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The owner of Club Deluxe , a cherished Haight-Ashbury jazz bar reportedly planning to close this month, plans to apply for legacy status in San Francisco in an effort to help keep the business open, said the nonprofit San Francisco Heritage. The nonprofit, which advocates for historic preservation and helps small businesses apply for legacy recognition, is in the process of helping Sarah Wilde, the owner of Club Deluxe, apply to receive legacy status for the business, said Kerri Young, the communications and programs manager at SF Heritage. However, it was not immediately clear if Wilde, who has owned the venue with husband Chris Pankow for seven years, plans to keep the business open at its current location on Haight Street or move to another site, said Young. Wilde did not responded to multiple requests for an interview. Wilde announced the closure in an open letter to musicians earlier this month, saying she “would like to see it continue.” The last official day is Aug. … [Read more...] about Facing closure, S.F.’s Club Deluxe to seek legacy business status

Emma Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open with a 6-0 6-2 thrashing of Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday, signalling she will be well prepared for her U.S. Open title defence. World number one Iga Swiatek beat former U.S. Open winner Sloane Stephens 6-4 7-5 to start her campaign at the WTA 1000 tournament, the last big tune-up event before the hardcourt major kicks off in New York. It was a Tour-leading 50th win of the season for two-time French Open champion Swiatek, who will meet Madison Keys in the third round after the American beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 7-5. “I’m trying to really focus on the future and kind of not coming back to expectations and everything that happened on last tournaments on hard court,” said the Pole, who lost in the third round in Toronto last week.”I’m really proud of my season, but I want to kind of really be fearless again.” “I am really pleased with how I dug in and serving it out in that last game was really difficult.”Raducanu, … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Open : Emma Raducanu Storms into Third Round, Iga Swiatek Also Through

SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that would allow some Californians with criminal convictions to have those records sealed if they maintain a clean record, a move cheered by criminal justice reform advocates and harshly criticized by law enforcement. Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, a Los Angeles Democrat who wrote Senate Bill 731, said sealing the records would remove burdens on previously incarcerated individuals who face discrimination once they reenter society, including when applying for jobs and places to live. Because California law keeps criminal records public, even long after a person’s sentence ends, those convictions often surface during background checks. “About 75% of formerly incarcerated individuals are still unemployed after a year of their release ,” Durazo said. “So something’s wrong there. We expect them to get back on their feet, but we’re not allowing them the resources to get jobs and [have] careers.” The Senate approved the bill … [Read more...] about A bill that would seal certain criminal records could open doors for millions of Californians

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 With high expectations and a sprawling scope of storytelling, directing anything in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, would seem daunting. For Kat Coiro, an executive producer and director on the series “ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, " it was only scary before Tatiana Maslany was cast in the lead role. “As soon as the idea of Tatiana came into the sphere of the show and then she actually auditioned for us, all the fear went out the window. I said, ‘Oh, we’ve got her.’ She is an actress who understands things on an intellectual macro level, but then also understands things on a very emotional, engaged level. And we needed somebody with that intelligence ... vulnerability,” said Coiro, who directed six of the show's nine episodes and worked closely with writer Jessica Gao. While it's noteworthy that the show's filmmakers are female, at San … [Read more...] about From ‘She-Hulk’ to JLo, variety’s key for director Kat Coiro

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Boston Children’s Hospital is facing a wave of backlash over its Center for Gender Surgery that performs mastectomies on teenagers as young as 15, as well as since-deleted wording on the hospital's website that claimed teens as young as 17 can get vaginoplasties. The hospital’s website stated as recently as Aug. 12 that "to qualify for gender affirmation at Boston Children's Hospital, you must be at least 18 years old for phalloplasty or metoidioplasty and at least 17 years old for vaginoplasty," according to archives on Wayback . That wording has since been changed to read, "To qualify for gender affirmation at Boston Children's Hospital, you must be at least 18 years old for phalloplasty or metoidioplasty and for vaginoplasty." A PDF about the … [Read more...] about Boston Children’s Hospital deletes references to vaginoplasties for 17-year-olds amid online furor