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SAG-AFTRA union, studios extend contract deadline amid labor negotiations

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

The SAG-AFTRA actors union has extended contract negotiations with Hollywood studios to July 12, narrowly avoiding a strike for the time being on Friday.The current contract expires at midnight on July 1. If no deal was made, either with the contract or extension, SAG members would hit the picket lines as soon as the first of the month. No deal has been made yet, as negotiations continue.A statement from the negotiating committee said:“We have been in negotiations with the AMPTP for more than three weeks under an unusually tight negotiating schedule while fighting for a comprehensive and inclusive contract."In order to exhaust every opportunity to achieve the righteous contract we all demand and deserve, after thorough deliberation it was unanimously decided to allow additional time to negotiate by extending the contract until 11:59 p.m. PT on July 12, 2023. No one should mistake this extension for weakness. We see you. We hear you. We are you.”Earlier this week, more than 300 ...

Patrick Bailey’s late homer fuels SF Giants’ comeback win over Mets

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

NEW YORK — Considering the disparate directions the Giants’ and Mets’ seasons have taken so far, it should have come as no surprise.Before the ball had even found a landing spot, eventually settling on the batter’s eye in center field, the air had been sucked out of the 30,116 spectators at Citi Field, who braved smokey skies from Canadian wildfires to see something that’s become a regular occurrence this season.The Giants’ lineup woke up late to erase an early deficit.The Mets’ bullpen blew a late lead.And the big hit came from none other than rookie catcher Patrick Bailey, who hammered a hanging breaking ball from David Robertson 432 feet to center field for a three-run homer that completed San Francisco’s comeback in a 5-4 win in the opening game of its weekend series in New York.“That was as good as it gets,” manager Gabe Kapler said, breaking with his typically even-keeled nature to downplay expectations for a young player. “...

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Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

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Cooling centers open in South Bay ahead of hot weekend

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

(KRON) -- The weekend ahead of the 4th of July is expected to bring the heat. The Bay Area began to warm up on Thursday, and temperatures during the weekend are expected to be the highest of the summer so far. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a heat advisory from Friday to Sunday. Inland areas could see temperatures in the triple digits. As a result, Santa Clara County opened up cooling centers for those looking to beat the heat. Take a look below for where to find them. Camden Community Center3369 Union Ave.San José, CA 95124Friday, June 30 – Saturday, July 1 from 1 – 9 p.m.Central Park Library2635 Homestead Rd.Santa Clara, CA 95051Friday, June 30 – Saturday, July 1 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. College Terrace Library2300 Wellesley St.Palo Alto, CA 94306Thursday, June 29 - Saturday, July 1 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Community Recreation Center969 Kiely Blvd.Santa Clara, CA 95051Friday, June 30 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.Saturday, July 1 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cupertino Library10800 T...

Santana’s first career game-ending home run rallies Pirates past Brewers 8-7

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carlos Santana hit his first career walk-off home run, a two-run shot to cap a three-run ninth inning and rally the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 8-7 on Friday night for their fourth straight win.With his team trailing 7-5, Andrew McCutchen drew the Pirates within one when he hit a one-out RBI double. Henry Davis grounded out and Santana, a 14-year veteran, drove a pitch from Matt Bush (0-2) deep to right field.Santana also doubled twice, and McCutchen homered among his three hits and had three RBIs.The Pirates used RBI singles by McCutchen in the seventh and Jack Suwinski in the eighth to pull to 7-5. Suwinski had two hits.Rookie Carmen Mlodzinski (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for his first major-league win.The Brewers’ Owen Miller had three hits and rookie Brice Turang hit a two-run double. Milwaukee had won four of its previous five games but fell out of a first-place tie with Cincinnati in the NL Central.Turang’s double came in the seventh...

Astros open in-state showdown of AL West leaders with a 5-3 victory over the Rangers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mauricio Dubón lined a go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Friday night to open a series matching in-state rivals atop the AL West.Not long before the first pitch, the division-leading Rangers, coming off six consecutive losing seasons, made the first big move of trading season by getting once-dominant closer Aroldis Chapman from Kansas City.Jose Altuve crushed that first pitch from Jon Gray for a game-opening homer, but the defending World Series champion Astros fell behind 3-1 on back-to-back solo home runs from two of Texas’ four All-Star starters, Josh Jung and Jonah Heim.Houston had cut the deficit to one when Dubón sent a liner past the rookie Jung at third base after José Abreu and Yainer Diaz opened the sixth with consecutive singles.Four Houston relievers retired 12 of 13 Texas batters after rookie starter Ronel Blanco (2-0) allowed three runs with four hits, four walks and two home...

