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Giggs and Starlets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

Giggs and Starlets: UK rapper Giggs has released new single “Starlets,” a collaboration with US rapper Dave East, as well as a corresponding video.“Shot on location in Harlem, the new visual is directed by Street Heat and stars both Giggs and Dave East,” reads the press release. “‘Starlets’ follows his previously released single ‘Mandem’ featuring Diddy, and both tracks are found on the recent album, Zero Tolerance .”Giggs is part of the ever-blossoming UK rap/grime scene that also game us the likes of Stormzy and Donae’o, and Zero Tolerance is an astounding piece of work.“Zero Tolerance showcases Giggs’ increasingly global outlook and, in addition to Dave East and Diddy, features an array of artists from both sides of the Atlantic, including; Popcaan, Jadakiss, 21 Savage, Potter Payper, Tiny Boost, Dave and others,” reads the release. “Zero Tolerance arrived in August, 15 years after Giggs’ la...

Buying Guide: Full-Spectrum CBD Oil

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

 Buying full-spectrum CBD can be easy, if you know where to start. There are a wide variety of full-spectrum CBD oils on the market today, but not all of them are made with the same high-quality. If you are looking for a great place to start shopping for high-quality CBD products, the best place to look is at third-party lab test results. What Is CBD? CBD, also called cannabidiol, is one of many compounds found naturally in hemp and cannabis plants. These compounds are called cannabinoids.Cannabidiol is a major cannabinoid that is found plentifully. CBD is a non-psychoactive compound that does not cause intoxicating effects. But it does have effects on the brain and body. Many people turn to CBD for its wide variety of potentially therapeutic properties.What is Full-Spectrum CBD?Full-spectrum CBD refers to any product that contains the ‘full-spectrum’ of compounds in hemp flower. This includes terpenes, flavonoids, and rare cannabinoids, including THC.Although full-spectrum CBD prod...

High school football rankings Week 9, 2023: Bay Area News Group Top 25

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

There was only one change this week in the Bay Area News Group’s Top 10 as Wilcox jumped back in after rolling through Burlingame.The top nine spots remained the same.San Ramon Valley stayed at No. 3 after losing to second-ranked De La Salle 33-27 in overtime.Had SRV lost badly, perhaps Pittsburg would have jumped from No. 4 to No. 3. But until further notice, SRV is still our third-ranked team.Outside of the Top 10, St. Francis, Campolindo and St. Ignatius all moved up one spot.They are directly behind No. 10 Wilcox.Menlo School made this week’s biggest leap, going from No. 19 to No. 16 after winning a matchup of undefeated teams on Friday against Hillsdale.If you have not already, please subscribe here for digital access all season. Your contributions keep us going.On to the rankings …Bay Area News Group Top 25(Mercury News & East Bay Times)No. 1 SERRA (7-0)Previous ranking: 1Last week: Beat Bellarmine 54-16Up next: Saturday vs. Archbishop Riordan, 1:30 p.m.No. 2 D...

Berkeley man found dead after disappearing on mountain bike trip in Sierra

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

A Berkeley man who went missing on a mountain biking trip was found dead at the bottom of a cliff in the Sierra Nevada.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Stranger is missing after pulling child from river after crash near Tracy Crashes and Disasters | Northern California man’s remains found in Arizona in 1982 identified decades later through DNA testing Crashes and Disasters | Search for missing runner shuts down part of Rocky Mountain National Park Crashes and Disasters | Magid: Polly Klaas tragedy changed how we look for missing children Crashes and Disasters | Charlotte Sena’s alleged kidnapper caught after his predawn visit to her family’s home, police say Joel Lusk, 61, was reported missing on Oct. 9 after his wife was unable to contact him on his solo outing, the Sierra County sheriff’s office said.He had parked his car in Downieville on Oct. 6 and had taken his bike on a shu...

8 spooky Bay Area home displays to explore for Halloween — and revisit at Christmas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

In every neighborhood, there are the houses whose owners really have fun decorating for Halloween, erecting towering skeletons, giant faux spiderwebs or inflatable scary clowns.But here are eight Bay Area homeowners who go even more over the top in creating uniquely extravagant displays — and not just for Halloween. They also are known for extending their festive extravagance into the winter holidays, rating special mentions on the California Christmas Lights website, which provides a comprehensive list of holiday lights displays.In October, these holiday enthusiasts transform their yards into elaborate haunted mansions, graveyards and other spooky scenes. Then, starting Nov. 1, they break down the scary stuff and replace it with winter wonderlands of snow-people, Santas and lots and lots of lights. You could say these homes offer a one-stop-shop for holiday displays, doing a rapid Halloween-to-Christmas turn-around in order to keep up the holiday spirit all through the fall a...

