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Disney Concert Hall, Lobero Theatre named among most beautiful theaters in the world

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

A night at the opera at one of the world's most beautiful theaters is just a short drive away if you live in Southern California.Architectural Digest has just named its 11 "Most Beautiful Theaters" in the world, with one of downtown L.A.'s most recognizable landmarks being honored, as well as another historic venue in Santa Barbara also cracking the list.The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles was named to the list. Officially christened in 2003, the venue, designed by legendary architect Frank Gehry, is "a frequently cited example of deconstructivist architecture," the magazine writes. Home to the L.A. Philharmonic, the iconic venue, with its sweeping design and stainless steel curves that glow like a literal beacon in the sunlight, is also widely considered one of the "most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world."Gehry, 94, is a world-renowned architect who has designed and built buildings across the globe, each thoughtfully unique from one another, whi...

Inland Empire residents endure heatwave amid power outage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

More than 900 Southern California Edison customers in the Inland Empire were forced to endure a power outage that lasted nearly 30 hours amid an oppressive heatwave bringing triple-digit temperatures to the area.  Nate Chripczuk is back inside his San Bernardino home now, but the piano instructor said staying inside his house during the outage wasn’t possible, forcing him to cancel his classes.  “I had to cancel them because I had no power. It was too hot,” he told KTLA.  The outage started at around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.  “The heat from the day was so bad here in the house that we couldn’t bear it,” Chripczuk added. “We had to stay in the car until 2:45 or something in the morning until we thought it was kind of cool enough.”  It was a challenge for the piano instructor to keep his pets cool and take care of his mother, who can’t be in the heat for too long due to underlying health issues. The power wasn’t restored until Monday night at around 8:30 p.m. While Chripc...

Former Orange County basketball coach sentenced for sexually assaulting young girls

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

A former Orange County basketball coach was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting four young girls.Costa Mesa resident, Carlos Francisco Juarez, 48, was found guilty by a jury of 10 felony counts of lewd act upon a child under 14, seven felony counts of lewd act upon a child and two felony counts each of oral copulation of a minor under the age of 16 and sexual penetration by foreign object of a minor, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.Juarez faces a maximum sentence of 150 years to life in prison. He was arrested back in April 2019.The four victims were between 11 and 14 years old when the reported sexual acts took place between 2005 and 2010, according to authorities.Juarez primarily coached for club basketball teams including SoCal Swoosh and O.C. Mustangs and also worked at Aliso Niguel, Costa Mesa, Mater Dei, and Tustin high schools.In 2005, an 11-year-old victim took private lessons from Juarez at a Tustin gymwhere Juarez had the girl “practice tople...

Bicyclist hit and killed by falling tree branch near Gilroy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

SANTA CLARA COUNTY – A bicyclist died after a large tree branch fell and hit her Tuesday northeast of Gilroy, authorities said.Officers were dispatched to the area of Roop and Leavesley roads at 1:23 p.m. for a report of a tree that had fallen onto a bicyclist, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release.An investigation determined that the bicyclist, a 65-year-old Gilroy woman, had been riding southbound on Roop north of Leavesley when a large tree branch fell and hit her, the CHP said. She was then knocked to the ground and pinned under the branch.The bicyclist was taken to Regional Medical Center in San Jose, where she died of her injuries, the CHP said. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office will release the woman’s identity once it is confirmed and her next of kin is notified.The CHP said it was not clear what time the incident occurred or what caused the branch to break.Roop Road runs along the southern border of Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County ...

Defense: ‘Team chemistry’ fanned runaway sex abuse allegations against ‘good and dedicated’ San Jose State trainer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

SAN JOSE — The former sports trainer accused of sexually assaulting more than two dozen female athletes over more than a decade is no “sociopath, predator or charlatan,” his lawyer told a federal jury Tuesday on the opening day of a long-awaited criminal trial into allegations at the center of a scandal that rocked San Jose State University.Instead, Scott Shaw is “a good and dedicated trainer” whose legitimate treatment was misunderstood by mostly teenage girls, his lawyer said. The allegations against Shaw were fanned by “team chemistry” among female athletes primed to support each other, he said, along with explosive media stories and FBI agents setting out to prove Shaw was guilty.“Once this fire got started, Scott Shaw’s career burst into flames, and no one was interested in the job of putting it out,” defense lawyer Dave Callaway told the jury of 8 women and 4 men.The opening statements in San Jose’s federal court — just two blocks from the university campus —...

