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Review: Steel town blues pack a wallop in Center Rep play

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

There’s a lot of humor in Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat,” but it packs a truly devastating wallop, and Center Repertory Company’s production at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts doesn’t pull any punches.Set mostly in 2000 with framing sequences in 2008, “Sweat” explores the human cost of the collapse of U.S. factory towns, with generations-long, union-protected jobs suddenly dissolving as work is shipped out of the country. The play almost all takes place in a bar where steelworkers hang out. Even the bartender worked on the factory floor for decades until a work-related injury took him out.Commissioned as part of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s “American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle,” “Sweat” premiered at OSF in 2015 and went on to hit runs off- and on Broadway. It won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making Nottage the only woman so far to have won two drama Pulitzers. (She won the first in 2009 for “Ruined,” which played Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2011.) Americ...

READ: Trump indictment and statement of facts related to hush money payment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in an indictment unsealed Tuesday.Indictment: View this document on ScribdStatement of facts: View this document on ScribdRead the indictment and statement of facts here.The-CNN-Wire & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

Puppy found stuffed in garbage bag in Santa Cruz County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) -- Someone stuffed a golden retriever puppy into a plastic garbage bag and dumped it on the side of Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County, deputies said. The puppy was found by a passing motorist under Highway 1's Buena Vista Road overpass just south of Aptos on March 26. "The animal showed evidence of abuse and was stuffed into a plastic garbage bag before being left on the side of the road," the Sheriff's Office wrote. The 4-month-old puppy was still alive, and severely injured, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. A California Highway Patrol sergeant transported the puppy, named "Cheddar," to a veterinary hospital.This week, sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help to identify who was responsible for this case of "horrific" animal abuse.The abandoned puppy was found wearing this collar. (Image courtesy SCCSO) The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office and Santa Cruz County Animal Services are asking for any information related to this in...

Alameda police ask public to avoid Otis and Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

(KRON) -- The Alameda Police Department is asking the public to avoid the area of Otis Drive and Park Street due to police activity. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Rendon suspended 4 games for altercation with A's fan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

(KRON) -- MLB handed down discipline to Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon after he got into an altercation with an A's fan Thursday night in Oakland. Rendon was suspended for four games and fined an undisclosed amount. The suspension was originally five games, and MLB reduced it to four after Rendon appealed the suspension. Video of the incident shows Rendon, 32, grabbing the fan by his shirt and accusing the fan of calling him a "b****." Video also shows him call the fan a "motherf****r." Before walking into the clubhouse, Rendon took a swing at the fan with his left arm. He did not connect. Klay Thomspon pays visit to SF rec center, plays pickup with kids The Oakland Police Department confirmed to KRON4 that it is investigating the altercation as battery. Rendon declined to comment on the incident when asked about it on Saturday.The Los Angeles Times reported that Rendon is appealing his suspension. He will begin serving a suspension when the matter is resolved, ML...

Ukrainian soldier accused of killing civilian goes on trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

A Ukrainian soldier on trial before a Russian military court on charges including murder and mistreatment of civilians pleaded “partially guilty” as the proceedings began Tuesday in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.Anton Cherednik was accused of stopping two Mariupol men in March 2022, ordering them to lie on the ground and demanding that they say a phrase in Ukrainian, according to the Russian Investigative Committee. When one of them didn’t pronounce it correctly, Cherednik killed him, the investigators said. The other victim escaped.Cherednik’s lawyer, Vladimir Bakulov, said his client had pleaded guilty during the preliminary investigation but “now stated that he pleads partially guilty.” He did not explain why, but said he would talk with the defendant and “determine the line of defense.”The court plans to start questioning witnesses next week.Source

Ex-US Rep. Sarasin dies at 88; headed historical society

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ronald Sarasin, a three-term Republican congressman from Connecticut in the 1970s who later went on to lead the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, has died. He was 88.Sarasin died at his home in McLean, Virginia, on March 27, according to an obituary prepared by his family that did not disclose a cause of death.Sarasin, who was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and grew up in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, was first elected to the U.S. House in 1972 and was re-elected in 1974 and 1976, representing the 5th District in western Connecticut.In 1978, he won the Republican nomination for governor but lost the election to Democrat Ella Grasso.Sarasin previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973. After serving in the Navy in the 1950s, he went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut and its law school.After leaving politics, Sarasin was the chief lobbyist for the National Restaurant Association and later president and CEO of the...

Italian Open to award women equal prize money by 2025

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

ROME (AP) — The Italian Open plans to award women the same amount of prize money as men starting in 2025.When Iga Swiatek won last year’s tournament on the red clay of the Foro Italico, she earned less than half of what Novak Djokovic took home for his title.Swiatek received a check for 332,260 euros ($364,000) while Djokovic was paid 836,355 euros ($916,000).Billie Jean King has often said that she was moved to form the women’s pro circuit after earning $600 for her 1970 Italian Open title — while Ilie Nastase took home $3,500 for winning the men’s tournament the same year.“For the first time in history we have started the process that over three years will lead to equal prize money between the women’s and the men’s tournaments,” Italian tennis federation president Angelo Binaghi said Tuesday at the presentation for this season’s event, which will be held May 10-21.“We’re talking about 8 million euros (nearly $9 million) for each event,” Binaghi added. “We can make this big l...

Inter, Juventus Cup semi ends in scuffle after 1-1 draw

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

TURIN, Italy (AP) — The Italian Cup semifinal between Inter Milan and Juventus ended with a mass scuffle and three red cards following a 1-1 draw in the first leg on Tuesday.After Romelu Lukaku converted a penalty in stoppage time to equalize for Inter, the Belgium striker picked up his second yellow card for apparently taunting the crowd.Juan Cuadrado, who had put Juventus ahead in the 83rd, and Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic were also shown red cards as they clashed after the final whistle, with players from both teams then getting involved as they tried to separate the two.“It’s nothing, just a bit of chaos at the end of a balanced game,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “We knew it would be difficult. Although they were coming off a difficult period, they are still Inter and proved it tonight.”Lukaku, Cuadrado and Handanovic should all miss the second leg on April 26.Last-place Serie A club Cremonese hosts Fiorentina in the other semifinal on Wednesday.The resu...

Teenagers lead Brighton to 2-0 win and 6th place in EPL

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:54 GMT

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Teenage strikers scored Brighton’s goals in a 2-0 Premier League win over Bournemouth that boosted the team’s European aspirations on Tuesday.Ireland international Evan Ferguson, 18, stylishly flicked home Kaoru Mitoma’s low cross in the 28th minute to set Brighton on course for a win that moved the team up to sixth place and four points off the Champions League spots.Substitute Julio Enciso, a 19-year-old Paraguayan, secured victory for the Seagulls in stoppage time with his first goal for the club as he cut inside a defender and slotted home a finish from close range.Hamed Traore squandered a first-half opportunity to equalize for Bournemouth, which slipped into the relegation zone on goal difference.The win for Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton was tempered slightly by influential midfielder Moises Caicedo limping off 10 minutes from time with an apparent ankle injury. The team has not lost on the road since Oct. 22 and has only one defeat in 202...