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Joe Elliott is sitting in a room at the Four Seasons in downtown Minneapolis, eight or nine hours before he’ll climb onstage with his band Def Leppard for a gig at the Minnesota Twins’ baseball stadium. “See it over there?” he asks on a Zoom call, tilting his laptop so that the camera takes in Target Field through a large window behind him. “Green Day was there on Saturday. And over here,” he adds, swinging the camera across downtown to U.S. Bank Stadium, “is where Metallica just did two nights. Crazy weekend here.” Twenty years ago, few would’ve predicted that Def Leppard would still be in that kind of mix. The British pop-metal outfit exploded with 1983’s 10-times-platinum “Pyromania” and its 12-times-platinum follow-up, 1987’s “Hysteria,” both of which the band polished to a high-tech gleam with its famously exacting producer, Mutt Lange. Inevitably, the group’s career cooled throughout the ’90s and early 2000s as peacocking hard rock gave way to grunge and pop-punk. But then things started heating up again for Def Leppard, which eventually got back into arenas and stadiums armed with enduring tunes

Para celebrar el lanzamiento de su nueva producción musical “Momentos”, los integrantes de La Original Banda El Limón viajaron desde Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, hasta la ciudad de Escondido, CA, para conocer de cerca a los nuevos residentes del San Diego Zoo, los osos pandas Yun Chuan y Xin Bao. La Original Banda El Limón que estuvo anoche presentando su álbum en Los Ángeles e interpretando sus canciones frente a los medios, se convirtieron en los primeros artistas mexicanos en visitar el nuevo hábitat ‘Panda Ridge’ lo cual resultó para ellos toda una experiencia. “Es un regalo de la vida el poder observarlos, qué interesante que se puedan combinar los mundos de la música y la naturaleza. Es una bendición que te hace ser consciente sobre la existencia de un mundo que tenemos que preservar”, expresó Juan Lizárraga en un comunicado. Yun Chuan el oso macho de 5 años de edad que llegó como residente del San Diego Zoo. (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ) “Me siento comprometido a que La Original Banda El Limón sea portavoz de esta conciencia en la manera y medida que

A city in Orange County has a plan to hold parents responsible for damages and crimes committed by e-bikers as emails about their bad behavior mount. The Mayor of San Clemente said the crackdown on e-bikes is necessary because unsafe riders are creating dangerous situations on the streets. “It’s just that the volume of emails I get on that issue … they’re increasing,” Mayor Victor Cabral said during a City Council meeting on Tuesday. Nighttime revelers in Hermosa Beach sent scrambling after an E-bike rider tosses illegal fireworks in crowded entertainment district on June 8, 2024. (Courtesy of John Family) Nighttime revelers in Hermosa Beach sent scrambling after an E-bike rider tosses illegal fireworks in crowded entertainment district on June 8, 2024. (John Fahmy) Nighttime revelers in Hermosa Beach sent scrambling after an E-bike rider tosses illegal fireworks in crowded entertainment district on June 8, 2024. (John Fahmy) Police are searching for vandals on e-bikes who struck the Great Park in Irvine. (Irvine Police Department) Police are searching for vandals on e-bikes who struck the Great Park in Irvine. (Irvine Police Department) Police are searching

Most people know of someone who has run a marathon, but imagine doing four in a row. That’s what one San Diego man did when he set out to run all the way to Los Angeles. “[I had this] crazy idea of just running from my front door to my girlfriend’s front door in L.A.,” Aron Greene, 26, said. Crazy is an understatement, especially for someone who just started running marathons only two years ago. Pro Padel player prepares for PPL at Barnes Tennis Center “I do that drive a few times a month,” Greene said. “I was sitting on the [Interstate] 5 in traffic, I was like ‘I bet I could get there faster if I ran.'” To complete the 100-mile trek from San Diego’s Pacific Beach neighborhood to Los Angeles, Greene needed help. Jocko Willink, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and founder of the energy drink brand JOCKO Fuel, stepped up. JOCKO Fuel, who is also a partner of San Diego FC, covered all expenses Greene needed to cover in order to train and eventually make the journey up north. “They did everything

