Stephen Kennedy’s maps are not just designed to get you from here to there. They’re maps that raise an eyebrow, furrow a brow — or spark an idea.

“Fantastical Rail Connections,” for example, is Kennedy’s map showing train routes designed to zip Madison passengers east to Milwaukee or northwest to the Twin Cities (dream on). His map “Sounds of State Street” pinpoints real local landmarks for live music, from The Orpheum theater to the bygone Factory, where Otis Redding was booked to play in 1967 before his plane went down in Lake Monona.

It’s what Kennedy dubs “creative cartography.”

Stephen Kennedy exhibited his data-driven maps at the Dane County Farmers’ Market this year, including on a late-October day when forceful wind made him take down the awning over his booth. Kennedy will exhibit Dec. 2 as part of the Fair Trade Holiday Festival at Monona Terrace. 

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A frequent exhibitor at the 2023 Dane County Farmers’ Market, Kennedy runs latlong.shop, an online and in-person business selling original maps that are both thought-provoking and whimsical. And all through November, he is designing more artistic maps – a new one every day – as part of a daily social mapping project called the 30 Day Map Challenge.

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It was that same daily challenge in November 2022 (find it on Instagram at #30DayMapChallenge) that led to Kennedy’s map series on Madison. This year he plans to broaden his subject matter to more of the Midwest. So far, his imaginative takes range from a map of Wisconsin’s density of cows vs. humans to a bird’s eye view map of the “Relative Abundance of Sandhill Cranes.”

Kennedy mines data from sources like the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin Elections Commission to make his data- and fact-oriented maps. For a recent map of UW-Madison fraternity and sorority houses, he used OpenStreetMap, a free wiki world map. For “Mass Rabid Transit,” Kennedy zeroed in on the sewer network that raccoons might use to travel the city underground – with commuter lines he calls “Muck Loop” and “Shredbag Speeder.” (A primary source for that project: the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District.)

A native of Atlanta, Kennedy and his husband, Vijay Limaye, a Madison native and climate scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, lived in San Francisco and Brooklyn, New York, before buying a house in Madison’s Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood three years ago.

Maps of Madison by Stephen Kennedy often take a new look at the city. Kennedy himself has lived here only three years. 

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Kennedy – whose mother grew up and went to nursing school in the Philippines before she immigrated to the U.S. – has some Wisconsin heritage, too: His paternal grandfather grew up in Madison and met his future wife, Kennedy’s grandmother, at UW-Madison. Now Kennedy lives just a 15-minute walk from his grandfather’s childhood home.

“Doing the maps has been a great way to learn about Madison, from many different angles,” he said. Examples: Kennedy’s map of the spots for buildings that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Madison but that were never built; and an upcoming density analysis map showing just how many backyard chickens local regulations allow.

Roots in urban planning 

By day Kennedy works in mapping technology software; his current company works on projects such as the interactive maps on the New York Times’ website. He earned his undergraduate degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, where he studied product design.

“It was really how I honed my chops for doing visual design as a craft,” he said. “After my undergrad, I got a master’s in urban planning (at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), which is really how I got exposed to spatial data and the role that maps and visualizations play in the planning process.”

Stephen Kennedy, center, works with a customer at his latlong.shop booth at the Dane County Farmers’ Market. At right is his popular map titled “Archipelago of Madison,” which shows Madison’s lakes as land forms and its land as lakes. 

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“A lot of the work I have done professionally is tools for urban planners – that allow them to look at development, the existing conditions of the city they’re working in, how the changes they’re proposing will impact a city,” he said. “So map-making has been kind of a core through-line through all that.”

In graduate school, Kennedy worked on his thesis in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collecting data for that city’s first bus map. That experience gave rise to his first side business in 2014, a fair trade clothing line called New Market Goods.

“Being on the ground in doing that project, I met a lot of folks in different parts of the creative community in Bangladesh,” he said.

