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Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Curve Season is back again! Opening Night is Friday, April 4
Sponsored by Altoona Curve Baseball ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Off-the-rails fun is finally back! The Altoona Curve kick off the 2025 season against the Chesapeake Baysox with Opening Night on Friday, April 4 and games on Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th. Grab your tickets here. Opening Night is Friday, April 4. The game is at 6 p.m. and gates open early at 4 p.m. Game promotions: Game Highlight (3): DJ Swiftie Appearance Opening Night is set to be a love story you won't want to miss! Join us as DJ Swiftie kicks off the season with a high-energy set, leading into a sparkling fireworks show that never goes out of style! Get ready to shake it off and sing along as we light up the sky, because this night is sure to be straight out of your wildest dreams! | Presented By Furrer Beverage, Stuckey Automotive, Bedford Regional Urology, Home Genius Exteriors Game Highlight: Postgame FIREWORKS Stick around after the game for a live performance from The DJ Swiftie during our fireworks show | Presented By Stuckey Automotive, Furrer Beverage, Bedford Regional Urology, Home Genius Exteriors Game Highlight: Fryday Take advantage of $1 off any of our specialty French Fries all game long at every Friday home game, including Trax Fries, Al Tuna Fries and Rail King Fries | Presented By PA Lottery Saturday's game on April 5 is at 4 p.m. Game promotions: Promotion: Jared Jones Bobblehair Giveaway We are celebrating our former pitching ace with an exclusive Jared Jones bobblehead giveaway! Jared and his luscious locks will be immortalized in Curve history with this bobblehead, where yes, the hair also bobbles. | Presented By UniFirst | First 1,000 fans Game Highlight: Kids Run the Bases Children ages 14 & under are invited to run the bases after the game! Adults are not permitted, unless accompanying a child age six or under. Sunday's game, April 6, is at 1 p.m. Game promotions: Promotion (2): Magnet Schedule Giveaway Don't miss out on the 2025 magnet schedule giveaway, the perfect way to keep track of all Curve games this season! | Presented By Bolger Brothers | First 2,500 Fans Promotion: Soft Baseball Kids Giveaway Presented By Central PA Autism Community | First 500 Kids Game Highlight (2): Autism Acceptance Day Join us for a welcoming and inclusive day at the ballpark as we celebrate Autism Acceptance Day! To create a comfortable experience for all fans, there will be no fireworks, lower volume levels, and designated quiet spaces. | Presented By Central PA Autism Community Game Highlight: Kids Run the Bases Children ages 14 & under are invited to run the bases after the game! Adults are not permitted, unless accompanying a child age six or under. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Josh Fryday announces run for California Lieutenant Governor
( — Josh Fryday announced his run for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2026 election, promising to improve the lives of nearly 40 million Californians through service and job pathways, climate action, and making the state a more affordable place to live. 'I'm running for Lieutenant Governor because I believe change is going to take all of us,' Fryday said. 'From the cost of living, to the climate crisis, to cleaning our streets, we need an all-hands-on-deck approach to tackle the biggest challenges facing our state. It's up to us — the people of California — to fix the communities we love.' Governor Newsom orders California state workers to return to office Fryday emphasized three key priorities for his campaign: • Create service and job pathways for all Californians: 'Like a GI Bill for California, we will make college more affordable, job training more accessible, and our workforce better prepared—all while bringing Californians together to create meaningful change in their communities,' Fryday said. • Build the strongest and cleanest economy in the world: 'While we continue our global climate leadership, we must make sure all Californians get the economic benefits and can access the opportunities made available by this transition,' Fryday said. • Bring down cost of living by making it easier to build: 'We need to build millions of homes, an abundance of clean energy projects, new technologies, and job pathways for the workforce we desperately need—whether you go to a four-year college or not.' Trump pauses aid to Ukraine days after heated meeting with Zelensky Fryday is A U.S. Navy veteran who reportedly served overseas in Yokosuka, Japan. There, he worked on humanitarian and disaster relief efforts following the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Prior to his appointment as Chief Service Officer, Fryday served as the mayor of his hometown of Novato. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from UC Berkeley. 'As a dad, married to a public school teacher, I want to do everything I can to make life better for my family and families across California,' Fryday said. 'The Lieutenant Governor has a unique position to bring people together, create new public-private partnerships, build new alliances and coalitions, and shape a new kind of politics. It's what I've done my whole life, and it's why I believe we can harness the power of Californians to make California work for everyone.' The primary election is on June 2, 2026, followed by the general election in November 2026. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Newsom's ‘Sargent Shriver' running for California lieutenant governor
