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The San Jose Sharks have acquired one of the most sought-after trade candidates of the NHL season by getting winger Kiefer Sherwood from the Vancouver Canucks more than six weeks before the March 6 deadline. San Jose sent 2026 and ’27 second-round draft picks and minor league defenseman Cole Clayton to Vancouver for the 30-year-old pending free agent. The teams announced the deal Monday. Sherwood led the Canucks with 17 goals through their first 48 games. He also has six assists. “We would like to thank Kiefer for all his hard work and dedication in Vancouver,” Canucks general manager Patrik Alvin said. “As an organization, we take a lot of pride in giving him the opportunity to grow and excel as a player. Given where things currently stand and the direction of our rebuild, we felt it was necessary to make a move like this as we continue to build our pipeline.” Giving up draft picks to get Sherwood signals a shift for the Sharks from sellers to buyers. They’re in a playoff spot past the midway point of the season. San Jose visits two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida on Monday night. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

A Gilroy man has been arrested in connection with 114 vehicle burglaries in a two-day period at apartment complexes near the Cisco Systems campus in North San Jose. The burglaries on Nov. 8 and 9 occurred in the parking garages of four multi-family housing developments, police said Friday. Two were near River Oaks Park — in the 300 block of Crescent Village Circle and the 3400 block of Iron Point Drive — and two near Tasman and Zanker — in the 3700 block of Casa Verde Street and the 100 block of Baypointe Parkway. “Over a hundred victims were terrorized by one senseless suspect who thought his actions would go unnoticed,” San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph said in a press release. “SJPD made sure you got our full attention and now you will face the consequences of victimizing our San Jose community.” Detectives executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Gilroy home of Ramses Hernandez Rivera, 23, and located evidence, police said. Rivera was already in custody at Santa Clara County Main Jail for an unrelated crime, police said. Anyone with information related to this or similar cases is asked to contact Detective Bergstrom of the San Jose Police Department Burglary Unit at 4318@sanjoseca.gov or (408) 277-4401.

Several faith leaders called urgently for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants after anti-immigration enforcement protesters disrupted a service at a Southern Baptist church in Minnesota. About three dozen protesters entered the Cities Church in St. Paul during Sunday service, some walking right up to the pulpit, others loudly chanting “ICE out” and “Renee Good,” referring to a woman who was fatally shot on Jan. 7 by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. One of the church’s pastors, David Easterwood, leads the local ICE field office, and one of the leaders of the protest and prominent local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong said she’s also an ordained pastor. The Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention called what happened “an unacceptable trauma,” saying the service was ”forced to end prematurely” as protesters shouted “insults and accusations at youth, children, and families.” “I believe we must be resolute in two areas: encouraging our churches to provide compassionate pastoral care to these (migrant) families and standing firm for the sanctity of our houses of worship,” Trey Turner, who leads the convention, told The Associated Press on Monday. Cities Church belongs to the convention. The U.S. Department of Justice said it has opened a civil rights investigation. Minnesota Jan 18 FBI asks agents to travel to Minneapolis for temporary assignments amid protests, sources say Immigration Jan 17 Federal officials investigating Renee Good's widow in shooting probe, sources say The recent surge in operations in Minnesota has pitted more than 2,000 federal immigration officers against community activists and protesters. The Trump administration and Minnesota officials have traded blame for the heightened tensions. “No cause — political or otherwise — justifies the desecration of a sacred space or the intimidation and trauma inflicted on families gathered peacefully in the house of God,” Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board, said in a statement. “What occurred was not protest; it was lawless harassment.” Jonathan Parnell, the pastor who led the disrupted service, is a missionary with Ezell’s group and serves dozens of Southern Baptist churches in the area. Cities Church, housed in a Gothic-style, century-old stone building next to a college campus on one of the Twin Cities’ landmark boulevards, has not returned AP requests for comment. Christians disagree on immigration enforcement Christians in the United States are divided on the moral and legal dilemmas raised by immigration, including the presence of an estimated 11 million people who are in the country illegally and the spike in illegal border crossings and asylum requests during the Biden administration. Opinions differ between and within denominations on whether Christians must prioritize care for strangers and neighbors or the immigration enforcement push in the name of security. White evangelicals tend to support strong enforcement, while Catholic leaders have spoken in favor of migrant rights. The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. and has a conservative evangelical theology. Miles Mullin, the vice-president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, said faith leaders can and often have led protests on social issues, but those should never prevent others from worshipping. “This is something that just shouldn’t happen in America,” Mullin said. “For Baptists, our worship services are sacred.” On Facebook, Levy Armstrong wrote about Sunday’s protest in religious terms: “It’s time for judgment to begin and it will begin in the House of God!!!” But Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, called the protesters’ tactics unjustifiable. “For Christians, the precedent of invading a congregation at worship should be unthinkable,” Mohler said in an interview.…

