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Jockey Joel Rosario continues to wear the Big ‘Cap crown at Santa AnitaMarch 6, 2021 at 7:50 PM Jockey Joel Rosario riding Idol wins the 400,000 Guaranteed Santa Anita Handicap (Grade 1) during horse racing at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Saturday, March 6, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Jockey Joel Rosario riding Idol wins the 400,000 Guaranteed Santa Anita Handicap (Grade 1) during horse racing at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Saturday, March 6, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Sound The gallery will resume in secon...Tags: Sports, America, Sport, Soccer, Horse racing, Road, Arcadia, Puerto Rico, Mike Smith, Southern California, Southland, Rosario, Bob Baffert, Cap, San Carlos, Victor Espinoza 107 people like this. Like With variants looming, LA County officials caution against long-distance travel over Spring BreakMarch 4, 2021 at 9:38 PM After a long spell of encouraging statistical news, Los Angeles County climbed above 2,200 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, March 4, the highest single-day total in nearly two weeks.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, however, continued to fall. According to state figures, there were 1,341 people hospitalized in the county as of Thursday, with 429 people in intensive care, the lowest numbers the county has reported since Nov. 19.
But the county reported 2,253 new infections, the ...Tags: Texas, News, California, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Long Beach, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Southland, LA County, City News Service, California Department of Public Health, Reseda, Newsom, Public Health Department 3 people like this. Like LA County officials have harsh words for coronavirus vaccine inequity – and line-jumping cheatersFebruary 23, 2021 at 6:25 PM Just one week away from expanding eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine by up to 1.8 million people, Los Angeles County officials are worried the online system required by the state to book appointments will continue to pose challenges in communities hit hardest by the pandemic.
Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Hilda Solis said on Tuesday, Feb. 23, that she was “not surprised,” but nonetheless “disgusted” by certain people using any means necessary to obtain vaccine doses.
“I can tell you I was...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Dhs, Soccer, Community, County, Los Angeles County, Southland, Ferrer, Board of Supervisors, LA County 30 people like this. Like Cal State LA hosts first federally supported coronavirus mass vaccine site – with many more to comeFebruary 16, 2021 at 4:56 PM A massive COVID-19 vaccination site opened at Cal State Los Angeles on Tuesday, where Gov. Gavin Newsom and a slate of military, federal and local leaders ushered in the first of what is expected to be 100 such sites across the nation — all of them federally supported and state-managed.
Newsom declared the sprawling campus maxi-center a significant step toward assuring equity in delivering the vaccines, determinedly placed amid a hot zone for COVID-19 surrounded by multiple densely populated com...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Colorado, California, La, Government, Sport, Soccer, Fema, Community, Oakland, Biden, Disneyland, Orange County 90 people like this. Like Metro rail line extension to Torrance tracking closer to possible 2028 openingFebruary 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM The final phase of planning for the long-anticipated $1 billion light rail line extension from Redondo Beach to Torrance has begun, with Metro scheduled to host two virtual meetings before month’s end to receive public input on the environmental effect of possible routes for the South Bay’s largest ever regional transit project.
The extension of the C Line, formerly and popularly known as the Green Line, represents the culmination of years of lobbying by the South Bay Cities Council of Governmen...Tags: Transportation, Business, Politics, News, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Transit, Soccer, Community, Local News, Southern California, Metro, Los Angeles County, Southland, South Bay 130 people like this. Like Director Richard Kelly is Playing the Long Game – Here’s What He’s Working on Now [Interview]February 12, 2021 at 3:00 PM This year marks the 20th anniversary of Donnie Darko. Although not a box-office success, it didn’t take long for the cult film and director Richard Kelly to find a devoted audience. The filmmaker struck a strong chord with his debut, which had an obsessive quality about it. That overwhelming sense of obsession continued to run deep in Kelly’s movies, including Southland Tales and The Box.
