Home

Eric Ray Martinez Dies in Motorcycle Accident on Craycroft Road [Tucson, AZ]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

35-Year-Old Rider Fatally Struck in Motorcycle Collision near Valencia RoadTUCSON, AZ (July 28, 2023) – Early Monday morning, Eric Ray Martinez was killed in a motorcycle accident on Craycroft Road.Around 5:00 a.m., police responded to the scene near East Valencia Road on July 24th, near the Pima Air and Space Museum.Per reports, the driver of a vehicle turned in front of a black 2005 Honda CBR600 motorcycle and the two collided. Upon impact, the driver of the car fled the scene without rendering aid to the rider.Investigators say the motorcyclist, 35-year-old Martinez, was wearing a helmet and died at the scene. Meanwhile, paramedics transported his passenger to Banner University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.Following preliminary duties, officers say Martinez had a suspended license and paraphernalia on him. However, it has not yet been determined if he was under the influence.At this time, the driver of the involved vehicle still remains at large. Once avail...

From Inji to Skold — the New LA Weekly Playlist is Live

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

From Inji to Skold: The 167th LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic music from Mojave Grey, pop from Gia Woods and Inji, industrial from Skold, rock & roll from the Beach Boys and the Hollywood Stars , and so much more.Find us on Spotify here,or on Soundcloud here.Don’t forget to “Like” the playlists and “Follow” the profiles.Gia Woods (Brian Ziff)From Inji to SkoldAlso this week:Print star Gia Woods told us that, “Everything I write is from my own personal experiences. Heartbreak County was originally inspired by my life in L.A. Growing up in L.A, and to be from here. The whole project was based on my life here, and ‘Lesbionic’ was a record that speaks to my heart. There are so many songs about women, but I want to hear songs about women embracing women. Sexually, or just in general. So the song is fucking true and honest to my heart.”In “Not Another DJ,” Mojave Grey said “Our ...

Hundreds of people question Oakland police leaders and Alameda County DA over robberies, carjackings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

OAKLAND — High-profile instances of women being carjacked and robbed in the Oakland Hills and other nearby neighborhoods took center stage Thursday night at a community meeting that saw frustrations boil over amid a perceived lack of safety in parts of the city.Concerns over violent muggings dominated the standing-room only town hall, which drew hundreds of people to the city’s Montclair District, for a rare chance to at once publicly question city police leaders and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price on how to cut down crime in Oakland.Her voice occasionally wavering, one woman described being held at gunpoint on July 1 while multiple assailants took her vehicle on Skyline Boulevard. She said she no longer feels safe living in Oakland.“They took my bags, they took everything,” said the woman, who identified herself only as Amy. “What are we doing to prevent this? It shouldn’t happen at any time of day.”“OPD is not asleep &#...

Musicians deal with stingy streamers and AI threats, too. So why aren’t they on strike?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

By August Brown and Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Every day, Joey DeFrancesco hears from fellow musicians who see actors and screenwriters on strike, and wish they were on a picket line too.“A lot of musicians are really angry now. I get messages all the time asking ‘Why aren’t we on strike?'” said DeFrancesco, guitarist for the rock band Downtown Boys and co-founder of the activist nonprofit group United Musicians and Allied Workers. “Writers and actors are on strike demanding changes in how streaming platforms compensate labor. They’re fighting at the bargaining table. Most musicians don’t even have a seat at that table.”All the fears and complaints that Hollywood actors and writers have about low streaming-service payouts and threats of digital replacement are an ever-present reality for musicians and songwriters, too. Yet the rockers, pop singers and hip-hop artists who create the vast majority of music we consum...

Bode Miller warns about carbon monoxide poising after all three kids hospitalized

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

World Cup and Olympic ski champ Bode Miller has warned parents about the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning after his three young children were briefly hospitalized after being exposed to the odorless, invisible gas while work was being done on their house.Bode Miller and his wife Morgan both shared images on Instagram of their three youngest children in an emergency room, wearing oxygen masks, to reveal the “terrifying” medical ordeal that unfolded due to carbon monoxide emanating from a crane that had been operating in front of their home in Big Sky, Montana.“Two weeks ago, we had a crane at our house to remove our broken hot tub,” Morgan Miller began her post, which featured 3-year-old twins Asher and Aksel and 19-month-old daughter Scarlet in hospital beds while being tended to medical staff.Bode Miller's wife Morgan shares Instagram clip of her three kids on oxygen in hospital https://t.co/sSm9I3UqIs pic.twitter.com/Yyr4xd9hSN— Daily Mail US (@...

