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Draymond Green talks Warriors future: ‘I would love to finish my career here’

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

The Warriors’ dynasty will fall eventually. And voices outside Golden State’s walls seem to be waiting for its demise. Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are all in their mid-30s, this Warriors team barely made the playoffs to defend its 2022 title and Green will have the option to opt out of his contract in the offseason.But Green said on a recent podcast he hopes to play four more years in the NBA and retire as a Warrior.“As far as my situation goes, I’ve been here 11 years. I’ve done everything you can possibly do here. Why would I want to go somewhere else and try to do it again?” Green said on the #ThisLeague Uncut podcast.Green, 33, went on to say that he hoped after signing his four-year, $100 million veteran extension in 2019 that it would lead to another extension until the end of his career.“I would love to finish my career here,” he said. “That’s been my goal since signing this current contract that I’m on. It’s looking like ...

Bay Area tech, biotech layoffs widen, jolt tech office janitors

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

Tech and life sciences companies have widened their job cuts in the Bay Area, with more than 100 layoffs adding to the woes for the wobbly sectors, official government filings show.Separately, a company that provides janitorial services at tech offices has decided to chop jobs amid ongoing tech layoffs and tech-spurred cutbacks in space requirements.The most recent tech or life science layoffs involve Medtronic, Jabil, Stratasys and Viasat, which together have revealed plans to eliminate 143 jobs in the Bay Area, according to WARN notices the companies sent to the state Employment Development Department.Here are the details of the tech and life science cutbacks reported recently to the EDD:Medtronic, 59 job cuts in Sunnyvale. The maker of medical devices such as insulin pumps and miniature pacemakers, along with drug therapies, is permanently closing its Sunnyvale facility. The cutbacks are slated to occur July 1.Jabil, 57 layoffs in Fremont. The tech and electronics manufacturer is...

A’s slugger Seth Brown will be out 4-6 weeks with oblique strain

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

The way things are going for the Athletics so far this season, perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the news on outfielder Seth Brown’s left oblique strain was more of a gut punch than a temporary annoyance.“Our doctor examined him in Oakland,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay told reporters Tuesday before the A’s faced the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. “It was a Grade 2 strain of the left oblique and generally the timeline runs four to six weeks.”The A’s have lost five straight and are 2-8, with the Orioles coming in at 5-5.Brown was injured Saturday in Tampa Bay on a check swing and was placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 9. But rather than being ready to go after the 10-day period, Brown will instead be out until early or late May and miss 30-plus games.The A’s leading home run hitter (25) and RBI man (73) last season, Brown was for the first time getting an extended look hitting against left-hande...

UC Berkeley sexual assault suspect arrested Tuesday

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) -- A suspect in a series of sexual assaults on UC Berkeley's campus was taken into custody on Tuesday, university police confirmed to KRON4. Police did not publicly identify the suspect. Video shows ex-SF fire commissioner assaulted with pipe in Marina District Police believe four on-campus assaults were connected and released images of the suspect on Tuesday morning. The most recent assault happened just after midnight on Tuesday, involving a young woman being grabbed from behind and knocked to the floor near the Foothill Complex residence hall. The woman was able to fight back and get away.In the other three cases, the suspect grabbed female students in inappropriate areas over their clothes. On April 5 a student was allegedly assaulted at the Eucalyptus Grove at about 1:30 p.m.On April 8 at about 5:40 p.m. a woman's breast and buttocks were reportedly grabbed while walking near Memorial Stadium. The victim was pushed up against a wall before getting away...

Delegate apologizes for emotional outburst on House floor at close of General Assembly session

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.An Anne Arundel County lawmaker who disrupted House of Delegates floor proceedings in the waning minutes of the 2023 General Assembly session apologized Tuesday, after telling Speaker Adrienne A. Jones to “take a seat.”“I will apologize for my tone,” Del. Nicholaus R. Kipke (R-Anne Arundel) said Tuesday afternoon. “I went back and listened to it. I was tired and emotional.”Kipke said he was not intoxicated during the exchange, in which he shouted at the speaker in the final 10 minutes of the legislative session, after she cut short debate on a bill to limit arrests based on cannabis odor.Jones (D-Baltimore County) said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that she’d spoken with Kipke and believed he offered a genuine apology.“The final moments of Sine Die were an unfortunate ending to an otherwise great session. There is always tension b...

