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Woman working for Alameda County juvenile center accused of sex acts with teen

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

(BCN) -- A juvenile institutional officer in the Alameda County Probation Department has been accused of sex acts with a teenager that occurred more than 17 years ago. Nicole Perales, 50, faces charges including oral copulation with a boy who was 15 at the time, the District Attorney's Office said in a statement Friday. Perales allegedly met the boy in custody at the Alameda Juvenile Justice Center. The acts purportedly took place between Aug. 27, 2004, and Aug. 26, 2005. Brewers’ Adames hospitalized after being hit by line drive in dugout against Giants If convicted, Perales could face up to three years and eight months behind bars, according to the district attorney's statement. The statement said the case involved the prosecutor's Public Accountability Unit, created by District Attorney Pamela Price in January. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Oklahoma ties Division I softball mark with 47th straight win, topping Clemson in super regionals

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Haley Lee’s grand slam helped put Oklahoma in the history books.The Sooners matched the longest winning ever in Division I softball, claiming their 47th straight victory with a 9-2 win over Clemson on Friday in super regional play. Oklahoma tied Arizona’s run that started in 1996 and stretched into the 1997 season.Oklahoma (55-1) handled Clemson pitcher Valerie Cagle — one of three finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Cagle gave up eight runs on seven hits in four innings.Top-seeded Oklahoma can gain sole possession of the record with a win over the 16th-seeded Tigers on Saturday. A victory also would send the two-time defending national champion Sooners back to the Women’s College World Series. A Clemson win would force a winner-take-all game on Sunday.Oklahoma, which entered the super regional leading the nation in fielding percentage, committed two errors in the fifth. Clemson scored two runs in the inning and loaded the bases with ...

Wave, Thorns score last-minute goals, play to draw in NWSL

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

The San Diego Wave and Portland Thorns exchanged goals in the final minutes and played to a 1-1 draw in the National Women’s Soccer League on Friday night. The match was played in front of 18,130 fans at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego.Sofia Jakobsson ran onto Jaedyn Shaw’s long pass and tried to slip the ball around goalkeeper Bella Bixby, who blocked it. The rebound went to Jakobsson, who capitalized on her second chance in the 86th minute. On Portland’s 10th corner kick of the game, rookie Reyna Reyes scored her first professional goal on a header from the far post in the 90th minute. Sam Coffey earned the assist. The Thorns (4-1-4) finished with 28 shots, while San Diego goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan made seven saves. The draw keeps San Diego (5-3-1) even with Portland atop the NWSL standings. DASH 2, CURRENT 0Diana Ordonez scored late in the first half and Houston went on to beat Kansas City.Ally Prisock added a second goal for the Dash in front of 9,897 fans at ...

Soler homers in 4th straight game, powers Marlins to 6-2 victory over Angels

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jorge Soler homered for the fourth straight game and the Miami Marlins snapped the Angels’ four-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory Friday night over Los Angeles.Bryan De La Cruz had four hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Miami improved to 3-5 on its 10-game trip. Jesús Luzardo (4-3) allowed one run in five innings and struck out seven.Mike Trout had an RBI single, Brandon Drury homered and Gio Urshela had three hits for the Angels.Soler became the first Marlins player in six years to homer in four consecutive games with a solo shot in the third. The outfielder crushed a changeup down the middle by Reid Detmers (0-4) a projected 425 feet over the batter’s-eye hedges in center field to extend Miami’s lead to 3-0.The longest homer streak in the majors this season is five games, shared by the Cubs’ Christopher Morel and Cardinals’ Nolan Arenado.Soler is second in the majors with 16 home runs. He has 11 in ...

Hunter Brown strikes out career-best 10, Astros send A’s to worst 53-game start since 1901

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Kotsay will keep searching for the small bright spots as his Oakland Athletics stumble day after day, making sure they maintain their fight. He will celebrate a defensive play here, an at-bat there, a big catch or mighty throw.Hunter Brown struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings and retired 16 straight during one stretch, Corey Julks drove in three runs and the Houston Astros bounced back from being shut out the two previous games to beat the A’s 5-2 on Friday night.Oakland (10-43) now owns the worst 53-game start since 1901. The 1932 Red Sox won their 53rd game to move to 11-42, then lost the next eight and 13 of 14.“This start can test your character, for sure,” said Kotsay, Oakland’s second-year manager. “If we sit here and dwell on the negatives, there’s no chance for us to turn this thing around. Focusing on the positives through a difficult time, it’s not fake because there are positives. The more we can continue in th...

