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Clapton Went Down to the Crossroads

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

Clapton Went Down to the Crossroads: Two nights at the Crypto Arena sees former Cream man Clapton performing with some of music’s best and brightest. Clapton performs both nights, and he’ll be joined by the likes of H.E.R., Sheryl Crow, Samantha Fish, Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, Albert Lee, Roget McGuinn, Robbie Robertson, Stephen Stills, and ZZ Top. Nice!“Eric Clapton’s 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival will take place September 23-24 at Crypto.com Arena on the L.A. LIVE campus in downtown Los Angeles,” reads the press release. “It will be his sixth such festival and is being held in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 1998 founding of the CrossroadsCentre Antigua. In addition to the main stage concerts each evening, ticket holders will once again enjoy exclusive daily access to a full outdoor Crossroads Guitar Festival experience featuring some of the best guitarists in the world from across multiple musical genres. This year’s Crossroads Festival Guitar Center Vi...

Man wounded in Oakland drive-by shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

OAKLAND — A 27-year-old man was wounded by gunfire Wednesday night in what he told police was a drive-by shooting in the Fruitvale district, authorities said.The man was in stable condition at a hospital, where he is recovering from a wound to his thigh.The man told police he was walking with some other people about 11:27 p.m. Wednesday in the 3600 block of Foothill Boulevard when someone in a passing car began shooting at them. He was the only one hit by the gunfire.He was able to make it to his nearby home where police and paramedics were called.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Oakland homicide victim identified as 40-year-old city resident Crime and Public Safety | Man shot at Berkeley bus stop Crime and Public Safety | In plea agreement, East Bay man found not guilty of killing father by reason of insanity Crime and Public Safety | Teen wounded in Oakland drive-by shooting Crime and Public Safety | ...

The Pac-12’s stellar football season, the media rights collapse and the enduring disconnect that defined the conference

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

In an alternate universe, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff’s media strategy would have worked brilliantly.In an alternate universe, Kliavkoff’s lack of urgency, his willingness to let the football season and market forces play out simultaneously, would have led to stability and riches.In that universe, Kliavkoff convinces the university presidents to bet on themselves, to embrace the on-field hype and extend the media rights negotiations deep into the fall.Had the conference’s football inventory been available now, this week, today, there would be no shortage of motivated buyers.Colorado and coach Deion Sanders are the talk of the sport and smashing audience records.The conference has eight ranked teams and the betting favorites for the Heisman Trophy.USC is a hot property; so are Washington and Oregon … and Washington State and Oregon State.Had the presidents remained patient and unified, the Pac-12 would have a media rights proposal on the table that me...

Sophie Turner sues: Joe Jonas wrongfully keeping kids in the U.S., holding onto their passports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

A lawsuit filed Thursday by Sophie Turner reveals the high-stakes, transatlantic custody battle brewing between the British actor and her estranged American husband Joe Jonas, since the sudden breakdown of their marriage and over his alleged refusal to let their young daughters return with her to the UK, where she said they had agreed the girls would be raised.The British actor invokes 1980 The Hague Convention on “on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction” to allege that the musician has “wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained” their daughters, 3 and 1, in the United States.In Turner’s lawsuit, filed in US District Court in the Southern District of New York, the “Game of Thrones” star describes herself as the girls’ primary “day-to-day” caregiver. After she said the couple led a peripatetic lifestyle for much of their four-year marriage, she said she and Jonas settled in her native England in April and were ...

Bay Area to be blanketed by another day of dirty air

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

Another layer of thick haze greeted Bay Area residents with the sunrise early Thursday, but measuring tools suggested the dirty skies were not filled with as much soot as they were 24 hours earlier.Whether that trend would continue as the region entered its second straight day with a Spare the Air alert remained uncertain.A shift in winds toward a northerly direction — meaning they move in a counter-clockwise pattern over the region — created the possibility that more smoke from wild fires burning in southern Oregon and northwest California could billow into the region, according to weather forecasters.The gusts also brought with them a red-flag warning for fire danger in the northern and eastern parts of Napa County bordering the Sacramento Valley.The warning runs through 5 p.m. Thursday.At 7 a.m., air-quality index figures from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District showed much of the region to have fine particulate matter running between 105 and 115. Any figure between 101-...

