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sucker-punched in the face and left in the street while taking his infant grandchild for a walk in a stroller.Angel Sanchez Jr., 29, of Santa Barbara, is suspected of attacking two victims this past Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Authorities say they received two calls late Tuesday afternoon about separate unprovoked attacks.

Mark Shapiro, president of WME Group and TKO Group, parent of Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment. He “is completely comfortable with change and evolution.”“Half the town wants to do business with him, and the other half wants an invite just to hang,” Shapiro said.Those invitations are often to Sarandos’s Southern California homes, which include a residence in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and a mansion in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, that he purchased from Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi for $34 million.

Joe Biden will be staying a little distant from the political scene in Washington DC as he flew directly to a popular Californian location right after the inauguration ceremony of his successor, Donald Trump.

Joe Biden, the 46th president, departed Washington, DC in a traditional send-off ceremony. The ceremony took place on the east front of the US Capitol. Biden and the former first lady took a final flight on Marine One. The helicopter flew over the capital city.

Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, has the ability to cause structural damage to various establishments and residences near the area. This has caused widespread alarm and chaos among the locals.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CAPE TOWN, South Africa—If it looks like a quagga, gallops like a quagga and barks like a quagga, then it probably is a quagga. Or is it? Scientists and conservationists here say they’ve brought a zebralike mammal back from the dead, giving the quagga a major win over the more-famous Woolly mammoth and Dodo bird in the global race to bring animals back from extinction.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk’s space company sued regulators in California after officials rejected a request to allow more SpaceX rocket launches, claiming the decision was politically motivated. The suit, filed Tuesday in California’s central district, marks the billionaire’s latest volley in a long-running feud with the Golden State.

Motel 6, the budget hotel chain that has lined U.S. highways for decades, will be sold to Oyo, an India-based hotel operator, the companies announced Friday. Blackstone, the private equity giant and the owner of Motel 6's parent company, said the transaction would be an all-cash deal for $525 million. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year, and would include the chain's offshoot hotel brand, Studio 6. Oyo expanded into the United States in 2019, and has recently ramped up efforts to expand further. It currently operates more than 300 hotels domestically. The company, which specializes in budget hotels and proudly describes itself as «a startup,» had received a large investment from SoftBank. But some troubling incidents in India in recent years raised questions about some of its business practices.

Kevin Costner being on the verge of bankruptcy is somehow unbelievable but this has turned into a reality after the flop of 'Horizon: An American Saga' even after $38 million in investment. Since the flop project couldn't recover the money for Costner, his lavish apartment in Santa Barbara estate is now at risk. According to a Blast report, there has been a critical issue around his apartment and a delay in the future installments of the movie.

Santa Barbara County has charred nearly 18,000 acres since it began on July 5. Though there are worries that the fire may eventually move to more inhabited areas, it is now raging mostly in rural areas close to Los Padres National Forest, as reported by 'Fox Weather'. Conditions for fires have gotten worse due to the prolonged heat wave that is affecting the Western US and the dry weather. The area hasn't seen such extreme and protracted heat in 20 years, according to meteorologists from the National Weather Service. Although there isn't a drought in California right now, the state's parched vegetation and unrelenting heat make combating fires extremely difficult.

the Daily Mail reported citing documents. When the Prince founded the Travalyst travel organisation, the United Kingdom was registered as Harry's place of residence. King Charles' youngest son, Prince Harry, 39, and his wife, Meghan Markle, 42, relocated to the US in 2020.

Kate Middleton cancer: Will the royal family reconcile with Harry and Meghan? The Fun Lovin Criminals star, who hails from New York but lives in the UK has claimed that Harry-Meghan has lost the sparkle when it comes to "loving the Royals". He said that the Americans see the Royal family like "Disney World" and people are obsessed about their lives. With Prince Harry and Meghan stepping down from their duties, they have now just become a part of the "Hollywood clique," said Huey.

Kate Middleton says she is undergoing chemotherapy to treat cancer Harry and Meghan, known formally as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are no longer working royals. The couple moved to California in 2020, where they live in an exclusive enclave outside Santa Barbara, and are now forging their own businesses, after being cut off from the royal purse. Harry, who married former actress Meghan in a fairytale wedding in 2018, was at one time very close to William, but relations have soured in recent years.

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is once again in the spotlight, this time with a surprising return to Instagram to unveil her latest venture. The actress-turned-royal introduced her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, through social media platforms, marking her reentry into the digital realm.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has returned to Instagram to tease a new brand that records show could feature jams, household items, cookbooks and cutlery

suicide rates, according to a study conducted in China. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, estimate that China's efforts to reduce air pollution have prevented 46,000 suicide deaths in the country over just five years. The team used weather conditions to tease apart confounding factors affecting pollution and suicide rates, arriving at what they consider to be a truly causal connection. The results, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, unearth air quality as a key factor influencing mental health.

Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to settle claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service connected to a massive wildfire that destroyed more than a thousand homes and other structures in 2017

Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly twenty years, Christine Baumgartner, are officially divorced. The judgment, entered in Santa Barbara County court, signifies the end of their marriage, rendering both Costner and Baumgartner single as of the preceding Friday. The divorce comes nine months after Baumgartner initially filed for dissolution.

Keke Palmer has filed a domestic violence case against her ex-partner, Darius Jackson. Citing multiple incidents of physical abuse over a two-year period, she sought a restraining order and sole custody of the couple's 8-month-old son, Leodis. Palmer filed the case after Jackson reportedly trespassed into her home, physically attacked her, and stole her phone on Sunday.

San Diego has been identified as the costliest city in the United States, with Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Miami following closely behind. Santa Barbara secured the fifth position, according to a recent survey. The list of the most expensive places to reside, as per findings in US News and World Report, features three of the top five cities located in Southern California, according to a report. In total, eight cities in California found their way into the top 10, with San Francisco, Salinas, Santa Rosa, Vallejo, and Fairfield all included. The survey's rankings are determined by assessing the «median gross rent and annual housing costs for mortgage-paying homeowners» in each metropolitan area, the Deadline report stated. Meanwhile, a key indicator of US inflation stayed steady in September, the government reported Friday, as policymakers push on in their battle against persistent price increases. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, which is the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, rose 3.4 percent from a year ago — the same rate as in the preceding two months — said the Commerce Department. The data comes days before Federal Reserve policymakers gather for a two-day meeting to mull whether to raise interest rates again to combat stubborn inflation. While consumer inflation has cooled, the latest figures remain well above officials' two percent target and could prompt further action. Fed policymakers are due to announce their rate decision next Wednesday, with analysts generally expecting them to hold off further increases for now as the effects of earlier rate hikes ripple through the economy.