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Bay Area storm updates: Flooding in North Bay

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

(KRON) -- A multi-vehicle injury accident has been reported in Walnut Creek as the first in a series of atmospheric rivers is set to roll into the Bay Area Thursday. The storm is expected to bring widespread rain, wind and wet weather conditions with a flood watch set to go into effect for the entire Bay Area. Rainfall is expected to arrive by Thursday afternoon and intensify throughout the weekend.Officials advise residents to prepare for the next storm by securing any property and stocking up on sandbags to prevent flooding. Bay Area storm: Here’s what to do if your house floods Stick with KRON4 for the latest updates on the storm.Bay Area storm updates:9:35 p.m. -- Rain and flooding impacts businesses in SFBusiness managers in San Francisco say the relentless rain has been affecting their bottom line as there are fewer people walking the streets. For Roark Expedition, a clothing store on Chestnut Street, the storm is a double-edged sword -- it helps the store sell more warm clo...

No. 7 Texas routs Oklahoma State 61-47 in Big 12 quarters

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas coach Rodney Terry decided shortly before facing Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals that he would be cautious with Timmy Allen, his senior leader, who’d been dealing with a nagging lower leg injury.Sir’Jabari Rice, Arterio Morris and Dylan Disu picked up the slack quite nicely.Rice jumped into the starting lineup and scored 13 points, Disu scored 11 while playing more minutes than he has nearly all season, and Morris contributed 10 while also getting extended time. Together, the trio helped the seventh-ranked Longhorns roll to a defensive-minded 61-47 victory Thursday night and a spot in the semifinal round.Texas, the No. 2 seed, will play sixth-seeded and No. 22 TCU on Friday night.“Timmy got a little bit nicked up in the Kansas game (last weekend),” Terry said. “We just made a decision that we’re going to go day to day. We’ll put him back out there when the opportunity presents itself that he’s 100 perc...

Clemson runs away from NC State, 80-54 in ACC quarterfinal

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Ian Schieffelin and PJ Hall each scored 15 points and Clemson pulled away from North Carolina State in the second half to earn an 80-54 victory in a quarterfinal game at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday night. Clemson (23-9), the No. 3 seed, will face second-seeded Virginia in the second of Friday night’s semifinal match-ups. NC State got off to a strong start and held a nine-point lead midway through the first half, 20-11. The Tigers roared back to take a 39-36 lead at intermission. Chase Hunter hit three straight jumpers to get Clemson started in the second half and the Tigers outscored the Wolfpack 41-18 over the final 20 minutes. From the midway point of the first half, Clemson scored two points for every point its defense allowed, outscoring the Wolfpack 69-34.Hall gave Clemson a double-digit lead with a jumper midway through the second half to take a 57-46 lead. Brevin Galloway and Schieffelin hit back-to-back 3-pointers as the...

No. 24 Creighton beats Villanova 87-74 in Big East quarters

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 21 points, Ryan Nembhard added 17 and No. 24 Creighton defeated Villanova 87-74 Thursday night at the Big East Tournament in a rematch of last season’s championship game.The third-seeded Bluejays (21-11) advanced to the semifinals Friday night at Madison Square Garden to face second-seeded and 15th-ranked Xavier. The top four seeds swept the quarterfinals.Nembhard made three of Creighton’s 12 3-pointers, including one from the corner off an offensive rebound that put the Bluejays up 18 with 12:54 left in the second half.Eric Dixon’s 3 for sixth-seeded Villanova (17-16) cut lead to 65-56 with 4:43 left and perked up the Villanova fans at the Garden after a Creighton had dominated the second half.But Arthur Kaluma responded with a 3 after the Bluejays broke Nova’s press to bump the lead back to 12 on the next possession. Kaluma finished with 18 points on 5-of-8 shootingKalkbrenner competed a three-point play with 3:26 lef...

