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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Health
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Deadline near for residents of condemned College Park apartment complex
The Brief The city of College Park is criticizing the owners of a condemned apartment complex ahead of a deadline for residents to move out. While the deadline to vacate the Chelsea Gardens Apartments was originally in April, protests eventually led it to be extended to June 1. The city is asking the management to "ensure that all aspects of relocation support are comprehensively provided and that future communications are characterized by transparency and accountability." COLLEGE PARK, Ga. - The deadline for residents of a condemned College Park apartment complex to move out has nearly arrived. After months of extensions and protests, the final notice dealing with the closure of the Chelsea Gardens Apartments will happen on June 1. The backstory Residents of the apartment complex off of Godby Road have complained that the property has been plagued by rodents and safety issues. Since last October, the city has cited hundreds of public health and sanitation code violations at the complex. In March, the complex's new owner abruptly notified tenants that their leases had been canceled, giving them 60 days to leave. In April, the city condemned the property and initially gave residents just a few days to vacate. After public backlash, the deadline was extended until June. Mayor Bianca Motley Broom has previously criticized how city officials have managed the situation at the complex. "While I understand and share the concerns about the property's condition, the way this situation has been handled has caused unnecessary chaos, fear, and instability for families who deserve better from us," Broom said earlier this month. What they're saying In a statement released on Friday night, the city acknowledged the final notice of the apartments' closure, but criticized the conditions of the complex by its owners. "Chelsea Gardens Management must accept full responsibility for the circumstances that have created this unhealthy and unsafe living environment," the statement read. The city said they were grateful for the work of Sage Hands and other partners who have "stepped up" to help with relocation for the remaining residents. "We strongly urge management to ensure that all aspects of relocation support are comprehensively provided and that future communications are characterized by transparency and accountability. It is time for management to step up and take ownership of this situation in a meaningful way," the statement read. What's next Dozens of tenants still live at the complex and say their power and water have been cut out ahead of the deadline. SEE ALSO: College Park residents given days to pack up and get out their apartments Metro Atlanta apartment complex condemned, residents sent packing Residents of condemned College Park apartments call for extension to move-out deadline The Source Information for this story came from a letter for the city of College Park and previous FOX 5 reporting.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
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The Dallas Wings need more out of their backcourt — or anyone, really
Paige Bueckers #5 of the Dallas Wings pushes Allisha Gray #15 of the Atlanta Dream for an inbound pass during the first quarter of a game between the Dallas Wings and Atlanta Dream at Gateway Center Arena on May 24, 2025 in College Park, Georgia. | Photo by Andrew J. Clark/The 3-pointer wasn't falling for the Dallas Wings in the first half on Saturday against the Atlanta Dream. Down the team's two best ball handlers, Atlanta was content to pump the ball into Brittney Griner time and time again, for the most obvious of reasons. Not only did she have five inches of height on Dallas' NaLyssa Smith, who started for the Wings opposite the 34-year-old 6'9 center, but Griner was the Dream's best advantage left on the floor to be played. Griner scored on back-to-back possessions late in the second quarter Saturday afternoon to give the Dream a 32-28 lead at the time. Atlanta outscored Dallas 20-12 in the second on their way to a 83-75 win. The Wings needed an effective answer to stem the tide. Advertisement It's precisely at these times that the Wings' backcourt tandem of Arike Ogunbowale and rookie Paige Bueckers has to be the difference-maker for Dallas. They have to be the instigators. They weren't in Atlanta. The Wings have to get more from the pair of playmakers than the seven first-half points Ogunbowale and Bueckers managed (all by Bueckers) in Saturday's loss. Ogunbowale, in particular, has to get to the line more. At halftime Saturday, it had been seven full quarters since her last trip to the stripe. Ogunbowale made her first bucket of the game over Griner with 2:02 left in the third quarter, then went to the line for the first time