Human waste leak causes several accidents on Conn. highway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

Associated PressBRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Human waste leaking from a tractor trailer on a Connecticut highway caused crashes including one involving two state police cruisers as vehicles spun out of control, authorities said.No major injuries were reported in Monday night’s mayhem on Interstate 95 in Bridgeport. Troopers arrested the truck driver on several charges, alleging he knew there was a leak but kept driving.The wrecks began shortly after 11 p.m. when the leaking waste caused extremely slick conditions in the northbound lanes, state police said.A motorcycle rider lost control and fell onto the road, ending up in a hospital with minor injuries. Vehicles crashed into other vehicles and concrete barriers.Another tractor trailer skidded into a parked state police cruiser, which then struck a second parked cruiser in the median. Both cruisers were unoccupied as troopers were helping others involved in wrecks.State police reports indicate 10 vehicles were in accidents. The northbo...

San Jose’s main water utility failed to report E. coli sample

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

San Jose Water failed to report and conduct a formal investigation into an E. coli sample discovered at one of its wells, according to San Jose City Councilmember Rosemary Kamei.In an emailed communication sent out Tuesday afternoon, Kamei said the bacteria was detected on May 5 from a routine sample at one of the water utility company’s groundwater sites. The well was immediately taken offline while a follow-up sample was drawn and the water was not delivered to any resident’s homes, Kamei said.The councilmember said the state requires that water providers notify officials within 24 hours of any positive E. coli samples — and conduct a formal investigation within 30 days.“Regrettably, this requirement was not met in this case,” the councilmember wrote in her communication. The city, she said, was notified about the utility company’s reporting and investigative failures on July 17. A notice will be sent to about 17,000 customers who reside in Dist...

Josh Naylor’s 2 home runs and 6 RBIs lead Guardians to 10-1 rout of Pirates and Mitch Keller

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Naylor homered twice, including a three-run shot that keyed a five-run first inning against All-Star Mitch Keller, and drove in six runs and the Cleveland Guardians rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.Naylor’s first homer gave the Guardians a 4-0 lead with none out in the first inning after Keller had thrown just seven pitches. Keller was making his first appearance since pitching one inning in last week’s All-Star Game in Seattle.In the ninth, Naylor connected again for a two-run blast, his 15th of the season, off Yohan Ramirez.Steven Kwan led off the game with a double and scored on Amed Rosario’s single. After Jose Ramirez singled, Naylor hit his blast to right-center.Myles Straw capped the first-inning outburst with an RBI single. The Guardians have won the first two games of the series by a combined score of 21-1 after being swept in three games at AL West-leading Texas over the weekend.Rookie left-hander Logan Alle...

Nola, Schwarber help the Phillies beat the Brewers 4-3 for their 4th straight victory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola struck out six in 7 1/3 innings, Kyle Schwarber homered and the Philadelphia Phillies moved a season-best 10 games over .500 with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.Bryson Stott, Trea Turner and Alec Bohm each had two hits to help the defending NL champion Phillies improve to 52-42 with their fourth consecutive victory. Philadelphia began play a half-game out of a playoff spot. All nine Phillies starters had at least one hit.Andruw Monasterio had two hits and drove in a run for the NL Central-leading Brewers. Milwaukee had won four in a row.Nola (9-6) retired the first 14 batters, getting the second out in the fifth inning on Schwarber’s leaping catch against the left-field wall to rob Owen Miller of extra bases. Raimel Tapia followed and reached on an infield single. Shortstop Turner was shifted up the middle, and he wasn’t able to throw out Tapia at first base after fielding the ball deep in the hole at short.Monasterio got the...

Presidentes de Ecuador y Argentina anuncian la normalización de relaciones diplomáticas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:07 GMT

(CNN Español) — Durante la cumbre de la Unión Europea con los países de Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), en Bruselas, los presidentes de Ecuador y Argentina anunciaron la normalización de relaciones diplomáticas entre los dos países.Tras un encuentro en el que volvieron a estrechar sus manos, el presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, fue el primero en anunciar en su cuenta de Twitter que los dos países retoman relaciones a nivel embajadores.“Es muy importante haber normalizado las relaciones diplomáticas con la designación de nuevos embajadores en Quito y en Buenos Aires. La hermandad que une a nuestros pueblos es histórica y debemos continuar fortaleciéndola”, señaló Fernández.Macron y mandatarios latinoamericanos intentan reactivar el diálogo entre el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro y la oposición venezolanaHoras después, el presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, señaló que ambos gobiernos han empezado a designar a sus nuevos embajadores.“Ecuador y...