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Lebanon: Harfouch meets President of European Parliament and Mikati wants to leave the country

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

The founder of the "Third Republic of Lebanon" party, Omar Harfouch, arrived in Brussels yesterday, Tuesday, May 2, with the goal of several meetings related to dossiers on Lebanese affairs. The Lebanese politician met with the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, a number of MEPs, and representatives of human rights organizations and non-governmental organizations.This came a day after the U.S. Congressional Foreign Relations Committee sent an urgent letter urging U.S. President Joe Biden to urgently address the situation in Lebanon and not to support any president of the Republic of Lebanon supported by the pro-Shiite duo, Suleiman-Franjieh, who said they wanted to "fight corruption and punish the corrupt," unusually just a week after Harfouch met with the sender of the letter to President Biden, Senator Risch. Indeed, it is far-fetched and laughable that those who have always been part of the power system in Lebanon can car...

Video shows nurse terrorized by transient at Subway shop; employees just watch

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

Surveillance cameras captured the frightening moment when a woman was harassed and threatened by an apparent homeless man who followed her into a Subway sandwich shop, where store employees watched the incident unfold without attempting to help her.  The incident occurred in mid-March, at around 3 p.m., at a Subway sandwich location in Culver City.  A nurse from Long Beach, Halima Othman, said she first spotted the man outside the store on Sepulveda Boulevard, near Venice Boulevard, about a block away from a homeless encampment under the freeway overpass.   Homeless man bites off LAPD officer’s finger at Metro subway station “This man says some things to me and then he starts talking about a hitman, I owe him money, he called me Carol or something, and I was like, ‘This man is deranged,’” Othman told KTLA.  When she went into the Subway to order food, she noticed that the man had followed her inside the store.  “So, I’m backing up into a corner and I'm lik...

WeHo robbers armed with AK-47 possibly arrested in Beverly Hills

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

A group of robbers who wielded what appeared to be an AK-47 during a holdup near La Boheme last month may have been taken into custody, a West Hollywood official said.The robbery at Santa Monica Boulevard and Orlando Avenue in West Hollywood was reported the night of April 25, but it may have been another robbery in Beverly Hills that led to the suspects' arrests, said West Hollywood City Manager David Wilson.Beverly Hills police said Tuesday that three people held up victims outside of a department store on Beverly Boulevard, with one person armed with an assault-style rifle.Three people — a man and two women — were also accused in last week's robbery, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Video appears to show AK-47-armed robbers target people in WeHo "The West Hollywood Sheriff's Station has been working closely with Beverly Hills and believes that the four individuals in custody may have been the same four suspects involved in the West Hollywood robbery," h...

Writers strike enters 2nd day with no sign of ending soon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

The Writers Guild of America strike entered its second day on Wednesday, and as production begins to be affected, there are no signs of progress toward an agreement.Thousands of writers and their supporters are picketing Sony, CBS and other film and television companies. The writers are striking for better pay and job protections. "We're fighting for writers to make a living wage," picketer Liz Flahive said. "For a middle-class writer to be able to eke out a real living as a writer has become harder and harder."The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of the studios, said in a statement to KTLA that they offered “generous increases in compensation for writers as well as improvements in streaming residuals.”The WGA disagreed, calling the proposal "wholly insufficient."In the meantime, late-night shows have shut down production, including "Saturday Night Live," which abandoned plans for a new episode this weekend. Its two remaining episodes f...

Fresh salads from a vending machine? Yep.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

When I first saw Farmer's Fridge at the airport, I'll admit I was skeptical.The idea of a fresh salad from a vending machine didn’t seem right. But after I tried it, I was sold on the idea of healthy options in more places, 24/7."Really the idea is it’s the world's smallest restaurant," explained Farmer's Fridge founder and CEO Luke Saunders.We recently met up at Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center), where there are three of his refrigerated vending machines.I asked him how he feels when he sees his idea at one of the most iconic arenas in America."It feels amazing… the idea from the beginning has been how do you get fresh food everywhere," said Saunders.Very impressed with @FarmersFridge … picked one up on my way out of LAX this weekend and then on my way back in. It’s a vending machine filled with healthy foods like salads and wraps. My only complaint: the containers need more extra space in side to shake up the salad and… pic.twitter.com/FDrqLSJKKK— Rich DeMuro (@rich...