“I met a couple of artists who had started their own clothing brands but only sold locally,” he said. “The designs were all featuring traditional, hand-woven textiles found throughout the country, and they were trying to find new ways to revive that industry, as a counterpoint to the fast-fashion, mass-production that had been steamrolling the country for decades at that point.”

So Kennedy launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to found a company that would sell goods from those artists, and also designed clothing himself.

He was looking for another creative challenge when he took on the 30 Day Map Challenge in 2022. When some of his unique maps of Madison went up on Twitter, they drew positive feedback.

“I sort of connected with this niche on Twitter that’s interested in progressive development and progressive urbanism,” he said. “There were common reactions here and there, such as, ‘This is beautiful. If it were printed, I would totally buy this.’”

An accidental business

Kennedy started to print and frame his maps, and applied to be a vendor at the 2023 Dane County Farmers’ Market on Capitol Square. He initially intended to sell his clothing line produced in Bangladesh, but when he brought along some of his Madison maps that he’d printed and framed, he found that they sold even better.

New Market Goods and latlong.shop — the “latlong” stands for “latitude” and “longitude” — has provided a “counter-balance” to Kennedy’s digitally focused career, he said.

“Most of the work I do is on the computer, and both of these are about creating tactile things” and interacting with people at the markets.

His customers include a mix of longtime Madisonians, tourists and UW-Madison students who want a souvenir of their college town before moving elsewhere. On Dec. 2, Kennedy will be a vendor at the Fair Trade Holiday Festival at Monona Terrace. And next spring, he’ll return to the Square along with the Dane County Farmers Market. He also sells online.

Meanwhile Kennedy is seeking out partners to collaborate with on more maps — in whatever field they’re interested in. An avid bike commuter, he recently hosted a workshop with Madison Bikes to add more local bike infrastructure data to OpenStreetMap, making that information more broadly available to the public.

“I’d like to work with people who have a particular idea but aren’t really able to execute the map for it,” said Kennedy, who noted that each map he makes teaches him something new about Madison. “That is something I’m looking forward to doing more and more of in this process, to meet experts in the community to collaborate with.”

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Augusta Brulla, left, and Tania Tandias, with Tania Tandias Flamenco and Spanish Dance, perform at McPike Park during Shifting Gears, an outdoor celebration of dance by Madison-area performers. This marked the third straight year for the festival, organized by Isthmus Dance Collective.

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Raka Bandyo, with Karmicflower Dance Company, performs traditional Indian dance Monday at McPike Park during Shifting Gears.

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Four Madison parks hosted dancing Monday as part of Shifting Gears, a dance event by Isthmus Dance Collective. Lily Edgar performed on the basketball court at Wirth Court Park.

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KLJ Movement, from left, Aczareyen Lyles, Madalin Berube, Kyra Johnson, Nathan Castro and Terrianna Bradley perform at Brittingham Park during Shifting Gears. Isthmus Dance Collective was formed in 2020 with the nonprofit starting the dance festival the following year.

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From left, Sophia Borger, 15, Innes O’Connor, 7, Annette Tansey, 11, and Winifred Mittag, 7, with Breckenridge Scottish Highland Dance, perform at McPike Park during Monday’s Shifting Gears dance festival.

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Bob Kerhin, of Milwaukee, with his grandchildren, Cole Buelow, 2, left, and Abigail, 6, from Madison, watch performances at McPike Park during Shifting Gears, a bike path dance festival held Monday and organized by Isthmus Dance Collective.

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Katherine Kramer, right, with Katherine Kramer Projects Tap Dance and Jazz, performs at McPike Park during Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival put on by Isthmus Dance Collective in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Scratch Dance performs at Wirth Court Park during Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival put on by Isthmus Dance Collective in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Stephen Weinberg

March 20, 1941 – October 24, 2023

Sacramento, California – We are saddened to announce the death of Stephen “Red” Weinberg (Shimon ben Yaakov z”l), beloved husband of Joyce Weinberg. Stephen Passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 (9 cheshvan 5784) at the age of 82, surrounded by family.

