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For Venezuelans, hallacas are a nostalgic taste of home

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

By Christina Morales, The New York TimesIn 2015, the first year Héctor Arguinzones celebrated Christmas in the United States, he longed to share his mother’s hallacas with his wife, Niurka Meléndez, and their son, Samuel.Hallacas, similar to tamales, are a signature dish of the holiday in Venezuela, where he and his family had emigrated from, but the only ones he could find in America were made with ketchup. So he spent the next couple of years learning how to replicate his mother’s recipe, taking cooking classes and having her decipher her vague measurements over long-distance calls until he finally nailed the filling.For Venezuelans at home and living in the United States, hallacas are a Christmas staple. Families spend several days making and assembling them, stuffing the guiso — the stewlike filling made from chicken, pork and beef and stained deep red from annatto — into corn masa. The hallacas look like presents when they’re wrapped in banana leaves and tied with cotton ...

Moldova’s ruling party offered an olive branch

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

The leader of the autonomous region of Gagauzia in Moldova has offered an olive branch to the country’s ruling party.Speaking in Brussels, Yevgenia Gutsul (pictured above) made no attempt to disguise her bitter dispute with the central authorities, including the country's president Maia Sandu.But she pointedly stressed her desire to "reach out" and find a peaceful resolution to the current differences between the two sides.In what was a clear bid to defuse rising tensions, she said: “I want us to have good relations with the central government. We are always ready for compromise, to sit at the table and find common points of interest. That is my objective.”Her visit to Brussels is timely as Moldova was told last week the EU will open accession talks with the central European country.Gutsul was earlier this year elected head of the ATU Gagauzia, an autonomous region in the south of the country with a population of 160,000.She was elected governor of the region, securing well ove...

Motorist wounded in shooting on 10 Freeway in East Los Angeles

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

A shooting on the 10 Freeway left a motorist in the hospital and prompted officials to temporarily close a portion of the freeway near the 710 Interchange in East Los Angeles Tuesday morning.A caller reported the shooting on the eastbound side of the freeway near Soto Street shortly before 5 a.m., a CHP spokesperson confirmed. One patient was transported to a local hospital in unknown condition, the spokesperson said.A SigAlert was issued around 5:45 a.m. to close all eastbound lanes at Soto Street for police activity, the CHP stated on its traffic incident log. First of 2 storms brings rain to Southern California; flood watches issued The SigAlert was canceled around 8:30 a.m. when officials reopened all lanes, the CHP tweeted.A white Toyota Camry believed to be involved in the incident was towed from the scene. Check back for updates on this developing story.

Woodland Hills man admits to stalking 2 exes

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

A Woodland Hills man pleaded guilty on Friday to stalking two former girlfriends.Derrick Toole, 59, admitted to two felony stalking charges, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. He also admitted the stalking was carried out in a way that "indicated planning, sophistication, or professionalism."Despite being subject to a temporary restraining order from a former girlfriend in 2019, Toole stalked her and another ex girlfriend in 2020 and 2021."After receiving the TRO, Toole continued to contact the victim by calling, texting, and showing up at her home unannounced," prosecutors said. "He would show up at her new address uninvited, damaged her home door locks so they would not work, vandalized her vehicle, and placed a tracking device in her vehicle."Toole dated his second victim for a few months while authorities were investigating the first case. He was ultimately arrested in July 2021.The second woman found GPS trackers in her glove compartment and o...

Beyoncé announces international movie dates after fans crash website

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

Who run the world? Beyoncé's concert film. The superstar revealed her movie "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" will expand to theaters in other countries. Marvel drops Jonathan Majors Beyoncé made the announcement on Instagram early Tuesday morning after fan sites reported her website was down. This caused the Beyhive to buzz with speculation that their Queen was up to something. “Okay, okay. Y’all didn’t have to break my website,” the singer said in the video posted to the platform. "But I told y'all, the renaissance is not over.Fans speculated the highly-anticipated visuals from the "Renaissance" album were going to finally be released or Beyoncé was going back on tour. The film will now also be shown in theaters in Brazil, Italy, Thailand, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Hungary, Andorra, Romania, Bulgaria and Mongolia.Once the announcement was made, fans took to social media to react to the news. Ian Somerhalder brings awareness to th...

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Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

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Taste-Off: The best cold-smoked salmon at Costco and Trader Joe’s — and the ones to avoid

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

Slather a bagel with cream cheese, top it with cold-smoked salmon, capers and a snip of dill, and it’s a lavish breakfast or brunch standout — or memorable snack.That said, the deliciousness of this indulgence is entirely reliant on the star ingredient — that slice of salty, cold-smoked salmon. When it comes to smoked salmon, the uninitiated have lots of questions: How is it made? Why is it so salty? And what is cold smoke anyway?Cold-smoked salmon, the kind that looks almost raw and comes in a range of styles and flavors, isn’t exactly raw fish. It’s cured in salt, then “cold-smoked” at 70 to 85 degrees for several hours, until it absorbs the flavor of the smoking wood and becomes silky and delicate in texture. It’s basically lox, but smoked.The texture and flavor of what’s in each package depends on the amount of salt, the variety of salmon and the types of wood used in the smoking process. In general, Sockeye salmon, native to the Pacific Northwest, is softer, more silky an...

Bay Area rainfall chart: 48-hour totals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

Below are the rainfall totals for Bay Area locations in the 48 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday.The National Weather Service figures are raw numbers, meaning they haven’t been quality-checked for accuracy.Heavy rain is expected to return on Wednesday; this updating map shows current precipitation in the Bay Area.LocationInchesPeninsula & South BayStevens Canyon2.32Calero Reservoir2.13Foothills Park, Palo Alto1.96Spring Valley1.95La Honda1.88Woodside (Wunderlich Park)1.85Rancho San Antonio1.85San Francisco (Duboce Triangle)1.82Uvas Reservoir1.69Mt. Hamilton1.62Edgewood Road/I-2801.59Sunnyvale1.5Morgan Hill1.38Vasona Lake1.34San Bruno Mountain1.3Anderson Reservoir1.3Mountain View1.22Belmont1.14San Jose Lynbrook1.14Palo Alto1.02San Francisco airport1Redwood City0.93San Jose airport0.88San Jose Evergreen0.67San Jose Penitencia0.51East BayMount Diablo peak3.27Diablo park HQ2.52Tilden Park2.27UC Botanical Garden2.21Richmond2.2Upper Crow Canyon2.04Newark1.99Danville1.68Dublin San Ramon1....

49ers: Brady, Manning endorse McCaffrey’s MVP case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:29:49 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Tom Brady says his NFL MVP vote is leaning toward the 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey, who also scored an endorsement Monday night from Peyton Manning.Such backing might be what McCaffrey needs to wrestle the Associated Press’ NFL MVP award away from quarterbacks, who’ve won it 16-of-17 years since Brady captured his first in 2007.Or the 50 voters — from national media outlets — could follow McCaffrey’s own advice, which, after the 49ers’ latest win Sunday in Arizona, was to cast support behind 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, the unanimous favorite of the Las Vegas sportsbooks.The second-best odds belong to quarterback Lamar Jackson, who leads the Baltimore Ravens (11-3) into Monday night’s game at the 49ers (11-3).McCaffrey, the NFL’s rushing leader and fifth in MVP odds, made the media rounds Monday: He appeared on Brady’s “Let’s Go!” podcast and also on ESPN’s “ManningCast̶...