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A trial begins in Paris over the jewel heist aimed at Kim Kardashian in 2016

April 28, 2025, 10:53am Entertainment

A trial began Monday in Paris over the 2016 heist in which armed robbers tied up Kim Kardashian in her bedroom and stole millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry during… Read story

Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper and Outkast get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

April 28, 2025, 8:58am Entertainment

First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the… Read story

 

Pets & Wildlife

Prather Ranch herdsman Joel Torres has had to collect cow carcasses and euthanize the severely injured ones. Wolves in Northern California are killing cows at Prather Ranch in Macdoel, California. Photographed on Friday, April 11, 2025. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

California wolves are on the comeback and eating cattle. Ranchers say, ‘Enough!’

In far Northern California, beneath a towering mountain ridge still covered in April snow, one of the state’s last cowboys stood in the tall green…

Science & Technology

FILE - In this image taken with a long exposure, people look at the night sky towards the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, May 10, 2024, in Estacada, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Will summer 2025 bring WA as many chances to see northern lights as 2024?

After a few months of relative quiet, last week saw geomagnetic activity that made the northern lights visible farther south than usual. That comes after…

Dining Out

New York-based fast-food restaurant Shake Shack opened its Vancouver doors today in Fisher's Landing. (Contributed by Shake Shack)

Shake Shack is open for business in east Vancouver

New York-based fast-food restaurant Shake Shack opened its Vancouver doors this morning in Fisher’s Landing.

KFC brings back fan favorite not seen in more than 5 years. What to know

April 28, 2025, 10:47am Food

KFC is bringing a brunch classic back to its menu for the first time in years. Read story

Will Phillips, president and owner of Vancouver Cyclery, wheels an e-bike out at his shop earlier this year. Starting Wednesday, April 9, the Washington State Department of Transportation is offering rebates of up to $1,200 for e-bike purchases.

33,000 apply for WA e-bike rebate

Will Phillips, president and owner of Vancouver Cyclery, wheels an e-bike out at his shop earlier this year. Starting Wednesday, April 9, the Washington State Department of Transportation is offering rebates of up to $1,200 for e-bike purchases.

April 28, 2025, 7:42am Business

The results are in. Washingtonians want some help buying electric bicycles. Read story

Clark College biology professor Steven Clark holds a bumble bee in a container June 24, 2024. In early April, Vancouver’s city council unanimously supported joining the Bee City USA program .

It’s official: Vancouver is a Bee City

Clark College biology professor Steven Clark holds a bumble bee in a container June 24, 2024. In early April, Vancouver’s city council unanimously supported joining the Bee City USA program .

April 28, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Life

Vancouver is officially a Bee City. In recognition of the importance of native bees, the Vancouver City Council unanimously adopted a resolution April 7 designating Vancouver as a Bee City USA affiliate. Read story

Director Ryan Coogler attends the European premiere of “Sinners” at Cineworld Leicester Square on April 14, 2025, in London. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Warner Bros.

Ryan Coogler, feeling the love for ‘Sinners,’ gives it right back to moviegoers in moving letter

Director Ryan Coogler attends the European premiere of “Sinners” at Cineworld Leicester Square on April 14, 2025, in London. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Warner Bros.

April 28, 2025, 6:03am Entertainment

As Ryan Coogler basks in the critical and commercial triumphs of his latest film, “Sinners,” he turns a mirror back on the people who helped make that success possible. Read story

Cheech Marin, left, and Tommy Chong attend the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon on April 3, 2025, in Las Vegas.

Cheech & Chong light up the big screen once more. Will it be their last joint?

Cheech Marin, left, and Tommy Chong attend the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon on April 3, 2025, in Las Vegas.

April 28, 2025, 6:00am Entertainment

“Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie,” which hits theaters Friday, answers a lot of questions about the stoner comedy duo’s career. But it also raises a few big ones along the way. Chief among them, given the title: Is this truly the final silver-screen sesh for the pair, now 78 and… Read story

Prime Video’s ǃú#1 Happy Family USAǃù follows a Muslim boyǃÙs coming-of-age story.

‘Happy Family’ a Muslim kid’s coming-of-age story

Prime Video’s ǃú#1 Happy Family USAǃù follows a Muslim boyǃÙs coming-of-age story.

April 28, 2025, 5:56am Entertainment

What happens when the political satire of “South Park” collides with a Muslim kid’s coming-of-age story in post- 9/11 New Jersey? You get the animated sitcom “#1 Happy Family USA.” Read story

John Waters speaks at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles for the preview of “John Waters: Pope of Trash” on Sept. 14, 2023.

John Waters’ one-man show comes to the Wallis in Beverly Hills: ‘I’m so respectable, I could puke’

John Waters speaks at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles for the preview of “John Waters: Pope of Trash” on Sept. 14, 2023.

April 27, 2025, 6:05am Entertainment

Filmmaker, actor, writer and good-natured provocateur John Waters turned 79 this week. To celebrate, he booked a tour of a one-man show, “John Waters’ Birthday Celebration: The Naked Truth,” which stops at the Wallis in Beverly Hills on Saturday. Read story

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, pedestrians huddle under umbrellas as they walk past the Pike Place Market and in view of Elliot Bay, behind, in Seattle. The National Weather Service says the city has measured 44.67 inches of rain in the city between October 2016 and so far in April. That makes it the wettest such period since records began in 1895. Meteorologist Mike McFarland in the agency’s Seattle office says it’s the second year in the row that the city had topped the rainfall record for that 7-month period.

Pike Place Market banning most vehicle traffic in test run

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, pedestrians huddle under umbrellas as they walk past the Pike Place Market and in view of Elliot Bay, behind, in Seattle. The National Weather Service says the city has measured 44.67 inches of rain in the city between October 2016 and so far in April. That makes it the wettest such period since records began in 1895. Meteorologist Mike McFarland in the agency’s Seattle office says it’s the second year in the row that the city had topped the rainfall record for that 7-month period.

April 27, 2025, 6:05am Latest News

Pike Place Market is going car free. Kind of. Read story