In addition to Joyce, Stephen is survived by his daughters Yvonne “Vonnie” Introlegator (Toly), Michele Weinberg and Laurie Maldonado, his grandsons Lazer Tov Introlegator and Jack Maldonado, and his granddaughters Nicole Maldonado, Lauren Weil, Chana Fruma Introlegator (Asher Zelig), Chaya Sara Introlegator, Chasya Gittel Introlegator and his great grandson Sterling Gray.

Stephen is predeceased by his parents, Shirley (z”l) and Jack (z”l) Weinberg.

Stephen was the 2nd generation owner of Red’s Plumbing for 59 years. The tradition will continue with his grandson.

If you knew Stephen, he had a unique, bigger than life personality. When you walked into Red’s Plumbing you’d see his sense of humor and how gruff he could be. But he had a heart of gold.

Stephen was born in San Francisco California and moved to Sacramento in his youth. He attended David Lubin Elementary, Cal Middle School and McClatchy High School. He received a BA in History from San Francisco State. Stephen studied at UC Berkeley where he also played soccer and later played in the Sacramento men’s soccer league as a goalie.

An avid sports fan, Stephen’s team was the San Francisco 49ers. In his 20’s he sold beer in the stands at Candlestick Park. Sports trivia was his favorite activity. If you asked him a question, he could never be stumped.

Stephen loved his extended family and all of his friends. He was a member of the 20/30 club (Sacramento Chapter.) He loved his family business and customers. His greatest passion was to travel the world with Joyce. Stephen was active in many causes and his greatest interest was helping and bringing assistance to Soviet Jews (Refuseniks) in the 80’s. He and Joyce traveled there four times.

Above all. Stephen’s love for his children, 7 grandchildren and great grandson had no limits. His favorite thing to do was sit around the table with them and listen, debate and laugh. And at the same time sneak food from his plate to his puppy Boichik, and grand-dog Bronny.

If you would like to make a donation in Stephen’s memory, please direct them to Mosaic Law Congregation (Mosaiclaw.org) or Magen David Adom (Mdais.org.)

Stephen’s funeral was held Thursday, October 26th 2023 at 1pm at Home of Peace Cemetery in Sacramento.

Published by The Sacramento Bee on Oct. 27, 2023.

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Stephen Clark Rogers was born on October 31, 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona to James L. and Doris M. Rogers. The family moved to Prescott, Arizona when Stephen was 3 months old.

He attended Washington Elementary School, Prescott Jr. High School, graduated from Prescott Sr. High School in 1963 and attended U of A in Tucson, Arizona.

While at school, Stephen worked for his father driving trucks that supplied Union 76 gas stations, was a lifeguard at the Granite Dells swimming hole, fought wildfires for the US Forest Service, valet parking at the Pine Cone Inn, stone carving at Drake, drove a forklift at the Coca -Cola plant and was a bronze caster at the Phippen Bronze Foundry in Skull Valley, Arizona.

He often said he had 27 jobs before he was 27.

Although he hated war, he was proud of his service in the US Army Reserves and trained as a tank squadron commander at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Stephen moved to San Francisco in the 1970’s where he worked for over 30 years as an independent filmmaker, cinematographer and primarily film/video editor for CBS News across the country and in Central and South America. He was considered the best editor in the industry.

Stephen later became an independent producer, director and editor for companies such as Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, Apple and Chevron.

In the early 2000’s he moved to Prescott and continued to edit for clients remotely, working as a barista and honing his talents as an artist painting in oils and playing his beautiful piano. He also restored motorcycles and antique cars such as the 1960 Chevy Corvette, locally famous with its psychedelic yellow, pink and blue fiberglass body.

He studied astronomy and was hired by CBS to cover the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.

Stephen was a Renaissance man in every sense. He was an accomplished artist, pianist, pilot, mechanic, electrician, carpenter and plumber, and journalist. He loved Dali, Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, bridge, books, cooking, films, his friends and especially dogs and people who loved dogs.

He was a true preserver of the English language, gracefully correcting the abuse. He mastered the art of listening before he spoke and considered it almost a sin to interrupt.

