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Look of the Week: LeBron James flies the flag for the man bag

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

By Leah Dolan | CNNFour-time NBA champion LeBron James is the latest male celebrity to be spotted out and about wearing a high-fashion bag. On Tuesday, the 34-year-old professional basketball player arrived at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado for the latest LA Lakers game against Denver’s Nuggets. If James wanted to make a sartorial statement for his first game of the season, it came in the form of the forest green Speedy bag from Louis Vuitton which sat at his hip — one of the standout pieces from Pharell’s debut collection as creative director of menswear this summer.James paired the cross-body bag with a custom tweed “Damoflage” jacket (Pharell’s pixelated, Minecraft-esque print which has already become a brand motif, endorsed by Kim Kardashian and Rihanna), sunglasses and black derby shoes. He follows in the footsteps of several famous men of late who have been seen sporting not just any functional receptacle, but an “it bag.”James arrived in Denver wearing a green Louis Vuitt...

‘Parasites’: Mother wins court case to evict two sons in their 40s

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

By Barbie Latza Nadeau | CNNA mother’s love does have limits, it seems. At least for a 75-year-old woman in the northern Italian city of Pavia who won a court order after suing to have her sons, aged 40 and 42, removed from her house, a court clerk in Pavia told CNN Friday.The two sons, described in court papers by their mother as “parasites,” had been living in the family apartment without contributing financially or helping around the house, according to the complaint filed by the woman, who has not been named, in a the Tribunal of Pavia district court. Both men are employed, the court documents state.Judge Simona Caterbi sided with the retired mother, who is separated from the men’s father and whose pension went entirely on food and maintenance of the home, ruling that the two “bamboccioni,” or big babies, have until December 18 to vacate the premises, according to Tuesday’s court ruling, seen by CNN.Caterbi wrote: “There is no provision in the legislation which attributes to the...

49ers’ McCaffrey finds yardage tougher to gain even as touchdown streak continues

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Christian McCaffrey keeps scoring touchdowns but yardage has been harder to come by of late right up until the point where he crosses the goal line.McCaffrey can tie an NFL record set by Lenny Moore of the Baltimore Colts in 1963-65 by scoring a touchdown in his 17th consecutive game when the 49ers host the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.Rather than jinx the streak, McCaffrey avoids the topic as he would a defender.“We’ve just got to keep it going,” McCaffrey said Thursday. “I try not to talk about it. Keep it rolling.”Since Moore’s streak included a recovered fumble from a teammate in the end zone, McCaffrey already owns the record of touchdowns from scrimmage (rushing or receiving), passing Hall of Famers O.J. Simpson and John Riggins, who each scored touchdowns in 15 consecutive games.McCaffrey’s streak includes touchdowns scored in each of the 49ers’ three playoff games last season.Tied with f...

Huge San Jose housing project, retail in hilly neighborhood are OK’d

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

SAN JOSE — Well over 1,000 homes and a village center atop San Jose’s Communications Hill that could offer residents an array of dining and beverage choices have landed final approval from city officials.The homes and village center are included in the most recent phases of the massive Communications Hill neighborhood development in San Jose. The city’s planning director approved these components of the project as part of an administrative hearing.“This approval allows KB Homes to move forward with phase three and phase four and all of the infrastructure that is required,” said Jerry Strangis, principal executive with Strangis Properties, which has provided consulting work for KB on the Communications Hill project.All told, 1,304 residences were approved on Communications Hill through the planning director’s hearing, which enables an expedited approval process for certain projects.The approval on Oct. 25 included three primary components:— 5...

Kristof: These Israeli survivors say invading Gaza won’t help

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel — No one understands terrorism more viscerally than Maoz Inon: His 78-year-old father and 75-year-old mother were among those massacred by Hamas this month in southern Israel.He mourns his parents, and he despairs for old friends who have been kidnapped by Hamas. Yet he also fears that the unbearable losses his family endured are now being used to justify an impending ground invasion in the Gaza Strip.“I don’t stop crying,” he told me in the hostel he runs here in Tel Aviv. “I’m crying for my parents. I’m crying for my friends. I’m crying for those who are kidnapped. I’m crying for the victims on the Palestinian side. And I’m crying for all the victims that are going to suffer.”“We don’t sleep at night, we don’t eat, we are under emotional trauma,” he said. “We are just broken. But from these traumatized days, we must learn the lessons from history.” And foremost among them, he said, is the need to break the pattern of escalating violence that feeds hatred, creates ...

