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Jazz/R&B star Patrice Rushen heads to Bay Area for 2 jazz music fests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

It requires more than two jazz festivals to take the measure of Patrice Rushen, but this week offers a good start.A composer with a symphony under her belt and commissions from leading orchestras and chamber ensembles, the Los Angeles native is also a hit-making R&B vocalist and keyboardist with a bevy of beloved songs.She’s a jazz pianist who was sought after by Miles Davis and is an influential educator ensconced as chair of the popular music program at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. While that’s hardly a complete survey of her creative purview, Rushen shares a far wider spectrum of expression than usual when she plays the Stanford Jazz Festival  Aug. 3 and San Jose Jazz’s Summer Fest Aug. 13.At Dinkelspiel Auditorium, she’s holding forth with an all-star cast of improvisers, including alto saxophonist Logan Richardson, Peninsula-raised trombonist Dana Leong, Cuban drum maestro Dafnis Prieto, and SFJAZZ Collective bassist Matt Brewer. She’s n...

13-year-old Bay Area girl crashes parent’s Tesla after allegedly taking it without permission

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

A 13-year-old girl crashed her parents’ Tesla into several parked vehicles and a utility pole early Tuesday morning in Santa Rosa, according to police.Santa Rosa police and firefighters responded to the crash near 729 King St. at about 4:35 a.m.Three juveniles were found at the scene. All had suffered minor injuries, police said.Police determined that the Tesla belonged to the driver’s parents and that she had allegedly taken it without permission. She crashed after losing control of the vehicle when the vehicle hit a dip in the road.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Retired San Jose police captain dies in I-5 wreck near Chico that kills four others Crashes and Disasters | 17-year-old American cyclist killed while training for mountain bike world championships Crashes and Disasters | 3 dead after plane crashes into hangar at Southern California airport Crashes and Disasters | Firefighters rescue crash-lande...

Disneyland opens Finding Nemo water park at Pixar Place Hotel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

A new rooftop water park themed to Nemo, Dory, Crush and other characters from the “Finding Nemo” animated film franchise is the latest dose of Pixar pixie dust to be sprinkled on the aging Paradise Pier Hotel undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation.The new Finding Nemo water play area will open to Pixar Place Hotel guests on Tuesday, Aug. 1 as part of an ongoing transformation of the Paradise Pier Hotel that is expected to be completed this winter.The Finding Nemo water play area at Disneyland’s Pixar Place Hotel. (Disney) DisneyThe revamped rooftop pool area will feature a mini water park with a Pixel Pool, 186-foot-long Crush’s Surfin’ Slide and Nemo’s Cove splash pad starring Hank the septopus.In “Finding Dory,” Hank is an escape artist with camouflaging abilities and a penchant for solitude. The septopus — or seven-tentacled octopus — is voiced by “Modern Family” actor Ed O’Neill. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Disney Parks (@disneyparks)The new hotel po...

Angus Cloud dealt with ‘severe drug addiction,’ grief and mental health struggles before his death, ex-manager, others say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

In the days and months before Angus Cloud’s death in his native Oakland Monday, the 25-year-old “Euphoria” star was struggling with despair over the death of his beloved father, as well as his reported drug addiction, with a man claiming to be his former talent manager saying that his addiction was “severe” and that he had to be revived by Narcan after an overdose in January 2022.Oakland police said Tuesday that they are investigating a death that occurred just after 11:30 a.m. in which an unnamed victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death is unknown.Late Monday afternoon, TMZ posted audio of a 911 call, reportedly from Cloud’s mother at about 11:30 a.m. Monday, in which she reported a “possible overdose” and said her son “doesn’t have a pulse.”Cloud’s publicist, Cait Bailey, confirmed that the actor, who played the kind-hearted drug dealer Fezco on HBO’s hit show, had died Monday, but she did n...