He wrote “lettditors” to the Courier as Coyote Contraire and signed them ^,,^ He wrote about global and local events, the stupidity of people and governments, and in defense of children and animals, especially dogs.

A proud achievement in late life was the resurrection of Prescott’s historic Senator Drive-In sign, which had been torn down. He designed the new sign himself and rebuilt it with the help of “some old Prescott boys” and the donations of many Prescott High School alumni.

Stephen was warm, caring, funny, exciting, a mentor to many, loyal to those he loved and most of all honest.

“Never chase safety,” he wrote, “it’s an illusory concept. So is the idea of ​​an unchanging passion.”

Stephen died peacefully in his sleep at his childhood home in Prescott on January 24, 2023 at the age of 77.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother James/Hyme Rogers, dear friends Davey Lyzinski and John Carlson, and dog children Whitworth, Fordham and Mack.

He is survived by brother Kenneth A. Rogers, “son” John Behrens, and members of his tribe Karen Young, Barry Peterson, Ignacio Medrano-Carbo, Jimmye, Rachel, Carlos, Liz, Dan, and Janie.

From The Crownless King, a poem Ignacio wrote for Stephen: ‘Very few realized that a king had died. This diamond in the rough will never laugh in company with us again.”

Donations can be made to the United Animal Fund or the Senator Drive-In Sign in Stephen’s honor.

Ruffner-Wakelin Funeral Homes of Prescott undertook the cremation.

Information from friends who loved him.

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WASHINGTON (CBS SF/AP) — Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court.

The 83-year-old San Francisco native has been a pragmatic force on a court that has grown increasingly conservative in recent years, trying to forge majorities with more moderate justices right and left of center.

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The sources spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to preempt Breyer’s eventual announcement. NBC first reported the justice’s plans.

Multiple sources, including two White House officials and a senior Democratic congressional staffer, confirmed Breyer’s intention to step down to CBS News.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the White House would have no additional information regarding Breyer’s retirement.

“It has always been the decision of any Supreme Court Justice if and when they decide to retire, and how they want to announce it, and that remains the case today,” she tweeted.

Breyer has been a justice since 1994, appointed by President Bill Clinton. Along with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Breyer opted not to step down the last time the Democrats controlled the White House and the Senate during Barack Obama’s presidency. Ginsburg died in September 2020, and then-President Donald Trump filled the vacancy with a conservative justice, Amy Coney Barrett.

Stephen Breyer, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, speaks during an interview on The David Rubenstein Show in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Breyer’s departure, expected over the summer, won’t change the 6-3 conservative advantage on the court because his replacement will be nominated by Biden and almost certainly confirmed by a Senate where Democrats have the slimmest majority. It also makes conservative Justice Clarence Thomas the oldest member of the court at 73.

“In terms of the ideological makeup, this is not a big change,” Professor David Levine of UC Hastings College of the Law told KPIX 5, saying the confirmation battle over Breyer’s replacement may not be as contentious as the ones involving Barrett or Brett Kavanaugh .

As for the two Senators who’ve hit the brakes on Biden’s domestic agenda, Levine said don’t be surprised if they fall in line with their Democratic colleagues.

“Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema have gone along with the federal judges who President Biden has nominated,” he said.

gov. Gavin Newsom, a California senator and others reacted Wednesday to reports that US Supreme Court Justice and San Francisco native Stephen Breyer is planning to retire from the bench.

Newsom thanked the alumnus of Lowell High School and Stanford University for bringing “core California values ​​to our nation’s highest court throughout his distinguished tenure, shaping impactful decisions to strengthen our democracy and change lives for the better.”

The governor cited Breyer’s critiques of the nation’s death penalty system — Newsom has suspended the use of capital punishment in California during his tenure — as one of the ways he contributed to the cause of criminal justice reform.

US Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, said Breyer “has demonstrated his commitment to justice, fairness, and equality under law time and time again.”

The alumni association from Breyer’s alma mater in San Francisco also weighed in on the reports of his retirement.

