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A temporary restraining order has been issued against a woman who “may be armed” and is accused of stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook. The Virginia woman, according to a report from the Mercury News, is alleged by Apple to have been stalking Cook for over a year. She’s also accused of having emailed Cook photographs showing […]
The late Nipsey Hussle was targeted as part of a Los Angeles Police Department program known as Operation LASER, per a new report. The LASER (Los Angeles Strategic Extraction and Restoration) program, as discussed in a recent episode of the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast, was designed to utilize what’s described as “predictive policing technology.” Notably, the […]
A brush fire ripped through Northern California on Saturday, forcing over 500 residents to evacuate the Big Sur area. As of Sunday morning, Cal Fire said the fire had grown to 1,050 acres, and was 25 percent contained. The California Highway Patrol closed Highway 1 outside of Carmel-by-the-Sea, just north of Big Sur. Cecile Juliette, a spokesperson for the […]
A California woman says an enthusiastic all-you-can-eat experience at a sushi buffet ultimately resulted in a hospital visit. As you may have seen on TikTok and elsewhere in recent days, 24-year-old Danielle Shapiro first shared a clip last month showing the dinner in question, which is claimed to have included the consumption of no less than 32 […]
A California city has spent the last several years trying to solve its growing crow problem, using everything from reflectors on trees to letting a falcon on the loose. Though those tactics had some success, they weren’t enough to scare off the thousand-plus crows that’ve taken over Sunnyvale’s downtown area. So what does the city plan to do […]
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside recently discovered a rare species of worm that kills tarantulas, and naturally, named it after actor Jeff Daniels, Variety reports. The inspiration behind the “Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi” is Daniels’ character Dr. Ross Jennings in the 1990 film Arachnophobia about a town overrun by a new species of spiders. Even […]
Betty White was someone to everyone. But apparently for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, she was an assiatant to a sea otter surgery. Beyond that, she’s now a namesake. The aquarium located in California is saluting the late Golden Girls star—who died last month at age 99—by naming its planned giving program after her. The location announced […]
The island of Tongatapu—Tonga’s largest—has been hit by a tsunami following an underwater volcanic eruption, and now the U.S. west coast is seeing an advisory of its own. The advisory stretches from California to Alaska—including British Columbia for our neighbors in Canada—and satellites are showing ash clouds and shockwaves appearing from the volcano, per CNN. In Tonga, the coastal capital […]
CPO Boss Hogg, real name Vince Edwards, has passed away. His death was confirmed by rapper E-A-Ski and journalist Chad Kiser. CPO was previously signed to Death Row Records. It’s unknown how the Compton, California native died, though, according to his Instagram, he was dealing with some health issues. Ambrosia For Heads reports that CPO also […]
It’s top of a new year, which—for the pandemic era iteration of live music—means fans and organizers alike are left with a number of question marks surrounding major festivals like Coachella. The Indio, California-set festival hasn’t taken place since 2019 due to continued COVID-19 concerns. The initially announced lineup for the ultimately-called-off ’19 event included confirmed headliners […]
