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The Alley Cats, also known as the Opera Alley Cats when they play the Speakeasy on that street, are a fine jazz group of varying size depending on who is up for the gig. However large or small, these cats know their stuff, and provide an excellent cool jazz atmosphere for the lucky folks in the venue. Tonight’s roost is the Basement, where, at 8 p.m. you can hear the cat’s meow (free). …
Angelina Jolie’s legal team filed a motion Thursday to compel Brad Pitt’s communications stemming from an “all-encompassing” nondisclosure agreement he wanted that purportedly tanked the sale of his ex-wife’s share of their Chateau Miraval winery to him. The former Hollywood power couple’s protracted legal dispute over the winery — and its legacy for their six children — took another turn as Jolie’s team asked a judge to compel Pitt and his company, Mondo Bongo, to produce documents pertaining to his calling for a “more onerous NDA” in order to purchase Jolie’s share of the south-of-France winery. The documents Jolie seeks, according to the Thursday filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court, are “highly relevant” and also likely to yield admissible evidence in the case, her team argued. Her attorney, Paul Murphy, also accused the “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” Oscar winner of “unrelenting efforts to control and financially drain” Jolie, as well as “attempting to hide his history of abuse, control, and coverup.” A legal representative for Pitt did not respond immediately Thursday to The Times’ requests for comment on the new filing
We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. By Matt Richardson Edited By Joshua Rodriguez April 4, 2024 / 1:10 PM EDT / CBS News The price of gold has hit multiple record highs in recent weeks. Lemonsoup14/Getty Images The price of gold surged to a record high in March and has shown no signs of cooling so far in April. It hit a new high of $2,259.29 per ounce on April 1 and has hovered near that point as the month has progressed, giving current gold investors reason to rejoice. That said, gold doesn’t operate like other traditional assets, and the benefits of investing in the precious metal differ from other investment options. With this understanding and the rising price of gold a top consideration, prospective investors should familiarize themselves with what gold can (and can’t) do for their overall portfolio right now. Are you considering a gold investment now? Start by reviewing your options here today. What to know before investing in gold now To get the most out of a
Inside the NATO talks over long-term aid for Ukraine – CBS News Watch CBS News NATO allies are mulling plans for long-term military support of Ukraine in their war against Russia, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting Ukraine’s foreign minister Thursday. CBS News reporter Olivia Gazis has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
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By Sara Moniuszko Edited By Paula Cohen April 4, 2024 / 12:26 PM EDT / CBS News Bipartisan coalition forming to protect IVF Bipartisan coalition forming to federally protect IVF 04:12 An Alabama hospital says it is stopping IVF treatments at the end of 2024, citing litigation concerns. It follows a tumultuous few months in which the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization , or IVF, are considered children, and then a new state law was passed to offer more legal protection for IVF. “In order to assist families in Alabama and along the Gulf Coast who have initiated the process of IVF therapy in the hopes of starting a family, Mobile Infirmary has temporarily resumed IVF treatments at the hospital. However, in light of litigation concerns surrounding IVF therapy, Mobile Infirmary will no longer be able to offer this service to families after December 31, 2024,” says a statement shared Wednesday on the hospital’s website. The Mobile Infirmary Medical Center was the focus of two lawsuits from couples whose frozen embryos were dropped and destroyed in 2020. The court’s
Hikers, map readers, and passers-by in the Idyllwild area have undoubtedly come across the name of Ernie Maxwell, most likely in the Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail. Like so many things named for a person, that person’s notoriety may fade over time as new people come to an area. So, let’s take a look at the trail’s namesake. According to obituaries and online information, Ernest John Henry Maxwell was born July 7, 1911, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to parents who were missionaries. He shuttled between Malaysia and California in his early years, but by 1918, the family was in the U.S. to stay. He studied art in school, and became a cartoonist/illustrator for the Los Angeles Times, Esquire magazine, and many other outlets. He married Betty Beemer in 1939, spent three years in the service during World War II and was discharged at the end of 1945. In 1946, the Maxwells moved to Idyllwild, where Ernie started the Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper. He also began a job working at Mt. San Jacinto State Park, where he patrolled, built trails, chopped wood and was a firefighter when
SAN LEANDRO — Two homicides — a fatal stabbing Tuesday inside a supermarket and a fatal shooting Monday — are being investigated by police. Both victims were male adults but their names were not immediately released. Police said the fatal stabbing happened about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday inside a Safeway store, 555 Bancroft Ave. Officers provided first aid to the victim inside the store before he was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Police said the stabbing resulted from a physical confrontation that happened between the victim and a “member of another group of persons inside the store.” During the confrontation, the suspect pulled a knife and stabbed the victim before fleeing. Authorities did not release information about a suspect or a possible motive. The fatal shooting happened about 6 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Hesperian Boulevard and Colby Street. Police responding to a report of a shooting found the man with a single gunshot wound to the chest. He died at the scene. Police have not released a motive for the shooting and have not provided any suspect information. Anyone with information
