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1+ hour, 55+ min ago (527+ words) Suns guard Dillon Brooks attempted to appear contrite as he described his late-game flagrant foul on Steph Curry." But wearing an oversized leather jacket and wraparound sunglasses while standing at his locker in Phoenix on Thursday night, the longtime Warriors antagonist hardly put on a convincing performance following the Suns 99-98 victory over the flailing Warriors." "I've got to do some soul searching. It's the second time, and I'll learn from it," Brooks said with the faintest sign of a smirk." When asked why he, after contesting Curry's shot in the corner with 38 seconds left, he decided to load up and swing his arm into the shooter's midsection long after the shot was released, Brooks' followed his reasoning with a joke." "I thought he was going to run and get the rebound, so I tried to stop him," Brooks said, before…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (174+ words) The Bay Area appears to be in for a stretch of rainy days. If the weather forecast holds, Thursday may be the last dry day the region sees for some time. In San Francisco, the public works department has sandbags at the ready for residents and businesses. "We have plenty of sandbags on hand," said Rachel Gordon with San Francisco Public Works. "Even if it looks like the supply is running low where people can pick them up, we've got plenty more close by that we will bring in if the supply starts to go down. You can get up to 10 sandbags." Public works is also in the process of making sure storm drains are clear. "When our cleaning crews are going through the city on their regular rounds, if they see leaves or small amounts of debris over the…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago (231+ words) The family pet, Hank, was grabbed by a man in The Castro and took off in a car San Francisco police announced Thursday officers arrested a man who allegedly stole a French bulldog named Hank in San Francisco earlier this month. The police department reported they arrested 44-year-old Dante Shaw of Oakland. Shaw was accused of felony grand theft and booked in the San Francisco County Jail. According to authorities, Shaw's arrest comes after a person reported to police on Dec. 10 that his dog, a 4-year-old French bulldog named Hank, was stolen off the sidewalk. Through the course of the investigation, police identified Shaw as the suspect and the lead investigator developed probable cause to obtain a search warrant for his vehicle, according to the police department. On Wednesday, officers found Shaw's vehicle in the area of San Carlos Avenue…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago (441+ words) SAN JOSE " The San Jose Sharks have created some excitement in recent weeks, enough to believe that they can make a run at their first playoff appearance since 2019. That's the good news. The other part of that equation is that if the Sharks make the postseason, they'll likely have to face an elite team like the Dallas Stars in the first round. The Sharks hung around the Stars on Thursday, but an egregious puck-handling error by goalie Alex Nedeljkovic that led to a Dallas goal proved to be the difference in a 5-3 loss before an announced crowd of 15,808 at SAP Center. The Sharks trailed by two when Macklin Celebrini won a faceoff in the Stars' zone and later sent a shot to the front of the net, where Collin Graf scored his seventh of the season on a second effort…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago (296+ words) SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO " A man who was shot during a confrontation with officers last week in South San Francisco has been identified as 28-year-old Luis Francisco-Manzo, police said. Francisco-Manzo is recovering from his injuries at an area hospital, according to the South San Francisco Police Department. Police on Thursday also identified the two officers who shot Francisco-Manzo as Brendan Hart and Martin Corona, as well as released footage of the shooting. Hart and Corona have eight and four-and-a-half years of experience, respectively, with the agency. Officers were called to a residence in the 900 block of Sandra Court around 5:10 a.m. on Dec. 8 by Francisco-Manzo's mother, who said her son had taken drugs and was talking about killing himself, police said. He also had a knife, according to his mother. Body-worn cameras captured Francisco-Manzo exiting an apartment at the end of a long…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago (502+ words) DUBLIN " Earlier this year, the Trump administration probed potentially'reopening Dublin's former women's prison as a detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week, dozens of local residents turned out to say they don't want it. Before Dublin city councilmembers unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday opposing the reopening of the federal prison for use by ICE, they heard from a long line of community members expressing their adamant opposition to any plan from the government that would reopen the facility for use in the Trump administration's aggressive immigration crackdown. Stacy Suh, program director for the Detention Watch Network, said there is a dark irony in an ICE detention center being proposed for the site. "FCI Dublin was shut down because of the powerful survivor-led advocacy by incarcerated women who were subjected to systemic sexual abuse, as well as crumbling…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago (233+ words) FILE " In this July 21, 2020 file photo, a man opens social media app "TikTok" on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File) Half of the new TikTok U.S. joint venture will be owned by a consortium of investors " among them Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX will each hold a 15% share. Another 30.1% will be held by affiliates of existing ByteDance investors and 19.9% will be retained by the China-based ByteDance, according to the memo. [Two big office buildings in downtown Sunnyvale now completely full] [OpenAI inks deals with colleges, seizing early lead in education market] [Tesla drivers are buying escape tools and cars to avoid getting trapped inside] [Tesla's "Musk premium' in focus with SpaceX IPO on the horizon] [Micron jumps on rosy outlook as AI boom spurs memory chip demand] The U.S. venture will have a new, seven-member majority-American board…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago (828+ words) By Kimberlee Kruesi, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker | Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. " A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit, officials said. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said at a news conference. Perez said as far as investigators know, the suspect acted alone. Investigators believe Valente is responsible for both the shooting at Brown and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was fatally shot in his Brookline home Monday, U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Leah B. Foley said. Two people were killed and nine were wounded in the mass shooting Saturday at Brown University....

4+ hour, 34+ min ago (437+ words) Giants ace Logan Webb will finally get his opportunity to pitch for Team USA this spring. Former Giants infielder Mark DeRosa is the manager, and former Yankees and Astros star Andy Pettitte is the pitching coach, for Team USA, which will begin pool play March 6 against Brazil. The championship game is March 17 at Miami's loanDepot Park. The WBC, a 20-nation tournament that debuted in 2006, is in its sixth incarnation. Buster Posey, the former Giants catcher turned president of baseball operations, helped Team USA' win its first gold medal in the tournament in 2017. Japan is the reigning champion and has won the WBC three times, including the first two. Webb's participation in the 2026 edition had been up for discussion because the WBC runs during spring training and requires players to alter their typical pre-season routines. Earlier this month at the Winter…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago (104+ words) SAN JOSE " At least three cars were torched early Thursday in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood, according to authorities. The San Jose Fire Department said the fires happened between 5:30 and 6 a.m. in the 800 block of Curtner Avenue, 2400 block of Lincoln Avenue and 2000 block of Johnston Avenue. No one was injured, according to authorities. The fire department said its arson unit is investigating the trio of blazes in coordination with the San Jose Police Department. No arrests were announced Thursday. Anyone with information related to the case can contact the arson tip line at 408-272-7766....