A jury in Oregon awarded roughly $1.7 million in damages to a woman who claimed a local community college used her past work in pornographic films as a means to discriminate against her and ultimately force her out of the school’s competitive nursing program. Nicole Gililland had attempted to sue Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC),
Congregational Church of the Chimes on Magnolia Boulevard in Sherman Oaks. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. July 9 Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The church holds a contemporary service at 5 p.m. Also, a traditional/blended service, 10 a.m. on Sunday (the congregation holds a
Sopranos actor Tony Sirico has died at the age of 79, his family said. Sirico played the role of Paulie ‘Walnuts’ Gualtieri in the popular HBO show, appearing in all six seasons. He died on Friday morning, according to a Facebook post by his brother Robert. Image: Steve Van Zandt, James Gandolfini and Tony Sirico
The first candidates have entered the contest to replace Boris Johnson with more hopefuls expected to throw their hats into the ring over the weekend. Last night, Rishi Sunak announced his bid on social media, promising to “restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country”. The former chancellor, who spectacularly resigned on Tuesday evening
Last December 15, as the original Omicron wave gained serious momentum, California reinstituted a statewide indoor mask mandate. State Public Health Officer Tomás Aragón said the move was “to add a layer of mitigation as the Omicron variant, a Variant of Concern as labeled by the World Health Organization, increased in prevalence across California, the
A newly observed phishing campaign is leveraging the recently disclosed Follina security vulnerability to distribute a previously undocumented backdoor on Windows systems. “Rozena is a backdoor malware that is capable of injecting a remote shell connection back to the attacker’s machine,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in a report this week. Tracked as
Willie Nelson returns to southern California at this weekend’s Palomino Festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl. And although it’s purely wishful thinking on my part, I’m hoping that fellow music legend and cannabis aficionado, Snoop Dogg, is in town for the show. It would just make sense. Willie and Snoop have long expressed admiration
We all have to grow up sometime, and Maggie Carson‘s maturation on The Dark Was Aglow is something to behold. Carson cut her teeth with the rollicking Brooklyn folk band Spirit Family Reunion, and her debut solo album retains their scrappy energy and joie de vivre. On her own, though, Carson and her band create
Armie Hammer is indeed working as a timeshare salesman in the Cayman Islands … the actor was heard pitching the benefits of owning property in the beautiful vacation spot. Armie is very much in salesman mode … you see him sitting with a couple and going over pricing for a unit. A prospective buyer in
Nothing Phone 1 camera specifications and samples have been officially teased ahead of its launch on July 12. Meanwhile, new high-quality renders of the phone have also surfaced online. The Phone 1 will come with a dual camera setup with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 primary sensor. The leaked renders show the colour variants and the
The full range of Heinz products will return to Tesco shelves after the companies reached an agreement to resolve a pricing dispute. The US food manufacturer had paused the supply of its items in a row that raised questions over who should bear the biggest cost in the current economic climate – manufacturers, retailers, or
The break-in happened around 4 a.m., on a leafy street in the otherwise sleepy and sleeping village of Irvington, New York. Four men wearing ski masks and gloves, armed with knives, rope, brass knuckles, and a fake 9 mm, crept around the back of the large suburban home, their ghostly forms captured by its security-camera
The best fantasy series (audiobooks especially!) can take us out of the world we live in and introduce us to perspectives we perhaps hadn’t considered before. The role of fantasy (and sci-fi), after all, is to allow us to explore new ideas and worlds we cannot yet reach on our own. Similarly, audiobooks allow readers
Healthcare workers in Los Angeles just got a raise. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance Friday, July 8 that sets a $25-an-hour minimum wage for healthcare workers in the city. The law covers all private sector healthcare employees who work in hospitals, integrated health systems and dialysis clinics. The measure was approved last
A woman has been left feeling “very relieved and excited” after firefighters dived into a river to retrieve her huge diamond ring after it fell overboard. During a trip on a yacht along the Charles River in Massachusetts, US, the woman dropped the impressive piece of jewellery into the water below. The dive team from
Rishi Sunak has announced he is standing to be the next prime minister after Boris Johnson’s resignation yesterday. Announcing his bid, Mr Sunak said the country faces “huge challenges”. “Let’s restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country,” he posted on social media. The former chancellor resigned from his ministerial post on Tuesday evening,
SAG-AFTRA members have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new Network Television Code, which generates more than $200 million a year in covered earnings for members working on nearly all non-primetime and all non-dramatic primetime television shows, as well as digital media. The vote was 94.67% in favor of ratification. The new agreement with the major
Cybersecurity researchers are drawing attention to an ongoing wave of attacks linked to a threat cluster tracked as Raspberry Robin that’s behind a Windows malware with worm-like capabilities. Describing it as a “persistent” and “spreading” threat, Cybereason said it observed a number of victims in Europe. The infections involve a worm that propagates over removable
Garth Brooks is arguably the most successful country artist of all time. With over 150 million units sold, he clocks in at number one all time in terms of country music artists, ahead of legends like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Reba McEntire and more. Garth is also leading all genres of music with a whopping
Margo Price has teamed up with Mavis Staples and Adia Victoria for a powerful new collaboration. Released today (July 8), “Fight to Make It” is a timely, energizing anthem for the marginalized and oppressed. Co-written with her husband and fellow accomplished singer-songwriter Jeremy Ivey, Price’s latest track pushes back against the widespread and longstanding gender, race and class divides