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Rapids Notebook: Rapids 2 gears up for playoffs; coaching search comes down to five candidates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

COMMERCE CITY — When Colorado Rapids 2 general manager Brian Crookham began building out the future pipeline of the organization in November of 2021, he was hoping it’d lead to moments like this week.Rapids 2 held a media availability Wednesday ahead of the team’s playoff debut this weekend, as the MLS NEXT Pro No. 1 overall seed had the unique opportunity to pick its playoff opponent. R2 chose the No. 6 seed San Jose Earthquakes II, the league’s best road team. The sides will square off in the Western Conference semifinals, set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.Behind a significant progression from last season to this, the team Crookham constructed is full of legitimate contenders for future first-team roles. With seven Homegrown Players, a bonafide attack, one of the country’s best young goalkeepers in Adam Beaudry and a bruising defense, Colorado holds the cards for a long postseason run.“There’s this feeling like &...

Two Denver police officers disciplined for shooting bystanders’ cars while chasing suspect in fatal home invasion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

Two Denver police officers violated department policy when they shot at a suspect across a road, missed the suspect and hit two bystanders’ vehicles, according to disciplinary letters.Officers John Repjar and Crystal Thomas will each serve four-day suspensions over the 2020 incident in Denver’s Montclair neighborhood, according to the letters, which were issued Sept. 11 and released to The Denver Post on Friday.The Dec. 28, 2020, incident began just before 11:30 a.m. in the 900 block of North Monaco Parkway, when two men and a woman posed as construction workers — donning hard hats and safety vests — in order to get inside a home and rob the occupants.One of the men, Larry Hamm, 47, shot and killed the homeowner, Mark Outman, 64, and shot his daughter in the head during the attack. She was seriously wounded but survived.Repjar and Thomas were the first two officers to respond to the scene after both the daughter and a neighbor called 911 to report the home in...

We Interviewed As Many Artists As We Could at “Life Is Beautiful” Festival in Las Vegas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

Rockstar Lifestyle, LA Weekly’s premier music podcast, took on “Life Is Beautiful” festival last weekend in Las Vegas and we talked to as many artists as we could. Instead of asking these wonderful acts the tired and typical questions surrounding their career, we asked them to play a game with us. Our little game, known as Chatterbox, randomized eight playful and unpredictable questions for our artists. Here are our favorite responses!Highway What is your least favorite city to perform in?Highway: My least favorite city to perform in at this point in my career would have to be Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood. You know where that is? Ryan Leutz: It’s like South Florida. Highway: It’s like, outside of Miami. Um, that shit was just country. Like, it was country as fuck. I don’t know. Maybe because I’m thinking “Hollywood”, you think it’s like a nice place.Ryan Leutz: I thought you were gonna say Hollywood, California. I was gonna say, “damn I’m r...

1 Killed, 3 Hospitalized in Three-Vehicle Accident on South Bristol Street [Santa Ana, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

Multi-Car Collision near Tolliver Street Resulted in FatalitySANTA ANA, CA (October 6, 2023) – Tuesday evening, a three-vehicle accident on South Bristol Street left one person dead and three people hospitalized.The fatal collision happened around 7:30 p.m. at the 800 block of South Bristol Street involving two SUVs and a sedan.Based on the initial investigation, a sedan made a left turn onto westbound Tolliver Street while going north on Bristol.Subsequently, a southbound SUV collided with the sedan, causing the second SUV to hit the leading SUV.Responding units from the Orange County Fire Authority declared one passenger of the sedan dead at the scene. Meanwhile, paramedics rushed the sedan driver to a hospital in critical condition.Both passengers from the two SUVs were also hospitalized for treatment of minor injuries. Police said both drivers of the SUV stayed at the site of the crash and cooperated with the investigators.At this time, officials are asking those with addi...

David Bolno: The Los Angeles Luminary Working to Shape Entertainment and Community

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

David Bolno, a partner at NKSFB, LLC, stands tall in the entertainment industry, not just for his professional acumen but also for his unwavering commitment to the Los Angeles community. As the largest business management firm in the country, NKSFB, LLC boasts a presence in both the United States and the United Kingdom. With over 550 employees and eight offices, the firm’s reach is undeniable. Yet, within this vast empire, Bolno’s influence shines particularly bright.A Celebrity Roster Full of Heavy HittersBolno’s clientele reads like a who’s who of the entertainment world. From Justin Bieber to Drake, Post Malone to Pharrell Williams, and not forgetting Will.i.am, Bolno has worked alongside the industry’s brightest stars. His role in their careers is not just as a financial advisor but as a guiding light. The testament to his influence can be seen in the liner notes of Drake’s “Take Care” album, where the artist credits Bolno for sett...

