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California consumers suddenly turn grumpy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: California consumer confidence took a U-turn in September, falling to a four-month low by one index’s tally.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the September results of the Conference Board’s monthly consumer confidence indexes derived from polling of shoppers in California, seven other states and across the nation.ToplineThe overall California confidence yardstick had shown growing optimism earlier this summer. But this index dropped 4% in September after rising 12% off May’s 2023 low. This swing leaves the confidence benchmark 8% below September 2022.DetailsThink about two measurements that create the overall confidence index to understand what California consumers are thinking …Current conditions: Californians feel “meh” about today’s economy. This measurement of w...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 6 action

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …Ranked teamsNo. 2 De La Salle 21, No. 8 McClymonds 0In a game dominated by defense, Dominic Kelley scored on two touchdown runs and Toa Faavae threw his first touchdown pass of the season – a 38-yarder over the middle to Robert Santiago – to account for the scoring as De La Salle (4-2) won its fourth in a row. Mack is 2-2. Darren Sabedra has more details here.No. 4 Pittsburg 37, No. 6 Los Gatos 27In one of the top matchups of the night, Pi...

Photos: Bay Area high school football Week 6, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

Wilcox 45, Mountain View 14,See a photo you like? Click Here to see these and more and to purchase high-quality prints or a keepsake photos on mugs, buttons, greeting cards, and more.Wilcox High quarterback Tyson Bonilla (8) celebrates scoring a touchdown in the first quarter of their football game against Mountain View High in Santa Clara, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Wilcox High quarterback Tyson Bonilla (8) runs the ball in for a touchdown in the second quarter of their football game against Mountain View High in Santa Clara, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Mountain View High’s Lex Silver (3) scores a touchdown in the first quarter of their football game against Wilcox High in Santa Clara, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Wilcox High’s Will Souza (10) catches a pass for a first down in the third quarter of their football game against Mountain Vi...

Neymar looks for first goal with Saudi team as Asian Champions League campaign resumes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are leading their Saudi Arabian clubs into the second matchday of the Asian Champions League in starkly different form.Ronaldo is the Saudi Pro League’s top scorer with 10 goals for Al-Nassr. Neymar has yet to find the net for Al-Hilal.Hilal coach Jorge Jesus dismissed concerns about the Brazilian, who missed a penalty in a 2-0 win over Al-Shabab on Friday. Neymar has played in four games since joining from Paris Saint-Germain.“He has made the team stronger and has contributed a lot and in the future he will become even better,” Jesus said. “We are now looking forward to the next game.”That comes in the Asian Champions League on Monday.Hilal, a four-time continental champion, can’t afford many more dropped points after a surprise 1-1 draw with Navbahor of Uzbekistan in the opening Group D game in September.Neymar narrowly missed a red card in that game and now heads to Iran to take on Nassaji Mazandaran at the Azadi Stadiu...

Osimhen comes off bench to help Napoli win 4-0 at Lecce and close in on Milan teams

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Victor Osimhen came off the bench to help Napoli win 4-0 at Lecce in Serie A on Saturday as the defending champions notched four goals for the second straight match.Osimhen, who had been angered by the club following a social media post this week, doubled Napoli’s lead early in the second half. Leo Østigård, Gianluca Gaetano and Matteo Politano also got on the scoresheet.Napoli moved a point behind league leader Inter Milan and AC Milan, which were playing against Salernitana and Lazio, respectively, later.It was a second straight defeat for Lecce, which was unbeaten before Tuesday’s 1-0 loss at Juventus and had won its previous four home matches.Napoli had ended a three-match winless run with a 4-1 win over Udinese midweek but coach Rudi Garcia opted to rest Osimhen on Saturday ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League match against Real Madrid.Napoli took the lead in the 16th minute when Piotr Zieliński floated a free kick from the left to the back post and Østigård heade...

