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Foo Fighters reveal Josh Freese as their new drummer. Who is he?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

If you’ve been to a rock or punk concert in the past two decades there’s a good chance you’ve seen Foo Fighters’ new drummer, Josh Freese.The group revealed during a free “Foo Fighters: Preparing Music For Concerts” global livestream event on Sunday, May 21 that Freese will be taking over the drum kit in place of the late Taylor Hawkins, who died suddenly while the band was on tour last year.Last month, the band dropped an emotional new song, “Rescued,” and earlier this week, put out the punk rock-tinged “Under You.” The band has mentioned on social media that its entire new record, “But Here We Are,” which is due out on June 2, is dedicated to both Hawkins and vocalist-guitarist Dave Grohl’s late mother, educator and author, Virginia Grohl.Long Beach resident and drummer for The Vandals, Devo, Sting and more will now anchor the Foo Fighters. (Photo by Michael Goulding)Josh Freese, left, performed with Sublime with Rome for several years. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Regist...

Lakers sound defiant tone despite facing elimination in conference finals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

EL SEGUNDO — Down but defiant, the Lakers reconvened at their practice facility on Sunday. They sounded as upbeat as any team could be when facing playoff elimination, a positive tone running like an electrical current through their comments about their 3-0 series deficit in the Western Conference finals.Just because no team in NBA history has rallied to win a playoff series when trailing 3-0 doesn’t mean it can’t be done, according to Lakers coach Darvin Ham.“Hell, yeah, we’ve got an opportunity, man,” he said. “Everybody’s counting us out. It’s crazy. It’s no different than what we’ve been through all year. Just the uphill battle and trying to solidify ourselves and re-establish what this culture is all about, the Lakers organization. I think we’ve done that and we have another opportunity to take another step in the right direction come (Monday).”Ham bristled when asked why no team in the league has overcome a 3-0 deficit.“I don’t know,” he said after the team held a film-study s...

Single-family house sells for $1.6 million in Fremont

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

1518 Shinn Court – Google Street ViewA house located in the 1500 block of Shinn Court in Fremont has new owners. The 1,958-square-foot property, built in 1985, was sold on April 11, 2023. The $1,602,000 purchase price works out to $818 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage. There’s also a pool in the backyard sits on a 7,200-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:A 2,325-square-foot home on the 1500 block of Skelton Court in Fremont sold in November 2022, for $1,555,000, a price per square foot of $669. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In August 2022, a 1,874-square-foot home on Skelton Avenue in Fremont sold for $1,420,000, a price per square foot of $758.On Gilbert Place, Fremont, in December 2022, a 1,562-square-foot home was sold for $1,342,000, a price per square foot of $859. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Magnitude-5.6 quake reported off the coast of Humboldt County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

There was a magnitude-5.6 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County just before noon on Sunday. The quake was around 87 miles west of Ferndale on the Mendocino fault.Reports of feeling the quake ranged from Trinidad to Southern Humboldt. Many people on social media reported receiving an earthquake warning after feeling the quake.Local earthquake expert Lori Dengler said the quake was not an aftershock of the 6.4-magnitude quake on Dec. 20, 2022.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Northern California receives 5.2-magnitude jolt early Friday, following a 5.5 earthquake Thursday Crashes and Disasters | 5.5 magnitude earthquake in Northern California knocks out CHP 911 dispatch Crashes and Disasters | Magnitude 3.4 earthquake hits near coast in Malibu area Crashes and Disasters | 3.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Antioch Crashes and Disasters | Los Gatos CERT to host a public earthquake drill “It’s se...

Word Game: May 22, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — INSURES (INSURES: in-SHOORZ: Makes certain by taking necessary measures and precautions.)Average mark 18 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 23 or more words in INSURES? The list will be published tomorrow.SATURDAY’S WORD — DEPARTS dare dart date dater dear depart drape drat east pare parse part past paste pate pear peat pert pest prate adept aped aper aster rapt rasp rate read repast tape taper taps tare tarp tear trade tread tsar sate sear seat spade star stare steadTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or se...

