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Suspect intended to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and “break her kneecaps,” San Francisco DA says

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David Wayne DePape, the man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and violently attacking her husband, intended to kidnap her and possibly break “her kneecaps,” he said, according to court documents.

He told San Francisco police after his arrest that, “If Nancy [Pelosi] were to tell DePape the ‘truth,’ he would let her go, and if she ‘lied,’ he was going to break ‘her kneecaps,'” so that she would have to be wheeled into Congress. 

Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Monday night that “Paul is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process.” Paul Pelosi was admitted the hospital after the assault and underwent what the speaker’s office described as a “successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.”

The suspect had targeted the Pelosi home to confront the House speaker, interim San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said at a press conference Monday. DePape allegedly forced his way through a rear glass door, making his way to the second floor of the home, where Paul Pelosi was sleeping. He then woke Paul Pelosi, who was clad in a pajama shirt and boxer shorts, and asked where his wife was, according to Jenkins. 

Paul Pelosi then attempted to get to the elevator in the Pelosi home, Jenkins said, and asked to go to the bathroom, where he made a 911 phone call. The defendant then realized Paul Pelosi had made a phone call, Jenkins said. Two officers soon arrived, and when they did, they saw the defendant was holding a hammer, which he used to strike Pelosi, Jenkins said.

The FBI affidavit filed in the federal case against DePape also said that the San Francisco police “recovered zip ties in Pelosi’s bedroom and in the hallway near the front door of the Pelosi residence.” 

Law enforcement officers also searched DePape’s backpack at the Pelosi residence and found “among other things, a roll of tape, white rope, one hammer, one pair of rubber and cloth gloves, and a journal,” the affidavit said. It stated that Paul Pelosi said he had never seen DePape before.

DePape, 42, is being charged with attempted murder, residential burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, false imprisonment of an elder, and threats to a public official and their family, Jenkins said.

Jenkins said investigators believe DePape intended to murder Paul Pelosi and that his actions were politically motivated. “What is clear, based on the evidence that we have thus far, is this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant,” Jenkins said. 

During the news conference Jenkins also called on leaders and citizens “to watch the words that we say and to turn down the volume of our political rhetoric.” 

DePape was also charged Monday with federal counts of assault on the immediate family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official. He is scheduled to be arraigned in court in San Francisco Tuesday.


Suspect charged in Paul Pelosi home attack

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DePape also had a list of people he wanted to target, law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation have told CBS News. The sources said he may have been planning to attack more people, had he not been arrested after assaulting Pelosi. 

— Rob Legare, Jeff Pegues and Gina Martinez contributed to this report

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‘Aggressive,’ non-native mosquitoes invade San Jose

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Two invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were recently trapped in San Jose, marking the first time the “aggressive” species has been detected in Santa Clara County, officials said Monday. 

The district is taking an “all-hands-on-deck approach” to eradicating the blood-sucking insects, which can transmit a host of diseases, including dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever, although none of the viruses they carry have ever been transmitted in California, according to a county press release. The California Department of Public Health is testing the two mosquitoes for infection. While A. aegypti don’t fly far from where they hatch — less than 500 feet — they’re pugnacious, bite at all hours of the day and prefer humans over animals. 

“We take this threat seriously and are doing everything we can to ensure A. aegypti does not become established in Santa Clara County,” Edgar Nolasco, director of the County’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, said in the news release. “We ask the public to help by removing standing water on their properties and encourage residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites.” 

The species, which likely originated in sub-Saharan Africa and can now be found in many tropical and subtropical climates, has been detected in at least 20 California counties, according to the state’s department of public health. 

“We knew they would make their way to the Bay Area eventually due to climate change increasing temperatures as well as their preference for laying eggs in containers,” Nolasco wrote in an email to SFGATE. “The District had implemented strategic plans in anticipation of the invasive mosquito entering our county.”



Plants like bamboo and bromeliads — as well as everyday items like car tires — can help carry the population across county lines, according to Nolasco. “They are also capable of following humans into their cars, allowing travelers to potentially bring them back,” he wrote.

Ever since the striped black-and-white mosquitos were discovered in San Jose, near the intersection of Dixon Landing Road and McCarthy Boulevard, the district has been closely monitoring the situation, as well as laying traps for adults and removing their eggs. 

