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HOLLYWOOD—The crisis that took America by storm in 2020 was highlighted even more in the latest episode of “Queen Sugar.” The episode, ‘June 1, 2020,’ saw several of our key players struggle with some unsurmountable odds, especially the titan the audience knows as Charley Bordelon West. Nova was busy planning a massive march for the kids to get the...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN—UCLA advances to the Final Four  continuing their historic run through March Madness on Tuesday, March 30, as the No.11 seed UCLA Bruins pulled off another upset defeating the No. 1 seed Michigan Wolverines, 51-49 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Bruins guard, Johnny Juzang was brilliant, torching Michigan with 28 points, his fantastic shooting kept the Bruins in the game...

UNITED STATES—Now that the various spring bulbs have finished blooming, or will soon, many will benefit from deadheading. The techniques are simple, and actually benefit many plants besides spring bulbs. In the most basic terms, deadheading is merely the removal of deteriorating flowers after bloom. Ideally, it should happen prior to the development of seed structures. A most obvious advantage...

CALIFORNIA—On Tuesday, March 30, Universal Studios Hollywood announced in a news release that the theme park will reopen to California residents on Friday, April 16 after being closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Universal Studios Hollywood President Karen Irwin said they are "thrilled" to reopen and "return team members to work and welcome guests back...

SAN FRANCISCO—American Spanish-language broadcast company Estrella Media is launching Estrella TV in San Francisco, per a statement released on the company’s website on Monday, March 29. Estrella will occupy KEMO San Francisco, channel 50. The channel currently airs Azteca America programming. Estrella will bring Spanish-language entertainment, news, sports, reality shows, game shows, talk shows, talent competitions, and other programming. The launch...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Saturday, March 27 at 9:30 p.m. the San Francisco Police Department responded to a vehicle collision at a sideshow on Mission Street between 23rd and 26th Streets involving four men getting struck by a driver who escaped the scene. Officers were unable to identify the driver or locate the vehicle. The victims were transported to a local...

CALIFORNIA — On Thursday, March 25, Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) proposed legislation that would decriminalize jaywalking in the state of California. In a March 25 tweet, Assemblymember Ting said he believes "jaywalking is arbitrarily enforced.  When tickets are issues, they're disproportionately given to people of color & sometimes these encounters w/ police are life threatening.  I introduced #AB1238, The...

UNITED STATES—Zorba’s time “up here” impacted him as colors must impact a person born blind who gains sight through an operation. Each place had something the other lacked, the Underground Cities had jeweled towers and "up there," wide open spaces and a calm that saturated every molecule of bring. Detective Zorba dreaded going back to the Underground Cities, where...

HOLLYWOOD—It was the penultimate episode before next week’s season 10 finale of “The Walking Dead.” This week’s episode, ‘Diverged’ which saw further fractions in the relationship between Carol and Daryl. These two besties were still searching for food and crops, but the tension between them was so thick you should slice it with your breathe. It is bad, because...

HOLLYWOOD—I honestly wish awards season was just cancelled for 2021. The virtual ceremony just doesn’t work people. It doesn’t matter how hard you attempt to make the ceremony entertaining, having the audience as a virtual audience is not the same as having people live in person America. Host Anthony Anderson did his best to keep things moving along, but...