Новости за 05.03.2016

The leftover first-stage booster hit the floating platform hard Friday, said SpaceX chief Elon Musk. SpaceX scored a rocket landing on the ground at Cape Canaveral in December, but has yet to nail a trickier barge landing at sea. Right before touchdown, 10 minutes into the flight, the TV camera on the platform cut out, drawing loud groans from the crowd gathered at company headquarters in Hawthorne, California. SES chief technology officer Martin Halliwell said last week that his company would... Читать дальше...

Sharp spring debut for A’s prospect Sean Manaea Sean Manaea, the A’s top pitching prospect, demonstrated Friday why the team was so pleased to get him in the Ben Zobrist deal in July. The 6-foot-5 left-hander hit 97 mph in his start against the Rockies at Hohokam Stadium, and the only real blip in his outing was an errant pickoff throw. “We were impressed with him before, and even more so now,” said manager Bob Melvin, noting that Manaea is still working on his changeup and at one point threw it three times in a row to get a strikeout. Читать дальше...

San Jose Earthquakes eye playoffs after near miss in 2015 After they were longtime tenants at Buck Shaw Stadium, the Earthquakes last year became the owners of Avaya Stadium, an 18,000-seat jewel that put them on par with their peers. [...] after stepping up in stadiums, they hope to rise in the MLS standings in 2016. After spending three straight postseasons on the sideline, the Quakes think they have the roster to reach the playoffs in head coach Dominic Kinnear’s second season. Last year,... Читать дальше...

Among the many ways Donald Trump has redefined presidential politics, he stands alone for how he has used large, protest-ridden rallies, often bubbling with raw anger, to fuel his candidacy. The Republican front-runner says the huge events are evidence of a movement of a “silent majority” frustrated by everything from the nation’s uneven economy and immigration laws to a government run by “stupid people.” Yet Trump supporters, some driving hours to see the former reality television star, appreciate... Читать дальше...

San Antonio will recover from that one-sided loss in Oakland — coach Gregg Popovich was probably over it within hours — and represent the last remaining threat to the Warriors’ dominance in a best-of-seven series. Coming into Thursday night’s game in Oakland, Kevin Durant had a hard time explaining Oklahoma City blowing a 22-point lead and losing to the Clippers the night before. Stephen Curry emerged from a terrible shooting night at just the right time. Seasoned fans might be reminded of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor... Читать дальше...

The fair, which is free and open to the public, marks a rebirth for the 142-year-old national landmark, which had fallen into such a state of neglect last year that the grounds were strewn with trash and homeless people had set up encampments atop its once-grand granite staircase. The Mint was used as a party site during Super Bowl Week last month, but the History Days weekend is the first big public event since last summer when weekend tours were ended after the city evicted the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A local prosecutor has offered an unusual justification for forcing Apple to help hack an iPhone used by a San Bernardino mass killer: By late Friday, the prosecutor's claim had sparked a wave of social media postings, many of which mocked the DA's use of the non-technical term "cyber pathogen" to describe the supposed malware. Apple has resisted calls to help unlock the phone, arguing that building a software tool to override the phone's security features would render other... Читать дальше...

Scrambling to keep pace with consumer trends, established media companies are accelerating their push into the Internet video streaming business. The trend was highlighted last week by a flurry of deals announced by major media companies, including Sony, Disney, HBO and AT&T. They also hope to appeal to viewers who live in an estimated 10 million to 15 million homes in the U.S. that have high-speed Internet access but do not subscribe to a pay-TV service. “The methods that consumers are engaging... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Michigan environmental regulators made crucial errors as Flint began using a new drinking water source that would become contaminated with lead, auditors said Friday, as crews in the city started to dig up old pipes connecting water mains to homes. The report by the state auditor general found that staffers in the Department of Environmental Quality's drinking water office failed to order the city to treat its water with anti-corrosion chemicals as it switched to the Flint River in April 2014... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Information contained in an encrypted iPhone could help finally answer whether there was a third assailant in the San Bernardino terror attack that killed 14 people, according to court papers filed by the county's district attorney. The 14 people killed marked the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. If an employee wanted to introduce malicious software into the county's network, Meltzer said they would be more likely to use a desktop or laptop PC because... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Former mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, convicted of participating in 11 murders during the 1970s and '80s, will not get a new trial, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit of Appeals found that Bulger had not shown his right to a fair trial was violated when a judge barred him from testifying about his claim that he received immunity for his crimes. Brennan argued before the court in July that Bulger's defense was eviscerated when he wasn't... Читать дальше...

DeGrom, who helped the Mets reach the World Series for the first time since 2000, gets a 9 percent raise from his earnings last year, when he had a $531,875 salary plus a $25,000 bonus for winning the 2014 N.L. Rookie of the Year award, a total of $556,875. Under baseball’s collective bargaining agreement, the Mets had the right to unilaterally renew deGrom’s contract from March 2 to 11. DeGrom was 14-8 with a 2.54 ERA and 205 strikeouts in 191 innings last year and was 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA in four postseason starts. Читать дальше...