They’re typically dense pieces of work demanding discussion and repeat viewings. Even with only three direc...Tags: Hollywood, Movies, Interviews, Sci-fi, Features, Chad, Warner Bros, Richard Linklater, Jon Lovett, Philip-K.-Dick, David Lynch, Dick, Southern California, Tarantino, Marco, Kelly 55 people like this. Like ‘Southland Tales’ Director Richard Kelly Revisits His Infamous Cult Curiosity [Interview]February 3, 2021 at 6:00 PM Southland Tales debuted almost 15 years ago at the Cannes Film festival. All of these years later, love it or hate it, the Richard Kelly film remains something movie fans keep talking about. The conversation around the ambitious science fiction film continues as Arrow Films has released a limited edition Blu-Ray, including the infamous “Cannes cut,” which runs longer than the theatrical version. This version remains unfinished, without all the effects work complete, but nonetheless, Kelly’s pop...Tags: Featured Stories Sidebar, Features, Interviews, Sci-Fi, Donnie-Darko, Dwayne-Johnson, Richard-Kelly, Sean-William-Scott, Southland-Tales 106 people like this. Like How Kevin Smith Helped Richard Kelly Build A Southland Tales’ Universe And Map Out A FutureJanuary 29, 2021 at 4:46 PM Southland Tales got a pretty sweet boost, from one universe builder to another.Tags: Religion, Kevin Smith, Southland, Richard Kelly 39 people like this. Like New on Blu-ray: ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’, ‘Southland Tales’, ‘Fatman’, ‘Prince of Darkness’January 27, 2021 at 2:00 PM The time has come again for me to bring you the good word about the latest Blu-ray releases. As usual, I’m focused on physical media here – but you can always choose to check things out digitally and pretend you’re Johnny Mnemonic. Whatever floats your boat! This week’s Blu-ray round-up includes the pseudo-documentary Rolling Thunder Revue, the cult classic Southland Tales, Mel Gibson as Santa Claus in Fatman, and a new 4K release of John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness.
Rolling Thunder ...Tags: Movies, Dwayne Johnson, US, Earth, Features, Netflix, Bob Dylan, Roger Ebert, Walton Goggins, Bill Murray, Santa Claus, Scorsese, Santa, Mel Gibson, Cannes film festival, Donald Trump 68 people like this. Like Dwayne Johnson And Southland Tales May Have Prevented An Alternate X-Men Movie From HappeningJanuary 27, 2021 at 3:45 PM You don't turn your back on Dwayne Johnson, even if it's for the X-Men.Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Religion, Southland 9 people like this. Like CS Interview: Richard Kelly Talks Southland Tales’ Cannes 15th AnniversaryJanuary 26, 2021 at 1:26 PM CS Interview: Richard Kelly talks Southland Tales’ Cannes 15th anniversary
As the film nears its 15th anniversary of debuting at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and in time for the new Blu-ray release featuring that infamous cut, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with Southland Tales writer/director Richard Kelly to discuss the latter and revisiting the polarizing cult classic sci-fi crime thriller.
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...Tags: Movies, Interview, Dwayne Johnson, Los Angeles, Features, Utopia, Philip K Dick, Justin Timberlake, Cannes, Sarah, Universal Pictures, Martin Sheen, Kevin Smith, Simon, Blu, Janeane Garofalo 110 people like this. Like Exclusive: Richard Kelly Talks Donnie Darko Sequel & Rod Serling BiopicJanuary 25, 2021 at 5:39 PM Exclusive: Richard Kelly talks Donnie Darko sequel & Rod Serling biopic
While chatting with the writer/director for the release of the new Blu-ray edition of Southland Tales with the Cannes cut included, ComingSoon.net talked with Richard Kelly a bit about his work on his long-in-development Rod Serling biopic and a potential new film set in the world of his debut hit, Donnie Darko.
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...Tags: Movies, Liam Neeson, Cannes, Patrick Swayze, Rod Serling, Kelly, Southland, Jennifer Connelly, Rod, Donnie Darko, ComingSoon, Richard Kelly, Jake Gyllenhaal Spider Man, Donnie Darko Sequel, Anne Serling Rod, Jena Malone Antebellum Maggie Gyllenhaal 143 people like this. Like 3 from Beverly Hills face federal charges in Capitol riotJanuary 19, 2021 at 3:13 PM LOS ANGELES — A Beverly Hills salon owner and a prominent anti-vaxxer physician and her spokesman are due in federal court in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday to face charges of participating in the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol.
