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This theme park is the 'best' in California, according to study

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

As the summer vacation season approaches, many Californians and out-of-state visitors will plan trips to the state's most popular theme parks.A new study from Home to Go, a vacation rental company, ranked the “best” theme parks across the state based on multiple factors, including affordability and the number of rides and attractions offered by each park.The study was divided into three sections: Top Theme Parks, ranked by price; Best Amusement Parks, based on the number of attractions; and Top Theme Parks in California overall. Six Flags Magic Mountain announces re-opening date for Hurricane Harbor, other summer events Overall, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, known as the “Thrill Capital of Northern California,” took the top spot in the study's rankings.Six Flags Magic Mountain was ranked best park for thrill seekers, while Knott’s Berry Farm was named the top theme park for families looking to get the most bang for their buck.Here is how other California-based theme park...

Iconic 'Brady Bunch' house heads to market after major renovations from HGTV

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

The famous home of Mike, Carol, Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter, Bobby, Alice the housekeeper and Tiger the dog is headed to market. Yes, the original home from the "Brady Bunch" can be yours, and it will look just like you remember it.The home, which is located in Studio City, was originally just used for exterior shots in the original 1970s classic television series. But in 2019, HGTV, the popular real estate and home improvement reality channel, began renovating the property to revamp the interior to be series-accurate. The Studio City home featured in the "The Brady Bunch" is officially headed to market following renovations by HGTV. (Photo courtesy: Anthony Barcelo)The project was chronicled in HGTV's "A Very Brady Renovation." The show was hosted by Drew and Jonathan Scott, aka the Property Brothers, who worked on the renovations alongside the actors who portrayed the six Brady kids in the original series.HGTV purchased the home back in 2018 to the tune of $3.5 million, beatin...

Tina Turner through the years

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83.Rock Queen Tina Turner sang on Saturday, Jan. 18, 1988 in Rio De Janeiro for some 200,000 fans packing Rio?s Maracana soccer stadium, the worlds largest. Tina said this tour would be her last ever. (AP Photo)FILE - Tina Turner, left, and Lionel Richie pose with a total of five awards between them, at the Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 1985. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)FILE - Tina Turner performs her current hit song "What's Love Got to Do With It" in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 1984. Turner will be inducte...

Thoughtful Trading: One Of The Three Ways To Become A Multimillionaire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

Founder of Rockwell Trading, Markus Heitkoetter shares his strategy for consistent profits in the trading marketMarkus Heitkoetter came to America with 30,000 dollars and a dream to turn that money into millions. 20 years later, he has achieved that dream many times over and is now sharing his approach with the world. Trading stocks, options, and futures is a notoriously risky business, but Heitkoetter’s philosophy of systematic, repeatable, and consistent profits has proved a great success.“I was attracted to trading from a young age,” Heitkoetter says. “I made my first trade at 18 years old, persuading a well-known bank to open a broker’s account for me, even though I only had fifty Deutsche Mark.” Buying one VW share certificate led to a 20% profit because the exasperated banker gave Heitkoetter 10 Deutsche Mark to stop calling him for thrice daily updates on the stock performance.Heitkoetter went on to work for IBM for many years, swiftly rising up the ranks. He was on the brink...

Brianna Britten and Kathy Esqueda Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash on Ashlan Avenue [Fresno, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

Two Women Pronounced Dead after Suspected DUI Accident near Highway 41FRESNO, CA (May 24, 2023) – Early Monday morning, Brianna Britten and Kathy Esqueda were killed in a hit-and-run crash on Ashlan Avenue.The incident happened around 1:00 a.m., near Highway 41 along Ashlan Avenue and Highway 41 on April 24th.According to reports, officials tried to pull over a driver. However, the driver failed to stop and proceeded to drive before crashing into a tent with sleeping occupants.Paramedics arrived and rushed the victims to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. There, one of the women, 30-year-old Britten, succumbed to her injuries. A few days later, the second woman, 61-year-old Esqueda, also died at the hospital from her injuries.Police officials said the suspect, 39-year-old Erica Jones, tried to flee from the scene but was later found and charged with felony DUI and murder. At this time, Fresno police authorities will release additional information as soon as they become a...

