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San Francisco Chronicle
3 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
49ers practice report: List of the walking wounded continues to grow
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Robbie Chosen made a diving catch of a pass from Mac Jones to score a touchdown during Monday's practice. Godofredo A. Vásquez/Associated Press San Francisco 49ers running back Ameer Abdullah walks off the field with an injury during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Denver Broncos, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Godofredo A. Vásquez/Associated Press Another day, another injury for the San Francisco 49ers. More than a dozen players didn't practice Monday, not including those listed on the active physically unable to perform, non-football injury and injured reserve lists. In all, the 49ers went without 23 players for a relatively short noon session that ended shy of an hour and a half (most training camp practices have lasted two hours). It isn't the most encouraging sign for a franchise fresh off of an injury-riddled 6-11 season. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke after Saturday's preseason opener of the roster challenges his team faces ahead of Thursday's joint practice with the Raiders. 'It's definitely getting hard,' Shanahan said. 'It's real important that we get two good practices in Monday and Tuesday so hopefully we're in a better spot Thursday when we go against the Raiders.' There was no offensive line-defensive line, wide receiver-cornerback 1-on-1 period. And the second- and third-team offensive and defensive units atypically meshed due to the vast personnel hits — underlined by light workouts off to the side for wide receiver Jauan Jennings (calf), rookie nickel back Upton Stout (calf) and running back Isaac Guerendo (shoulder). A shred of good news for the 49ers: Offensive tackle Andre Dillard (ankle) was activated from PUP and among those who returned to action, in addition to safety Ji'Ayir Brown (ankle) and defensive tackle Evan Anderson (groin). Rookie safety Marques Sigle (knee bruise) and linebacker Tatum Bethune (ankle) — who both suffered minor injuries in Saturday — did not miss a beat. Advertisement Article continues below this ad A sure tackler in his 49ers debut, Sigle repped with the first-team defense ahead of Brown, sans Richie Grant (knee). Shanahan said he 'wouldn't rule (Sigle) out' as a serious candidate in the ongoing open competition at safety. It seems veteran Jason Pinnock, who jumped a post route by wide receiver Ricky Pearsall to break up a pass Monday, is beginning to separate himself. Brock Purdy completed 8 of 14 passes (and was intercepted once) and Mac Jones looked fairly sharp by completing 9 of 11 with a heavy dose of quick rhythm throws. Purdy's pick was more a credit to new defensive end signee Trevis Gipson, who got his hands up to tip a play-action bootleg pass that landed in the hands of Nick Bosa. Jones led the second- and third-team offense for most of the session, leaving coach's son Carter Bradley largely an observer after he finished Saturday with a horrendous 20.5 passer rating. Jones connected with Robbie Chosen and Pearsall on back-to-back touchdowns in the red zone. Chosen dove for his while tightly defended by safety Jaylen Mahoney; Jones did well to loft the ball where only Chosen could get it. Pearsall sat down underneath zone coverage to give Jones a wide-open target. In his first practice back from an ankle injury,Dillard played left tackle with the third-team offensive line as a full participant during individual and 11-on-11 drills. His return comes at a critical point; he has two weeks left in the preseason to show he can take over the swing-tackle role (vacated by Jaylen Moore) that Spencer Burford and Austen Pleasants evidently could not fill. Offensive line coach Chris Foerster said a little more than a week ago he saw Burford and Pleasants as backups at left tackle and right tackle exclusively, noting Dillard as a wild card. 'Studying him coming out of college, we know he has the ability to,' Shanahan said of Dillard's swing-tackle potential. 'He's played in this league for a few years. So that's what we brought him here to do, or at least compete with these guys on it.' Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams and Bosa, star players receiving periodic rest days throughout camp, practiced fully. Shanahan was asked whether he would sit his stars the entire preseason: 'It's possible, but I doubt it. Each guy's different, but I still like to play our starters. I just got to see how it pans out and what the risk-reward is with it.'