Suspenden la búsqueda de un joven que cayó de un barco en las Bahamas mientras celebraba su graduación

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

(CNN) — Las labores de búsqueda de un joven de 18 años graduado en un instituto de Luisiana que cayó por la borda de una embarcación en las Bahamas esta semana fueron suspendidas, informó el viernes la Guardia Costera estadounidense, citando al ejército del país.Cameron Robbins estaba de viaje de fin de curso tras graduarse en la University High Lab School de Baton Rouge cuando se cayó de la embarcación el miércoles por la noche, según informó a CNN una portavoz de la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana.La Real Fuerza de Defensa de las Bahamas, que había estado buscándolo, comunicó el viernes a los guardacostas estadounidenses que suspendía las labores de búsqueda activa y que no era necesaria más ayuda de los guardacostas, informó la institución estadounidense.Los guardacostas estadounidenses habían colaborado en la búsqueda desde el miércoles hasta el viernes por la noche.“Ofrecemos nuestras más sinceras condolencias a la familia y amigos de Cameron Robbins”, declaró...

Ogunbowale scores 26, Sabally has 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as Wings beat Storm 95-91

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale had 26 points and six assists, Satou Sabally added 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists and the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 95-91 Friday night. Dallas is 2-0 for the first time since 2007, when the franchise was known as the Detroit Shock — two relocations ago (the organization moved to Tulsa from 2010-15). Crystal Dangerfield scored 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting and Natasha Howard had 16 points, nine rebounds, five steals and four blocks for Dallas.Kia Nurse hit a 3-pointer, Jewell Loyd made back-to-back jumpers and Nurse added another 3 in a 10-2 run that trimmed Seattle’s deficit to 93-91 with 1:08 to play. Howard was called for an offensive foul a few seconds later but the Storm missed the only shot they attempted from there. The Wings forced a shot-clock violation 29 seconds left and, after Dangerfield missed a 3-point shot on the other end, Sabally’s offensive rebound and putback made capped the scoring with 4.1 seconds left. Loyd scor...

Sale stars again on mound, Red Sox snap skid by beating Diamondbacks 7-2

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Sale threw five strong innings, Kiké Hernández smacked a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on Friday night.It was Sale’s fourth consecutive impressive outing, raising hope that the veteran right-hander is ready to bounce back after four injury-filled seasons. The 34-year-old gave up one run on four hits while striking out three and walking one.After a rough first few starts this season, the seven-time All-Star is now 5-2 with a 4.72 ERA.The Red Sox jumped ahead 3-0 in the second. Rookie Triston Casas and Connor Wong both hit run-scoring doubles while Raimel Tapia drove home the third run with a single through the right side.Boston went up 5-0 on Hernández’s two-run homer into the left-center seats in the fourth. The Red Sox finished with 14 hits, including three each for Alex Verdugo and Casas.It was another mediocre outing from D-backs rookie Brandon Pfaadt (0-2), who gave ...

Washington beats Louisiana 8-0 in 5 innings to open super regional

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Sydney Stewart and No. 9 hitter Rylee Holtorf hit two-run homers in a five-run fourth inning and Washington beat Louisiana 8-0 in five innings on Friday night in Game 1 of the best-of-3 Seattle Super Regional.SilentRain Espinoza hit a ground-rule double to drive in the first run of the game and Stewart and Holtorf homered to cap the rally as the Huskies (42-13), ranked sixth in the coaches poll, took a 5-0 lead. Alana Johnson delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth and Holtorf singled in Johnson for the mercy-rule victory.Ruby Meylan (18-5) allowed two hits and four walks, striking out seven in the complete-game win.Sam Landry took the loss for Louisiana (50-15). She allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. The Huskies tagged reliever Chloe Riassetto for five runs — four earned — in 1 1/3 innings.The super regional winner advances to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Washington can eliminate the Ra...

Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:22:44 GMT

RENK, South Sudan (AP) — Tens of thousands of exhausted people are heading home to the world’s youngest country as they flee a brutal conflict in neighboring Sudan.There’s a bottleneck of men, women and children camping near the dusty border of Sudan and South Sudan and the international community and the government are worried about a prolonged conflict. Fighting between Sudan’s military and a rival militia killed at least 863 civilians in Sudan before a seven-day ceasefire began Monday night. Many in South Sudan are concerned about what could happen if the fighting next door continues. “After escaping danger there’s more violence,” said South Sudanese Alwel Ngok, sitting on the ground outside a church. “There’s no food, no shelter, we’re totally stranded, and I’m very tired and need to leave,” she said.Ngok thought she’d be safe returning home after fleeing clashes in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, where she watched three of her relatives killed. She and her five chi...