If there ever was an artist having “a moment” it’s definitely Chappell Roan. Now, the question is whether that so-called moment can translate into some type of longevity in the music business. Based on what we saw on Sunday at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, the answer appears to be something along … Read more
GILROY — In the modest Gilroy two-bedroom home that farmworker Jesusita Ortiz shares with her family, the living room doubles as a storage space and a shared bedroom for her children, complete with a bunk bed and colorful anime posters lining the walls. The compact set up is a necessary arrangement for the growing family … Read more
Fried chicken was the most famous dish on the menu at Knott’s Berry Farm long before the boysenberry became the star of an annual food festival and synonymous with the Buena Park theme park. Knott’s Berry Farm will celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant with a series of fried chicken feasts … Read more
Debbie Chinn hardly enjoyed a typical childhood in suburban Long Island in the 1960s and 1970s. Her immigrant parents put her to work at the House of Mah Jong, their popular Chinese restaurant in Syosset, selling cigarettes, greeting customers and later hula dancing in its Polynesian-themed floor show. But after school and on weekends at … Read more
SANTA CRUZ — Police approached arm-in-arm protesters early Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, a day after arrests at a pro-Palestinian encampment at a Detroit campus and a student walkout during commencement at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Video showed a line of police with batons a few feet from protesters at the … Read more
CAPITOLA — Those looking to celebrate the recovery of one of Capitola’s most prized possessions will have to wait a little longer. The city announced Wednesday that its planned Wharf Grand Opening event, originally set for Aug. 14, has been rescheduled for a yet-to-be-determined date in September. Chloé Woodmansee, an assistant to the city manager, … Read more
“Titus Andronicus” is one of William Shakespeare’s most notorious plays, due to its gruesome violence. But for the performers, the play was therapeutic, said many in the cast. The tale of bloody revenge in ancient Rome that ends with all but one major character killed was performed by inmates at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, … Read more
There’s a broken link in the food chain of California’s brown pelicans, adding a sad chapter to one of conservation’s most striking success stories. Emaciated birds are turning up in California’s ponds, reservoirs, backyards and even San Francisco’s Oracle Park during a baseball game — far from their wild ocean home. Wildlife centers are inundated … Read more
San Jose, more than any other Bay Area city, has embraced tiny homes as a solution to homelessness. Since 2020, the city has developed six tiny home sites with around 500 beds. Three upcoming locations will add more than 700 new beds. The facilities provide rent-free private units, some with individual bathrooms, as well as … Read more
VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. The dazed residents of a … Read more