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Ask Amy: Modern family unit faces a “Rebecca”

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

Dear Amy: I need your objective opinion.I’m a divorced mom of two and last year, my boyfriend moved in with me, followed by his daughter (age 12). I love them both very much.I helped him through his alcoholism, which stemmed from a tragic event. His first wife, “Rebecca,” died shortly after they got married. More tragic was that when she died, she was expecting their first child together.After some time, he went on to marry another woman and had his daughter. That wife got involved in drugs and cheated on him.His health deteriorated and he ended up having life-saving surgery. He now has a great job, no longer drinks, and we are generally happy.The issue is that he often brings up his first wife. He has a pendant of her face on their wedding day hanging in his car. He has also brought me and his daughter to her grave site, which also includes a photo of him and a burial spot right next to her.He once made a comment that if she hadn’t died, we wouldn’t be together, a...

Italy rescues 32 migrants stuck on desert island via helicopter

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

Italy’s Coast Guard said on Monday (3 April) that it had to use a helicopter to rescue 32 migrants stranded on a deserted island in the central Mediterranean.The Coast Guard stated that picking migrants from Lampione (part of the same archipelago) proved difficult via sea because of "particularly adverse" weather and sea conditions.According to the statement, the helicopter transported the migrants to Lampedusa. This is the traditional landing place for sea migrants arriving from Libya and Tunisia.According to ANSA, the migrants who were rescued are from Cameroon and Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, and Mali.Charity Alarm Phone picked up calls from boats carrying migrants in distress Monday morning. It reported that a boat with approximately 500 people needed to be rescued in international waters off Libya.A fatal shipwreck occurred in February when Italian police boats failed o intercept a migrant vessel in rough seas close to the coast of southern Calabria.Over 90 people were killed, an...

Better cancer care around the EU: It's in reach, but still to be grasped – Register now: CAN.HEAL Stakeholder Conference, Roma, 26-27 April, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

Science and technology are constantly widening new understanding and providing better tools to tackle cancer. Nowhere is this happening faster than in cancer, and pioneering work is being done across the EU, writes European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) Executive Director Denis Horgan.Genome and epigenome profiling and large-scale molecular profiling are redefining both the way cancers are categorized and, increasingly, the way they are being treated, as molecular alterations are emerging as powerful prognostic markers and targets. Rules are emerging for analysis of treatment outcomes are analysed, and molecular targets are being used to ensure an increased quality of life for the patients. But availability is not the same as accessibility. Many children, adolescents and adults around the EU still receive inadequate diagnosis, treatment and support. The evolution across the EU is uneven in its pace and scope – a diversity echoed too in the capabilities of disti...

Presale Codes for NF Hope Tour with Cordae

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

If it feels like we’re on the edge right now, you wish you could say you’re proud — turn that frown upside-down! That’s because NF is going on a big fat tour. The rapper, producer, songwriter and all around talent Nathan John Feuerstein, better known as NF, is hitting 47 dates this summer and fall across the US, Canada and Europe, featuring special guest Cordae. The tour launches on July 12 in Columbus, OH and wraps on October 15 in London, UK with a stop here in Southern California in Anaheim on August 5 at the Honda Center — see below for all dates. Passwords and presale codes for the NF Hope Tour with Cordae tickets are as follows:Presale codes for NF Hope Tour with CordaePresale tickets for the NF Hope Tour with Cordae go on sale today, April 5 and we’ve been told the following presale codes and passwords may work. Details are subject to change, and vary by event date:Live Nation website presale code or password: OPENERLive Nation mobile app presale code ...

Presale Codes for Don Toliver Thee Love Sick Tour 2023 with Pi’erre Bourne

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

OK so if you pull up, hop out at the after party, you and all your friends, yeah, they love to get naughty — then you better get your butt ready for Don Toliver going on tour. Dubbed the “Thee Love Sick Tour” in support of his recently released album Love Sick, the rapper and R&B crooner is hitting 17 dates across the country with special guest Pi’erre Bourne (yup, the “Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here?” — that Pi’erre). The tour launches on June 18 in Denver, CO and wraps July 16 in San Francisco, CA, with a stop on July 14 here in Los Angeles at the YouTube Theater — see below for all dates. Passwords and presale codes for the Don Toliver Thee Love Sick Tour 2023 with Pi’erre Bourne tickets are as follows:Presale codes for Don Toliver Thee Love Sick Tour 2023 with Pi’erre BournePresale tickets for Don Toliver Thee Love Sick Tour 2023 with Pi’erre Bourne go on sale today, April 5 and we’ve been told the followi...