To prevent the population from growing, officials are imploring Santa Clara County residents to dump out even the smallest containers with stagnant water, such as buckets, pet dishes and bird baths. Once a mosquito lays eggs in these containers, they can survive for a year without water. 

“Mosquito and vector control are a community effort,” Nolasco wrote to SFGATE. “Once this mosquito is established, it is extremely hard to get rid of.”

Santa Clara County residents experiencing mosquito bites during the day should report them immediately to the Vector Control District at (408) 918-4770 or vectorinfo@cep.sccgov.org. 

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A 5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near San Jose, US Geological Survey reports

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The US Geological Survey (USGS) is reporting a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Seven Trees, near San Jose, California.

Preliminary information from the USGS says the quake was 6.9 kilometers (4.2 miles) deep and hit around 11:42 a.m. PT Tuesday.

“Additional shaking from aftershocks can be expected in the region. We are continuing to monitor this region,” the California Geological Survey tweeted.

Earthquakes are measured using seismographs, which monitor the seismic waves that travel through the Earth after an earthquake strikes. Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 in magnitude are often felt, but only cause minor damage, according to Michigan Tech’s UPSeis website.

This is a developing story.



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The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: Biggest Price Drops since Housing Bust 1. Record Plunge in Seattle (-3.9%), Near-Record in San Francisco (-4.3%) & Denver. Drops Spread Across the US

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Big drops in San Diego, Los Angeles, Dallas, Portland, Phoenix, Boston. Prices going down faster than they’d spiked? No way. Oops.

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.

This is the first month in this cycle that the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which lags reality on the ground by 4-6 months, is showing house price declines in all the metros in the index.

In Seattle, the month-to-month plunge was the steepest on record (-3.8%). In San Francisco, the month-to-month plunge (-4.3%) was the third-steepest on record, outdone only by the two worst months during Housing Bust 1 in 2008. In San Diego (-2.8%), Los Angeles (-2.3%), Phoenix (-2.1%), and other metros, the plunges were the worst since Housing Bust 1. And the declines are spreading across the country to other metros, including Dallas, Boston, Washington D.C., and Las Vegas.

These are serious declines for the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, where each month is a rolling three-month average which irons out the month-to-month variability.

Today’s release of the index was for “August,” which consists of the three-month average of closed home sales that were entered into public records in June, July, and August. Due to the delay between when a deal is made and when the “closed sale” is entered into public records, the time span for “August” roughly covers deals made in May through June. During that time, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate reached the 6% range. Today, we’re at 7%, and mortgage bankers are frazzled.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, house prices plunged 4.3% in “August” (three month moving average of June, July, and August) from July, the third-steepest plunge on record, outdone only by the two slightly steeper plunges during the depth of Housing Bust 1 in 2008. The plunge in August was an acceleration of the drops in July (-3.5%) and June (-1.3%).

The index has dropped 8.9% from the peak. Over those three months, the index plunged faster (-35 points) than prices had spiked during the last three months of the spike (+27 points). House prices going down faster than they’d spiked? No way, impossible. Oops.

This turn of events slashed the year-over-year gain to +5.6%, from +24% earlier this year, unwinding so far just the final stages of the ridiculous spike over the past two years. The index is now at the lowest level since January.

The Case Shiller Index for “San Francisco” covers five-counties of the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area: San Francisco, part of Silicon Valley, part of the East Bay, and part of the North Bay.

In the Seattle metro, house prices plunged 3.9% in August, the biggest month-to-month plunge on record, on top of the 3.1% plunge in July, and the 1.9% drop in June. The index has dropped 8.6% from the peak.

During the last three months of the spike, the index soared 33 points; over the first three months of the decline, the index plunged 36 points, like San Francisco unwinding faster than it had spiked. The index is now at the lowest level since January. The year-over-year gain shrank to +9.9% from +27% earlier this year.

The Case-Shiller Index uses the “sales pairs” method, comparing sales in the current month to when the same houses sold previously. The price changes within each sales pair are integrated into the index for the metro, and adjustments are made for home improvements and other factors (methodology). By tracking the change in dollars needed to buy the same house over time, the index is a measure of house price inflation.

