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First look at 'Rogers: The Musical' coming to Disney California Adventure

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

We're getting a first look at "Rogers: The Musical" at Disney California Adventure Park. The production is based on the story of Steve Rogers, Captain America.(Sean Teegarden/Disneyland Resort)"Rogers: The Musical" is a one-act musical production at the park's Hyperion Theater. The 30-minute show includes dancers and singers as they take the audience through the origin story of the superhero. It'll feature other characters like, Peggy Carter, Nick Fury and select members of the Avengers.The last live production at the theater was “Frozen: Live at the Hyperion” before the resort shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, Inside the Magic reported.(Richard Harbaugh/Disneyland Resort)"The real-life production of 'Rogers: The Musical' draws inspiration from the fictional Broadwaymusical theater sequence featured in the first episode of the Disney+ series 'Hawkeye,'" according to a news release. The musical is a project between Disney Live Entertainment and book writer Hunter Bell, who star...

Los Angeles homeless count results to be released Thursday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

A clearer picture of the status of homelessness in Los Angeles County will come into focus Thursday with the release of the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count.The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority will unveil the newest numbers in a press conference at their downtown Los Angeles offices at 9:30 a.m.The annual report, also called the point-in-time count, in 2019 detected double-digit increases in the homeless populations of the city and county. The 2020 count continued that upward trajectory, though the 2022 count found that the increases had drastically slowed, nearly leveling off to about 69,000 people experiencing homelessness in the county and almost 42,000 in the city.

Suspect questions man, then shoots him as he walks home in East Oakland

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

OAKLAND — A 30-year-old man was shot early Thursday by a man who confronted him as he was walking to his East Oakland home, authorities said.The man was reported to be in stable condition at a hospital, where he was being treated for a wound to his neck, authorities said.The shooting happened about 2:22 a.m. Thursday in the 1200 block of 65th Avenue.The man told police he was walking from work to his home in the area when a man confronted him on the sidewalk.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | California police watchdog will soon receive tidal wave of misconduct records Crime and Public Safety | Richmond police fatally shoot person while serving search warrant Crime and Public Safety | Trial and prelim dates still pending for East Bay man accused of 2 killings Crime and Public Safety | East Bay police chase ends in Marin County Crime and Public Safety | Woman sought in connection with two East Bay...

What does the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action mean for California?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

The Supreme Court has ruled against affirmative action, banning colleges and universities from considering race in student admissions.The decision comes after two elite universities — Harvard and the University of North Carolina — were challenged by Students for Fair Admissions, an anti-affirmative action nonprofit that claimed the institutions discriminated against Asian American and White students in their admission decisions.Those ripple effects will extend across the country, requiring all colleges to disband use of race-conscious admission practices. In California, it’s a slightly different story: Affirmative action has been banned in the state’s public colleges for decades, since Proposition 209 struck down the practice for public employment, contracting and education in 1996.Despite that, the Supreme Court decision will still be felt across the Golden State. Private universities — which serve the same number of students as the University of California — will now need to follo...

Madonna’s family feared they would lose her, her managers prepared ‘for the worst’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

When Madonna was found unresponsive Saturday, rushed to the hospital and reportedly intubated in the intensive care unit, her family learned her condition was so “serious” that they feared they could lose her, a report said.Her oldest daughter, Lourdes, flew in from Paris to be by her bedside, and she and the pop icon’s other children and relatives spent several traumatic days not sure she was going to survive what her manager said was a “serious bacterial infection,” the Daily Mail reported. Madonna’s management team also held “crisis talks” via Zoom to make the difficult decision to postpone the start of her highly anticipated Celebration World Tour, another Daily Mail report said. “No one really knew which direction this was going to turn, and her family was preparing for the worst,” a relative told the Daily Mail. “Everyone believed that we may lose her and that has been the reality of the situation.”RELATED...

Man who appeared on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ several times arrested in California

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

By Jamiel Lynch | CNNA Florida man who has been on the run for almost four decades for a 1984 murder has been caught in California and extradited back to Florida, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Donald Santini was wanted for the murder of Cynthia Wood. Santini was the last person seen with Wood before her body was discovered strangled and left in a canal. He was then identified as a suspect and fled the county immediately, the release said.Earlier this month, Santini was found in San Diego after evading capture for 39 years, it added.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Man gets 41 years to life in 2006 slaying of estranged wife whose body was found along a California freeway Crime and Public Safety | California police ID bones found in 2001 — answering Tennessee family’s 4 decades of questions Crime and Public Safety | San Jose man charged in 1996 child sexual abuse in Sunnyvale Crime and Public Sa...

Free pickleball courts opening soon at Palace of Fine Arts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

(KRON) -- Starting July 11, the public can reserve a pickleball court at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. Three courts will be available Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Reservations for a 90-minute slot are free to the public and can be made through the city's Recreation and Parks Department website. CHP investigating shooting on I-580 in Dublin “We are thrilled to further expand access to pickleball, an incredibly social and inclusive sport that has brought joy to so many new players over the past few years,” said San Francisco Recreation and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg. “We will continue to prioritize meeting demand while balancing the needs of our other sports communities.” KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%;...

1 shot in Oakland near Jack London Square, 2 in custody

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

(KRON) – The Oakland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred near Jack London Square Wednesday night.Just after 7 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 90 block of Broadway. Officers located a victim with a gunshot wound(s), however the victim refused medical care and drove to the hospital, police said.  CHP investigating shooting on I-580 in Dublin Officers later located evidence that revealed the victim was a part of the involved party to the shooting. The individual, who was listed in stable condition, was taken into custody at the local hospital.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }OPD placed a second individual, who is believed to also be involved, into custody at the scene of the shooting...

Paris region official announces early shut down of bus and tram services so they’re not ‘targets for thugs and vandals’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Paris region official announces early shut down of bus and tram services so they’re not ‘targets for thugs and vandals.’Source

Leaders of entity that funded Trump’s social media company face insider trader charges in federal case filed in New York

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:07:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Leaders of entity that funded Trump’s social media company face insider trader charges in federal case filed in New York.Source