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Christopher Thomas Dies in Bicycle Collision on Country Club Drive [Palm Desert, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

33-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck by Sheriff’s Deputy in Bicycle Accident near El Dorado DrivePALM, DESERT, CA (October 12, 2023) – Tuesday morning, Christopher Thomas lost his life in a bicycle collision on Country Club Drive.Authorities were alerted at approximately 3:40 a.m. The incident occurred near El Dorado Drive and Palm Valley Country Club.According to initial reports, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy was involved in a collision with a bicyclist in the vicinity. The officer was not engaged in any emergency response activities at the time.Emergency medical personnel arrived at the scene and pronounced the cyclist, 33-year-old Thomas from Palm Desert, deceased.The California Highway Patrol has assumed responsibility for the ongoing investigation. Additional information will be made available as it becomes accessible.The team at Sweet James offers their warm and sincerest sympathies go out to the friends and family of Christopher Thomas. May you find comfort ...

Janelle Monáe on the YouTube Stage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

Janelle Monáe on the YouTube Stage: Monáe’s fourth studio album, The Age of Pleasure, dropped this summer and what a pleasurable listening experience it is. “The Age of Pleasure Tour celebrates Monaé’s critically acclaimed new album, The Age of Pleasure, available now via Wondaland Arts Society/Atlantic Records.” “Water Slide,” “Lipstick Lover” and “Float” are the singles that have been getting all of their attention, but album tracks such as “Black Sugar Beach” are equally impressive. Dreamer Isioma and Nana Kwabena also perform.Monáe recently enlisted Latto and Quavo for a stunning remix of “Champagne Shit.”Produced by Nate “Rocket” Wonder with Additional Production by Nana Kwabena and Sensei Bueno for Goodhouse Dojo, the original version of ‘Champagne Shit’ has proven a popular standout from THE AGE OF PLEASURE with over 11.6+ individual global streams thus far,” reads the press release. “Monáe is currently celebrating THE AGE OF PLEASURE with ...

Contrast of rebuilding styles when Taylor’s Stanford Cardinal face Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes in prime time

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

When Colorado and Stanford face off Friday night at Folsom Field, it will be a study in extremes.In their first years at each school, Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders brought in 49 transfers, according to On3, while Cardinal coach Troy Taylor brought in five. When Sanders arrived, he told the leftover players to consider transferring out. When Taylor arrived, he told leftover players he wanted them all to stay.But while other coaches have been critical of Sanders’s methods, Taylor said he respected Sanders’ approach.“They play hard, and it’s pretty clear that they’re a better team than they’ve been in the past and I think they’ll continue to get better,” Taylor said. “So I’m not critical at all of what Coach Sanders is doing. He’s doing what everybody else is trying to do in terms of adjust and find some sort of a competitive advantage. And at the end of the day, our job is to graduate players and hopefully have a great experience and win football ga...

Review: Where was the ‘real Peter Gabriel’ during San Francisco concert?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

The star of the Peter Gabriel show wanted to make one thing clear upfront:Peter Gabriel was not in the house.Instead, he/it said we were watching an avatar — and one that wasn’t nearly as visually impressive as the real deal.“My avatar is 20 years older, 20 years heavier and completely bald,” the alleged avatar said. “The real Peter Gabriel is lying horizontal on a Caribbean beach and totally indistinguishable from a Greek God.”If that was indeed the case then Bay Area fans should count themselves lucky that the “real Peter Gabriel” never showed up on Sunday night to Chase Center in San Francisco, because the show they ended up receiving with nothing less than stellar.At this point in the story, given the advances in A.I. and how virtual reality has already been utilized in the “live” entertainment business, it’s probably best that I clarify that Gabriel was just joking and, indeed, was very much there, in the flesh, ...

Crime isn’t the full story: What else is affecting retailers in urban areas, in 4 charts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

By Alex Leeds Matthews and Rachel Wilson | CNNTarget is closing nine stores in four metropolitan areas: the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, and New York. The big box retailer cited in its announcement organized retail crime and theft creating an “unsustainable business performance.”But Target is not alone, and it’s not just theft making it hard for retailers: other pressures triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, like the migration of high earners out of major cities, the rise of e-commerce and a continued worker shortage, have changed business conditions in urban cores, according to CNN’s analysis of economic data.Even before the pandemic, closures of brick-and-mortar stores were increasing: 2019 saw more retail store closures than 2020 , according to data from Coresight Research. 2022 was the first year without a net loss in the number of stores since 2016.In a recent survey by the National Retail Federation, retailers reported that shrink — a measure of retail losses that...