Former soldier charged with trying to pass secrets to China

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz | CNNA former US Army sergeant who allegedly lived in China for several years was arrested Friday on charges of keeping national defense information and attempting to share it with the Chinese government.According to court filings, Joseph Daniel Schmidt was an active-duty soldier in the US Army from 2015 to 2020, where he served as a team leader on a Human Intelligence squad – eventually supervising the “collection operations and the production of intelligence reporting, analysis, and the dissemination of intelligence products.” In his role, Schmidt had access to classified intelligence, as well as a top-secret security clearance, prosecutors say.Schmidt is scheduled to make his initial appearance in a California federal court on Friday, according to a Justice Department news release.If convicted, the two charges Schmidt faces – attempting to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information – each carry up to ...

Judge in Tesla case refuses to slash $3 million jury award for Black worker over ‘awful, pervasive racism’ at Fremont factory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

A federal court judge cited “awful, pervasive racism” at Tesla’s electric car factory in Fremont as he shot down the company’s bid to halve a $3 million punitive-damages jury award to Black former worker Owen Diaz.“Tesla’s actions were grievously reprehensible. Diaz was subjected to a grossly racist workplace, with racist conduct perpetuated not only by coworkers or subordinates but also — and perhaps especially—by supervisors,” Judge William Orrick wrote in a ruling this week.Tesla sought to cut Diaz’s punitive damages award to $1,575,000, arguing that Orrick had erred in approving the $3 million.Orrick wrote that the $3 million was “appropriate in light of the endemic racism at the Tesla factory and Tesla’s repeated failure to rectify it.”Diaz sued the pioneering car maker headed by CEO Elon Musk in 2017 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. A jury awarded him $137 million in damages in 2021. Orrick granted Tesla’s req...

McCarthy denies report he is stepping down from Congress

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

By Melanie Zanona, Pamela Brown and Heley Talbot | CNNFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is denying reports that he is expected to step down from Congress before the end of his term – telling reporters on Friday that he still has “work to do,” after sending signals in private conversations that he could step down early from Congress.“No, I am not resigning,” he told reporters.“We are going to keep the majority. I am going to help the people I got here, and we are going to expand it further.”Earlier Friday, multiple sources familiar with McCarthy’s thinking told CNN that he was expected to step down at some point after the House speaker’s election. And sources said McCarthy has been seriously considering the move.Pressed on whether he has considered stepping down early, he said, “I look at it every time I have to decide whether I am going to run for reelection or not.”After the House voted to oust McCarthy, the California Republican did not say whether he would remain in Congress. “...

Baby name searches for Taylor and Travis ‘soar” amid the Swift/Kelce frenzy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

According to one theory, the rumored romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will quietly fizzle after her Era’s world tour concert movie debuts on Oct. 13. But this shining moment in the history of celebrity couplings could live on forever in the number of newborns possibly being named Taylor and Travis in the coming weeks and months.There’s definitely been a “Swift Effect” when it comes to the booming popularity of Taylor and other Swift-related names on BabyCenter.com, the San Francisco-based online parenting resource site. That includes the name Travis, after the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.Since Swift was photographed cheering Kelce on at his two recent Chiefs games, expectant parents appear to be especially interested in both her and Kelce’s names for their children, according to a BabyCenter news release. The entertainment and sports media worlds have been in a frenzy since rumors began simmering in September that the two are dating. Taylo...

What to play: ‘Forza Motorsport’ and ‘Assassin’s Creed’ return to their roots

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:23 GMT

Several franchises have gone to their roots this week in hopes of recapturing the magic that earlier games held. “Assassin’s Creed Mirage” and “Forza Motorsport” are throwbacks to early days of the series.Ubisoft’s flagship franchise has changed and evolved drastically since “Assassin’s Creed Origins” revamped the series to be more open-world and loot-centric like “The Witcher” but the latest entry harkens back to the best of the first three games with a few more modern touches.Meanwhile, “Forza Motorsport” drops the number at the end of the title (this would have been the eighth entry in the series) and marks a new approach based on what the older titles did so well — They created an engrossing campaign where players tuned and upgraded their cars to beat the competition.While those two games lead the list, there are others worth checking out:“Forza Motorsport” — Turn 10 Studios goe...