Lowell Alumni Association president Kate Lazarus said, “The Lowell Alumni Association congratulates Justice Stephen Breyer, Lowell High School class of 1955, on an exemplary career in public service. He is an inspiration to countless Lowell alumni and San Franciscans. We are immensely grateful and proud of his long commitment to justice, fairness, and the rule of law.”

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Among the names being circulated as potential nominees are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, US Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, prominent civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill and US District Judge Michelle Childs, whom Biden has nominated to be an appeals court. Childs is a favorite of Rep. James Clyburn, DS.C., who made a crucial endorsement of Biden just before South Carolina’s presidential primary in 2020.

Often overshadowed by his fellow liberal Ginsburg, Breyer authored two major opinions in support of abortion rights on a court closely divided over the issue, and he laid out his growing discomfort with the death penalty in a series of dissenting opinions in recent years.

Breyer’s views on displaying the Ten Commandments on government property illustrate his search for a middle ground. He was the only member of the court in the majority in twin cases in 2005 that barred Ten Commandments displayed in two Kentucky courthouses, but allowed one to remain on the grounds of the state capitol in Austin, Texas.

In more than 27 years on the court, Breyer has been an active and cheerful questioner during arguments, a frequent public speaker and quick with a joke, often at his own expense. He made a good-natured appearance on a humorous National Public Radio program in 2007, failing to answer obscure questions about pop stars.

He is known for his elaborate, at times far-fetched, hypothetical questions to lawyers during arguments and he sometimes had the air of an absent-minded professor. In fact, he taught antitrust law at Harvard earlier in his professional career.

He also spent time working for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy when the Massachusetts Democrat was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. That experience, Breyer said, made him a firm believer in compromise.

Still, he could write fierce dissents, as he did in the Bush v. Gore case that effectively decided the 2000 election in favor of Republican George W. Bush. Breyer unsuccessfully urged his colleagues to return the case to the Florida courts so they could create “a constitutionally proper contest” by which to decide the winner.

And at the end of a trying term in June 2007 in which he found himself on the losing end of roughly two dozen 5-4 rulings, Breyer’s frustrations bubbled over as he summarized his dissent from a decision that invalidated public school integration plans.

“It is not often that so few have so quickly changed so much,” Breyer said in a packed courtroom, an ad-libbed line that was not part of his opinion.

His time working in the Senate led to his appointment by President Jimmy Carter as a federal appeals court judge in Boston, and he was confirmed with bipartisan support even after Carter’s defeat for reelection in 1980. Breyer served for 14 years on the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals before moving up to the Supreme Court.

His 87-9 high-court confirmation was the last with fewer than 10 dissenting votes. Breyer’s opinions were notable because they never contained footnotes. Breyer was warned off such a writing device by Arthur Goldberg, the Supreme Court justice for whom Breyer clerked as a young lawyer.

“It is an important point to make if you believe, as I do, that the major function of an opinion is to explain to the audience of readers why it is that the court has reached that decision,” Breyer once said. “It’s not to prove that you’re right. You can’t prove that your right; there is no such proof.”

Born on August 15, 1938 in San Francisco, Breyer’s father Irving was a lawyer who served as legal counsel to the San Francisco Board of Education. Breyer graduated from Lowell High School in the city in 1955 and went on to study philiosophy at Stanford University, graduating with highest honors and membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

He attended Oxford, where he received first-class honors in philosophy, politics and economics.

Breyer then attended Harvard’s law school, where he worked on the Law Review and graduated with the highest honors.

Breyer’s first job after law school was as a law clerk to Goldberg. He then worked in the Justice Department’s antitrust division before splitting time as a Harvard law professor and a lawyer for the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Breyer and his wife, Joanna, a psychologist and daughter of the late British Conservative leader John Blakenham, have three children — daughters Chloe and Nell and a son, Michael — and six grandchildren.

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His younger brother Charles is a senior judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of California which is located at the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Stephen Curry’s pre-game warm-up had a little extra flair with so many people watching again. He loved seeing all the familiar ushers as he drove to the arena three hours early. He thanked fans for their patience and perseverance during a pandemic before pointing out.

