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USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Florida baseball loses LHP to transfer portal
Florida baseball loses LHP to transfer portal Florida sophomore left-hander Jacob Gomberg entered the transfer portal on Monday, marking the first departure of the 2025 offseason for the Gators baseball program. Gomberg was a minimal factor in Florida's bullpen, making just four appearances and throwing two total innings over as many seasons. He walked five and struck out three of the 19 batters he faced, ending his time in Gainesville with a 40.50 ERA. The 5-foot-10 left-hander signed with Florida as a member of the 2023 recruiting class. Ranked No. 327 nationally by Perfect Game, Gomberg was among the elite southpaws at the high school level and ranked inside the top 50 positionally. He played alongside Jake Clemente and Christian Rodriguez at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, winning three consecutive state championships, and was a member of the Canes National Scout Team (NY Mets Scout) that finished the travel circuit ranked No. 1 among 17U clubs in the 2022 summer circuit.. Gomberg's calling card was a wipeout slider, which is still talked about locally as one of the best pitches to ever come through the area. The problem is that the legend has stayed local, for the most part. Gomberg has dealt with injuries since the summer of 2022 when he was with that Canes team. He didn't throw an inning his senior year at Douglas and made just one appearance as a true freshman last season. Kevin O'Sullivan rarely called Gomberg's number throughout the season. When he did, the game was getting out of hand or there already. Still, the lefty struggled in these situations, recording just three outs over 13 batters faced. His final appearance was a four-pitch walk against Vanderbilt that brought Sully back out after one batter. The writing has been on the wall here for some time. Gomberg wasn't getting innings in a season where Florida didn't have a left-handed relief arm. With draft eligibility coming into play next year, Gomberg needs to go somewhere he'll get innings. If that slider returns to form, he can salvage a career at a mid-major. Despite being labeled a sophomore, Gomberg has three years of collegiate eligibility remaining. Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Heat wave is coming to Southern California, with triple-digit temps in San Fernando Valley
Meteorologists are projecting unusually high temperatures in Southern California this week, with the heat predicted to climb above 100 degrees in the San Fernando Valley and reach the 90s elsewhere. After a balmy weekend, temperatures are expected to start rising Monday. "We're looking at pretty widespread 80 to 90 degrees for highs" Monday across the Valley, said David Gomberg, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, which covers Los Angeles County. Temperatures will soar by midweek, hitting 103 degrees in Woodland Hills on Wednesday and 101 degrees on Thursday, the National Weather Service predicted. Read more: Commentary: Nuclear reactors help power Los Angeles. Should we panic, or be grateful? In downtown Los Angeles, meanwhile, temperatures are expected to climb from the low 80s on Monday to the mid-80s on Tuesday and finally to the low 90s on Wednesday, before dropping back to the high-80s on Thursday. "I'd say Wednesday and Thursday are going to be the two hottest days," Gomberg said. "Saturday is when things should get back to normal." The weather service expects to issue heat advisories, warning people to think twice if considering strenuous midday activity such as hiking. "Also, the very old and little children are always going to be vulnerable to those heat events," Gomberg said. Read more: Missing camper 'miraculously' found alive after surviving weeks in snowy High Sierra Temperatures in the Inland Empire, meanwhile, are expected to reach the mid- to upper 90s on Wednesday and Thursday. In inland Orange County cities such as Irvine and Anaheim, temperatures will hit the upper 80s and low 90s by midweek. "Our highs will get back to the mid-80s by Saturday, which is pretty close to the climatological norm for late May," said Dave Munyan, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in San Diego, which covers Orange County and the Inland Empire. "It's not going to be as hot as the mini heat wave we had two weeks ago." He characterized the coming week as "abnormally warm, not record-breaking heat, but definitely something that could take some folks off guard because it's May and they expect it to be cooler and cloudier." Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Technical.ly
17-02-2025
- Business
- Technical.ly
Philly's Science Center hosts Israeli startups, with a goal to get them to put down roots in the city
