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San Francisco Chronicle
4 days ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Deadly Yolo County explosion: Family of those killed search for answers as investigation continues
Yolo County officials on Monday said they were still working to identify the seven individuals whose remains were found at the site of a fireworks warehouse that exploded last week. Officials expected to have the victims' identities confirmed within the next 48 hours, Yolo County Undersheriff Matt Davis said Monday at a news conference. Authorities continued searching the facility Monday, although Davis said investigators don't believe there are more victims. 'We're going to make sure with every available resource that no stone is left unturned and there are no individuals still left on site,' Davis said. Several family members have identified their loved ones as among the missing, and other relatives have expressed frustration over the lack of official information from authorities. No further details about the ongoing investigation, which is being led by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, were released. Two companies at the property, Devastating Pyrotechnics and Blackstar Fireworks, had state fireworks licenses, according to a Cal Fire spokesperson. The state fire marshal 'will verify if the licensee was operating within the licensing requirements,' according to the spokesperson. But the head of Devastating Pyrotechnics, 48-year-old Kenneth Chee, was denied a federal license to acquire or possess fireworks for reasons that weren't immediately clear, according to interviews and a Chronicle review of public records. The explosion last Tuesday collapsed the fireworks warehouse in the rural community of Esparto, about 40 miles northwest of Sacramento. The blast also ignited a 78-acre fire, prompting evacuations. As they await official confirmation, people whose family members remain missing after the explosion created GoFundMe pages to help the surviving relatives with funeral costs as well as transportation, child care and other needs in the wake of lost income. One verified fundraising page identified Jhony and Jesus Ramos as two brothers who disappeared after the explosion. Jesus Ramos, an 18-year-old expecting father, was working his first day on the job when the explosion happened, according to the fundraiser. Other verified GoFundMe pages identified Carlos Rodriguez and Joel 'Jr.' Melendez among the missing. According to the fundraisers, Rodriguez was a husband and father; Melendez was the main provider for his pregnant wife and their 11-month-old son. A Facebook post by CWC Life, a Christian church in Manteca (San Joaquin County), identified Angel Voller as one of the victims 'who tragically passed away in the Yolo County fire and explosion.' An Instagram post by Venture Academy Family of Schools in Stockton identified Voller as a former star baseball player, who had been named Pitcher of the Year by the California Collegiate Athletic Association. 'Angel was a fierce competitor and the most loyal friend and teammate you could ever ask for,' the school wrote in a post. 'Angel's impact on our program, his presence and his infectious smile will never be forgotten.'
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Mets Sign Former MiLB Pitcher of the Year After Recent Injuries in Rotation
Mets Sign Former MiLB Pitcher of the Year After Recent Injuries in Rotation originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Mets have been slumping in their most recent outings. After emerging as the top team in the NL East, New York has run into a 2-8 record in their past 10 games, and it seemed that they have started to fall off since the injury to Cy Young candidate Kodai Senga. Advertisement Although the Mets lost their most recent series to a division rival, the Philadelphia Phillies, New York was able to finally win a game on Saturday after losing seven straight dating back to June 13. Their electric start to the 2025 season still keeps them in a comfortable spot in the National League Wild Card standings with a 46-32 record, but it will take more improvement to pass the Phillies in the East and win their first division title since 2015. New York Mets manager Carlos J. Rebilas-Imagn Images New York came down with more unfortunate injury news last week. Starting pitcher Tylor Megill and relief pitcher Max Kranick were placed on the 15-day injured list with both suffering injuries to their throwing elbows. Advertisement The Mets had to make some changes to the pitching rotation and were able to go out and sign left-handed relief pitcher Richard Lovelady. Lovelady recently opted out of the minor-league contract he signed with the Minnesota Twins earlier this season to land with the Mets on a major-league deal, according to Robert Murray of FanSided. Lovelady is a former two-time Omaha (AAA) Pitcher of the Year award winner. He was elected as the best pitcher in the minor leagues in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018. After he won the awards, Lovelady went on to the major leagues and his success declined while playing for five different teams since 2019. Advertisement With a career 5.25 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, and 93 strikeouts over 101 innings, Richard Lovelady is set to join his sixth major league team with the New York Mets. He's previously pitched for the Royals, Athletics, Cubs, Rays, and Blue Jays. This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
San Francisco Chronicle
21-06-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
The Chronicle's All-Metro regional softball players of the year
SAN FRANCISCO Gianna Galarza (St. Ignatius): The junior catcher earned first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League honors by hitting .515 (35-for-68) with 24 RBIs, seven doubles and four home runs, all team bests. In 84 plate appearances, Galarza struck out just twice and drew 15 walks as she posted a .607 on-base percentage with a 1.401 OPS. The third-year starter also threw out nine runners trying to steal and had just two errors in 183 total chances. A model of consistency, Galarza had hits in 22 of 23 games, starting the season on a 16-game hitting streak. Ava Bulanti (St. Francis): The senior pitcher and slugger was Co-WCAL Pitcher of the Year for the Chronicle's No. 1 team, going 14-1 with a 1.96 ERA. A Stanford commit, Bulanti struck out 112 in 93 innings with 29 walks. She also blasted a team-best eight home runs and hit .398 with eight doubles to help the Lancers win WCAL and Central Coast Section Open Division titles. The Livermore Stampede Tournament MVP had 64 hits, 60 RBIs and 27 extra-base hits during her three-year varsity career. EAST BAY Andrea Tall (Newark Memorial): The San Diego State-bound infielder had a monster senior season, hitting .607 with 17 home runs and 49 RBIs for the Cougars (18-5). Tall's home run total bettered the previous North Coast Section single-season record of 15 but was surpassed this season by Metro overall Player of the Year Delaney Aumua's 19. Tall finished with 51 hits in 84 at-bats with 13 additional extra base hits (seven doubles, six triples). In a 9-0 win over Redwood-Larkspur in a North Coast Section Division 2 playoff game, she went 4-for-4 with a double, triple and home run. Her biggest power surge was blasting two home runs, driving in eight and going 4-for-4 in a 30-4 win over Irvington. She had at least three hits eight times. Callie Howard (Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa): The UC San Diego signee earned North Bay League Oak Division Player of the Year/Pitcher of the Year honors by going 21-6 with a 1.37 ERA and leading the Cardinals to their fourth straight NCS championship. Howard struck out a career-high 260 batters in 163 innings. In the NorCal Division 2 playoffs, she pitched complete-game wins over Calaveras (5-1) and Pinole Valley (1-0) — allowing just seven hits and striking out 19 against zero walks — before losing a 1-0 to Hillsdale-San Mateo in the title game. She also hit .367 with 33 hits on the season.
