Just over a month after closing its Calabasas location, a beloved Southern California diner chain is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Marmalade Cafe, which opened its first location on Montana Ave in Santa Monica in 1990, filed for Chapter 11 on Wednesday, citing, “rent disputes and mounting supplier debts.” The chain had expanded to eight restaurants across SoCal, though four had closed in recent years, including two this year alone. The Calabasas restaurant closed on August 1, while the Santa Monica location on Santa Monica Boulevard closed a month prior, which the company attributed to, “unsustainable financial losses and…
An umpire’s belief that a Cardinals rookie pitcher was committing a fashion faux pas led to a wild ejection for manager Oliver Marmol. Umpire Eddings asked reliever Hancel Rincon to straighten his hat before he began pitching to Hunter Goodman to start the bottom of the sixth inning in his…
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Archaeologists were excavating in a Roman-period cemetery in Poland when they came across something extremely unusual: the grave of a man who was buried with two decapitated human heads, a necklace made from 42 mammal teeth, and a battle ax. That ax provided an important clue: He was actually from…
As Walker Kessler walked onto UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, he stepped into the biggest spotlight he’s been under recently. And as the Lakers’ marquee addition of the summer, the attention on Kessler will only grow as the start of the 2026-27 NBA season nears. As part…
Raiders fans are expecting star tight end Brock Bowers to eat on the field this season. Bowers is certainly eating more than his fair share off the field, albeit not from his fiancée, Cameron Newell. Raiders punter Adam Cole’s wife, Kylie, is hosting a podcast series on the team’s YouTube…
The O.C. alum Ben McKenzie isn’t necessarily shutting the door on his time as Ryan Atwood for good. Speaking to Australia’s KIIS 1065 on Friday, September 4, McKenzie, 47, admitted he would be open to a reboot of the series. “I don’t know that there has ever been serious talks,…
Over a century ago, German pathologist Georg Schmorl documented a strange phenomenon: cells from fetuses that had moved into the mother during pregnancy. He had discovered microchimerism — where the cells from one individual move into another and set up shop.In the past few decades, scientists’ understanding of microchimerism has…
Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris scored a big legal win on Thursday night. But they won’t be on the field on Saturday. The two LSU football players — both of whom spent time with NFL teams this summer — were not added to the Tigers’ roster ahead of the season…
Real Housewives of Orange County’s Shannon Beador had a sassy reaction to news her former costar, Alexis Bellino, had her first facelift. Speaking to E! News on Friday, September 4, Shannon, 62, was asked what she thought about Alexis, 49, going under the knife. (Alexis and Shannon had beef after…
The Romans are well known for their aqueducts, which brought water to their cities and settlements.These aqueducts sometimes ran for very long distances. For instance, the aqueduct of Valens, which brought water to the city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), was 250 miles (400 kilometers) long, according to a statement from…
Another huge halftime lead. More crazy efficiency from quarterback Jayden Maiava. Further fodder for Trent Mosley’s case as the top freshman receiver in the country. The only significant difference between No. 14 USC’s 39-0 blowout of Fresno State on Friday at the Coliseum and its season opener six days earlier?…
Kelsea Ballerini is coming to Stella Lefty’s defence after the “Thinking ‘bout You” singer ruffled some feathers with her recent appearance at Grand Ole Opry. Lefty has been in the line of fire from some online critics after she made her Opry debut on Tuesday, September 1. The following day,…
A new study warns that driving after eating cannabis edibles can significantly impair road performance and reaction times, even if blood tests show THC levels far below the legal limit. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, highlight a potential challenge for impaired-driving enforcement in Canada and some US jurisdictions. Most previous…
Ben Shelton is the latest star player at the U.S. Open to work the late, late-night shift — and win. Shelton, the No. 8 seed, outlasted a pesky Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday night — and into…
Dolly Parton’s sister Stella Parton is taking aim at some of the reactions to her sibling’s death. Posting a lengthy statement via Instagram on Friday, September 4, Stella, 77, condemned the use of “AI and endless garbage” and “snarky tweets” that have been posted online. “Sadly, because of the way…
Patrick Clancy and his legal team are reacting to a judge’s decision to declare a mistrial in his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy’s murder case. “Patrick Clancy is grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment and their perseverance,” Patrick’s attorney David Meier said in a…
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, believes that fear of a rising wave of progressives is paralyzing possible bipartisan work on permitting reform that would otherwise create fertile ground for collaboration. “That dynamic is dangerous right now because they are terrified of the extreme left. Finding a middle ground on ideological issues…
Andy Green seems set on keeping the interim tag on his managerial role. And even as the Mets continue to play well with Green in the dugout, both he and the organization are prepared for him to go back to the front office in the offseason, as Green is looking…
Big Brother 28’s LaTrice “Lala” Verrett wanted one of the reality TV icons out of the game — but she’s happy she didn’t attempt to make the move herself. “Hindsight is 20/20. I’m actually glad that I did not target the icons because they had a power,” Lala, 57, exclusively…
Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal took heat from black lawmakers Friday after she referred to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as an “AIPAC monkey.” Jebreal used the racial epithet during an appearance on lefty commentator Wajahat Ali’s “The Left Hook” podcast, as she criticized the black Democrat’s support for Israel…
SAN DIEGO — The local boy made good, but it wasn’t enough. After Spencer Jones put the Yankees ahead with a leadoff single in the top of the 10th against Padres flamethrower Mason Miller, his homecoming heroics got spoiled in the bottom of the frame. Luis Campusano hit a walk-off…
