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Corteo Leaps into City of Angels

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

Corteo (or cortege in Italian) references a procession, and in the case of the new Cirque de Soleil show at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live, the procession is eye-popping. Though the narrative of this acrobatic spectacle is a bit muddled, it’s visually stunning nonetheless. It depicts the funeral of a character called Mauro The Dream Clown, visually with little to no dialog. As Mauro’s circus family pays their respects, we see his spirit observing the scene amongst floating angels and lively dream sequences featuring those he performed with and loved. Jugglers, jesters, and of course lots of acrobats in classic Cirque fashion, encompass the show with highlights including performers dangling in midair dance via giant chandeliers and Mauro’s miniature clown cohorts enjoying the revelry, including a massive balloon ride over the audience.Corteo runs now through April 30 at Microsoft Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Ct., Downtown L.A.  Tickets and info at microsofttheater.c...

From Los Bitchos to Bratty — the New LA Weekly Playlist is Live

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

From Los Bitchos to Bratty: The 151st LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic music from Parallelle, hip-hop from Wallie the Sensei, pop from AMAKA, punk from the Urinals and Minutemen, glam from Rachel Stamp and Buckcherry, and so much more.Find us on Spotify here,or on Soundcloud here.Don’t forget to “Like” the playlists and “Follow” the profiles.Blondie (Danielle St. Laurent)From Los Bitchos to BrattyAlso this week:In the cover feature about Coachella, Clem Burke from Blondie said, “My nieces are very excited about going. Within Blondie, our audience is pretty widespread over the generations. Our audience and music is pretty diverse, so it seems to translate to a lot of different generations. We played in Mexico City last night, we did an arena show. The audience was quite young and they were very receptive. We’re kind of on a roll. We’ve been on an arena tour of the UK and that was a very mixed audience....

Light drizzle to give way to warm weekend as Bay Area rain season winds down

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

After suffering through the heaviest period of recorded rainfall in the Bay Area since Abraham Lincoln was in the Oval Office and sometimes lethal windstorms, it’ll finally be time for shorts, T-shirt and flip-flops this weekend.According to the National Weather Service, inland highs in the mid and even high 70s are in the forecast for Sunday and Monday. On the coast, temperatures were expected to reach high 60s and low 70s.“It’s not going to be really long-lived, but we are looking for a few really warm days,” said NWS meteorologist Sean Miller. “Sunday into Monday we’re going to have a bit of a warm-up.”Saturday was expected to be a cooler, cloudier day similar to Friday, absent of rain. Saturday’s forecast highs around the Bay Area include 68 in San Jose, 60 in San Francisco,  63 in Oakland, 67 in Walnut Creek and and 64 in Santa Cruz.On Sunday those highs will rise to 76 in San Jose, 64 in San Francisco, 69 in Oakland, 75 in Walnut...

Juez Clarence Thomas afirma que viajes pagados por multimillonario fueron “amabilidad de amigo cercano”

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

WASHINGTON DC — El juez de la Corte Suprema, Clarence Thomas, explicó el viernes por qué no reveló los viajes pagados por un amigo, el multimillonario conservador Harlan Crow.Thomas informó en un comunicado que Crow y su esposa, Kathy, son “amigos muy queridos” y que ambos se han unido a ellos en viajes familiares durante años.“Al principio de mi mandato en la Corte, busqué la orientación de mis colegas y otras personas en el poder judicial, y me informaron que este tipo de amabilidad de amigo cercano, que no tenían asuntos ante la Corte, no era denunciable”, detalló el magistrado.“Me he esforzado por seguir ese consejo a lo largo de mi mandato y siempre he tratado de cumplir con las pautas de divulgación”, agregó.El comunicado surge un día después de que ProPublica publicara un artículo el jueves detallando los viajes extravagantes que supuestamente realizó Clarence sin divulgarlo financieramente. Esto habría ocurrido antes de que el poder judici...

Masters Live Updates | McIlroy wobbling at Augusta National

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from the second round Friday of the Masters (all times local):12:30 p.m.Rory McIlroy is in danger of being sent home from the Masters before the weekend.Hardly what anyone expected from one of the favorites for the green jacket.McIlroy has stunningly bogeyed four of the first seven holes in the second round, on a day when many players are taking advantage of favorable scoring conditions before a storm front moves in at Augusta National.McIlroy is at 4 over for the tournament, a staggering 16 strokes behind leader Brooks Koepka.Koepka, a four-time major champion who now plays on the upstart LIV Golf tour, is four shots ahead of the field after a birdie at th par-5 15th pushed his score to 12 under. Jason Day is the closest challenger.___11:55 a.m.Brooks Koepka is now four strokes ahead in the second round of the Masters.Koepka made a short birdie putt at the par-5 13th hole after skipping his second shot through the green. He two-putted from the fring...

