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Disneyland celebrates the theatrical release of 'Wish' with limited-time offerings

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

Disneyland is celebrating the release of its newest film, “Wish,” with a new character meet and greet, merchandise and more, theme park officials announced Wednesday.Guests visiting the “Happiest Place on Earth” can meet Asha, the film’s main protagonist, outside the Royal Hall in Fantasyland. Disneyland updates pin trading guidelines Asha from the Walt Disney Animation Studios film "Wish" is now greeting guests ay Disneyland Park. (Abigail Nilsson, Photographer)Across the way at Disney’s California Adventure Park, a short called “This Wish” will be shown ahead of the “World of Color – Season of Light” nighttime spectacular. The short will include “animated projections, fountains, lasers and lighting effects illustrating how stars can guide, inspire and remind us to believe in possibility,” a news release said.For a limited time, a new water short highlighting the story behind the wishing star from Walt Disney Animation Studios film “Wish,” will be presented ahead of “World of Co...

Man Fatally Injured in Head-On Accident on Highway 253 [Ukiah, CA]

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

Santa Rosa Man Killed after Two-Vehicle Collision near Stipp LaneUKIAH, CA (November 22, 2023) – Thursday morning, one man was fatally injured in a head-on accident on Highway 253.The collision happened at around 10:58 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the highway, just east of Stipp Lane.According to CHP, the 2020 Honda Civic going west veered into the opposing traffic lanes for unknown reasons.Consequently, the Honda collided head-on with a 2020 Ford Ranger traveling east at about 50 mph.Responding emergency personnel declared the Honda Civic driver dead at the scene. He was only identified by the authorities as a 47-year-old man from Santa Rosa.Meanwhile, paramedics transported the 79-year-old Ford driver from Ukiah to Adventist Health Ukiah Valley for moderate injuries. Additionally, a portion of the roadway was temporarily shut down to allow for cleanup and preliminary duties.The California Highway Patrol continues to investigate the fatal Highway 253 head-on crash.Sweet Jam...

At The Market In Woodland Hills And A Little Uchi In LA – Here’s What’s Popping Up

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

Austin-based restaurant group Hai Hospitality will open Uchi LA in West Hollywood on  Thursday, Dec. 7 – its first West Coast concept – a nontraditional take on Japanese cuisine, signature tastings, sushi, a seasonal omakase, tempura featuring rotating vegetables from the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market, served with black vinegar chili crunch and green Szechuan peppercorns; pan-seared Hotate scallops finished with a vermouth foam, strawberry black garlic xo sauce, citrus and Thai basil buds; and a full Toyosu fish list at the sushi bar with special pieces like Kaluga caviar topped with creme fraiche, chives and crispy shallots. The hidden Italian steakhouse and jazz bar at The Georgian Hotel has launched a family-friendly supper series. Spaghetti Sundays take place every Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., complete with red-checkered tablecloths and an abundance of parmesan. Executive Chef David Almany has a prix fixe menu including house-made garlic bread, Caesar salad, spaghett...

Christian Wilch Dies in 2-Vehicle Accident on 27th Avenue [Phoenix, AZ]

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

60-Year-Old Man Pronounced Dead after Two-Car Collision near Deer Valley RoadPHOENIX, AZ (November 22, 2023) – Early Friday night, Christian Wilch was killed in a two-car crash on 27th Avenue and Deer Valley Road. The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m., on November 10th.Wilch reportedly tried to make a left turn into a private driveway, resulting in a collision with a westbound vehicle. Subsequently, the driver collided with a light pole. Emergency teams responded, extracting Wilch from the vehicle, who had suffered life-threatening injuries.Due to the severity of the injuries, medics later confirmed the passing of 60-year-old Wilch. Simultaneously, responders transported the female driver of the other vehicle to a nearby hospital, as she sustained non-life-threatening injuries. However, authorities have not disclosed her identity.Presently, an ongoing active investigation is in progress to gather additional information about the incident.No words can mend the broken...

