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Five for Father’s Day 2023: Kicks, Cars, Figures and Frames

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

It’s safe to say that moms milk Mother’s Day more than dads do Father’s Day… But our pops’ deserve thoughtful celebration, too. Every year our culture department seeks out last minute gifts and dad-themed fun with Angelenos in mind for the day of dads. (See last year’s list here). Here’s our recs for 2023: View this post on InstagramA post shared by Sir Collect-a-Lot Toys (@sircollectalot)When the pandemic exploded and the furloughs hit, it forced people like Miles McAlpin to get creative. Making bootleg action figures was a hobby he enjoyed that turned into a business as Sir Collect A Lot.  Sculpting clay onto old toys and repainting them, then creating clever packaging referencing pop culture, he made figures that nichey collectors simply had to have. As the business grew, he never went back to his old job, even after the worst of COVID was behind us.These days he works with Dov Kelemer of DKE toys in Los Angeles on commissioned work and limited runs of fu...

Hall of Fame tackle, ex-Oakland Raider dies at 81

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

Bob Brown, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a stellar 10-year NFL career as a tackle, including three seasons with the Raiders in the early 1970s, died Friday evening in Oakland. He was 81.Brown’s wife, Cecelia, said her husband died peacefully at a rehabilitation center surrounded by family and friends. Brown, enshrined in the Hall in 2004 by his son, Robert Jr., was admitted to the center after he suffered a stroke in April.“On the field, he was as fierce an opponent as any defensive lineman or linebacker ever faced. He used every tactic and technique – and sometimes brute force – to crush the will of the person across the line from him. And took great pride in doing so,” Pro Football Hall of Fame President Jim Porter said in a statement. “Yet off the field, he demonstrated a quiet, soft-spoken, and caring nature.“The Hall extends its thoughts and prayers to CeeCee and Robert Jr. for their loss.”Brown, an All-American guard at Nebraska who was voted colleg...

College baseball World Series: Stanford’s upset bid vs. top-seeded Wake Forest falls just short

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. — Sanford was five outs away from stunning No. 1 national seed Wake Forest when the Demon Deacons’ powerful offense come to life just enough to hand the Cardinal a 3-2 loss in their opening game at the College World Series on Saturday.Stanford (44-19) led 2-1 before Danny Corona hit a go-ahead two-run single with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Demon Deacons’ first CWS appearance in 68 years.Stanford pays the loser on Saturday night’s game between LSU and Tennessee on Monday. The Deacons (53-10) will play Monday against the winner.The game was delayed for 1 hour and 28 minutes in the seventh inning because of storms in the area.Due to a lightning strike nearby, the game is delayed in the seventh inning as Stanford plays against Wake Forest in a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz) For four innings, Stanford starter Joey Dixon held down an offense tha...

PG&E power outage hits East Bay and triggers some BART delays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

FREMONT — A PG&E power outage left several hundred people without electricity in Fremont on Saturday and also affected BART service in the vicinity, the transit agency and the utility company reported.BART reported 20-minute delays on the transit system’s Berryessa line in the East Bay and South Bay, as of 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.The PG&E outage center map showed the affected area was centered on Mowry Avenue and Guardino Drive in Fremont.“There is a 20-minute delay on the Berryessa Line in all directions due to a power outage in the surrounding area of Fremont station,” BART stated in a post.The Berryessa BART line’s stations include downtown Fremont, Fremont Warm Springs, Milpitas and the San Jose Berryessa station.It wasn’t immediately known what was the cause of the PG&E power outage or when electricity service might be restored.The precise number of customers affected wasn’t immediately known. PG&E’s outage map, howe...

Amy Yang takes the Meijer LPGA Classic lead with her third straight 67

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — Amy Yang birdied all five par 5s at Blythefield and shot her third straight 5-under 67 to take the third-round lead Saturday in the Meijer LPGA Classic.Yang rebounded from bogeys on the par-3 11th and 13th to birdie the par-5 14th, par-4 17th and par-5 18th to reach 15-under 201 on the tree-lined course.“All week my ball-striking has been really good,” Yang said. “I was giving myself good chances out there. I was a little bit off with putting speed during the round, made a couple mistakes, but I tried to stay patient and just keep trying throughout the round.”The 33-year-old Yang has won all four of her LPGA Tour titles in Asia — the LPGA KEB-HanaBank in 2013 in her native South Korea and the Honda LPGA Thailand in 2015, 2017 and 2019.The Grand Rapids-area event is the final tournament before the major KPMG Women’s PGA next week at Baltusrol and the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach on July 6-9.“I know KPMG is coming and another two weeks after that U.S. ...

