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Meet Existential Paper Doll Lucy Black

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Lucy Black is known for her cheeky, emotional, unsettling life-size “paper doll” mixed media works—large-scale kinetic collages that are raucous, raunchy, impressionistic, cleverly made, funny, ultimately pensive, and beguilingly weird. Working off a performance-based foundation through collage, photography, and sculpture, Black essentially photographs and/or photocopies her own body in order to assemble her cohort of paper doll avatars. Elements referencing props and costumes create hints of settings, while the figures themselves enact anatomically interpretive and frequently unsettling choreography. Some dolls exist as still framed mixed media works—but many of them are mechanical and functional and crucially, controllable by the viewers. In these and related works, Black taps a cozy nostalgia and a surreal disconcertion, the better to investigate how we construct our own shifting identities, the problematics of photography, subjectivity, and truth, and the uncanny in-between plac...

Queen Bey or Mayor Bey?: Santa Clara to name Beyonce honorary mayor, give her the key to the city ahead of Levi’s show

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Mayor Taylor Swift has left the dais after last month’s two-night stint at Levi’s Stadium — and as the leader of Swiftie Clara — and Queen Bey is expected to take over her mayoral duties.On Tuesday night, the Santa Clara City Council will vote on whether to name Beyonce honorary mayor the following day and present her with a key to the city. Beyonce is set to play Levi’s Stadium on Aug. 30 as part of her Renaissance World Tour, which has been projected to gross $2.1 billion in ticket sales.“The city of Santa Clara is excited about Beyonce’s upcoming visit to the world-renowned Levi’s Stadium,” Santa Clara spokesperson Michelle Templeton said in a statement. “Her concerts will certainly bring a great deal of energy and excitement.”The proclamation to make Beyonce the honorary mayor, which bears Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s name, said the pop sensation “has had a tremendous cultural impact as one of the most...

San Jose housing project crafted as “builder’s remedy” gets bigger

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

SAN JOSE — An affordable homes project being eyed on the former San Jose site of a domed movie complex is getting a bit bigger and is being pitched through a “builder’s remedy” gambit.The proposed housing development would be constructed at 741 South Winchester Boulevard in San Jose, the site of the former Century 24, a domed movie house, according to documents filed in July with city planners.The current development plans envision a 264-unit, seven-story residential building at the site, the San Jose planning files show. That’s somewhat larger than a previous proposal for 257 units.The Century 24 movie house has already been bulldozed. A fitness center at one point had been proposed for the property, but those plans have been scrapped.The developer is SyRes Properties LLC, according to a July 5 filing with the city. SyRes is a unit of Syufy Enterprises, which for decades owned and operated a string of Century Theaters movie houses known for their domed...

Woman fatally shot in East Oakland on Sunday night

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

OAKLAND — A woman died Sunday night after an East Oakland shooting, according to police.Officers responded to a gunshot detection system alert on the 3400 block of 82nd Avenue, above McArthur Avenue, just after 9 p.m. Police didn’t find anyone at the scene upon arrival.Investigations revealed that the victim, believed to be a woman in her 40s, was transported to the hospital by another person, where she later died. Police were yet to identify a suspect or motive as of Monday morning.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | One stabbed after violent brawls involving hundreds of young adults erupt at East Bay mall Crime and Public Safety | One dead, one wounded in Oakland shootings Crime and Public Safety | Man shot and killed near East Bay BART station early Sunday morning Crime and Public Safety | ‘Consequences across the board’: Criminal case dismissals mount amid Antioch police scandals Crime and Pu...

Monday Morning Lights: Serra beat De La Salle last season. Will Padres do it again?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Welcome back to Monday Morning Lights, our weekly feature that sheds more light on the high school football weekend and peeks ahead to the new week. If you haven’t already, please subscribe. Your contributions keep us going.HEAVYWEIGHT MATCHUP: DLS VISITS NO. 1 SERRASerra cleared one hurdle in its season opener, winning at home over Folsom. Now the San Mateo school has another on Saturday when De La Salle travels from Concord to play the top-ranked Padres.De La Salle lost its opener at home on Friday to Orange Lutheran, giving up 21 unanswered second-half points in a 35-14 loss to the Southern California heavyweight.Serra coach Patrick Walsh made it clear what he thinks about DLS — “they’re big and physical” — while once again noting the differences between elite teams in Southern California and Northern California.“They played like what seemed like a college team down there,” said Walsh, who spoke candidly last season about St. John Bosco a...

