The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s anarchic ballet of...
Everything You Need to Know About the 2023 Academy Awards
NEW YORK — Hollywood is gearing up for the 95th Academy Awards, where “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in the lead nominee and the film industry will hope to move past “the slap” of last year’s ceremony. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 Oscars, including when they are, where to watch...
Latest Atmospheric River Wreaks Havoc on CA, More on the Way
More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday as a new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms, and strong winds, swelling rivers and creeks and flooding several major highways during the morning commute. In Santa Cruz County, a creek bloated by rain destroyed a portion of Main Street...
Feds Seize Major Silicon Valley Bank as Depositors Flee
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seized the assets of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, marking the largest bank failure since Washington Mutual during the height of the 2008 financial crisis. The FDIC ordered the closure of Silicon Valley Bank and immediately took position of all deposits at the bank. The...
Employers Added More Jobs in February, Pressuring Fed to Aggressively Raise Rates
America’s employers added a substantial 311,000 jobs in February, fewer than January’s huge gain but enough to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively to fight inflation. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6%, from a 53-year low of 3.4%, as more Americans began searching for work but not...
Visa, Mastercard Halt Gun Shop Purchase Tracking After Backlash
Visa and Mastercard paused their decision to start categorizing purchases at gun shops, a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who felt that tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases. The decision is, at the same time, also a defeat for gun control...
California Sues Huntington Beach, Alleging ‘Surf City’ Refuses to Build Housing
California's attempts at forcing its wealthy coastal cities to build more affordable housing spawned two lawsuits on Thursday, showcasing tensions around solving a crisis that has contributed to a surge in the homeless population in the nation's most populous state. Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Huntington Beach on Thursday morning,...
Convicted Killer of Cal Poly Student Kristin Smart Set to Be Sentenced
The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo more than 25 years ago, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for her murder. Paul Flores could face 25 years to life in state prison. However, the judge was first expected to consider...
Trump Invited to Testify Before NY Grand Jury Over Porn Star Payoff
Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify before a New York grand jury that has been investigating hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign, according to one of his lawyers. Trump attorney Joseph Tacopina confirmed Thursday that the Manhattan district attorney’s office has invited the former president...
Ukrainians Who Fled War Face End of Temporary US Sanctuary
When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months. Now with that year almost up and the war that caused them to flee still raging, their...