Coast Star

Voters across New Jersey's Monmouth and Ocean counties headed to the polls on election day, with results now being tallied in local races. The Coast Star reported on election day outcomes for county and municipal contests, and residents are following the counts to see which candidates will take office.

Cap Ferret, the upmarket seaside resort on France's Atlantic coast near Bordeaux, is being widely searched in the country. French coverage is also highlighting Marion Cotillard starring in Guillaume Canet's new thriller 'Karma'; the couple are famously associated with the Cap Ferret area, and the surge in interest may be tied to renewed attention on them.

Cynthia Erivo has been cast to play Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur, in Universal's upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The casting pairs one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation with the story of rap's most famous family, and links two towering West Coast hip-hop figures in a single film. Details on the rest of the cast and a release date have not yet been announced.

SpaceX has released its rocket launch schedule for this week from its California launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Local outlet Ventura County Star published the schedule, listing the planned Falcon 9 launch times and viewing details for residents along the Central Coast. Launches from Vandenberg regularly draw attention from spectators across Southern California, and schedule updates are closely watched whenever missions cluster in a single week.

SpaceX has scheduled one rocket launch from California this week, according to the Ventura County Star, with more launches possibly added later. The launch is expected from the central California coast, where SpaceX regularly fires Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and residents in Ventura County areas are often alerted about possible sonic booms during such missions.

Attention is on Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Miami Heat ahead of an upcoming West Coast road trip, with observers asking what the star and the team must do to make the stretch of away games a success. The question of how the pairing performs on the road is the focus of the discussion.

Brick Township in New Jersey will permit a single cannabis retail shop to operate within its borders. The decision, reported by the Coast Star, marks a limited step into recreational marijuana commerce for the Jersey Shore community. Local officials have typically moved cautiously on cannabis licensing, and allowing just one storefront keeps the township's footprint small while opening the door to legal sales.