Mikey Lion is the Mane Man at Desert Hearts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

Mikey Lion is the Mane Man at Desert Hearts: Deserts Hearts “mane” man (geddit?) Mikey Lion got his start DJing when he was just 13.“I was obsessed with hip-hop and bought my first pair of Technic 1200s and a mixer,” he says. “I spent every day after school scratching vinyl in my room trying to emulate my favorite DJs and producers. Then when I was 17 I went to my first festival, Coachella 2006, and took my first ecstasy while witnessing the debut of the historic Daft Punk pyramid. That moment changed my life and I said goodbye to hip-hop and became a house DJ that night.”After graduating from college in 2010, Lion returned to his hometown of San Diego and started throwing parties with his Desert Hearts partner, Marbs. “I quit my job and we threw our first Desert Hearts Festival in 2012 and my career snowballed from there,” he says. “I started my record label Desert Hearts Records in 2014 and slowly started touring more and more ...

Scattered rain showers still lurking in Bay Area, light rainfall expected

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

Scattered and light showers hung around the Bay Area on Wednesday morning after a wet day on Tuesday, as cloudy skies and the occasional rainfall was expected to stick around until heading down south early Thursday morning.San Francisco took the brunt of the rainfall overnight with .41 inches of rain hitting the city between midnight and 6 a.m. Wednesday according to the National Weather Service. The northern sections of the East Bay and Contra Costa County took a soaking as well, with Oakland receiving .10 inches, .06 in Concord and .03 in Hayward.Morning showers mostly stuck to the coast, with .25 inches hitting Half Moon Bay over the six-hour period and .2 in Soquel.Look for scattered to numerous showers today with cool temps and cloudy skies. Plan on extra commute times with wet roadways. Travel safely! #cawx pic.twitter.com/tMlqJsct85— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) May 3, 2023While San Jose and virtually all of the South Bay remained dry Wednesday morning, the NWS forecast ...

Saratoga’s spring wine walk features established wineries, up-and-comers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

In Saratoga, warmer weather means the annual Spring Wine Experience is just around the corner.On Saturday, May 13 in the Saratoga Village, wineries from across the region will set up shop and offer wine tastings. Neighbors can walk in the historic village and try pours from established Santa Clara Valley wineries and some up-and-comers.Participating wineries include Saratoga-based Roudon Smith Vineyards and Los Gatos-based wineries like Wrights Station Vineyard & Winery and Byington Vineyards & Winery.The event, hosted by the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce, runs 2:30-5:30 p.m. Check-in starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Chamber office, 14460 Big Basin Way. Tickets are $55 at eventbrite.com or $65 at the event. and a ticket includes a wine glass, wristband and map to the various tasting locations.Here’s a look at some of the wineries participating this year.Cooper-Garrod Estate VineyardsSaratoga-based Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards offers chardonnay, pinot noir, merlot, cabernet franc,...

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Thirteen named as class of 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Kate Bush, Rage Against the Machine, the Spinners and the late George Michael have all been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.The Cleveland-based institution announced Wednesday the artists and groups entering the hall as the class of 2023.DJ Kool Herc and Link Wray will be the recipients of the Musical Influence Award, while Chaka Khan, Al Kooper and Bernie Taupin have been selected to receive the Musical Excellence Award.This year’s Ahmet Ertegun Award recipient is “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius.“When you can go from Link Wray, who was one of the early influencers, to Missy Elliott and Kate Bush and The Spinners and Rage Against the Machine and Willie Nelson, you have a very diverse body of work. What we are always trying to show is that rock ‘n’ roll is a big tent and a lot of people belong,” said Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation ahead of th...

Texas massacre: Wife of suspected gunman also arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:49 GMT

By JUAN A. LOZANO and NOMAAN MERCHANT | Associated PressCLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A day after the man suspected of killing five of his neighbors in a Texas shooting, the sheriff says his wife has also been taken into custody.Divimara Lamar Nava, 53, wife of suspect Francisco Oropeza, was in custody in connection with the Friday night shooting, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson.A four-day manhunt for Oropeza ended Tuesday when authorities, acting on a tip, said they found the suspect hiding underneath a pile of laundry in the closet of a house.Oropeza, 38, was captured without incident near the community of Conroe, north of Houston and about 20 miles from his home in the rural town of Cleveland. That’s where authorities say he went next door and shot his neighbors with an AR-style rifle shortly before midnight Friday.Oropeza had been shooting rounds on his property, and the attack occurred after neighbors asked him to go farther away because the gunfire was ke...