Live updates | Hovland, Åberg come down from high at Ryder Cup in 4-and-3 loss to Burns, Morikawa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg quickly came down from their high at the Ryder Cup.Coming off a record 9-and-7 win in the morning foursomes, the Scandinavians were dispatched 4 and 3 by Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa.Morikawa missed short birdie putts for the win at Nos. 13 and 14 but Burns’ par putt at No. 15 was enough to reduce Europe’s lead to 9½-3½.It was part of a resurgent afternoon performance by the Americans, who also look good for a point through Max Homa and Brian Harman. They are 4 up on Tommy Fleetwood and Nicolai Hojgaard through 13 holes.The Europeans lead the final two matches, both 1 up.___Rory McIlroy already has three wins this week and is looking to become the second Team Europe player to go 5-0 at a Ryder Cup.McIlroy is leading his fourth match, too, as he and Matt Fitzpatrick are 1 up on Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark.It’s the only blue on the board for Europe in the fourballs. The American pairing of Colli...

Rahm says Koepka criticism was over something that wouldn’t register on ‘Jon anger’ scale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Brooks Koepka could have used a board to pound Saturday in the Ryder Cup. Jon Rahm didn’t need one, and he doesn’t know what caused all the fuss.Koepka kept everyone guessing — about the incident, not his blunt nature — when he accused the Masters champion of pouting after their fourballs match Friday afternoon, which Rahm ended with a 35-foot eagle putt.“I mean, I want to hit a board and pout just like Jon Rahm did,” Koepka said in the television interview. “But you know, it is what it is. Act like a child. But we’re adults. We move on.”Rahm filled in the details, or what he could make of it, after he put up another point for Europe in Saturday foursomes.“I mean, I’m not going to stand here and say I’m a perfect example on what to do on a golf course. I don’t think either of us two are,” Rahm said as he sat next to Tyrrell Hatton, another player known for expressing his feelings for all to see. “But I play and compete.”The moment to whi...

AG: Man arrested in connection with two shooting deaths in Nashua, NH

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

Two people died from gunshot wounds in downtown Nashua, New Hampshire Friday night, and a man was arrested Saturday in connection with their deaths, the AG announced.48-year-old Victor Rivera, of Nashua, was arrested for “knowingly causing the deaths” by shooting them, the AG said. The charges have not been released, and Rivera is expected to appear in court on Monday.Nashua officers responded to the area of the Maple Street lot Friday around 10:30 p.m., where an adult male and an adult female were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Their cause of deaths have not been announced.

Soccer notebook: After off-year, BC High boys make noise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

Last fall was unforgettable for the Catholic Conference soccer world. By season’s end, two of the league’s schools were represented in the Div. 1 Final Four, with St. John’s Prep capturing the championship.Yet, a usual contender was missing from the fold, at least for one campaign.2022 was considered a rebuilding year for BC High’s program, after consistently competing for south sectional titles and Eastern Mass. crowns over the past decade. Now, Eagles coach Billy Ryan is optimistic his group can take a substantial step forward.“That was the youngest team we’ve ever fielded at BC High under my soccer tenure since I’ve been over there, about 30 years,” said Ryan. “Very young team last year, but I think they overachieved at the end, and we got knocked out in the Round of 16 in overtime to Weymouth. But we have eight returners. Eight starters came back this year with a lot of motivation.”Some would argue that BC High is already well into a resurgence. However, with each great win come...

Field hockey notebook: Healthy Larkee leads Norwood girls

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:40 GMT

Not a single day passed last season in which sophomore forward Shea Larkee didn’t do exactly everything right to help the Norwood field hockey team.But as her young, 6-9-3 teammates couldn’t generate a goal for the eighth time that year in a 1-0 Div. 2 state tournament first-round loss to Canton, she couldn’t help but wonder what she could’ve done if she weren’t watching from the sidelines.Larkee had just won team MVP as a freshman. But even though she was off the crutches, her surgically-repaired right knee wasn’t cleared yet from an anterior cruciate ligament tear she suffered in gymnastics.She was at every meeting, workout, practice or game, but Norwood missed its best forward for the entire season. Nobody was more hurt by it than her, even though she tried to focus on the positives.“Obviously it was tough, especially at the beginning,” Larkee said. “I would be watching key plays and (thinking) I could be helping out right now in this game. But on the brighter side, watching it f...