In the San Diego metro, house prices fell 2.8% in August, the biggest month-to-month drop since Housing Bust 1, after the 2.5% drop in July, and the 0.7% drop in June, to the lowest level since January.

The index is down 5.9% from the peak and unwound with symmetrical speed the last three months of the spike. This slashed the year-over-year gain to 12.7%, from 29% earlier this year.

The current index value of 403 for San Diego means that home prices shot up by 303% since January 2000, when the index was set at 100. Based on the increase since 2000, San Diego used to be the #1 Most Splendid Housing Bubble in America, but has now fallen below Miami (+309%) and Los Angeles (+305%).

In the Los Angeles metro, house prices fell 2.3% in August from July, the steepest drop since Housing Bust 1, after having dropped 1.6% in July, and 0.4% in June. This slashed the year-over-year price gain to +12.1%, from +23% a few months ago. The index is down 4.3% from the peak.

In the Denver metro, house prices dropped 2.3% in August from July – the second steepest drop on record after January 2009 – following the 1.4% drop in July, and the 0.1% dip in June.

The index has dropped 3.7% from the peak, cutting the year-over-year gain in half, to 12.0%.

In the Portland metro, house prices dropped 1.9% in August, after the 1.1% drop in July, and the 0.1% dip in June, following a ridiculous spike.

The index has dropped 3.1% from the peak, cutting the year-over-year gain to +8.6%, from +19% earlier this year.

In the Dallas metro:

  • Month over month: -2.3%, after the -0.4% dip in July.
  • Year over year: +20.2%, down from +30% earlier this year.
  • From the peak: -2.3%.

In the Phoenix metro:

  • Month over month: -2.1% after -0.2% in July.
  • Year over year: +17.1%, down from +32% earlier this year.
  • From the peak: -2.3%.


In the Washington D.C. metro:

  • Month over month: -15%, after the 0.7% dip in July.
  • Year over year: +7.4%, down from +13% earlier this year.
  • From the peak: -2.2%.

In the Boston metro:

  • Month over month: -1.2% after -0.3% in July.
  • Year over year: 11.4% from +15% earlier this year.
  • From the peak: -1.5%.

Las Vegas metro:

  • Month over month: -1.3% from the record in July.
  • Year over year: +17.5%, down from +28% earlier this year.
  • From the peak: -1.3%.

Tampa metro: 

  • Month over month: -0.5% from record in July
  • Year over year: +28.0%, down from +36% earlier this year
  • From peak: -0.5%

Miami metro:

  • Month over month: -0.1% from record in July.
  • Year over year: +28.6%, down from +34% earlier this year.
  • From peak: -0.1%.

In the New York metro:

  • Month over month: -0.5% from record in July
  • Year over year: +12.3%, down from +15% earlier this year
  • From peak: -0.5%

The New York metro has experienced 175% house price inflation since January 2000, based on the Case-Shiller Index value of 275. The remaining cities in the 20-City Case-Shiller Index (Chicago, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Detroit, and Cleveland) have experienced less house price inflation and don’t qualify for this illustrious list of the most splendid housing bubbles. But all of them booked month-to-month declines in August.

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San Jose State football player dies after being struck by school bus

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San Jose State football player dies after fatally struck by school bus

A San Jose University football player died Friday morning after he was struck and killed by a school bus, the team confirmed.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A San Jose State University football player died Friday morning after he was struck by a school bus, the team confirmed.

Camdan McWright, 18, was riding an electric scooter in the area of S 10th and Reed streets around 6:51 a.m. when he was fatally hit by the bus.

Officials said McWright had rented the scooter. A source told KTVU that the college freshman was on his way to work out.

It’s unclear whether he was wearing a helmet.

“We lost an amazing young man this morning. Camdan had a bright future ahead of him and everyone in this community that had the opportunity to spend time with him knew that,” said San Jose State’s football coach Brent Brennan in a statement. “We are still trying to deal with the news of this tragedy, and appreciate everyone’s support during these difficult times.”

According to the San Jose Police Department, there were 14 students, ranging from 14 to 17 years old, and the driver on board the bus at the time of the crash. None of the children, nor the driver were hurt, the San Jose Unified School District said.

