Metallica donate $250,000 to aid wildfire relief

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMetallica are one of the world’s biggest rock bands, due in no small part to the fact that they’ve toured every single year since 1982.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham, who is accused of having had an extramarital affair, received multiple campaign contributions from his alleged mistress around the time they were supposedly intimate, campaign finance records show.

The wildfires that have ravaged California have sparked a Red Flag Warning in some northern parts of the state as critical fire weather conditions continue. “A #RedFlagWarning will be in effect for portions of Northern California due to critical fire weather,” tweeted Cal Fire on Wednesday afternoon.

Well, 2020 doesn’t feel like it deserves any stars. In light of recent events, the Michelin Guide announced that it will not be awarding stars or other awards to California restaurants this year.

The devastating wildfire season in California that's seen a record number of acres burn may get worse starting Wednesday as hot, dry conditions with intense winds threaten to spark more flames.  The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a red flag warning through Friday for Northern California due to dry, windy weather that could fuel blazes in the region.

A wildfire in Southern California that grew to be among the largest ever recorded in Los Angeles County may have been caused by tree branches coming into contact with power equipment, a utility said Monday. Southern California Edison (SCE) said in a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) that investigators from the U.S.

Much of the county is seeing warmer than average conditions for Tuesday, which is fueling a new wildfire threat for this week.  Heat advisories are again in effect in Southern California, where temperatures will be well into the '90s. Some 20 million Americans are under heat advisories, centered in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas.

Investigators in California probing the cause of a recent wildfire that killed four people have taken possession of equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric, the utility said Friday.  In a filing with the California Public Utilities Commission, PG&E said investigators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) have taken some of its equipment as part of the ongoing investigation into the Zogg Fire.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticEXCLUSIVE:  With the West Coast still threatened daily by raging wildfires, an Oscar -contending documentary is planning to try to help the cause.National Geographic Documentary Films announced today the commercial-free broadcast premiere of Rebuilding Paradise, from director Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries, on National Geographic Sunday, Nov. 8 at 9/8c,  the second anniversary of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorTwo days after Disney announced some 28,000 layoffs in its U.S. parks business, chairman Bob Iger has resigned from California Gov.

Oregon firefighters have a tiny but powerful Force on their side in their fight against wildfires, thanks to a five-year-old boy who sent them his Baby Yoda doll.

LOS ANGELES -- Beleaguered firefighters in the western United States have a new force on their side: Baby Yoda.A 5-year-old Oregon boy and his grandmother delivered a toy version of the pointy-eared Force user to a donation center for firefighters on Sept.

The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced that 28,000 employees from theParks, Experiences and Products segment "at all levels" will be laid off.

Disney is announcing some major decisions.

Disney has begun to permanently eliminate around 28,000 domestic jobs in its theme parks division due to uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

Metallica have donated £250,000 to aid wildfire relief efforts across California and the US West Coast.The generous sum came via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation, which has gifted significant sums to a series of worthy causes since launching back in 2017.“Wildfires have become a cruel and unwelcome annual benchmark in California, and this year we have seen them tragically extend across the entire west coast of our country,” the band confirmed in a statement.“This is the fourth

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorA wildfire with a “dangerous rate of spread” broke out in Napa County Sunday morning, with the area facing extreme wildfire conditions including dry, hot winds from the east/northeast. California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the winds are expected to die down overnight.

surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths in early August.California is situated behind Texas, New Jersey and New York when it comes to most COVID-19 deaths, which have reported 15,161, 16,067 and 33,934 deaths, respectively.Within California, Los Angeles remains the county with the most COVID-19 deaths at over 6,000. According to data compiled from the L.A.