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Hollywood Actors Plan Midnight Strike As Contract Talks Break Down

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

Hollywood actors will join writers in a strike after TV/theatrical contract talks broke down Thursday.The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) was negotiating with prominent production companies since June 7, but as an agreement could not be made, the guild announced the strike, effective July 14 at 12:01 a.m. PST.“I went in, in earnest, thinking we could avoid a strike,” SAG-AFTRA president and actress Fran Drescher said Thursday. “The gravity of this move is not lost on me, or our negotiating committee, or our board members who have voted unanimously to proceed with a strike.”The strike affects more than 160,000 actors represented by SAG-AFTRA, who may still work on projects not connected to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).Similar to what the Writers Guild of America (WGA) sought in its contract negotiations with the AMPTP, the actors are negotiating terms for increased wages, ...

Multiple Critically Injured in Three-Vehicle Crash on Bradshaw Road [Sacramento, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

Several Hurt in 3-Car Accident near Jackson HighwaySACRAMENTO, CA (July 13, 2023) – Saturday afternoon, multiple victims were critically injured in a three-vehicle crash on Bradshaw Road.Authorities responded to the scene shortly before 2:00 p.m., near Jackson Highway.At this time, the events leading up to the incident remain unclear. However, reports indicate that three vehicles collided in the area and two were hit head-on.Medics arrived and transported two victims to a nearby hospital for further treatment and treated two others at the scene. Although, authorities have not yet released their identities.Emergency crews closed off the surrounding area for a brief time during cleanup and preliminary duties. Once available, further details will be provided about the three-vehicle crash on Bradshaw Road.Thousands of people are injured each year due to reckless driving. If you’re behind the wheel, pay full attention to the road and your surroundings. Do not engage in any non-driving ac...

Killer sinkhole opens in Florida for the third time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

By Christina Maxouris and Rebekah Riess | CNNA sinkhole in west-central Florida has opened again, roughly 10 years after it killed a man when it opened under his bedroom, officials said this week.It’s the third time the sinkhole in Seffner, roughly a 15-mile drive east of Tampa, has opened.After the hole claimed the life of Jeff Bush in 2013, sending him plunging dozens of feet into the earth, Hillsborough County filled the hole and bought the property and home next to it to make sure no one lived too close. Then, in 2015, the hole reopened – about 20 feet wide at the time – and was again filled. No one was injured in the 2015 reopening.On Monday, county officials were told the sinkhole had once again opened, said Jon-Paul Lavandeira, division director for county code enforcement. Officials ensured the surrounding communities were not impacted and informed nearby residents it was safe to stay in their homes, the county said in a news release.A sinkhole remediation contractor visited...

Coroner: Lisa Marie Presley died from bowel obsctruction

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

By Alli Rosenbloom | CNNA report by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner stated on Thursday that Lisa Marie Presley’s death in January was caused by a “sequelae of a small bowel obstruction.”A small bowel obstruction is a blockage in the small intestine, often because of things like scar tissue, a hernia or cancer. Without surgery, it can cause bowel tissue to die or perforate, leading to death.Lisa Marie, the only daughter of the late Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, died hours after being hospitalized following an apparent cardiac arrest on January 12.She was 54.LA County Fire Department spokesperson Kaitlyn Aldana told CNN at the time that emergency responders were dispatched to a call in the 5000 block of Normandy Dr in Agoura Hills, California, at 10:37am local time for a cardiac arrest. Aldana would not confirm the name of the the patient, who could not be identified due to privacy laws, but said the patient was taken to a local hospital at 11:17 am.A spokesperson for t...

Sale closed in Milpitas: $1.5 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

176 Butler Street – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 100 block of Butler Street in Milpitas was sold on June 30, 2023 for $1,525,000, or $962 per square foot. The house, built in 1956, has an interior space of 1,586 square feet. The layout of this single-story home consists of three bedrooms and two baths. In addition, the house features a two-car garage. The lot size of the property measures an impressive 6,500 square feet and features a pool for added enjoyment.Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby:A 1,322-square-foot home on the 200 block of Silvera Street in Milpitas sold in February 2023, for $1,020,000, a price per square foot of $772. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Easter Avenue, Milpitas, in May 2023, a 1,112-square-foot home was sold for $1,399,000, a price per square foot of $1,258. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In June 2023, a 1,869-square-foot home on Images Circle in Milpitas sold for $1,550,000, a price per square foot...