Wake Forest offense arrives in time to produce a 3-2 win over Stanford in the College World Series

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Danny Corona hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning to roust a dormant Wake Forest offense, and the Demon Deacons opened their first College World Series in 68 years with a 3-2 win over Stanford on Saturday.The No. 1 national seed Deacons were held to three hits and one run before storms in the area caused a 1-hour, 28-minute delay in the seventh inning.When play resumed, the Deacons were able to squeeze out enough production to win their first game in Omaha since they won the national championship here in 1955.Wake Forest turned a double play to end the game, prompting closer Camden Minacci to pump both of his fists and do a little dance in front of the mound while infielders did jumping chest bumps.The Deacons (53-10) will play Monday against the winner of the Saturday night game between LSU and Tennessee. Stanford (44-19) plays the loser Monday.Seth Keener (8-1), the third of four Wake Forest pitchers, struck out four of the five batters he faced an...

Jung, Heim hit back-to-back homers, García shines in field as Rangers beat Jays 4-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Jung and Jonah Heim hit back-to-back homers, Adolis García had his MLB-leading 10th outfield assist among three defensive gems and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday.Corey Seager also homered, his 10th on a solo shot in the seventh, as the AL West-leading Rangers won for just the third time in 10 games.The rookie Jung’s two-run homer put the Rangers in front in the second inning after García walked, and Heim made it 3-1 seven pitches later off Trevor Richards in a bullpen game for Toronto.Jung, the AL rookie leader with 42 RBIs, had another two-run shot to the opposite field in right overturned on review in the fourth when replay showed the ball barely clearing the fence just outside the foul pole.García threw out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at the plate to end the first after Guerrero’s RBI single put the Blue Jays ahead.The Texas right fielder made a leaping catch on the warning track on a liner from George Springer to e...

Colorado man wins 7th Mount Washington Road Race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — A Colorado runner raced through cold drizzle to the summit of New England's tallest peak, finding a finish line nearly obscured by fog, to win the Mount Washington Road Race on Saturday.Joseph Gray, 39 of Colorado Springs, won for a record-tying seventh time in a time of 1 hour, 24 seconds, followed by Sam Chelanga, 38, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Tyler Andrews, 33, of Concord, Massachusetts. Bear gets inside home and ‘hangs out’ Amber Ferreira, 41, of Concord, New Hampshire, finished with a time of 1:15:16 to win the women's division, followed by Marybeth Chelanga, 33, of Colorado Springs, and Meghan Davis, 22, from Plainfield, Massachusetts. The Chelangas are husband and wife.The 7.6-mile (12.2-kilometer) race route was drizzly, and thick fog enveloped the mountain above the tree line. Visibility was about 10 feet (3 meters) and the wind chill was about 32 degrees Fahrenheit, race spokesperson Randy Zucco said.With a 6,288-foot (1,917-meter) sum...

Crews repair AC system at Broward Health Medical Center after malfunction leads to patient evacuations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

A South Florida hospital was dealing with a dangerous cooling problem this weekend.Broward Health Medical Center was forced to act fast on Saturday to repair its air conditioning system.Some patients were evacuated, and first responders transported new patients to other hospitals, while workers at the medical center were able to make repairs and expedite cooling throughout the building.

FBI: 2 male suspects at-large, rob Frankfort bank

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:51:46 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ill. — Two male suspects are at-large after robbing a bank in Frankfort Saturday afternoon, according to the FBI.Federal officials told WGN they responded to a bank robbery around 12:55 p.m. at the BMO Harris Bank found at 19500 South Harlem Avenue.BMO Harris Frankfort bank robbery suspects (Courtesy: FBI - Chicago Field Office)The FBI describes the suspects as being two Black males armed with handguns, who were wearing dark clothing and hoodies with face masks and gloves. No injuries were reported from the incident. FBI: 2 male suspects at-large after bank robbery in Matteson It is unclear how much money the two suspects may have taken from the bank in this incident.No further information is available at this time.Anyone with information that may be able to aid the FBI in the investigation of this incident can report tips to the FBI at 312-421-6700, or online at tips.fbi.gov.