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Mountain West power ratings: Wyoming is the new No. 1 after toppling Fresno State

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

Last season, the Hotline published weekly ‘Best of the West’ power ratings that considered not only Pac-12 teams but those in the Mountain West and Brigham Young. The exercise was so popular that we’re adding a MW-specific column to our array of offerings this season.(All times Pacific)1. Wyoming (5-1/2-0)Last week: 3Result: beat Fresno State 24-19Next up: at Air Force (4 p.m. on CBS Sports Network)Comment: Perhaps it was Machiavelli, or maybe Nietzsche or Spinoza. But we’re pretty sure someone once scripted the following dictum: “He who deposes the king shall become the king … until encountering the triple option on hostile ground.”2. Fresno State (5-1/1-1)Last week: 1Result: lost at Wyoming 24-19Next up: at Utah State (Friday, 5 p.m. on CBS Sports Network)Comment: Mikey Keene’s fourth-quarter injury wasn’t the reason FSU finally lost. The 24-7 halftime deficit and Mikey Keene’s fourth-quarter injury are the reasons FSU finally lost.3. Air ...

San Ramon implements behavioral health emergency program

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District is implementing a new program that will “provide the right care at the right time” in response to behavioral health emergencies in the City of San Ramon, according to a recent statement from the SRVFPD. Officials said San Ramon Valley Fire and EMS resources will be able to respond to these types of incidents within seven minutes.The Fire First Response program announced on Oct. 5 was designed to improve 911 caller experience, improve patient outcomes and improve system-wide efficiency, SRVFPD said. Mental health specialist training was provided to over 200 fire personnel and San Ramon Police Department staff in the first phase of its implementation. This training emphasized de-escalation techniques, which would be provided when a patient is recognized to be experiencing a behavioral health crisis, officials said.In the second phase of implementing the program, the San Ramon Valley 911 center partnered with the Contra Costa Cris...

Bay Area restaurants imposing 'vomit fee' on Sunday brunch-goers

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Bottomless mimosas are fun, but drinking them until you hurl is never a good idea, and it could literally cost you $50. That's the fee some Bay Area restaurants are now charging for Sunday brunch diners who drink one too many mimosas and end up tossing their eggs benedict. Bay Area celebrity chef Michael Chiarello dies at 61 A sign posted at popular Oakland brunch spot, Kitchen Story, warns diners who indulge in any of the restaurant's five varieties of bottomless mimosas to "drink responsibly and know your limits." Otherwise, the sign warns, a $50 cleaning fee will be automatically added to the tab of any patron who throws up in a public area of the restaurant.Photo: Chris CulcasiKitchen Story isn't the only Bay Area restaurant cracking down on brunch-time vomiters. As reported in SFGate, Home Plate in San Francisco has implemented a similar policy with signs warning of a $50 "cleaning fee" for incidents resulting from intoxication.Some Bay Area restaurant...

Browns QB Deshaun Watson still dealing with shoulder injury that kept him out of game before bye

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson did not practice Monday as he continues to deal with a right shoulder injury that sidelined him for one game before the bye week.Watson remained inside the team’s facility while his teammates worked outdoors in their first practice following their bye. He unexpectedly missed the Oct. 1 game against Baltimore with a shoulder bruise sustained a week earlier against Tennessee.Browns coach Kevin Stefanski did not provide any new specifics about Watson’s injury on Monday.He also would not speculate if Watson, who has made just nine starts in two seasons with Cleveland, would be available for this week’s game against the San Francisco 49ers (5-0).“I know it’s a broken record, but really just treat it day by day,” Stefanski said. “He’s doing everything that he’s being asked to do and getting better.”The 28-year-old Watson had been expected to play against the Ravens despite being limited and not th...