The San Francisco 49ers packed up their belongings and headed home as work was being done around their home venue to get Levi’s Stadium ready to host the Super Bowl next month. A season that featured many bright spots as the Niners overcame a string of injuries to star players to reach the divisional round ended in disappointment when San Francisco lost 41-6 to Seattle on Saturday night just two games shy of a home Super Bowl appearance. “It hurt,” cornerback Deommodore Lenoir said about seeing the Super Bowl signs outside the stadium as he arrived Monday. “Because this whole season I was telling myself, if we hosted the Super Bowl, we have to be there. So it hurts.” But the overriding emotion for the 49ers echoed the message that coach Kyle Shanahan gave the team in the losing locker room in Seattle about being proud of how much they overcame this season to go 12-5 in the regular season and beat Philadelphia in the wild-card round. The Niners played eight games without starting quarterback Brock Purdy, lost star defensive end Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner to season-ending injuries early in the season, played significant time without receiver Ricky Pearsall and lost Pro Bowl tight end George Kittle to an Achilles tendon injury in the win over the Eagles. “I really do think it was a special year,” Purdy said. “Given the circumstances that we were put in and dealt with and guys going down. You see across the league that sometimes teams don’t really have what it takes to have these kind of circumstances and then push forward and make it to the playoffs and have a chance to be the one seed at the end of the year. All the things that we were able to accomplish, a lot of teams would have thrown in the towel.” George Kittle 7 hours ago 49ers' George Kittle shares encouraging update after successful Achilles surgery Brock Purdy Jan 18 Why Brock Purdy still believes 49ers can win Super Bowl after season-ending loss 49ers Reaction Jan 18 Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch proud of 49ers' unwavering character throughout season Health report Kittle gave an encouraging update on his health, saying that doctors told him his injury was a “best-case scenario” and should have a shorter recovery time than some Achilles tendon injuries. Kittle wouldn’t put a timeline on when he would be ready to play. Warner said he would have been able to get back on the field from his broken ankle had the Niners made it to the NFC title game. Now he will dial back his rehabilitation a bit to start preparing for next season. Purdy said he won’t need any surgery on the injured toe that sidelined him for half of the season. McCaffrey’s workload In a season filled with injuries, one player remained surprisingly healthy with All-Pro Christian McCaffrey playing all 19 games and leading all running backs with 1,010 offensive snaps in the regular season and playoffs, to go along with 450 touches for 2,314 yards at age 29. Keeping McCaffrey healthy again next season will be a big key to success for the 49ers as he is a major part of the offense. The other two times McCaffrey had such a heavy workload in one season he dealt with injuries the next, playing only three games in 2020 and four in 2024. “I think this was one of the most impressive seasons by an individual player ever,” Shanahan said. “The dude was unbelievable. His dedication to really empty the tank every single game and to be able to do that many games in a row is something that I’ve never really seen before.” Coordinator moves The return of Robert Saleh as defensive coordinator this season helped the Niners survive the rash of injuries on defense and remain competitive. Now there’s a question about whether Saleh will be back next season or if San Francisco will need a fifth defensive coordinator in five seasons. Saleh is a candidate for several open head coaching jobs and could be on the move. Offense coordinator Klay Kubiak also is a candidate to be a head coach…

A group of young people on bikes battered and robbed a man in San Francisco Saturday afternoon after he tried to tell them to slow down, police said. The battery and robbery happened just before 3 p.m. along the 900 block of Beach Street near Aquatic Cove, according to police. Citing a preliminary investigation, police said the man attempted to tell multiple juveniles on bicycles to reduce their speed. One of the juveniles responded by battering the man, sparking a verbal confrontation between the victim and the juveniles, police said. The altercation escalated when more juveniles battered the victim as he tried to flee. The juveniles chased after the man and continued to batter him as he tried to get away, police said. One juvenile stole the victim’s property in the process, prompting the victim to try to get it back. Bystanders confronted the juveniles, causing them to take off but leave the man’s property behind, police said. The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Police didn’t immediately say how many juveniles were involved or how old they are. No arrests had been made as of Monday. An investigation is underway. Anyone with information is urged to call San Francisco police at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and start the message with SFPD.