What songs will Taylor Swift play at her big concert tonight in Santa Clara?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

Spoiler alert!Don’t read any further if you want to be surprised by what Taylor Swift will perform during her two (beyond) sold-out concerts on July 28 and 29 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.But for those people who want to know what’s likely in store for them during these concerts, well, this is just the story for you.Here’s a look at what Swift has been performing on her blockbuster Eras Tour, which, we must point out, is no guarantee will be the same as what folks will hear at Levi’s. But, overall, she’s been really consistent on this tour.Related ArticlesMusic | Taylor Swift’s best album? Swifties chime in on what deserves No. 1 spot First off, she’s playing a MAMMOTH set, consisting of some 45 songs (or parts of songs) spanning her platinum-plus-selling discography.She’s been organizing the set by album (or era, if you will). Although, it’s interesting to note that she’s not moving chronologicall...

Michigan school shooter: ‘I want all of America to see the darkness in me’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

“I want all of America to see the darkness in me. I want to impact the world.”“I wonder what life in prison will be like.”“I want the world to remember me.”Those are just a few of several disturbing passages from Oxford High School mass shooter Ethan Crumbley’s journal, read in court by Detective Lt. Tim Willis of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office as the teenage killer’s Miller hearing got underway before Judge Kwame Rowe in Oakland County Circuit Court.At the hearing, expected to last through Friday and possibly beyond, is for the prosecution and defense teams to present evidence and arguments for and against a life sentence for Crumbley. A Miller hearing is required for anyone facing a life sentence who committed the crime before age 18. If Crumbley doesn’t receive a life sentence, the minimum term must be at least 25 years, according to state law.Crumbley, now 17, was a 15-year-old sophomore when he opened fire in the hallways at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021, killing fou...

Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’ hits 1 billion streams on Spotify 20 years after release

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

Britney Spears is now in the 1 billion streams club.The former teen pop idol just scored her first billion-streaming song on Spotify with 2003′s “Toxic.”The song joins other chart-toppers including Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” from 1987, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License” from 2021 and Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” from last year.Spotify generally pays between $.003 and $.005 per stream, according to Business Insider. That means it can take more than 300 streams to earn just $1, while 1 billion streams can equal between $3 million and $5 million in royalties.Related ArticlesMusic | 2.3 magnitude: Taylor Swift fans cause record-breaking seismic activity during Seattle shows Music | For clergy abuse survivors, Sinead O’Connor’s protest on SNL that offended so many was brave and prophetic Music | Randy Meisner dies at 77; Eagles co-founder sang ‘Take It to the Limit’ Music | Who gets Bubbles? Sofia ...

PGA Tour 3M Open Par Scores, 1st-Ld Writethru

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

FridayAt TPC Twin CitiesBlaine, Minn.Purse: $7.8 millionYardage: 7,431; Par: 71a-amateurCompletion of First RoundLee Hodges 31-32_63   -8Hideki Matsuyama 32-32_64   -7Brandt Snedeker 31-33_64   -7Tyler Duncan 31-33_64   -7Kevin Streelman 31-33_64   -7Justin Suh 32-33_65   -6Nick Hardy 32-33_65   -6Emilio Grillo 32-33_65   -6Billy Horschel 34-32_66   -5Tony Finau 36-30_66   -5Adam Svensson 32-34_66   -5Vincent Norman 33-33_66   -5Doc Redman 33-33_66   -5Callum Tarren 33-33_66   -5Augusto Nunez 33-33_66   -5J.J. Spaun 35-31_66   -5J.T....

PGA Tour 3M Open Scores, 1st-Ld Writethru

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:53 GMT

FridayAt TPC Twin CitiesBlaine, Minn.Purse: $7.8 millionYardage: 7,431; Par: 71a-amateurCompletion of First RoundLee Hodges 31-32_63Hideki Matsuyama 32-32_64Brandt Snedeker 31-33_64Tyler Duncan 31-33_64Kevin Streelman 31-33_64Justin Suh 32-33_65Nick Hardy 32-33_65Emilio Grillo 32-33_65Billy Horschel 34-32_66Tony Finau 36-30_66Adam Svensson 32-34_66Vincent Norman 33-33_66Doc Redman 33-33_66Callum Tarren 33-33_66Augusto Nunez 33-33_66J.J. Spaun 35-31_66J.T. Poston 32-34_66Trevor Cone ...