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California outdoor weddings: The best, worst cities to have them, rankings show

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Considering a wedding outdoors in 2023? You're not alone — but depending where you want to celebrate the big day, you may have better luck doing it than in others.Lawn care industry news outlet Lawn Love recently ranked the 200 biggest U.S. cities on their favorability for outdoor weddings based on several categories, including venue access/quality, affordability, services and climate. ‘A legit laxative’: Customers weigh-in on Starbucks brews infused with olive oil According to Lawn Love, the best California city for an outdoor wedding is Pasadena, which ranked sixth overall on the national list. The Los Angeles County city received an overall score of 46.40 out of 100 points (not bad, since the top city only received 51 points). Two other California cities made the top 10 — see those listed below.Other Golden State cities that placed high on the "best" list are Pomona (11th), Fullerton (12th) and Oceanside (19th). In the category of Most Wedding Equipment Rentals per ...

Springtime tulip festival opens in Prince William Co.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

There’s a springtime sight in Nokesville, Virginia, that gives the Tidal Basin’s Cherry Blossoms a run for their money – and luckily, you can enjoy it for the rest of the month.Twenty acres of planted tulips and daffodils are tucked away just an hour outside of the city at Burnside Farms in Prince William County. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Luke Lukert (@lukertwtop)The farm holds rows and rows of 150 different varieties of tulips and 30 varieties of daffodils. Millions of the brightly colored flowers are ready to go home. As the farm states on a sign as guests enter, it truly is “Holland In Virginia.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Burnside Farms (@burnsidefarms)Burnside Farms actually get their tulip bulbs directly from Holland and plant them in November. The tulips only bloom for a very short time — around three weeks — every spring.When you buy a ticket to enter Burnside Farms, which can only be bought on their website, you get a...

Cody Ware won’t drive at Bristol due to personal matter

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Driver Cody Ware won’t run at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend so he can focus on a personal matter, according to a statement from Rick Ware Racing on Saturday.The team asked for privacy for the Ware family. Cody Ware, 27, is the son of owner Rick Ware.The team statement said veteran driver Matt Crafton will take over for Ware in the No. 51 car during Bristol’s dirt-racing weekend. The NASCAR Cup Series runs there Sunday night.Cody Ware’s best finish this season was 14th at the Daytona 500 two months ago. He finished 34th at Richmond a week ago.___AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Freeze warning Saturday night melts into pleasant Easter Sunday

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

Be sure to layer up if you plan on hiding some Easter eggs on Sunday as frosty temperatures will cover the WTOP listening area.Temperatures are expected to dip overnight Saturday into the high 30s in the District and its suburbs along the Interstate 95 corridor with a frost advisory. Counties to the north and west of the nation’s capital will wake up Sunday to temperatures as cold as the high 20s.Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM.Current traffic conditionsWeather forecastSign up for WTOP alerts“Freeze is likely outside of the D.C. metro area, so cover any outdoor plants or bring them inside. That could be harmful to the spring vegetation for this time of year,” 7News meteorologist Jordan Evans said.The National Weather Service issued a frost advisory along the I-95 corridor from Prince William County in Virginia up through Baltimore, as well as for Charles and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland.The freeze warning will cover Loudoun and F...

Angers wins first match in 22 French league games

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Rock-bottom Angers beat Lille 1-0 at home on Saturday to win for the first time in 22 French league games.Defender Halid Sabanovic struck the winner in off the post in the 84th minute for Angers, which had not won since Sept. 17. Lille striker Jonathan David went close to scoring his 20th league goal in the 70th but Angers goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni saved his effort.Later, leader Paris Saint-Germain was at Nice looking to avoid a third straight defeat and a ninth overall in 2023, as under-pressure PSG coach Christophe Galtier returned to the club he coached last season.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Police arrest Oxon Hill day care employee for recording child abuse

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

A day care employee in Oxon Hill, Maryland, was arrested Saturday after police said she recorded herself abusing kids.Prince George’s County police said that they charged 23-year-old Kayla Greenwell with multiple counts of child abuse and assault.A video recorded Wednesday appeared to show Greenwell picking up, slamming and tripping kids at the Oxon Hill Center For Early Learning. Police verified that she recorded some of the alleged abuse on her phone during their preliminary investigation.The police department was sent videos of Greenwell by multiple people on Friday, including an unaired video from Fox5 News. With help from the community they were able to quickly identify her and obtain an arrest warrant.Ledarra White’s 3-year-old son attends the day care and she says that she’s considering pulling her child out.“They come to school, [it’s] supposed to be for a learning environment in somewhere safe while their parents are away at work,” White told W...