“It is deeply, deeply, deeply felt on our campus. All of our thoughts, our prayers, our sympathy with our student parents, with friends, teammates – everybody in the Spartan family,” SJSU President Steve Perez said in an interview.

Athletic Director Jeff Konya said McWright was a well-regarded member of the football team. “Just a very bright, articulate, energetic individual. Was a freshman, was beloved by the team, had a great personality,” Konya said. 

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School bus with children on board fatally strikes bicyclist in San Jose

Authorities in San Jose are investigating a crash involving an occupied school bus that struck and killed a bicyclist early Friday morning.

The bus driver was traveling along Reed Street and had entered the intersection with 10th Street at a green light. McWright, traveling on 10th Street, rode “directly into the path of the oncoming bus,” the California Highway Patrol said in a crash report. “The driver of the bus was unable to stop in time,” police said.  

The CHP said it was able to review the on-board bus video in order to verify that the bus had the green light at the time of the crash.

The bus driver stayed at the site of the crash and has cooperated with authorities. Police did not believe that alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision.

Initially, police said the crash involved a bicyclist, but it was later determined to be an electric scooter.

A spokesperson for CHP said, “It’s a tragedy anytime we lose a life, especially a young person, so we want to take our time and really do the justice to all of those people involved.”

The Spartans are scheduled to play a game against New Mexico State on Saturday in New Mexico. 

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Dodgers vs. Padres score: San Diego knocks out 111-win juggernaut with NLDS Game 4 rally

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The San Diego Padres staged a furious late-inning comeback and knocked the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers out of the playoffs with a 5-3 win in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Saturday night. In doing so they won the series, 3-1, in upset fashion. The series win means that the Padres will be in the NLCS for the first time since 1998, where they will face the Phillies.

In Game 4, the Padres trailed for much of the game after the Dodger offense finally managed some timely hitting in the second for a 2-0 lead. That lead grew to 3-0 in the top of the seventh thanks to a Will Smith sac fly. In the bottom of the seventh, however, the Padres clawed back to plate five runs and seize a lead that the San Diego bullpen, nearly perfect in this series, would hold. 

Now for some takeaways from the Game 4 clincher. 

The seventh inning was one to remember for the Padres

Going into the bottom of the seventh, the Padres trailed 3-0 and had just a 10.8 percent chance of winning Game 4, per basic win expectancy. Then they got to work against the Dodger bullpen. Here’s the blow by blow: 

  • Jurickson Profar walks.
  • Trent Grisham singles.Austin Nola singles.
  • Yency Almonte relieves Tommy Kahnle.
  • Ha-Seong Kim doubles, one run scores.
  • Juan Soto singles, one run scores.
  • Manny Machado strikes out.
  • Brandon Drury pops out.
  • Alex Vesia relieves Almonte with 1-0 count.
  • Soto steals second base.
  • Jake Cronenworth does this: 

That made it 5-3, and that 10.8 percent chance of a Padres win had become a 90.2 percent chance of a Padres win. Given the “little brother” status of the Padres when it comes to the Dodgers and given the stakes, it’s no exaggeration to call that one of the biggest innings in Padres franchise history. 

The Padres bullpen did the job again

Yes, the San Diego relief corps allowed their first run of the series after taking over for starter Joe Musgrove, but it didn’t come in anything like authoritative fashion (the Dodgers pushed across a run against Steven Wilson in their small-ball top of the seventh). After the Padres snatched the lead, the bullpen notched the final six outs without any dramatics. The Padre pen came into Game 4 with these numbers through the first three games of the NLDS: 13 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 15 SO, 4 BB. On Saturday, they allowed one run in three innings, which gave them an ERA of 0.56 for the series. That’s the kind of lockdown relief you need to win in the postseason these days. 

Tyler Anderson delivered for the Dodgers

The 32-year-old retread lefty continues to be a quiet savior for the Dodgers. Armed with a refined pitch mix and tweaked changeup grip, Anderson had a career year in 2022: a 2.57 ERA and 4.06 K/BB ratio in a team-high 178 ⅔ innings. On Saturday, he authored the biggest start of the Dodgers’ season, as he twirled five scoreless innings with six strikeouts, two walks, and two hits allowed. At one point, Anderson retired nine in a row. That’s in keeping with how Anderson has handled the Padres in 2022. During the regular season, he made four starts against the Padres and thrived across those combined 24 innings: 1.88 ERA, no unearned runs allowed, 15 hits, 16 strikeouts, six walks, .502 OPS against.

