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Party in the Rainbow Parking Lot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

Party in the Rainbow Parking Lot: Coachella isn’t for everyone, but if you want a more low-key outdoor show, with bands of a more mature vintage, head on over to the Rainbow for their twice-annual Party in the Parking Lot. Headliner is former Queensryche man Geoff Tate, while longtime Sunset Strip strutters Lizzy Borden, Faster Pussycat and the Zeros also play. That’s some spectacular hair metal.We reviewed the Zeros last year at the Whisky, and said that “There’s a gonzo-goofiness about the band, but that never distracts from the songs. Their section of the glam spectrum sees them blend the big glitter tunes of the likes of Slade and Sweet with proto-punk, in a manner reminiscent of the Dictators — brash and infectious. Those 4,3,2,1… Zeros songs, such as “Love’s Not Fair” and “Zero to Mom” are huge fun. And the guys might have a few more miles on the clock but they give it everything. Danny Dangerous is a compelling sight — a sort of deranged, purple-haired mime.”See t...

Los Gatos councilmember halts code of conduct revamp amid lawsuit threats

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

A Los Gatos town councilmember says he won’t take part in discussions about clarifying the town’s code of conduct.Los Gatos is looking at clarifying the code in the wake of the council’s controversial vote to censure a planning commissioner for using “divisive” language, and the threat of a lawsuit from the ACLU.But Councilmember Matthew Hudes, who serves on the two-member policy committee tasked with taking the first stab at these clarifications, says he won’t participate in the discussion.The censured commissioner, Kylie Clark, is in a relationship with Councilmember Rob Moore, who is the chair of the policy committee, and Hudes said it’s not appropriate for Moore to provide feedback. He also voiced concerns about the ACLU’s threatening to sue the town over Clark’s censure.“Due to the current makeup of this committee, I do not feel it’s appropriate for this committee to provide direction or make any recommendations to the council,” Hudes said during a March...

Suspect arrested in killing of San Francisco tech executive Bob Lee

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A suspect was arrested Thursday morning in the stabbing death April 4 of CashApp founder Bob Lee, authorities said.San Francisco jail records showed that Nima Momeni, 38, was booked on suspicion of homicide after 9 a.m. Thursday. The arrest of Momeni, the owner of an Emeryville tech company known as Expand IT, was first reported by Mission Local.Mission Local reported that Momeni was arrested in Emeryville. The arrest was made by San Francisco police.Police did not publicly announce the arrest, and did not say what led them to Momeni as a suspect. Authorities have not specified an alleged motive in the killing.Lee, the creator of the CashApp payment service and an executive at MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed about 2:30 a.m. April 4 in the 300 block of Main Street in the Rincon Hill.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Fiery Pacifica crash results in DUI arrest Crime and Public Safety | One dead after overnight Interstate 580 shoo...

Fresno County assails city’s plan for a César Chávez street

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

Fresno’s plan to rename a 10-mile stretch of road after César Chávez has run up against opposition from Fresno County supervisors.On a 5-0 vote Tuesday, the supervisors opposed the renaming of the parts of the route that are outside Fresno’s city limits — four segments totaling about 1½ miles.The county resolution, which alleged a lack of transparency by city leaders, resolved to “maintain the names of California Avenue and Kings Canyon Road within the county islands” and to “discourage the Fresno City Council from proceeding with its plan without full and thorough consideration and consultation of their affected residents.”The city council approved the César Chávez Boulevard plan on March 9 and said $1 million would be set aside to cover the renaming costs and compensate businesses affected by the change. The route to be named after the civil rights and labor leader currently goes under the names California Avenue, Ventura Street and Kings ...

Danville’s Jake Haener on verge of reaching NFL QB dream — just don’t mention Brock Purdy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

SANTA CLARA — The first memory Craig Bergman has of Jake Haener was when Monte Vista High was finishing up football practice, with the local youth league taking the field.“They’d be coming on to start when we were done,” Bergman said in a recent phone interview. “He’d always say, ‘Coach! Watch me throw!’ and I’d watch this little tiny guy, a sixth or seventh grader. And man, he could throw it even back then.”It’s not a stretch to suggest that the “little tiny guy,” at 6-foot and 208 pounds, is still regarded that way in NFL circles and has been striving to prove himself ever since.Haener, a Fresno State product, believes he’ll be selected between the third and fifth rounds of the NFL Draft, which begins in two weeks. He offered the following observations regarding his supposed limitations during a media scrum Wednesday after his practice at the 49ers’ local pro day:— “I’ve been fighting the naysayers, the doubters, fo...