LOS ANGELES — Rain is in the forecast for the Giants’ home opener Friday, giving them an appropriately gloomy greeting from a disappointing first week. After splitting the opening series with the Padres, they were swept over the past three games by the vaunted Dodgers and returned home 2-5, riding a four-game losing streak. Set to welcome San Diego for the first games of the season on the shores of McCovey Cove, the wind has already been knocked out of the sails after a late-developing offseason that left the team optimistic internally. Manager Bob Melvin isn’t ready to draw any conclusions. “No, not yet,” he said after Wednesday’s 5-4 loss. “It’s too early.” But there were some clear trends and interesting developments, good and bad, that can be dissected from the opening trip to Southern California. Hard contact All you have to do is listen to notice one of the most significant changes from a year ago. It’s the quality of contact being made by Giants hitters, which through the first week of the season has been among the best in the majors. On average
Love eating? Like bingo? The city’s tourism wing, Visit Concord, is inviting locals and visitors alike to participate in a bingo game this month featuring prizes for committed foodies. Here’s how it works: People who eat at one of the 24 participating restaurants around Concord will receive a bingo card and a sticker for the restaurant they’ve visited. Visit additional restaurants to gather more stickers. Collect five in a row — vertically, horizontally or diagonally — to complete a bingo entry. Participants are encouraged to go for multiple bingos or challenge themselves to visit them all. Each completed entry yields a chance at three raffle prizes. The first 50 players to complete a bingo and return it to the Visit Concord office will receive a coupon for two free Brenden Theater movie tickets and a set of reusable utensils. Submit completed entries to the Visit Concord office at 2151T Salvio Street on the ground floor — if the office is closed, you can slide them under the door. Cards will be collected through May 3 and the drawing will be held May 6. Participating restaurants
Update: At 8:15 a.m. Thursday, Caltrans announced the highway was reopened. A stretch of Highway 395 was closed and a small community on the east side of the Sierra Nevada was evacuated because of a wind-driven wildfire, the Inyo County sheriff’s department said. The vegetation fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, and an evacuation was quickly called for the community of Cartago, at the south end of the Owens Lake basin, and the nearby Crystal Geyser plant. Four miles of Highway 395 was closed in the early hours of Thursday; the road reopened around 8:15 a.m., the California Department of Transportation said. At 7 a.m. Thursday, the fire had burned 101 acres, said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. High winds and abundant fuel contributed to its rapid spread. Gusts of up to 45 mph are forecast in the area through Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.
SAN JOSE — A big housing development — whose units will all be affordable — could produce well over 700 residences on empty land near tech hubs and Google-owned sites in San Jose, city documents show. The project’s developers envision 780 residences, according to a filing that proposes a “100% affordable housing” project that would be built at 7 Topgolf Drive in San Jose. Buildings in a 780-unit affordable housing development on a 3.2-acre site at 7 Topgolf Drive in north San Jose’s Alviso district, concept. (JPark Architects) The development effort is being led by an alliance of a South Korea-based real estate firm and a San Jose-based startup that specializes in modular apartments. The affordable housing project could sprout on 3.2 acres next to the busy Topgolf sports, entertainment and dining venue in north San Jose’s Alviso district. Housing, retail spaces and gathering areas within a 780-unit affordable housing development on a 3.2-acre site at 7 Topgolf Drive in north San Jose’s Alviso district, concept. (JPark Architects) The housing would be contained within eight buildings on a site near the interchange of North First Street and
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) — With the opening of Clovis South High School in August 2025, the Clovis Unified District is inching closer to establishing its new attendance boundaries. The district released two proposed boundary maps back in January and was followed by community meetings, which helped create a third map in February. That third map is now the final proposal. The new proposed map has various changes, with the most significant impact in the Clovis East area, as the majority will be moved to the new Clovis South High School. “In that area, Fancher Creek, T-K Elementary, Boris and Young, and a brand new school that opens this August will become the Clovis South area. Gettysburg is another whole school move.” Another significant change is that the area between Willow and Maple, relatively close to Clovis North, will be sent to Clovis West instead. “We’re seeing schools in the Clovis West area that are really verging on under-enrolled, which causes problems for kids,” said Kelly Avants, a spokesperson for the district. Parents in the district have expressed mixed feelings about the new changes. Over 500
WASHINGTON — World Central Kitchen founder Chef José Andrés spoke out after seven of the humanitarian organization’s staffers were killed by an Israeli air strike. The renowned chef and restaurateur said that his group was in communication with Israeli armed forces and said humanitarian workers and civilians should never pay the consequences of war, adding that it’s a basic principle of humanity. “This it seems is a war against humanity itself. And you can never win that war. Because humanity eventually will always prevail,” Andrés said in an interview with Reuters. Andrés said the World Central Kitchen charity group had clear communication with the Israeli military, which he said knew his aid workers’ movements. FILE – Jose Andres, a Spanish chef, and founder of World Central Kitchen unloads the humanitarian food packages delivered with WCK’s truck in Kherson, Ukraine, on Nov. 15, 2022. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File “This was not just a bad luck situation where ‘oops’ we dropped the bomb in the wrong place,” Andrés said. He rejected Israeli and U.S. assertions that the strike was not deliberate. “Initially, I would say categorically no,”
A thief disguised as a trash bag was caught on camera stealing a package from a home in Sacramento, California. Door camera footage provided by Omar Gabriel Munoz shows a person crouched underneath a garbage bag approaching a front door and stealing a parcel on March 29. Munoz told Storyful he got a notification that his package had been delivered and was confused not to find it when returning home from work. Munoz thought the wind might have blown the parcel. But after checking the door camera footage, he discover it had been taken by a crafty porch pirate.
