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Five easy dinners for peak zucchini

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

By Emily Weinstein, The New York TimesLast week, we talked tomatoes; this week is all about our zeal for zucchini, with recipes devoted to summer’s low-key charmer. While I love zucchini, I do not love mushy, watery zucchini, and so it’s essential to lean on recipes and techniques that best show it off.Don’t ignore zucchini’s other divine purpose: as an ingredient for baking. Zucchini bread, zucchini muffins and chocolate zucchini loaf cake are all worthy of your time. Next week: corn!1. Chilled Zucchini Soup With Lemon and BasilDuring the warmest days, there is no more welcome promise than a no-cook meal. A blender or food processor makes quick work of this peak summer zucchini soup, which requires no cooking and is best served chilled. Cashews thicken the soup while adding a creamy silkiness and a gentle sweetness. Since taste buds don’t register the flavors of cold foods as well as warm ones, chilled soups require generous seasonings. Here, the mellow raw zucchini is bolstered by...

Tropical Storm Hilary live cameras

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

Watch live views of Tropical Storm Hilary as it hits the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Live views will rotate between beach and city cameras, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and other locations. Hilary was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday morning, but it is still expected to dump between two and 10 inches of rain across Southern California and deliver wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour.The U.S. hurricane center posted tropical storm and potential flood warnings for Southern California from the Pacific coast to interior mountains and deserts as far north as eastern Oregon and Idaho. The San Bernardino County sheriff issued evacuation warnings for several mountain and foothill communities ahead of the storm, while Orange County sent out its own alert for anyone living in a wildfire burn scar in the Santa Ana Mountains' Silverado and Williams canyons.Across the region, municipalities ran out of free sandbags and grocery shelves emptied out as ...

How Californians can prepare for Tropical Storm Hilary

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

As Tropical Storm Hilary barrels towards Southern California, residents are preparing for the unprecedented storm that made landfall on Sunday.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stressed the importance of staying safe, staying home and staying informed during the storm. She also offered ways that Angelenos can prepare for Tropical Storm Hilary:Stay away from the shoreline and beaches throughout the duration of the stormVisit the National Weather Service website for hurricane safety tips and resourcesFollow @ReadyLA on social media for general resources and informationSign up for NotifyLA to receive emergency updatesVisit the LADOT website to view significant road closures or transportation impactsCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom took to Twitter to remind potentially impacted Californians of five essential steps that can be taken to stay safer during the storm: Stay connected – Check CalAlerts for local updates, call 311 to get help or 911 for a critical emergency and check on vulnerable...

San Mateo County: Man suspected of multiple sexual assaults arrested in San Bruno

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

A 40-year-old San Bruno man suspected of committing multiple sexual assaults was arrested on Saturday.The man, Jaime Garcia Mogollan, is being charged with sexual battery after allegedly initiating “unwarranted physical contact” with two women in Millbrae last week.The first alleged incident occurred on August 13 while a 28-year-old woman was walking on the Spur Trail near Millbrae Avenue. The second alleged assault, two days later, happened just a few blocks away — this time involving a 38-year-old woman walking with her son. Both women described their assailant as a man wearing a black hoodie with white writing on the back.In response to the two incidents, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s office said they “saturated the Spur Trail area with undercover decoys and plainclothes detectives.” Uniformed officers also were available to escort community members.Then, on Saturday, the San Bruno Police Department received a call regarding a suspicious person in San Bruno City Park...

Oakland shooting Sunday morning leaves one person dead

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

A person was shot just before 6 a.m. Sunday morning on the 9200 block of E Street in Oakland.“Medical personnel arrived on scene and attempted life-saving measures, but unfortunately, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased on scene,” Oakland Police Department spokesperson Rosalia Lopez said in an email to The Bay Area News Group on Sunday.This is the 70th homicide to be investigated by OPD this year, compared to 77 this time last year.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Stray bullet from ‘gun battle’ wounds woman asleep in Oakland home Crime and Public Safety | San Ramon woman shot in West Oakland Crime and Public Safety | San Jose police officer remains hospitalized after shooting Crime and Public Safety | Drive-by shooting targets group walking in East Bay, strikes home with residents inside Crime and Public Safety | Woman found shot to death in hills ...