Gina Bisignano, 52, was arrested Tuesday morning, and Simone Gold, 55, and John Strand, 37, were taken into custody Monday, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller.
The defendants — all three are Beverly Hills residents — are expected to make their initial court ...Tags: Politics, News, Supreme Court, California News, Los Angeles, Sport, Joe Biden, Fbi, Soccer, Beverly Hills, District Of Columbia, Donald Trump, Huntington Beach, Capitol, Southland, Gina 43 people like this. Like Wind-driven tree fire spreads to homes, outbuildings in Reseda neighborhoodJanuary 16, 2021 at 4:27 PM A wind-driven fire that started in a Reseda tree damaged two homes and four outbuildings, but firefighters doused the vegetation fire Saturday afternoon, Jan. 16, authorities said.
Los Angeles City firefighters were called to the 18200 block of West Elkwood Street just before noon, spokesman Nicholas Prange said.
However, fire investigators discovered the fire started in ornamental vegetation several blocks north on Stratharn Street and embers were driven by approximately 35 mile-per-hour winds,...Tags: Crime, News, Fire, Sport, Soccer, Orange County, Nws, Southern California, San Bernardino, Santa Clarita, Southland, U S Forest Service, Los Angeles City, San Fernando, Santa Ana, Sherman Oaks 32 people like this. Like Wind-driven tree fire spreads to home, outbuildings in Reseda neighborhoodJanuary 16, 2021 at 4:27 PM A wind-driven fire that started in a Reseda tree has burned the roof of a home along with two outbuildings. Firefighters were working to douse the vegetation fire into Saturday afternoon, Jan. 16, authorities said.
Los Angeles City firefighters were called to the 18200 block of West Elkwood Street just before noon, spokesman Nicholas Prange said.
Approximately 35 mile-per-hour winds drove the fire to the three buildings, one of which was a single-family home, Prange said. The building flames wer...Tags: Crime, News, Fire, Sport, Soccer, Orange County, Nws, Southern California, San Bernardino, Santa Clarita, Southland, U S Forest Service, Los Angeles City, San Fernando, Santa Ana, Sherman Oaks 2 people like this. Like $700m data centre for Southland: Backers welcome Tiwai turnaroundJanuary 13, 2021 at 8:41 PM A Rio Tinto-Meridian Energy deal to keep Tiwai Point open until at least 2024 - rather than shutter the smelter in August this year - has been welcomed by the Government and investors. But what does it mean for Datagrid, the... [Author: [email protected]]Tags: Business, Southland, Rio Tinto Meridian Energy 34 people like this. Like Anti-Trump protest set for downtown L.A.; pro-Trump rally in Beverly HillsJanuary 9, 2021 at 12:42 PM Demonstrations for and against President Donald Trump are scheduled in the Southland today, amid calls for the president’s ouster three days after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a melee that resulted in five deaths.
The group Refuse Fascism planned a demonstration and “car caravan” at noon in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, part of a nationwide series of demonstrations. The group will denounce Wednesday’s violence and call for the removal of Trump and Vice Preside...Tags: Google, Facebook, Twitter, News, White House, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Democrats, House, Beverly Hills, Nancy Pelosi, Airlines, Donald Trump, Trump, Mike Pence 11 people like this. Like Director Richard Kelly Wants to Revisit ‘The Box’ One Day With a Director’s CutDecember 24, 2020 at 3:00 PM Richard Kelly is busy revisiting his Southland Tales world at the moment. In the new year, fans of the cult sci-fi movie will finally see the infamous Cannes cut, which heavily re-edited following its debut. But a few years after that film, Kelly’s sophomore effort after Donnie Darko, he attempted to make his most commercial movie with The Box. Now, over a decade after The Box‘s release, Kelly is still interested in releasing a Director’s Cut of his third film.
