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Dangerous Toys Come Out to Play

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Dangerous Toys Come Out to Play: Austin rockers Dangerous Toys, as frontman Jason McMaster points out during the show, haven’t performed at the Whisky in quite a few years. This venue plays host  to a lot of bands from the ’80s hair/sleaze scene — it remains the spiritual home of that music. It’s a party club for nostalgia hounds. But there’s no doubting the fact that, when Dangerous Toys rolled into L.A. this week, they weren’t fucking around.They look great, first of all. Less big hair and bandanas, more beards and sunglasses — they’re sporting a biker rock look, akin to the likes of Little Caesar.McMaster has long had one of the most underrated voices in rock, and he’s also a superb frontman. Funny and charismatic, he likes to throw anecdotes out between songs and play with the crowd a little. There was a charming moment at the Whisky when he thought he recognized the woman who discovered Dangerous Toys and pulled her on stage...

Weekend shooting victim near downtown Antioch identified

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

ANTIOCH — Authorities early Tuesday identified a man shot to death near the city’s downtown area on Sunday.Antioch police found Rafael Davis Jr., 29, down on the ground with more than one bullet wound after responding to reports of a shooting on West 2nd Street about 1:50 am., according to a statement from the agency. The shooting happened about a quarter-mile from the Antioch train station.An ambulance took Davis to a hospital. Medics were unable to save him.The killing is the eighth one investigated by Antioch police in 2023.Police have not announced any arrests or shared any information on possible suspects. They asked anyone with information on the shooting to contact Det. Adam Duffy at 925-779-6884 or the department’s non-emergency line at 925-778-2441.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Two men killed, another wounded in two Oakland shootings Monday Crime and Public Safety | For years, women said this Bay Area bartender raped ...

Welcome to Winding Creek, where each day is an adventure

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Discover Winding Creek in Roseville, California, where stunning new homes and a connection to the outdoors come naturally. At this nearly 500-acre master-planned community, there’s always room to live life wide open — whether residents are looking to lose themselves in nature along a gentle creek that runs through the heart of the neighborhood or find themselves at home, where memorable moments and shared laughter unfold effortlessly.Step out of your inviting home at Winding Creek and into the wonders of the great outdoors. Host to expertly crafted residences from respected homebuilders D.R. Horton, Richmond American Homes, K. Hovnanian Homes and Meritage Homes, this community offers a welcome retreat and places your preferences at the forefront. From generous lofts and convenient ground-floor bedrooms at Firefly by K. Hovnanian Homes to flex spaces at Roam by Meritage Homes and hundreds of options for personalization at Windsong by Richmond American Homes — residences at Windi...

First Look Inside: Blossom & Root opens in Danville

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Danville’s eagerly awaited, veggie-forward Blossom & Root will open it doors on Aug. 30, offering the Tri-Valley’s first upscale restaurant menu to showcase vegan fare.It’s a move six years in the making, says owner Susan Vergilio, whose daughter inspired their entire family to go vegan. The only problem with that lifestyle change? There weren’t many restaurant options at the time where their family could dine out. So Vergilio, whose background is in chemistry and teaching, set out to change that, learning not only how to create a menu of delicious, high-level dishes — the executive chef is Jen Sopinsky — but how to open and run a restaurant.Blossom & Root is located at 411 Hartz Ave. in downtown Danville. It is the first entirely vegan restaurant in the Tri-Valley area. (Courtesy Cat Fennell.) Her goal: “Let’s enjoy kick-ass food without an animal on the plate,” she said.THE VIBE: Blossom & Root’s light, b...