PG&E electric bills soar far faster than brutally high inflation: state report

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

OAKLAND — PG&E electric bills have soared far faster than the already brutally high inflation rate in the Bay Area, an ominous trend that has jolted the company’s customers with increasingly burdensome utility costs.Even worse, an array of proceedings before the state Public Utilities Commission could result in decisions that shove PG&E monthly bill for electricity and gas services even higher.The forbidding prospect of higher utility bills arrives at the same time that the Public Advocates Office at the state PUC has released a report detailing the rise in electricity bills for the three major investor-owned utilities in California, including PG&E.Over a roughly three-year period, PG&E bills for the average residential customer have hopped higher by 38%, or an average of 12.7% in a year, the PUC public advocates reported.Yet over that same approximately three-year stretch, the Bay Area inflation rate, as measured by the consumer price index, rose by 11.7...

Stagecoach 2024 passes are sold out, but here’s how to get on the waitlist

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

The remaining passes for the 2024 Stagecoach Country Music Festival are officially sold out, according to the festival’s official Instagram account.The event, which will feature Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Morgan Wallen, Willie Nelson & Family, Leon Bridges, Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Elle King and more, will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 26-28, 2024.Tickets for the three-day country festival initially went on sale Sept. 15, with prices for three-day general admission passes starting at $429 and VIP packages starting at $1,499-$2,999.Although passes are no longer available, fans can still sign up for the official Stagecoach waitlist with the option to select certain pass types. Waitlist orders are filled on a first come, first served availability. There is also a deposit of $15 for signing up for each waitlist item type per order. For more information, visit stagecoach.com/waitlist.Additionally, EDM star Diplo will curate the Late Night in Palomino once again for...

Secret menu hacks: In-N-Out Burger fan favorites

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

Long-time fans of the In-N-Out Burger are likely familiar with the “not so secret menu.” According to the Southern California-based fast food chain’s website, these unofficial items include Double Meat, 3×3 or “Triple Triple”, 4×4 or “Quad Quad”: all options for how many patties you can get added to your burger. Additionally, it includes a Grilled Cheese: a vegetarian friendly option of a cheeseburger and toppings but without the burger, Protein Style: a lettuce wrapped burger without the buns, and an Animal Style burger: a cheeseburger with a mustard grilled patty, pickles, grilled onions and extra sauce.In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder says the popular term “animal style” is named after rowdy customers. In her new book, “The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California’s First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon,” she talks about how one night in 1961, a customer spotted Theo Roberts, a then third manager at Store Number 1, prepping a burger with a ...

Man pleads guilty to driving into crowd while shouting slurs at California ‘Stop Asian Hate’ rally

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

A Diamond Bar man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 26, to a federal criminal civil rights charge for disrupting a “Stop Asian Hate” rally in March 2021 when he ran a red light and drove through a crowded crosswalk of peaceful demonstrators as he shouted racial slurs.Steve Lee Dominguez, 57, pleaded guilty on the third day of trial to one felony count of bias-motivated interference with federally protected activities, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.In March 2021, a “Stop Asian Hate” rally was held in Diamond Bar to raise awareness about the increase in hate crimes and incidents against members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community following the murders of six Asian American women five days earlier in Atlanta.Demonstrators assembled for the rally at the intersection of Diamond Bar Boulevard and Grand Avenue carrying American flags and large signs in support of their cause, and lawfully crossed the streets using the pedestrian crosswalk when they had the right of wa...

San Jose officials reluctantly agree to fund major housing operator

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:35:24 GMT

(BCN) -- A San Jose housing operator is receiving millions in funding to address homelessness, despite growing concerns by city officials about the nonprofit's performance and racial profiling allegations.The San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to allocate $6.2 million to HomeFirst to continue operating four interim housing sites through next June. Several councilmembers shared frustrations over the nonprofit's latest woes but ultimately admitted they lacked alternative solutions that would allow them to end that relationship without major consequences. Cruise to pull all of its driverless vehicles off streets nationwide The momentum stems from a memo submitted by Councilmember Omar Torres ahead of council that asks the city to "closely" monitor HomeFirst's performance in all city contracts moving forward, including its treatment of staff members.Torres said his original recommendation was to cut off HomeFirst entirely from city funding, but the housing department a...