Elmer Santos Arrested after Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash on Normandie Avenue [Los Angeles, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

Man, Woman Dead after Vehicle Hit on Martin Luther King Jr. BoulevardLOS ANGELES, CA (May 24, 2023) – Early Sunday morning, Elmer Santos ended up killing two people after crashing into their vehicle.It happened in the 3998 block of South Normandie Avenue near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, at around 12:30 a.m., May 21st.According to LAFD spokesperson Brian Humphrey, a white Jeep Wrangler Rubicon driven by 31-year-old Santos and a white BMW occupied by 20-year-old Maria Belen Polanco and Kevin Castillo were the vehicles involved in the incident.Upon investigation, the officers learned that the BMW was about to exit at the drive-thru of a Burger Factory when Santos, traveling at high speed, struck them.Furthermore, deputies responded to the scene and tried to extricate Castillo and Polanco but they were unsuccessful.In addition, the officers said that the impact instantly killed Castillo and Polanco.Meanwhile, the officers found liquor in Santos’ veh...

Convicted murderer Murdaugh indicted on 22 federal counts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

By Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers and Dakin Andone | CNNA federal grand jury has indicted disbarred South Carolina attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh on 22 charges in connection with schemes aimed at stealing money from his clients, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina.The charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, the office said Wednesday in a news release.Murdaugh, 54, “has been cooperating with the United States Attorneys’ Office and federal agencies in their investigation of a broad range of activities,” his attorneys, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, said Wednesday in a statement.“We anticipate that the charges brought today will be quickly resolved without a trial,” they said.Murdaugh, a former personal injury attorney, is appealing his conviction this year in South Carolina for murdering his wife and grown son; he was sentenced to life in prison. He’s currentl...

Oakland: Suspect arrested in early morning killing of Antioch father

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

OAKLAND — A city resident has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the recent shooting death of a 27-year-old Antioch man, court records show.Danery Quinonez-Vasquez, 27, was charged Wednesday with a single count, murder, in the May 6 shooting death of Mitchell Monroe. Quinonez-Vasquez was arrested Tuesday at his Oakland home and is being held in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail, records show.Monroe, a father of two girls aged 6 and 1, was shot and killed shortly before 4 a.m. near the Interstate 580 Keller Avenue exit. Police say that there is evidence Monroe may have been following his suspected killer on the freeway, but authorities haven’t said exactly what led to the fatal shooting.Video surveillance shows the shooter pulling up in a pickup truck and waiting on Keller Avenue for about two minutes before Monroe arrived, police say. When Quinonez-Vasquez was interviewed, he reportedly told police he parked his vehicle, waited for Monroe’...

Bay Area arts: 7 great shows to see this weekend and beyond

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

There are a lot of great shows to see over Memorial Day weekend and beyond; including a collection of humongous dinosaurs, the marvelous Meklit and much more. Here’s a partial rundown.Super-sized dinos stalk S.F.Kids (and most parents) love dinosaurs, right? And the bigger the better.And that’s exactly what we’re getting with a new exhibit featuring plus-sized prehistoric behemoths opening this weekend at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.Captivatingly titled “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs,” the exhibit, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, goes on a deep dive into the lives of the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods, whose ranks include the famed 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus. And we’re not just talking about fossilized bone collections and skeletal reproductions (although there are plenty of those). The exhibit also examines how these creatures’ massive sizes were sustained by, and influe...

‘SmartLess: On the Road’ review: 3 men and a podcast — Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes on tour

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

Nina Metz | Chicago TribuneSince 2020, actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes have co-hosted a podcast together called “SmartLess.” Last year they took the show out on a short national tour, and that adventure is documented in the six-part Max docuseries “SmartLess: On the Road,” which follows the celebrity friends and co-workers to stops on the East Coast, Midwest and then back to Los Angeles.Perhaps the decision to shoot in black-and-white was meant to undercut some of the pampered Hollywood trappings of the trip. But director Sam Jones (whose credits include the Wilco film “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” and more recently a Tony Hawk documentary) isn’t here to encourage his subjects to shed their well-honed veneer so much as simply document their first-class travels and neurotic conversational jabs. As a trio, Arnett, Bateman and Hayes are self-aware enough to poke fun at their rarefied status while also being disinclined to abandon the perks of said status.It’s an ac...