Lafayette attorney indicted for alleged role in billion-dollar Ponzi scheme

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

(BCN) -- A Lafayette attorney has been indicted on 23 federal counts of fraud for his role in what the U.S. Attorney's Office is calling the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California, prosecutors announced Tuesday.Ari Lauer, 59, is a licensed California attorney who served as outside counsel for DC Solar, which was associated with a $1 billion dollar Ponzi scheme.A Martinez couple, Paulette and Jeff Carpoff, ran the scheme and used their gains to fund luxury real estate in Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, the Caribbean and Cabo San Lucas; over 150 luxury and collector cars, their own private jet service, and lavish jewelry, prosecutors said.Lauer provided legal and business advice to DC Solar, which was bilking people out of millions.The crimes were sophisticated and complex, but involved mobile solar generators (MSGs) that were mounted on trailers. DC Solar claimed they could provide emergency power to cellphone towers and lighting at sporting and oth...

Dynamic Daniels leads No. 22 LSU against Auburn as SEC West race heats up

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Brian Kelly marvels at how much quarterback Jayden Daniels is doing to keep his team in contention in the SEC West.Daniels’ 35-yard touchdown run while playing through a rib injury in the fourth quarter of a 49-39 victory at Missouri last week was a case in point.“His ability to run when things are not there is unique,” Kelly said as No. 22 LSU (4-2, 3-1 SEC) prepared to host Auburn (3-2, 0-2) on Saturday night. “His speed, his durability, his toughness puts him up there with the great ones.”When Daniels arrived at LSU as a transfer from Arizona State in 2022, he was an exceptional scrambler — quick, agile, and explosive, with a graceful stride that disguises his breakaway speed.In the season and a half since, Daniels has demonstrated an increasing knack for knowing not just when to run, but whether to run laterally to extend passing opportunities or vertically to gain yards on the ground. He also has exhibited an increasing patience in the po...

De Kock’s century helps South Africa earn 134-run win over scrappy Australia at Cricket World Cup

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Quinton de Kock smashed a second successive century at the Cricket World Cup to help South Africa beat a scrappy Australia team by 134 runs on Thursday.The 30-year-old de Kock, who will be retiring after the World Cup, followed up his hundred against Sri Lanka with another masterful 109 off 106 balls on an untested wicket in South Africa’s total of 311-7.Australia, which won the toss and elected to bowl on a relaid pitch, was sloppy on the field, dropping five catches before getting bowled out for 177 — its second below-200 total in the tournament.Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada picked up 3-33 and Keshav Maharaj clamped the batters by chipping in 2-30 in a 10-over spell.Only Glenn Maxwell (2-34) showed some spark with his offspin bowling in an otherwise poor day on the field for Australia, which had been seend as one of favorites to reach the semifinals.South Africa climbed on top of the points table with two wins from two games while Australia is without a poi...

No. 2 Michigan building momentum and isn’t expected to get slowed down by Indiana at home

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — No. 2 Michigan is building momentum, following up a 45-7 win over Nebraska with a 52-10 rout of Minnesota last week.“Feel like we can keep on that trajectory,” coach Jim Harbaugh said. “It’s very good to come out of that game seeing the evidence that the team is improving.”The Wolverines (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) have won won 18 consecutive conference games, one short of the program record set from 1990 to 1992. They have taken advantage of a soft schedule by winning each game by at least 24 points.Michigan is not expected to slow down Saturday at home against Indiana (2-3, 0-2) in a game it is favored to win by nearly five touchdowns.CHANGING DIRECTIONSIndiana coach Tom Allen saw enough from his stagnant offense that on the first day of the bye week he fired coordinator Walt Bell and promoted Rod Carey from quality control coach to play-caller nearly two weeks ago. Carey, a former head coach at Northern Illinois and Temple, has promised he will make changes.“...

Top-ranked Georgia looking to stay perfect visiting struggling Vanderbilt

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:44:50 GMT

No. 1 Georgia (6-0, 3-0 SEC) at Vanderbilt (2-5, 0-3), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (CBS)Line: Georgia by 31 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Georgia leads 60-20-2.WHAT’S AT STAKE?The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs can extend their school record winning streak to 24 straight and their record of consecutive wins in the regular season to 34 with a win Saturday. The Bulldogs’ 33 straight wins currently is the longest active streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision. A win also will keep the Bulldogs undefeated and cruising toward an open date before the annual showdown with Florida. Vanderbilt wants to snap a five-game skid this season and against the Bulldogs. KEY MATCHUPGeorgia’s stout defense against Vanderbilt’s offense. The Bulldogs have shut out Vanderbilt in each of the last two games between these SEC Eastern teams with Georgia winning by a combined 117-0. The Commodores are scoring an average of 28.9 points a game. This might be Georgia’s opportun...