A great Dodger season ends in disappointment

During the regular season, the Dodgers barged to a franchise-record 111 wins, and they put up a run differential of plus-334 – both markers of success two of the best in MLB history. Three October losses shouldn’t undo what was authored across 162 games, but the reality is that the Dodgers will once again be remembered for coming up short in the postseason. Dave Roberts’ club has won 217 games over the last two regular seasons without a ring to show for it. 

The NLCS is set 

It will be the Padres and Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS. The best-of-seven clash gets started Tuesday in San Diego with a trip to the World Series on the line. The Padres, incidentally, have never won the World Series. During the regular season, the Phillies won four of seven head-to-head games against San Diego and out-scored them 21-15 in those contests. 

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Padres vs. Dodgers score, takeaways: San Diego grabs NLDS lead as bullpen, Trent Grisham help take down L.A.

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In the San Diego Padres’ first home playoff game with fans since 2006, the hosts gave the crowd a thrill as the Padres edged the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 2-1. With the win in Game 3 of the National League Division Series, the Padres took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. That means the Padres are one win from eliminating the Dodgers, who won a franchise-record 111 games during the regular season. 

Padres starter Blake Snell gutted out 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and the San Diego bullpen continued to put zeroes on the board. On offense, Trent Grisham hit his third home run of the 2022 postseason. 

The winner of this series will advance to the NLCS to face the winner of the Philadelphia Phillies-Atlanta Braves NLDS. 

Now, for takeaways from Game 3.

Tony Gonsolin wasn’t able to give the Dodgers much

Thanks to a forearm injury, Gonsolin missed more than a month down the stretch and only returned in time to make an abbreviated start against the Rockies on Oct. 3. In Game 3 on Friday night, he wasn’t himself. The command was badly lacking, and Gonsolin’s fastball velocity was down a tick or so (just as it was against Colorado in his last start). He endured a 31-pitch first inning, and Dave Roberts was moved to get Andrew Heaney warming up in that first frame. Things could have gotten worse in the second, but Gonsolin was able to escape disaster thanks in part to a Jurickson Profar bunt attempt gone wrong. 

Roberts had a leash of 75 pitches or so planned for Gonsolin in Game 3, but he was able to last for just 42 pitches and 1 1/3 innings. Over that span he allowed one run on four hits with one strikeout and one walk. Through the first two games of this series, the Dodgers dialed up eight relief appearances and eight relief innings. Even with the off day before Game 3 and the first-round bye, the L.A. pen is racking up some recent miles. That trend continued on Friday. 

The Padres’ bullpen has been nails

Through the first two games of this series, the San Diego bullpen put up these digits: 9 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 9 SO, 4 BB. Then in the crucial Game 3, that same pen was tasked with protecting a one-run lead for 11 outs – including Nick Martinez in the sixth inheriting a runner in scoring position with one out. Once again, the San Diego relief corps rose to the challenge and did so against one of the best offenses in MLB. Now for those updated numbers for the NLDS: 13 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 15 SO, 4 BB. 

Trent Grisham continued with his postseason fireworks 

Pads center fielder and No. 8 hitter Trent Grisham endured a pretty rough regular season at the plate, but he was huge in the Wild Card Series upset over the Mets, as he homered twice in three games. Through the first two games of the NLDS against the Dodgers, Grisham didn’t do much, but he rediscovered his first-round power strike in the fourth inning of Game 3: 

That one off Andrew Heaney left the bat at 109.8 mph and traveled 389 feet. That third home run of the 2022 postseason – through just six games played – put Grisham in elite franchise company: 

At minimum, he’ll have at least two more games to tie or break Jim Leyritz’s record. Most important is that the Padres probably wouldn’t be in their current situation without Grisham’s October power surge. 

The Dodgers again struggled with runners in scoring position

The Dodgers on Friday night came up empty in RISP situations for a second straight game. In Game 3, they went 0 for 9 with RISP, and that means they’re now 0 for their last 19 in such spots. Suffice it to say, the Dodgers are a couple of timely hits away from this series being very different. 

