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Cupertino Symphonic Band to perform free outdoor concert on June 15

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

Cupertino Symphonic Band concertThe Cupertino Symphonic Band is performing a free outdoor concert on Thursday, June 15, at 6:30 p.m. at Cupertino’s Memorial Park Amphitheater, 21121 Stevens Creek Blvd. Parking is available on nearby Mary Avenue and Alves Drive.Attendees should bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. Donations of canned goods will benefit West Valley Community Services.For more information, visit www.cupertinosymphonicband.org.‘Find Your Voice’ at libraryThe Santa Clara County Library District invites patrons to “Find Your Voice” during the district’s free summer reading program.Throughout June and July, district libraries will be hosting a lineup of programs for children, teens and adults featuring performers, arts and crafts, book clubs and speakers.The program is designed for patrons to discovering different ways to express themselves.“According to the California State Library, summer reading programs can help children develop skills in art, science, math, techno...

Sunnyvale Historical Society hosts Moffett Field talk

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

Moffett Field history lessonTom Spink and Matt Sturges from the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum will present “A History of Moffett Field” on Monday, June 5, at 7:15 p.m. at Sunnyvale’s Heritage Park Museum, 570 E. Remington Drive.Attendees at this talk, presented by the Sunnyvale Historical Society, can learn more about the development of aviation in Sunnyvale and about the Naval Air Station commissioned in the early 1930s that brought the dirigible Macon—the first aircraft carriers—to the West Coast.For more information, visit https://heritageparkmuseum.org.Public works awardsTwo Sunnyvale projects won awards from the American Public Works Association Silicon Valley’s 2023 Award Program.The Fair Oaks Avenue Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation Project received the award for structures over $25 million. The project design began in 2012 and opened in September 2022. Built in 1967, the Fair Oaks bridge is a four-lane, 10-span bridge over Caltrain tracks. The project replaced an obso...

Esto contiene el acuerdo sobre el techo de la deuda en EE.UU.

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

(CNN) — Tras varias semanas de tensas negociaciones, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes alcanzaron un principio de acuerdo para elevar el techo de la deuda y limitar el gasto.La Casa Blanca y los republicanos de la Cámara llegan a un principio de acuerdo para elevar el techo de la deudaPero el drama no ha terminado. Los líderes de ambos partidos en el Congreso tienen que convencer a un número suficiente de sus miembros para que voten a favor del acuerdo, que contiene disposiciones que los legisladores de cada lado del pasillo no apoyan.Aún no se conocen todos los detalles del acuerdo. Y la información que se hizo pública la noche de este sábado muestra algunas discrepancias. Está previsto que el texto del proyecto de ley se haga público este domingo.¿Cómo van las negociaciones sobre el techo de la deuda? 0:59Esto es lo que sabemos del acuerdo, según una hoja informativa distribuida por los republicanos de la Cámara de...

Author Isabel Allende on how writing ‘gave me a voice when I had no voice’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

Watch Video: Author Isabel Allende on “The Wind Knows My Name”If anyone knows what it takes to capture readers’ attention, it is Isabel Allende. The 80-year-old writer has filled more than two dozen books with passionate and courageous characters, selling more than 74 million copies, translated into some 40 languages. “I have the book in my head, the characters in my soul, all the time,” she said. “You need crazy people, and you need people capable of doing extraordinary things out of impulse or passion or courage.”Braver noted, “Your women are particularly strong; they take over the books.”“Do you know any weak women, Rita?” Allende replied.“Not ones I really like!”Author Isabel Allende’s new novel is “The Wind Knows My Name.” (CBS News)Women and girls play key roles in “The Wind Knows My Name,” Allende’s latest novel, which draws parallels between Jewish children sent...

Pasajero que abrió la puerta de emergencia en un vuelo de Corea del Sur dijo que se sentía asfixiado

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

SEÚL, Corea del Sur — Un pasajero que abrió una puerta de salida de emergencia durante un vuelo en Corea del Sur le dijo a la policía que se sintió asfixiado y trató de salir del avión rápidamente cuando se acercaba al aterrizaje, según informes el sábado.Doce personas resultaron levemente heridas cuando el hombre abrió la puerta del Airbus A321 de Asiana Airlines el viernes, provocando una explosión de aire dentro de la cabina. El avión, que volaba a la ciudad de Daegu desde la isla sureña de Jeju, aterrizó sin problemas.El hombre fue detenido por la policía en Daegu por presuntamente violar la ley de seguridad de la aviación. Si es declarado culpable, podría enfrentar hasta 10 años de prisión. Intentó abrir la puerta de salida emergencia: detienen a pasajero por causar pánico en un vuelo A punto de despegar: pasajero habría abierto la puerta de emergencia del avión y saltado fuera de la nave en el aeropuerto de Los Ángeles El ho...

