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Pasta Bene owners retiring after 33 years in Berkeley, S.F. 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

Restaurateurs Farhad and Ladan Jalali are calling it a career.After serving affordable Italian fare to Cal students and other Berkeley neighbors for 13 years and San Francisco residents for 20 years before that, the couple is retiring. Their Pasta Bene restaurant will close for good at the end of service on Friday, Dec. 15.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | San Jose’s acclaimed Adega plans its final Michelin-style meals, including an 11-course NYE menu Restaurants, Food and Drink | Bay Area restaurant news: El Cerrito has a new Italian wine bar Restaurants, Food and Drink | 500-plus apartments are eyed at downtown Berkeley restaurant row Restaurants, Food and Drink | “Stealth” downtown San Jose food hall may open in weeks Restaurants, Food and Drink | Izzy’s on the Peninsula to reopen this winter Besides pasta, pizza, sandwiches and salad, Pasta Bene was known for its h...

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ ex-spouses are dating — each other

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

The plot has grown ever more complicated in the romantic melodrama surrounding former “Good Morning America” co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, who said they lost “dream jobs” at ABC last year because they fell in love and were determined to be together.It turns out that their ex-spouses, Marilee Fiebig and Andrew Shue, have begun dating. Page Six reported Tuesday that Fiebig, an attorney, and the former “Melrose Place” actor began spending time together, as friends, to commiserate over the scandal. But that friendship has blossomed into “something else” and the two have been dating about six months — a development that also could be said to mirror the plot of a soap opera or a 1970s farce about partner-swapping.“They’re connected over their (shared) values,” a source told Page Six about Fiebig and Shue’s relationship. “It’s bigger than the affair now.”Before Holmes and Robach were revealed to be a cou...

Musician Denny Laine dies; co-founded the bands Wings and The Moody Blues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

By Alli Rosenbloom | CNNDenny Laine, co-founder of bands Wings and The Moody Blues and longtime collaborator of Paul McCartney, died on Tuesday morning, according to Laine’s wife, Elizabeth Hines. He was 79.Hines wrote in a post on Laine’s official Instagram account that Laine had “been in ICU on a ventilator this past week.” She said Laine had Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), which “is unpredictable and aggressive.”“He fought everyday. He was so strong and brave, never complained,” she wrote.A singer, songwriter and guitarist, Laine along with McCartney established the band Wings in 1971. They went on to win a Grammy for best pop vocal performance by a duo, group or chorus in 1975 for the title track off their third album “Band on the Run,” and later won for best rock instrumental performance for 1979’s “Rockestra Theme.”Prior to Wings, Laine founded The Moody Blues in 1964, with whom he played until 1965.Later on Tuesday, McCartney paid tribute to his former bandmate via social me...

Roberts confirms Ohtani meeting, making Dodgers first team to publicly acknowledge talks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts abandoned the evasive maneuvers the Giants and other teams have adopted when asked about Shohei Ohtani’s free agency.The Dodgers met with Ohtani and made their pitch “a couple days” ago at Dodger Stadium, Roberts said Tuesday afternoon at the Winter Meetings. That meeting lasted two or three hours, he said.Roberts made no bones about the Dodgers’ No. 1 offseason target.“Clearly, Shohei is our top priority,” he said.Ohtani’s free agency has been among the most secretive in MLB history to the point that his agent, Nez Balelo, reportedly let it be known that any leaks about meetings would be held against that team. Roberts said he respected Ohtani’s desire for privacy but he was not going to pretend the meeting didn’t happen.“I don’t feel like lying is something I do,” Roberts said. “I was asked a question … We kept it quiet. But it’s going to come out at some point that we met.“So, I don’t think myself or anyone else in our organization ...

East Bay jet pilot indicted over in-flight sabotage incident, but not for attempted murder

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

A grand jury in Oregon indicted an East Bay pilot for Alaska Airlines on charges of endangering an aircraft and recklessly endangering others over an October incident in which he allegedly tried to shut off the plane’s engines that led to an emergency diversion to Portland International Airport, prosecutors said Tuesday.Joseph David Emerson, 44, of Pleasant Hill, who remains in custody at the Multnomah County Detention Center, was scheduled for arraignment at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 7 on the indictment on a charge of endangering an aircraft and 83 counts of recklessly endangering another person, the Multnomah County District Attorney said.But lawyers for Emerson noted Tuesday that the grand jury did not also indict the pilot on charges of attempted murder for which he originally was charged.“The attempted murder charges were never appropriate in this case because Captain Emerson never intended to hurt another person or put anyone at risk — he just wanted to return home to h...

