Новости за 14.09.2016

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Clinton releases updated health information, doctor says 'she continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as president'

JOHANNESBURG — Rangers in South Africa’s biggest wildlife park are killing about 350 hippos and buffaloes in an attempt to relieve the impact of the region’s most severe drought in more than three decades. Officials plan to distribute meat from the killed animals to poor communities on the park’s perimeter. Rangers are targeting hippos in “small natural pools where they have concentrated in unnatural high densities, defecate in the water, making it unusable to other animals,” Phaahla wrote in an email. Читать дальше...

According to a police report released to local media outlets, Guo's boyfriend told police they were attempting to get into a car with another friend when someone approached their car and pulled a gun.

There aren’t many films that cost $5,000 to make that undergo a 4K restoration, but John Waters’ “Multiple Maniacs” is no ordinary shoestring indie. “It’s the biggest screen it’s ever been projected on — ever,” Waters said in a recent phone interview. The 1970 black-and-white slice of mass depravity, starring Waters regulars Divine, Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey and Cookie Mueller, is key to Waters’ early filmography. In “Maniacs,” Divine heads a traveling show, the Cavalcade of Perversion (a well-earned title)... Читать дальше...

The 59th annual Monterey Jazz Festival will boast sets by musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis and Quincy Jones, who is this year’s guest of honor. [...] with more than 100 performances planned through the weekend, all eyes will be on the young artists taking the festival stages Friday through Sunday, Sept. 16 through 18: the 13-year-old piano wunderkind Joey Alexander, who has played everywhere from the White House to Jazz at Lincoln Center; King, the Los Angeles neo-soul trio gaining acclaim for its debut album... Читать дальше...

The transformation began when President Juan Manuel Santos two years ago asked Florez to give up his position as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the armed forces’ No. 2 position. “I thought they would call me a traitor, as in fact happened,” he said, recalling the attacks on social media he suffered from retired officers and conservative opponents of Santos’ peace effort. The cease-fire component negotiated by Florez sets out a detailed protocol by which the FARC will mobilize its troops... Читать дальше...

Giants fans had another "just shoot me please and put me out of my misery" moment Tuesday night as the increasingly anemic bullpen somehow squandered a three-run, ninth-inning lead to the lowly Padres.

Enduring the harsh year-round conditions of the high mountain desert, the people of Spiti Valley lived by a simple communal code — share the Earth’s bounty, be hospitable to neighbors, and eschew greed and temptation at all turns. Since India began allowing its own citizens as well as outsiders to visit the valley in the early 1990s, tourism and trade have boomed. [...] the marks of modernization, such as solar panels, asphalt roads and concrete buildings, have begun to appear around some of the... Читать дальше...

KABUL — A U.S. report released Wednesday said that widespread corruption in Afghanistan has undermined efforts to rebuild the country and urged the U.S. mission to make anticorruption efforts a top priority. The U.S. government’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said corruption fueled grievances against the Afghan government and channeled material support to the insurgency. Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan, suggests the U.S. government should have viewed anticorruption... Читать дальше...

The Giants have one three-city trip next year and it comes early in the season, May 1-10 at the Dodgers, Reds and Mets. The Giants' horrible second-half start began with a 1-7 trip to San Diego, Boston and the New York Yankees. The Giants again open the second half with three at Petco Park next year, but then play 18 of their next 23 at AT&T Park, with the five road games in Oakland and Los Angeles. The Giants always request road openers hoping to get more home games later in the year.... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A southern Indiana man passed over for a coaching and teaching position allegedly mailed four dead skunks and a dead raccoon to the successful applicant, court documents say. Investigators also believe that Tarrants placed four phone calls to the Indiana Department of Child Services, making claims that the teacher/coach was having sex with an underage student and was sexually abusing the daughter of an acquaintance. Letters alleging a sexual relationship with an underage student also... Читать дальше...

Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Image 1of/11 CaptionClose Image 1 of 11 1. Every planned run had a zone read look with quarterback Blaine Gabbert either handing off or keeping it himself. 1. Every planned run had a zone read look with quarterback Blaine Gabbert either handing off or keeping it himself. Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Image 2 of 11 2. Gabbert missed two touchdown throws, one to Jeremy Kerley in the first quarter and then he failed to see running back Shaun Draughn in the red zone in the second quarter. Читать дальше...

Longtime friends, both 40, they are Nevada City natives who wandered but returned. “We really enjoy taking our own kids to the same elementary school we went to,” Westly adds. An enormous piece of hanging driftwood found by store merchandiser Nikiya Schwarz showcases ceramic planters from potter Stephanie Adams and brass wall hangings from Electric Sun Creatives. Ceramic cups with bright geometric designs from Pauline Wolstencroft are balanced by rustic bowls made from local clay by Jessica Agnew. Читать дальше...