Toronto Star
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Toronto Star
Trackhouse Racing signs Shane van Gisbergen to multiyear extension
Shane van Gisbergen, right, celebrates with a crew member after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Sonoma Raceway, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) GV flag wire: true flag sponsored: false article_type: : sWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_star bHasMigratedAvatar : false :
Toronto Sun
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Fans toast Grateful Dead's 60th with concerts in San Francisco
Formed in 1965, the Grateful Dead is synonymous with San Francisco and its counterculture Published Jul 30, 2025 • 4 minute read Sunshine Powers, owner of Love on Haight and fan of the Grateful Dead, poses for a photograph inside her store Saturday, July 19, 2025, in San Francisco. Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP SAN FRANCISCO — Fans of the Grateful Dead are pouring into San Francisco for three days of concerts and festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the scruffy jam band that came to embody a city where people wore flowers in their hair and made love, not war. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Dead & Company, featuring original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, will play Golden Gate Park's Polo Field starting Friday with an estimated 60,000 attendees each day. The last time the band played that part of the park was in 1991 — a free show following the death of concert promoter and longtime Deadhead Bill Graham. Certainly, times have changed. A general admissions ticket for all three days is $635 — a shock for many longtime fans who remember when a joint cost more than a Dead concert ticket. But Deadhead David Aberdeen is thrilled anyway. 'This is the spiritual home of the Grateful Dead,' said Aberdeen, who works at Amoeba Music in the bohemian, flower-powered Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. 'It seems very right to me that they celebrate it in this way.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Formed in 1965, the Grateful Dead is synonymous with San Francisco and its counterculture. Members lived in a dirt-cheap Victorian in the Haight and later became a significant part of 1967's Summer of Love. A man walks past the house where the original members of the Grateful Dead music group lived in San Francisco, Saturday, July 19, 2025. Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP That summer eventually soured into bad acid trips and police raids, and prompted the band's move to Marin County on the other end of the Golden Gate Bridge. But new Deadheads kept cropping up — even after iconic guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia 's 1995 death — aided by cover bands and offshoots like Dead & Company. 'There are 18-year-olds who were obviously not even a twinkle in somebody's eyes when Jerry died, and these 18-year-olds get the values of Deadheads,' said former Grateful Dead publicist and author Dennis McNally. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Deadheads can reel off why and how, and the moment they fell in love with the music. Fans love that no two shows are the same; the band plays different songs each time. They also embrace the community that comes with a Dead show. Sunshine Powers didn't have friends until age 13, when she stepped off a city bus and into the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. 'I, all of a sudden, felt like I fit in. Or like I didn't have to fit in,' says Powers, now 45 and the owner of tie-dye emporium Love on Haight. 'I don't know which one it was, but I know it was like, OK.' Similarly, her friend Taylor Swope, 47, survived a tough freshman year at a new school with the help of a Grateful Dead mixtape. The owner of the Little Hippie gift shop is driving from Brooklyn, New York, to sell merchandise, reconnect with friends and see the shows. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'The sense of, 'I found my people, I didn't fit in anywhere else and then I found this, and I felt at home.' So that's a big part of it,' she said of the allure. A tour van featuring a painting of musician Jerry Garcia travels through Haight Street in San Francisco, Saturday, July 19, 2025. Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP Magical live shows Sometimes, becoming a Deadhead is a process. Thor Cromer, 60, had attended several Dead shows, but was ambivalent about the hippies. That changed on March 15, 1990, in Landover, Maryland. 'That show, whatever it was, whatever magic hit,' he said, 'it was injected right into my brain.' Cromer, who worked for the U.S. Senate then, eventually took time off to follow the band on tour and saw an estimated 400 shows from spring 1990 until Garcia's death. Cromer now works in technology and is flying in from Boston to join scores of fellow 'rail riders' who dance in the rows closest to the stage. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Aberdeen, 62, saw his first Dead show in 1984. As the only person in his college group with a driver's license, he was tapped to drive a crowded VW Bug from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, to Syracuse, New York. 'I thought it was pretty weird,' he said. 'But I liked it.' He fell in love the following summer, when the Dead played a venue near his college. Aberdeen remembers rain pouring down in the middle of the show and a giant rainbow appearing over the band when they returned for their second act. They played 'Comes a Time,' a rarely played Garcia ballad. 'There is a lot of excitement, and there will be a lot of people here,' Aberdeen said. 'Who knows when we'll have an opportunity to get together like this again?' