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Supercross 2024: Results and points after Round 2 in San Francisco

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2 years ago

January 16, 2024

Supercross 2024: Results and points after Round 2 in San Francisco

In a muddy race at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, Chase Sexton became to first rider to beat Jett Lawrence twice in the 450 division. With this victory, he reclaimed the red plate and establishes himself as one of the contenders for the 2024 championship.

At both Anaheim Sexton overcame a modest showing in his heat race, finishing only sixth in the 20-rider field. In San Francisco, he was second in his heat to Jorge Prado, who made his second of three starts before returning to Spain. Sexton easily had the most momentum of the day but while the points are the same in every race, mud races don’t necessarily prove how strong riders will be on a clear track.

Eli Tomac rebounded from a disappointing showing in Anaheim to finish second. In this case, the mud podium may actually have answered a few questions regarding Tomac’s health going forward. During his career, he has not been immune to slow starts. Along with a poor showing by Jett Lawrence in San Francisco, Tomac climbed to third and is only three points behind the inaugural SuperMotocross Champion.

RESULTS: Click here for full 450 Results; Click here for 250 Results

Ken Roczen was a distant third, but points don’t get taken away for the size of the deficit. Finishing 27 seconds behind Sexton, he was undoubtedly happy simple to finish at all, just like all the other riders in the field.

Riding for Rick Ware Racing, Shane McElrath earned his first top-five since finishing fifth last year at Denver, which was his only top-five of the 2023 season. He was fourth.

Click here for 450 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Last Chance Qualifier | Lap Chart

Aaron Plessinger rounded out the top-five in fifth and is the only rider to join Sexton with a sweep of the top five. He was fourth last week in Anaheim and now sits fourth in the standings.

It was an uncharacteristically bad day for Jett Lawrence, who struggled in both his heat (fifth) and the race. He finished ninth in the Main Event and lost the red plate to Sexton by seven points. That is not something his fans need to be concerned with, because he can make up the deficit in short order if he is capable of finishing ahead of Sexton each week.

Click here for 450 Overall results | Rider Points | Manufacturer Points

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Jordon Smith followed up his second-place finish last week in Anaheim with a victory in San Francisco. As in the 450 division, the red plate will move this week after a rough showing for RJ Hampshire, who finished ninth in the mud. Smith now has a five-point advantage over Levi Kitchen.

Kitchen joins Smith as the only two riders to score podiums in both early rounds. He finished third in Anaheim and second in San Francisco. There is only one position left to improve.

Garrett Marchbanks showed why he was so excited to return to the 250 division by earning his first podium since Orlando in February 2021 – the year races were run in pods due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here for 250 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Last Chance Qualifier | Lap Chart

To earn that podium, he had to ride with his elbows out and get around teammate Phil Nicoletti, who finished eight seconds behind Marchbanks in fourth. Afterward, Nicoletti said that if he had to be beaten by anyone, he was glad it was his teammate.

Carson Mumford rounded out the top five in fifth. With a 10th-place finish last week in Anaheim, he settled into fifth in the points standings with two races remaining in the current West Coast stint.

Click here for 250 Overall results | Rider Points

Hampshire simply couldn’t get going in the mud. After winning last week in Anaheim, he faded to ninth in San Francisco and dropped to third in the points, nine behind Smith.

Jo Shimoda needs to make up some ground. He struggled in his heat at Anaheim but rebounded to finish fourth in the Main. He had a miserable day in San Francisco and marked as the first rider out in 22nd. He is now a distant 13th in the points standings on a bike that one a 250 divisional championship last year.

2024 Results

Round 1: Jett Lawrence, RJ Hampshire win

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Sunset Night Market makes official return to San Francisco

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9 hours ago

February 28, 2026

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Giants scratch Rafael Devers from lineup with tight hamstring

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22 hours ago

February 27, 2026

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Giants scratch Rafael Devers from lineup with tight hamstring

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The San Francisco Giants scratched slugger Rafael Devers from the starting lineup because of a tight hamstring, keeping him out of a spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.

The three-time All-Star and 2018 World Series champion is starting his first full season with the Giants after they acquired him in a trade with the Boston Red Sox last year.

Devers hit 35 home runs and had 109 RBIs last season, playing 90 games with San Francisco and 73 in Boston. He signed a $313.5 million, 10-year contract in 2023 with the Red Sox.

He was 20 when he made his major league debut in Boston nine years ago, and he helped them win the World Series the following year.

Devers, who has 235 career homers and 747 RBIs, led Boston in RBIs for five straight seasons and has finished in the top 20 in voting for AL MVP five times.

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San Francisco court clerks strike for better staffing, training

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1 day ago

February 27, 2026

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San Francisco court clerks strike for better staffing, training

The people cheering and banging drums on the front steps of San Francisco’s Hall of Justice are usually quietly keeping the calendars and paperwork on track for the city’s courts.

Those court clerks are now hitting the picket lines, citing the need for better staffing and more training. It’s the second time the group has gone on strike since 2024, and this strike may last a lot longer than the last one.

Defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges agree that court clerks are the engines that keep the justice system running. Without them, it all grinds to a slow crawl.

“You all run this ship like the Navy,” District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder said to a group of city clerks.

The strike is essentially a continuation of an averted strike that occurred in October 2025.

“We’re not asking for private jets or unicorns,” Superior Court clerk employee Ben Thompson said. “We’re just asking for effective tools with which we can do our job and training and just more of us.”

Thompson said the training is needed to bring current employees up to speed on occasional changes in laws.

Another big issue is staffing, something that clerks said has been an ongoing issue since October 2024, the last time they went on a one-day strike.

Court management issued their latest statement on Wednesday, in which the court’s executive officer, Brandon Riley, said they have been at an impasse with the union since December.

The statement also said Riley and his team has been negotiating with the union in good faith. He pointed out the tentative agreement the union came to with the courts in October 2025, but it fell apart when union members rejected it.

California’s superior courts are all funded by the state. In 2024, Sacramento cut back on court money by $97 million statewide due to overall budget concerns.

While there have been efforts to backfill those funds, they’ve never been fully restored.

Inside court on Thursday, the clerk’s office was closed, leaving the public with lots of unanswered questions. Attorneys and bailiffs described a slightly chaotic day in court.

Arraignments were all funneled to one courtroom and most other court procedures were funneled to another one. Most of those procedures were quickly continued.

At the civil courthouse, while workers rallied outside, a date-stamping machine was set up inside so people could stamp their own documents and place them in locked bins.

Notices were also posted at the family law clinic and small claims courts, noting limited available services while the strike is in progress.

According to a union spokesperson, there has been no date set for negotiations to resume, meaning the courthouse logjams could stretch for days, weeks or more.

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