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Inter-Cross-Disciplinary: Arts Calendar April 27-May 3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

A week filled with innovative, inter- and cross-disciplinary projects from artists, composers, filmmakers, modern dance companies, culture activists, progressive photographers, creative technologists, elevated design mavens, adventurous playwrights, experimental percussion, fantabulous fashions, empathetic documentary, mystical theater, classics of Pop art, and more.Still from Alison O’Daniel: The Tuba ThievesThursday, April 27Artist Film Series: Alison O’Daniel at MOCA. A screening of The Tuba Thieves followed by a conversation with artists Alison O’Daniel and Charles Gaines. From 2011-13, tubas were stolen from 12 SoCal high schools. When reporters told the story, they focused on the thieves and asked the same questions: Who is doing this? Why? No one asked what happens when sound is stolen or lost, owned or delegated. The Tuba Thieves starts from these questions. It is a film about listening, but it is not tethered to the ear. It is a film about Deaf gain, hearing loss and ...

Study Confirms What We Already Suspected: Adulting Is No Fun! (And 3 Reasons Why)

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

Do you still remember the time when you said that you can’t wait to grow up? Many of us wish to take it back now — because adulting is no fun! Or, at least, not as much as we thought. Moreover, if you think about it, the word “adulting” became a word and verb seemingly out of nowhere — and many of us hilariously just “know” what it means. Because, apparently, navigating adulthood is a difficult task — and a new survey confirms it!Survey Shows That Adulting Is No FunThe beverage brand, Tropicana, commissioned a survey to see if people indeed feel as though adulting is no fun. Sadly, many of them don’t enjoy being adults — but mainly because they simply just miss their childhood. 35% of them said they miss feeling “happy” upon waking up, 22% reminisced about the childlike level of playfulness they once possessed, and 21% yearned for their childhood version’s degree of optimism.Unsurprisingly, 42% of those who participated in the survey wake up already feeling tired, 22% start the day ...

Man arrested in ‘demonic’ murder and dismemberment of missing Uber Eats driver, investigators say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

An accused MS-13 gang member has been arrested in Holiday, Florida, and charged in what the sheriff described as a “demonic” murder of an Uber Eats delivery driver whose remains were found dismembered at the suspect’s home last week, according to investigators.Oscar Solis, 30, a resident of the home where the driver made his final stop, was arrested and preliminarily charged Monday with murder while engaged in a robbery after investigators uncovered the victim’s remains in trash bags at the home, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said in a news conference Tuesday.“I’m not going to get into how gruesome this case was,” Nocco said Tuesday. “This individual is — what he did was demonic,” the sheriff later added.Investigators believe Solis tried to rob the driver and ultimately killed him, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.CNN was not able to determine through online court records if Solis has legal representation. The sheriff said Solis is affiliated with MS-13, a violent crim...

Owner of Fremont business tried to hide more than $4 million from IRS

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

SAN JOSE — The owner of a Fremont business has pleaded guilty to filing false income tax returns in a scheme to avoid paying millions of dollars, authorities said Tuesday.Robert Chi Quan, 55, of Milpitas, admitted in his plea that he knowingly avoided reporting the existence of at least 11 foreign bank accounts as part of the underreporting of his 2017 business income, U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey of the Northern District of California said in a statement. One of those accounts contained $12.1 million dollars on April 15, 2018, the date the taxes were filed.Overall, Ramsey said Quan underreported his business income by more than $4 million.According to Ramsey, Quan owned and operated Fremont-based QXQ, Inc., a manufacturer of circuit board text fixtures. QXQ shipped its products to customers in the United States and Asia, and Quan in his plea agreement admitted keeping two sets of QuickBook bookkeeping files.One set of books recorded sales to customers in the United States a...

Knott’s Berry Farm brings back chaperone policy amid increasing unruly behavior

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

Knott’s Berry Farm has brought back a chaperone policy that went into effect after multiple fights broke out involving teenagers last summer following a series of incidents marred by violence and weapons at sister parks in recent weeks.Under the updated policy, all visitors 15 years old or younger must be accompanied by a chaperone at least 21 years old after 4 p.m. daily to enter the Knott’s Berry Farm theme park or Knott’s Soak City water park.SEE ALSO: Santa Clara’s Great America introduces chaperone policy for teens starting this weekend“Over the past two years, there have been increasing incidents of unruly and inappropriate behavior across our industry and at other major entertainment venues,” according to the Knott’s website.A single chaperone can accompany up to 10 underage visitors per day at the Buena Park theme park. The chaperone must have a valid ID with date of birth, provide a phone number and remain with the minors throughout the entire visit. Visitors 15 years...

