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Four baby turtles come in contact with a mysterious substance called ooze and then are transformed into human sized crime ...

On a 12-by-16-inch canvas, artist Neil Andersson intertwines shapes and colors as if piecing together a puzzle. A yellow ...

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MURDER MYSTERY: National Parks Service investigator Kyle Turner (Eric Bana) is assigned rookie park ranger Naya Vasquez (Lily Santiago) as he works to unravel a brutal murder, in the Netflix ...

Center Stage Theatre Company performers from Pioneer Valley and Ernest Righetti high schools represented California in Indiana this June while competing in the International Thespian ...

SAVE THE WORLD: Left to right, Human Torch (Joseph Quinn), Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), and The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) must save Earth from a planet-eating ...

• On July 25, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, announced legislation to expand a pathway to lawful ...

•Retired U.S. Navy commander and California District 24 candidate for congress Bob Smith issued a statement on July 15 regarding the July 10 ICE raids ...

It’s time to submit your entries to the New Times Music Awards. The competition is all about local music and is open to anyone in ...

VENGEANCE: After his wife is murdered in a terrorist attack, introverted CIA techie Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) defies his superiors and seeks revenge, in The Amateur, screening in local theaters.