Review: ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ drops season finale for misleading moonshot that barely achieves liftoff

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Jason Fraley reviews 'Hello Tomorrow' $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); The sci-fi comedy/drama series “Hello Tomorrow!” drops its Season 1 finale on Apple TV+ this Friday, bringing an end to weekly exchange between me and my wife: “Do you want to watch Moon Show?” (That’s what we call it).Turns out, it was a misnomer for a misleading moonshot that barely achieves liftof...

Qué significa la palabra “Pascua” y cuál es el origen de la tradición

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

Millones de cristianos en todo el mundo se preparan para celebrar las tradicionales Pascuas este domingo en el clímax de la semana que comenzó con el Domingo de Ramos y sigue con el Viernes Santo, con la crucifixión y muerte de Jesucristo.La palabra “Pascua” viene del latín “Pascha”, que se refiere a la resurrección. Según la Biblia, Jesucristo murió en la cruz pero al tercer día resucitó y ascendió a los cielos.CUÁNDO SE CELEBRA LA PASCUALas Pascuas se celebran siempre un domingo, entre el 22 de marzo y el 25 de abril de cada año.Muchas iglesias ortodoxas usan el calendario Juliano, no el más común, el Gregoriano, por lo que las Pascuas se observan entre el 4 de abril y el 8 de mayo.Durante las celebraciones, los creyentes — católicos, cristianos y protestantes — ofrecen alabanzas y muestran júbilo por la resurrección de Jesucristo, como culminación de la Semana Santa, una de las observaciones más importantes en el calendario cristiano. ...

Boulder deputy resigns while under investigation for romantic relationship

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — A Boulder County sheriff's deputy has resigned after the department determined he was romantically involved with a probation client.The Problem Solvers have learned former Deputy Matt Jones quit on March 25 while facing an internal affairs investigation.According to a disciplinary letter obtained through a public records request, Jones denied the romantic relationship at first and said it was only a friendship.Phone records and text messages obtained by investigators convinced the Sheriff's Office the relationship was, in fact, romantic. Walmart employee hit, killed while collecting carts Jones was a security deputy assigned to the Sheriff's Office Court Security unit and was not certified by the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST.The Boulder County Sheriff's Office has a policy that forbids employees from becoming "romantically and/or sexually involved with any person in custody and are discouraged from becoming romantically or sexually...

Tampa dentist aims to break world record for pulling car with teeth

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

One Tampa area dentist is doing something drastic with his teeth. Mike Foley loves to show off the power of his jaws, a nod to his favorite movie. “The easiest thing to find in Florida is shark teeth, and so we go to beaches, and I find 15 to 20 shark teeth at a time, and that’s what pretty much hooked me on teeth,” Foley said. After collecting thousands of shark teeth as a kid, Foley decided to move on to human teeth as an adult, not collecting but cleaning. “It’s an easy transition, but it’s funny, I end up talking to my patients about my shark teeth passion quite often,” Foley said. Foley even made shark dentures, which ended up in Ripley’s Believe It or Not.“A lot of my collection kind of revolves around what they have,” he said. “If it has 4.5-inch teeth, it was probably a 45-foot shark.”But it’s Foley’s latest project that goes against convention. It was an idea he got from an acrobatic circus...

Crews in Burlington work to contain house and brush fire

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:55 GMT

Firefighters in Burlington, Mass., have been working to contain a fire that burned through a home and small wooded area near a school.A large plume of smoke could be seen streaming from a property by Terrace Hall and Humboldt avenues early Friday afternoon, where police say flames had been burning near the Francis Wyman School.The Burlington Police Department said students at the school were safe and that traffic was being redirected as the fire department sprayed down the area.https://twitter.com/burlingtonpd/status/1644385519181103108While the reported brush fire was contained around 1 p.m. according to police, flames were still burning through a home nearby when a SKY7-HD camera flew over the scene shortly afterwards.Additional details on the house fire have not yet been released.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.