California Power Grid Operator Cancels Rolling Blackouts

Kourtney Kardashian is using her voice for good.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In the early 20th century, an impoverished teenage Italian cobbler sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California, and became Hollywood’s go-to shoemaker during the silent era.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWith New Jersey and some markets in California reopening in the lead-up to Warner Bros.’ Tenet launch this week, the third biggest circuit stateside Cinemark is making sure they’re at the ready.By this Friday, Cinemark will have their Napa and Redding locations open in California, two locations in Oregon –Medford and Springfield, and half a dozen in Arizona. The latter state gave the go-ahead for theaters to reopen last week.

California Senate Bill 145 would erase a discriminatory sentencing law that has disproportionately targeted members of the LGBTQ community to register on California’s sex offender list has received support from law enforcement and civil rights advocates. Photo: iStock.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has picked up the documentary The Great American Lie from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and advocate Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.The doc examines the roots of systemic inequalities through a unique gender lens. With America facing widening economic inequality and stagnant social mobility, the documentary explores an inspiring path forward.

tested positive for the coronavirus in Australia while filming their Elvis Presley biopic. The couple isolated themselves and are keeping their spirits up, sharing their experience on Instagram.Former Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko posted on Instagram Sunday that she was self-quarantining after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorBREAKING: In a press release from the Department of Public Health, California Governor Gavin Newsom began rolling out new guidance for in-person child supervision and limited instruction, targeted support services, and facilitation of distance learning in small group environments.

Becca Kufrin seemingly moved into a new home after her rumored split from Garrett Yrigoyen.The former Bachelorette, 30, posted a video on her Instagram Stories on Thursday, August 20, of a different living room than the one she shares with her fiancé, 31, in Carlsbad, California. In the clip, she zoomed in on her dog, Minno, as the corgi sprawled out on a gray couch.Earlier in the day, Kufrin shared a photo of an empty box with packing peanuts that had spilled all over the floor.

Gerard Butler and Morgan Brown have called it quits. The 50-year-old actor and the real estate developer and designer have broken up after more than six years together, multiple outlets report.Butler and Morgan first started dating in 2014, and were off and on for a couple years before calling it quits in 2016.

UPDATED: The Los Angeles Times broke the news Thursday that Uber and Lyft won’t be putting their services on hold in California after a state appeals court ruled the companies can keep their business models in place while challenging a judge’s order to comply with a state labor law.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency to help ensure the availability of vital resources to combat fires burning across the state, which have been exacerbated by the effects of the historic West Coast heat wave and sustained high winds.“We are deploying every resource available to keep communities safe as California battles fires across the state during these extreme conditions,” said Governor Newsom.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs California struggles to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, wilting heat and wildfires, it’s facing another dangerous crisis: blackouts.As temperatures broke records across the state, California energy officials announced the first rolling blackouts in the state since 2001 and warned that the state was bracing for what could be the largest power outage it has ever seen, likely on Monday.In an effort to prevent or limit power outages during this heat wave, the

Ellen DeGeneres is doing just fine amid allegations about the “toxic” work environment at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, according to her wife, Portia de Rossi.

Bachelorette alum Garrett Yrigoyen enjoyed some time in nature as fiancée Becca Kufrin shut down speculation that the two are headed for a split.“On the road again…” Yrigoyen, 31, wrote in an Instagram Story on Thursday, August 6, alongside footage from his drive to Nevada.Three days earlier, the reality star shared snapshots of a visit to the Golden Trout Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.