Rider seriously injured after hit-and-run with another motorcycle

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KDVR) -- A man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash with another motorcycle in Fort Collins on Friday night.Fort Collins Police said around 11:41 p.m., officers were notified of the crash between two motorcycles in the 6200 block of South College Avenue. An adult male was found with serious injuries.The man was northbound on his motorcycle. Another motorcycle, a blue Yamaha, was also northbound when the two collided on their sides.Both motorcycles went down and slid for a distance. One person dead, two others hospitalized in Denver apartment complex fire The rider of the Yamaha left the scene on foot before police arrived and did not exchange information with the other rider.Police are looking for the rider of the Yamaha and are concerned they may also have serious injuries from the crash.The FCPD Collision Reconstruction and Scene Handling team took over the investigation.Speed was being looked into as a factor of the crash.

Div. 1-2 softball preview: Taunton eyes three-peat

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

Coming off their second straight Div. 1 state title run, Taunton has the veteran leadership under first year coach Michelle Raposo to make it a three-peat this season.With six seniors, including a case transfer in outfielder Morgan Fitzgerald, as part of the 11 returnees, the core for the Tigers is strong yet again. Senior captains Ava Venturelli and Kaysie DeMoura will be a big part of the offensive fire power as well as senior Hayley Krockta at first base, Kyleah Plumb in the outfield and Mia Fernandez back at her true position, second base.On the hill for Taunton, junior lefty and Texas Tech commit Sam Lincoln will lead the way along with sophomore Cate Larson who pitched the final two outs to take down Peabody in the state championship last year as well as eighth grader Ella Bourque.Also, in the Hockomock, King Philip has a strong class of juniors and seniors returning with junior Jordan Bennett returning on the mound. The team is provided with very strong leadership from senior...

Easthampton School Committee chairwoman on Massachusetts superintendent ‘ladies’ email controversy: ‘I was insulted’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

The chairwoman of the Easthampton School Committee, who rescinded a job offer to a superintendent finalist because he called her and her assistant “ladies” in an email, has broken her silence, offering advice to the next finalist: Be more professional.Speaking out for the first time in the wake of her committee becoming a point of controversy, Cynthia Kwiecinski on Thursday told the Daily Hampshire Gazette she felt insulted for being called a lady, “a familiarity that he had not earned.”Vito Perrone, the interim superintendent of West Springfield Public Schools, used the term in an email that was going over three negotiation points after the School Committee had offered him the superintendent job on March 24.“It is true that I was insulted by the familiarity with which the candidate addressed me and the committee’s executive assistant in correspondence that was part of a salary negotiation,” Kwiecinski wrote in her email to the Gazette. “While I speak informally most of the time, if...

Jazz saxophonist, teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan dies at 87

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:44 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz saxophonist and music teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan died in his sleep Friday, surrounded by family at his New Orleans home, family publicist Vincent Sylvain said. He was 87.During his 50-year career, Jordan showcased his musical talents across New Orleans while also collaborating with music legends like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and more.Born in Crowley in 1935, Jordan moved to New Orleans at 20 years old and created “The Improvisation Arts Quintet” in 1975. The group produced a diverse catalogue of avant-garde music described as “an evolution of complimentary imagery moving together and apart, each artist becoming an ear, an eye and most of all a heart for the sake of the creative spiritual soul.”He was a music professor at Southern University of New Orleans, later becoming chairman of the university’s Jazz Studies Program. During his 34 years at SUNO, “he shared his vision of improvisation and encouraged students to find their authent...