Letters: Legitimize sideshows | White privilege | Drug costs | Save the bees | Gas engines | 5G tech

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Legitimize sideshows,don’t punish themRe: “Sideshows spin heated debate” (Page A1, July 5).Regarding dangerous sideshows: Why doesn’t someone allow the sideshow participants to legitimatize their hobby? Use the Coliseum as a venue to hold indoor, legal, safe sideshows and charge admission.That would make the streets safer, put money in their pockets, and it could be a lot of fun each weekend year-round.Derek CarneyOaklandHolmes benefitsfrom White privilegeRe: “Elizabeth Holmes’ sentence reduced by almost 2 years” (Page C7, July 12).If you’re looking for a good illustration of “White privilege,” just take a look at the article in the East Bay Times on Wednesday about Elizabeth Holmes very mysteriously getting her sentence reduced by nearly two years after just six weeks behind bars.Do her race (White) and socioeconomics (billionaire) have anythin...

Duran Duran to play benefit concert at extremely intimate Bay Area venue

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

Duran Duran fans have the chance to see the multiplatinum-selling band perform in an extremely intimate small-venue setting next month in the Bay Area.The band — which headlined the SAP Center in San Jose and had a primetime slot at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival back in May — performs at the 500-capacity Guild Theatre in Menlo Park on Aug. 19.The group announced the news via its social media channels on Thursday.“Duran Duran will play a benefit concert for The Cancer Awareness Trust following news that friend and former bandmate Andy Taylor had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in 2018,” the band tweeted.Given the band’s immense popularity and the limited size of the venue, demand for these ducats could be quite intense.Related ArticlesMusic | Review: Duran Duran kicks off North American tour in epic fashion at BottleRock Music | Duran Duran’s John Taylor talks about band’s deep connection with fans...

Kushner, Hicks testified before election interference grand jury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

By Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz | CNNJared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, testified before the grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of the then-president and others, a source familiar with the testimony confirmed to CNN.Former Trump aide Hope Hicks also went before the grand jury, according to two sources familiar, testifying in early June.Some of the questions being asked in the grand jury were about whether Donald Trump was told he had lost the election, according to one of the sources familiar.Kushner’s and Hicks’ appearances before the grand jury are notable because both were members of the former president’s inner circle. Any indictment from the sprawling probe into the aftermath of the election, efforts to overturn the result or the January 6, 2021, attack at the US Capitol will likely rely, at least in part, on what individuals – from low-level aides to former Vice President Mike Pence – testified to under oath behind closed ...

Delonzo Logwood gets 12 years for manslaughter after making plea bargain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

(KRON) -- Delonzo Logwood was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for one count of voluntary manslaughter after entering a plea bargain, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. The plea bargain was accepted by Judge Mark McCannon and approved by the DA's office, the Alameda County Probation Department and Logwood's attorneys.Logwood will serve 12 years for the murder of Eric Ford after entering a no contest plea to an agreed upon deal for voluntary manslaughter and a firearm enhancement, which carried an additional year. Majority of people arrested for drugs in SF not from the city, according to mayor Previous charges against Logwood for the murders of Richard Carter and Zaire Washington were dismissed for insufficient evidence, according to the DA."This plea bargain is supported by the facts, the evidence and the law and it is consistent with our responsibility to see that justice is done," said DA Pamela Price. "I was elected to make difficult bur fair deci...

Teens run away from group home, crash stolen car in Palo Alto

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:04 GMT

(KRON) -- Officers said they arrested a 15-year-old girl and her three teenaged passengers after the girl crashed a stolen car into a patrol vehicle and led police on a chase in Palo Alto.The girl crashed the stolen Kia Rio twice, according to the Palo Alto Police Department."The investigation revealed that all four occupants were juveniles who had run away from a group home in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8. The vehicle they were in had been reportedstolen out of Nye County, Nevada," PAPD wrote. The incident began at 2:06 a.m. Thursday when a patrol officer attempted to pull the Kia over on Ross Road and Nathan Way. "As the officer was positioning the patrol car behind the vehicle, its driver immediately attempted to make a U-turn to escape, colliding with the front of the patrol car," PAPD wrote. The officer chased the fleeing vehicle until it crashed into a traffic light pole on Alma Street. Airbags deployed in the wrecked Kia and the four teenagers were taken into custody. The 15-...