a minute later to bring the Wings to within 63-46. Four games into the 2025 season, this team is still a work in progress. Some latitude needs to be afforded for them to get there, but at some point, progress will be expected. We thought Wednesday's 85-81 loss at the Minnesota Lynx was a good sign to that end, only to have the team take a step back in Atlanta on Saturday. Ogunbowale busted out of her shooting slump for 21 points on five 3-point makes in Minneapolis, while Bueckers made plays for both herself and her teammates with 12 points and 10 assists in her third-ever WNBA game. The pair shot just 6-of-25 from the field in the loss to Atlanta. First-year head coach Chris Koclanes has stressed early on this year that everyone on this roster has to hunt their shots on offense. There are buckets to be had — go get them. Smith was effective in the first half, scoring nine and doing it from all three levels to pace Dallas at the break. Advertisement Bueckers went on the hunt starting midway through the second quarter and adjusted nicely to what Atlanta's defense gave her at times throughout Saturday's game. The problem (one of them, anyway) is that Bueckers flashed several times with her shotmaking and playmaking abilities but then receded into the background for several minutes at a time before flashing again. It doesn't help when all an opposing team has to concentrate on is limiting Bueckers and Ogunbowale and letting the rest of the chips fall where they may on defense. These two can't be faulted for everything, and their teammates have to help out more. Consistently taking the ball out of the basket doesn't help either — the Dream shot a collective 10-of-16 (62.5%) in the third quarter to grow their lead to as large as 20 points. It all added up to the Wings getting outscored 51-32 in the second and third quarters in Atlanta. Dallas responded with a 13-0 run that carried over into the fourth and included a four-plus-minute scoreless stretch for the Dream. They cut the lead to five on Kaila Charles' bucket inside on an assist from Ogunbowale's drive-and-dish midway through the fourth. The valiant comeback attempt that comes up just short is becoming a familiar game script for the Wings early in 2025, but so far, it hasn't yielded any results. Seeing five Dallas Wings reach double-figure scoring is nice and all, but someone has to step forward, take the reins and steer this thing toward a win. Allisha Gray led the way for Atlanta with 27 points on four made 3-pointers in Saturday's win over Dallas. Advertisement More from
San Francisco Chronicle
4 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
NCS, CCS baseball and softball semifinal scores, championship schedule
Division 1 Semifinals No. 5 College Park 10, No. 9 Casa Grande 0 No. 2 De La Salle 10, No. 3 Foothill 1 Championship College Park vs. De La Salle at St. Mary's College, 1 p.m. Saturday Third-place game Casa Grande at Foothill, 1 p.m. Saturday Division 2 Semifinals No. 15 Rancho Cotate 5, No. 6 Tamalpais 1 Championship Acalanes vs. Rancho Cotate at Diablo Valley College, 1 p.m. Saturday Division 3 Semifinals No. 1 California 7, No. 12 Freedom 4 No. 6 Marin Catholic 4, No. 10 Northgate 3 Championship California vs. Marin Catholic at DVC, 4 p.m. Friday Division 4 Semifinals No. 13 Las Lomas 12, No. 8 Healdsburg 0 No. 6 Clear Lake 11, No. 7 American Canyon 9 Championship No. 13 Las Lomas at No. 6 Clear Lake, 2 p.m. Saturday Division 5 Semifinals No. 5 Kennedy 5, No. 1 Pinole Valley 4 No. 2 Arcata 5, No. 3 St. Bernard's 2 More For You Metro top qualifying marks for CIF track and field state championships Bay Area's top qualifiers, storylines at CIF State Track and Field championships Championship Kennedy at Arcata, 5 p.m. Friday Division 6 Semifinals No. 1 Swett 4, No. 4 Athenian 1 No. 2 St. Mary's 11, No. 3 Sonoma Academy 1 Championship No. 2 St. Mary's at No. 1 Swett, 1 p.m. Saturday Central Coast Section Division 1 Semifinals Valley Christian 4, Los Gatos 2 Serra 7, St. Francis 4 Championship No. 2 Valley Christian (25-6-1) vs. No. 1 Serra (25-6) at Exicite Park, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Division 2 Semifinals Hollister 8, Menlo-Atheron 2 Wilcox 8, Capuchino 2 Championship No. 3 Hollister (20-8) vs. No. 5 Wilcox (21-8) at Excite Park, 5 p.m. Saturday Division 3 Semifinals Willow Glen 10, Los Altos 8 Carmel 2, Christopher 0 Championship No. 3 Willow Glen (23-6) vs. No. 1 Carmel (19-10) at Santa Clara University, 7 p.m. Friday Division 4 Semifinals St. Francis SCP 1, Homestead 0 Santa Clara 11, Branham 7 Championship No. 2 St. Francis SCP (15-14) vs. No. 8 Santa Clara (26-3) at Santa Clara University, 4 p.m. Friday Division 5 Semifinals Monterey 4, Harbor 1 Menlo 7, Piedmont Hills 5 Championship No. 2 Monterey (11-17) vs. No. 1 Menlo (20-8) at Excite Park, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Division 6 Semifinals South San Francisco 6, Fremont 3 Stevenson 12, Sobrato 8 Championship No. 2 South San Francisco (23-5) vs. No. 