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Black Restaurant Week, an annual celebration of African-American, African and Caribbean cuisine nationwide kicked off in the Bay Area on Friday, Aug. 21. With COVID-19 in mind, this year's restaurant week won't include its usual live events and in-person dinners, but the show must go on. Instead, diners can play Black Restaurant Week Bingo, marking off a space for each Black-owned restaurant they visit for takeout or outdoor dining.

Towering over one of the chicest strands of the Sunset Strip, a turreted home owned by the movie star Rock Hudson in the 1970s has found the right price.

Chi Chi DeVayne, the self-proclaimed Southern bayou princess who dazzled viewers of RuPaul’s drag show competitions with impassioned lip sync performances and head-over-heels dance routines, died Thursday. DeVayne, known offstage as Zavion Davenport, was 34.

This metal house in Tallahassee, FL, is on the market for $399,000, and its silver siding makes it a standout in this part of the Sunshine State.

Q:”Do you expect interest rates to remain low for the foreseeable future? Why or why not?“

A charming front porch stretches before this Central Berkeley home that’s roughly 110 years old. The first floor offers flexibility and the potential for personalization and the main level includes a bonus room. A fireplace warms the dining room and the listing comes with a sunroom. Bay windows welcome sunlight into the living and dining rooms. The backyard is ready for landscaping and features a brick patio, shade trees and privacy fencing.

Loan officer: Bob Gerson, California Bank & Trust.

Property type: Owner-occupied single-family home in San Francisco.

Loan type: Refinance, Cash-out to pay off non-purchase Heloc second mortgage.

Appraised value: $1.18 million.

Loan amount: $840,000.

Loan: Portfolio 10 /1 yr. CMT Index Cash-out refinance.

Terms: 30 years.

Rate: 3.75% with no points.

Backstory: The brother of my client had purchased this home in 2012 with a good friend of his eight years ago. Читать дальше...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5

Aug. 30: Actor Elizabeth Ashley is 81. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 79. Actor John Kani (“Black Panther”) is 78. Comedian Lewis Black (“The Daily Show”) is 72. Actor Timothy Bottoms (film’s “The Last Picture Show,” TV’s “The Paper Chase”) is 67. Jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright is 63. Actor Michael Chiklis (“The Fantastic Four,” ″The Shield”) is 57. Actor Michael Michele (“ER,” ″Homicide: Life On The Street”) is 54. Читать дальше...

Rodney Atkins wants to sell his Brentwood, TN, home for $1.4 million. It's been on and off the market for a year, with several price cuts.

Ship traffic

Due to arrive today

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A 150-pound (68-kilogram) tortoise who escaped from a Tennessee home has been returned after 74 days, managing to make it less than a mile during his slow and steady journey.

The first airport COVID-19 rapid testing site in the United States has opened in San Francisco International to screen employees and airline flight crews, but not travelers — at least not yet.

DEAR ABBY: Three months ago, my husband ran into a second cousin he hadn't seen in 40 years. They were close for a short time during high school and saw each other a couple times after that.

ARIES.  (March 19 - April 18):  If you're fighting the establishment now then keep on fighting the good fight because your victory is assured.

Mark Canha provided a sacrifice fly to give the Oakland A’s a 5-4 win over the Angels on Sunday at the Coliseum; the Athletics are 5-0 in extra innings and have four walk-off victories.

NY Albany NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 23, 2020

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1026 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020

.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 50s. Читать дальше...

NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 23, 2020

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1030 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020

.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds

around 5 mph.

.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in

the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Читать дальше...

CT New York NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 23, 2020

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1030 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020

.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds

around 5 mph.

.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in

the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Читать дальше...

CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 23, 2020

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1026 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020

.OVERNIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 60s.

Southwest winds around 5 mph. Читать дальше...

HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Three police officers who were shot while responding to a call Sunday evening in Maryland were ambushed, authorities said.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Thousands have been driven from their homes by the wildfire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco and authorities say criminals are taking advantage by burglarizing vacant homes.

DOVER, Del. — Kevin Harvick views his NASCAR championship chase as him against the field. His budding rivalry with Denny Hamlin, however, has turned into a can-you-top-this showdown that promises to last until the finale.