Month: May 2021
Thursday 5/27: Xavier Prep girls basketball, boys volleyball advance to next round of playoffs
Thursday belonged to the Saints, the lone local teams to win their respective playoff games. Both the girls basketball and boys volleyball teams advanced to the next round in the CIF-SS playoffs.
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How a deadly raid shows al Qaeda retains global reach under Taliban ‘protection’
A raid on a remote village in Afghanistan kills an ageing al Qaeda leader wanted by the FBI. Messages to the group’s cells around the world are seized. Two drone strikes on militants in northwest Syria swiftly follow. Details of a little-publicized October raid targeting a senior al Qaeda militant, Husam Abd-al-Rauf, in the Afghan
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Eisenhower Family Birth Center welcomes its first newborn hours after its grand opening
The Eisenhower Family Birth Center officially opened its doors on Thursday and just a few hours later already welcomed its first newborn. Khristina Clous gave birth to Kaedyn at 6:58 p.m. To mark the happy occasion, the Center will present the family with a gift basket of branded Eisenhower Family Birth Center items, a gift
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Russian Wagner mercenaries’ African exploits immortalized on big screen
It had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood premiere: Excited crowds, a giant screen, even a red carpet. But the high-octane, big budget film making its debut at the Barthélemy Boganda stadium in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), recently wasn’t the latest episode in a star-studded action movie franchise. Instead, the
Continue ReadingTrump appointee on West Point Board spreads conspiracy that Biden is replacing White people of European ancestry
A Trump appointee serving on West Point’s advisory board has repeatedly spread a conspiracy that the Biden administration is bringing in non-White immigrants as part of a “grand plan” to have them outnumber White Americans of European ancestry in the United States. In another interview, he also attacked women serving in the military in combat
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New York Times: Intelligence officials said to have untapped evidence on Covid-19 origins
President Joe Biden’s instructions to the US intelligence community to redouble its efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic came on the heels of intelligence officials informing the White House that they possessed unreviewed evidence necessitating greater computer analysis that could potentially provide answers, The New York Times reported Thursday. The paper cited
Continue Reading A deadly raid shows the Taliban hasn’t cut ties with al Qaeda, despite promise to US
A raid on a remote village in Afghanistan kills an ageing al Qaeda leader wanted by the FBI. Messages to the group’s cells around the world are seized. Two drone strikes on militants in northwest Syria swiftly follow. Details of a little-publicized October raid targeting a senior al Qaeda militant, Husam Abd-al-Rauf, in the Afghan
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Silicon Valley is in a high-stakes standoff with India
The biggest names in tech are locked in an increasingly tense stand-off with India over strict new social media rules they fear will erode privacy, usher in mass surveillance and harm business in the world’s fastest growing market. This week’s events underscore the challenges facing Facebook, Twitter and Google as they try to navigate an
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Dr. Luis Valentino appointed superintendent of CVUSD
The Coachella Valley Unified School District has a new superintendent. The board of education voted 6-1 to approve the appointment and contract of Dr. Luis Valentino as the new district’s new superintendent. Valentino will officially start on July 1, 2021. His contract runs through June 30, 2025, however the board will evaluate his performance within
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Palm Springs to replace Fourth of July fireworks show with laser show
The Fourth of July skies may not be filled with fireworks in Palm Springs this year but there will still be some light. Palm Springs City Manager Justin Clifton announced the city will hold a laser light show on the Fourth of July. As we’ve previously reported, the city voted 3-2 earlier this month to
Continue Reading‘Cruella’ and ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ pose the first real test of the summer box office
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “This weekend poses the first real test of the summer box office,” Brian Lowry writes, “with a pair of complementary titles based on proven intellectual property: ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ and ‘Cruella.’” Box Office
Continue ReadingHigiene del sueño: ocho formas de entrenar tu cerebro para dormir mejor
(CNN)– Los días son más largos, están llenos de sol y brillan con la promesa de disfrutar de unos meses más relajados con tus seres queridos. Pero si quieres disfrutar del día, es hora de aumentar el sueño durante la noche.Lo necesitamos. Más de un tercio de los adultos estadounidenses no duermen lo suficiente de
Continue ReadingLa guerra más antigua de la que se tiene registro se desencadenó por cambios climáticos, según investigadores
(CNN) — Los 61 esqueletos humanos que fueron desenterrados en el valle del Nilo en la década de 1960, en lo que hoy es Sudán, han sido considerados durante mucho tiempo como la evidencia más antigua de una guerra organizada entre humanos. Los restos descubiertos en Jebel Sahaba, que tienen más de 13.000 años de
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What we know about the public transit employee who fatally shot his coworkers in San Jose
The gunman who authorities say killed nine coworkers in San Jose, California, had a hatred for his workplace that he expressed in notes discovered when he was searched almost five years ago, a Department of Homeland Security official told CNN on Thursday. Samuel James Cassidy was taken into secondary inspection after returning from a trip
Continue ReadingEl interés en las vacunas aumentó después de que los CDC anunciaran una nueva guía de mascarillas
(CNN) — Datos obtenidos exclusivamente por CNN muestran que el interés en vacunarse contra covid-19 aumentó justo después de que la Dra. Rochelle Walensky, directora de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU., anunciara hace dos semanas que las personas vacunadas podían quitarse las máscaras. «Esto muestra que los incentivos
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Paul Ryan enters GOP’s civil war by criticizing Trump’s hold on party
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan criticized former President Donald Trump and his hold on the Republican Party during a speech Thursday night as he warned the GOP about drifting from the “core principles of conservatism.” Ryan, a critic of the former President in the past, said at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley,
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Bird e-scooters land in Coachella after bumpy road into valley
Bird scooters were unveiled Thursday in Coachella, now the first city in the valley to approve the app-based rental transportation. Monserrat Gomez said she plans to use the bird scooters to better explore the city. “I’m just happy that they have this here because everyone can come out, enjoy it, come together and have a good fun day,”
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Mother of fallen Capitol Police officer asks GOP senators to support January 6 commission but changes few minds
The mother of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick met with more than a dozen Republican senators Thursday, urging them to vote to establish a commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection. But even after those meetings, which two sources familiar said were cordial, most of the senators told her they wouldn’t be changing
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UCPIE receives $43,550 from Tour de Palm Springs!
The United Cerebral Palsy of the Inland Empire received $43,550 from the Tour de Palm Springs after participating in the yearly event in February
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