Here’s what the hurricane categories mean

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

By Jennifer Gray | CNN MeteorologistOnce a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: 1 through 5.Knowing about each category can help predict what damage an incoming storm may inflict – and how best to prepare.The categories are defined by wind speed, with a storm of Category 3, 4, or 5 considered a major hurricane. And damage is exponential as wind speed increases, meaning a strong Category 3 storm could do up to 60 times as much damage as a weak Category 1 storm.But it’s not always as simple as ticking up from 1 to 5.Hurricanes carry many risks not adequately conveyed by the wind speed-based scale, including:• Storm surge – when winds push water onto shore – which accounted for about half of hurricane fatalities between 1963 and 2012, according to a 2014 report in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;• Rainfall-induced flooding and mudslides, which made up about a quarter of such deaths, ...

Chip City opens cookie outposts in Bethesda, Arlington; 1st outside of New York area

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Chip City, a small chain of cookie shops known for its rotating menu of over-the-top cookies, is opening its first stores outside of the Greater New York area in Bethesda, Maryland, and in Arlington, Virginia.Chip City plans to open 40 locations by the end of this year on the East Coast, including in the DMV, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida.Chip City currently has 18 locations throughout the New York City boroughs and New Jersey. Last year the owners landed a $10 million investment from Shake Shack founder and New York restaurateur Danny Meyer through his Enlightened Hospitality Investments, which it is using for the expansion.Chip City plans to open 40 locations by the end of this year on the East Coast, including in the DMV, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida.The Bethesda store opens later this year at 4939 Elm Street, across from Bethesda Row.The Arlington location opens this winter at the Village at Shirlington at 4014 Campbell Avenue.A Taco Bamba location recently op...

Roaming Rooster lands at Woodmore Towne Centre

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Roaming Rooster has gained a large following for its free-range, grain-fed fried chicken sandwiches and wings. (Courtesy Roaming Rooster) Roaming Rooster has gained a large following for its free-range, grain-fed fried chicken sandwiches and wings. (Courtesy Roaming Rooster) Fast-growing, family-owned fried chicken restaurant Roaming Rooster has signed a lease for a location at Woodmore Towne Centre in Glenarden, Maryland — its 12th restaurant in the D.C. area.The Woodmore lease comes one month after Roaming Rooster opened a location at Crofton Center in Crofton, Maryland.Woodmore Towne Centre, one of the largest open-air shopping centers in the D.C. region, was acquired by New York-based Urban Edge Properties las...

Iowa Boy’s Prep Football Poll

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Others receiving votes: Colo-NESCO 8. Marengo Iowa Valley 8. Baxter 7. Afton East Union 5. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 5. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 4. Fremont Mills, Tabor 4. East Mills 3. Lansing Kee 3. Gilbertville-Don Bosco 3. Janesville 1. Collins-Maxwell 1._____Source

Bills’ Von Miller to miss first 4 games on physically unable to perform list, AP source says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills top pass-rusher Von Miller will open the season on the physically unable to perform list in allowing him to continue recovering from a torn right knee ligament, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team has not yet announced the move coming on the day NFL teams have to cut their rosters to 53 players. ESPN.com first reported the decision.Miller will be required to miss at least the first four games of the season.Though Miller hoped to be ready for the start of the season, the move was expected after the 12th-year player has yet to be cleared for practice.Miller was hurt in a 28-25 win at the Detroit Lions on Nov. 24 and had surgery a few weeks later.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflSource

Column: So much money in golf makes it hard to ignore

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods was the richest guy in golf and played like he didn’t have two nickels to rub together. That’s one of many traits that made him so incomparable.Just don’t get the idea he wasn’t in it for the money.Woods won the first of his 82 titles on the PGA Tour in 1996 at the Las Vegas Invitational. He walked into the press room and glanced at the computer screen of an Associated Press writer who turned and asked him, “Like it?”“I like this,” Woods replied, pointing to the reporter’s reference of his $297,000 winner’s check.Then there was 2002 in Ireland at a World Golf Championship, which offered $1 million to the winner (back when $1 million meant something). Woods opened with a 65 and was asked if he would rather win that week or the following week at the Ryder Cup.“Here this week,” he said. When asked why, Woods smiled and said, “I can think of a million reasons why.” The room erupted in laughter.That seems like chump cha...