Curry scored 32 points, Draymond Green added 19 assists and 12 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors greeted fans for the first time since the pandemic began by beating the Denver Nuggets 118-97 on Friday night.

“Just a little different from inside and outside the arena,” said Curry. “I know you have to take it slow and obviously protect everyone, but increase the number of people who can get into the building and slowly but surely return to a full, overcrowded home where this energy is unmatched. We on the ground, we live on it. You try to make it when it’s an empty arena, you do your best, but it makes a big difference with the fans. “

Nikola Jokic scored 19 points for Denver in a matchup of MVP candidates with Curry, who, 33.7 seconds back in the third game, received a rare technique when attempting a foul call. Michael Porter Jr. led the nuggets with 26 points, hitting seven 3-pointers.

Denver striker Will Barton dropped into the game 59 seconds with a strained right Achilles tendon and never returned. It hit the baseline awkwardly under the basket of nuggets.

“Our boys have regrouped,” said Nuggets coach Michael Malone. “Will has perished. He went down early and then we had to find other guys to jump in and play. But I think you all are fishing for the fact that we lost this game to Will’s injury. Don’t excuse us. Will Barton went down, he’s hurt, and we sympathize with him. But we all get paid on the first and the 15th, do your job. We didn’t do our job tonight – not me, the players didn’t do it and that’s unacceptable. “

Fans shouted “MVP! MVP! “For Curry, who scored 11 for 18 with four 3s and also got eight rebounds in his 12th 30-point performance in the last 13 games and the 29th of the season.

“I’m not surprised. I think it’s a no-brainer,” Mychal Mulder said.

Jordan Poole knocked down a corner 3-pointer to hit the buzzer that ended the third when Golden State received another big boost from its bench to win a third straight home game. Poole finished with 15 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. 23 in his new reserve role.

“It’s a new role for Kelly, but you can see how he accepted it, how he handled it,” said coach Steve Kerr.

The Warriors started with nine of their last 13 games at home – where they had not played with fans in the building for 409 days. The number of participants was 1,935, with the team hoping for around 2,000 people.

Fans were greeted with a special video board message – Welcome Home – a limited number of player family members and guests were the only ones in attendance.

The exhausted Warriors greeted Juan Toscano-Anderson from the concussion log after suffering a dangerous fall and cutting his head in Boston last week. He started at 6:08 a.m. in the first quarter to great cheers and contributed nine points and eight rebounds.

“Having fans is always fun, especially after playing in empty gyms,” said Toscano-Anderson. “I appreciate all the fans. Greetings to all important employees who made this possible. “

Golden State shot 53.6% and had 39 assists.

“You have to find a way to get stops and we just didn’t want that tonight,” said Malone, disgusted, whose Denver team shot 38.6%.

CURRY THE ENTERTAINER

Curry clearly loved getting fans back for entertainment by going through a dazzling warmup in which he kicked basketballs up towards the huge video scoreboard and had fun – waving to a cheering group above the tunnel after he finished his pre-game job would have.

The two-time MVP took a moment before the hint to thank the fans for their patience in this “unprecedented situation”.

“There was so much energy in the building tonight and a reminder of what we missed,” said Kerr. “Just I guess a few thousand, but it felt like a lot more. Just such a welcome sight. “

FIRST FAN

Anthony Calvo, 27, from San Ramon, was honored as the first fan to be honored at the Chase Center. Brandon Schneider, COO of New Warriors, greeted him at the door around 4:50 pm after Calvo arrived at 10:30 am to take his COVID test

A Redwood City employee who is helping procure school supplies for youth in need planned to connect with Ms. Kerissa after the game for her planned weekend getaway in Big Sur.

He received a # 1 First Fan Back Uniform and signed equipment from the team.

TIP-INS

Nuggets: Barton was injured on the Golden State home floor after Jamal Murray tore his cruciate ligament in his left knee and had to undergo surgery on April 12 against the Warriors here late on game day. … Denver had won its two previous ones on the road.

