California celeb chef who worked with Anthony Bourdain locked up for domestic violence as rumors swirl

A California celebrity chef who got his big break working with Anthony Bourdain is now behind bars on a felony domestic violence allegation. Adam Pechal, 50, was arrested after a woman called Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies to an Arden-Arcade home around 11 p.m. Wednesday and reported that he had physically assaulted her, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested Pechal on suspicion of felony domestic violence after the woman was medically evaluated and cleared at the home, sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Edward Igoe told The Sacramento Bee. Pechal was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail early Thursday, where…

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10 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI To Grow–And Even Hire More Workers

A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…

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Exclusive | California’s top shark tracker has a message for swimmers as great whites multiply: ‘They’re only there for one reason’

A surge in shark sightings has terrified Southern California beach-goers this summer, but a legendary shark tracker says swimmers can breathe easy. The idea that local beaches are suddenly infested with bloodthirsty man-eating great whites is total “garbage,” according to veteran shark tracer Keith Poe, who has logged more than…

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Harry Jowsey Says Alex Cooper Called Him Out for Getting Botox: ‘You Look Silly’ (Exclusive)

Harry Jowsey turned to Botox a few years ago to preserve his devilishly handsome looks — but a single comment from a famous friend convinced him to leave the injections behind. “You know who actually told me to stop doing it? Alex Cooper,” Jowsey, 29, exclusively reveals in his Us cover story, on newsstands now. “She yelled at me because she’s like, ‘Harry, why is your face not moving?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, someone said it’s preventative,’ and she goes, ‘You can tell when a guy has Botox. You look silly.’” Jowsey admits he was “worried” about the wrinkles on…

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