4 Bay Area cafes where you can try espresso tonic, the drink of the summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

If a beverage could embody the fray of two worlds colliding, it would be the espresso tonic. Effervescent tonic water is mixed with bitter espresso shots to create a fizzy, highbrow drink that’s charmed Bay Area cafe-goers this summer.It’s a beverage pitched at black coffee lovers and cream-plus-sugar devotees alike, with enough room for variation – some are made with sweetener, some with tea and others with fruit – to keep things interesting. As the summer heat pushes on, the espresso tonic continues to gain traction on social media and at coffee houses in the East and South Bays, from Palo Alto’s Verve to Fremont’s Devout Coffee.The concoction is said to have originated in Sweden at Koppi Roaster in 2007. It gained fanfare in the United States soon after, including at San Francisco’s Saint Frank, where the “Kaffe Tonic” was featured by the New York Times in 2014. (You’ll find the drink at the Saint Frank in Menlo Park, too.)After sev...

Pfizer 2Q numbers tumble and COVID-19 vaccine, treatment sales dry up

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

Crumbling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment sales chopped Pfizer’s second-quarter earnings, but both the drugmaker and Wall Street expect a rebound in the back half of 2023.Pfizer recorded no U.S. sales of its treatment, Paxlovid, in the recently completed quarter, as the company shifts to selling the pills on the commercial market after contracting with the government.Paxlovid brought in only $143 million total sales during the quarter after recording $8 billion in last year’s quarter.Sales of the vaccine Comirnaty also slid 83% to $1.49 billion in the quarter, as both products fell short of Wall Street expectations.Both Pfizer’s leaders and analysts who follow the company had expected a sales drop in the quarter as inventories already on the market were used up. But they also expect a rebound later this year, as commercial sales take hold, COVID-19 cases climb and fall vaccination pushes begin.Comirnaty, alone, has already generated well over $70 billion in sales for Pfizer since it ...

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver has died at age 71, governor’s office says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver has died at age 71, governor’s office says.Source

Reunificación familiar: empiezan a enviar invitaciones a personas elegibles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

El secretario de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, en inglés), Alejandro Mayorkas, anunció que a partir del lunes, la agencia comenzará a enviar invitaciones a las personas elegibles que están en proceso de solicitar un permiso de reunificación familiar. La medida aplica a nacionales de El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia y Guatemala, según el DHS. “Esto requiere que una petición familiar haya sido presentada y que esa misma haya sido aprobada. Una vez esta petición es aprobada y está en esa calidad de tiempo de espera, (puede encontrarla) en un portal llamado centro nacional de visas”, explicó la abogada de inmigración, Kelley Ortega. A través de ese medio tanto el peticionario como el beneficiario recibirán notificaciones si presentaron la solicitud en línea y usaron un correo electrónico para ello. De lo contrario, la recibirán por el correo postal.“Si se han cambiado de domicilio, si ya no usan ese correo, puede actualizar esos datos porque se espera que el volumen de personas que reciban es...

Denver gas prices rise 20 cents above national average

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The average gas price in Denver has increased 17 cents since July 21, which tallies to approximately $3.91 per gallon, about 20 cents above the national average, according to a GasBuddy survey. While it's significantly less expensive than Denver's prices last July, which were over $4, the prices are almost 25 cents higher than June and almost 20 cents higher than the current national average, GasBuddy said in a press release."Gas prices suddenly soared over the last week due to heat-related refinery outages that impacted some of the largest refineries in the country, at a time when summer gasoline demand peaks and as gasoline inventories slid to their lowest July level since 2015," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in a press release. All national parks will be free on this day While De Haan believes the rise in prices last week will start to lower, he believes that any new issues, like cuts in supply or hurricanes, could cause the gas...

Colorado Day brings two new state license plates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Along with the deals and events starting on Colorado Day, two new locally designed license plates became available on Aug. 1. The license plates started as a contest to celebrate Colorado's 150th anniversary. Thousands of people across the state voted for their favorite license plate designs.“Colorado’s awe-inspiring beauty was well reflected in the hundreds of great designs submitted by talented Colorado artists as we celebrate 150 years of Colorado history,” Gov. Jared Polis said during an event announcing the contest winners in March.Two license plates were chosen: What new laws are going into effect in Colorado? Colorado 150th Anniversary license plate entry in the under-13 category by Calista Blaschke of Denver. (Credit: Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles)Colorado 150th Anniversary license plate entry in the over-13 category by Evan Griesheimer of Denver. (Credit: Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles)Both plates were designed by Denver locals. The plate ...