UK blocks Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

By Katharine Gemmell | BloombergMicrosoft’s $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard was vetoed by Britain’s antitrust watchdog, in a potentially fatal blow for the gaming industry’s biggest ever deal.The Competition and Markets Authority said its concerns couldn’t be solved by remedies such as the sale of blockbuster title Call of Duty or other solutions involving promises to permit rivals to offer the game on their platforms, according to a statement Wednesday. Microsoft said it will appeal the decision.Pressure had been mounting on Microsoft as it lobbies at home and in Europe to convince watchdogs to clear the deal — one of the 30 biggest acquisitions of all time. Crucially, the CMA’s conclusions come before decisions from the European Union and the US Federal Trade Commission, which is waiting on a hearing in the summer after formally suing to veto the transaction.READ MORE: FTC sues to block Microsoft’s $69 million takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision BlizzardMicrosoft...

East Bay city will no longer restrict tobacco products based on package size or price

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

Antioch will no longer restrict tobacco products based on package size or price.The changes come after the City Council heard many outcries in March and again this week from small shop owners and others who complained that the new restrictions on the package size and price of tobacco products were hurting their businesses.The revised restrictions on tobacco sales align the city with the state’s new rules following the passage of a flavored tobacco ban last fall and helps avoid potential confusion among local retailers and enforcement officials, according to staff.“We’re just trying to have some parity, so it’s consistent,” Acting City Manager Forrest Ebbs told the council. “…We wanted to get this before you because you know it’s important to the business community.”First approved on March 08, 2022, and enacted on Dec. 14 that same year, Antioch’s rules on tobacco sales prohibited businesses from selling fewer than six cigars or 20 “little cigars,” including cigarillos, o...

Pac-12 football officiating: Exodus of top referees leaves conference with overhauled crews for 2023 season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

The Big Ten has raided the Pac-12 once again. Instead of taking more schools, it has seized football officials. Three of the conference’s top referees have accepted positions with the Big Ten.Chris Coyte, Francisco Villar, and Steve Strimling are departing, according to Football Zebras, a website that tracks NFL and NCAA officiating and was the first to report the news. (Coyte worked a College Football Playoff game last season.)The Pac-12 declined to identify the departed referees by name but confirmed that multiple officials have resigned and said the process of replacing them “is underway.”In addition to the three referees headed to the Big Ten, a fourth longtime Pac-12 official, Michael Mothershed, has retired.The departing referees live in Southern California and are expected to handle USC and UCLA home games when the schools join the Big Ten in 2024.Additionally, Pac-12 center judge Jim Wharrie, who has experience as a referee, is also headed to the Big Ten, according to ...

Opinion: Passing clean energy bill will secure California’s future

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

As the pillar of California’s economy, Silicon Valley is home to the innovative companies and world-class institutions that drive the clean energy and frontier technology solutions of the future. Yet, without establishing access to reliable and affordable clean energy sources that we can turn to during extreme weather events or other periods of record demand, we’re jeopardizing the competitiveness of our region and putting the State’s vital climate goals at risk.That’s why the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, which represents the innovation economy and its ecosystem, is joining with key business and clean energy stakeholders in support of the Lights On California initiative. Together, we’re advocating for solutions that will enable California to plan for the long-term and overcome challenges to scaling the clean energy supply we need now to realize priorities like transportation electrification and powering the data centers that are the backbone of cloud-based industries.Specificall...

Tom Perez, Tara McGuinness Join Neera Tanden on Shortlist for Key Biden Policy Adviser

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:52:32 GMT

Among the high-profile departures announced on bloody Monday, one may prove far more historically consequential than the other two. Susan Rice cut a low public profile in her role as director of the Domestic Policy Council, but it is as important a role as any other inside the White House — perhaps more than any other. The choice of her successor will be arguably the most significant President Joe Biden makes in the back half of his first term.With the House in Republican hands, the Biden administration’s ability to wield executive power when it comes to immigration, wages, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, executing on its care economy agenda, implementing gun control policies, securing voting rights, or finding creative ways to expand access to abortion services will heavily depend on who Biden taps to run the Domestic Policy Council. The position will also take on heightened importance if the Supreme Court ultimately rejects the administration’s student debt relief p...