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LAUSD unveils new mobile app for families 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

LAUSD unveiled its new mobile app on Tuesday, giving families and educators real-time information and new accessibility features. The LAUSD Mobile App 3.0 will have a new resource menu that features new FAFSA accessibility and significant upgrades in Parent Portal web access. Upgrades in Parent Portal access will help establish relationships with families through school workshops, programming and recruitment of over 12,000 parent volunteers, the school district said in a statement. Real-time information on student attendance, bus routes and individualized education plans will also be available through the new app.  LAUSD, teachers union reach tentative labor agreement “The most important thing a school and district can do is provide parents with offerings, resources and the most up-to-date information about their child,” said LAUSD Board President Jackie Goldberg. “The LAUSD Mobile App 3.0...streamlines pertinent information, so families are equipped with the power ...

Wendy's bringing back fan-favorite Frosty flavor, adding new items to the menu

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

As temperatures warm, fast-food giant Wendy’s announced Tuesday that it's bringing back a fan-favorite Frosty flavor and adding new items to its menus nationwide.The Strawberry Frosty will join the Chocolate Frosty on menus for a limited time, the company announced. The beloved flavor debuted last year and quickly became a fan favorite. McDonald’s fans can get this popular menu item at Wendy’s “The sweet and real strawberry puree we use delivers the refreshing taste of summer in every spoonful. After the response we saw last year, we knew it was something that deserved to reclaim its place on this summer's menu,” John Li, the vice president of culinary innovation at Wendy's, said in a statement.The fast-food chain isn’t known to debut new Frosty flavors often since its introduction in 1969, only offering the chocolate flavor until introducing the vanilla frosty in 2006, Mashed, a food publication, reported. Taco Bell bringing back fan-favorite item with a spicy twist this week T...

Buy TikTok Followers: 6 Best Sites To Buy TikTok Followers in 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

The best way to grow your audience on TikTok is to buy TikTok followers. With 800 million monthly users, TikTok is a goldmine for brands and content creators looking to grow their following.TikTok has changed the social media game permanently. They figured out that the best way for content creators to communicate with audiences is through short-form video content. This approach mimics real-life human interaction in which information is exchanged in short bursts. The result is a platform where users are far more likely to watch your videos and engage with your content.While this is great news, there’s the problem of building an audience on TikTok. Growing your TikTok follower count can be a slow and difficult process. To achieve this, you need to catch and hold the attention of the platform’s algorithm.TikTok’s algorithm ensures the app’s users are constantly exposed to content from relevant accounts. While this often happens by chance, it is better to take concrete steps to guarante...

Midtown Immersive joins San Jose’s night market scene

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

There’s a new night market in San Jose, with food trucks, artists, vendors, music and a beer garden — all the usual features you’d expect from one of these popular events. But Midtown Immersive, centered around a century-old grain warehouse off San Carlos Street, launched last Friday with a funky vibe all its own.Most of that comes down to its location on McAvoy Street — a largely industrial area of San Jose just west of the Caltrain tracks and downtown — and the hodge-podge layout, with planter boxes and benches serving as barriers where a sidewalk would be. On opening night, artist Francisco Ramirez worked on a painting in front of the crowd as a DJ played tunes, people sold “San Jose” T-shirts, jewelry and comic books. There was a flower bar, where you could put together your own bouquet, and even San Jose’s famed Antiques Colony had a few tables featuring an array of items for sale.Asiel Design's Jonathan Gomez stands inside t...

Here’s the insane food lineup at 2023’s Outside Lands festival

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

Outside Lands isn’t just about the music, though with an epic 2023 lineup that includes Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion and the Foo Fighters it’s certainly looking good for music-lovers. It’s also about the food. This year has an ambitious array of 96 Bay Area restaurants, including chefs from Liholiho Yacht Club, Bodega SF and the No. 1 pick in the Mercury News‘ 50 Best Restaurants list, Oakland’s Daytrip.Without ado, here’s the full (very long!) food lineup for Outside Lands 2023, which will be held in Golden Gate Park on August 11-13. The beverage lineup is coming later in June. A16 (VIP)Salsiccia Pizzas, Pork Meatball Sandwiches, Kale Caesar SaladsAbacáFilipino Dumpling Molo Soup, Sisig Fried Rice, Carioca Mochi DonutsAbanico Coffee RoastersIced Cafe De Olla, Iced Pinolillo, Cold Brew, PastriesalaMar Kitchen & BarBraised Oxtail Nachos, Jerk Chicken Nachos, Vegan NachosAlicia’s Tamales Los MayasPollo Tamales, Carnitas Tamales, Arro...

