49ers Fire Head Coach Jim Tomsula After Dismal Season
Jim Tomsula was fired by the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night after one disappointing season, with an announcement just more than two hours after the season finale.
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Jim Tomsula was fired by the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night after one disappointing season, with an announcement just more than two hours after the season finale.
It didn't mean anything, really, but the San Francisco 49ers finished their 2015 season with an overtime win at home over the visiting St. Louis Rams. Give credit to the special teams which blocked the Rams OT field-goal attempt before the offense responded with the game-winning FG. With a 5-11 record, the 49ers still finished last in the NFC West Division, but the team avoided its worst season in a decade with the Week 17 victory at Levi's Stadium—the site of Super Bowl 50 in five weeks.
The end of a long season has arrived for the San Francisco 49ers as they prepare to host the St. Louis Rams in the 2015 regular-season finale at Levi's Stadium. The 49ers have seen too many injuries this year, losing 11 players to season-ending injuries.
There is a quarterback in Berkeley who is blowing college football away. He was raised in Northern California, has the size and speed NFL coaches drool over and he's expected to be taken with a high first round pick in the NFL draft. The San Francisco 49ers have a quarterback position up for grabs and they have one of the best picks in the draft. Perfect fit right?
Despite losing a big-name coach and a lot of defensive talent from last year's 8-8 team, the San Francisco 49ers had high hopes for the 2015 season. However, it just hasn't turned out that way for them this year. With one game left to play, the 49ers are just 4-11 and on the verge of their worst season since 2005.
Trent Brown accepted the compliment by way of his coaches: The Atlanta Falcons didn't even recognize him on tape last month. That's how far the rookie offensive lineman has come to improve himself physically in his first season with San Francisco.
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The San Francisco 49ers close out their 2015 season at home this weekend against the St. Louis Rams, and the Rams have won three games straight—including last Sunday's victory over the Seahawks in Seattle.
With his disappointing first full season as 49ers head coach coming to a close, Jim Tomsula said Monday that his team is building for the future. But whether or not Tomsula will be a part of that future remains to be seen.
The San Francisco 49ers scored a touchdown in the first quarter Sunday against the Detroit Lions, the first time the S.F. offense had managed an early TD all season. When the 49ers tied the score with 40 seconds left in the first half, things looked good for San Francisco. But it wasn't to be, as Detroit shut out the 49ers in the second half on the way to a 32-17 victory at Ford Field.
The San Francisco 49ers got off to an uncharacteristically strong start. They scored a touchdown on offense in the opening quarter for the first time this year and matched a season high for first-half points.
The San Francisco 49ers have promoted former Australian Rugby League star Jarryd Hayne from the practice squad.
When NFL fans across the world think of the San Francisco 49ers, they envision Joe Montana and Steve Young throwing passes to Jerry Rice.
The San Francisco 49ers go to Motown this weekend to take on the Detroit Lions in a battle of two teams that had higher hopes for 2015. The Lions made the playoffs last year, but they started off 1-7 this year and lost all chance of a repeat visit to the postseason.
The San Francisco 49ers lost at home on Sunday to the Cincinnati Bengals by a score of 24-14, but the game wasn't that close. The Bengals led 24-0 late in the third quarter, and the 49ers turned the ball over four times on the day while committing a whopping 11 penalties overall.
The Golden State Valkyries play the Phoenix Mercury after Kaitlyn Chen scored 20 points in the Valkyries' 90-82 loss to the Washington Mystics.
Former pitcher Chan Ho Park has become the first Korean to purchase an stake in a major league club.
Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones and second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
It would have created an estimated 10,000 new jobs in Solano County, which local leaders say has the worst unemployment rate in the Bay Area.
A new financing plan could help jump-start redevelopment of the former Kings arena site in Natomas, a decade after the team played its final game there.
The Dove Fire in Tuolumne County began burning on Sunday, and a 30-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of starting the fire, the sheriff's office said.
The fire was located near Indiana Ranch Road, north of Foresythe Road. It was estimated to have burned less than an acre, but had a moderate rate of spread.
Crews were called to the home and found a woman and a 5-year-old child. The woman was dead, and the child was taken to the hospital for evaluation, officials said.
An 18-year-old Sacramento resident has been arrested after five men were stabbed early Saturday morning in Old Sacramento, police said.
Sacramento is putting on an urban biking and scooting workshop in the Valley Hi neighborhood. It comes as e-bikes are growing in popularity, but many people still aren't following the rules.
People who live in Sacramento's Curtis Park neighborhood say they first started seeing new street parking restrictions go in several months ago, but they had no idea that it was an unauthorized act.
Sacramento civic leaders are grappling with what comes next after a mistrial was declared in the case of the city's deadliest mass shooting in history, with many saying the lack of a verdict leaves victims' families and the community without closure.
A group of Downtown Sacramento business owners says they grew tired of watching garbage pile up on city streets and decided to roll up their sleeves and take matters into their own hands.
A man clung to the steep side of a Fresno canal while holding onto his dog Tuesday after jumping into the water to rescue the animal.
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The Dove Fire in Tuolumne County began burning on Sunday, and a 30-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of starting the fire, the sheriff's office said.
A Butte County judge found Ronnie Dean Stout II guilty Friday of starting the Park Fire in Northern California, exactly two years after the massive wildfire ignited.
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The Golden State Valkyries play the Phoenix Mercury after Kaitlyn Chen scored 20 points in the Valkyries' 90-82 loss to the Washington Mystics.
Former pitcher Chan Ho Park has become the first Korean to purchase an stake in a major league club.
Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones and second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan will have limited participation at the beginning of the San Francisco 49ers' training camp after he was injured in a crash. The team said his injuries are not life-threatening.
The Sixers' wild offseason continued Friday when they added four-time NBA champion LeBron James.
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate to testify on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic but invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in answering all questions.
Former FBI Director James Comey argued that criminal charges stemming from an Instagram post should be dropped because his speech is protected by the First Amendment.
A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that halted President Trump's efforts to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
A Ukrainian woman living in the U.S. was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at San Francisco International Airport, in an incident caught on video.
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Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
During the program's first year, it will be offered at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle about a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients, Newsom's office said.
Fresh off their undefeated season and conference championship win, the women on the team are speaking out for the first time.
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A Natomas mother demanded that her daughter be exhumed and cremated after a Sacramento cemetery moved her grave without telling the family.
The California Highway Patrol captain accused of workers' compensation fraud was the commander in charge of the fatal Mahaney Park shootout in Roseville, three officers who worked under him at the time of the shootout said.
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After spending $18,000 on waterproof laminate floors, a Natomas couple spotted damage after the first cleaning.
More than a year after Hai Pham canceled the trial membership, he kept getting charged every month for it.
A Natomas mother demanded that her daughter be exhumed and cremated after a Sacramento cemetery moved her grave without telling the family.
All evacuation orders have been lifted for a fast-moving wildfire that sparked near the Nevada and Yuba county line Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire that forced evacuations Sunday afternoon in the Pilot Hill area of El Dorado County.
Nothing but rubble remains of the McCombs home that was destroyed by the Kearny Fire. All their kids' toys, a wedding dress, memories and everything that meant something to them are completely gone.
All evacuation orders were lifted for a grass fire in rural Nevada County, west of Penn Valley, on Tuesday.
The Van Fire was reported Wednesday northeast of White Rock Road in Cathey's Valley, and north of Eastman Lake. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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