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NEW YORK — Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared generations of kids as the voice of Oogie Boogie, the villain of the 1993 animated holiday film “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” has died. He was 70. Talent agent Todd M. Eskin of ATB Talent Agency announced the death Tuesday to The Associated Press, but no details were immediately available. “He was simply one of the best, most generous souls I know. Full of life and overflowing with joy. Talented and then some. Ken, my friend, you will be deeply missed,” writer-producer Tim Burton wrote on X. Page made his Broadway debut in “The Wiz,” playing the Cowardly Lion, and went on to portray Nicely-Nicely Johnson in “Guys and Dolls” with Robert Guillaume. He also was featured in the original cast of the Fats Waller musical Ain’t Misbehavin,'” winning a Drama Desk Award, and was aboard when it returned to Broadway in 1988. Page originated the role of wise Old Deuteronomy when “Cats” landed on Broadway in 1982 and went

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Local families are doing all they can to help send resources to their loved ones who are impacted by Hurricane Helene. “There are more than 1,000 disaster workers on the ground, 20 of those are from Central California,” said Taylor Poisall with the American Red Cross in Fresno. Poisall says the organization had roughly 70 different shelters open over the weekend. “As we’ve seen, there have been massive road closures with infrastructure affected. Severe power outages, lack of cell service,” Poisall explained. Aerial footage show homes washing away, and neighborhoods under water. Fresno resident Karen Yost’s daughter, Kali, is in the disaster zone. “I can’t help her. That’s what bothers me, I can’t help her,” said Yost. Yost says two years ago her daughter, Kali, packed up her belongings and moved from the Tower District to Asheville, North Carolina. “She said it was real bad, that’s all she could say about it, it’s real bad. During the storm, she sounded, the second time I spoke with her, she almost sounded like she was panicked,” said Yost. Yost says all of her

I’ll never forget the look on my father’s face when he learned about the crook who stole my British sports car. It was the spring of 1988 and I was a senseless 26 year old. I’d just quit a sales job I hated to resurrect a stone masonry business I ran during my college years. When my father learned I gave up a salary to work hard labor, he had one question: “What the heck were you thinking?” Since I no longer had a steady salary, I decided to cut my expenses. I put my 1986 Firebird up for sale, then I used my meager savings to buy a 1976 MGB convertible. It was rusted out and needed work, which prompted my father to ask: “What the heck were you thinking?” But I had a master plan: I’d buy the car cheap, restore it, then drive around in style WITHOUT car payments. And when I eventually would sell the car, I’d do so at a handsome profit. Things didn’t work out that way, of course. I was unable to sell the Firebird for what I

The following information is compiled from the logs of Tehama County law enforcement and emergency personnel for Sunday, Sept. 29 to Monday, Sept. 30. Vandalism Larie Ln:  Vehicle hit with graffiti sometime overnight Sunday. Mariposa Ave, in Gerber: Broken car window, nothing was seen, but noise was heard. Theft Main St: Saturday night theft of merchandise reported at Home Depot. S Main St: Reporting theft of merchandise, shoes, jeans and other household items, from Ross Dress For Less on Saturday afternoon. S Main St.: Men’s clothing was stolen from Ross Dress For Less on Saturday afternoon. Belle Mill Rd: Man caught stealing from store, possibly battered other customers, a customer has him physically detained in front of the store. One arrest. Walnut St.: Male stole unknown items at One Stop Service Station. Solano St. in  Corning: Male stole a cart full of items on Monday night. Arrests made. Bywood Dr/Cypress Dr, in Cottonwood: Items stolen from the property. Orange St, Los Molinos: Medications stolen. Ventura Ave, in Gerber: Purse stolen from a car   Trespassing Queen Anne Dr: On Saturday afternoon, several subjects appeared to

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation for Iran’s missile attack against Israel, saying Tehran would “pay for it.”

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks are still dealing with a handful of problems this preseason, not the least of which is a lower-body injury to No. 1 overall pick and top-line center Macklin Celebrini. Celebrini was injured Tuesday night in the second period of the Sharks’ preseason game against the Utah Hockey Club at SAP Center. While skating toward the Utah net on a partial breakaway, Celebrini got a shot away at the 13:45 mark that goalie Connor Ingram stopped. Celebrini then either lost an edge or had his left skate tapped by Utah defenseman Kevin Stenlund, causing him to lose his balance and slide hard into the end boards. Celebrini got up, skated on his own toward the Sharks bench, and took one more shift shortly after on a San Jose power play. But he later went to the team’s dressing room for further evaluation. Before the third period, the Sharks announced that Celebrini had a lower-body injury and would not return. First-year coach Ryan Warsofsky said after his team’s 3-1 loss to Utah that he didn’t have a health update on