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Gallagher Square at Petco Park to get $20 million makeover

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A new $20 million renovation plan is warming-up in the Padres' bullpen to transform Gallagher Square at Petco Park to celebrate the stadium's 20th anniversary. The new remodel, announced in a press release Sunday, will revitalize the section of the park by bringing enhanced amenities that build on what the Padres described as the team's commitment to delivering "More than a Ballpark" to San Diegans."This is worth the investment because it’s all about San Diego," one Padres fan, Humberto Estrada, said of the new plans. "I'm born and raised here I would love for my city to just grow. SD Wave players meet with all-female pilot squadron set to flyover game Highlighted amenities coming to Gallagher Square include:A new playground and play area with equipment for a wider range of age groups and abilities.Fenced, off-leash dog park.An Improved "Play Ball" Field.Temporary Pickleball courts.Public art displays showcasing the talents of local artists.Enhanced noise mitigation m...

Family of Quebec woman slain in 2017 suing police, says negligence led to killing

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

MONTREAL — The family of a Quebec woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend has filed a lawsuit against the local police department alleging that officers failed to follow basic standards, directly leading to her death. Daphné Huard-Boudreault, 18, was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Anthony Pratte-Lops, in March, 2017, as she attempted to retrieve items she had left at his Mont-St-Hilaire, Que., apartment.A police officer had said she would accompany Huard-Boudreault to the apartment, but arrived after Huard-Boudreault was already dead.The lawsuit, filed in Quebec Superior Court, alleges that was the last in a series of failures by police officers on the day of the killing.“According to the family, the police officers directly involved downplayed the seriousness of her ex-partner’s behaviour and failed to take numerous elements into account in order to evaluate how dangerous the situation was, including the fact that Daphné had been subjected to severe harassment by her ex-partner...

'His presence is going to last a lifetime': Former teammates honor Lake Bluff man who drowned in Alaska mud flats

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

LAKE BLUFF, Ill. — North suburban Lake Forest and Lake Bluff came together in grief as hundreds of people attended a memorial service Sunday in honor of Zachary Porter. The highly-regarded 20-year-old Lake Bluff college student drowned in an Alaska mud flat a week ago. Among the many seeking to honor Porter's memory were his former teammates from the Lake Forest varsity baseball team.  A memorial service was held in honor of 20-year-old Lake Bluff on Sunday, May 28, 2023. (Photo/Provided)The team, with only the sixth-best record in the conference, won a regional championship with a series of stirring come-from-behind victories.  "We're not just playing for us. We're playing for a bigger reason, a higher power," said Lake Forest High School student Sam Larson, who along with his teammates, enjoyed an improbable post-season run. RELATED | ‘He was the best in all of us:’ Family to establish foundation in memory of son who drowned in Alaska mud flatsThe Scouts captur...

Thousands hit the Lakefront as CPD mans patrols, bag checks for public safety on Memorial Day

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicagoans took to Lakefront beaches in droves on Memorial Day, as the Chicago Police Department manned patrols and bag checks, emphasizing public safety on the national holiday.“We knew that there was gonna be police officers here," said Emmanuel Herrera, a beach-goer at North Avenue Beach Monday. "We felt safe. We come here all the time.” Memorial Day commemoration held in Grant Park According to police, at least two arrests have been made so far at North Avenue Beach on Memorial Day, including one where a juvenile was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon after he was caught with a gun at the beach.The added emphasis from CPD comes three days after an incident where they said a fight broke out with at least one shot being fired among a group of 80 teens the day of beaches opening across Chicago.Police said no one was injured during the incident and at least two people were taken into custody, including a juvenile.“We didn’t hear too much about it, but we did hear tha...

Police: 17-year-old shot after opening front door of South Side home

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

CHICAGO -- A 17-year-old high school baseball player was shot after opening the front door of his Jeffery Manor home Friday night.According to the Chicago Police Department, the 17-year-old opened his front door on the 9700 block of South Merrill Avenue in Chicago's Jeffery Manor neighborhood just before 10:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26. Two 2-years-olds among 48 shot across Chicago over holiday weekend The teen's father, South Shore father and youth leader LaVonte Stewart, said his son was shot after they ordered food to their home. The teen reportedly heard shots and felt pain after opening the front door of his Jeffery Manor home. He then realized he had sustained a gunshot wound to the upper left thigh and was transported to the University of Chicago Hospital. The teen was admitted in good condition.No one has been taken into custody at this time. The investigation is ongoing. Owner says French bulldog stolen at gunpoint on Northwest Side is now safe Stewert works hard to keep k...