1 Stevenson (18-8) at Excite Park, 5 p.m. Thursday HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Semifinal finals, Championship schedule North Coast Section Division 1 Semifinals No. 1 Liberty 3, No. 13 Foothill 1 No. 3 Casa Grande 9, No. 2 Livermore 0 Championship Liberty vs. Casa Grande at St. Mary's College, 5 p.m. Friday Division 2 Semifinals No. 1 Cardinal Newman 7, No. 5 Benicia 0 No. 2 Carondelet 11, No. 3 James Logan 4 Championship No. 2 Carondelet vs. No. 1 Cardinal Newman at Santa Rosa JC, noon Saturday Division 3 Semifinals No. 4 Alhambra 12, No. 9 Freedom 1 No. 11 San Leandro 11, No. 2 Maria Carrillo 10 Championship San Leandro vs. Alhambra at DVC, 2 p.m. Saturday Division 4 Semifinals No. 1 Northgate 7, No. 5 Pinole Valley 4 No. 2 Berean Christian 6, No. 6 Salesian 5 Championship Berean Christian vs. Northgate at DVC, 5 p.m. Friday Division 5 Semifinals No. 4 Miramonte 2, No. 1 McKinleyville 1 No. 2 Kennedy 7, No. 3 Piner 2 Championship Miramonte vs. Kennedy at California School for the Deaf, noon Saturday Division 6 No. 5 Willits 7, No. 1 Kenseyville 5 No. 2 St. Vincent de Paul 14, No. 3 Tomales 3 Championship Willits at St. Vincent, 5 p.m. Friday Central Coast Section Open Division Semifinals St. Francis 6, Salinas 1 Willow Glen 4, Capuchino 1 Championship No. 2 Saint Francis (26-3) vs. No. 1 Willow Glen (28-0) at West Valley College, 3 p.m. Saturday Division 1 Semifinals Gilroy 1, Saratoga 0 King's Academy 3, Live Oak 0 Championship No. 2 Gilroy (20-7) vs. No. 4 King's Academy (19-7) at West Valley College, 12:30 p.m. Saturday Division 2 Semifinals San Mateo 2, Alvarez 0 Hillsdale 2, Notre Dame-Belmont 0 Championship No. 7 San Mateo (16-8) vs. No. 1 Hillsdale (18-9-1) at West Valley College, 10 a.m. Saturday Division 3 Semifinals Aptos 9, Sobrato 2 Westmont 2, Mountain View 1 Championship No. 7 Aptos (17-7) vs. No. 4 Westmont (15-14) at SJCC, 3 p.m. Saturday Division 4 Semifinals Woodside 2, Watsonville 1 Palma 3, Sacred Heart Cathedral 2 Championship No. 3 Woodside (15-11) vs. No. 8 Palma (10-14-1) at SJCC, 10 a.m. Saturday Division 5 Semifinals South San Francisco 11, Soledad 1 King City 16, Independence 0 Championship No. 2 South San Francisco (16-8) vs. No. 4 King City (17-11) at SJCC, 12:30 p.m. Saturday
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
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Maryland sues Trump administration again, this time challenging scientific program cuts
A student works in a biology laboratory at the University of Maryland in College Park. (Photo by Jess Daninhirsch/Capital News Service) Maryland has joined another lawsuit by multiple states against the Trump administration, this time trying to block its threatened cuts to scientific research. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York, also alleges that the National Science Foundation seeks to eliminate programs designed to increase participation by women and 'individuals from underrepresented groups' in science, technology, engineering and math fields, or STEM. Between 1995 and 2017, under congressionally approved national policy, minority representation in those fields rose from 15% to 35%, the states' suit says. But in an April 18 statement, the NSF announced that 'research projects with more narrow impact, limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities.' On that same day, the suit said, the foundation issued termination notices for projects that 'seek to increase STEM participation by women, minorities, and people with disabilities; that study misinformation; and that address environmental justice.' It also applied an 'arbitrary' 15% cap on indirect costs for projects, such as lab space, custodial services, biomedical disposal and administrative functions. 'Institutions will not be able to maintain essential research infrastructure and will be forced to significantly scale back or halt research, abandon numerous projects, and lay off staff,' the lawsuit says. Maryland, other states, take more legal actions against Trump administration Colleges and universities are already feeling the impact. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a statement that the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has lost nearly $5 million from seven programs that supported fellows, faculty diversification and research. Bowie State University, one of Maryland's four historically Black colleges and universities, saw termination of a program to boost representation of Black males teaching STEM. 'We're taking legal action to stop these devastating cuts so our universities can continue to train the next generation of scientists and engineers who will strengthen our economy, protect public health, and produce groundbreaking research,' Brown said. A representative with the NSF did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Similar Trump administration efforts to cap indirect costs at 15% from the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Energy have been temporarily blocked by courts. In addition to Maryland, state signed onto the latest suit are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. On May 5, about 13 universities, the Association of American Universities, American Council on Education, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and 13 universities or university systems filed a similar lawsuit against the foundation for trying to make drastic cuts in science research and place a 15% cap on indirect costs. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore represents one of 19 land-grant institutions in the country. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