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Fans were able to see Dead & Company in Las Vegas earlier this year, but no new dates have been announced. Guitarist Bob Weir is 77, and drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann are 81 and 79, respectively. Besides Garcia, founding members Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan on keyboards died in 1973 and bassist Phil Lesh died last year at age 84. Multiple events planned for Dead's 60th Mayor Daniel Lurie, who is not a Deadhead but counts 'Sugar Magnolia' as his favorite Dead song, is overjoyed at the economic boost as San Francisco recovers from pandemic-related hits to its tech and tourism sectors. 'They are the reason why so many people know and love San Francisco,' he said. The weekend features parties, shows and celebrations throughout the city. Grahame Lesh & Friends will perform three nights starting Thursday. Lesh is the son of Phil Lesh. On Friday, which would have been Garcia's 83rd birthday, officials will rename a street after the San Francisco native. On Saturday, visitors can celebrate the city's annual Jerry Day at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater located in a park near Garcia's childhood home. Love concerts, but can't make it to the venue? Stream live shows and events from your couch with VEEPS, a music-first streaming service now operating in Canada. Click here for an introductory offer of 30% off. Explore upcoming concerts and the extensive archive of past performances. MLB Ontario Toronto & GTA Wrestling Toronto & GTA
Toronto Sun
22-07-2025
- Automotive
- Toronto Sun
San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs through new parking limit
The policy, up for final approval by San Francisco supervisors Tuesday, targets at least 400 recreational vehicles Published Jul 22, 2025 • 5 minute read Parked RVs are seen on Lake Merced Boulevard in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is set to ban homeless people from living in RVs by adopting strict new parking limits the mayor says are necessary to keep sidewalks clear and prevent trash buildup. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The policy, up for final approval by San Francisco supervisors Tuesday, targets at least 400 recreational vehicles in the city of 800,000 people. The RVs serve as shelter for people who can't afford housing, including immigrant families with kids. Those who live in them say they're a necessary option in an expensive city where affordable apartments are impossible to find. But Mayor Daniel Lurie and other supporters of the policy say motor homes are not suitable for long-term living and the city has a duty to both provide shelter to those in need and clean up the streets. 'We absolutely want to serve those families, those who are in crisis across San Francisco,' said Kunal Modi, who advises the mayor on health, homelessness and family services. 'We feel the responsibility to help them get to a stable solution. And at the same time, we want to make sure that that stability is somewhere indoors and not exposed in the public roadway.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Critics of the plan, however, say that it's cruel to force people to give up their only home in exchange for a shot at traditional housing when there is not nearly enough units for all the people who need help; the mayor is only offering additional money to help 65 households. Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness, says city officials are woefully behind on establishing details of an accompanying permit program, which will exempt RV residents from parking limits so long as they are working with homeless outreach staff to find housing. 'I think that there's going to be people who lose their RVs. I think there's going to be people who are able to get into shelter, but at the expense' of people with higher needs, like those sleeping on a sidewalk, she said. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. San Francisco, like other U.S. cities, has seen an explosion in recent years of people living out of vehicles and RVs as the cost of living has risen. Banning oversized vehicles is part of Lurie's pledge to clean up San Francisco streets, and part of a growing trend to require homeless people to accept offers of shelter or risk arrest or tows. Strict new rules The proposal sets a two-hour parking limit citywide for all RVs and oversized vehicles longer than 22 feet (7 meters) or higher than 7 feet (2 meters), regardless of whether they are being used as housing. Under the accompanying permit program, RV residents registered with the city as of May are exempt from the parking limits. In exchange, they must accept the city's offer of temporary or longer-term housing, and get rid of their RV when it's time to move. The city has budgeted more than half a million dollars to buy RVs from residents at $175 per foot. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The permits will last for six months. People in RVs who arrive after May will not be eligible for the permit program and must abide by the two-hour rule, which makes it impossible for a family in an RV to live within city limits. It first cleared the Board of Supervisors last week with two of 11 supervisors voting 'no.' Carlos Perez stands inside an RV, where he lives with his brother, Selvin, left, in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, Monday, July 14, 2025. Photo by Terry Chea / AP RV dwellers can't afford rent Carlos Perez, 55, was among RV residents who told supervisors at a hearing this month that they could not afford the city's high rents. Perez works full-time as a produce deliveryman and supports his brother, who lives with him and is unable to work due to a disability. 'We don't do nothing wrong. We try to keep this street clean,' he said, as he showed his RV recently to an Associated Press journalist. 'It's not easy to be in a place like this.