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Amsterdam launches stay away ad campaign targeting young British men

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

Amsterdam has warned rowdy British sex and drug tourists to "stay away", writes BBC reporter Anna Holligan.A digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35 in the UK is being pushed out by the Dutch city's council.The initiative forms part of efforts to clean up Amsterdam's raunchy reputation as Europe's most liberal party capital.Typically blunt, the videos show young men staggering in the street, handcuffed by police, finger-printed and having their mugshots taken.The online ads, highlighting the risks associated with the excessive use of drugs and booze, will be triggered when people in Britain tap in terms like - stag party, cheap hotel or pub crawl Amsterdam.The message is uncompromising - a long weekend in Amsterdam may create the wrong kind of memories, the escapism you crave in the renowned party capital could result in inescapable convictions.Brits can find return flights to Amsterdam for £50 (€57; $62).UK-based travel agencies also offer stag weekends in Amste...

Bomb cyclone soaks Southern California; rain continues into Thursday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

Heavy rain was falling across Southern California Wednesday morning as another Pacific storm, considered a bomb cyclone due to its rapid intensification, moved into the region.The rain will linger throughout the day on Wednesday and into Thursday, according to the National Weather Service office in Los Angeles. Interactive Storm Radar Rainfall rates will be a tenth of an inch per hour in the coastal areas and valleys and up to a quarter inch per hour in the foothills and mountains.The first band of rain will be followed by a six to eight-hour break with clearing skies before the next band arrives late Wednesday into Thursday morning.Radar of the bomb cyclone hitting California. March 29, 2023. (KTLA)“This (second band) will be more showery in nature but with higher rain rates and possible thunderstorms,” NWS said.Southern California’s mountains will also receive more snow. NWS is forecasting 2 to 5 inches between 4,000 an...

What exactly is a bomb cyclone?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

Another powerful Pacific storm known as a bomb cyclone is hitting California this week, bringing periods of heavy rain and snowfall to many parts of the state.So what exactly is a bomb cyclone?A bomb cyclone goes by many names, among them, “explosive cyclogenesis,” a “weather bomb,” “explosive development” or “bombogenesis.”"Bomb cyclone" has become the most widely used term.Experts describe bomb cyclones as storms that typically form in winter when a "mid-latitude cyclone" undergoes rapid intensification over a 24-hour period. Conditions for this intensification often result when a cold and warm air mass collide, according to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA.“A bomb cyclone refers directly to the rate of strengthening, not necessarily to its absolute strength,” Swain told KTLA.Radar shows a bomb cyclone hitting California on March 29, 2023. (KTLA)Despite their similarities in appearance, Swain says a bomb cyclone is not a hurricane.“Hurricanes derive their energy from warm...

Presale Codes for Pixies and Modest Mouse Tour with Cat Power

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

If you’ve been asking yourself “Where is My Mind,” then we have a show for you: the Pixies are teaming up with Modest Mouse and Cat Power for a hell of a tour. The 19 date tour will launch on August 20 in Asbury Park, NJ and wrap on September 16 in San Diego — see below for all dates. Passwords and presale codes for the Pixies and Modest Mouse Tour with Cat Power tickets are as follows:Presale codes for Pixies and Modest Mouse Tour with Cat PowerPresale tickets for the Pixies and Modest Mouse Tour with Cat Power are go on sale today, Wednesday, March 29 and we’ve been told the following presale codes and passwords may work. Details are subject to change, and vary by event date:Live Nation website presale code or password: OPENERLive Nation mobile app presale code or password: COVERTSales for the general public should go on sale this Friday, March 31. Take note that details, dates and codes for the tour are subject to change.What have the Pixies and Modest Mouse bee...

New Vietnamese Concept Đi Đi Springs From TikTok To WeHo in June

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

Born out of a TikTok sensation that took off during a pandemic, ĐI ĐI is a new and innovative Vietnamese restaurant that chef and social media personality Tue Nguyen will open in West Hollywood in June, when the 20-something will transition from cooking online to cooking for customers. Nguyen rose to TikTok fame in 2020 when she began cooking traditional Vietnamese dishes to educate her audience on the food, culture and people of her childhood. She has teamed up with The h.wood Group as co-owner and chef partner for the restaurant whose name translates to “Let’s Gooooo!”Located in the former Petite Taqueria space on La Cienega Blvd. which closed last year, it will be a homecoming for Nguyen. It was the site of her sold-out pop-up activation series. Lined with palm trees, Đi Đi will be a 90-seat homage to traditional Vietnamese romance and architecture. In addition to the menu, Đi Đi will also offer a robust cocktail program to complement each dish. Chef Tue Nguyen is a shooting star...