Luckily for Nevada County, once or twice a month he prepares a five-course meal at Tess’ Kitchen Store in Grass Valley. Chef’s Table, not to be confused with the television show of the same name, takes place in the store’s big, sleek downstairs kitchen. A video camera over the range allows guests to see the cooks’ work, but it’s not a class. There were retired folks, and a young couple who wore a lot of plaid and asked a lot of questions about lamb farms. “It’s an opportunity for people who... Читать дальше...

Sitting on the crush pad overlooking the living roof of Sierra Starr Vineyards, Phil Starr, 71, and Jackson Starr, 38, describe their contrasting palates in simple terms. What do they have in common? “We both like wine,” Jack says, getting a big laugh from his father as well as his mother, Anne Starr, 62, who runs the tasting room, wine club and finances. After years of winning awards at California state fairs, and in New York’s Finger Lakes International Wine Competition, this year their 2012... Читать дальше...

Eclectic entertainment at Mill Valley festival The Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary in Old Mill Park at the foot of Mount Tamalpais, bringing together fine art, crafts and entertainment. Festival organizers are also offering those attending Saturday’s Sound Summit concert, featuring Wilco, Los Lobos and the Stone Foxes, a two-for-one ticket deal on Sunday, so nobody misses out on the action.

Mr. Versatility: 49ers DC says Eric Reid could play ... defensive end Niners defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil plans to take full advantage of safety Eric Reid’s versatility in 2016. “We’ll go through this season and Eric, when it’s all said and done, will play probably both safety spots, nickel, will play some dime backer, will play some defensive end,” O’Neil said. Reid will play defensive end? Beyond his basic job description, Reid also covered in the slot and was routinely near the line of... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — Tesla says that a fire in one of its electric cars in France broke out because an electrical connection had not been tightened properly. The three people aboard the Model S sedan escaped unharmed when it caught fire during a promotional tour last month in the resort city of Biarritz.

Treasure Island Music Festival lineup, tickets With only a month before the Treasure Island Music Festival begins its last annual event on its namesake island, Noise Pop has announced the two-day event’s single-day lineups. Aussie pop duo Flight Facilities will also play on the festival’s first day, as will electronic artist Mura Masa, London grime and hip-hop artist Stormzy, Chicago singer-songwriter How To Dress Well, R&B artist Kelela, soul duo Honne and jungle-pop pair Sofi Tukker. Sigur Rós will headline Oct. Читать дальше...

That daunting moment when our car comes to a sputtering stop because we've run out of gas can now be eliminated thanks to a handy chart.

To accurately document a group that is as off the grid as farmworkers, you have to live and move among them, as photographer Matt Black has done from Exeter, a railroad town deep in the San Joaquin Valley where he grew up and still lives. Photos of Migrant Labor by Matt Black, a solo show in the Wiegand Gallery at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont that opens Thursday, Sept. 15. The gallery is in the stone carriage house attached to the summer mansion of financier William C. Ralston, who drowned in 1875. Читать дальше...

Oakland Week arrives at the New Parkway The New Parkway in Uptown Oakland never had to fight to find an identity. The Fred Korematsu Story (with post-film discussion) at 2:55 p.m., “Moneyball” at 3:05 p.m., the excellent “East Side Sushi” at 6 p.m. and “Licks” (with post-film discussion) at 8:55 p.m. Some of the movies have less direct ties, including “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (starring Oakland native Clint Eastwood) and “Big” (Tom Hanks).

The number of superlatives claimed by the second show from equestrian arts and stage company Cavalia should make fans of horses, circus and spectacle whinny with pleasure. “Odysseo” is both the world’s largest touring big top (at 124 feet tall, it encompasses the square footage of a football field) and the world’s largest touring production. Performers glorify the freedom, power and majesty represented by horses, transporting audiences to a forest, a savanna, a desert and ice cave, among other dramatic settings.

The Mystic Theatre in Petaluma is an eclectic gem, blending some of the best characteristics of the Fillmore in San Francisco and the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. The venue in old downtown Petaluma is equally likely to feature some old rockers, world music, hip-hop, bluegrass or one of their “regulars” (Y&T and Wonderbread 5 both seem like house bands for the place). The alternative hip-hop band from Philadelphia is led by G Love (Garrett Dutton), and has been mixing several genres of music... Читать дальше...

A two-alarm fire that may have been caused by an unattended smoldering cigarette heavily damaged or destroyed six apartment units in Walnut Creek, an official said. The blaze, reported around 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Broadway Plaza Apartments in the 1100-block of Lincoln Avenue, started on a second-floor apartment balcony where no one was home, said Capt. George Laing of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. “Firefighting is an inherently dangerous profession,” Laing said, adding that injuries are commonplace... Читать дальше...