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Estranged Individuals win Battle of the Bands at Milpitas Library

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

Teen and adult bands faced off live on July 22 at Milpitas Library at the Battle of the Bands produced by the Santa Clara County Library District.With this second annual event, the district hoped to give a chance for these half a dozen bands to make an impression and maybe make it big, and to celebrate and encourage the local music scene in Santa Clara County.The local bands competed in teen and adult categories. Interested bands first submitted their application online with an audition tape of one song. Over 5,000 votes from the community helped selected the top three bands in both categories to perform live. Each band invited to the showcase had 20 minutes on stage to wow the audience and the judging panel.The teen division featured the Funky Monkeys, made up of Bradley and Zach on guitar, Josh on the drums and Isaac on piano. The Estranged Individuals, a Milpitas band, had Mohamed on bass, Aiden on drums and Lucas on vocals and guitar. Znnia took the stage playing the audience fa...

Bay Area luxury picnic planners share stories and tips on how to throw the ultimate pop-up picnic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

Charcuterie boards and dog-friendly “charpoocherie” platters. Tablescapes with floral centerpieces. Matching place settings, cushions and rugs. And ethereal canopies. And balloon art installations.Head to a public park this weekend, and you might see that the humble picnic has undergone a makeover. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Bay Area, where a new wave of Instagram-savvy entrepreneurs are pushing the limits on just how posh an outdoor meal can be.The luxury pop-up picnic industry boomed during the pandemic, when people around the world sought ways to gather safely with friends and family for special occasions. Three years in, these businesses are stronger than ever, hosting alfresco showers and romantic celebrations and — team meetings? Turns out growing numbers of corporate clients are searching for new ways to motivate their workers to meet up in person — and a fancy picnic might be just the ticket.So what is a pop-up picnic? Clients book a date and choos...

Greene County: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Greene County Bancorp Inc. (GCBC) on Monday reported earnings of $6.5 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Catskill, New York-based company said it had net income of 38 cents per share.The bank posted revenue of $26.6 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $17.3 million.For the year, the company reported profit of $30.8 million, or $1.81 per share. Revenue was reported as $73.4 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GCBC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GCBCSource

Basketball blue bloods North Carolina and Kansas schedule regular-season games for 2024 and ’25

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

Men’s college basketball traditional powers Kansas and North Carolina will play each other in regular-season games in 2024 and 2025, the schools announced Monday.The first meeting will be Nov. 8, 2024, in Lawrence, Kansas, and the second Nov. 14, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.The teams will square off for the first time since Kansas beat the Tar Heels 72-69 in the 2022 NCAA title game in New Orleans.Kansas has won four straight in the series, all in the NCAA Tournament under coach Bill Self. The teams have split 12 games since they first met in the 1957 national championship game.Kansas’ 2,385 all-time wins are the most in college basketball history. North Carolina ranks third with 2,347 wins. The teams have combined for 10 national titles.___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Source

Outdoor deck collapses at an Alabama house, seriously injuring at least 6

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An outdoor deck collapsed at a house in Alabama, seriously injuring at least six people, authorities said.It wasn’t clear how high the deck was or how far people fell when it collapsed Sunday at the home near Lake Martin, a large reservoir northeast of Montgomery that is a popular recreation area.It wasn’t immediately clear why the deck collapsed, said Ben Wilkerson, chief of a volunteer fire and rescue department in the area. About 15 people were on it at the time. Everyone is expected to recover.When emergency crews first responded, “it was a little chaotic,” Wilkerson said. Other fire departments and ambulance services were called.Source

Police: Six slain, 27 wounded by gunfire over a violent weekend in Chicago

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago has experienced another bloody and violent weekend as six people were fatally shot and 27 others were wounded by gunfire.Officers responded to two dozen separate shooting incidents from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, according to major incident notifications released Monday.The incidents included the slaying of one man and wounding of four others early Saturday as they stood on a sidewalk and the wounding of three people, including two women, Saturday night on Chicago’s South Side when gunfire rang out from an alley at a group of people.A 16-year-old boy was found on a sidewalk and pronounced dead at a hospital after being shot multiple times Friday night. The teen was identified as Rashaun Hood, grandson of community activist Robin Hood.“I want the community to remember that he was a basketball player. He stayed on the honor roll at school. He was just like any other youth,” Hood told WGN-TV. “We have got to tell on these killers and we canno...

Kingston council to create a working group to improve student-community relations

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

At city council, with unanimous support, it was decided that steps will be taken to create a working group aimed towards fostering a positive relationship between students and the greater Kingston community.With Kingston having three large educational institutions, there is a large population of post-secondary students which is also expected to increase in the future. As stated by Coun. Conny Glenn when she brought the proposal before council, “the population of students is so large, it’s like having a small city in our own city.”In the motion put forward by Glenn, it was stated that the student population has created challenges within certain neighbourhoods. Challenges listed included the city spending “a small fortune on policing” and bylaw being “stretched thin” when there are major events. However, these challenges are just part of the reasoning behind the creation of thisIn pursuit of these goals, it was resolved that a working group be created for the City of Kingston, S...

How you can get half-priced Broncos tickets Tuesday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Broncos' 2023 regular season is just seven weeks away, and on Tuesday a limited number of tickets for each game will be half-priced.On Tuesday, 2,000 tickets per game will be sold at half-priced. This means fans have the chance of grabbing a discounted ticket to any of the nine home games scheduled for 2023. Broncos wrap up 1st offseason program under Payton, aspire to match Nuggets, Avs success But before you get your credit cards ready, there are some rules for purchasing a ticket:There will be a limit of four tickets per household, orders exceeding this limit will be canceledMulti-game purchases are not allowedAll sales are final and there are no exchanges, cancellations or refundsTickets will be delivered to the buyer's phone on the day of the gameHalf-priced tickets cannot be re-sold or transferredA single-game half-priced ticket will start at $15, so grab them while you can. Tickets will go on sale starting at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster. Broncos home ...

Police investigating possible armed robbery aboard yacht on Miami River; rapper Quavo on board during incident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

Police are investigating reports of a possible armed robbery aboard a yacht along the Miami River.7News cameras captured a heavy police presence and several City of Miami Police cruisers with their lights on parked in the area of Southwest North River Drive and Second Street, near The Wharf Miami, just after 10 p.m., Sunday.The owner of the yacht said they chartered the vessel earlier in the day, and between 13 and 17 people were on board. The people who they chartered the yacht to paid for the service, but at some point, when it came time to bring the yacht back to its proper dock, they held up the captain of the boat at gunpoint and demanded their money back.The captain told police that one of the men who held him at gunpoint threatened to kill him and throw him off the boat. The suspect then removed the captain’s wallet and phone from his pocket before threatening another crew member. According to a police report, rapper Quavo, whose real name is Quavious Marshall, was also...

Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:47 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Goodbye Twitter. Hello X.Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year.The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday, but the bird was still dominant across the smartphone app. In response to questions about what tweets would be called when the rebranding is done, Musk said they would be called Xs.It’s yet another change that Musk has made since acquiring Twitter that has alienated users and turned off advertisers, leaving the microblogging site vulnerable to new threats, including rival Meta’s new text-based app Threads that directly targets Twitter users.Musk had asked fans for logo ideas and chose one, which he described as minimalist Art Deco, saying it “certainly will be refined.” He replaced his own Twitter icon with a white X on a black background and posted a picture of th...