Warriors: F Damion Lee and G Kent Bazemore are both on the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols. … The Warriors didn’t train on Thursday or hold a shootaround on Friday and Kerr expects limited practice on the track to keep his team fresh. “The players need more rest than work at this point,” he said.

NEXT

Nuggets: Host Houston in a road-home back-to-back on Saturday to beat this season’s three matchups with the Rockets.

Warriors: Host Sacramento on Sunday after losing four out of five to the Kings.

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Stephen Bechtel Jr., a San Francisco philanthropist and retired CEO of a global construction company that started out in San Francisco, died Monday morning in his 12th floor penthouse in Pacific Heights. He was 95.

Bechtel’s death was confirmed by a publicist at Bechtel, based in Reston, Virginia. The company with 55,000 employees and many subsidiaries was founded in San Francisco in 1898 by Bechtel’s grandfather Warren A. Bechtel. No cause of death was given.

Steve Jr., as he was known, became CEO at the age of 35 and ran the company from 1960 to 1990. During his tenure, what started as an engineering firm focusing on projects in the Bay Area grew into a global leader in the construction industry. , built large infrastructure projects on six continents while sales and employees grew exponentially.

He retired in 1990 at the age of 65 and was succeeded as CEO by his son Riley Bechtel.

“My grandfather leaves a remarkable legacy of achievement, integrity, excellence and commitment to customers and communities,” said Brendan P. Bechtel, CEO and Chairman of Bechtel, on Monday. “In every aspect of his life, he was driven by his strong values ​​and vision of building a better world that still guide us today when we work with customers.”

Probably the largest Bay Area project that Bechtel implemented under his leadership was the construction of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART). In 1974, Bechtel hired George Shultz and promoted him to president a year later before becoming Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan. The two have often been spotted in the social whirlwind of San Francisco with their wives Charlotte Shultz and Betty Bechtel. Shultz died in February at the age of 100.

In 2018, the company moved its global headquarters from San Francisco and Houston to the Washington, DC area. Bechtel’s focus in recent years has been on the SD Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, which began operations in December.

“He was a great man,” said retired Marine Major Mike Myatt, who worked for Bechtel from 1995 to 2001, overseeing the construction of a high-speed rail line in Korea.

Later, when Myatt ran the Marines Memorial Club, he could count on his fellow Navy fellows to fund a scholarship every year through his foundation for high school graduates interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education were.

“He really loved San Francisco and whatever we needed we could always call him. He was a generous man who wanted to do something useful, ”Myatt said.

One of those purposes was the Veterans Memorial, inaugurated in 2012 on the square between the War Memorial Veterans Building and the Opera House. The project cost 2.5 million US dollars, the Bechtel Foundation contributed half.

The foundation also made a large donation to begin construction of the Korean War Memorial, a $ 4 million memorial that opened in the Presidio of San Francisco in 2016.

“This Bechtel donation was the first major donation we received at the beginning of our work,” said Gerard Parker, executive director of the Korean War Memorial Foundation. “It had a snowball effect on our fundraising.”

Stephen Davison Bechtel was born in Oakland on May 10, 1925, and was a graduate of Piedmont High School, which served in the US Marine Corps. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in Indiana and an MBA from Stanford University.

In 1991, President George HW Bush awarded him the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Forbes estimates Bechtel’s net worth in 2021 at $ 2.9 billion, based on a 20% stake in the company.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Stephen Curry’s pre-game warm-up had a little extra flair with so many people watching again. He loved seeing all the familiar ushers as he drove to the arena three hours early. He thanked fans for their patience and perseverance during a pandemic before pointing out.

Curry scored 32 points, Draymond Green added 19 assists and 12 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors greeted fans for the first time since the pandemic began by beating the Denver Nuggets 118-97 on Friday night.

