Annual California festival of music, art, and culture at Empire Polo Club, Indio.
Los Angeles prosecutors have presented texts, photos and forensic evidence at a preliminary hearing accusing singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, of murdering and sexually abusing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Evidence shown has included long-running messages, indications of a pregnancy and abortion, purchases of tools and a body bag, and DNA matches tying blood in Burke’s garage and a Tesla to the victim.
Prosecutors have presented evidence in a Los Angeles preliminary hearing that could move D4vd—real name David Burke—toward trial on murder, sexual abuse of a minor, and mutilation charges related to Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Defense questions DNA handling and possible alternate suspects as the hearing proceeds.
A retrospective on Nagisa Oshima-influenced director Gregg Araki’s provocative career, with his new film I Want Your Sex starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman, set against a culture of media excess and indie cinema reinvigoration.