Matthew McConaughey habla sobre su próximo papel en el spinoff de la serie “Yellowstone”

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

(CNN Español) — Matthew McConaughey parece dispuesto a sumergirse en un nuevo papel.Días después de que el director de Paramount Media Networks, Chris McCarthy, confirmara en una entrevista con The Hollywood Reporter que McConaughey protagonizará un spin-off de “Yellowstone”, una conversación en un podcast nos dio una idea de qué está pensando actualmente McConaughey sobre su carrera.Dax Shepard habló con el actor ganador del Oscar en un nuevo episodio de “Armchair Expert” y le preguntó sobre su carrera después de haber escrito sus memorias en los últimos años.Matthew McConaughey comparte las historias de las víctimas de Uvalde en un emotivo discurso y pide mayor control de armas“Ahora estoy interesado en interpretar a otro personaje en una serie de televisión, porque los últimos cuatro años han sido de culminación, de escritura, de reunir todas estas cosas y de dedicarme más al servicio público”, explicó McConaughey. “La idea de actua...

El presidente de Brasil, Lula da Silva, viaja a China con las esperanzas puestas en el comercio y la paz

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, se dirige a China en una visita de Estado y se espera que las conversaciones con el líder chino, Xi Jinping, se centren principalmente en el comercio, así como en la guerra en Ucrania.Lula, de 77 años, originalmente tenía planeado visitar Beijing el mes pasado, pero fue hospitalizado debido a una neumonía. Este lunes, su despacho anunció que se reanudaba el viaje con el objetivo de “retomar sus relaciones con el país que ha sido su principal socio comercial desde 2009”.Una moneda común entre Argentina y Brasil: lo que sabemos sobre “sur”, el plan de una divisa sudamericanaLa delegación brasileña que llega a China con Lula este miércoles incluye empresarios, gobernadores de estado, congresistas y ministros, que buscan firmar más de 20 acuerdos bilaterales con China en agricultura, ganadería, tecnología, viajes y turismo, entre otros.Las cifras del gobierno muestran que China importó el equivalente a más de ...

Teacher's suspected meningitis death closes Aurora school

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A local high school will close on Wednesday after a teacher died with symptoms of bacterial meningitis.The case is affecting the Eaglecrest High School community. In a letter on Tuesday, the Cherry Creek School District said it's working to identify students and staff who may have been in close contact with the teacher."Those individuals will be offered preventative antibiotics," the district said.Maddie Schmidt, a teacher at the integrated learning center, died over the weekend, according to the district. The Arapahoe County Public Health Department alerted the district that the teacher "had symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis." Former principal, secretary accused of embezzling $100,000 from high school The district is offering support for the school community after her death."As the Eaglecrest community continues to grieve together this week, we will have school and district mental health support staff available," according to the letter.Athletic...

Denver weather: Record heat, fire danger Wednesday

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay hot into Wednesday, with another record high temperature possible.Denver hit the low 80s Tuesday afternoon, breaking the record high of 80 degrees from 1982. Weather tonight: Quiet, mostly clearDenver's overnight temperatures will fall into the upper 40s with mostly clear skies and dry conditions. Winds will stay breezy overnight on the Eastern Plains. Weather tomorrow: More 80s, fire dangerWednesday will hit 83 degrees, with sunshine and dry conditions. The record high temperature is 79, set in 2018. There will be partly cloudy skies building in during the afternoon. Fire danger will be high, with a fire weather warning in place for the foothills, Palmer Divide and plains. Winds will gust up to 35 mph. Looking ahead: Rain chance FridayDenver will hit the 70s on Thursday with temperatures in the mid-70s. There will be more wind and high fire danger along the Front Range. Weather changes will move in on Friday with a 60% chance for rain. Tem...

Black Family Advisory Council to question superintendent about SROs

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:59 GMT

DENVER, Colo. (KDVR) -- Denver Public Schools' Black Family Advisory Council plans on asking questions about the district’s use of school resource officers.The council wants to make sure students of color, especially Black students, are not mistreated by SROs who are currently in schools. The group also wants to have a say in what a safety plan looks like in the future. Former principal, secretary accused of embezzling $100,000 from high school When school resource officers were put back in Denver Public Schools after the recent shooting at East High, the Black Family Advisory Council knew it would be asking a lot of questions.“We want to create a plan and some policies and procedures so that our kids are safe while these SROs are in our schools,” council chair Tiffany Grays said.The council says it’s ready to collaborate to make sure students are safe and protected from officers who might mistreat them.“We as a community as a whole haven’t had any answers about: What are SROs do...