Yankees-Cardinals game postponed, will be made up Saturday with split doubleheader

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The scheduled game between the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals was postponed because of inclement weather Friday night. It will be made up Saturday night at 6:15 p.m. as the finale of a split doubleheader, with the first game set to begin as originally planned at 1:15 p.m. Minus injured slugger Aaron Judge, the Yankees have won four of five and six of nine. They’ll push Friday’s scheduled starter, Luis Severino (1-2), to the first game Saturday and he’ll be trying for his second consecutive win. Severino led the Yankees to a 1-0 victory over Texas last weekend, giving up five hits in six innings. New York will go with a bullpen game in the nightcap. The last-place Cardinals, losers of two straight and four of six, will stick with their scheduled Saturday starter in the first game. Jack Flaherty (4-5, 4.95 ERA) earned his first win in more than a month during his last outing, an 8-6 victory at Washington on June 19. He went 6 1/3 innings and gave up 10 hits ...

Suns agree to terms with 6 players to fill out roster behind trio of All-Stars, source tells AP

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns are moving quickly to fill in the roster around their three All-Stars.The Suns agreed to terms with sharpshooter Yuta Watanabe, big men Chimezie Metu and Drew Eubanks, and wing Keita Bates-Diop on Friday, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press.Phoenix also agreed on deals to re-sign wings Damion Lee and Josh Okogie, the person said on condition of anonymity because the deals had not been announced publicly.The new players will give the Suns depth behind Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, who was traded from Washington earlier this month.Watanabe will give Phoenix an extra shooter off the bench after shooting 44% from 3-point range while averaging 5.6 points with Brooklyn last season. He is reunited with Durant, traded by the Nets to the Suns at the trade deadline last season.Bates-Diop played the last four seasons with San Antonio, averaging 9.7 points in 2022-23.The 6-foot-9 Metu played the last three seasons ...

Bittersweet reunion: Fletcher brothers face each other for first time in majors after father’s death

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — David and Dominic Fletcher got to play against each other for the first time in a major league game. Fittingly, it came at a stadium where they had watched plenty of games while growing up.Unfortunately, the Fletcher brothers biggest fan was not in attendance Friday night when David’s Los Angeles Angels hosted Dominic’s Arizona Diamondbacks at Angel Stadium.Their father, Tim, died suddenly earlier this month. He was 60.“This would have been one of his proudest moments,” Dominic Fletcher said. “Every night he turned on the TV and had both of our games going on simultaneously. To be able to be here and watch would have been one of his favorite things.”The Fletcher brothers grew up in Orange, California, and played together for one year at Cypress High School, which is 10 miles (16.09 kilometers) from Angel Stadium. At 29, David Fletcher is the older brother by four years.They also played together for Italy in the World Baseball Classic. Their mother,...

Una diseñadora cristiana de páginas web dijo a la Corte Suprema que un hombre buscó sus servicios para una boda homosexual. Él asegura que no lo hizo y que es heterosexual

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:15 GMT

(CNN) — La diseñadora cristiana de páginas web de Colorado que quería rechazar a clientes LGBTQ y quien acaba de ganar su caso en la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. afirmó en los documentos judiciales que un hombre preguntó por sus servicios para una boda homosexual.Sin embargo, el hombre asegura que nunca se puso en contacto con Lorie Smith, la diseñadora que argumentó ante el alto tribunal que no la debían obligar a crear sitios web de bodas entre personas del mismo sexo debido a sus objeciones religiosas. De hecho, el hombre señala que es heterosexual y que está casado con una mujer.El hombre fue identificado como “Stewart” en los documentos judiciales, que señalan que él solicitó diseños gráficos de invitaciones y otros materiales para una boda del mismo sexo con su prometido, Mike. CNN se puso en contacto con Stewart a través de la información contenida en el expediente. Él pidió que no se utilizara su apellido.En una entrevista con CNN el viernes, Stewart dijo que él ̶...