Bill Maher's 'Real Time' returns to HBO without writers

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

Bill Maher announced plans to bring his late-night talk show back to television without his writing staff.The comedian posted the announcement to social media Wednesday night, marking the first of the late-night hosts to return to air amid the ongoing writers’ strike.“Real Time is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing," Maher wrote. "It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work. The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns. Despite some assistance from me, much of the staff is struggling mightily.”The HBO show will return on Sept. 22 at 10 p.m.Maher continued by saying, “I love my writers, I am one of them, but I’m not prepared to lose an entire year and see so many below-the-line people suffer so much.”Maher said he would “honor the spirit of the strike” by not presenting typically scripted segments including a mo...

$10,000 reward offered for information on teen killed in drive-by shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information on a teen boy who was murdered in a Palmdale drive-by shooting.The teen, identified as 19-year-old Jacob Matthew Taylor, was fatally shot when a fight broke out at a park on Nov. 1, 2022.Deputies responded to a shooting at Marie Kerr Park on the 39900 block of 30th Street West around 12:46 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Investigators discovered a group of people were in the west parking lot when a fight broke out, but it was quickly broken up. About 10 minutes later, a pickup truck drove into the lot and began firing at the crowd, striking three teenage victims.The truck then sped away northbound on 30th Street West, authorities said. Arriving deputies found Taylor unresponsive and with gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Two teen girls were also struck by gunfire. They were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries at the time...

Detached house in Saratoga sells for $3.5 million

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

12164 Scully Avenue – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 12100 block of Scully Avenue in Saratoga has new owners. The 2,159-square-foot property, built in 1968, was sold on Aug. 22, 2023, for $3,510,000, or $1,626 per square foot. This single-story house boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The home’s outer structure has wood shake roofing / shingles. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. Additionally, the home includes a two-car garage, ensuring ample room for parking and storage.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:A 1,999-square-foot home on the 19600 block of Ladera Court in Saratoga sold in March 2023, for $3,505,000, a price per square foot of $1,753. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In May 2023, a 2,336-square-foot home on Viewoak Drive in Saratoga sold for $3,780,000, a price per square foot of $1,618. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Northampton Drive, S...

San Leandro: Woman shot and killed during domestic dispute

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

SAN LEANDRO – A man shot and killed a woman during a domestic dispute Wednesday morning in unincorporated San Leandro, authorities said.The dispute was reported around 9:30 a.m. at an apartment in the 16000 block of Foothill Boulevard, said Lt. Tya Modeste of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies, including those with crisis intervention training, arrived at the scene and tried to make contact with the occupants of the apartment, Modeste said. During a phone call, deputies heard yelling in the background and determined they needed to enter the apartment.As deputies were preparing to enter the apartment, they heard what sounded like a gunshot, Modeste said. A man in his 50s then left the apartment and surrendered to deputies.Deputies found a woman dead inside the apartment. A gun was also recovered. No one else was inside the apartment.Modeste said the man and the woman appeared to be in a dating relationship at the time of the shooting.It was not immediately known if law enfo...

Photos: Palo Alto’s Fish Market restaurant reels it in after 47 years

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

The Fish Market era is coming to a close in the Bay Area.Forty-seven years after opening California’s first Fish Market restaurant in Palo Alto, then expanding throughout the South Bay and Peninsula, the company shuttered that El Camino Real location late Wednesday. Customers lined up outside before lunch to snag a favorite table for their last orders of seafood and bowls of chowder — and their final goodbyes with longtime employees.On the last day of service at The Fish Market in Palo Alto, Calif., Juan Gonzalez, who has worked in the restaurant chain since 1979, cleans a table on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) The San Mateo restaurant is nearing its final day of business, Sept. 20. The company’s fishery operations based in South San Francisco also are closing.The reason? Redevelopment is in the works for both properties, company officials said. Also, the hiring and the costs associated with operating the Farallon Fishery for just two r...

Santa Rosa man sentenced for Taco Bell drive-through shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

(KRON) -- A 29-year-old Santa Rosa man, Brad Adams, was sentenced by a judge Wednesday for attempting to murder a Taco Bell customer in the fast food restaurant's drive-through line. Adams was convicted in August of attempted murder and shooting at an occupied building. Under terms of a plea agreement, judge Troye Schaffer sentenced Adams to serve 11 years-to-life in state prison. Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez said, "Mr. Adams terrorized and injured someone in in our community. Mr. Adams earned the indeterminate prison sentence through his brazen behavior."The shooting occurred on May 4, 2022, at a Taco Bell on Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa. The incident began when Adams challenged another person to a fistfight while waiting in the drive-through line, according to the District Attorney's Office. After making that initial verbal challenge, Adams got out of his truck and pointed a handgun equipped with a laser-sight at the victim, prosecutors said. Adams then got ba...

Thieves burglarize Martinez car dealership, steal 2 vehicles

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

MARTINEZ, Calif. (KRON) -- Thieves broke into a used car dealership in Martinez and got away with two vehicles. The loss exceeded $140,000.Fortunately, the cars were tracked down, but the suspects have the keys to up to two dozen cars still on the lot. Platinum Motors relocated to Martinez a year and a half ago. Twice now, since July, thieves have stolen cars off the used car lot.Sales manager K.C. Carpenter takes it personally. Big rig goes off-road in Alameda County, prompts hazmat response "We support autism organizations. I'm a marine. We do toys for tots, and we try to help with as much as we can," Carpenter said. Still, sometimes the bad overshadows the good. Surveillance video captured at least two suspects walking up to and breaking through the front entrance off Alhambra Avenue.The suspects rummaged through the offices in the showroom and eventually stole up to two dozen car keys. They left with two cars worth more than $140,000 combined."We've all got families -- we all ...

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 2

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

On behalf of fantasy football players everywhere, can we get some touchdowns?Please?Teams averaged just 20.6 points per game last week — the second lowest-scoring Week 1 in the past 13 seasons.Fantasy players felt that.Only seven quarterbacks had 20-plus points — the fewest in a Week 1 since 2017. Unless you had Tyreek Hill (39 half-PPR points) or the Dallas D/ST (37), your fantasy team likely didn’t put up a ton of points.Still, we saw some receivers excel (hello, Brandon Aiyuk) and got some clarity on running back timeshares (welcome back, Tyler Allgeier). We witnessed struggles from the tight end position (shoutout Hunter Henry and Hayden Hurst for being the only tight ends to eclipse double digits) as well as the return of the late-round quarterback (maybe).So, while Week 1 lacked offense, it didn’t lack surprises.Those surprises make start/sit decisions even more critical heading into Week 2. These decisions should, in theory, get easier as the season goes on and we gather more...

Astros’ Hunter Brown and bullpen keep Athletics hitless through 6 innings

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:48 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros pitchers Hunter Brown and Rafael Montero have held the Oakland Athletics hitless through six innings on Wednesday night.Brown pitched five innings, struck out seven, walked two and hit a batter, throwing 78 pitches. He retired his first 11 batters, then walked Ryan Noda.Montero threw a perfect sixth.Houston leads 5-0.Houston’s Framber Valdez threw a no-hitter against Cleveland on Aug. 1.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBSource