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For the multitudes who dreamed of sipping their beer in the open air beneath the sunny skies on San Pedro Street in downtown San Jose, your day has arrived. OK, there actually have been lots of special events over the years when you could enjoy an alcoholic beverage in San Pedro Square, but Super Bowl weekend will usher in the first official use of the Entertainment Zone ordinance San Jose approved last year.

Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion on July 12, 2020. He shot her feet while telling her to “dance, bitch.” In 2022, Lanez was finally convicted of the felony shooting, and in 2023, he was sentenced to ten years in prison. In the months and years following the shooting, Tory waged one of the worst gaslighting campaigns I’ve ever seen. Tory and his allies spread rumors about Megan, they called her a liar, they attacked her friends and family, they paid off people to lie about Megan.

SANTA CRUZ — The prosecution has dropped all criminal charges alleging a prominent Aptos real estate broker raped an unconscious family friend after a 2021 party at his home.

Charlie Goodall drowned in the bathtub in 2022 (Picture: North News) The mum of a seven-month-old baby boy who drowned in the bath has denied playing games on her phone as he died. Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall died in February 2022 after he fell from his newly fitted seat inside the tub.

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers have been all but removed from the playoff picture, which also means they’re all but removed from the postseason honors picture as well. The hardware is for winners, as evidenced by Christian McCaffrey capturing the NFL Offensive Player of the Year last season and Nick Bosa being the Defensive Player of the Year following the 2022 season.

Alien: Rogue Incursion – game over, man (Survios) The last release of the year is an ambitious new VR game that sets to recreate the horror and action of Aliens on PlayStation 5. There’s a long and rich history of video games based on the Alien franchise, dating back to 1982’s Pac-Man style Atari 2600 game.

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday will likely signal a slower pace of interest rate cuts next year compared with the past few months, which would mean that Americans might enjoy only slight relief from still-high borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans and credit cards. The Fed is set to announce a quarter-point cut to its benchmark rate, from about 4.6% to roughly 4.3%.

ALBANY — A recent study found elevated levels of radiation at a former dump turned busy community space, but experts say the public has little to worry about. Similar to other public parks, the Albany Bulb was formed on top of what was previously a landfill created along the eastern edge of the San Francisco Bayfront, just north of Berkeley.

Lady Gaga was honoured to learn she has a chicken named after her (Picture: Getty) Lady Gaga learned that Chappell Roan named a hen after her – and had a fantastic reaction. Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan, and Dua Lipa are the latest stars to appear in a festive special of Carpool Karaoke with Apple TV. In a teasing snippet of the show, Chappell showed the presenter around her home in Springfield and introduced the presenter to her family’s hens.

Spacewalks are one way to pass the time, we suppose Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore, 61, and Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams, 59, only planned to be floating in the endless abyss of space for a week. Eight days tops. But the two Nasa astronauts have been stuck in the International Space Station since June after a raft of technical hiccups. And they’ll be hundreds of miles above your head for a little while longer – Nasa confirmed that the February rescue mission has been pushed back.