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Doc on Stephen King’s Influence on Screen is Horror-Lite

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

Stephen King is the undisputed “King of Horror,” a prolific wordsmith who’s published 65 novels and nearly 200 stories, selling more than 400 million copies to date. He’s also the third most adapted author in history (just behind Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare) with innumerable page-to-screen versions of his work. And at 75, he hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down (his new novel Holly comes out next month and he’s become a biting cultural critic on social media).Daphne Baiwir’s new documentary King on Screen takes on a large task, perhaps too large: exploring the movies and TV shows adapted from King’s writing. It’s a sincere attempt to understand the author via interviews with the filmmakers who adapted his stories, but unfortunately, there’s nothing incredibly consequential here.The doc opens with Baiwir herself walking through set pieces filled with Stephen King easter eggs. It’s a charming sequence that sets the tone for a lighthearted affair before becoming a traditi...

SF Giants update: Kapler talks Harrison and ‘soft landings’; Yastrzemski discusses latest setback

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – So when will left-hander Kyle Harrison, the San Francisco Giants’ top pitching prospect, be promoted to the big leagues for the first time?Simply put, whenever the Giants really need him, according to manager Gabe Kapler.Maybe that time is approaching.The Giants, in the middle of a crowded National League playoff race, have a day off Thursday but are about to embark on another treacherous part of their schedule with six games against the Atlanta Braves, MLB’s best team, and three against the Philadelphia Phillies, who lead the National League Wild card race.It’s part of a stretch that sees the Giants play 18 games in 19 days up until Sept. 6.“I think whenever you’re talking about graduating a prospect to the major leagues, you consider everything,” Kapler said before Wednesday’s series finale with the Tampa Bay Rays at Oracle Park. “And oftentimes, and when you’re in the middle of August and you’re in a playoff position, you have to thin...

Palo Alto: Former two-star Michelin restaurant team says ‘au revoir’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

After running high-end and Michelin-starred restaurants in Palo Alto for 14 years, chef Bruno Chemel and wife Christie Ledesma Chemel have closed their Bistronomie by Baumé and bid “au revoir” to diners.The news came via a posting on the restaurant website. “Merci Beaucoup! We would like to thank our customers, farmers and vendors for supporting us for the last 14 years. Au Revoir!” the Silicon Valley Business Journal first reported.Aug. 12 was the last day of service. No mention was made of the couple’s next culinary move.In early 2022, they closed Baumé, which had received Michelin honors for nearly a decade and reopened the California Avenue space as Bistronomie, with Chemel saying he saw “an opportunity to serve high-level meals at lower prices in a more relaxed environment.”The emphasis remained on creative gastronomic cooking techniques using local, seasonal ingredients, but in a more affordable style — $168 for six courses, compared with pr...

Items seized in Kansas newspaper raid to be returned by police

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

By Whitney Wild, Sarah Moon and Holly Yan | CNNAfter days of national controversy over the raid of a small town’s newspaper office and the publisher’s home, the items seized will be returned, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday.An attorney for the Marion County Record, Bernie Rhodes, told CNN the local prosecutor has agreed to withdraw a search warrant executed on the newspaper Friday and will return all seized items, answering demands of press freedom advocates who sharply condemned the police action.The paper’s co-owner and publisher, Eric Meyer, has said he believes Friday’s raid in Marion – about 60 miles north of Wichita – was prompted by a story published Wednesday about a local business owner, Kari Newell. But authorities said they were investigating what they called “identity theft” in a search warrant.Computers, cell phones and other materials were seized during the raid at the Marion County Record, Meyer confirmed to CNN.Marion County prosecutor Joel Ens...

Cal’s three-man QB competition is too close to call as season nears

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

BERKELEY — The Cal coaching staff has been waiting for one of three candidates to emerge as the No. 1 quarterback. Two weeks into fall camp, they’re still waiting.“There’s been one point in this competition where I thought (each) one of those quarterbacks is going to be our starter,” offensive coordinator Jake Spavital said after practice Tuesday. “When you think it’s one guy, it flips to another.”Early this week Sam Jackson V — who came out of spring practice as the starter — looked like the answer. “Sam’s playing at a really high level right now,” Spavital confirmed.But Fernando Mendoza and Ben Finley will continue to share practice reps through Saturday’s scrimmage — the second of training camp — and probably into next week. Spavital hopes to make a decision by next Wednesday, although the Bears tentatively have another scrimmage penciled in for Aug. 26 — one week before the Sept. 2 opener at North Texas.The unofficial pecking order appears to be Jackson, Mendoza, Fin...