Natural light is one of those home features people rarely think twice about until summer turns it into a line item. The same south-facing windows that make a room feel bigger and brighter can also spend hours feeding heat into the house, leaving the AC to undo it later. After…
California’s controversial billionaire tax has picked up perhaps its least surprising endorsement yet: the Communist Party. The California arm of Communist Party USA officially threw its support behind Proposition 40 on Thursday, urging voters to support a a one-time 5% tax on the state’s roughly 200 billionaires. “It’s up to…
The Dutch central bank has yanked more than 78 metric tons of gold out of New York, citing the tumultuous international climate — the latest European country to ditch or downsize its US precious metal stores. De Nederlandsche Bank, or DNB, cut its New York holdings as it reallocated about…
For the first time, physicists have measured the tiny quantum shift an object acquires by falling through Earth’s gravity — an effect of Einstein’s relativity that was predicted almost a century ago but never observed.Researchers placed ultracold rubidium atoms into a superposition, a quantum state in which a single particle…
In this U.S. Open, the top stars keep going down. And the American men’s hopes keep going up. Third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime was the latest to fall by the wayside, Karen Khachanov handing him a one-sided, second-round caning, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. It was a lousy blow for the ailing Canadian,…
Former Dancing With the Stars host Brooke Burke was initially caught off guard when she was let go from the ballroom competition show. “My times in the ballroom were epic and amazing. I have such great memories and relationships. It’s really the industry,” Burke, 54, recalled on the Thursday, September…
Nithya Raman just picked up an endorsement from the city’s Democratic Socialists of America — a group that wants to defund the police and abolish ICE. DSA-LA announced Wednesday that it was backing Raman after more than 1,400 members participated in an online endorsement vote. The final tally was 937 votes…
More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs are still rare and jobless claims remain at historically low levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for benefits ticked up to 206,000 last week from a revised 204,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which smooths…
Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs without steering wheels or brake pedals onto the streets of Austin, Texas, on Thursday, betting that Americans will overcome their fears of rides with “no control” and hop inside. The rollout of the gold-colored Teslas, which give passengers no way to take control…
New Hubble observations have revealed a dramatic, 10-sided jet surrounding Saturn’s south pole, and it appears to be evolving before our eyes.The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped a high-resolution view of the striking “atmospheric wave,” which appears to have begun forming in 2023, archival Hubble images show. Scientists are curious…
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been suspended for one year by the NBA. The league’s investigation found Ballmer and the Clippers were guilty of violating the salary cap circumvention rules. The Clippers have been stripped of five first-round picks and have been fined $30 million. “This was the…
An Arizona woman was arrested after she allegedly opened fire on a nail salon and punched an employee when she grew upset over a $15 charge. Essence Mire was taken into custody following the alleged attack at a nail salon in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, August 30. Police officers responded…
WASHINGTON — Michigan Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is heading to an Islamic convention over the weekend that has faced criticism for inviting multiple Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack conspiracy theorists. On Saturday, he’s slated to join a panel at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention in Detroit and…
From eating green to seeing green. A first-of-its-kind Bay Area gas station has sold for a whopping $12 million — a lucrative number far higher than its owner and founder anticipated, according to a CBS report. Dubbed America’s first “plant-based mart”, Hangry Planet in San Bruno first opened in 2022, selling…
NYC school kids will be pried from their screens this school year. A new sweeping policy — said to be the strictest in the nation — will prevent local public school kids in elementary and middle school using AI or spending excessive time on screens during the school day. “We’re…
Chemotherapy can save lives, but for many cancer patients, it leaves behind a painful legacy: damaged nerves that burn, tingle or go numb. Now, researchers report that a psychedelic compound may protect those nerves — not through its mind-bending effects, but by helping neurons keep their internal power supplies moving.A…
Felix Auger-Aliassime’s lead was gone in a New York minute. The No. 3 seed’s run at the U.S. Open came to a crashing end Thursday as the Canadian won the first set against unseeded Karen Khachanov in a tiebreak, 7-6 (5), only to watch Khachanov take the next three straight…
Counting On alum Joy-Anna Duggar decided to wait to publicly announce her pregnancy — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “Thank you all so much for the love on our pregnancy announcement,” Duggar, 28, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, September 2. “We are over the moon…
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday he knew of no “special security concern” that would lead President Trump to skip next week’s 25th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks at Ground Zero — before joking he was looking forward to “intellectual conversations” with former President Joe Biden. Trump will attend…
The taps will soon run dry at yet another Southern California brewery. Prohibition Brewing Company — a family-owned staple that spent the last decade and a half serving pints to thirsty locals in North County San Diego — announced the doors will shut for good at the end of this month,…
Archaeologists excavating in eastern Serbia have discovered the remains of a lavish and uniquely constructed Roman bath that once belonged to an emperor. The suite of rooms — which included heated floors, three bathing pools and a sauna — was uncovered at the bottom of a tower within an imperial…
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