Woman dies after her SUV crashes in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

OAKLAND — A 43-year-old woman died Tuesday morning after her SUV collided with some other vehicles — one head-on — in the Sausal Creek area of East Oakland, authorities said.Her name was not immediately released. She is believed to be an Oakland resident.The collision happened about 8:28 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of East 27th Street and Fruitvale Avenue.According to preliminary information from police, the woman was alone in a Mazda SUV driving southbound on Fruitvale Avenue when for a still-undetermined reason she crossed into the northbound lanes, failed to stop for a red light at East 27th Street and sideswiped at least one vehicle before colliding head-on with a Toyota Highlander SUV.The woman was taken to a hospital where she died at 8:45 a.m., authorities saidTwo other people who had complaints of pain were taken to a hospital for evaluation, authorities said. It was not immediately clear which vehicles they were in.The intersection was closed for more than two ho...

Indonesian eruption death toll rises to 22

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

By Mardi Rosa Tanjung | Associated PressBATU PALANO, Indonesia — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. One person remained missing.More than 50 climbers were rescued after the initial eruption Sunday, and 11 others were initially confirmed dead. New eruptions on Monday and Tuesday spewed more hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air, reducing visibility and temporarily halting search and recovery operations, said Abdul Malik, chief of the Padang Search and Rescue Agency.The bodies of two climbers were located on Monday and nine more on Tuesday, the National Search and Rescue Agency said.One climber remained missing and was presumed dead because of being very close to the eruption site, said Edi Mardianto, the deputy police chief in West Sumatra province.The rescuers contended wi...

Ex-San Jose cop went on road rage rampage, according to court docs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A former San Jose Police Department officer went on a road rage rampage through downtown, fled from officers at high speeds, and yelled out a bizarre declaration, according to court documents obtained by KRON4 Tuesday. Matthew Dominguez, 33, was driving his bright red Alfa Romeo sportscar on November 17 when he intentionally rammed into a victim's car, threw glass bottles at another victim, jumped on top of a car roof, and recklessly evaded pursuing officers, court documents state. Emergency 911 dispatchers warned SJPD officers that the man they were chasing was a former SJPD officer.Dominguez was fired from the police department in the summer of 2022 after he allegedly masturbated in front of crime victims. A 23-year-old woman said the uniformed officer was inside her Foxworthy Avenue home on April 21 when he unzipped his pants and began rubbing his crotch area, according to prosecutors. The District Attorney's Office charged the ex-officer with indecent...

3 San Jose men arrested in suspected gang-motivated shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

(KRON) -- Three suspects in a gang-related shooting last summer in San Jose have been arrested, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday.Eighteen-year-old Adan Villa-Cruz, 23-year-old Osmin Matadamas, and 26-year-old Ivan Quezadas, all San Jose residents, were identified as the primary suspects responsible for a shooting that occurred on Aug. 24 in the 1500 block of Alum Rock Ave, SJPD said. The victim in the shooting transported themselves to a local hospital and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The suspects fled the scene as authorities arrived. SF homicide victim identified as 27-year-old tech worker Arrest warrants were obtained for the three men along with search warrants for their residences. Matadamas and Quezadas were taken into custody on Sept. 26 in San Jose, according to authorities. The remaining suspect, Villa-Cruz, was arrested two months later on Nov. 29 in the city.A search warrant for Villa-Cruz’s home uncovered illegal narcotics for sale as well a...

Rand Paul Wants to End Undeclared War in Syria

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:36 GMT

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a vote this week on a joint resolution to remove all U.S. troops from Syria within 30 days, according to sources on Capitol Hill familiar with his plans.“The American people have had enough of endless wars in the Middle East,” Paul told The Intercept by email. “Yet, 900 U.S. troops remain in Syria with no vital U.S. interest at stake, no definition of victory, no exit strategy, and no congressional authorization to be there.”The U.S. conflict in Syria is just one of several forever wars — including conflicts in Niger and Somalia — that continue to smolder more than two decades after 9/11 and more than two years after President Joe Biden declared that, for the first time in 20 years, the United States was “not at war.” Heather Brandon-Smith, the legislative director for militarism and human rights for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker group, welcomed Paul’s effort as a necessary check on the executive ...