CNBC: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. se postula a la presidencia como independiente, abandona la contienda demócrata

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

WASHINGTON – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dijo que abandonará su candidatura a la nominación presidencial demócrata y, en cambio, se postulará para la Casa Blanca como independiente.La medida de Kennedy, confirmada por NBC, aumenta las posibilidades de que sea un candidato saboteador en las elecciones de 2024.Kennedy anunció su ruptura con el Partido Demócrata nacional en un evento en Filadelfia el lunes.¿POR QUÉ LO ESTÁ HACIENDO?“¿Cómo vamos a ganarle a los intereses establecidos de Washington? No es siguiendo las reglas corruptas que los poderes corruptos y los intereses creados han manipulado para mantenernos esclavizados”, dijo Kennedy en un video publicado el viernes, previo a su “importante anuncio”.En el video, denunció lo que, según él, era “corrupción” en “los dirigentes de ambos partidos políticos”.Su difunto padre, el senador Robert Kennedy de Nueva York, y su difunto tío, el presidente John F. Kennedy, son íconos del Partido Demócrata. Encuesta: una gran mayoría e...

Washington West Film Festival returns to Virginia as the most altruistic film festival in the nation’s capital

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley previews the Washington West Film Fest (Part 1) $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Giving back is the most important thing that one can do in life — and no film festival does it better than the Washington West Film Festival, which returns to The Boro in Tysons, Virginia this weekend from Oct. 12-16.“We’re passionate about gathering together D.C.’s thought leaders, ...

Cowboys don’t look anywhere close to NFL’s elite after blowout loss to Niners

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Forget the fast starts and blowout victories early in the season for the Dallas Cowboys.With a healthy Dak Prescott, they have rarely, if ever, looked more out of touch with the NFL’s elite than they did in a 42-10 loss to San Francisco. Suddenly, the Cowboys take a rather ordinary 3-2 record into another trip to the West Coast, against the Los Angeles Chargers next Monday night.Two games after that, Dallas has to visit the team now two games up in the NFC East: defending NFC champion Philadelphia, which has the same 5-0 record as the 49ers.“I just had a quick reflection on the five games that we played in,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “It’s been a wide range of performance, as wide as a range that I could ever recall in a five-week period. The biggest thing is for us to be accountable. It was clearly humbling, but it is one game.”But a potentially damaging loss.McCarthy has just one loss that was worse in a 17-year head coaching career. Prescott has never been bl...

CBI sets up tip line for Suzanne Morphew investigation

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has set up a tip line dedicated to the Suzanne Morphew investigation.The public is asked to report any information about the case either by emailing [email protected] or calling 719-312-7530.Morphew disappeared on Mother's Day in 2020. She reportedly left her Chaffee County home to go on a bike ride and never returned. What has happened since Suzanne Morphew disappeared in 2020? More than three years later, on Sept. 22 of this year, her remains were recovered near Moffat in Saguache County - about 40 miles south of where she was first reported missing.A week later, CBI conducted a "comprehensive search" near Moffat in relation to the case but did not release information on what was being sought.As of Monday, there was no new information that could be released, according to CBI.No one has been arrested or charged in relation to Morphew's death since her remains were found. However, her husband had previousl...

Bear put down after charging at 2 boys in Colorado Springs

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

Editor's note: The image on this story has been updated to show the correct type of bear. Brown bears, also known as grizzly bears, do not live in Colorado.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) — An aggressive female bear was put down by Colorado Parks and Wildlife after it charged at two boys in Colorado Springs earlier this week. One of the sow's two cubs also died after it was tranquilized by officers and never woke back up.According to CPW, on Oct. 4 at around 5:30 p.m., officers responded to a heavily wooded open space. When officers arrived, they determined an aggressive sow charged at two boys, aged 12 and 13, twice. One boy suffered a minor injury when he ran into a tree branch, said CPW.With the help of the Colorado Springs Police Department, wildlife officers began searching the area for the sow and her two cubs. Colorado to source gray wolves from Oregon for reintroduction The sow was quickly found. but when it acted aggressively toward an officer, it was euthanized."This was...

Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:31:02 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting deliveries of food, water, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants’ bloody weekend incursion.Around 1,400 Israelis and Palestinians are dead two days after Hamas launched an attack that caught Israel’s vaunted military and intelligence apparatus completely off guard and led to fierce battles in its streets for the first time in decades.The Israeli military said it had largely gained control in its southern towns where it had been battling Hamas gunmen. But Hamas and other militants in Gaza say they are holding more than 130 soldiers and civilians snatched from inside Israel.Israeli tanks and drones were deployed to guard breaches in the Gaza border fence to prevent new incursions. Thousands of Israelis were evacuated from more than a dozen towns near Gaza, and the military summoned...