Cal DL Johnson ready for return to game action — and perhaps dominance — after nearly 3 years

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

BERKELEY — By the close of training camp, college football players are itching to take the field in an actual game. It can feel like forever since the last one.Few players in the country have had a longer wait than Cal defensive lineman Brett Johnson.“It’s been a long time,” he said this week.In fact, when the Bears open their season on Sept. 2 at North Texas, it will have been 1,001 days since Johnson played in a game. He missed the entire 2021 season after fracturing his hip in a car accident that spring, and when he tore his ACL during camp a year ago, his 2022 season also was scrubbed.Named a third-team freshman All-American by Pro Football Focus way back in 2019, Johnson hasn’t faced an opponent since Dec. 5, 2020, when the Bears closed out their COVID-shortened season with a 21-17 win over Oregon.Asked if he can even remember that day, Johnson said, “Of course. That was a great game.”Football folks also have a long memory as evidenced by the fact that Johnson was named Wednesd...

Jill On Money: Summer Mail Bag — Estate

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

As we close out the last weeks of the summer, my in-box is begging for responses. I will spend the next few weeks plowing through a bunch of your great questions. This week, we are concentrating on estate issues.Related ArticlesBusiness | Fee-only financial planners vs. fee-based Business | Ask a travel nerd: How can I make solo travel affordable and fun? Business | 9 bad money habits that you should break right now Business | Student loan payments restart will dent US housing market, survey finds Business | 5 steps to prepare for student loan repayment Q: I’m 80 years old, retired, and single and have an updated simple will, executor, and health care directive. I have consolidated most of my investments and also have some CDs and annuities with designated beneficiaries. I also own a condo with a transfer on death deed. My net worth is roughly $3,000,000. My question is simple: Is there any reason ...

Two teens stabbed at Golden Gate Park

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Two teenagers were stabbed Saturday night at Spreckels Lake in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, police said. Around 9:30 p.m., police were called to the lake near John F. Kennedy Drive and found two victims who were stabbed. The teenagers were transported to a local hospital and are expected to survive, according to police. VIDEO: Fight after 49ers game at In-N-Out near Levi’s Stadium leads to stabbing No arrests have been made and the cause surrounding the stabbing is unknown at this time.

El Cerrito police warn of spike in ATM robberies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

(KRON) -- The El Cerrito Police Department is warning the public of a recent increase in ATM robberies within the city.On Aug. 19 around 3:30 p.m., four people were robbed at gunpoint at Wells Fargo ATMs on San Pablo Avenue near Albany Hill Park. VIDEO: Fight after 49ers game at In-N-Out near Levi’s Stadium leads to stabbing The armed suspects robbed the victims of their wallets, purses, cell phones and cash. License plate reader cameras were able to identify the suspect vehicle, police said.ECPD discovered the suspect car was reported stolen following a robbery during a home invasion in Lafayette. Police advise the public to be aware of your surroundings at all times.

Simone Biles makes history in the Bay Area, winning record 8th US Gymnastics title

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:00 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Simone Biles is not going to explain herself. Part of this is by design. Part of this is because she simply can't.When the gymnastics star is at her best, as she was on Sunday night while winning her record eighth U.S. championship, she feels like she's in a “fever dream.” It's not autopilot exactly. It's more of a vibe. A flow.It's in those moments that the doubts that still plague her almost daily even now, a decade into a run of unprecedented excellence, fade away.There is no thinking. No overanalyzing. No “ twisties.” All of it recedes into the background. Her coach Laurent Landi calls it a skill. Biles, even at 26, won't go that far. Maybe because she simply doesn't want to.She spent a long time, far too long, getting caught up in her head. She's intent on not doing it this around.So yeah, she was smiling midway through a floor routine that made almost every other competitor on the floor stop what they were doing to watch and drew a standing ovation...