This couple just opened a gourmet doughnut shop in their East Bay hometown

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

Lisa Ghilarducci grew up alongside the man who would one day become her fiancé: Alan Chow.RELATED: 12 fantastic Bay Area doughnut shops that will knock your socks offThe pair started dating in high school, and in the more than a decade since, she says, there has been one other constant in his life: doughnuts. Chow began running his family’s Berkeley doughnut shop, Rainbow Donuts, when he was just 18“I’ve always known him as the doughnut boy,” she laughs.Alan Chow and Lisa Ghilarducci, who both grew up in Hercules, just opened Dynamite Donuts, a doughnut shop, in their hometown. The couple plans to marry next year. (Courtesy Lisa Ghilarducci) So when they saw a storefront open up, the couple decided to embark on a journey that’s a whole different kind of sweet: a hometown doughnut shop.This summer, they opened the doors of Dynamite Donuts, offering coffee from Bay Area-based Zolo Coffee Roasters and specialty doughnuts that the couple workshops toge...

Bicyclists and drivers plead for caution on roadways: Roadshow

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

Q: I truly appreciate that you have written about the critical issue of automobiles and bicycles respectfully sharing city streets. Recent harrowing experiences warrant raising this issue yet again. I am a 70-year-old retired social worker and avid cyclist. I ride often near my Berryessa home. I prefer the South Bay’s many bike trails, including the Guadalupe, Stevens Creek, and San Tomas trails, which are blissfully car-free. To get to them, I must negotiate surface streets and there, encounter automobiles. Many, if not most drivers respectfully share the road. Unlike many cyclists, I am a conscientious rider, following all the rules of the road on my road bike, equipped with front and back blinking lights, and a side view mirror.Twice one recent week while riding eastbound on Borregas Avenue in Sunnyvale, I encountered cars emerging from commercial parking lots. In both instances, they entered the street directly in my path. Collisions and, likely, significant bodily injurie...

Here’s what California schools must now do to prepare for a fentanyl overdose on campus

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

In a sign of deepening concern in Sacramento over the fentanyl crisis, Gov. Newsom signed a raft of bills into law this month aimed at curbing deaths caused by the powerful opioid that killed a record 6,095 Californians last year.The latest to be approved puts schools on notice. The bill authored by Democratic Sen. Dave Cortese of San Jose will require public and charter schools throughout the state to draft safety plans detailing how they will respond if one of their students suffers an opioid overdose on campus.“For the first time, school site councils and school safety committees are going to be required to take on the fentanyl issue,” Cortese said. “The impact of this bill ultimately will be that it saves lives.”Cindy Chavez, mayoral candidate and Santa Clara County Supervisor, and Geralyn Maul-Vasquez, whose son died from an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2020, stand behind Senator Dave Cortese as he talks about introducing legislation to prevent fentanyl youth poisoning death...

Five people charged for alleged retail theft at Walgreens last week

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

(BCN) -- Five people were charged for allegedly burglarizing a Walgreens pharmacy in San Francisco, prosecutors said Monday.Shalia Brown, 24, Joshua Davis, 34, Thomas Henry, 20, Ian Spencer, 54, and Khali Arsenauspencer, 18, pleaded not guilty to second-degree commercial burglary, attempted grand theft, attempted organized retail theft and conspiracy on Friday, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Two arrested for series of armed robberies in Mission District Around 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday, officers saw a group of approximately eight people rush into a Walgreens store in the 900 block of Geneva Avenue, wearing masks and carrying bags while pulling a wagon-styled cart, San Francisco police said.According to police, these individuals began quickly filling their bags and the wagon with store merchandise. Officers approached the suspects who all fled from the store on foot, resulting in a pursuit.Officers were able to detain six of the people in the group...

These five toys are regular finalists for Hall of Fame honors. Now fans can vote one in

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:54 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers — that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back on the pile.For one of them, this is the year they finally make it in. The Hall of Fame is letting fans decide which one.Toys usually are chosen for the annual induction ceremony with input from a panel of historians, educators and other experts. The members vote for their top three out of a dozen finalists that have been selected by an internal committee from among thousands of nominations that come in each year. But this year, fan voters will pick one of the so-called forgotten five, to celebrate the National Toy Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary. That’s along with three toys to be chosen in the usual way.“They’re like Susan Lucci was to the Emmy Awards, or Steve Tasker to the P...