Broadway showstopper Lillias White on giving audiences ‘my entire heart’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

Watch Video: Broadway star Lillias WhiteThe night Broadway star Lillias White opened in the hit show “Hadestown,” her descent into Hell as the character Hermes sent the audience into a rapture.Everybody hungry, everybody tiredEverybody slaves by the sweat of his browThe wage is nothing and the work is hardIt’s a graveyard in Hadestown…Lillias White as Hermes in the Broadway musical “Hadestown.” (CBS News)Rocca asked White, “What does it feel like when people go nuts like that?”“Wow! It makes me full,” she replied. “It makes me very emotional. It demands of me that I get out there and give them my entire heart.”White has been giving audiences her heart for over four decades, in shows like “Dreamgirls,” “Chicago,” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” She wasn’t the original actress in those roles, or in “Hadestown,” where she’s following in ...

Shooting at New Mexico’s Red River motorcycle rally kills 3, wounds 5

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual motorcycle rally in a New Mexico town late Saturday afternoon.Red River Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted on Facebook that the shooting around 5 p.m. resulted in three fatalities and five victims were transported to hospitals in Denver, Albuquerque and nearby Taos.The 41st annual Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally drew about 20,000 bikers to the town, Calhoun said.The violence occurred between two retail stores and involved members of motorcycle gangs, Calhoun said.“The shooters have all been apprehended,” she said. “There is no threat to the community at all.”The New Mexico State Police previously said in a Twitter post that two people were killed and six were wounded in the shooting.Most of Main Street in Red River, where the shooting occurred, was closed to the public for the investigation and law enforcement requested businesses in the area remain closed on Sunday, Calhoun ...

Detienen a padres tras encontrar a sus 7 hijos viviendo en una casa con ratas enjauladas y refrigerador cerrado con candado, dice la policía

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

(CNN) — La policía de Pensilvania detuvo a dos padres tras encontrar a sus siete hijos viviendo en lo que las autoridades describieron como “condiciones de vida insalubres” e “inseguras”, que incluían ratas enjauladas y heces en el suelo de la casa.Según una declaración jurada de la policía presentada el 19 de mayo, las autoridades respondieron el 23 de abril a un aviso de que tres niños entraron en una caravana abandonada en West Rockhill Township, a 65 km al norte de Filadelfia.Una mujer se declaró culpable del asesinato en 1990 de una madre de Florida vestida de payaso, pero aún niega que cometió el crimenCuando la policía encontró a los niños, habló con los padres y los devolvió a su casa, junto a la caravana abandonada.Allí, los agentes observaron “condiciones de vida deplorables” y un refrigerador asegurado con un candado, según las autoridades.La madre, Crystal Robertson, dijo a la policía que había tenido que cerrar la nevera con can...

Arnold Schwarzenegger on demanding a cleaner environment: ‘That’s my crusade’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

Watch Video: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s climate crusadeVenice Beach, California, has a kind of timelessness, from the sandy shoreline, to Gold’s Gym, where you can see heroes past – and very much present. On any given day, the gym’s most famous patron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will be here pumping up.Smith asked, “Why come here? I’m sure you have a nice home gym?”“I have a nice home gym – how did you know?” Schwarzenegger laughed. “I like working out with people.”Around here, he’s quick to give pointers to anyone who looks like they need help (including a “Sunday Morning” correspondent). As an athlete and a coach, Arnold (as he is often addressed) is pretty impressive.“Sunday Morning” correspondent Tracy Smith gets some tips from an expert. (CBS News)Smith asked, “We just saw you working out. You don’t look 75. Do you feel 75?”“I wouldn’t know what that feels like!R...

Polls close in Turkey’s presidential runoff election, as Erdogan seeks to extend two decades of rule.

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:31:46 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Polls close in Turkey’s presidential runoff election, as Erdogan seeks to extend two decades of rule.Source