San Francisco Chronicle
5 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
De La Salle to meet familiar foe College Park in D1 NCS baseball final
They trained together all offseason and now the baseball teams at College Park-Pleasant Hill and De La Salle-Concord will face off for the North Coast Section Division 1 championship. De La Salle coach David Jeans frankly didn't want to think about it after his team's 10-1 home win over Foothill-Pleasanton on Tuesday. Antonio Castro blasted two home runs, including a grand slam, and Stanford-bound juniors Tyler Spangler (10th home run) and Graham Schlicht (six-hitter, six strikeouts), did much of the rest as the Spartans (25-4) advanced to their 13th straight NCS title game. They'll go after NCS title No. 15 overall and ninth in 12 seasons at 1 p.m. Saturday against the Falcons (17-10) at St. Mary's College. College Park won its ninth game in 10 tries with an equally dominating 10-0 win over Casa Grande-Petaluma on Tuesday. College Park beat De La Salle 5-2 in the 2015 NCS Division 1 final, also at St. Mary's. 'We're great friends with them,' said Jeans after Tuesday's win. The 14-year head coach recently won his 300th game. 'We work out together in the summer and fall. We played them earlier in the year. They're grinders and tough guys. Their record doesn't indicate how well they're coached. Coach (Andy) Tarpley does a great job.' With that, Jeans excused himself to enjoy Tuesday's victory, which came after Foothill's Jack Fowler led off the game with a long home run. From there, Schlicht didn't allow a single batter even to second base while improving to 10-0. His ERA is 0.75 with 90 strikeouts in 65⅔ innings and just 31 hits allowed. Fowler's homer was the first Schlicht allowed all season. 'Graham was awesome today,' Jeans said. 'He's been that way all year long. He got behind a really good hitter and threw it down the middle. But it didn't faze Graham. He just got back up on the bump and threw pitches for strikes and was consistent. That's the Graham we love.' Schlicht loved the Spartans' first hit — a grand slam by Castro in the second inning off Take Sato-Kreis (five walks in four innings) to go up 5-1. From there, the familiar De La Salle slug was on with Spangler and Castro going back-to-back with homers in the fifth, followed by a two-run double by Niko Baumgartner. De La Salle, whose 33-game playoff winning streak was ended last year by Granada-Livermore, has outscored three NCS playoff opponents 37-6. The left-handed hitting trio of Spangler, Castro and Oklahoma-bound center fielder Alec Blair is a combined 100 for 238 (.420 average) with 96 runs, 96 RBIs and 20 home runs. 'We've never had three (in a row) like that before,' Jeans said. 'These guys are really special.' Spangler said the season-ending loss to Granada last year 'was the worst feeling ever. We were trying to play for our seniors, and seeing them leave the field like that was a terrible feeling. We're trying to get back to that dogpile (to celebrate) at the end. What happened last year can't happen again.' College Park is a red-hot team that got contributions Tuesday up and down the lineup, including TJ Reinhart and Vincent Vasell, who each had two hits and two RBIs. Winning pitcher James Voorhies fired six scoreless innings. The Falcons managed just four hits off sophomore Cooper Barnes in a 5-1 loss to De La Salle on March 26. More baseball results: In Division 3 NCS semifinals, top-seeded California-San Ramon (15-11) got an RBI triple from Johnny Edwards and two hits each by Ethan Rye and Jacob Casiano to defeat 12th-seeded Freedom-Oakley 7-4 and now faces sixth-seeded Marin Catholic (16-12), a 4-3 winner over Northgate-Walnut Creek (18-8). A two-run double from Johnny Greco helped pitcher Carson Davis improve to 5-2 with a 1.83 ERA. NCS softball: Callie Howard fired a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts, leading top-seeded Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa (21-6) to a 7-0 win over Benicia on Tuesday in a Division 2 semifinal game. The Cardinals will now play Carondelet-Concord (15-12), which got three hits by Angela Gates and 11 strikeouts from Maia Scholtens in an 11-4 semifinal win over James Logan-Union City. The championship is scheduled for Friday but the venue had yet to be determined Wednesday afternoon.