Descanso en paz: crean nichos humanitarios para migrantes muertos en la temida selva del Darién

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

PINOGAMA, Panamá – Cadáveres no identificados o sin reclamar de migrantes fallecidos en la peligrosa selva panameña del Darién, en la frontera sur con Colombia, cuentan desde este jueves con nichos “humanitarios” donde podrán reposar de una manera digna de forma permanente o hasta que sean repatriados por sus familiares.Este primer conjunto de cien nichos de “resguardo humanitario” en Darién para los migrantes que fallecieron en la selva en su camino hacia Estados Unidos se inauguró este jueves en el municipio de Pinogana, impulsado por el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) y el Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses (IMELCF) de Panamá.“La importancia de este módulo de resguardo humanitario es el hecho de poder facilitar cien nichos para la inhumación individual de restos humanos de personas migrantes que puedan haber fallecido a lo largo de la ruta del Darién y que no tengan un lugar donde preservarse en condiciones dignas”...

No. 15 Xavier rallies to beat DePaul, reach Big East semis

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — With two graduate students, two seniors and a junior in the starting lineup, No. 15 Xavier isn’t likely to panic in the postseason.Jack Nunge had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Colby Jones scored 22 and the Musketeers pulled off a late comeback to beat DePaul 89-84 in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals Thursday night.Souley Boum added 16 points for the second-seeded Musketeers (24-8), who trailed by 13 in the second half and led for only 2 1/2 minutes total. They will face No. 24 Creighton in the second semifinal Friday night at Madison Square Garden after the third-seeded Bluejays beat sixth-seeded Villanova 87-74.“We’re thrilled to still be alive,” Xavier coach Sean Miller said. “I thought that DePaul played a great game. Could have easily lost that game three, five, 10 times over.”Umoja Gibson had 22 points and six assists as the 10th-seeded Blue Demons (10-23) gave Xavier all it could handle. Nick Ongenda added 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting, and Caleb Murphy...

Lawrence leads Vanderbilt over LSU 77-68 in SEC Tournament

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyrin Lawrence had 22 points, Jordan Wright scored 15 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Vanderbilt rolled to a 77-68 victory over LSU on Thursday night in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Ezra Manjon scored seven points during a 12-0 run that stretched Vanderbilt’s lead to 49-36 with 14:01 to play, and they led by double digits nearly the rest of the way. No. 6 seed Vanderbilt (19-13), which has won four straight and 9 of its last 10 games, will face third-seeded Kentucky in a quarterfinal on Friday. Lawrence was 6-of-7 shooting from the floor and made 9 of 11 free throws. Manjon finished with 17 points and Paul Lewis scored 11. KJ Williams scored 16 of his 26 points in the second half to lead No. 14 seed LSU (14-19), which shot 33% (23 of 69) from the floor but matched Vanderbilt in rebounds with 42. The Commodores never trailed and built a 14-point lead midway through the first half before LSU cut the deficit to 37-29 at th...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

March 3-9, 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City. Follow AP visual journalism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnewsAP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_ImagesAP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.comSource

No. 22 TCU routs No. 12 K-State 80-67 in Big 12 tourney

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Miles and Chuck O’Bannon scored 22 points apiece, and No. 22 TCU rode the hot shooting of its two guards to an 80-67 victory over No. 12 Kansas State on Thursday night to reach the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament.JaKobe Coles added eight points and Emanuel Miller seven for the sixth-seeded Horned Frogs (21-11), who had been beaten by the Wildcats in four of the past five tournaments but will now play for a spot in the title game.TCU will face seventh-ranked Texas, which routed Oklahoma State in its quarterfinal matchup, on Friday night.Keyontae Johnson had 14 points and seven boards to lead the No. 3 seed Wildcats (23-9), though he fouled out with more than six minutes left in the game. Desi Sills also had 14 points and Markquis Nowell finished with 11.TCU played without center Eddie Lampkin Jr., who posted screenshots on social media a day earlier of text messages that appeared to accuse coach Jamie Dixon of player mistreatment and “racial com...

Today in History: MARCH 10, First words spoken over phone

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:11:20 GMT

Today in HistoryToday is Friday, March 10, the 69th day of 2023. There are 296 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)On this date: In 1496, Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.In 1785, Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln assigned Ulysses S. Grant, who had just received his commission as lieutenant-general, to the command of the Armies of the United States.In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory. In 1906, about 1,100 miners in northern France were kill...