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Vanessa Bryant to receive fan tributes left for Kobe and Gianna Bryant at the...
By Alaa Elassar | CNN Kobe Bryant’s wife has requested that all memorabilia and items left by mourning fans at the Staples Center be sent to the family, according to the arena’s president. “We will...
View ArticleCrews haul away mourning fans’ massive Kobe Bryant memorial at Staples Center
Crews began dismantling the massive impromptu memorial created by mourning Lakers fans outside Staples Center after the death of superstar Kobe Bryant on Monday, Feb. 3. An official said some of the...
View ArticleHollywood icon Kirk Douglas dead at 103
By Hillel Italie | Associated Press Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the...
View ArticlePhotos: Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas through the years
Click here if you are having trouble viewing the gallery and video on your mobile device. The legendary Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas died Wednesday at the age of 103. Douglas was best known for his...
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Services set for Thursday for ‘The Birdman’
Family and friends will remember Kenny “The Birdman” Booker, 28, an East County icon, at a memorial service at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Antioch Church Family, 55 E. 18th St. For more than a decade,...
View ArticleKobe Bryant memorial set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center
A public memorial for Lakers star Kobe Bryant and eight others killed in a helicopter crash will be held on Feb. 24 at Staples Center, a person with knowledge of the event confirmed to Southern...
View ArticleRoger Kahn, who wrote ‘Boys of Summer,’ has died at 92
Associated Press MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in “The Boys of Summer,” has...
View ArticleMonte Vista girls basketball coach Jim Lemmon remembered for being ‘a good man’
DANVILLE — Monte Vista girls basketball coach Jim Lemmon, who had battled cancer since late July, has died, the school’s athletic director, Andy Popper, said Friday. Lemmon, 58, took over the Monte...
View ArticleOscars to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant — but it’s complicated
On Sunday night, former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant will be honored at the Academy Awards. Producers say he will be included in the show’s annual “In Memoriam” segment of the program, which commemorates...
View ArticleVigil set for Saturday for teen slain at East Bay high school
Friends and family members will remember Johnathon “John John” Parker of Antioch who died a day after being shot in a Deer Valley High School parking lot. Parker, a sophomore at Deer Valley High...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Two cruise lines ban certain passport holders
By Amir Vera | CNN Two US-based cruise lines are forbidding people with Chinese, Hong Kong or Macau passports from boarding their cruise ships, according to company statements released Friday....
View ArticleActor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by two cars while walking in...
LOS ANGELES – Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian, was hit and killed by a car in Venice, authorities said. He was 91. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed Bean’s Friday night death,...
View ArticleRobert Conrad, star of ‘The Wild, Wild West,’ dies at 84
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Wild, Wild West,” died Saturday. He was 84. The actor...
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Dave McCoy, founder of Mammoth Mountain, dies at 104
Dave McCoy, a pioneer of the ski industry and founder of Mammoth Mountain who believed the key to a successful life was having fun and working hard, has died. He was 104. “It was a shock,” said Rusty...
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Twitter reacts to Billie Eilish’s Oscar night In Memoriam performance of...
Sunday’s Oscars brought out the youngest Grammy winner, Billie Eilish, on stage during the show’s In Memoriam segment. The singer, alongside her brother Finneas, covered The Beatles’ “Yesterday.”...
View ArticleLongtime South Bay community leader Tommy J. Fulcher dies at 75
Longtime South Bay community activist Tommy James Fulcher Jr., a local businessman and leader in the African American community, died on January 28 at the age of 75. Fulcher was a past president of the...
View ArticlePaul G. Manolis, former Oakland Tribune executive editor, dies at 92
PIEDMONT — Former Oakland Tribune executive editor Paul G. Manolis died Saturday at home of natural causes. He was 92. Manolis, who led the paper for 14 years, was also an author, professor, and...
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Vanessa Bryant shares her grief over deaths of Kobe and Gianna on Instagram
LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant expressed grief and anger in an Instagram post Monday as she copes with the deaths of her husband Kobe Bryant, their daughter Gigi and seven other people in a helicopter...
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College coach and family members who died in helicopter crash with Kobe...
For this day, the Big A stood for Altobelli. The baseball family of Orange County – several players and former players wearing jerseys from Southern California community colleges – was out in force at...
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Rotarian Mel Caughell was active in Oakland, Alameda schools
From his early years through his later life, Mel Caughell displayed a love of service to others. Longtime Oakland resident Mel Caughell, 97, who had been a highly active parent at Oakland’s Bishop...
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