Why so many flock to Sedona’s vortexes — and what to really expect when you get there

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles TimesSEDONA, Ariz. — The rock formation known as Kachina Woman rises like an obelisk out of a cool green canyon. At its base, more than three dozen women are tucked into crevices in the rust colored stone, their faces turned toward the warm Arizona sun. Some sit with their legs crossed. Others are curled into a fetal position. They did not all come together, but they came for the same purpose: to soak up the energy of one of the most popular vortexes in Sedona.Surrounded by towering mesas and spectacular vistas, and located on the ancestral home of the Yavapai people, the small town of Sedona has long been a destination for New Age seekers and the astrologers, psychics, tarot readers, shamans and healers who cater to them. For the last 40 years, these spiritual pilgrims have been drawn to the region by tales of its mysterious and amorphous energy vortexes. Definitions vary, but Sedona’s vortexes are generally understood to be geographical sites of inv...

Like San Jose and San Francisco, some of America’s costliest cities offer best middle-class life

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

By Alex Tanzi | BloombergSome of the most expensive major cities in the US — like San Francisco and Washington — also offer the best living standards for mid- and lower-income households, according to a new study of metro areas by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity.Higher prices in those places are more than offset by the higher wages on offer, according to the institute’s analysis, which ranks the 50 biggest US metro areas based on the economic well-being of middle- and working-class residents. San Jose comes out on top.The gauge is based on metrics that include the costs of basic goods and services — and how much they’ve gone up over the past two decades — as well as wages and broad measures of employment. One key finding is that the best-performing cities typically have a more equal mix of jobs across the pay spectrum.“Across the nation we are seeing both ends of the spectrum — communities where middle- and working-class families are faring well and others where ...

Northern states brace for invasion of Canadian ‘super pigs’

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

By Steve Karnowski | Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS — An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion.In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. They are often crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boar with the size and high fertility of domestic swine to create a “super pig” that’s spreading out of control.Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and one of Canada’s leading authorities on the problem, calls feral swine, “the most invasive animal on the planet” and “an ecological train wreck.”Pigs are not native to North America. While they’ve roamed parts of the continent for centuries, Canada’s problem dates back only to the 1980s when it encouraged farmers to raise w...

JFK was killed 60 years ago. Why are his assassination records still sealed?

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

By Brendan Rascius, McClatchy Washington BureauSixty years have now passed since President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. But despite the passage of time, records related to his assassination remain sealed by the government, fueling conspiracies that question the official telling of events.Multiple organizations and individuals have pressed for the documents to be released, including the Mary Ferrell Foundation — the largest online repository of JFK assassination records — which is suing President Joe Biden, demanding the documents be made public.John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States, and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy travel in the presidential motorcade in Dallas shortly before his assassination on Nov. 22, 1963. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/TNS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a presidential candidate and nephew of the former president, has also called for the files to be released.“What is so embarrassing that they’re afraid to show t...

How the JFK assassination changed TV news and the journalists who covered it 60 years ago

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

By Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles TimesOn Nov. 22, 1963, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite battled to hold his emotions in check as he read a wire service report and looked up at the clock in a New York studio and announced that President Kennedy had “died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time.”At NBC News, anchors Chet Huntley and Frank McGee listened as correspondent Robert MacNeil, on a muddy pay phone connection from Dallas, delivered the stunning details describing how Kennedy was gunned down while riding in a motorcade through the city’s downtown.The moments marked the dawn of a new era in media as the three television networks — NBC, CBS and ABC — that owned the audience 60 years ago stayed on the air for four days to provide live, continuous coverage of a national crisis for the first time.The marathon broadcasts set the template for the decades that followed, as viewers grew accustomed to seeing military invasions, revolutionary uprisings and terrorist attacks unf...

What to watch: ‘Saltburn’ should be on your must-see list

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:48 GMT

There’s a whole lot of naughtiness (“Saltburn,” “Napoleon,” et al) going on in theaters and on streaming platforms this week. But regardless of whether you’re game for that, there’s something available for most every taste.Here’s our roundup.“Saltburn”: Emerald Fennell has found her kindred spirit in the late, great novelist Patricia Highsmith, the influential noir author of “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Strangers on the Train” — both of which got turned into classic films. Highsmith’s spirit inhabits every crevice of Fennell’s wickedly entertaining and just plain wicked follow-up to her feminist stunner “Promising Young Woman.” Barry Keoghan gives it his all — and I mean all — to play scrappy Oxford University student Oliver Quick, an envious and odd fella who gets an invite from the exceedingly handsome Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi) to summer at his family over-the-top estate during their break. Oliver puts on his modest footwear and steps into t...