Lyles makes good, takes world title in 100 meters

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Noah Lyles captured the 100-meter world championship Sunday, finishing in 9.83 seconds for a victory that reshuffled the deck for next year’s Olympics and cements him as the world’s No. 1 sprinter.It was a victory that maybe only he saw coming. The 200-meter specialist, who will defend his title in that event later this week, barely qualified for the shorter race after battling with COVID in the leadup to U.S. nationals last month.More recently, he posted on social media that he could run 9.65 seconds, a thought that defending champion Fred Kerley scoffed at, saying if Lyles did that, he’d run faster.But Kerley didn’t make it out of the semifinal round and Lyles’ closest competition in the final were Letsile Tebogo, a 20-year-old from Botswana, who finished in 9.873, .001 ahead of Britain’s Zharnel Hughes. ___AP sports: https://apnews.com/sportsSource

Tropical Storm Hilary menaces Mexico’s Baja coast, southwest US packing deadly rainfall

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary was accelerating northward off Mexico’s Baja coast on Sunday, no longer a hurricane but still packing what forecasters called “life-threatening” rain likely to unleash flooding across a broad region of the western U.S.As of 8 a.m. Pacific time, Hilary was located about 220 miles (350 kilometers) south-southeast of San Diego, the National Hurricane Center reported. Hilary had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) and was moving northwest at 25 mph (41 kph), remaining just off the Pacific coast. The Mexican cities of Ensenada and Tijuana, directly in the storm’s path, closed all beaches and opened a half-dozen shelters at sports complexes and government offices.Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan said that while Hilary had weakened from a Category 4 hurricane, it’s the water, not the wind, that people should watch out for most.“Rainfall flooding has been the biggest killer in tropical storms and hurricanes in the Un...

ANÁLISIS: el título de “la Roja” en el mundial es un hito que cierra dos años mágicos del fútbol femenino español

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

(CNN Español) — No debería extrañar a nadie que la selección española femenina se haya proclamado campeona del mundo en tierras australianas, tras vencer a Inglaterra por un gol a cero, en una final de infarto, en la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2023.España es la vigente campeona del mundo en categoría sub-17 y en categoría sub-20, hitos logrados el año pasado.En teoría, por tanto, este título corrobora la apuesta por la especialidad de un país que tiene una de las ligas femeninas de fútbol más potentes a nivel internacional y clubes que la apoyan de la talla de Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid o Barcelona.Ivana Andrés de España levanta el Trofeo de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA luego de la victoria en el partido final de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA Australia y Nueva Zelanda 2023 entre España e Inglaterra en el Estadio Australia el 20 de agosto de 2023 en Sydney, Australia.Crédito: Cameron Spencer/Getty ImagesSin embargo, el éxito ha sorprendido a la propia em...

Behrens grabs hat trick, Rönnow saves 2 penalties as Union Berlin beats Mainz in Bundesliga opener

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Kevin Behrens scored a hat trick and Frederik Rönnow saved two penalties for Union Berlin to start the Bundesliga season with a 4-1 win over Mainz on Sunday.United States midfielder Brenden Aaronson started for his league debut and was involved from the off as he sent Jérôme Roussillon through with a clever backheel. Roussillon crossed for Behrens’ first headed goal in the first minute.Aïssa Laïdouni crossed for Behrens’ second in the ninth, and substitute Sheraldo Becker crossed for his third in the 70th. “Today was outstanding,” the 32-year-old Behrens said of his first hat trick in the Bundesliga. “I always try to give full throttle and help the team. It worked out very well for me today.”Mainz defender Anthony Caci had scored with a fine volley in the 64th, prompting Union coach Urs Fischer to make a double substitution with Robin Gosens coming on for his debut along with Becker, who effectively sealed the result with his precise cross for Behrens.Former Germany fo...

Brandon Crawford put on injured list by San Francisco Giants with strained forearm

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:37:11 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — All-Star shortstop Brandon Crawford was put on the 10-day injured list by the San Francisco Giants on Sunday with a strained left forearm.San Francisco made the move retroactive to Saturday, when Crawford was held out of a 6-5 loss yo Atlanta,Rookie outfielder Luis Matos was recalled by the Giants from Triple-A Sacramento.Crawford, 36,, is hitting a career-low .194 with six homers and 32 RBIs in 77 games this season. He was an All-Star in 2015, 2018 and 2021.Matos, 22, is hitting .241 with a 306 on-base percentage, one home run and nine RBIs in 50 games for the Giants this season. He started in left field and hit sixth against the Braves on Sunday.__AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlbSource