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Lucky Supermarkets close three Bay Area locations

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

(KRON) -- Three Lucky Supermarkets locations in the Bay Area closed last Friday, Save Mart Companies confirmed to KRON4. The three stores that closed are located at:2840 Dublin Blvd. (Dublin)40055 Mission Blvd. (Fremont)45 Murchison Drive (Millbrae)Lucky said the stores were closed due to "underperformance" at those specific locations. Employees who worked at those stores will have the opportunity to transfer to other ones. Read a statement from Save Mart below: “Three Lucky stores located in Dublin, Millbrae, and Fremont closed on November 3.  Lucky remains committed to serving each of these communities with our other Lucky stores located nearby.  All of the stores’ associates were given the opportunity to transfer to neighboring Lucky stores. It is normal course of business for healthy retail companies to constantly evaluate the performance of their entire fleet in order to ensure long-term success and growth. Due to the underperformance of these store locations, it was beneficial...

Edey picks up where he left off and leads No. 3 Purdue to 98-45 opening night rout over Samford

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Zach Edey opened the season by scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds and Camden Heide had 13 points Monday night as No. 3 Purdue beat Samford 98-45.Braden Smith and Fletchers Loyer each had 12 points and combined for half of the Boilermakers 16 3-pointers. Purdue tied a school record with its 25th consecutive regular season win over a non-conference foe while Edey, the defending national player of the year, posted his 40th career double-double.The Boilermakers also had 10 blocks on college basketball’s opening night.Jaden Campbell scored 11 points and Rylan Jones added eight to lead Samford.In Purdue’s first contest since an embarrassing first-round NCAA Tournament loss to 16th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson, the Boilermakers sent a strong, quick message: They’re back and might be even better than last year’s Big Ten regular season and tourney champions.Purdue scored the first 11 points and took a 21-2 lead before the Bulldogs even made...

No. 24 Washington State women easy by Cal Poly behind Murekatete’s 18 points

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Bella Murekatete scored 18 points, Beyonce Bea had 11 points, nine rebounds and five blocks and No. 24 Washington State beat Cal Poly 78-61 on Monday night in a season opener for both teams.Washington State trailed 34-31 at halftime after Ania McNicholas closed the half with back-to-back 3-pointers for Cal Poly. The Mustangs’ last lead of the game was 41-40 with 6:16 remaining in the third quarter before the Cougars scored 14 straight points to build a double-digit lead. Cal Poly scored the first four points of the fourth quarter, but Murekatete answered with a three-point play and the Cougars led by at least eight points the rest of the way.Jenna Villa added 12 points, Tara Wallack had 11 and Astera Tuhina scored 10 for Washington State. Villa was 4 of 9 from distance and Tuhina added three makes to help the Cougars go 10 of 25. Natalia Ackerman scored 12 points for Cal Poly. Washington State is ranked entering the season for the first time in program hi...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders endorsing former boss Trump in presidential race

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump’s press secretary, on Monday endorsed his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.Sanders, who took office in January as Arkansas governor after a campaign where she touted her endorsement from the former president, planned to join Trump at a rally in Florida on Wednesday, Trump said in a statement.“It’s not a question between right versus left anymore. It’s normal versus crazy, and President Biden and the left are doubling down on crazy,” Sanders said in a statement. “The time has come to return to the normal policies of the Trump era which created a safer, stronger, and more prosperous America, and that’s why I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for President.”NBC first reported Sanders’ endorsement of the former president. The two will appear together in Florida on Wednesday, the same day Trump’s rivals for the nomination will face off in t...

Israeli defense firm’s Arlington office targeted by pro-Palestine activists

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

Workers clean off the red paint from the Arlington office building.(WTOP/Mike Murillo) Workers clean off the red paint from the Arlington office building.(WTOP/Mike Murillo) An Arlington, Virginia, building was vandalized with messages scrawled in red paint early Monday morning, and it appears the building was targeted because one of its tenants is an Israel-based defense firm.The Arlington Tower office building had red paint splattered on the glass doors and on the ground in front, and according to videos posted to social media, the messages written with the paint included phrases such as “war criminals” and “Free Palestine.”In a statement, Elbit Systems of America said in a statement that it is working with loca...

Carl Torbush, who succeeded Mack Brown at North Carolina and also coached E. Tennessee State, dies

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Carl Torbush, a defensive specialist who succeeded Mack Brown as North Carolina’s head football coach after Brown’s first tenure and later coached at East Tennessee State, has died. He was 72.ETSU said Monday that Torbush died Sunday. It didn’t provide a cause of death.University President Brian Norland said the coach would be remembered as a man of vision and character and praised him for his leadership and nurturing as the school restarted football after a decade-long hiatus.“In Coach Torbush, we found not only a remarkable coach but also a man of unwavering integrity who embodied the spirit of ETSU,” Norland said in a statement.Torbush ascended from Tar Heels defensive coordinator to head coach after Brown departed for Texas in December 1997 and guided them to a 42-3 Gator Bowl rout of Virginia Tech to cap an 11-1 season. UNC was 7-5 the next year with a Las Vegas Bowl victory and Torbush was let go after the 2000 campaign with a 17-18 recor...