Customs and Border Protection says an imaging device spotted anomalies in the SUV's gas tank and back seats. A criminal complaint says the driver — a 40-year-old U.S. citizen — told authorities that he smuggled to pay off a $5,000 debt.

Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994, Mr. Collins was well-known for creative player nicknames and turns of phrase that were as colorful as his trademark bow ties and one-of-a-kind pants created from cloth he collected around the world. Mr. Collins contributed to tennis’ popularity and paved the way for newspaper reporters moving into broadcasting, becoming a familiar face to U.S. television audiences waking up for “Breakfast at Wimbledon” on NBC. Mr. Collins spent 35 years... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's Judicial Nominating Commission on Friday named the three finalists it is recommending to Gov. Mike Pence to fill an upcoming vacancy on the state's Supreme Court. The seven-member commission conducted a first round of interviews in mid-February with the field of 29 applicants for Dickson's job and chose the 15 semifinalists in February. According to spokeswoman Kathryn Dolan, the commission considered applicants' legal education, writings, reputation in the practice of law... Читать дальше...

A brand-new, multimillion-dollar BART power substation near the Transbay Tube has been taken off line while officials try to determine whether it was responsible for knocking more than 80 train cars out of service in recent weeks, causing commute-hour crush loads on shortened trains. Since the power station outside the tube entrance in Oakland was switched off late Thursday, the number of cars whose propulsion systems have shorted out because of mysterious power surges “is back down to what we... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Republican lawmakers in the House who have shown resistance to raising taxes also have been slow to come up with places they'd recommend slashing government to rebalance Louisiana's budget. Senate leaders, both Republican and Democrat, have repeatedly pointed out that House members causing some of the special session logjam have yet to offer a precise list of cuts. Senate President John Alario, a Westwego Republican who wants the House to pass more tax hikes, said he's willing to listen to budget cut proposals from House members. Читать дальше...

Bay Area is tolerant? Ask a Republican, March 4, Bay Area, D1 Chip Johnson’s column included an assertion that incorrectly stated the League of Women Voters’ position on candidate forums. The nonpartisan organization invites all qualified candidates whose name appears on the ballot to participate.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's education board has approved state-specific revisions to the multistate Common Core standards for math and English. Friday's 10-1 vote in Baton Rouge by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approves changes adopted last month in New Orleans by an advisory panel. Even after the compromise, some critics expressed concern that the review panel was bound to rubber-stamp current standards.

A witness who testified that Alejandro “Alex” Nieto had his hands in his pockets when he was shot by San Francisco police in Bernal Heights Park came under contentious cross-examination Friday as attorneys defending the city in a federal wrongful-death lawsuit sought to question his memory and undercut his credibility. Theodore said Nieto never took his hands from his jacket pockets, contradicting the testimony of two police officers, who said the 27-year-old City College of San Francisco student... Читать дальше...

Compared with the rest of the country, home-for-sale ads in the Bay Area are far more likely to mention vertical gardens, easy freeway access, top-rated schools, side-yard access, dual or double-pane windows and architectural styles such as Mediterranean, Art Deco, Craftsman or Midcentury. Bay Area ads are also less likely to mention fenced backyards, gas furnaces, porches, mudrooms, barns, bricks, lakes or water slides. To come up with these numbers for The Chronicle, Zillow searched through... Читать дальше...

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court sentenced two Syrian smugglers to four years and two months each in prison over the deaths of five people including 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, who galvanized world attention on the refugee crisis when a photo was published of him lying lifeless on a beach. The court in the Aegean resort of Bodrum convicted the two Friday of human trafficking but acquitted them of the charge of causing the drowning deaths through deliberate negligence, the agency said.

DIAMOND BAR, Los Angeles County — The longtime leader of the agency that regulates air pollution for much of smoggy Southern California was ousted Friday after a meeting behind closed doors. The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s governing board made no statement about what led it to terminate Barry Wallerstein in a 7-6 vote after he had served nearly two decades at the helm of the agency. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said a new Republican majority on the governing board put Wallerstein’s... Читать дальше...

McDonald’s in Sweden started a one-week promotion involving “Happy Goggles,” a kind of cardboard virtual reality headset made from a Happy Meal box. The headset can hold a smartphone, letting kids play a downhill skiing game designed specifically for the contraption. The feces apparently caused an electric arc between wires on a feeder line at a transmission tower.

McKenzie’s new novel centers on Veblen Amundsen-Hovda, a young woman living in Palo Alto who is engaged to an enterprising neurologist named Paul Vreeland. Veblen’s idyllic life starts to unravel as she grapples with a neurotic mother, mental health issues and a growing ambivalence toward her fiance, who becomes ensnared in a corruption scandal in the defense procurement industry. McKenzie said her novel can be read as an antiwar story, but it can just as easily be interpreted as a dramatic romance... Читать дальше...