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From Your Angel to Possessed — the New LA Weekly Playlist is Live

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

From Your Angel to Possessed: The 148th LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic music from Lindsey Herbert, R&B from Kanii and Justin Timberlake, pop from Nessa Barrett, goth from Ville Valo, indie from Arctic Monkeys, metal from Possessed and Brujeria, and so much more.Find us on Spotify here,or on Soundcloud here.Don’t forget to “Like” the playlists and “Follow” the profiles.Ville Valo (Juha Mustonen @juha_mustonen)From Your Angel to PossessedAlso this week:Print star Ville Valo told us that, “All good things go round in 20-year cycles. I calculated that if we were strong with my previous band in the early naughts, then now is exactly the right time to come back. It’s like flared trousers, bell-bottoms. They’re in and out of fashion, and I guess it’s the same thing with goth rock or whatever kind of racket it is that I make. HIM disbanded in 2017, and it took me a while to get my shit together and then...

PG&E slashes Bay Area outage numbers overnight, but nearly 10,000 customers still in the dark

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

Three days after a monstrous windstorm thrashed power lines and left hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents without power, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company worked to slash remaining outages to less than 10,000 as of Friday morning.According to the utility’s 9 a.m. update Friday, 9,711 PG&E customers were still without power. 4,652 of those were in the South Bay, while 3,777 were on the Peninsula. An additional 1,060 remained in the dark in the East Bay.Related ArticlesWeather | SPCA Monterey County rescues more than 200 pets from Pajaro River flooding Weather | Demolition of Seacliff State Beach pier to begin next week Weather | Here’s how much it’s rained in Southern California so far this season Weather | Newport Beach house red-tagged after landslide is demolished as soil continues to move Weather | “When can we go home?” Pajaro residents agonize as key question remains unans...

Could Jamie Foxx’s ‘meltdown’ derail Cameron Diaz’s movie return?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

Cameron Diaz has a number of fans who probably won’t be happy with the news that their first chance to see her in a movie in nearly a decade has been thrown “into chaos” because her co-star Jamie Foxx had a “meltdown” and fired a bunch of people involved in the production.Diaz and Foxx have been in London since December filming “Back in Action,” an action-comedy for Netflix, People reported. The movie marks Diaz’s first film since 2014, when she co-starred with Foxx in an adaptation of the Broadway musical “Annie.”But The Sun reported that the production hasn’t gone smoothly. Foxx fired an executive producer, two directors and even his own driver, making himself “pretty unpopular” in the process, The Sun said.“There have been some issues on set and Jamie has had a major meltdown over it all,” a source told The Sun.Sources close to Diaz have told a difference story, with one telling People: R...

Matchbox Twenty returns with new music and plenty of California shows

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

Matchbox Twenty is back with its first new music in more than a decade.And the pop-rockers plan to showcase the material in an upcoming tour that includes a number of stops in California.Matchbox Twenty — featuring Rob Thomas, Brian Yale, Paul Doucette and Kyle Cook — kicks off a lengthy string of Golden State dates with a show on May 21 at Concord Pavilion. From there, the group performs May 22 at the Hollywood Bowl, may 24 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, May 25 at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, May 28 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine and May 30 at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre in San Diego.Tickets to the Concord show go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. March 24, livenation.com. Fan club members can buy ducats beginning 10 a.m. March 21.Visit matchboxtwenty.com for more ticketing details on all shows.These concerts are part of the band’s 50-plus-date Slow Dream Tour, which supports the group’s forthcoming fifth studio outing, “...

ICC issues war crimes arrest warrant for Putin for alleged deportation of Ukrainian children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

By Rob Picheta | CNNThe International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian official Maria Lvova-Belova for an alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian children to Russia.The court said there “are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility” for the alleged crimes, for having committed them directly alongside others, and for “his failure to exercise control properly over civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts.”The charges, which relate to an alleged practice that CNN and others have reported on, are the first to be formally lodged against officials in Moscow since it began its unprovoked attack on Ukraine last year.It remains unlikely that a trial at The Hague will go ahead; Russia is not a member of the ICC and the court does not conduct trials in absentia, so any Russian officials charged would either have to be handed over by Moscow or a...