Angus Cloud died in Oakland from drug overdose: coroner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Angus Cloud died from overdosing on a lethal drug cocktail including fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and benzodiazepine, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office told KRON4 on Thursday.The "Euphoria" star died on July 31 inside his family's home in Oakland. Cloud's death was investigated by the Sheriff's Office as a possible overdose, and his cause of death was confirmed this week by a coroner. Cloud died from acute intoxication due to combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepine, the Sheriff's Office said. Cloud was 25. The rising young actor was grieving his father's death in July, and he had recently returned to the Bay Area after burying his father in Ireland. Cloud's mother quickly dismissed rumors that her son's death was a suicide. His last day was a joyful one, Cloud's mother said."Although my son was in deep grief about his father’s untimely death from mesothelioma, his last day was a joyful one," Lisa Cloud wrote. ...

Spain women’s coach set to speak on eve of Sweden game amid month-long crisis at Spanish federation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s new women’s coach Montse Tomé is set to hold a news conference in Gothenburg on Thursday, a day before her soccer team tries to put off-field distractions aside to play Sweden in the Nations League.It will be the first game since the Spanish federation was rocked by a scandal caused by its former president Luis Rubiales kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent following its Women’s World Cup triumph.Tomé will be accompanied by Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and veteran defender Irene Paredes at the news conference.All the focus remains on the turmoil engulfing the Spanish federation amid a push by its women players to force deep reform to eliminate what they consider to be deeply rooted sexism in the institution that runs Spanish soccer.Tomé, who replaced the fired Jorge Vidal, is now under scrutiny after having called up players, including 15 World Cup winners, after they had said they did not want to play for the federation u...

No. 23 Tennessee Volunteers looking to crank up run game, offense vs UTSA

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

UTSA (1-2) at No. 23 Tennessee (2-1), Saturday, 4 p.m. ET (SEC Network)Line: Tennessee by 20 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: First meeting.WHAT’S AT STAKE?The Tennessee Volunteers have been busy taking a good, long look at themselves after the loss to Florida. Self-inflicted mistakes ranging from too many penalties, a turnover and turning the ball over on downs didn’t help. The Vols need a win to rebuild confidence that took a big hit. UTSA has won back-to-back Conference USA championships by going 23-5 over the past two seasons. Now the Roadrunners are off to a sluggish start needing some momentum before diving into league play. KEY MATCHUPTennessee didn’t run the ball particularly well in a win over Austin Peay. Then, the Vols were held to just 100 yards by Florida finding little room to run. UTSA is giving up just 129 yards rushing. Getting center Cooper Mays back from a medical procedure on a knee that has sidelined him since August could help the...

UN reports says West Bank settler violence has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians since 2022

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Violence from Israeli settlers has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2022, according to a U.N. report released Thursday, with officials describing the exodus as unparalleled in recent years. The report documented about three settler-related incidents each day in the West Bank — the highest daily average since the U.N. began documenting the trend in 2006. The violence has completely emptied out five Palestinian communities. Six more have seen half their inhabitants leave, and seven have seen a quarter flee, the report said. As Israeli settlements expand under the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinians say the violence from radical Israeli settlers has reached a fever pitch. “The U.N. has recorded unprecedented levels of settler violence against Palestinians this year,” said Lynn Hastings, humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory. “The humanitarian community is responding to their imm...

2 Chainz says joint-Lil Wayne album is done, talks new ‘Amazon Music Live’ season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:14:57 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s no secret that rap superstar 2 Chainz considers Lil Wayne an inspiration, and now that admiration for the “Tha Carter” series icon has translated into another official joint album that he says will be out before 2023 ends.“We have two videos shot, photoshoot shot, (the) album’s mixed and getting mastered, so it’ll be coming sooner than later, and I’m really excited about it,” said 2 Chainz, while promoting the new season of Amazon Music Live. “It’s rapping at a high level — steel sharpens steel. And he’s one of the people that I enjoy working with the most.”The long-awaited album, expectedly titled “COLLEGROVE 2,” has been teased since 2020 as the sequel to their 2016 collaboration. 2 Chainz is credited as the main artist on that project although Wayne appeared on eight of the 12 songs, due to Weezy’s contractual issues at the time. While much of the album is shrouded in secrecy, various reports say features will include Benny the Butcher and Usher, who re...