No. 6 UConn unveils its 5th championship banner, routs Northern Arizona 95-52 in season opener

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Alex Karaban scored 22 points to lead five players in double figures and No. 6 UConn opened the defense of the program’s fifth national championship on Monday with a 95-52 rout of Northern Arizona. Tristen Newton scored 14 points, Donovan Clingan and Stephon Castle each had 12 and Samson Johnson added 11 for UConn, which unveiled the school’s latest championship banner in a pregame ceremony. The Huskies shot 56% (32 of 57) from the floor and held the Lumberjacks to 34% (20 of 59).Liam Lloyd led Northern Arizona with 15 points. The Huskies won their games in last year’s NCAA Tournament by an average of 20 points, but then lost their top three players, Adama Sanogo, Jordan Houston and Andre Jackson Jr. to the NBA. That trio averaged a combined 40.1 points and 17.7 rebounds a game.This year the team’s literally centered around Clingan. But the 7-foot-2 sophomore missed the last month of the preseason with a right foot strain. He is being eased back into...

Knecht, defense lead No. 9 Tennessee over Tennessee Tech 80-42

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dalton Knecht scored 17 points and No. 9 Tennessee’s defense was in midseason form as the Volunteers opened the season by beating Tennessee Tech 80-42 Monday night.Knecht, a Northern Colorado grad transfer, scored 14 points in the first half. Josiah-Jordan James added 15 points and Jordan Gainey 11.Tennessee Tech was limited to 22% shooting. The Golden Eagles turned over the ball 16 times and had eight shots blocked, four by Jonas Aidoo, who had eight rebounds.Josiah Davis led Tennessee Tech with 13 points.Santiago Vescovi and Zakai Zeigler, both preseason all-Southeastern Conference selections, saw their first action after missing both exhibitions.The Golden Eagles managed to make 16% (4 of 25) of their shots in the first 20 minutes and trailed 41-12. Tennessee scored 14 straight points while Tennessee Tech went more than 4 minutes without scoring.BIG PICTURETennessee Tech: After going 16-17 last season, the Golden Eagles are poised for improvement. Th...

Pili scores 26 points as No. 5 Utah beats Mississippi Valley State 104-45

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Alissa Pili scored 26 points and No. 5 Utah beat Mississippi Valley State 104-45 on Monday night in the season opener for both teams.Gianna Kneepkins finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Utes. Lani White added 15 points. Issy Palmer chipped in 10 points and seven assists. Jaylia Reed led Mississippi Valley State with 11 points. Leah Turner added 10 points.Pili gave the Utes an early spark with her efficient shooting. The Devilettes struggled to keep the junior forward from dominating in the paint. Pili went 7 for 7 from the field and 10 for 12 from the free throw line — all in the first half.The Devilettes faded away after scoring just eight baskets and committing 25 turnovers over the final three quarters.Mississippi Valley State found ways to stay one step ahead of Utah during the first quarter. The Devilettes scored seven points off six Utes turnovers over the first 10 minutes while shooting 69% from the floor on the other end. R...

NCAA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:26:08 GMT

No. 1 LSU (0-0) did not play.No. 2 UConn (0-0) did not play.No. 3 Iowa (0-0) did not play.No. 4 UCLA (0-0) did not play.No. 5 Utah (1-0) did not play.No. 6 South Carolina (1-0) did not play.No. 7 Ohio St. (0-1) did not play.No. 8 Virginia Tech (1-0) did not play.No. 9 Indiana (0-0) did not play.No. 10 Notre Dame (0-1) did not play.No. 11 Tennessee (0-0) did not play.No. 12 Mississippi (1-0) did not play.No. 13 Texas (0-0) did not play.No. 14 Maryland (0-0) did not play.No. 15 Stanford (0-0) did not play.No. 16 North Carolina (0-0) did not play.No. 17 Louisville (1-0) did not play.No. 18 Florida St. (1-0) did not play.No. 19 Baylor (0-0) did not play.No. 20 Colorado (0-0) did not play.No. 21 Southern Cal (1-0) did not play.No. 22 Creighton (0-0) did not play.No. 23 Illinois (0-0) did not play.No. 24 Washington St. (0-0) did not play.No. 25 Mississippi St. (0-0) did not play.Source