Month: May 2022

The 2022 Stagecoach Country Music Festival wrapped up at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, May 1. Stagecoach is riding into the sunset with performances from stars such as Yola, The Mavericks, Lindsay Ell, Cody Johnson, Smokey Robinson, the Black Crowes and more before Luke Combs closes out the Mane Stage. Over on…

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…

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…

Ryan Poles made four trades Saturday in the final day of the draft, but the deal the Chicago Bears general manager could not make was finding a taker for veteran quarterback Nick Foles. That led the team Sunday to release the veteran and former Super Bowl MVP, allowing Foles to become a free agent and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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” 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.…