A universe-hopping, sci-fi indie led the charge for Asian actors and filmmakers when the Academy Award nominations were revealed Tuesday, Jan. 24. But snubs for women and Black actors reminded observers that inclusivity is a work in progress. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” earned a whopping 11 Oscar nominations – including best picture, four acting…
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Sabrina Yap, 53, of Duarte said she understands that people may be frightened to be in public after the mass killing Saturday, Jan. 21, at a Monterey Park dance hall. She was there, not long before the shooting. Yap said her booth — Aroma Breeze, which sells such Hawaiian wares as bags and scarves —…
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Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese said on Tuesday, Jan. 24, that investigators were still looking into how the man who gunned down 11 people at a popular ballroom dance studio Saturday entered and exited the building that night. Authorities said the suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, of Hemet, entered the Star Ballroom Dance Studio…
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Less than two months after he was sworn into office, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna faced baptism by fire in the Monterey Park shooting that claimed 11 lives and catapulted him onto a worldwide stage. Luna confronted his first test as head of the nation’s largest sheriff’s department in handling the county’s largest mass…
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The Kings’ Blake Lizotte, right, chases down the puck against the Philadelphia Flyers’ Cam York (45), Travis Konecny (11) and Owen Tippett (74) during the first period on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) The Philadelphia Flyers’ Nick Seeler, left, and the Kings’ Jaret Anderson-Dolan collide during the first period on Tuesday night in…
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Huu Can Tran harbored a deep hatred for instructors at the Star Dance Studio where he killed 11 patrons and wounded nine others Saturday, delusionally believing they were jealous of him, a man who rented a small home from the gunman said Tuesday “He distrusted people,” said the man, who asked not to be identified…
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Aiming to help the community heal in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting in Monterey Park, USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena will be offering free admission through Sunday. “At the USC Pacific Asia Museum, we strive to make the museum to be a place of welcome and refuge for our community during difficult times,”…
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Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week Athlete: Mimi Dominguez School: Bishop Amat Sport: Soccer Noteworthy: The Lancers’ star striker leads the CIF Southern Section in goals with 30. She added to her total with a goal in the final 30 seconds that gave her team a 2-1 victory over La Salle. Bishop Amat, ranked…
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Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week Athlete: Ryland Whitworth School: Fountain Valley Sport: Wrestling Noteworthy: He finished first in the 195-pound division of the Five Counties tournament at Fountain Valley High School. Earlier this season Whitworth finished second in the Zinkin Classic, seventh in the Doc Buchanan Invitational and first in the Mann Classic. Whitworth is…
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Several hundred people gathered at Monterey Park City Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for the reading of prayers and a candlelight vigil organized by the city to remember the 11 victims of Saturday’s mass shooting at a dance studio that has rattled the community. It was the second vigil at that site in two days,…
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