Horoscopes May 22, 2023: Novak Djokovic, embrace the future

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Novak Djokovic, 36; Apolo Ohno, 41; Ginnifer Goodwin, 45; Naomi Campbell, 53.Naomi Campbell (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Happy Birthday: Distance yourself from expensive situations this year. Put your efforts into taking care of unfinished business and preparing and setting up for what’s to come. How you use the past to catapult forward will make a difference. You are overdue for something new and exciting to come into your life. Be the one to start the process. Embrace the future with optimism. Your numbers are 3, 15, 19, 27, 32, 38, 43.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use your imagination to formulate a doable and cost-efficient plan. Be ready to barter, cut your overhead and do without things that aren’t necessary to reach the target that is meaningful to you. Put your energy where it counts. 2 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Check all your options before moving on something. Acting in haste will cause controversy. Offer help and b...

Angels lingering around .500 despite the exploits of Ohtani and Trout

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

The week began with another remarkable feat by Shohei Ohtani — he reached base five times in a game he pitched — and then Mike Trout hit a couple home runs later in that series.Through it all, the Los Angeles Angels still looked pretty average.The Angels are 25-23, so they appear poised to improve on last season’s dismal 73-89 mark. They might even finish with a winning record for the first time since 2015. But the bar is likely to be much higher if they want to reach the postseason with the Ohtani-Trout combo.Right now, Los Angeles is third in the AL West behind Texas and Houston, and the competition for the wild cards figures to be formidable thanks to the strength of the AL East.The Angels did manage a split in a four-game series at Baltimore and then took two of three against AL Central-leading Minnesota, but the reality is they’ve had a hard time getting too far from the .500 mark. Los Angeles has had records of 1-1, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 14-14 an...

Koepka gets another major win at PGA, LIV gets a major champion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka now has five major championships, remarkable because he only started playing them on a regular basis 10 years ago. Slightly more than a third of his wins on top-level tours around the world have come with the biggest trophies in golf.LIV Golf now has one major.No one is keeping score that way, and Koepka didn’t sound terribly interested in measuring how much of an effect his PGA Championship victory Sunday at Oak Hill would mean for the Saudi-funded rival league he joined last summer.The chatter about guaranteed riches up front, 48-man fields with no cut and $20 million purses for the individual competition was that players would be too comfortable to work or perhaps too rich to care about what matters in golf.Majors matter to Koepka, no matter where he’s playing. All he ever wanted was good health.He never looked better at Oak Hill, a tough course that demanded exquisite golf. Not since Tiger Woods has anyone won so many majors in so...

Young Indiana Fever focusing on present during 20-game skid and not their losing past

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Indiana Fever are just focusing on this season and not dwelling on the past.Indiana (0-2) lost its 20th consecutive game dating to last year with Sunday’s 90-73 loss to New York. That tied the Tulsa Shock for the longest losing skid in WNBA history. Indiana also owns the third-longest losing streak “We poured our mess out in our first team meeting,” Indiana first-year head coach Christie Sides said. “We’re not talking about last year. We’ve got to figure out how to find that win.”Indiana hopes that victory comes next Sunday in its next game when the Fever visit Atlanta.“(We’re) 0-2. That’s all that matters,” Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell said. “I can’t help what history says. (Stinks) to be a part of it. I feel we are in transition and changing and I do my best to lean on that.”Mitchell was part of the team last season that lost its final 18 games. She already feels a shift in the organization.“Culture has been big for our program and organization...

AP Interview: Spy chief warns authoritarian states stoking anti-government mood in Germany

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:48 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned Monday of a rise in anti-government extremism fueled by authoritarian states such as Russia that seek to divide society and topple the government. German security agencies have disrupted several plots in recent years by small groups linked to the Reich Citizens movement accused of planning attacks on critical infrastructure, government officials and even the national parliament. While it is unclear how far advanced such plans were, authorities have expressed alarm that the alleged plotters had acquired weapons and included people who aren’t usually on the radar of security agencies, such as judges and police officers.Thomas Haldenwang, who heads the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, said the mixing of previously separate groups — from far-right extremists to QAnon conspiracy theorists — and their willingness to use violence was particularly worrying.“What links all of the...