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President Joe Biden says in a Memorial Day address Americans “must never forget the price that was paid” by troops to protect their democracy.

Walter Trout has been nothing short of prolific over the course of his seven decades on this Earth. He’s set to release his 29th solo album over a career that has spanned the globe, and delivered notoriety as one of the great purveyors of the blues and blues rock. Trout’s history is equal parts thriller, romance, suspense and horror. There are musical fireworks, critical acclaim and fists-aloft triumph, offset by wilderness years, brushes with the jaws of narcotic oblivion, and the survival of an organ transplant few come back from. From 1973, when he left his New Jersey home headed to Los Angeles, he has followed a road that afforded him an opportunity to just play, sharing the stage as a sideman with Jesse Ed Davis, Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulson, Joe Tex, and of course the great John Mayall (following a three year tenure in Canned Heat). WHEN | Wednesday, December 14, 2022 TIME | 7 p.m. VENUE | Belly Up Tavern ADMISSION Ticket Price: $25 advanced / $28 day of show / $44 reserved loft seating (available over the phone or in person at out box office) There are No Refunds or Exchanges on tickets once purchased. SOCIALS: Walter Trout: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Belly Up Tavern: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

The tiger named Kallie was found abandoned, horribly declawed and with a broken leg. Thankfully, Alpine's Lions Tigers, and Bears stepped in to help.

The southernmost of California's Channel Islands is home to several threatened species, and a Navy bombing range.

With all that has shifted around in American politics, the Democrats' disconnect from the broad working class is the loss that has cost them the most and threatens them most in the years ahead.

Set in the East Village of New York City, "Rent" is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon. with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages. Based loosely on Puccini’s "La Boheme," Jonathan Larson’s "Rent" follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical. This show contains graphic language and adult themes and is not intended for audiences under 13. Patio Playhouse Theater on Facebook + Instagram

Themes emerge quickly when you dig into the nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards. The major categories are dominated by women and seemingly up for grabs; elsewhere, progress is not always so clear.

A top lacrosse team — Haudenosaunee Nationals — is reclaiming its Indigenous identity after generations of being known as the Iroquois Nationals. Current team members say that name was derogatory.

Newsom has a plan to speed up some construction projects throughout the state. But some lawmakers and environmental advocates fear his pan would benefit a project to build a giant tunnel to ship water to Southern California — a plan they oppose.

It's significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are in decline.