Much like the snowstorm outside Williams Arena, the winds howled in another direction with Hopkins getting to the hoop and scoring 17 of the final 20 points for a 32-28 lead at the break.
Five years ago, a tragic and depressing environmental story unfolded when thousands of giant sequoia trees, an iconic California species that tower 300 feet high and can live for 3,000 years, were killed during multiple large wildfires that roared across the southern Sierra Nevada.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
Standing in the outfield, several players stopped and watched as the rocket’s massive boosters, in all their fiery glory, roared on the huge screen.
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