Ten Israeli healthtech startups visited Philadelphia in early February as part of a collaboration between the University City Science Center and Startup Nation Central (SNC), a nonprofit non-governmental organization that supports startups and the innovation economy in Israel. The founders participated in programming that showcased resources in Philly and helped them better understand the US market, like how to approach investors. Putting on these events with companies outside the region ultimately spreads the word about Philadelphia and increases the potential for economic development, said Sandra Gomberg, strategic advisor for the Science Center. 'It's ultimately jobs and economic development for the city of Philadelphia,' Gomberg said. 'Many of these companies, while they're going to start small, they're going to hire, they're going to need a place to put down their roots, and we want them to put those roots down here in Philadelphia.' The startups came to the Science Center for two days to meet various investors interested in healthtech, including local firms like Robin Hood Ventures and Empactful Capital. Israeli startups have boomed since the beginning of the country's war with Hamas, raking in more than $3.1 billion in funding as of April 2024. Eden Eini, ecosystem growth manager at SNC, puts the number even higher at over $12 billion in private funding in 2024. 'Despite the ongoing war and local challenges, Israel's tech sector continues to evolve into a scale-up powerhouse, reinforcing global investors' confidence in its innovation ecosystem,' Eini said. Meanwhile, Palestinian founders have been forced out of their home countries to keep their companies — and lives — safe. The ongoing conflict continues to take a toll on the sector, and the people in the region, as instability leaves an uncertain future. The Science Center said it is open to opportunities to partner with other global nonprofits looking to commercialize life sciences and healthcare, but did not specifically name any programs working with Palestinian founders. 'Philadelphia remains a global leader in developing and nurturing ideas and talent, and we're always eager to maximize opportunities to showcase the region's strengths,' Kristen Fitch, senior director of marketing at the Science Center, told Founders navigate the US business scene The companies attended sessions about working with US investors, accessing partnerships, and navigating business culture in the US. Founders also had one-on-one meetings with investors and local healthcare stakeholders to ask questions. 'It's not about them selling themselves,' Gomberg said. 'It's about them asking for guidance and learning so that they can improve their understanding of entering the US healthcare market.' For example, Tal Shapsa Heiman, cofounder and CEO of palliative care platform Epilog which is based in both North Carolina and Tel Aviv, was specifically looking for partners that her company can build a long-term relationship with. Heiman already had a history with the Science Center from participating in its Global Market Access Program in 2022. Generally, the ecosystem feels welcoming to new people and her ongoing relationship with the org makes her feel like a part of the community, she said. 'It's more of a collaborative approach, for me coming from somewhere else that is less like that, it's huge learning [opportunity],' she said. 'It's very unique to this [region].' A tour of the US to connect with regional opportunities This visit was part of a multi-city tour where SNC brought founders to similar startup resource orgs in New York and Chicago before coming to Philadelphia. Each city offered something different, and ending the tour in Philadelphia allowed startups to slow down and absorb individualized feedback from Philly investors, Eden Eini, ecosystem engagement manager for SNC, told The Science Center has been connected to SNC for a few years, working on virtual programs that introduce Israeli healthcare startups to the United States market, Gomberg said. Philly's research and healthcare environments are reasons why SNC was interested in bringing startups to the Science Center for this program, Eini said. It was an opportunity to meet stakeholders ranging from investors to academics. 'It's really interesting to see how tech, academia, research, is kind of combined and intertwined together,' Eini said. 'That's really interesting to see as an outsider, how [the] economy grows like that.' Building a reputation beyond 'eds and meds' The Science Center hosts other programs with companies outside the region, like the Capital Readiness Program which is for companies looking for fundraising guidance. The goal is to help founders see that Philadelphia is willing to invest in innovation, Gomberg said. Partnerships also bring more high-quality companies into the ecosystem and bring more interest to local investors and other local stakeholders like CIC Philadelphia and other resources. They also want to show that Philadelphia has a startup friendly ecosystem, she said. Introducing founders to Chambers of Commerce, for example, creates those connections. 'It's not just that we have a lot of eds and meds,' Gomberg said. 'We have an environment that is welcoming to innovation that comes from global places.' Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