Colorado Mammoth dominate Buffalo Bandits, send NLL Finals to decisive Game 3

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

The Colorado Mammoth’s path to the NLL championship will end in Buffalo — again.For the second straight year, the Mammoth forced a decisive Game 3 in the NLL Finals after manhandling the top-seeded Buffalo Bandits in a 16-10 victory Monday afternoon inside Ball Arena.And, for the second straight year, the defending NLL champion Mammoth will have to finish the best-of-three series off in hostile territory. Game 3 is 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Buffalo on ESPN+.Ryan Lee scored a hat trick before halftime, and the Mammoth netted 10 goals between the second and third quarters to claim a decisive Game 2 victory before a rowdy, towel-waving crowd in downtown Denver.Lee finished with the game with four goals and three assists, while Eli McLaughlin (three goals, four assists) and Connor Robinson (three goals, two assists) produced hat tricks of their own against an outgunned Buffalo defense.The Mammoth outshot the Bandits 59-48, finished 6 of 12 on the power play, and gave Buffalo a m...

Iconic Nickel Diner in Skid Row closes doors after 15 years

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

A famed downtown Los Angeles diner known for its decadent doughnuts and hearty entrees has closed its doors permanently.Nickel Diner, located at 524 S. Main St., held its last day of business on Sunday, bringing an end to 15 years of service to the downtown community.Owners Kristen Trattner and Monica May announced the restaurant's closure earlier this month in an instagram post. They cited "rising costs, a crowded food scene, [and] the changing nature of downtown" as insurmountable challenges that led the business to close.The 1940s-style diner was known for its eclectic interior design, as well as its popular maple bacon doughnut, specialty macaroni and cheese entrees, and fried catfish. The Nickel Diner was opened in 2008 following the Great Recession, Trattner and May said. It opened in a decrepit building that was once part of a downtown opera house. The previous tenant was a taco shop that was under investigation by the City Attorney's Office on allegations of being a front fo...

Authorities are investigating false reports of an active shooter at Ontario Mills Mall

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

Reports of an active shooter at the Ontario Mills Mall on Monday turned out to be false, according to Chief Mike Lorenz of the Ontario Police Department.The Ontario Police Department, around 2 p.m., tweeted out that police officers were arriving at the mall following “reports of a disturbance” and asked those in the nearby vicinity to avoid the area.Reports of an active shooter quickly began circulating online, but those claims were proven to be false.“It has been determined that there was no gun or shots fired. We will continue to investigate the false claims and hold those persons accountable. The Ontario Mills Mall is safe and has resumed business as normal,” the police department shared on Twitter.A similar incident happened last year at the Ontario Mills Mall. Authorities quickly determined that those reports were false as well.

Letters: Fuel from trash | Thin report | Long-term solutions | Distorting solution | Welcome laughs | Solving debt crisis

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Fuel from trash alonewon’t halt climate crisisRe: “Could your trash create a clean fuel future? City landfill plan says yes” (Page B1, May 22).The May 22 article on the use of landfill to provide hydrogen highlights another new technology that can help combat climate change. This technology not only provides syngas to power fuel cells that make electricity, but it also captures methane from the landfill that would otherwise be released as a potent greenhouse gas. Supposedly, that’s why the technology is said to be carbon-negative, not just carbon-neutral.All of these new ideas have merit as we struggle to find effective ways to combat climate change. But given the urgency of climate change, a small project here and another project there, while helpful, doesn’t move the needle enough to get where we need to be.To have a chance to get to carbon neutrality worldwide, we need a fee on carbo...

Medal of Honor recipient’s remains finally head home

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:36 GMT

By Russ Bynum | Associated PressSAVANNAH, Ga. — Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment made a desperate retreat as North Korean troops closed in around them. A wounded, 18-year-old Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story feared his injuries would slow down his company, so he stayed behind to cover their withdrawal.Story’s actions in the Korean War on Sept. 1, 1950, would ensure he was remembered. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor, which is now displayed alongside his portrait at the National Infantry Museum, an hour’s drive from his hometown of Americus, Georgia.But Story was never seen alive again, and his resting place long remained a mystery.“In my family, we always believed that he would never be found,” said Judy Wade, Story’s niece and closest surviving relative.That changed in April when the U.S. military revealed lab tests had matched DNA from Wade and her late mother to bones of an unidentified American soldier...