Jason Heyward is the odd man out in a Dodgers roster crunch, the highly respected veteran outfielder getting designated for assignment to clear a roster spot for returning utility man Chris Taylor, the team announced Thursday. Not even a dramatic pinch-hit, three-run homer in the eighth inning of Tuesday night’s 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners could save Heyward’s job, as the Dodgers chose to keep four-time Gold Glove Award-winning center fielder Kevin Kiermaier, versatile utility man Kiké Hernández and Taylor on the bench. Heyward provided another highlight on June 19 in Coors Field when he crushed a pinch-hit grand slam off the right-field foul pole to spark a seven-run ninth inning that gave the Dodgers an 11-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. The 15-year veteran hit just .208 with a .682 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, six homers and 28 RBIs in 63 games in a platoon role this season, but his playing time took a significant hit when Mookie Betts moved from shortstop back to right field upon returning from a left-hand fracture last week. “I think [the decision] is going to be what it’s going

ESPN personality Pat McAfee says he’s been told not to talk about Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark on his show anymore. Told by whom? By “God” and “the universe,” he said Wednesday on “The Pat McAfee Show.” Definitely not by ESPN, the former NFL punter later clarified on X. “ESPN has zero say over my show,” the outspoken and sometimes controversial host wrote. ESPN declined to comment for this story. In June, McAfee opened an episode with a lengthy, pro-Clark monologue in which he referred to the WNBA star as “a white b—.” He apologized the same day. “My intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn’t at all,” he wrote on X. “That’s 100% on me and for that I apologize… I have sent an apology to Caitlin as well. Everything else I said… still alllllll facts.” During an on-air discussion with longtime sports broadcaster Rich Eisen on Wednesday, McAfee noted that “the Olympics saved” his show this year and asked Eisen if the same was true for his show.

A homeless encampment that neighbors said had been growing at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa Vista was taken down on Thursday, city officials said. The encampment was occupying a large slice of the beach’s four-mile shoreline next to Los Angeles International Airport, nearby residents said, and had been ignored by state and local government officials even as its problems grew more noticeable in recent weeks. The cleanup arrives more than a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to take away state funding from counties that don’t show improvement on tackling the homelessness crisis. Dockweiler State Beach sits under the LAX flight path and is in an unusual jurisdictional position — it is part of California’s state park system, its custodial maintenance and lifeguard services are managed by Los Angeles County, and, through an agreement with the county, policing and code enforcement are handled by the city of Los Angeles, according to a county spokesperson. This has proven to be a sore issue for Playa Vista residents who claim that none of the local agencies have taken the initiative to address the encampment. “It’s a little

Smokers living in apartments, condos and townhomes in Carlsbad will now have to think twice about lighting up inside their homes. The beach city Tuesday became the first in San Diego County to expressly ban smoking and vaping of cannabis and nicotine products inside all local multifamily residential buildings. While the city’s ordinance prompted some complaints about government prying into the private lives of residents, others applauded city leaders for prioritizing the health of nonsmokers living in units that are inundated by their neighbors’ secondhand smoke. Advocates of the ban noted that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, resulting in more than 480,000 deaths annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Secondhand smoke exposure can cause a variety of ailments, including heart disease, stroke and lung cancer, federal health officials say. “This is more than an annoyance,” resident Katrina Preece told the City Council last year about the effects of secondhand smoke. “This is a painful and alarming health hazard.” Officials in Carlsbad began discussing an ordinance prohibiting smoking inside multifamily properties with three

A Los Angeles appeals court has denied an attempt by Michael Jackson’s mother to prevent the singer’s estate from selling a portion of his songs to Sony Music Group for about $600 million. The appeals court on Wednesday upheld a prior ruling by a probate court that Katherine Jackson’s objections to the transaction do not hold water. The appeals court determined that Michael Jackson’s will grants the musician’s executors “broad powers to buy and sell estate assets in the estate’s best interests” while stipulating that “all of the estate’s assets will be distributed to the trust” — of which the performer’s mother and children are beneficiaries. Katherine Jackson had tried to argue that those provisions were contradictory, but the appeals court disagreed. The appeals court also rejected Katherine Jackson’s challenge on grounds that she “forfeited her contention that the proposed transaction violates the terms of Michael’s will because she did not make that contention” in a lower court. According to court documents, Katherine Jackson had previously complained that selling assets from Michael Jackson’s catalog would violate her son’s wishes, but acknowledged that executors had the

Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas Alabama inmate put to death in first U.S. nitrogen gas execution 03:00 Days after Alabama scheduled its third execution by nitrogen hypoxia , lawyers for the latest prisoner set to die by this method have asked a federal judge to block the execution order.    In a motion filed Tuesday night in Alabama district court, attorneys representing Carey Dale Grayson challenged the constitutionality of the state’s execution protocol for nitrogen gas, a novel and highly controversial approach that has only been used once before in January 2024. Grayson was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Alabama in 1996. They argued that Grayson shouldn’t have to be subjected to a procedure that witnesses described as violent, prolonged and generally disturbing to watch after the first execution of Kenneth Smith , who was on death row after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot. “Following Kenneth Smith’s execution by nitrogen hypoxia—the first in history—and which, by nearly all accounts, was cruel and unusual, Alabama is doubling down by setting execution dates using the same protocol,” Grayson’s attorneys wrote in the

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A California bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to qualify for first-time homebuying loans continues to progress in the state Legislature. The bill, formally known as AB 1840, would expand the eligibility requirement for the state’s first-time homebuyer loan program, the California Dream For All Shared Appreciation program, to allow undocumented immigrants who live in the state to use it. Most recently, AB1840 passed the Senate Appropriations Committee last week and now faces a floor vote in the Senate. The bill has already passed the Assembly. California lawmakers halt bill mandating tech firms to pay news outlets, introduce new partnership The California Dream For All Shared Appreciation loan program launched in 2023 and helps qualified first-time homebuyers with down payments. The program was initially created to help low-and middle-income individuals buy homes. Still, Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno), who introduced the bill, previously told KTLA that the program doesn’t address eligibility based on immigration status. “The program hasn’t been clear about eligibility for undocumented individuals, and AB 1840 addresses that issue,” Arambula told KTLA in an emailed statement. “Let me be clear: anyone who meets the

The million-dollar home at the center of a lawsuit alleging the daughter of an Orange County supervisor used tax dollars to buy a house was raided by the FBI Thursday morning, LAist reports. Rhiannon Do, an executive of the Viet America Society and daughter of O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do, bought the house in July 2023. Though she told LAist she “worked hard for her home,” a lawsuit filed by the county accuses Rhiannon Do and the VAS of “pervasive self-dealing, pocketing local and federal funds.” O.C. supervisor’s daughter bought million-dollar home with tax funds, suit says While the civil lawsuit, which claims the VAS received as much as $13.5 million in public funds, remains ongoing, law enforcement raid Thursday morning in Tustin could indicate a criminal investigation as well. FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller told LAist that “we’re serving a search warrant at that location,” though she could not comment further as the warrant was sealed by the court, she noted “no arrests are planned.” Both father and daughter Do have been spotted at the home this week, despite its unoccupied status, LAist added. The supervisor

The average cost of gas has dropped steadily in the last month in California and is dramatically cheaper than this time last year, according to AAA. As of Thursday, Aug. 22, the average cost of regular gas in the state is $4.59. While that’s still more than $1.20 more than the national average and the second highest in the country (Hawaii, $4.65), it’s nearly 70 cents less than the cost from one year ago. The average then was $5.26. The price average fluctuated and kept rising well into the spring, but it has since decreased across the country. The current average of $4.59 is lower than one week ago ($4.605) and one month ago ($4.682) in addition to one year ago. An Arco gas station in Sacramento, California, US, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Getty Images) The main factor for the drop has more to do with matters outside of America than inside, according to AAA. “The clouds of war overseas are less dark at the moment and the Atlantic is quiet now too, which is taking pressure off of oil prices,” said Andrew Gross