USA Today
16-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Alabama pitcher Riley Quick gets new MLB draft projection
Alabama pitcher Riley Quick gets new MLB draft projection The 2025 MLB Draft is set for July 13-14 during All-Star Week festivities in Atlanta, and the Alabama Crimson Tide have a player who could be taken in the first round for the second year in a row. Right-hander Riley Quick has been on several MLB mock drafts this year and recently concluded a solid season as a redshirt sophomore for an Alabama team that won 40 games in the regular season for the first time since 2002. Quick made 14 starts in 2025, going 8-3 with a 3.92 ERA over 62 innings for coach Rob Vaughn's team. He started the year 5-0 before suffering his first loss on March 21 against Tennessee and had 70 strikeouts to 24 walks this past season for a combined 1.387 WHIP. Over the weekend, veteran baseball analyst Jim Callis of published his updated 2025 MLB mock draft. Callis has Quick going to the Seattle Mariners with the No. 35 overall selection as a supplemental first-round pick. An earlier mock draft by USA TODAY Sports back on May 7 had Quick going at No. 28 overall to the Kansas City Royals. Quick was the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year in 2022 as a senior for Hewitt-Trussville High School. He made his first appearance for the Crimson Tide in 2023, appearing in 16 games and going 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA in 22 innings in relief. He missed most of 2024 due to season-ending elbow surgery. Alabama has had seven players taken in the first round of an MLB draft dating back to 1966. Last year, the New York Yankees selected right-hander Ben Hess with the 26th overall pick. Hess became the first Crimson Tide player selected in the first round since the Marlins took left-hander Taylor Tankersley 27th overall in 2004. The first round of the 2025 MLB draft will be televised on ESPN, with subsequent rounds broadcast and streamed on MLB Network. The draft will feature 20 rounds over two days.
Miami Herald
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Miami Springs' Roque and Estevez are Miami-Dade Baseball 4A-1A Players of the Year
Kevin Roque and Magdiel Estevez are best of friends. They have been since childhood. So it was only appropriate that they would be the Miami Herald's Class 4A-1A Pitcher and Player of the Year respectively, as they graduate together and move on to the next steps in their lives. After winning the award a year ago as a pitcher for Mater Academy, Roque turned the trick again this year after transferring to Miami Springs last summer. Only this time he had some extra hardware to go with it, a state championship medal around his neck and a ring on the way as well. Thanks to an outstanding season that saw him go 12-1 with a 1.54 ERA, Roque, along with his pal Estevez, led the Golden Hawks to a 28-3 record and made some history as they brought the school its first state championship in any sport since 1988. 'A state title and pitcher of the year, what a way to end my high school career, like right out of a dream,' said Roque, who recorded 88 strikeouts against just 28 walks and was the winning pitcher in the team's state semifinal win over Fort Myers Bishop Verot. 'I love pitching and I'm going to keep chasing. It's a dream and when you have a dream, you chase it. I'm looking forward to the next challenge and take a bigger step.' That challenge recently changed for Roque. He committed to Nova Southeastern more than a year ago but switched gears a few weeks ago and will now follow Estevez to play for coach Lazaro Llanes at Miami-Dade College in the fall. For all of Roque's season-long heroics, Estevez contributed on both the mound, as the team's No. 2 pitcher but also, even more importantly at the plate. When he wasn't pitching, 'Mags' as his teammates like to call him, was playing left field and, on a team that struggled offensively during the regular season (.273 team average), was coming through in a big way with his bat. Estevez hit .418, and while he hardly hit for power (only 13 of his 38 hits were extra bases), he constantly came up with key hits at key moments. He only had 19 RBI but batting No. 2 in the lineup can hold down RBI chances. 'I didn't really look at what others did and tried not to worry about it,' said Estevez when asked about the pressure of carrying his team's offensive load. 'I just went out there and did my best. You really can't control what everybody else is doing. It was a matter of keeping the faith, doing my best and hoping the rest of the team would catch up to me which they did once we got to regionals.' Ironically, if it hadn't been for Roque, Estevez could've made an argument for Pitcher of the Year himself as he finished with a 9-1 record, 1.41 ERA and struck out 74 against just 19 walks. Asked how Miami-Dade College's coaches are projecting him, Estevez said that hasn't been determined yet but admitted that his heart might be on the mound. 'I'm not sure, we're still going to have to figure that out,' said Estevez who was brilliant in the championship game against Santa Rosa Beach South Walton firing a complete game 2-hitter. 'At some point, it's a fork in the road and you have to go one way or the other. As a lefty, I feel I have a big advantage and I think with a lot of work and concentration I could do very well as a pitcher.'
