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CIF state football championships: Schedule announced for next weekend

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

OPEN DIVISIONSerra (12-0) vs. Mater Dei (12-1), Saturday, 8 p.m. at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. TV: Spectrum News 1/Spectrum RSN (TBD)DIVISION 1–AADe La Salle (11-2) vs. Mission Viejo (12-3) on Friday, 8 p.m. at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. TV: Spectrum News 1/Spectrum RSN (TBD)DIVISION 1–AFolsom (12-2) vs. St. Bonaventure (12-3) on Saturday, 3:30 p.m. at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. TV: Spectrum News 1/Spectrum RSN (TBD)DIVISION 2–AAGrant (12-2) vs. La Serna (12-3) on Friday, 4 p.m. at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. TV: Spectrum News 1/Spectrum RSN (TBD)DIVISION 2–ALos Gatos (12-1) vs. Central Valley Christian (14-1) on Saturday, 7 p.m. at Pasadena City CollegeDIVISION 3–AAAcalanes (10-4) vs. Birmingham (12-2) on Saturday, 11:30 a.m. at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. TV: Spectrum News 1/Spectrum RSN (TBD)DIVISION 3–AMarin Catholic (13-1) vs. Mayfair (11-3) on Saturday, 7 p.m. at El Camino College in TorranceDIVISION 4–AASoquel (12-2) vs. Jurupa ...

The 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Limited 4WD Hybrid SUV

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

What is a Highlander? A Highlander is a midsize 3 row SUV built in the Princeton, Indiana assembly plant and sold in North America by Toyota. The Highlander gets an upgrade for the 2024 model year with the arrival of the Grand Highlander, which is larger, has more third row space and more cargo room. Pricing starts at $43,070.The 2024 Grand Highlander is all new for Toyota and as the name suggests, it’s bigger than the Highlander with slots beneath the larger Sequoia. The Grand Highlander shares drive trains with its namesake, while borrowing a performance oriented turbocharged hybrid engine from the Lexus RX SUV, and the new Toyota Crown sedans.Power comes from a 2.4L liter inline turbocharged 4 cylinder gas engine that makes 265 horsepower and has 310 lb-ft of torque. It is bolted to an electronic continuously variable transmission (ECVT), and then routed into an all wheel drive (AWD) traction control system with trail mode select. This drive train provides power, stability ...

San Jose Sharks activating two players off IR for game vs. New York Rangers

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

Forward Alexander Barabanov and defenseman Jan Rutta will both come off injured reserve and be available to play today when the San Jose Sharks face the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.Barabanov, who hasn’t played since Oct. 24 when he was hit by a shot and suffered a broken finger in a game against the Florida Panthers, skated on a line Sunday morning with Tomas Hertl and William Eklund and per The Hockey News, took part in the team’s power play drills.With Barabanov returning, winger Givani Smith will be a scratch, Sharks coach David Quinn said.Rutta, injured in the Sharks’ Nov. 22 game with the Seattle Kraken, was paired with Nikita Okhotiuk. Quinn said defenseman Kyle Burroughs is slated to play against the Rangers, but that could change with the Sharks dealing with some other injury situations.To make room for Barabanov and Rutta on the 23-man roster, the Sharks on Saturday placed forward Luke Kunin on IR with an upper-body ailment and waived defenseman Nikolai Knyzho...

2024 Subaru Impreza does value right

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

The redesigned 2024 Subaru Impreza, a five-door hatchback, confirms the manufacturer’s long-standing reputation for versatility and reasonable pricing. It’s a little car that can and has a lot new, including a debuting top-line RS trim.Now 30 years old, the Subaru Impreza is available in Base, Sport and RS trim levels. The first two offerings are equipped with 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engines with 152 horsepower. The RS features a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine with 182 horsepower. All models are powered by a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and the carmaker’s signature all-wheel-drive system.Subaru’s knack for value is evident with the Impreza’s long automotive grocery of standard equipment. The RS builds on the Base model. It includes 16-inch steel wheels, adaptive LED headlights, roof rails, dual-zone, automatic climate control, a 60/40-split fold-down rear seat, a 7-inch dual-touchscreen infotainment system, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.B...

Places with the lowest cost of living in California: study

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KSWB) -- Is there such a thing as a low cost of living in the state of California? Comparingly to other parts of the country, not so much. However, there are places in the Golden State far from the coast, cities and suburbs that are considered to be reasonably priced.Researchers at Niche, a popular ranking and review site, crunched the numbers to complete a comprehensive assessment of the affordability across California.Factors that were taken into consideration, according to Niche, include a location’s housing, food, and fuel costs, as well as the median tax rates. This was calculated in an attempt to measure the overall affordability and relative cost of living of an area.More on the methodology can be found here.The results are in and Niche has released its 2023 Places with the Lowest Cost of Living in California list for all to see. Here's what these researchers considered to be the top 50 places in the Golden State with the lowest cost of living.Desert E...