Woman survives 30-foot fall after jumping from Oakland apartment window to escape violent assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

OAKLAND — A woman survived an estimated 30-foot fall Monday morning after she leapt from a third-floor apartment near Lake Merritt to escape a violent attack by her boyfriend, authorities said.The woman suffered broken bones and multiple cuts and bruises but was in stable condition at a hospital.The 35-year-old boyfriend was later arrested and some guns were recovered from a bag he had, authorities said.The attack happened about 10:55 a.m. Monday in an apartment building in the 500 block of MacArthur Boulevard near Beacon Street where the two lived, police said.Authorities said the man and woman are in a relationship and have a child together. The child was not at the apartment at the time.Police said the two got into an argument but did not say what it was about.Police said the man threatened to kill the woman and began choking and beating her.The woman, in fear of her life, jumped out a third-floor window and landed on the ground below, police said.Next, police were called t...

Walnut Creek: Boy allegedly wore ‘Scream’ mask, lured girl to secluded part of school campus, then stabbed her throat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

WALNUT CREEK — A ninth grade girl who survived being stabbed by another freshman had been lured to the area by her attacker, who allegedly donned a mask popularized by a horror film, told her he had a “surprise” for her, then waited in a shed, knife in hand, for her arrival.When the girl arrived to a shed used for recycling on the Northgate High School campus, the 14-year-old boy allegedly jumped out, swung the knife at her without warning and stabbed her in the throat, face and arm, authorities said.The attack was only stopped when a campus supervisor heard screams and rushed to the girl’s assistance, causing the boy to drop the knife and the mask and attempted to flee. The supervisor chased the boy through the Walnut Creek campus and tackled and held him until police arrived, according to authorities.Now the boy, who this newspaper is not naming, has been charged in Contra Costa juvenile court with attempted murder and aggravated mayhem, police announced Mo...

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Los Gatos roadhouse restaurant The Cats is reopening — with new owner, new chefs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

A new chapter in the storied history of The Cats — the circa 1896 roadhouse above Los Gatos — will begin Friday when the restaurant reopens under new ownership.Barbecue, a staple at The Cats, will be back. And the live music will return next week to this building that’s been a stage stop, a speakeasy, a bordello, a realty shop, a sporting goods store and, since 1967, a restaurant and tavern.What’s different is the mission behind the menu. The Cats’ new owner is ChefCentury, a culinary venture launched during the pandemic by South Bay entrepreneur Richard Tam, who wanted to provide a lifeline to struggling chefs by supplying them with a fully equipped commissary kitchen. They cooked meals for delivery, made Ukrainian specialties for fundraisers and every month selected a different charity to support.The only thing missing was customer engagement, and chefs thrive on that, Tam said. He seized the opportunity to buy The Cats brand when the iconic restauran...

Chastain: U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach reminiscent of ’99 World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

PEBBLE BEACH – A nostalgic sensation overcame Brandi Chastain as she came here Tuesday to help promote the U.S. Women’s Open, two months before it descends on these hallowed grounds for the first time.Chastain envisions a landmark event similar to the 1999 Women’s World Cup, which brought overdue recognition to women’s soccer and culminated with Chastain and the U.S. team winning it all at the Rose Bowl.“That’s what I’m really feeling about this,” Chastain said after a media day press conference. “This is a chance for these women to walk into this venue and to know that they belong.”Among those eager to play Pebble Beach is famed golfer Michelle Wie West, who will be coming out of retirement to play in the July 6-9 event.Wie West, 33, said she was too young to truly understand the gravity of what Chastain and that U.S. women’s soccer team’s run did for women’s sports. But she now comprehends it.“It’s so iconic, what that soccer team did for girls and our confidence and what we...

In 2023, Trump debuts a new lie about the 2020 election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:17 GMT

By Daniel Dale | CNNAdd another election lie to the long, long list.Former President Donald Trump has tried for nearly two and a half years to convince Americans that he was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election he lost fair and square to Joe Biden. He is still trying today, in 2023, as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination once more.But Trump’s latest supposed piece of evidence, like his previous supposed pieces of evidence, is complete bunk.In a speech to a Republican gathering in Florida on Friday, during which he repeated his usual lie that the 2020 election was “rigged and stolen,” Trump pointedly noted that Biden got more votes than Trump in fewer than a fifth of US counties in 2020. Trump then said, “Nothing like this has ever happened before. Usually it’s very equal, or — but the winner always had the most counties.”Facts First: Trump’s claim that the winner of every presidential election before 2020 a...