SACRAMENTO, California — A close aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who helped expand California's New Deal-inspired service programs into a network larger than the Peace Corps, on Wednesday will announce his 2026 campaign for lieutenant governor, joining a crowded field that includes political veterans and a nationally recognized anti-poverty advocate. Josh Fryday, Newsom's chief service officer and previously a Navy JAG officer and mayor of the Northern California town Novato, outlined to POLITICO a campaign focused on expanding volunteer service and job pathways, hunkering down to meet the state's ambitious climate goals and speeding up the construction of millions more homes in the Golden State. Fryday's effort recalls a bygone time in American politics when elected leaders from both major political parties bonded over their shared experiences in service — often in the military. At the root of his upbeat, perhaps quaint, message, at a time of incessant partisan rancor, sky-high distrust in the country's institutions and what the last surgeon general diagnosed as 'an epidemic of loneliness,' is the idea that government — which Fryday views as a vast collection of mostly well-intentioned people — 'can be a force for good.' 'We're in a moment where we have to recognize that political division and extremism isn't going to improve anybody's life, and we have to also be honest that government is not going to solve everything — it can't alone,' he said in an interview. 'It's actually up to us — the people of the state — to fix the communities we love. And the lieutenant governor can play a critical role in bringing people together to engage and empower everyone in new ways.' Like another Democrat in the race, 34-year-old former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, a pioneer for universal basic income and one-time special adviser to the governor on poverty issues, Fryday, 44, is well-connected. In addition to serving in Newsom's Cabinet, he works closely with his spouse, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who herself was once viewed as a possible contender for the state's No. 2 office. Fryday clerked for Kamala Harris when she was district attorney of San Francisco, staffing her at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and was chief operating officer for billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate. Fryday also served in Yokosuka, Japan, on relief efforts after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster and was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, where he worked on detainee cases. 'When you serve, and this is my experience, that's when you get to feel what it's like to have a common bond with other people, especially people from very different backgrounds and perspectives, who think differently than you, look different and probably vote differently than you,' he said. 'That experience to be part of something that's bigger than you with other people, we just don't provide that in our society enough.' He wants to use partnerships with the private sector to scale up versions of his programs. 'This is saying to everyone, 'we actually need you to tackle some of the big challenges that we have.' And I know people are hungry for that.' Fryday's collection of service-based state outfits have been a model for state and national efforts focused on education and global warming, among other issues. John Podesta, former White House chief of staff and the nation's top climate diplomat in the Biden administration, credited California's Climate Action Corps as the inspiration for the American Climate Corps, which is focused on climate change prevention. The journalist James Fallows, writing days ahead of Trump's victory, praised Fryday and his CalVolunteers' College Corps, whose members spend 450 hours tutoring and mentoring younger students in exchange for up to $10,000 toward college expenses. It set the template for a similar program in New York. And Newsom referred to Fryday as 'my own Sarge Shriver,' the ambassador who married into the Kennedy family, founded the Peace Corps and Head Start and started the Special Olympics. Newsom considers Shriver one of his heroes and urged Fryday to read his biography when he started in the role. Fryday, in turn, has made that a requirement for his senior staff. He said he plans to remain in the state Cabinet post while running for office. 'What we're trying to build, what I've been building, and what I hope to continue building is very much in that Kennedy spirit of calling on people to serve, asking people to be engaged, and expecting people to be engaged, and then actually creating opportunities for them to be engaged,' Fryday said. The lieutenant governor in California is independently elected and sits on higher education and environmental posts, but there is little in the way of defined responsibility and even less in the way of hard power. That makes it a blank canvas of sorts for candidates to pour their desires onto. While there's a musical chairs quality to the shifting statewide candidate field — thanks in large part to Harris' potential to scatter the Democratic field in the 2026 governor's race — Fryday and Tubbs are joined by Treasurer Fiona Ma and state Sen. Steven Bradford. Ma has a big early edge in fundraising. Fryday's team is led by one of the country's premier pollsters, David Binder, along with Nick Baldick of Hilltop Public Solutions and Mattis Goldman of Three Point Media. Fryday said he spoke with Newsom about his run, but declined to reveal specifics of their private conversations. 'I think he's proud of what we've built and the work that we are doing,' he said of his boss. 'I think he sees how impactful it is across the state, how many people it's helping, communities it's serving. And I think he wants to see it continue to grow.'