Presale Codes for Odesza The Last Goodbye Tour

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

If you just know it’s only water, it’s only fire, it’s only love, it’s only slaughter, we’re only liars, it’s only blood — then you’ll be happy to hear that Odesza is adding a second leg to their “The Last Goodbye” Tour. The electronic music duo will feature special guests QRTR & Olan at all the 24 new dates, and will additionally feature Neil Frances, Bonobo with a DJ set, Drama, Bob Moses, TOKiMONSTA and Big Boi at select dates. The new leg launches on June 10 in New York, NY and wraps October 19 in Mexico City, including stops on September 29 in San Diego and September 30 in Santa Barbara — see below for all dates. Passwords and presale codes for the Odesza The Last Goodbye Tour tickets are as follows:Presale codes for Odesza The Last Goodbye TourPresale tickets for the Odesza The Last Goodbye Tour are go on sale today, Wednesday, March 29 and we’ve been told the following presale codes and passwords may work. Detail...

Look Out for the Wee Beasties

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

Look Out for the Wee Beasties: Denton, TX band the Wee Beasties play at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach on Thursday, and then at the Redwood in Downtown L.A. on Saturday, April 1. Keep Flying, College Radio and Fresh Veggies also play at Alex’s, while the Poppy Seeds, Free Paintings and Sour Tongue open at the Redwood.The band, they say, fuse hardcore punk with jazz.“After decades of line-up changes, lifetime bans, sparse releases and a prison sentence, the band came rolling into the 2020s with a plan to take their sideshow punk act across the country promoting their upcoming release Party With Us. The Wee-Beasties’ shows have included BDSM demonstrations, Chippendales costumes, punk rock burlesque performances and a heroic consumption of whiskey and countless cans of Lone Star beer (or whatever beer is cheapest in your town). The larger-than-life, beer-guzzling, singer Richard Haskins is known for performing mostly (if not completely) naked, making for a wild show that has gotten th...

What to do during lightning storms: Tips (some surprising) for indoor and outdoor safety

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

By far the No. 1 piece of advice for avoiding injury by lightning is not to be outside in a thunderstorm.Especially if you’re going to be away from shelter in an open area — hiking above tree line, playing golf — plan your activities around the area’s weather patterns and the current forecast, lightning safety experts emphasize.All other advice is secondary to getting to shelter: a building or a hard-top vehicle, not under a tree or an outcropping. During a thunderstorm, you don’t want to be the tallest object in an area — or standing underneath one.Other tips for staying safe:Outdoors• Do not be in an open field or on a hilltop or ridgetop. Keep moving toward shelter.• Stay away from water or metal objects (fences, cables), as they are good conductors of electricity.• If you’re in a group, stay 20 feet away from each other as you move toward safety. Though this dispersal increases the chance of somebody being struck, it reduces the chance o...

Prep roundup: St. Francis, Serra breeze to baseball victories on a rainy day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

On a day in which most games across the Bay Area were rained out, St. Francis managed to get one in.It pays to have lights and an all-weather field.Ned Righellis pitched five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts, Roman Trinidad had three hits and knocked in two runs and Derek Gile had three hits and scored twice to lead host St. Francis to a 7-0 victory over Sacred Heart Cathedral on Tuesday night in West Catholic Athletic League play.SHC was coming off a 2-1 victory at Bellarmine on Monday.St. Francis put Tuesday’s game away early, scoring six runs in the first and another in the second as the Lancers improved to 7-4, 2-3.SHC fell to 3-8, 1-5.Luke DeVine added two hits and Liam Kaushikkar pitched the final two innings with three strikeouts for St. Francis, which plays host to St. Ignatius on Thursday and then travels to Serra on Friday.SHC has a home game Friday against Archbishop Riordan.Serra 11, Archbishop Riordan 1Josiah Rodriguez doubled, walked twice and drove in fou...

Brad Pitt moving to Carmel after selling L.A. compound for $39 million, report says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:31 GMT

Brad Pitt has just sold the Los Angeles estate he’s owned for almost three decades — a property he once referred to as the “childhood home” for his six children with Angelina Jolie — and is moving to Carmel.TMZ reported the sale of Pitt’s Los Angeles compound for $39 million Tuesday. The TMZ report also said the actor plans to move to Northern California, where he purchased “Seaward,” a historic, castle-like seaside home in Carmel Highlands last summer.A Page Six report in December said that the 59-year-old Pitt would keep acting but that he was looking to “step back” from some of his other Hollywood ventures to enjoy “a peaceful life.” But it remains to be seen whether he’ll make picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea his new fulltime home, or if he’ll just visit from time to time.Brad Pitt’s historic ‘bachelor pad’ near Carmel. (Wikipedia) Over the years, the picturesque community has been known as the...