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On a weekly basis, the 90-year-old Richmond District treasure offers up a classic safe for the whole family — and 10 bucks gets you a ticket, popcorn and a drink. The 1981 original is a nearly perfect movie that changed action films forever, with a rock-solid story and screenplay (by Bay Area filmmaker Philip Kaufman and Lawrence Kasdan, both terrific directors in their own right) and fresh characters — Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) and a host of great character actors from John Rhys-Davies to Denholm Elliott. Читать дальше...

A culinary circus comes to Berkeley The stage for “Cuisine and Confessions” is a fully operational kitchen, with a tall grid of shelves holding every ingredient and cooking utensil one could need. The 7 Fingers’ latest show combines acrobatics, dance, theater and culinary art, as the performers roll around on the counters and climb up and down the shelves, reaching for the next ingredient to throw into their act. In “Cuisine and Confessions,” which runs this weekend in Berkeley, the 7 Fingers... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM — Two Israeli rights groups on Wednesday asked the country’s Supreme Court to overturn a new law legalizing dozens of settler outposts in the West Bank, opening what is expected to be a lengthy legal battle over the contentious legislation. The law, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nationalist coalition, retroactively legalized thousands of homes found to have been built on private Palestinian land. In the first lawsuit against the measure, the Arab rights group Adalah and... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Country star Randy Travis met with Tennessee lawmakers to raise awareness for stroke victims following his near-fatal stroke in 2013. The Grammy winner went through two brain surgeries and was in the hospital for five and a half months, but Travis surprised everyone at his Country Music Hall of Fame induction last year when he sang "Amazing Grace."

(AP) — Five circus performers were seriously injured in a fall Wednesday when a pyramid stunt involving famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda went awry. All three brought to Sarasota Memorial Hospital are expected to survive, said Dr. Alan Brockhurst, the trauma medical director. Pedro Reis, founder and CEO of the Sarasota Circus Arts Conservatory which puts on the show, said during a news conference that nothing was wrong with the rigging but that some performers lost their balance. Other daredevils... Читать дальше...

SF Beer Week is back, bringing some of Northern California’s best talent — both in the brewery and on the SoMa StrEat Food Park stage. The inaugural SF Beer Week Battle of the Bands kicks off with performances by the Wolf & I, Bear Call, Chonk, Manos Lidas and Bronzer, all competing to be named best in the bay. Judges will include Chronicle Arts Content Editor Mariecar Mendoza; local writer Adrian Spinelli; Sarah Sexton, owner of Oaktown Indie Mayhem Productions and co-founder of OIM Records; and Chad Heimann... Читать дальше...

[...] he packed up and took his team to new digs in Berlin, where increasingly urgent attempts to tap into a growing tech scene are part of German carmakers’ efforts to ride a digital wave sweeping the industry — before it rolls straight over them. The market value of Alphabet, which is building a driverless car, is more than double that of BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen combined. Industry executives in Germany often cite how Apple’s iPhone quickly erased Nokia’s once-dominant position in the mobile handset market... Читать дальше...

CAIRO — Yemen’s foreign minister on Wednesday said his nation has asked for a “reassessment” of a U.S. raid last month that killed several women and children, but denied reports that his government has requested a suspension of American ground operations. The raid, in which just about everything went wrong, was an early test of President Trump’s national security decision-making — and his willingness to rely on the assurances of his military advisers. The Pentagon has said that the main objective of the raid was to recover laptop computers... Читать дальше...

Tom DeLonge, a former member of California rock group blink-182, has announced a multiple-volume non-fiction book series about UFOs titled, "Gods, Man, and War."

Perhaps you’ve been looking everywhere for a leather-bound alphabet book housed in a papier-mache box shaped like a human heart. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the three-day fair, one of the largest of its kind, is a feast for book lovers, offering riches from around the world, including rare books, maps, photographs and posters. Hours are 3-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland.

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted Wednesday in a retrial of a 2013 fraud case and given a suspended sentence, a ruling that bars him from running for president next year and appears to reflect the Kremlin’s reluctance to let President Vladimir Putin’s most charismatic foe into the field. “What we have just seen is a telegram of sorts from the Kremlin, saying that they consider me, my team and people whose views I represent too dangerous to be allowed into the election campaign,” he said. Читать дальше...

When Jennifer Ray's house was hit by a mudslide on Tuesday, she grabbed her phone to call for help. But the landline was dead, and there was no cell service.

While in New York to help hammer out the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement, Warriors majority owner Joe Lacob had dinner with Michael Jordan. The topic turned to Golden State’s league-record 73 wins last season, which broke the mark set by Jordan’s 1995-96 Bulls team. Jordan, now principal owner of the Hornets, apparently wasn’t impressed by the Warriors’ feat. During the 1996 playoffs, Bulls guard Ron Harper gifted his teammates T-shirts that read, “72-10 don’t mean a thing without the... Читать дальше...

Un eclipse lunar dará inicio al espectáculo el viernes por la noche. El satélite natural no se oscurecerá totalmente como en un eclipse total, sino solo una parte, y podrá verse desde la mayor parte del mundo. La letra P es por periódico, lo que significa que es un visitante recurrente en el sistema solar interior. Los hechos se desarrollarán a primeras horas del sábado en Europa, África y el oeste de Asia.

No need for amateurs to stress at Pebble PEBBLE BEACH — Kunal Nayyar gained fame and wealth in another arena, as the actor who plays “Raj” on the “Big Bang Theory.” Many of them, like Nayyar, are not entirely comfortable taking their hobby onto a public stage. Nayyar, who carries a 10-handicap in this week’s tournament, made his AT&T debut last year. I tried to be a professional golfer, which I’m not. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, fresh off his team’s comeback victory in Sunday’s Super Bowl. Читать дальше...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-U.S. citizenship was declared Somalia’s new president Wednesday, immediately taking the oath of office as the long-chaotic country moved toward its first fully functioning central government in a quarter-century. Incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud conceded defeat to former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo after two rounds of voting, saying that “history was made; we have taken this path to democracy.” Fears of attacks... Читать дальше...

[...] the episode of the hit NBC drama that was originally to air that night will get pushed to March 7, with the season finale now airing on March 14 in its regular time slot. Instead of premiering on March 7, the new series will air back-to-back episodes on March 14 immediately following the season finale of “This Is Us.” The series has proven to be the breakout hit of this season, with NBC recently renewing the show for an additional two seasons.

A few minutes after markets closed Wednesday, the mini-major studio reported revenue of $752 million and adjusted earnings of 21 cents a share for the three months ended Dec. 31, which Lionsgate classifies as its fiscal third quarter. Lionsgate’s movie studio placed seventh with just 5.8 percent market share, but it’s had an outsize impact on awards season, particularly its musical love story to Los Angeles, “La La Land.” The Damien Chazelle-directed film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone won... Читать дальше...

KABUL — Six employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross were killed and two others were missing after an attack in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday that officials attributed to local affiliates of the Islamic State. The Red Cross has a 30-year history of helping war victims in Afghanistan, providing crucial medical aid to areas near the battlefield. [...] in a recent report, the Red Cross expressed concerns about “the shrinking access of humanitarian aid workers in numerous parts... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — While hundreds of anti-abortion activists descended on the Oklahoma Capitol for a rally on Wednesday, a GOP-led House committee failed to pass an anti-abortion bill in a move that could signal a shift in priorities for Republican lawmakers in a deep-red state. Three freshman Republicans on the House Public Health Committee joined with a Democrat voting against a bill to prohibit abortions based on the diagnosis of a fetal abnormality or Down syndrome. Oklahoma is facing a budget hole of nearly $870 million... Читать дальше...