his previous three starts.Alex Killorn, Brandon Hagel and Michael Eyssimont also scored for the playoff-bou...

Pregnant, disabled mother told to leave apartment after complaining about mice

Published Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Meghan Trejo cherishes spending time with her 4-year-old son Matteo.“I love my son with all my heart,” she said.Trejo is also pregnant and struggling with a disability, which makes constantly cleaning up after mice and other pests a burden.“I can do laundry and they will climb the basket and they will put their feces all over it because they're looking for food,” said Trejo.Trejo showed the Problem Solvers one of several holes where the rodents are getting into her home at the Miramar apartment complex. What’s a ‘middle class’ income in Denver these days? She said, after complaining several times, an onsite manager sent her a notice demanding that she move out in 60 days.“It makes you feel furious, you're not given a reason, there was nothing in the notice saying this is why we're telling you to get out,” said Trejo.The Problem Solvers reached out to Miramar's corporate headquarters in California and shared the information, along with receipts that show Trejo has ...