SANTA CLARA — A campus is in mourning after an 18-year-old Santa Clara University student was killed in a car collision Thursday in front of the school grounds, according to authorities and college officials. Kephas Pope, a member of the college’s Class of 2027, was near El Camino Real and Accoliti Way just before noon […]
Kurtenbach: Three Stars of the Week — Can nostalgia sell (or win) for the SF Giants?
Ladies and gentlemen, here are your three stars of the week: Dorks like me who have been begging the Warriors for an excellent alternate uniform (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) » The Warriors, like every team in the NBA, have been overdoing it with the uniforms in recent years. I don’t know if it’s a […]
Peacock’s ‘Hysteria!’ set in Michigan during 1980s satanic panic
For “Hysteria!” actresses Anna Camp and Julie Bowen, horror is harder than comedy. “Horror is really hard actually because there is a fine line you have to walk; you have to make it feel grounded and you’re put in these extreme circumstances: You’re being possessed or pulled through the air, there’s nothing you can do […]
I Went To The Opening Of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure At Disneyland & It Healed Me
Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. They sell it as such, and even though I know it’s a marketing tagline that was probably brainstormed in a boardroom, every time I descend onto the streets of Disneyland Resorts in Anaheim, California, I buy into the magic. Every time. This trip was no different. For the […]
‘Interior Chinatown’: Its cast has faced Hollywood struggles uncannily like its characters
By TERRY TANG Jimmy O. Yang once played “Chinese Teenager #1.” He’s now No. 1 on the call sheet in “Interior Chinatown” — despite playing downtrodden background actor Willis Wu in the new Hulu series. There’s no escaping the layers of meta around “Interior Chinatown,” an adaptation of Charles Yu’s award-winning satirical novel that jabs […]
Parker Kelly’s on-the-job training with Avalanche as NHL center showing signs of progress
WASHINGTON — Parker Kelly’s initiation as a center in the NHL was a bit like taking a first swimming lesson in the middle of an ocean. He felt it most when he settled into his position for a faceoff during his first exhibition game for the Avalanche and was nose-to-nose with Matt Duchene. Kelly was […]
Renck & File: NFL flexing Broncos to Thursday night muscles out fans yet again
The NFL flexed, and once again fans were muscled out. For the first time in league history, the league moved a Sunday game into Thursday prime time, pitting the Broncos at the Chargers on Dec. 19. The NFL wanting viewers to watch the Broncos is a welcome change, indicating they have finally been forgiven for […]
‘A Man on the Inside’ review: A retiree becomes a retirement home spy
Feeling alone and adrift, an aging widower goes undercover to work as a spy who infiltrates a retirement community in the Netflix comedy “A Man on the Inside.” Played by Ted Danson, Charles is an elegant, charmingly awkward ex-professor whose days have become too empty. When his daughter suggests he find something to do, he […]
Three-bedroom home sells in San Jose for $1.7 million
Bay Area Home Report 664 Fuller Avenue – Google Street View A 1,856-square-foot house built in 1942 has changed hands. The property located in the 600 block of Fuller Avenue in San Jose was sold on Oct. 11, 2024, for $1,668,000, or $899 per square foot. The layout of this single-story house includes three bedrooms […]
What made this perfect circular forest that surrounds 8,261ft ‘Mount Doom’?
The lush green forest is almost a perfect circle (Picture: NASA) A volcano in New Zealand which once doubled as Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings has a mysterious perfect circle around it – but what caused it? Mount Taranaki sits at 8,261 feet tall on New Zealand’s North Island, but is surrounded by […]
Guilty Ruby reels in unexpected Emmerdale twist as Moira wants answers about Cain
Ruby feared the worst as Moira wanted to speak to her about Cain alone (Picture: ITV) Emmerdale’s Ruby Fox-Miligan (Beth Cordingly) was left momentarily speechless, fearing the worst as Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) quizzed her on the subject of Cain (Jeff Hordley). Ruby, as viewers know, had sex with Cain earlier this week in […]
Emmerdale’s Amelia flees in tears as Nicola reels over what Tom King has done to her
Tom King had some serious explaining to do as Nicola walked in him and an upset Amelia (Picture: ITV) Emmerdale’s Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) was chilled to the bone when she returned home to find Amelia Spencer (Daisy Campbell) in tears after a tense showdown with Tom King (James Chase). Tom, as viewers know, is […]