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Yet, Perez also loves where he lives. The green-colored RV is decorated with a homey houseplant and has a sink and a tiny stove on which Carlos simmered a bean soup on a recent afternoon. He's lived in San Francisco for more than 30 years, roughly a decade of which has been in the RV in the working-class Bayview neighborhood. He can walk to work and it is close to the hospital where his brother receives dialysis multiple times a week. Zach, another RV resident who requested being identified by his first name to not jeopardize his ability to get work, started living in the vehicle a dozen years ago after realizing that no matter how hard he worked, he still struggled to pay rent. Now he works as a ride-hail driver and pursues his love of photography. He parks near Lake Merced in the city near the Pacific Ocean and pays $35 every two to four weeks to properly dispose of waste and fill the vehicle with fresh water. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He says Lurie's plan is shortsighted. There is not enough housing available and many prefer to live in an RV over staying at a shelter, which may have restrictive rules. For Zach, who is able-bodied, maintains a clean space and has no dependents, moving to a shelter would be a step down, he says. Still, he expects to receive a permit. 'If housing were affordable, there is a very good chance I wouldn't be out here,' he said. Parked RVs are seen on Lake Merced Boulevard in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP City recently closed its only RV lot RV dwellers say San Francisco should open a safe parking lot where residents could empty trash and access electricity. But city officials shuttered an RV lot in April, saying it cost about $4 million a year to service three dozen large vehicles and it failed to transition people to more stable housing. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The mayor's new proposal comes with more money for beefed-up RV parking enforcement — but also an additional $11 million, largely for a small number of households to move to subsidized housing for a few years. Officials acknowledge that may not be sufficient to house all RV dwellers, but notes that the city also has hotel vouchers and other housing subsidies. Erica Kisch, CEO of nonprofit Compass Family Services, which assists homeless families, says they do not support the punitive nature of the proposal but are grateful for the extra resources. 'It's recognition that households should not be living in vehicles, that we need to do better for families, and for seniors and for anyone else who's living in a vehicle,' she said. 'San Francisco can do better, certainly.' Sunshine Girls Canada Sunshine Girls Celebrity Columnists
Newsweek
15-07-2025
- Climate
- Newsweek
Millions of Americans Issued Safety Warning
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Millions of people across the United States have been issued safety warnings amid concerns over very high temperatures. Extreme heat warnings and advisories have been issued for parts of California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Tuesday. In parts of the Grand Canyon, temperatures could reach up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, and all physical activity is discouraged between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. A boy cools off amid hot weather in Mountain House, California, earlier this month. A boy cools off amid hot weather in Mountain House, California, earlier this month. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Why It Matters The NWS warned that in areas of extreme heat most individuals will be at risk of heat-related illnesses without effective cooling or hydration. "Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke," it said. "Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes." What To Know In Arizona, an extreme heat warning is in effect until 7 p.m. around Grand Canyon Village, with the temperature forecast to reach 110 degrees at Phantom Ranch. A heat advisory is in effect for a large portion of central California, covering Bakersfield, Hanford, Selma, Fresno, Merced and Delano. Advisories are also in force in the far north-west and northeast portions of the state. Temperatures are set to reach 105 degrees in parts. In Oregon, a heat advisory is in force across a large western column of the state, covering major urban areas, including Portland, Salem, Albany and Eugene. Temperatures are forecast to reach 100 degrees. Elsewhere, temperatures are forecast to reach highs of 106 degrees across swathes of northwest Nevada, and the low 90s across parts of Washington state, including Seattle. In much of southern New England, heat index values are expected to each 100 degrees, including urban areas such as Providence, Boston, Hartford, Manchester, Newport and Plymouth. In the South, portions of the Florida's Big Bend and Panhandle, and southwest Georgia could see heat index values of 108. Meanwhile, southeast Arkansas, western Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana could see heat index values of up to 110. What People Are Saying The NWS forecast office in Elko, Nevada, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday: "High temperatures across Northern and Central Nevada this afternoon will be around five degrees above normal for this time of year. This will result in a moderate risk for heat-related illnesses. Heat-sensitive groups may need assistance to avoid heat-related illnesses." The NWS forecast office in Boston wrote on X: "Heat and humidity will increase today, peaking on Wednesday, but lasting into Thursday... Potential impacts: prolonged exposure to high heat and humidity could cause heat illnesses." The NWS forecast office in Jackson, Mississippi, wrote on X: "Good morning! Hot and humid conditions will continue today. High temps are expected to be in the mid to upper 90s with heat indices between 105-110 degrees." What Happens Next The extreme heat warning in Arizona is set to remain in force until 7 p.m. The other heat advisories will remain in effect throughout Tuesday, with some continuing into Wednesday and Thursday. Regular forecast updates are issued by the NWS on its website.
