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Tycho leads major new music festival into Napa Valley this summer

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

Tycho is throwing a party and you’re all invited to come.But, yes, you will need a ticket to attend Golden States, the one-day music festival that Tycho and Another Planet Entertainment are hosting on July 15 at Oxbow RiverStage in Napa.The San Francisco-based artist — who has twice been nominated in the best dance/electronic album Grammy category — performs at this personally curated event.The lineup also features Channel Tres, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Buscabulla, Washed Out (DJ set), Brijean and Kaelin Ellis.“I had so much fun curating events at Brooklyn Mirage in 2021 and in Denver at Colorfield in 2022 that I wanted to take those concepts further with artists we respect and admire,” says Scott Hansen, aka Tycho. “Golden States is the next evolution of that vision and I’m excited to be doing it close to home in the San Francisco Bay Area.”Related ArticlesMusic | Review: Phish had something really special in store for ...

Harry reveals William received ‘very large’ secret settlement from Rupert Murdoch in phone hacking case

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

Prince Harry has made public another royal secret that is likely to aggravate Prince William, alleging that his estranged older brother received a “very large sum” of money when he settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. newspaper group in 2020.Harry’s attorneys have suggested that the Duke of Sussex was left out of this kind of settlement because he was discouraged from pursuing legal action against the News Group Newspapers, publishers of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, the BBC reported. Harry’s attorneys have said the newspapers struck a “secret agreement” with officials at Buckingham Palace in how royal family would pursue legal claims, BBC also reported.Harry’s latest allegations about how he was apparently sidelined by a palace decision that apparently benefited his brother have come in court documents that Harry’s lawyers have filed in the High Court of Justice in London, as part of his l...

Explainer: Sexual assault lawsuit against Donald Trump

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

By Jennifer Peltz | Associated PressNEW YORK — As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims — all denied by Trump — were never taken to court. None has gone to trial. But that is about to change.Jury selection starts Tuesday in E. Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit in a New York federal court. The former Elle magazine advice columnist alleges that Trump raped her in a luxury department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.Carroll’s civil case has taken a winding road to trial. It now comes as Trump is seeking to return to the White House and battling a roster of legal problems, including his recent indictment on charges of doctoring his business’ records to conceal hush-money payments to a porn star.Here’s a look at the case and some key questions:WHAT’S THE CASE ABOUT?Carroll says a chance meeting with Trump at Bergdorf Goodman suddenly turned into sexual violen...

Pedestrian dies in hospital after early-April collision in downtown San Jose

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

A woman critically injured in an April collision in downtown San Jose died of her injuries after three weeks in a hospital, according to San Jose police.Police responded to reports that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle around 11:49 a.m. April 9 in the area of East Santa Clara and North 11th streets. Police said that the pedestrian was in a marked crosswalk when she was struck by the driver of a Toyota Camry, which had been turning left onto East Santa Clara Street from North 11th Street.The woman was taken to a hospital, where she died Monday, according to a police news release. The driver remained on the scene of the incident and cooperated with the investigation.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Map: 3 wrong-way crashes among weekend’s 9 Bay Area road fatalities Crashes and Disasters | One dead after car rear-ends tow truck on I-880 Crashes and Disasters | Two dead in Sunnyvale wrong-way collision Crashes and Dis...

Missing toddler found in an alligator’s mouth died of drowning, police say

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

By Sara Smart and Amy Simonson | CNNThe 2-year-old boy found last month in an alligator’s mouth in a St. Petersburg, Florida, lake died of drowning, police say.Taylen Mosley was reported missing on March 30 after his mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20, was found dead in her apartment with multiple stab wounds. The boy was put in the lake by his father, who is charged in both deaths, according to a St. Petersburg police affidavit.Taylen was found March 31 in the mouth of an alligator in Lake Maggiore.The Pinellas County medical examiner confirmed Monday that the cause of death was drowning, St. Petersburg police told CNN.The toddler’s father, Thomas Mosley, 21, is facing two counts of first-degree murder.(St. Petersburg Police) The toddler’s father, Thomas Mosley, 21, is facing two counts of first-degree murder. He is booked in the Pinellas County Jail, according to county records.A spokesperson for the public defender said the office has not received the full autopsy ...

