With the 2022 NFL draft beginning Thursday night in Las Vegas, there are a handful of players with Maryland ties who are hoping to turn their dreams of playing professionally into reality. From Kentucky edge rusher Josh Paschal to Maryland safety Nick Cross, here are the local prospects to watch: Note: This story will be…
Day: May 1, 2022
President Biden speaks at memorial service for former VP Mondale
President Joe Biden is among the dignitaries in Minneapolis on Sunday to remember former Vice President Walter Mondale at a memorial service that his family delayed for a year due to the pandemic. Mondale died in April 2021 at age 93. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden wanted to attend the memorial because he had…
Black artist Noah Purifoy’s legacy is Joshua Tree museum
For an art figure with worldwide renown, Noah Purifoy‘s namesake art museum in Joshua Tree isn’t easy to find. From 29 Palms Highway, the main drag, you drive north out of town through increasingly sparse neighborhoods, making a series of turns just as the road signs say “Pavement Ends.” The final couple of blocks, while…
Six undrafted FSU players land with NFL teams as free agents, minicamp invitees
Defensive end Keir Thomas and running back Jashaun Corbin were among six former Florida State players to land with NFL teams as undrafted free agents. Edge rusher Jermain Johnson was the only FSU player selected in the 2022 NFL Draft when the New York Jets chose him with the No. 26 pick in the first…
Cast Members “Ignite The Night” At The Return Of The Spectaculars
Thousands of Disneyland Resort cast members celebrated the long-awaited return of nighttime spectaculars over two consecutive nights of cast-exclusive events that featured dancing, treats, photo ops — and lots of Disney magic. “It’s a classic, so I love how there’s a special event just for Cast Members,” Ticket Sales Agent Ruby Masri said of the…
Developers: Easy-to-Use Tools to Improve Your Workflow
A web developer’s job can be uplifting, challenging, exciting, or a combination of several of them. It’s undoubtedly an ever-changing profession, and more than a few developers find keeping up with the competition a challenge. Maintaining their sanity can be hard when things don’t go as planned. Problems that crop up can consist of excessive…
Huntington Beach man, El Monte woman killed in suspected racing crash on 91 Freeway in Compton area
Two people were killed in a suspected street racing crash on the 91 Freeway in the Compton area, and authorities were looking for the suspected hit-and-run driver Sunday. A 911 call was received about a crash on the eastbound 91, west of Acacia Avenue, at 12:37 a.m. Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The…
Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76
By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our…
Cast Members “Ignite The Night” At The Return Of The Spectaculars
Thousands of Disneyland Resort cast members celebrated the long-awaited return of nighttime spectaculars over two consecutive nights of cast-exclusive events that featured dancing, treats, photo ops — and lots of Disney magic. “It’s a classic, so I love how there’s a special event just for Cast Members,” Ticket Sales Agent Ruby Masri said of the…
Black artist Noah Purifoy’s legacy is Joshua Tree museum
For an art figure with worldwide renown, Noah Purifoy‘s namesake art museum in Joshua Tree isn’t easy to find. From 29 Palms Highway, the main drag, you drive north out of town through increasingly sparse neighborhoods, making a series of turns just as the road signs say “Pavement Ends.” The final couple of blocks, while…
Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76
By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our…
Developers: Easy-to-Use Tools to Improve Your Workflow
A web developer’s job can be uplifting, challenging, exciting, or a combination of several of them. It’s undoubtedly an ever-changing profession, and more than a few developers find keeping up with the competition a challenge. Maintaining their sanity can be hard when things don’t go as planned. Problems that crop up can consist of excessive…
2022 NFL draft tracker: Where did the prospects with Maryland ties end up?
With the 2022 NFL draft beginning Thursday night in Las Vegas, there are a handful of players with Maryland ties who are hoping to turn their dreams of playing professionally into reality. From Kentucky edge rusher Josh Paschal to Maryland safety Nick Cross, here are the local prospects to watch: Note: This story will be…
Disneyland Resort Honors Cast Members For Milestone Years of Service
Disney Service Celebrations are a time-honored tradition for our cast, crew, Imagineers and employees around the globe marking milestone service anniversaries — and after a two-year wait due to the pandemic, there’s been so much to celebrate on the West Coast that it took two nights to fit it all in! Our West Coast Service…
10 Best (Free and Paid) Support Ticketing Systems
Customer service has been greatly enhanced with technology and online services, particularly when it comes to handling customer satisfaction. When customers have a problem they can now issue a ticket, bearing their info, details of their problem or requests for a solution, at the service provider’s website to get them to look into their problem.…
Bubble watch: California optimism at 10-month high despite war, inflation
“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: California optimism hit a 10-month high in April despite a host of worries from the war in Ukraine and a cooling-yet-inflating economy at home. Source: The Conference Board polls shoppers monthly, creating various consumer confidence indexes, including one for California.…
Column: GM Ryan Poles makes several moves on Day 3 with eyes on improving the Chicago Bears offensive line
Those trade partners that didn’t materialize for Ryan Poles on Friday night came from every direction Saturday. The new Chicago Bears general manager, who made it known since January that he would love to have more draft capital, did just that, starting in the morning when he sent a 2023 sixth-round pick to the Los…
Celebrating A Year Since Reopening With Groundbreaking Announcements And New Experiences To Come
On April 27, Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock met with community leaders at a State of the Resort event to share upcoming plans for magical new experiences coming to the Disneyland Resort. “On April 30 we mark an important milestone — the one-year anniversary of our reopening. The momentum and excitement at the Disneyland Resort…
Was Army Ranger from Huntington Beach assaulted before he was fatally struck by a car?
As an Army Ranger, Stephen Broadus didn’t flinch in the face of fierce combat training exercises. However, early on Easter Sunday, the 25-year-old who had been honorably discharged from the military just days earlier indicated he had been uncharacteristically defeated. In a text message to a friend about 20 minutes before he was fatality struck…
Cast Members “Ignite The Night” At The Return Of The Spectaculars
Thousands of Disneyland Resort cast members celebrated the long-awaited return of nighttime spectaculars over two consecutive nights of cast-exclusive events that featured dancing, treats, photo ops — and lots of Disney magic. “It’s a classic, so I love how there’s a special event just for Cast Members,” Ticket Sales Agent Ruby Masri said of the…