Politico
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Newsom's ‘Sargent Shriver' running for California lieutenant governor
SACRAMENTO, California — A close aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who helped expand California's New Deal-inspired service programs into a network larger than the Peace Corps, on Wednesday will announce his 2026 campaign for lieutenant governor, joining a crowded field that includes political veterans and a nationally recognized anti-poverty advocate. Josh Fryday, Newsom's chief service officer and previously a Navy JAG officer and mayor of the Northern California town Novato, outlined to POLITICO a campaign focused on expanding volunteer service and job pathways, hunkering down to meet the state's ambitious climate goals and speeding up the construction of millions more homes in the Golden State. Fryday's effort recalls a bygone time in American politics when elected leaders from both major political parties bonded over their shared experiences in service — often in the military. At the root of his upbeat, perhaps quaint, message, at a time of incessant partisan rancor, sky-high distrust in the country's institutions and what the last surgeon general diagnosed as 'an epidemic of loneliness,' is the idea that government — which Fryday views as a vast collection of mostly well-intentioned people — 'can be a force for good.' 'We're in a moment where we have to recognize that political division and extremism isn't going to improve anybody's life, and we have to also be honest that government is not going to solve everything — it can't alone,' he said in an interview. 'It's actually up to us — the people of the state — to fix the communities we love. And the lieutenant governor can play a critical role in bringing people together to engage and empower everyone in new ways.' Like another Democrat in the race, 34-year-old former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, a pioneer for universal basic income and one-time special adviser to the governor on poverty issues, Fryday, 44, is well-connected. In addition to serving in Newsom's Cabinet, he works closely with his spouse, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who herself was once viewed as a possible contender for the state's No. 2 office. Fryday clerked for Kamala Harris when she was district attorney of San Francisco, staffing her at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and was chief operating officer for billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate. Fryday also served in Yokosuka, Japan, on relief efforts after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster and was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, where he worked on detainee cases. 'When you serve, and this is my experience, that's when you get to feel what it's like to have a common bond with other people, especially people from very different backgrounds and perspectives, who think differently than you, look different and probably vote differently than you,' he said. 'That experience to be part of something that's bigger than you with other people, we just don't provide that in our society enough.' He wants to use partnerships with the private sector to scale up versions of his programs. 'This is saying to everyone, 'we actually need you to tackle some of the big challenges that we have.' And I know people are hungry for that.' Fryday's collection of service-based state outfits have been a model for state and national efforts focused on education and global warming, among other issues. John Podesta, former White House chief of staff and the nation's top climate diplomat in the Biden administration, credited California's Climate Action Corps as the inspiration for the American Climate Corps, which is focused on climate change prevention. The journalist James Fallows, writing days ahead of Trump's victory, praised Fryday and his CalVolunteers' College Corps, whose members spend 450 hours tutoring and mentoring younger students in exchange for up to $10,000 toward college expenses. It set the template for a similar program in New York. And Newsom referred to Fryday as 'my own Sarge Shriver,' the ambassador who married into the Kennedy family, founded the Peace Corps and Head Start and started the Special Olympics. Newsom considers Shriver one of his heroes and urged Fryday to read his biography when he started in the role. Fryday, in turn, has made that a requirement for his senior staff. He said he plans to remain in the state Cabinet post while running for office. 'What we're trying to build, what I've been building, and what I hope to continue building is very much in that Kennedy spirit of calling on people to serve, asking people to be engaged, and expecting people to be engaged, and then actually creating opportunities for them to be engaged,' Fryday said. The lieutenant governor in California is independently elected and sits on higher education and environmental posts, but there is little in the way of defined responsibility and even less in the way of hard power. That makes it a blank canvas of sorts for candidates to pour their desires onto. While there's a musical chairs quality to the shifting statewide candidate field — thanks in large part to Harris' potential to scatter the Democratic field in the 2026 governor's race — Fryday and Tubbs are joined by Treasurer Fiona Ma and state Sen. Steven Bradford. Ma has a big early edge in fundraising. Fryday's team is led by one of the country's premier pollsters, David Binder, along with Nick Baldick of Hilltop Public Solutions and Mattis Goldman of Three Point Media. Fryday said he spoke with Newsom about his run, but declined to reveal specifics of their private conversations. 'I think he's proud of what we've built and the work that we are doing,' he said of his boss. 'I think he sees how impactful it is across the state, how many people it's helping, communities it's serving. And I think he wants to see it continue to grow.'