Several injured in felony DUI hit-and-run in Santa Rosa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KRON) -- A Santa Rosa man allegedly driving under the influence hit three cars during rush hour and injured several, Santa Rosa police said. Police arrested him after he fled the scene on foot, SRPD officials said.Police responded to reports of an accident involving four vehicles at the intersection of Stony Point Road and College Avenue. The suspect, Luis Perez Perez, 24, was driving in a gray Honda north on Stony Point Road approaching College Avenue before crashing into three vehicles that were stopped in traffic. Trader Joe’s fruit product recalled, potentially contaminated with Hepatitis A Medical personnel treated several people injured during the accident, two of which were transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.Officials said Perez Perez exhibited signs of intoxication and fled the scene on foot. Officers ultimately found Perez Perez, 24, on Jennings Avenue just east of Marlow Road and conducted a DUI investigati...

Oakland Marathon road closures for this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland Running Festival, which includes the Oakland Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K Run/Walk is set for this Sunday, March 19. Activities for the marathon will be centered around Oakland's Snow Park and include music, food and drink vendors and other family activities. When will it stop raining in California? Here’s what meteorologists are saying Activities for the weekend include a Health & Wellness Expo in partnership with Lagunitas Brewing, a Kids Fun Run presented by Kaiser Permanente, and the Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area Celebration Village. There will also be a number of road closures in effect throughout the weekend. See below for a complete list of them.Oakland Marathon road closures:Harrison Street from 17th to Thomas Berkley Way -- 12:01 a.m. - 7 p.m.19th Street from Jackson Street to Harrison Street -- 12:01 a.m. - 7 p.m.Thomas Berkley Way (E/B only) from Webster St. to Harrison St. -- 3 a.m. - 11 a.m.Harrison Street (N/B only) from T...

Galopin Des Champs wins Cheltenham Gold Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

CHELTENHAM, England (AP) — Galopin Des Champs stormed up the hill for a convincing victory in the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.The pre-race favorite, at 7-5 odds, answered questions about his stamina by pulling away from Bravemansgame after the final fence to win by about seven lengths with Conflated crossing third.The victory made jockey Paul Townend and trainer Willie Mullins three-time Gold Cup champions — on St. Patrick’s Day for the Irish pair.“This race is just different. It brings winning to a different level,” Townend told iTV Racing.A Plus Tard pulled up, ending a bid for back-to-back wins.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Women’s March Madness: Maryland, Virginia Tech begin road to Final Four

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

With March Madness already underway in men’s basketball, the women’s teams will take the court Friday with a chance to go to the Final Four in Dallas, Texas.Two of the teams competing in the tournament come from the D.C. area: University of Maryland and Virginia Tech.More Sports NewsMore College Basketball NewsHere is a preview of who these teams will play in the Round of 64.MarylandGreenville 1 Bracket: No. 2 Maryland (25-6) vs. No. 15 Holy Cross (24-8) in College Park, Maryland2:30 p.m. EST on ESPNThe Maryland Terrapins come into the tournament led by head coach Brenda Freese and star player Diamond Miller. Also, they are a team filled with four transfers: Abby Meyers (Princeton), Lavender Briggs (Florida), Elisa Pinzan (South Florida) and Brinae Alexander (Vanderbilt). Their first test will be against Holy Cross, which won the Patriot League championship to make the dance for the first time since 2007.The Lady Terps hope to pull out a victory just like men’s tea...

Librarian fired for ‘unkind pushback’ at conservative event

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:43:10 GMT

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A library director in Tennessee has been fired after the actor and evangelist Kirk Cameron accused him of “unkind pushback” to visiting celebrities during a conservative event last month, officials said.Sumner County Mayor John Isbell told The Tennessean that the county’s library board voted 4-3 on Wednesday to fire Hendersonville library director Allan Morales. The mayor said Morales’ termination was “related to the Kirk Cameron event.” Photos of the Feb. 25 event posted by Cameron on Facebook show him reading a children’s book to a room full of dozens of kids and adults. He wrote that the event involved “praying and teaching faith in God and moral values to our kids,” as well as the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance.Also in attendance were Missy Robertson of the reality TV show “Duck Dynasty” and former University of Kentucky women’s swimmer Riley Gaines.In a video obtained by the Tennessean, Gaines can be seen recording a ...