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LAFC’s Bouanga scores 20th goal in 1-1 draw with Whitecaps

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Dénis Bouanga scored his league-leading 20th goal of the season for Los Angeles FC, but Ali Ahmed answered in the second half for Vancouver as the defending champions and the Whitecaps played to a 1-1 draw in a regular-season finale on Saturday night.Bouanga, who entered the final day of the regular season with a two-goal lead, wrapped up the Golden Boot Award when he took a pass from Ilie Sánchez in the 34th minute and scored to give LAFC (14-10-10) the lead.Defender Ali Ahmed pulled Vancouver (12-10-12) even in the 58th minute, using an assist from Richie Laryea to score his second goal of the season and the second of his career. Ahmed has made 12 starts and 24 appearances over the past two seasons for the Whitecaps.Maxime Crépeau totaled two saves in his seventh start of the season for LAFC. Yohei Takaoka saved six shots for Vancouver.LAFC had already clinched a top-four seed in the West entering the match. Vancouver had already earned a spot in...

Espinoza helps Earthquakes grab playoff berth in 1-1 draw with Austin

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cristian Espinoza scored a first-half goal to help San Jose earn a 1-1 draw with Austin FC on Saturday night and that was enough to get the Earthquakes into the postseason after the Houston Dynamo defeated the Portland Timbers.San Jose (10-10-14) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute when Espinoza took a pass from Jeremy Ebobisse and scored his 13th goal of the season. It was Espinoza’s 26th goal contribution this season, second most in Earthquakes history for a single season.Owen Wolff used passes from Nick Lima and Sebastián Driussi in the 32nd minute to score his second goal of the campaign for Austin (10-15-9), knotting the score at halftime.Brad Stuver saved seven shots for Austin. Daniel de Sousa Britto did not have a save for San Jose.Austin has won just three of its last 22 matches on the road in all competitions (3-14-5). Austin was the only team without a clean sheet on the road this season.The Earthquakes are 2-0-5 in seven all-time matchups ...

No. 14 Utah hits a field goal at the gun for a 34-32 victory over No. 18 Southern California

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cole Becker made a 38-yard field goal as time expired, and No. 14 Utah blew an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter before rallying for a thrilling 34-32 victory over No. 18 Southern California on Saturday night.After Caleb Williams ran for an 11-yard touchdown with 1:46 left for the Trojans (6-2, 4-1 Pac-12), Bryson Barnes punctuated Utah’s winning drive with a spectacular 26-yard scramble to get the Utes (6-1, 3-1) well into range for Becker’s winner.Two-way sensation Sione Vaki caught two touchdown passes and accounted for 217 total yards while the Utes sent Williams and Lincoln Riley to their first-ever loss at the Coliseum.After Zachariah Branch’s 61-yard punt return set up Williams’ go-ahead TD run to put the Trojans in front 32-31, Utah mounted a drive that included Ja’Quinden Jackson’s fourth-and-1 conversion run to the USC 40 with 19 seconds left.Barnes passed for a career-high 235 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another s...

Bruins stay unbeaten with 4-2 win over Kings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

The Bruins may not be capable of dominating opponents like they did last year, but they’re still finding ways to win hockey games. And in Los Angeles on Saturday, the B’s deserved to feel good about themselves with their best win of the season over a quality opponent.Jeremy Swayman (32 saves) was locked in and captain Brad Marchand produced a three-point night (two goals, assist) to beat the Kings, 4-2, at crypto.com Arena to improve to 4-0 on the season.The day started with a wakeup call when it was learned that Jake DeBrusk earned a healthy scratch because he was late for a team meeting. And it appeared to focus his teammates.The B’s took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission, thanks in part to some superb penalty killing and goaltending from Swayman (14 first period saves).They found themselves on their heels immediately when Charlie Coyle was called for interference 2:01 into the game. Swayman came up with some huge saves on the first half of that PK, includin...

Hundreds protest in San Diego for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Nearly a thousand people marched through downtown San Diego on Saturday to call for a ceasefire as conditions continue to worsen for Palestinian civilians amid intensifying Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.The demonstrators echoed similar calls from other protests held in cities around the world on the day that the first trickle of humanitarian aid entered the enclave since the beginning of the war over two weeks ago.Waving Palestinian flags and holding signs that read "Free Palestine," participants gathered near the U.S. District Court of Southern California in solidarity with those in Gaza, pushing for the end to Israel's blockade and retaliatory airstrikes launched on the enclave. Live updates | Israel plans to step up attacks on the Gaza Strip It was the third pro-Palestinian protest in San Diego since the conflict erupted on Oct. 7, when the extremist militant group Hamas launched a brutal surprise attack on Israel."We need more support for Palestinians in Gaza, but al...