History favors the Padres

Not surprisingly, the Padres are in a good position being up 2-1 in a best-of-five series. In the history of the best-of-five League Division Series, a team has taken a 2-1 lead in the series 67 times, and 49 of those teams up 2-1 went on to win the series. Framed another way, just 26.9 percent of teams down 2-1 in the LDS have come back to win said LDS.

For the Dodgers, the first step toward defying the odds and history comes in Game 4 on Saturday. Tyler Anderson goes for L.A. against Joe Musgrove, and first pitch is scheduled for 9:07 p.m. ET back at Petco Park in San Diego. Shortstop Trea Turner may be a game-time decision for the Dodgers. He injured his fingers in Game 3 while diving back to first base on a pick-off attempt. X-rays were negative. 

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Padres vs. Dodgers score: Live updates as San Diego hosts pivotal NLDS Game 3

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The NL East rival Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres continue their NLDS matchup with Game 3 at Petco Park on Friday night. The will be the first postseason game with fans at Petco Park since Game 2 of the 2006 NLDS. Hoping to take a 2-1 lead in the series, the Padres are taking a 2-1 lead into the late innings. Here’s how you can watch Game 3.

The Dodgers started All-Star righty Tony Gonsolin and he got just four outs before exiting but only allowed one run. San Diego started Blake Snell, who labored through his Wild Card Series start against the New York Mets (10 of 19 batters faced reached base) but was dominant down the stretch in the regular season. Snell was lifted after 5 1/3 innings and gave up just one run.

Following along with our live updates and analysis of NLDS Game 3 between the Dodgers and Padres below.

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Adam Sandler announces San Francisco stadium show

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Comedy’s biggest basketball fan is heading to the home of the Golden State Warriors in December.  

Comedian/actor/musician/producer Adam Sandler is coming to the Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 6, and to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Dec. 7. 

So if you’re looking for an early holiday present, “The Chanukah Song” singer’s shows will take place less than two weeks before the festival of lights.

After making a name for himself in comedy clubs and during a stint on “Saturday Night Live,” Sandler became one of the biggest comedy stars of the 1990s, headlining beloved films such as “Billy Madison,” “Happy Gilmore,” “The Waterboy” and “The Wedding Singer.” 

Known for musical comedy that focuses on his Jewish upbringing and uncomfortable family dynamics, Sandler has also been credited as the “unofficial ambassador of pandemic style,” rocking huge T-shirts and basketball shorts before anyone had heard of the coronavirus. 

In recent years, Sandler has taken on more dramatic roles, starring in critically acclaimed hits “Uncut Gems” and “Hustle.” Both films focus on different sides of the basketball industry, an obsession of Sandler’s. 

After taking a number of years off from live performances, the three-time Grammy Award nominee is getting back to his stand-up comedy roots. Sandler announced a 15-city East Coast tour in September, before adding seven West Coast dates on Friday. The poster for Sander’s Northern California shows also announced that the comedian will perform alongside a “surprise guest.” 

Fans hoping to find out who that special guest is can buy tickets for Sandler’s Northern California shows starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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Hundreds of students at a San Diego high school call out amid flu outbreak

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Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the flu season is off to an early start, with a rash of flu-like cases reported in Texas, parts of the southeast, New York City and Washington, D.C. One San Diego high school seemingly has a flu outbreak, causing 1,400 students to be absent.

The outbreak at Patrick Henry High School started Monday, doubled on Wednesday, and now, more than half the student body is out sick.

“There was a homecoming dance and game on the weekend prior to this Monday,” Dr. Howard Taras, a physician for the San Diego Unified School District, told CBS News. “You’d think that it would take several days for them to become infectious to others, but it didn’t.”

The CDC said prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 36 million cases of the flu in the U.S. With masking and social distancing, U.S. cases plummeted to just thousands — the lowest ever recorded.

But now, most mandates are gone.

“The last two years, people haven’t been exposed too much influenza, so their immunity to it may be down,” said CBS News chief medical correspondent Jonathan LaPook.

The CDC said it’s safe to get the flu shot and COVID-19 booster together so that you can be prepared for what’s predicted to be a severe flu season.

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