Celebrity sightings are to be expected in Los Angeles, but not by a search and rescue crew scouring the San Gabriel Mountains for a missing hiker. The San Dimas Mountain Rescue team ran into former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno shortly before finding 78-year-old hiker Ki Soo Yang, who had been missing for 30 hours after he became separated from a group climbing Mount Waterman on Saturday afternoon. Someone saw Yang’s missing person’s flier and found the hiker between Mount Waterman and Twin Peaks. The individual contacted authorities and Yang was transported to a local hospital, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Yang, who was described as “very fit,” was in “good health but dehydrated” after spending more than a day in the Angeles National Forest, the department said in a social media post. He was reunited with his family. “We are incredibly grateful to everyone involved in the search, especially the good Samaritan whose quick thinking and action played a critical role in this rescue,” according to the Sheriff Department‘s post. “This outcome is a powerful reminder of how

So what is former President Trump “like”? Speakers at the Democratic National Convention have some ideas, and this week they’ve offered up plenty of comparisons — and punchlines. Neighbor with a leaf blower Former President Obama, speaking at the convention in Chicago on Tuesday night, likened the 45th president to a noisy neighbor: “The childish nicknames and crazy conspiracy theories and weird obsession with crowd size. It just goes on and on. The other day, I heard someone compare Trump to the neighbor who keeps running his leaf blower outside your window every minute of every day. “From a neighbor, that’s exhausting. From a president, it’s just dangerous.” Ex-boyfriend House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York got laughs Wednesday with this comparison: “Donald Trump is like an old boyfriend who you broke up with, but he just won’t go away. He has spent the last four years spinning the block trying to get back into a relationship with the American people. Bro, we broke up with you for a reason.” Communist dictator Republican commentator Ana Navarro, noting on Tuesday that Trump has called Vice

Sources: RFK Jr. considers ending campaign RFK Jr. considering ending presidential campaign, sources say 01:59 Sen. JD Vance , the Republican vice presidential nominee, said he would welcome an endorsement from Robert F. Kennedy Jr . amid reports that Kennedy is  considering ending his third-party presidential bid.  “I think it’s a great endorsement for the president to have,” Vance told “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell in an interview on Wednesday. “I don’t know if it’s actually going to happen, but I’d certainly welcome it and encourage RFK to join the team.” Kennedy is considering ending his presidential candidacy in the coming days, two sources familiar with his campaign told CBS News. On Friday, Kennedy plans to address the nation “about the present historical moment and his path forward,” according to his website.  Earlier this week, Kennedy’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, suggested to “Impact Theory” podcast’s Tom Bilyeu that Kennedy was considering supporting Donald Trump, saying that if he remained in the race, Kennedy might “draw votes” from the former president. Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, addresses the audience at

The story of 2 American economies A look at the rising stock market and widening U.S. wealth gap 01:57 The cost of living is much higher than just a few years ago — and so is the amount of money that Americans say is required to be considered wealthy.  Americans believe it now takes an average net worth of $2.5 million to be counted as rich, a 14% increase from last year’s $2.2 million, according to a new survey from Charles Schwab. That may seem like a stretch for many, given that the median net worth of U.S. households stood at $193,000 in 2022, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances. But the survey’s results reflect the typical American’s feelings about their wealth goals, and hint as well at the impact inflation has had on their views about money, said Rob Williams, managing director of financial planning at Charles Schwab.  “Wealth can be very personal and aspirational, and also, they haven’t done extensive calculations; it’s more how they feel — and that’s meaningful,” Williams told CBS MoneyWatch. He added, “If you look over

By Sara Moniuszko Edited By Paula Cohen August 22, 2024 / 1:58 PM EDT / CBS News The health benefits of pumpkins Pumpkins a spooky superfood, packed with vitamins and health benefits 01:53 It’s still summer, but pumpkin season is already here, with Starbucks rolling out  its 2024 fall menu featuring pumpkin spice lattes earlier than ever.  As more pumpkin-inspired products hit the market, experts say consumers should be aware that the impact they have on your diet can vary greatly. While some popular pumpkin spice flavored items are high in sugar, the seasonal squash itself is actually a superfood. “Pumpkin offers a unique combination of nutrients that have powerful effects on brain health, primarily through its rich content of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals,” nutritional neuroscientist Timothy Frie told CBS News.  Antioxidants like vitamin A and C found in pumpkin, for example, can help protect our cells from damage. Julia Zumpano, a registered dietitian at Cleveland Clinic, previously told CBS News that pumpkin is also high in fiber, which helps with blood sugar management, keeps you feeling satisfied and aids in gut health and digestion.