Pac-12 WBB early forecast: Utah and UCLA are the teams to beat entering the 2023-24 season

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

Charisma Osborne and Lauren Betts.With Osborne returning for a fifth season and the 6-foot-7 Betts transferring from Stanford, UCLA is the clear Pac-12 offseason front runner through Monday. The transfer window doesn’t close until May 11, so more portal movement is ahead. But it will be hard to top what the Bruins have done to strengthen a 27-win team coming off an NCAA Sweet 16 season.Osborne, a three-time all-conference guard, withdrew from the WNBA Draft in early April, five days before she might have been a first-round pick.Then, on April 18, Betts announced Westwood as her transfer destination after just one season as a backup at Stanford.The move made sense: UCLA was among Betts’ finalists coming out of high school in Colorado. She and guard Kiki Rice were the top-two recruiting prospects nationally in 2022, according to HoopGurlz. Now, both are with the Bruins, who also return three others from a class ranked No. 1 nationally.Betts gives UCLA the size that was missing in a 59...

Meghan Markle enjoys ‘life in the present’ at Lakers game amid speculation about her letter to Charles

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

The timing couldn’t be better for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to be photographed in a luxury suite at a Los Angeles Lakers game, gigging and laughing together.The couple’s appearance at Monday night’s game, with an entourage of Archewell associates, allowed the American Duchess of Sussex to show she’s enjoying “live in the present,” as she said in a statement over the weekend – not consumed by her feud with the British royal family, the “unconscious bias” allegations she made against a so-called, unnamed “royal racist” two years ago or her decision to skip King Charles III’s May 6 coronation.Harry and Meghan are in the building for Lakers – Grizzlies game four pic.twitter.com/asqqX39kJm— Ava Brand (@avabssports) April 25, 2023Harry and Meghan’s smiling cameo on the Lakers Jumbotron, before a 20,000-strong crowd at the Crypto.com arena that included Kim Kardashian, Adam Sandler and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, came two days after she appeared to denounce speculation...

Arrest warrant issued for Oakland PD officer charged with perjury, bribery

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

(KRON) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for an Oakland Police Department officer who has been charged with perjury and threatening witnesses, among other things. The officer, Phong Tran, is a 46-year-old man. Tran is wanted on a no-bail warrant.Officer Tran is wanted for committing perjury on the stand, according to Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.Offenses that officer is wanted for include:Perjury under oathThreatening witnessesDefendant induced participation in crimeBribery of witnessAttempted bribery of witness"Lying and manipulating a witness are serious violations of the public trust, and Officer Tran will be held accountable," said DA Price in a statement. "When the integrity of a conviction is at issue in one case, it raises questions in every other case that officer has investigated. The people of Alameda County need to have confidence in the criminal justice system, and these charges are a step toward regaining that trust."The DA's office will need to revi...

Hayward PD arrests suspect in Jan. 4 homicide

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

(KRON) -- The Hayward Police Department has announced the arrest of the suspect in a Jan. 4 homicide that left one dead. The arrest was made on April 6, officials said.Officers arrested 53-year-old suspect Anthony Bergstrom for the murder of 53-year-old victim Jesse Nieto of Hayward. The homicide happened during the early morning hours of April 4. Officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 24000 block of Park Street. Underground casino ring shut down in San Jose At the scene, officers said they found Nieto unresponsive suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Bergstrom was arrested on several charges including murder and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He was booked into the Santa Rita County jail and is being held without bail.This was Hayward's first homicide of the year, officials said.

Mexico immigration agency head arraigned in deadly fire

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:45:08 GMT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The head of Mexico’s immigration agency was arraigned on charges Tuesday that he failed in his responsibility to protect those in his custody when 40 migrants died in a fire at a border detention center last month.Federal prosecutors said that there are video recordings showing that private security guards in the facility had asked immigration agents permission to release the migrants when the fire started, but were denied. Prosecutors presented evidence that Francisco Garduño, the head of the Mexican Immigration Institute, was responsible for the safety of country’s immigration facilities and should have closed those that did not meet safety requirements. A migrant allegedly started a fire inside the Ciudad Juarez detention center March 27. Security cameras inside the facility showed smoke quickly filling the cell holding 68 male migrants, but no one with keys attempting to release them. In addition to the 40 killed, more than two dozen were injured in ...