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As El Tri fans cheered Mexico’s CONCACAF Gold Cup win on Sunday outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, ESPN reporter José del Valle approached a child and asked him in Spanish, “Cual es tu nombre?”“Porque gana Mexico? Por el Chaquito Giménez? Te gusto el técnico? Cómo te sentís?” the reporter continued, asking a quick series of questions.“My name? What?” answered the child, who appeared startled by the reporter.On the receiving end, you could hear anchors of the “Fútbol Picante” show saying, “No entiende. Es una…

Metro Denver apartment rent inflation has outstripped income gains by a higher margin than in any other major city in the U.S. since 2009, according to a study from Clever Real Estate subsidiary Real Estate Witch. From 2009 to 2021, rent growth outpaced income growth in 46 of the 50 largest U.S. metros, with only Providence, R.I.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cleveland and Pittsburgh able to keep housing costs in line with wage gains. Nationally, median monthly rents went from $817 in 2009 to $1,163 in 2021, a gain of 42%. Denver’s…

A poem in Lan Duong’s new book, “Nothing Follows,” describes a scene you would not see in any Hollywood movie about the Vietnam War and its aftermath. It’s the early 1980s and the San Jose-reared author, then a young girl, accompanies her father, a former lieutenant colonel in the South Vietnamese army, to the main public library on East Fernando Street. Duong is expected to read while her father finds other men to challenge in games of chess. That’s his way of decompressing. Once from a privileged class, her father works…

“Spider-Man” is swinging into the Bay Area this fall. And fans of the Marvel Comics superhero can join the party when “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert” visits the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on Nov. 10 and the Center for Performing Arts in San Jose on Nov. 13. The traveling show is a “whole new way to experience their favorite box office hit, ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,'” according to a news release. “The Academy Award-winning film from Sony Pictures Animation will be accompanied by a…

The second weekend of this year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival is not turning out to be a simple rerun of Weekend 1. Aside from the fact that the first weekend’s closing night headliner Frank Ocean has dropped out to be replaced by Blink-182, other acts brought out fresh guests on Friday. Dave Grohl, Beck and José Feliciano were among those who made surprise appearances.During Friday’s set by the British band Wet Leg, the Grammy-winning group implored the audience to let out their “longest and loudest scream” during…

Google's long-planned 80-acre San Jose campus may be on hold, at least for now. CNBC sources say the Alphabet brand has halted construction of its Downtown West facility after an initial demolition phase. The company reportedly "gutted" the campus development team as part of its large-scale layoffs in January, and froze construction with no word to contractors on when it might resume. In a statement to Engadget, a representative says the firm wants its office space to reflect the "future needs" of the business, hybrid…

BARCELONA, Spain — Gerard Piqué’s Kings League, a new soccer league that just three months ago debuted to jokes and scorn, came to a glorious, dramatic finish in FC Barcelona’s famous Camp Nou stadium on Sunday. As Piqué handed the glittering gold trophy to the winner, Adri Contreras’ “El Barrio,” a perpetual underdog whose team was the only one without a sponsor, one thing became clear: The Kings League is here to stay. A total of 92,522 spectators attended the Kings League’s Final Four matchup and managed to sell out…

Scott Guggenheim is taken aback when he hears about people living in or around downtown San Jose who  complain there’s no movie theater in the area. And that’s because he and his wife, Shannon Guggenheim, have been working tirelessly to keep movies going at 3Below Theaters on South Second Street since taking over the former Camera 3 space in 2018. At 3Below,  you can find a variety of live shows, movie events like singalongs and even performing arts classes that bounced back to some degree since COVID-19 restrictions were…

Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar has agreed to plead guilty to racketeering and tax evasion, admitting that he extorted at least $1.5 million in bribes from developers.In a plea agreement filed Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles, Huizar acknowledged that sweeping corruption allegations that he has denied for years were actually true, saying he was “pleading guilty because I am guilty of the charges.”The plea deal came after two developers were convicted of bribing Huizar at two consecutive trials…

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)The Federal Election Commission has decided to throw out a baseless GOP complaint accusing Google of unfairly sending Republican campaign emails to users’ Gmail spam more often than Democratic emails for alleged political gain. It turns out—as anyone with an email can attest—Republican campaignemails actually generally just read like annoying spam!In its complaint filed to the FEC, the Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, and National Republican…