Miller Sanford North San Fernando Valley residents unfurl a banner during a 2019 rally marking the fourth anniversary of the SoCalGas blowout in Porter Ranch. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know to start your … Read more
Tim Matheson says he’s “lucky” he didn’t fall into hardcore drug use and become another Hollywood casualty. In his recently released memoir, “Damn Glad to Meet You,” Matheson, 76, writes that cocaine was rampant in Hollywood during the ’70s and early ’80s. He admits to partaking but never in the excesses of some contemporaries and … Read more
There would be no British royal history without sneaky sons, sneaky fathers, sneaky uncles, brothers, friends, dukes, earls, French cousins and certain queens’ Machiavellian boyfriends angling to be the power behind the throne. But still, it’s another thing entirely to see it up-close and personal. Only now, this week, Prince William has gone and done a major … Read more
Millbay Academy has been closed while investigations take place (Picture: Millbay Academy) A school in Plymouth has been forced to close after two mysterious metal objects thought to be World War II ordnance were found in the ground beneath it. Millbay Academy- known locally as the ‘Red School’- sits upon a patch of council-owned land … Read more
Dolly Parton’s older brother, David Wilburn Parton, has died. He was 82. Their sister, Stella Parton, announced the sad news on social media on Friday, Nov. 15. 5Dolly Parton performs in Lexington, Kentucky on August 27, 2024. AP “My brother David passed away peacefully this morning,” Stella, 75, wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “It’s never … Read more
Now that’s Brat. Charli XCX hosted “Saturday Night Live” this weekend and mentioned Martha Stewart’s feud with The Post journalist Andrea Peyser during her opening monologue. The singer, 32, used Stewart, 83, wrongly claiming Peyser was dead in her Netflix documentary, and Peyser’s subsequent “I’m alive bitch!” clapback, as an example of what “brat” is. … Read more
Robbie Williams accuses former manager of ‘gaslighting’ over trauma (Picture: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Robbie Williams has sent a lengthy open letter to former Take That manager Nigel Martin-Smith over comments about his struggles with drug addiction. Both the Rock DJ hitmaker and his ex-manager appear in the new BBC documentary Boybands Forever, discussing the dark … Read more
Lauren Laverne is set to return to the BBC this month (Picture: BBC) Lauren Laverne is set to return to the BBC studio this month after announcing her cancer diagnosis in August. Lauren, 46, who has been the host of Desert Island Discs since 2018, is set to return to radio just months after revealing … Read more
NY Post readers sound off on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $9 congestion toll proposal. ZUMAPRESS.com The Issue: Gov. Hochul reviving the controversial congestion pricing program with a reduced fee of $9. As predicted, Gov. Hochul waited until right after the election to impose congestion pricing — albeit at a reduced fee of $9 (“Gimme Gimme Gimme,” … Read more
In the world of no-fee and low-fee brokers, Robinhood is the leader, but it’s facing increasingly stiff competition from an upstart known as Webull, founded by one of the top executives from Chinese-based e-commerce giant Alibaba. And it’s Webull’s ties to China —seen increasingly as a US adversary— that could pose a major roadblock to … Read more