Monday’s total solar eclipse might become one of the most filmed and photographed events of the year. As the moon passes in front of the sun, plunging a swath of North America into a few minutes of darkness, throngs will take pictures or videos of the moment. But powerful solar rays and drastic changes in lighting pose unique challenges in catching that perfect image. Here are some pointers on how to get the best shot: How can I find the best place to capture the eclipse? First, get in the right position. You’ll want to be as close as possible to the path of totality, which passes over Mexico’s Pacific coast and ends in eastern Canada. Fifteen U.S. states get to see the full eclipse. There are online maps to check if you’ll be anywhere near the path. NASA’s map shows how many minutes of totality there will be if you’re inside the path depending on location, and how much of a partial eclipse you’ll see if you’re outside of it. RELATED: It’s not just clouds, there’s a new weather threat for eclipse viewers to
In 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Glass also wrote them for himself. Etudes are traditionally studies in technique, and here they’re an ever-pragmatic composer’s exercises to improve his own playing. Davies gave the premiere in Bonn, Germany, in 1994 and soon after played them at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They seemed then like both technical studies and compositional ones, focusing on this melodic cell or that propulsive rhythmic idea, meant to get the fingers going and the compositional juices flowing, but not much more than that. With Glass, however, you never know where anything will wind up. He may start out in overly familiar territory, then through barely perceptible gradual changes the end point becomes an unexpected marvel. That the grain of the marvel was always there is sensed only in retrospect. Something similar happened with the composition of the etudes themselves. Over a span of two decades, Glass wrote two books of 10 each, becoming ever more richly lavish and virtuosic beyond the composer’s own
More than three years after the California Department of Justice launched a civil rights investigation into the troubled Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the case is finally headed toward a sprawling settlement agreement expected to touch on issues including jail conditions, deputy gangs and staffing, according to sources familiar with the matter and emails viewed by The Times. The investigative findings — which remain secret — span over 100 pages and sources say they include controversial recommendations for deputies to curtail making traffic stops, stop enforcing some drug laws and complete hundreds more hours of training. Initially launched in January 2021 under Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general at the time, the probe came amid a string of controversial shootings, costly lawsuits, repeated allegations of deputy misconduct and then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s resistance to oversight. Though a new administration is in place, many of the same problems remain – some of which the state detailed when presenting the findings of its investigation to department officials and other stakeholders in a recent meeting, according to four sources who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to
At her latest red carpet event, actor Anna Paquin posed for pictures in a sparkling black dress, ankle booties — and a matching cane to top off the sleek look. The “Irishman” and “X-Men” actor showed off that last item Wednesday evening at the New York premiere for her film “A Bit of Light,” where she also revealed she has been living with undisclosed health issues for two “difficult” years. “It hasn’t been easy,” Paquin, 41, told People. The magazine reported on Wednesday that the actor’s health issues have impacted her mobility, prompting the need for a cane. With the undisclosed ailment, Paquin also told the outlet that she has experienced some difficulties with her speech. Anna Paquin attends the premiere of “A Bit of Light” at the Crosby Street Hotel on Wednesday in New York. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press) A source told People that they are hopeful that Paquin will make a full recovery. More details about the actor’s condition have not been revealed. A representative for the Oscar-winning “The Piano” star did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for
The Oakland Athletics have a farewell date: Sept. 29, 2024. After 57 years in Oakland, the team announced Thursday that it would move to Sacramento next year, as an interim home on its way to Las Vegas. The A’s agreed to a three-year deal to play at the home of the triple-A Sacramento River Cats, with an option for a fourth year if the Las Vegas ballpark is not ready as projected in 2028. Sutter Health Park in Sacramento has a capacity of 14,014. The A’s have not posted a higher average attendance in Oakland since 2019, as loyal fans had long tired of an ownership that slashed payroll and failed in a two-decade search for a new stadium within the Bay Area. The A’s and Oakland were unable to reach agreement on a deal to keep the team in the Oakland Coliseum pending a move to Las Vegas, as the Raiders did before they moved from Oakland to Las Vegas. In November, Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved the move to Las Vegas. That would make the A’s the first team in major league
A person was found dead at the bottom of a cliff in San Pedro on Thursday morning, authorities confirmed. Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department were alerted to a person in need of a rescue at the bottom of the Point Fermin cliffs around 7:41 a.m. Thursday. When firefighters arrived, they found the person deceased at the bottom. No identifying information regarding the victim was released as of Thursday morning. It wasn’t clear how they fell down the cliff. Crews were still on location Thursday as they investigated the scene and worked to secure the victim’s body near 3730 S. Roxbury St. in San Pedro.
