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Fall arts 2023: Must-see stage shows abound in challenging times

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

These are tough times for live theater. Drained by the pandemic and countless other financial challenges, many theater companies here and across the country are shutting down, while others such as TheatreWorks Silicon Valley are launching emergency fundraising campaigns to avoid doing the same.Despite all the unrest and uncertainty, theaters continue to produce a staggering variety of excellent work all over the Bay Area. Looking at the wealth of offerings scheduled for the months ahead serves as a timely reminder of how fortunate we are to live in such a culturally rich region, and also how much we could lose if this sobering trend continues.The Bay Area theater community is one of the most diverse and innovative in the nation, generating bold new work and bringing the best the country has to offer to local stages.What follows is the merest sampling of plays and musicals that we can’t wait to see. But there’s so much more must-see theater coming up that there wasn’t room here to li...

Concord tower real estate deal underscores office market frailty

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

CONCORD — A downtown Concord tower and adjacent parking garage have been bought in a real estate deal that underscores the frailty of the Bay Area office market.The office complex and garage, known as One Concord Center, were bought for roughly half of their prior sale price, which occurred in 2017, according to documents filed on Aug. 21 at the Contra Costa County Recorder’s Office.The new owner, One Concord Towers, paid $40.5 million for the office complex, which is near the Concord BART station in the East Bay city’s downtown district, the county real estate records show.The buying entity is an LLC managed by real estate entrepreneurs Leonard Epstein and Phil Tagami, state business records show. Tagami is the chief executive officer and Epstein is the chief financial officer of California Capital & Investment Group, a real estate company.The $40.5 million purchasing amount includes a core price of $38.2 million plus an assumption by the buyer of roughly anot...

Afya: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

NOVA LIMA, Brazil (AP) — NOVA LIMA, Brazil (AP) — Afya Ltd. (AFYA) on Monday reported second-quarter net income of $16.7 million.The Nova Lima, Brazil-based company said it had net income of 19 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and non-recurring costs, were 29 cents per share.The medical education company posted revenue of $144 million in the period.Afya shares have declined 6% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $14.66, a rise of 15% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AFYA at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AFYASource

Michigan woman pleads no contest in 2022 pond crash that led to drowning deaths of her 3 young sons

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman whose three young sons drowned last year after her SUV crashed into an ice-covered pond pleaded no contest Monday to several charges in connection with the crash.An Ottawa County judge accepted Leticia Gonzales’ no contest plea Monday to operating while intoxicated causing serious injury and three misdemeanor charges of moving violation causing death.The Holland-area woman is set to be sentenced on Sept. 25. Sentencing guidelines call for an incarceration ranging from seven months to two years.Ottawa County police said Gonzales was driving her sport utility vehicle in February 2022 when she veered off the left side of a road, jumped a curb and the SUV rolled into an ice-covered retention pond. Her sons, Jerome III, 4, Jeremiah, 3, and Josiah, 1, drowned while strapped into their child-restraint seats.Gonzales escaped with minor injuries. Police allege that she was impaired by two doses of methadone, a medication used to t...

SRAX: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — SRAX, Inc. (SRAX) on Monday reported a loss of $23 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Westlake Village, California-based company said it had a loss of 88 cents.The company posted revenue of $7.7 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SRAX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SRAXSource

Man charged with cyberstalking ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend while posing as different ex

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

A Colorado man has been charged in federal court with cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in Hawaii while repeatedly posing as a different ex-boyfriend, federal prosecutors said Monday. John B. Hart, 53, of Louisville, who previously lived in Hawaii, was arrested Friday in Colorado. Hart was temporarily represented by a lawyer from the federal defender’s office when he appeared in court after his arrest. The office has a policy of not commenting on cases to the media. No other attorney was listed as representing him yet.An indictment alleges that he told his ex-girlfriend to kill herself, created profiles for her on dating and casual sex websites, and sent two men looking to date or have sex with her to her workplace, among other things, to harass and intimidate her. Hart also told the new boyfriend, a resident of both Hawaii and Washington state, to break up with her and sent sex toys to the boyfriend’s relatives with the ex-girlfriend’s name on the or...

Man pleads guilty to threatening Gov. Polis, Adams County prosecutor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man accused of threatening to kill Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has pleaded guilty, according to the district attorney.Jeromie Rose also pleaded guilty to threatening an Adams County prosecutor, the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office announced. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The investigation includes two separate incidents. The first was in March when Rose left threatening voicemails on a line for the Adams County District Attorney's Office. Then, in June, he called Polis' office and left additional threatening voicemails.In the March 13 voice messages, Rose said, "If I ever see him again, I probably will beat the hell out of him, if not kill him," when referring to a prosecutor, the DA's Office said in a release.The June voicemails included more specific threats about shooting Polis related to Rose's loss of food stamps.Rose, 42, has pleaded guilty to two felony charges, retaliation against an elected official and retalia...

What is curbstoning? Car-flipping scam growing in Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- You find a quick and easy deal online to buy a car, and the seller asks you to meet him or her at a random location to make a cash or electronic transaction.You drive away and learn that the car is riddled with mechanical problems. This is the hallmark of a scam known as “curbstoning.” Police searching for suspect after 3 injured in Denver shooting Professional auto dealers are seeing more victims of the scam in Colorado over the past six months. California-based Sell Max told FOX 31 the company has encountered nearly 30 cars in Denver so far this year that turned out to have serious problems.“When they tell us how they acquired the car, everything starts clicking and we realize they were curbstoned,” Sell Max founder Sean Pour said.Curbstoning occurs when the scammer sells the car without a dealer license, usually through social media ads, making sure to conceal any mechanical issues. The biggest red flag is that the seller never transfers the car into their name...

Man charged with cyberstalking ex-girlfriend while posing as different ex

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

A Colorado man has been charged in federal court with cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in Hawaii while repeatedly posing as a different ex-boyfriend, federal prosecutors said Monday.John B. Hart, 53, of Louisville, who previously lived in Hawaii, was arrested Friday in Colorado. Man pleads guilty to threatening Gov. Polis, Adams County prosecutor Hart was temporarily represented by a lawyer from the federal defender’s office when he appeared in court after his arrest. The office has a policy of not commenting on cases to the media. No other attorney was listed as representing him yet.An indictment alleges that he told his ex-girlfriend to kill herself, created profiles for her on dating and casual sex websites, and sent two men looking to date or have sex with her to her workplace, among other things, to harass and intimidate her.Hart also told the new boyfriend, a resident of both Hawaii and Washington state, to break up with her and sent sex toys to the boyf...

Denver queer gym at risk of closure raising money to stay open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) - Metamorphosis Fitness, a queer-based gym in Denver opened its doors back in 2017 at a location off Colorado Boulevard. The gym's goal is to focus on both physical and mental strength for members of the LGBT community. "Even though there are multiple gyms owned by my community in Denver, we are the only one who specifically caters to [the LGBT] community, 85% of our members identify as a part of that community," Styler Ells, Owner and Manager of Metamorphosis Fitness said Sunday. Ells said there aren't many sober social places for the queer community in Denver, but that the gym offers that. "Our focus is: Move your body, [and] when you move your body, you will be better mentally physically and spiritually," Ells said. Ells said the gym's original landlord kept their rent at a manageable amount. However, that changed when a new landlord took over between 2021 and 2022. “The person we were working with -- who is no longer with the company -- we had conversations ab...