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Coachella music fest completes Weekend 1; Weekend 2 starts Friday By City News Service
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Rep. Swalwell drops out of race for governor, resigns from Congress amid wrongdoing allegations By Joe Taglieri
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housands of festival goers descended on the Empire Polo Club in Indio Sunday for the last day of Weekend 1 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, featuring a wide range of artists across different genres. Gates opened at 1 p.m., with Sunday's lineup featuring Karol G headlining at 9:55 p.m. on the Coachella Stage. Other performing artists included Young Thug, Wet Leg, Laufey, Roz, Foster The People, Iggy Pop and Fatboy Slim. After the day's final performance, a special screening of the season three premiere of "Euphoria" was presented at about 11:59 p.m. at the campgrounds. The event marked the festival's first television show screening. The Season 3 debut of the HBO original drama was available for festival goers on a firstcome, first served basis. The series follows a group of high school students navigating relationships, addiction and identity in a visually stylized drama. On Saturday, with Justin Bieber headlining, Coachella was dubbed "Bieberchella"
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with some festivalgoers jokingly complaining about being stuck in long lines of traffic awash in "Belieber" pilgrims, as the singer's fans are known. But some complained that his set was "lazy" and relied too heavily on YouTube for what some likened to "YouTube karaoke." Just hours before Bieber took the stage, rising New York indie band Geese performed a cover of his hit "Baby" — drawing fans to what music critics say could
be "the next big rock band, the act that [c]ould shake the dust off of a stale and fractured genre." A collaboration between the veteran industrial-alt band Nine Inch Nails and German Iraqi electronic producer Alex Ridha, who records under the name Boys Noize, became the well-received Day 2 performance by "Nine Inch Noize." Other highlights included Pink Pantheress, the Strokes,
Giveon, Addison Rae, Morat, and singer-songwriter Sombr, who was joined by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan on the group's hit "1979." Critics also praised old schooler David Byrne and veteran rocker Jack White — who was only added to the Day 2 lineup on Tuesday — for showing the Gen Zers how it's done. Sabrina Carpenter headlined Friday and unveiled
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fter suspending his campaign for California governor, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, announced Monday he will resign his congressional seat as he faces allegations of sexual assault and criminal misconduct. Four women, including at least one congressional staff member, have accused Swalwell of sexual assault, and federal authorities are investigating his alleged hiring of a nanny who is an undocumented immigrant. The resignation announcement came one day after Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor. "I am deeply sorry to my family, staff and constituents for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past," Swalwell said in a statement Monday. "I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me. However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the mistakes I did make. "I am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other
members. Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong," Swalwell said. "But it's also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress. I will work with my staff in the coming days to ensure they are able, in my absence, to serve the needs of the good people of the 14th congressional district." Swalwell announced his campaign's suspension in a social media post Sunday evening. "To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past," Swalwell wrote on X. "I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that's my fight, not a campaign's." A few hours earlier, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced an investigation into Swalwell's alleged hiring of a domestic worker who was in the country illegally. That
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