Based on Richard Matheson‘s sh...Tags: Movies, Sci-fi, Adaptation, Warner Bros, Arcade Fire, Warner Brothers, Cannes, Kelly, Southland, Arthur, Blu Ray, Donnie Darko, Richard-Kelly, Richard Matheson, Featured Stories Sidebar, James-Marsden 93 people like this. Like A2 Milk sees Mataura Valley returning a profit in 2025December 23, 2020 at 5:37 PM NZX-listed A2 Milk expects its soon-to-be-acquired Southland milk processor Mataura Valley Milk to be earnings positive by 2025.Mataura Valley, currently owned by China Animal Husbandry Group (CAHG), made a $47 million loss in 2019.... [Author: [email protected]]Tags: Business, Southland, NZX, Mataura Valley Milk, Mataura Valley, China Animal Husbandry Group CAHG 41 people like this. Like First wave of coronavirus vaccines arriving all over Southern CaliforniaDecember 14, 2020 at 2:25 PM With the rate of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations at their highest levels of the pandemic, hope is arriving today in Southern California in the form of the first doses of Pfizer’s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine.
The shipments of vaccines streaming off aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport marked the first step in a massive undertaking expected to inoculate millions pf people across multiple Southland counties within six months.
Vaccines were arriving at area health care faciliti...Tags: Business, News, California, Washington, Kaiser Permanente, US, Paul Simon, Los Angeles, Sport, Walgreens, Soccer, San Diego, Long Beach, Fda, Pfizer, Orange County 28 people like this. Like First wave of coronavirus vaccines arriving across Southern CaliforniaDecember 14, 2020 at 2:25 PM With the rate of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations at their highest levels of the pandemic, hope is arriving today in Southern California in the form og the first doses of Pfizer’s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine.
The shipments of vaccines streaming off aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport marked the first step in a massive undertaking expected to inoculate millions pf people across multiple Southland counties within six months.
Vaccines were arriving at area health care facilit...Tags: Business, News, California, Washington, US, Paul Simon, Los Angeles, Sport, Walgreens, Soccer, Fda, Pfizer, Cvs, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Simon 31 people like this. Like With initial vaccines on the way, LA County tops 4,000 hospitalizationsDecember 13, 2020 at 7:14 PM As the number of Los Angeles County residents hospitalized with the coronavirus surpassed 4,000 for the first time, local health officials anticipated the arrival of the first wave of coronavirus vaccines, shipped Sunday, Dec. 13, from Pfizer’s Michigan complex.
Confirmation that Southland health-care workers were likely to get their shots in the next couple of days helped blunt the latest rash of unnerving statistics — including 12,731 new COVID-19 cases and 29 new deaths — from the county’s De...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Paul Simon, Los Angeles, Sport, Walgreens, Soccer, Beverly Hills, Community, Michigan, Fda, Pfizer 84 people like this. Like Southern California gets ready for expected, regional stay-at-home orderDecember 5, 2020 at 11:42 AM Southern California could enter a regional stay-at-home order as soon as Sunday night, Dec. 5, after state officials announced late Friday that only 13.1% of adult intensive care beds were available in the area.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, in an announcement Thursday, said the state would enact such orders by region when available ICU bed availability fell to 15% or lower. The new state order goes into effect at 12:59 p.m. Saturday. So if Southern California remains below that threshold in Saturday’s dat...Tags: News, California, Sport, Soccer, United States, Riverside County, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Ventura, Garcia, Southland, Bianco, LA County, Newsom, Robert Garcia, Riverside County Sheriff 's Department 23 people like this. Like SCIAC cancels all fall and winter sports for 2020-21 because of COVID-19 concernsDecember 1, 2020 at 9:38 PM The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which is made up of nine colleges located throughout the Southland, on Tuesday, Dec. 1 canceled competition for all of its fall and winter sports this school year because of safety concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
“In accordance with public health guidance and safety standards, as well as NCAA Resocialization recommendations,” the SCIAC said in a news release, “the SCIAC presidents have unanimously agreed to cancel conferen...Tags: Sports, Sport, Soccer, College sports, Ncaa, Washington State, Usc, Ucla, Chapman, Los Angeles County, Southland, Whittier, Redlands, UCLA Long Beach State, Southern California Orange County, SCIAC 34 people like this. Like LA County shatters one-day coronavirus case record with 7,593 cases reported TuesdayDecember 1, 2020 at 6:33 PM Los Angeles County shattered its record for new coronavirus cases reported in a single day on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and the number of people in hospitals with the virus also reached all-time highs — adding to already-ample evidence that this second surge is becoming increasingly dire.