Louisiana granted extra time to draw new congressional map that complies with Voting Rights Act

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of the state’s Black voters.However, several questions still linger — including if and when the GOP-dominated Legislature will return to the Capitol and, most of all, if lawmakers will be able to agree on a map. Baton Rouge-based U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick issued a two-week extension Thursday afternoon, giving lawmakers extra time to construct a congressional map, the American Civil Liberties Union confirmed to The Associated Press. The new redistricting deadline is Jan. 30. The ACLU is representing the plaintiffs.Outgoing Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards does not plan on calling lawmakers back to Baton Rouge to draw a new map, spokesperson Eric Holl said Sunday. However, the extension will give incoming Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, a Republican, the chance t...

Washington to play Texas in semifinal at Sugar Bowl. Huskies beat the Longhorns in 2022 bowl meeting

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

Washington will meet Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 1.It will be a rematch of last year’s Alamo Bowl — but this time the stakes are much, much higher.No. 2 seed Washington (13-0) won the Pac-12 championship with a 34-31 win over Oregon in the conference championship game on Friday.No. 3 seed Texas (12-1) jumped four spots from No. 7 in the CFP rankings Sunday after winning the Big 12 championship with a 49-21 win over Oklahoma State. The Longhorns are leaving the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference next season.This will be the sixth all-time meeting between Washington and Texas, and fourth straight in a bowl. The semifinal will be a bowl rematch of quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. of Washington and Quinn Ewers of Texas. Washington held off a late rally by the Longhorns to win 27-20 in the Alamo Bowl last year.The Huskies have won eight of their last nine games by single digits, including the last four in a row by a tot...

India beats Australia by 6 runs in fifth Twenty20 cricket match to win the series 4-1

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Pacers Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh shared five wickets as India beat Australia by six runs in their fifth Twenty20 cricket international on Sunday to win the series 4-1.Kumar took 3-32 in four overs, while Singh (2-40) overturned an expensive spell with a fine last over as India restricted Australia to 154-8 in reply to 160-8.Shreyas Iyer hit 53 runs off 37 balls for India.India already had an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series after it won the fourth game in Raipur by 20 runs. It also won the first two T20s in Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram by two wickets and 44 runs, respectively. Australia’s sole victory came in the third match in Guwahati where the tourists won by five wickets, thanks to Glenn Maxwell’s fourth international T20 hundred.Skipper Matthew Wade won a fourth consecutive toss Sunday and Australia chose to bowl first.Both sides made one change each. Left-arm pacer Singh came in for Deepak Chahar for India while Australia sel...

Man kills 4 relatives in Queens knife rampage, injures 2 officers before he’s fatally shot by police

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A man killed four relatives, including two children, in a knife attack at their New York City home early Sunday, then set the building on fire and stabbed two police officers before one of them fatally shot him, officials said.The rampage took place before dawn at a house in Far Rockaway, a seaside section of Queens.Police were summoned to the home at about 5:10 a.m. when a “young female caller” dialed 911 and said her cousin was killing her family, the NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said at a morning news briefing.When the officers pulled up to the driveway, they stopped a man leaving the area with luggage and after just a few seconds, he drew a knife and attacked.One of the officers was stabbed in the area of his neck and chest, the other was slashed in the head before one of them shot the assailant, Maddrey said. An 11-year old girl was found in front of the house and taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead from stab wounds.Police ...

Jets, Falcons honor the late Greg Knapp by running MetLife Stadium steps

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:58:27 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh and several team staffers, along with members of the Atlanta Falcons honored the late Greg Knapp by running the steps inside MetLife Stadium before the teams’ game Sunday.Knapp, a longtime NFL assistant coach, died on July 22, 2021, when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle near his home in California. He was 58. Knapp had a longtime tradition of running the stairs in the stands a few hours before games, and Jets and Falcons coaches and staffers participated in the “Knapp Stair Climb” before team warmups Sunday in support of The Coach Knapp Memorial Fund to raise funds for distracted driving awareness.As part of this weekend’s “My Cause, My Cleats” initiative around the NFL, several members of the Jets and Falcons are representing The Coach Knapp Memorial Fund, including New York general manager Joe Douglas and special teams coordinator Brant Boyer, and Atlanta assistant coaches Matt Schaub and T.J. Yate...