Arrest made in San Francisco slaying of tech CEO Bob Lee: Reports

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

By Peter Blumberg and Joel Rosenblatt | BloombergAn arrest has been made in last week’s San Francisco slaying of Bob Lee, chief product officer of crypto startup MobileCoin Inc. and a well known figure in Silicon Valley, according to a local news reports.The San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the nearby city of Emeryville in the April 4 stabbing of Lee, and the suspect also works in tech and is a man Lee purportedly knew, Mission Local reported, without identifying the source of its information.Police department representatives didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment and a spokesman for the city’s district attorney declined to comment.San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who represents the district where Lee was killed, tweeted about the reported arrest.Lee died after being stabbed multiple times in the middle of the night in a deserted area of San Francisco’s downtown, in what the city’s district attorney called a “senseless act of viol...

Coachella 2023: Set times and schedule announced — plus a surprise guest

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

The set times for the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have finally been announced and, as usual, there are some set conflicts and even a surprise guest.The first weekend of Coachella kicks off at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 14 with Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny headlining. Saturday, April 15 is topped by K-pop group Blackpink and Sunday, April 16 closes out with Long Beach singer-songwriter Frank Ocean.When the set times announced, fans were quick to notice that pop punk band Blink-182 has been added to the lineup, performing on the Sahara stage at 6:45 p.m. on April 14. This will be the band’s first performance since reuniting with original vocalist-guitarist Tom DeLonge in nearly a decade. Last year, rock band Arcade Fire was the surprise addition to the fest lineup as it played the Mojave tent on Saturday.There are a few other changes as well including English songwriter and producer Jai Paul moving from the Sunday roster to Saturday. He’s on the ...

DOJ will take emergency dispute over medication abortion rules to the Supreme Court

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

The Justice Department will take an emergency dispute over medication abortion drugs to the Supreme Court, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday.Garland’s announcement comes after a federal appeals court overnight froze parts of a Texas judge’s order that would have suspended the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a medication abortion drug. But the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals only partially granted the request by the Justice Department and the drug’s manufacturer to put US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling on hold, with the appellate panel effectively making the drug harder to obtain by leaving in place aspects of Kacsmaryk’s ruling that will reverse moves by the FDA that expanded access to medication abortion pills.In the new statement, Garland indicated that the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to intervene now in the emergency dispute over how the FDA has approached the drug, mifepristone.“The...

Fiery Pacifica crash results in DUI arrest

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

Parts of westbound Sharp Park Road in Pacifica were closed for about four hours late Monday night as crews removed wreckage from a fiery crash that led to a DUI arrest, police say.First responders arrived to the scene of a single-car crash around 9:48 p.m. Monday in the area of of Sharp Park andGypsy Hill roads. The involved vehicle was on fire upon arrival and fire crews quickly extinguished the flames.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | 5 Peninsula cops will not face charges in fatal shooting Crime and Public Safety | California touts gun seizures from prohibited persons, but will it slow rate of violence? Crime and Public Safety | Redwood City police warn of possibly armed catalytic converter thieves Crime and Public Safety | Pedestrian killed in South San Francisco hit and run Crime and Public Safety | Redwood City police seek information after fatal hit-and-run crash involving bicyclist The dr...

Review: Border blockade divides families in new bittersweet TheatreWorks play

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:19:50 GMT

A border is a strange thing.An imaginary line in the ground divides nations, and people have died to defend it or sometimes simply to cross it.The arbitrary nature of that border is a central feature of “A Distinct Society,” the play by Kareem Fahmy that TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is now premiering at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.The play is set in the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a real building that straddles the border of the United States and Canada, part of the library in Vermont and part of it in Quebec. During the Trump Administration’s infamous Muslim Ban, some people from nations whose citizens were forbidden to travel to the United States were able to at least visit with U.S.-based relatives inside the library.“A Distinct Society” depicts just such a family in just such a situation. A father has traveled from Iran to Canada to see his daughter who’s a medical student in Boston, but they keep getting separated by timing, bad luck and strict regulat...