“Just a little different from inside and outside the arena,” said Curry. “I know you have to take it slow and obviously protect everyone, but increase the number of people who can get into the building and slowly but surely return to a full, overcrowded home where this energy is unmatched. We on the ground, we live on it. You try to make it when it’s an empty arena, you do your best, but it makes a big difference with the fans. “

Nikola Jokic scored 19 points for Denver in a matchup of MVP candidates with Curry, who, 33.7 seconds back in the third game, received a rare technique when attempting a foul call. Michael Porter Jr. led the nuggets with 26 points, hitting seven 3-pointers.

Denver striker Will Barton dropped into the game 59 seconds with a strained right Achilles tendon and never returned. It hit the baseline awkwardly under the basket of nuggets.

“Our boys have regrouped,” said Nuggets coach Michael Malone. “Will has perished. He went down early and then we had to find other guys to jump in and play. But I think you all are fishing for the fact that we lost this game to Will’s injury. Don’t excuse us. Will Barton went down, he’s hurt, and we sympathize with him. But we all get paid on the first and the 15th, do your job. We didn’t do our job tonight – not me, the players didn’t do it and that’s unacceptable. “

Fans shouted “MVP! MVP! “For Curry, who scored 11 for 18 with four 3s and also got eight rebounds in his 12th 30-point performance in the last 13 games and the 29th of the season.

“I’m not surprised. I think it’s a no-brainer,” Mychal Mulder said.

Jordan Poole knocked down a corner 3-pointer to hit the buzzer that ended the third when Golden State received another big boost from its bench to win a third straight home game. Poole finished with 15 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. 23 in his new reserve role.

“It’s a new role for Kelly, but you can see how he accepted it, how he handled it,” said coach Steve Kerr.

The Warriors started with nine of their last 13 games at home – where they had not played with fans in the building for 409 days. The number of participants was 1,935, with the team hoping for around 2,000 people.

Fans were greeted with a special video board message – Welcome Home – a limited number of player family members and guests were the only ones in attendance.

The exhausted Warriors greeted Juan Toscano-Anderson from the concussion log after suffering a dangerous fall and cutting his head in Boston last week. He started at 6:08 a.m. in the first quarter to great cheers and contributed nine points and eight rebounds.

“Having fans is always fun, especially after playing in empty gyms,” said Toscano-Anderson. “I appreciate all the fans. Greetings to all important employees who made this possible. “

Golden State shot 53.6% and had 39 assists.

“You have to find a way to get stops and we just didn’t want that tonight,” said Malone, disgusted, whose Denver team shot 38.6%.

CURRY THE ENTERTAINER

Curry clearly loved getting fans back for entertainment by going through a dazzling warmup in which he kicked basketballs up towards the huge video scoreboard and had fun – waving to a cheering group above the tunnel after he finished his pre-game job would have.

The two-time MVP took a moment before the hint to thank the fans for their patience in this “unprecedented situation”.

“There was so much energy in the building tonight and a reminder of what we missed,” said Kerr. “Just I guess a few thousand, but it felt like a lot more. Just such a welcome sight. “

FIRST FAN

Anthony Calvo, 27, from San Ramon, was honored as the first fan to be honored at the Chase Center. Brandon Schneider, COO of New Warriors, greeted him at the door around 4:50 pm after Calvo arrived at 10:30 am to take his COVID test

A Redwood City employee who is helping procure school supplies for youth in need planned to connect with Ms. Kerissa after the game for her planned weekend getaway in Big Sur.

He received a # 1 First Fan Back Uniform and signed equipment from the team.

TIP-INS

Nuggets: Barton was injured on the Golden State home floor after Jamal Murray tore his cruciate ligament in his left knee and had to undergo surgery on April 12 against the Warriors here late on game day. … Denver had won its two previous ones on the road.

Warriors: F Damion Lee and G Kent Bazemore are both on the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols. … The Warriors didn’t train on Thursday or hold a shootaround on Friday and Kerr expects limited practice on the track to keep his team fresh. “The players need more rest than work at this point,” he said.

NEXT

Nuggets: Host Houston in a road-home back-to-back on Saturday to beat this season’s three matchups with the Rockets.

Warriors: Host Sacramento on Sunday after losing four out of five to the Kings.

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