Suspect in custody after San Jose police officer shot responding to family disturbance

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A suspect is in custody after a police officer was shot by a suspect while responding to a family disturbance at a home on Auzerais Avenue Wednesday morning, the San Jose Police Department confirmed. The female officer who was shot was transported to a hospital. At a media briefing, police said they had no update on the officer's condition. The suspect was taken into custody around 12:30, according to officers at the scene.Officers arrived at a residence in the area of Auzerais and Race streets around 8 a.m. Officers contacted residents at the door and immediately began taking gunfire, police said. One officer was shot. NAACP says rise in crime due to firing of Oakland police chief Dozens of police officers swarmed the neighborhood and blocked off Meridian Avenue. KRON4's reporters saw several officers with their weapons drawn and wearing tactical gear. Law enforcement and news helicopter are flying over the scene."I am praying for the swift recovery of ...

Conflicts over Pride celebrations arise at Danville school board meeting

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

(BCN) -- Tensions rose at the first San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education meeting of the 2023-24 school year on Tuesday as members of the public debated the display of Pride flags on school campuses. Before the meeting, people filled the meeting space and spilled out into the hallway and filled the lobby of the small building in Danville on Old Orchard Drive. Occasionally, murmurs, chatter and cheering would make their way from the hallway into the meeting room. Much of the debate came as the school board prepared to vote on several resolutions for the school year, including ones that would mandate flying a Pride flag during the month of June and recognition of the National Day of Silence, a day meant to bring awareness to anti-LGBT bullying. NAACP says rise in crime due to firing of Oakland police chief Dozens in attendance Tuesday signed up for public comment, prompting the school board to split the public comment section so that board members could add...

Funeral planned for boy, 6, stabbed in San Jose home

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

(KRON) -- A funeral service is planned for a 6-year-old boy who was stabbed to death inside a San Jose home. Jordan Cam Walker and his great-grandmother were violently slain on August 4 inside an apartment in the Buena Vista neighborhood."With heavy hearts, we must come to celebrate the life of Jordan Cam Walker, a beloved 6-year-old child who loved the outdoors, swimming, playing baseball, and basketball," the boy's family wrote. A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday evening to celebrate and remember Jordan. A funeral service is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on August 18 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 467 N. White Road in San Jose. "Following the funeral, there will be a repast where attendees can gather to share stories and support each other during this difficult time," organizers wrote."We invite those who wish to express their condolences and who cannot attend the funeral services to consider sending flowers or gifts to the Emmanuel Baptist Church on the day of the service," ...

Georgia prosecutor seeks March trial date for Trump and 18 others in election case

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor in Atlanta who obtained an indictment this week against former President Donald Trump and 18 others wants to take the case to trial in March.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in a proposed scheduling order filed with the court Wednesday that she wants the trial to start on March 4. That would have the trial starting a day before Super Tuesday, when the most delegates are at stake in the primary contest to decide the next Republican presidential nominee. Roughly 14 primaries are set to be held across the country, from California and Texas to Massachusetts and Maine.Willis is also proposing that arraignments for the defendants happen the week of Sept. 5.Trump and 18 others were indicted Monday by a Fulton County grand jury. They are accused of committing various crimes as part of a scheme to keep Trump in power after his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.Trump’s Georgia-based legal team did not immediately respond to a text mes...

South Carolina to retire No. 25 jersey of two-time SEC player of the year Tiffany Mitchell

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:03:26 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will retire the No. 25 jersey of two-time Southeastern Conference player of the year Tiffany Mitchell. The 5-foot-10 Mitchell, from Charlotte, N.C., will be honored Nov. 12 prior to tipoff of the Gamecocks home game against Maryland, the school announced Wednesday. Mitchell played at South Carolina from 2012 through 2016 and helped the program to its first Final Four in 2015. Mitchell was voted the SEC’s top player in 2014 and 2015. She said in a statement she was “honored, humbled and blessed” with the jersey retirement. “Being a part of the foundation and trusting the process with Coach (Dawn) Staley when I was in high school and knowing that I’m laying that foundation for the players after me means a lot to me,” Mitchell continued. Mitchell was a first-round WNBA draft pick in 2016 and played seven seasons with the Indiana Fever before moving to Minnesota this year. “Coaching players like Tiffany is one of my greatest rewards,” Sta...