Sausalito’s elegant Sula offers Mediterranean-inspired fine dining

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent JournalSAUSALITO CA – MARCH 30: Hamachi Crudo is served at Sula in Sausalito, Calif., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent JournalSAUSALITO CA – MARCH 30: Customers pass through the Sula Lounge to take a look at the dining room at Sula in Sausalito, Calif., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent JournalSAUSALITO CA – MARCH 30: A Chioggia Beet and Satsuma Salad is served at Sula in Sausalito, Calif., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent JournalSAUSALITO CA – MARCH 30: A Ponzu Lobster Taco is served at Sula in Sausalito, Calif., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent JournalSAUSALITO CA – MARCH 30: Dungeness Crab Pappardelle is served at Sula in Sausalito, Calif., on Thurs...

Five-bedroom home sells for $3.6 million in Palo Alto

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

3105 Louis Road – Google Street ViewA house located in the 3100 block of Louis Road in Palo Alto has new owners. The 1,987-square-foot property, built in 1952, was sold on March 9, 2023, for $3,600,000, or $1,812 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and one parking space. It sits on a 6,150-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:In March 2023, a 1,389-square-foot home on David Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $3,165,000, a price per square foot of $2,279. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,628-square-foot home on the 800 block of Wintergreen Way in Palo Alto sold in January 2023, for $2,300,000, a price per square foot of $1,413. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Clara Drive, Palo Alto, in August 2022, a 2,014-square-foot home was sold for $2,800,000, a price per square foot of $1,390. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

25-year-old California TikTok influencer could become the next Gen Z member of Congress

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

While still a student at UC Irvine School of Law, Cheyenne Hunt clerked for Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, working on the Judiciary Committee and witnessing firsthand the first impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.It was that “unforgettable” experience, she said, that cemented her desire to run for office. And that means Hunt, a Fullerton resident and TikTok influencer, is the latest to announce her candidacy for California’s 45th congressional district represented by GOP Rep. Michelle Steel — a race that’s heating up fast.Hunt found while working in Washington, D.C., she said, that not everybody is motivated by the issues that are keeping people in her community up at night.“Working on (Capitol) Hill showed me the ways in which our system is designed to prioritize justice and to treat nobody as if they are above the law,” said Hunt, who works in tech policy for Public Citizen, a progressive advocacy group.“But it also showed me the ways in which our lawmakers are not n...

California man convicted for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

A Panorama City man has been convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection that sought to disrupt the presidential election.Edward Badalian, 28, was convicted on Tuesday, April 4, of conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and entering and remaining in a restricted building following a non-jury trial last month, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.Badalian, formerly a resident of North Hills, was charged in a superseding indictment returned in a case first filed in March 2021 against Daniel Rodriguez, 40, of Fontana.Rodriguez, a former Panorama City resident, was indicted and later pleaded guilty to four felonies including the assault of a Metropolitan Police Department officer. The superseding indictment added a conspiracy charge against him. He has remained in custody since his arrest in March 2021.In the fall of 2020, Badalian and Rodriguez — along with others — created a Telegram group chat called the “Patriots 45 MAGA Gang,” and used it as a platform to advoca...

Social media posts with BB gun spark panic at California junior high school

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:07 GMT

A social media post from a Fullerton junior high school student holding what appeared to be a handgun set off a chain of events Monday that led parents to panic, with 250 parents rushing to campus to pull out their kids.By Tuesday, 228 of Nicolas Junior High’s 630 students were still staying home. And some 150 parents, many upset about what they said was inadequate notification from the school, showed up to a town hall meeting on campus, demanding answers — and changes.Parents, and a couple of students, mistakenly thought there was a gunman at the school. Parents were getting texts Monday from their children that said, “There’s a shooter on campus.”“It was very apocalyptic,” parent Maria Cardenas said, describing how some parents were running to school to grab their children.One student said: “I felt safe in the beginning. But once I saw my friends leaving, I got scared.”There wasn’t an active shooter; the student who sent the original social media post was still at home, where loca...