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0 Crime & Safety The owners of the Gage Street building and other Worcester rental properties had fires, unpermitted work and more, city records show. Neal McNamara , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply 5 Eastern Ave. was badly damaged in the May 14 fire. The foundation of the former 2 Gage St. building is in the foreground. 2 Gage St. was torn down in the weeks after the May 14 fire. All that remains is the foundation and some rubble. WORCESTER, MA — The Worcester apartment building where four people died in a May fire had a history of health and safety code violations — including previous fires and alarms missing from areas where tenants smoked — according to documents provided by the city and former tenants. Huanchen Li and Wendy Wang oversee four properties in Worcester, including ones along John Street, Rena Street, Eastern Avenue and Gage Street — the six-family … [Read more...] about Worcester Gage St. Fire: Many Code Violations Preceded Deadly Blaze

The tennis stars of today may be hot, they may be passionate, but where are the outbursts of John McEnroe at his most “You cannot be serious” intemperate? And, yowza, the shorts . Where are the shorts? Many, including Serena Williams , Andy Roddick, and David Nalbandian , have had on-court meltdowns—but for the new superbrat crown, arise Nick Kyrgios. At the Montreal Masters, while changing ends with his Swiss opponent Stan Wawrinka, Kyrgios told Wawrinka that the player he is romantically linked to, 19-year-old Croatian women’s player Donna Vekić, had had sex with Kyrgios’s fellow Australian player Thanasi Kokkinakis. Or as Kyrgios hissed: “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend, sorry to tell you that, mate.” For that, on Thursday, the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals, which oversees the men’s tour) fined Kyrgios $10,000 . The ATP called Kyrgios’s eye-wateringly horrible remark “insulting.” The 20-year-old … [Read more...] about Meet Nick Kyrgios, Tennis’s New Superbrat

(CNN) "Minions: The Rise of Gru" did gangbusters over the weekend. The latest film in the "Despicable Me" franchise of a would-be villain and his bizarre yellow henchmen had the biggest opening ever over the July 4th holiday. For all its success in drawing audiences back to theaters, distributor Universal Pictures has, at least partially, the "Gentleminions" to thank. Gentleminions are young people who film themselves dressed in formalwear, flooding unsuspecting movie theaters to see the newest "Minions" flick and hollering at the screen like they're lining the ring at Wrestlemania. TikTok teens are arguably not the audience Illumination had in mind when concocting the latest slapstick-heavy animated children's film, but they've turned out in droves anyway thanks to the viral trend -- the hashtag #Gentleminions has over 22 million views and counting on the platform. 'Minions: The Rise of Gru' breaks box office records The … [Read more...] about ‘Gentleminions’: Why TikTok teens are wearing suits to ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 18 NEW YORK (AP) — To a large degree, modern blockbuster moviemaking has depended on the appeasement of fans to keep franchise juggernauts smoothly humming. But in making “Thor: Love and Thunder,” Taika Waititi had no interest in that. He approached the film from the opposite direction. What would actually make fans angry? “I wanted to show him in a light that most Thor fans wouldn’t really want if you were to tell them,” Waititi says. “If you were to say them: ‘Yeah, I’m going to make Thor in love,’ it’s probably the last thing that a Thor fan really wants to hear.” “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which opens Thursday, is Marvel’s fourth Thor movie and Waititi’s second after the 2017 smash success “Thor Ragnarok.” That film, a hit with fans and critics, reinvented Chris Hemsworth’s god of thunder and … [Read more...] about Taika Waititi takes a hammer to Thor in ‘Love & Thunder’

JACKSON (CBS13) — The latest information on the Electra Fire burning near the Amador and Calaveras county lines: 7:36 a.m. Firefighters have continued to gain ground against the Electra Fire overnight into Wednesday. Cal Fire reports that the fire remains 3,900 acres in size, but containment is now up to 10%. Further, Cal Fire says they expect full containment by July 18. Crews report that humidity recovery in the early morning hours helped quell fire activity. Firefighters will be working on strengthening control lines on Wednesday. Previous day’s (July 5) updates below: 9:45 p.m. State officials said the Electra Fire had grown to more than 3,900 acres in size — a nearly 900-acre jump from Tuesday morning. Despite the growth, firefighters were able to make progress by gaining 5% containment on the blaze, according to the Cal Fire. More than 1,200 structures remain threatened by the fire. So far, no structures have been destroyed. One firefighter has been … [Read more...] about Electra Fire: Containment Increases To 10%, Firefighters Working On Strengthening Control Lines

JACKSON (CBS13) — The latest information on the Electra Fire burning near the Amador and Calaveras county lines: 4:50 p.m. The Electra Fire has grown to 4,112 acres in size, though containment has significantly jumped to 40%, Cal Fire said. Additionally, Cal Fire said 17% of the fire was controlled, meaning there were no longer any hotspots or smoke activity within that area. Pacific Gas and Electric also said it made significant progress with power outages affecting those in the area of the fire. The number of PG&E customers without power dropped from approximately 8,000 to approximately 2,300 in parts of Amador and Calaveras counties. 2:33 p.m. Some evacuation orders in Amador County are now being reduced to a warning. Cal fire says residents along Clinton Road and Butte Mountain Road are now clear to return home. Further, the road closure of Lower Clinton Road and Butte Mountain Road is also being removed. The evacuation warning zone east from Jackson along … [Read more...] about Electra Fire: Firefighters Strengthening Control Lines, Some Amador County Evacuation Warnings Downgraded