The county reported 7,593 new cases Tuesday, topping the previous single-day record from Nov. 23, when officials announced 6,186 cases were reported; 408,396 people have tested positive since the pandemic began. And ano...Tags: News, California, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Long Beach, Disneyland, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Southland, Ferrer, Board of Supervisors, LA County, Sedgwick, SCAG, Janice Hahn 5 people like this. Like Many high school teams continue modified workouts despite restrictions, uncertain futureNovember 30, 2020 at 7:29 PM Many high school athletic programs in the Southland continue to hold conditioning and skill training workouts that follow stronger restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 while there is growing uncertainty about the fall season beginning as scheduled.
About 50 schools in the L.A. Unified School District, officials said, are holding the sessions in Los Angeles County, which on Monday, Nov. 30 began a three-week, stay-at-home order because of the rise in coronavirus cases.
“All sch...Tags: Sports, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Orange County, Usc, High School Sports, Vaughan, Gavin Newsom, San Bernardino, Los Angeles County, Southland, Riverside, Barbara Jones, Olson, Whicker 21 people like this. Like LA County reports another 5,087 coronavirus cases on Thanksgiving as dining restrictions kick inNovember 26, 2020 at 6:42 PM As Los Angeles County’s rekindled ban on outdoor dining kicked in, many restaurants shifted their Thanksgiving serving strategy to takeout and delivery service on Thursday on a most unusual, pandemic-framed holiday.
Daily statistics fueled by the relentless recent surge in coronavirus cases, meanwhile, showed no sign of letup. County public health officials posted another 37 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, Nov. 26, and another 5,087 cases, while 1,809 people were listed as hospitalized. ...Tags: California, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Tsa, Pasadena, Orange County, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Transportation Security Administration, Los Angeles County, Southland, Gladstone, Board of Supervisors 3 people like this. Like LA County reports another 5,087 coronavirus cases on Thanksgiving as dining bans kick inNovember 26, 2020 at 6:42 PM Porto’s in Glendale was kept busy on Thanksgiving as customers used the bakery’s drive-thru service and sidewalk pickup to satisfy their hunger on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. The bakery set up the drive-thru service in their parking to help maintain social-distancing protocols during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
A Porto’s employee in Glendale rolls out food to be delivered to people waiting in their cars on Thanksgiving as customers used the bakery...Tags: Labor, California, Disney, US, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Glendale, Davis, Long Beach, Tsa, Pasadena, Orange County, Charlie Brown, Porto 99 people like this. Like Stop Los Angeles County’s foolish ban on outdoor diningNovember 24, 2020 at 7:59 PM Los Angeles home cooks and restaurateurs practically invented year-round al fresco dining, because, well, we could: We have the world’s best climate for eating out of doors.
That’s one reason why L.A. restaurants have pivoted out of necessity but with such poise toward all-outdoor meal service ever since they were allowed to reopen this past summer during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
It took investment — in personal protective equipment for staff, in training, in Plexiglass shields, i...Tags: California, Opinion, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Editorials, Pasadena, Donald Trump, Los Angeles County, Southland, Los Angeles County Health Department, Kathryn Barger 35 people like this. Like There’s a surprising format change coming to this LA radio stationNovember 23, 2020 at 2:59 PM More changes are coming to LA Oldies K-Surf (1260 AM); oldies will be going away to make room for, well, I guess another form of oldies: 24/7 classical.
The change will happen on December 1 at 6 a.m. Christmas music will air until then.
Station owner Saul Levine hopes that upgrades in the audio chain and more radios in the market capable of receiving the station’s HD signal will help build an audience for classical music on the AM band, something he tried to do about five years ago.
While I doub...Tags: Fcc, Youtube, Los Angeles, Sport, Chicago, Soccer, United States, Michael Jordan, Dallas, Jordan, Pbs, Illinois, Writers Guild Of America, Hall of Fame, Mark Thompson, Ucla 39 people like this. Like |