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Guns N’ Roses will perform at Rose Bowl as part of massive 2026 world tour
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (633+ words) Guns N" Roses will perform more than 60 concerts on its 2026 world tour, including a San Diego show next fall. The tour opens March 28 in Monterrey, Mexico, and concludes Sept. 19 in Atlanta. It will include a Sept. 2 date at San Diego"s Snapdragon Stadium and a Sept. 5 date at Pasadena"s Rose Bowl, where Guns N" Roses has not performed in more than 30 years. To make the announcement of their 2026 World Tour with a bang, 300 custom-programmed drones will light up the sky above Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 24. The 12-minute aerial display will display Guns N" Roses imagery, motifs and symbols tied to their new global run " including their long-awaited return to the Rose Bowl. The drone show will start at 7:00 p.m. The tour will mark the first extended North American concert trek by the hard-rocking Los Angeles band since a…...
Antelope Valley and San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys under a frost advisory Tuesday
8+ hour, 39+ min ago (196+ words) Antelope Valley and San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys are under a frost advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 7:34 p.m. The advisory is valid for Tuesday, Nov. 25 between 2 a.m. and 9 a.m. The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA states to anticipate, "Temperatures as low as 32 degrees will result in frost formation." "Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered," according to the NWS. "Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold." Frost advisories are issued from May to October (but can be extended if necessary) when temperatures, winds, and sky cover are favorable for frost development. This is most likely to happen when the temperature is 36 degrees or less. In some cases, the frost is severe enough to end the growing season and is then referred to as a…...
KOST-FM made the successful switch to Christmas and holiday music
16+ hour, 16+ min ago (807+ words) I had the correct day, but the wrong time: KOST (103.5 FM) did indeed make the annual switch to holiday music on November 14. But instead of waiting until the end of Ellen K's popular morning show as I'd expected, they switched at 8 a.m. This is the 25th year the station has dropped its regular format in favor of holiday tunes, and it has been a hit since day one. Every single year, KOST jumps in the ratings with the annual switch, making it one of the most successful programming moves in the history of radio. Indeed, KOST earns at least double and often triple the ratings of the second-place station each year during this time. Those who study such things say that people tend to have fond memories of the songs they heard during the season while growing up, so listening makes them…...
Bikini Bottom is coming to LA and San Diego with SpongeBob SquarePants pop-up
13+ hour, 53+ min ago (300+ words) Fans can enter for a chance to win an exclusive SpongeBob Popsicle Ice Pop-themed Treasure Trove or a private movie screening in January with family and friends. Are you ready, kids? I can't hear you! A SpongeBob SquarePants pop-up is bringing Bikini Bottom to Los Angeles and San Diego with a collaboration with Popsicle to celebrate the upcoming release of "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants" in theatres on Dec. 19. The pop-up will bring SpongeBob's big-screen journey to life with an interactive Ice Pop truck hunt, immersive screening events, and a nationwide sweepstakes. From Dec. 120, fans can enter by visiting popsicle.com for a chance to winan exclusive SpongeBob Popsicle Ice Pop-themed Treasure Trove or a private movie screening in January with family and friends. Fifty winners will receive SpongeBob prize packs featuring a SpongeBob Popsicle Ice Pop popcorn bucket,…...
Here are 12 ways to celebrate the holidays in Southern California
20+ hour, 17+ min ago (631+ words) The holidays are here and there's no reason anyone has to sit around just waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney, because there are plenty of ways to get outside and celebrate the season. Whether it's taking a walk through spectacular lights shows, checking out a parade, or even" sliding down an ice slide, here are 12 things you can do in the area to celebrate the holiday season. Where: South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd, Palos Verdes Estates Astra Lumina returns with an interactive walk-through light display that takes over the 87-acre Botanical Garden. The show mixes lights and sounds with a celestial theme that feels like it brings the night skies within reach. There are nine immersive zones where people can see displays that show falling stars, lanterns and walk through brightly lit archways. Belmont Shore Christmas Parade…...
Austin Beutner says LAFD needs dispatch reform to cut response delays
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (763+ words) Mayoral candidate Austin Beutner on Monday unveiled new campaign analysis that he says shows Los Angeles" 911 system is sending paramedics to too many non-medical calls " slowing response for Angelenos experiencing life-threatening emergencies. Speaking outside of Los Angeles Fire Department"s Station 63 in Venice, Beutner said L.A."s median response times have risen to almost eight minutes, roughly a minute and a half slower than a decade ago. "Today, there"s too much work for too few people " about five times as many calls as a generation ago for a department that"s about the same size," he said. Beutner attributed the delay not just to staffing or equipment shortages but to the way 911 calls are screened and dispatched. He said firefighters and paramedics are regularly dispatched to calls that are not medical emergencies"anything from leg cramps to someone asking for…...
Another rally for Alphabet leads the US stock market higher
21+ hour, 1+ min ago (506+ words) The S&P 500 climbed 0.9% and added to its jump from Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72 points, or 0.2%, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.7% higher. Stocks got a lift from rising hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate again at its next meeting in December, a move that could boost the economy and investment prices. The market also benefited from strength for stocks caught up in the artificial-intelligence frenzy. Alphabet, which has been getting praise for its newest Gemini AI model, rose 5.6% and was one of the strongest forces lifting the S&P 500. Nvidia slipped 0.3% after bobbing up and down. An early gain for the U.S. stock market guarantees nothing, though, as the last few weeks have so painfully shown. Stocks have been swinging sharply, not just day to day but also…...
AP and Trump administration argue access case before federal appeals court
16+ hour, 22+ min ago (326+ words) By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press Media Writer The case has wound its way through federal district court and, more recently, federal appellate court throughout the year. Julie Pace, AP's executive editor, wrote in an op-ed piece Monday morning that the question of access is not just about AP; it's about people's access to the government that works for them. "Letting the government control which journalists can cover the highest office in the land and setting rules about what those journalists can say or write is a direct attempt to undercut the First Amendment," Pace wrote. "It should worry all of us." The Trump administration says it is up to the White House, not the press, to decide access to areas where space is limited. The White House Correspondents' Association had been deciding who is in the press pools since the…...
Thousands of arrests by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (1070+ words) Since late September, hundreds of federal, state and local law enforcement personnel tied to the Memphis Safe Task Force have made traffic stops, served warrants and searched for fugitives in the city of about 610,000 people. More than 2,800 people have been arrested and more than 28,000 traffic citations have been issued, data provided by the task force and Memphis police shows. The task force, which includes National Guard troops, is supported by Republican Gov. Bill Lee and others who hope the surge reduces crime in a city that has grappled with violent crime, including nearly 300 homicides last year and nearly 400 in 2023. On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi traveled to Memphis to meet with officers and tout the task force's success in taking suspects and illegal guns off the street. Bondi and other law enforcement leaders later served food to officers to thank…...
One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies age 111
14+ hour, 38+ min ago (699+ words) Her grandson Ike Howard said Monday that she died surrounded by family at a Tulsa hospital. Sustained by a strong faith, she raised three children, worked as a welder in a shipyard during World War II and spent decades caring for families as a housekeeper. "I could never forget the charred remains of our once-thriving community, the smoke billowing in the air, and the terror-stricken faces of my neighbors," she wrote in her 2023 memoir, "Don't Let Them Bury My Story." As her family left in a horse-drawn buggy, her eyes burned from the smoke and ash, she wrote. She described seeing piles of bodies in the streets and watching as a white man shot a Black man in the head, then fired toward her family. "We don't want history to repeat itself so we do need to educate people about…...