Man arrested in connection to 2022 Linda Vista homicide: SDPD

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A suspect in a fatal Linda Vista shooting last year was arrested Friday morning, San Diego police announced.Around 10:20 a.m., officers took Eduardo Vasquez, 25, into custody at 3200 North Harbor Drive without issue, SDPD Lt. Steve Shebloski said in a news release. He was booked into jail and could face one count of murder in connection to the 2022 shooting.The incident took place in the early morning of Sunday, July 24. Officers were dispatched to the scene in the 2200 block just after 5 a.m. after the SDPD Communications Center received a call reporting a man down in the area, Shebloski said.Upon arrival, officers from the Western Division found an unresponsive man with a gunshot wound to his upper back. According to Shebloski, a family member was tending to his wound. Bicyclist injured after colliding with pedestrian Authorities immediately began performing life-saving measures until San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel arrived and relieved them. Unfortunately, the man ...

San Diego's second safe sleeping lot opens, some say 'not a solution'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Outreach workers started to check unsheltered people into the city of San Diego's second safe sleeping lot on Saturday after it officially opened for use.The second lot, which sits on city property at the edge of Balboa Park near the Naval Medical Center, has space to accommodate up to 400 tents. According to city officials, the safe sleeping site, called the "O Lot," already has a waitlist of more than 100 unhoused San Diegans.“Whether families, moms with kids, younger people, seniors, single adults, this is for everybody who wants to come off the sidewalk,” San Diego City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn told FOX 5 on Saturday. San Diego files petition to push Supreme Court to hear homeless camp bans case Similar to the first, the "O lot" provides those living in the site with meals, showers, laundry and on-site social services. However, the lot has been upgraded with taller, larger insulated tents and new wooden flooring.“This is an opportunity for them to come into ...

St. Lawrence Seaway shut down as workers go on strike

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

MONTREAL — The St. Lawrence Seaway has shut down as hundreds of workers walked off the job Sunday.The halt is expected to affect cargo shipments immediately along the artery that runs between Montreal and Lake Erie.In a release shortly after midnight on Sunday, the union said they were unable to reach an agreement with the employer by the strike deadline, despite negotiations “right up to the last moment.”“We cannot allow workers’ rights to be compromised. We remain open to discussion and hope that the employer will reconsider its position for the good of all,” said Daniel Cloutier, Unifor’s Quebec director, in a release.The union said this week that it remained “1,000 nautical miles apart” from management on wages — the key wedge in discussions — and that it was up to the employer to avoid any transit disruption.“These are jobs that require intense training, a high level of understanding of the health and safety risks, and that carry enormous res...

Philippines says its coast guard ship and supply boat are hit by Chinese vessels near disputed shoal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea “in dangerous, irresponsible and illegal actions,” Philippine officials said.They did not say if there were injuries or damage from the two incidents off the Second Thomas Shoal that the United States, a longtime treaty ally of the Philippines, immediately condemned. The Philippine government also condemned the latest confrontation in “the strongest degree” and called it a violation of Manila’s sovereignty.Chinese Embassy officials did not immediately comment on the Philippine report. The U.S. Ambassador to Manila, MaryKay Carlson, said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that “the United States condemns the PRC’s latest disruption of a legal Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin shoal, putting the lives of Filipino service members at risk.”She used the init...

3 people injured in triple shooting in Vermont-Slauson

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:49 GMT

Two women and one man were injured in a triple shooting in Vermont-Slauson Saturday morning. At around 5:07 a.m. Los Angeles police responded to reports of a shooting in the area of 68th and Figueroa. When they arrived on scene, authorities found two young women, 17 and 18, conscious and breathing, suffering from a gunshot wound and an unconscious 20-year-old man, who was not breathing, suffering from gunshot wounds.  The suspect fled the scene and has not been located. All three victims were transported to nearby hospitals to be treated. The two young women are in stable condition and the man is in critical condition. There are no further details at this time.