Monday, May 17. I’m Melissa Gomez, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. I usually write about education and the youth, but this week I’ll be catching you up with the latest news.
Even as the sky remained mostly gray on Sunday, fire season appeared to inch closer this year.
A brush fire that broke out in Topanga Canyon on Friday had displaced 1,000 people by Sunday, officials reported. By mid-afternoon, the Palisades fire had grown to 1,325 acres, with 0% contained. Weather conditions appeared favorable, with cool weather and winds that weren’t expected to contribute to the fire’s growth, my colleague Alex Wigglesworth reported.
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A Deadly Day in Gaza City
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people Sunday, Palestinian medics said, in the deadliest single attack in the latest round of violence. Despite the toll and international efforts to broker a cease-fire, Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers would rage on.
In a televised address, Netanyahu said Israel “wants to levy a heavy price” on the Hamas militant group. Early Monday, Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations in Gaza City.
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Did a janitor really invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? The truth about Richard Montañez
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Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
For the last decade, Richard Montañez has been telling the story of how he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The world has been eating it up.
It goes like this: He was working as a janitor at Frito-Lay’s Rancho Cucamonga plant when he dreamed up a chile-covered Cheeto and believed in himself enough to call up the chief executive to pitch his spicy idea.
Corporate backstabbers tried to sabotage Montañez for stepping out of line, but he out-hustled them, driven by a hunger to succeed. Flamin’ Hots became a runaway hit, and Montañez rose through the ranks and became an icon.
Janitor who invented Flamin Hot cheetos outed as liar after 30 years
Richard Montañez, 62, is set to have a blockbuster biopic made by Eva Longoria but the extent of his incredible Flamin Hot Cheetos claims, have been questioned by former colleagues
Richard Montanez rose through the ranks to executive level at PepsiCo (Image: Getty Images North America)
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-Have you heard about Richard Montañez, the janitor who rose to fame as the supposed creator of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? Well, Frito-Lay now says his contribution is an “urban legend.” Apparently, the credit should actually go to a junior employee named Lynne Greenfeld.
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