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Reader still appreciates Prius advice from 12 years ago … and her Prius: Roadshow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

Q: Way back in 2011, I commented on your Prius lovefest. My beloved Passat had just been totaled by an enormous SUV. As I drive-tested new cars (including Audi A4, BMW and Infiniti), I was surprised that I preferred the Prius. I bought it. You contacted me a year later and asked me how I felt then. Of course, I loved it… and still do.I’m glad that I listened to you.Sally ChappelA: I’m glad the advice, and Prius, worked out well for you.Q: I recall a requirement to signal for at least 100 feet before making the advertised move. Is that true?AnonymousA: The California Driver’s Handbook says to signal:At least 100 feet before you turnBefore every lane changeAt least five seconds before you change lanes on a freewayBefore pulling next to or away from a curbEven when you do not see other vehicles around youWhen you are almost through an intersection if you will turn shortly after the intersectionQ: I really love your newspaper articles on Bay Area road woes.I’ve commute...

Sit or stand? Theater chain sets guidelines for Taylor Swift The Eras Tour concert film opening today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

On opening day of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour concert film, Swifties are hotly debating whether they should sing, stand and dance or sit in their seats during the theater experience.Swift announced late Wednesday that the film would be released a day early on Thursday. “Due to unprecedented demand we’re opening up early access showings of The Eras Tour Concert Film on THURSDAY in America and Canada!!,” she wrote on Instagram.The debate has raged in Reddit forums whether fans should carry on like they would at a concert, which some called “completely inappropriate,” to those who plan to cheer in front of the movie screen.After all, when the concert film was first announced, Swift did say “Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged.”The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I’m overjoyed to tell you that it’ll be coming to the big screen soon Starting Oct 13th you’ll be able to experience the concert film...

CHP releases info on I-580 shooting in Richmond

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

(BCN) -- The California Highway Patrol on Wednesday released information about a shooting earlier this week on Interstate Highway 580 in Richmond.Officers responded around 1:35 a.m. Monday to a call about a possible shooting on westbound Highway 580 near Regatta Boulevard but did not initially find a suspect, victim or any vehicles involved, according to the CHP.Officers eventually found evidence of a shooting on the Regatta Boulevard on-ramp to the highway and that the suspect vehicle was a brown Infiniti two-door sedan. No victims were ever found in the shooting.Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the CHP's Oakland-area office at (510) 457-2875 and ask for Officer E. Castillo.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Oakland shooting suspects lead police on high-speed chase, arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

(KRON) -- Possible suspects in an Oakland shooting were arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase Wednesday afternoon, according to the Oakland Police Department.After a pursuit through various areas of Oakland, the suspects’ vehicle crashed into a guardrail on Highway 24 and became disabled. Three men ran from the car and one was arrested at the scene of the crash. The two others were located after a brief search, police said.The Oakland Police Department was investigating a shooting that occurred on Tuesday when officers located a vehicle wanted in connection to the incident was located on the 7200 block of Fresno Street, police said. Officers tried to conduct an enforcement stop, but it fled the area, sparking the chase. One dead in East Oakland shooting Oakland police said the investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPS Felony Assault Unit at (510)-238-3426.

An Italian couple is unaccounted for in Southern Israel. The husband needs regular medical care

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

They were last heard from at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. They were sheltering in their safe room after militants began storming the southern Israel community of Be’eri, where at least 100 people were later found dead.Now they are gone. Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, 65, and Lilach Lea Havron, 60, are among the estimated 150 people believed held by Hamas in Gaza. The couple were with their health care aide. Their son, Nadav Kipnis, told The Associated Press that in addition to the couple and their aide, eight members of Havron’s family — including three children — are unaccounted for.The family believes all 11 were taken to Gaza because their bodies weren’t recovered and because some of their cell phones have been traced there. Fears are high especially for the father, who uses a wheelchair, takes medications and needs regular hospital care.The Kipnis family has Italian citizenship through a paternal grandmother who hailed from Leghorn and moved to Israel, via Tunisia, after the Holocaust...

Sony’s Access controller for the PlayStation aims to make gaming easier for people with disabilities

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Paul Lane uses his mouth, cheek and chin to push buttons and guide his virtual car around the “Gran Turismo” racetrack on the PlayStation 5. It’s how he’s been playing for the past 23 years, after a car accident left him unable to use his fingers.Playing video games has long been a challenge for people with disabilities, chiefly because the standard controllers for the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo can be difficult, or even impossible, to maneuver for people with limited mobility. And losing the ability to play the games doesn’t just mean the loss of a favorite pastime, it can also exacerbate social isolation in a community already experiencing it at a far higher rate than the general population.As part of the gaming industry’s efforts to address the problem, Sony has developed the Access controller for the PlayStation, working with input from Lane and other accessibility consultants. Its the latest addition to the accessible-controll...

Bank of South Carolina: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bank of South Carolina Corp. (BKSC) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $1.3 million.The bank, based in Charleston, South Carolina, said it had earnings of 23 cents per share.Bank of South Carolina shares have declined 37% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased 37% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on BKSC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/BKSCSource

For Indigenous people, solar eclipse often about reverence and tradition, not revelry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — For a few hours, Krystal Curley and her Indigenous women’s work group took over a college auditorium to share traditional Navajo practices regarding this weekend’s highly anticipated solar eclipse. More than 50 people — young and old — showed up for the chance to either connect with or remember cultural protocol going back hundreds of years.They laid out books on Navajo astronomy and corn pollen used for blessings. A medicine man fielded questions from the majority Navajo, or Diné, audience on what to do when the moon partially shrouds the sun.Don’t: Look at the eclipse, eat, drink, sleep or engage in physical activity.Do: Sit at home and reflect or pray during what’s considered an intimate, celestial moment. “There’s so many things we’re not supposed to do as Diné people compared to other tribes, where it’s OK for them to look at the eclipse or be out or do things,” said Curley, executive director of nonprofit Indigenous Life Ways.The be...

La inflación se sitúa un 3.7% en septiembre, un descenso gradual de los precios al consumidor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

La inflación se sitúo en un 3.7% en septiembre, en comparación con hace un año, extendiendo una desaceleración gradual de los precios al consumidor. En términos intermensuales, la inflación aumentó sólo un 0.4%.La Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales publicó su última ronda de datos de precios este jueves por la mañana. Los expertos esperaban que mostrara que los precios globales para los consumidores aumentaron un 0.2% en comparación con agosto y un 3.6% en comparación con hace un año.Mientras tanto, la inflación subyacente, una medida de los aumentos de costos que elimina los precios de la energía y los alimentos debido a su volatilidad, ha aumentado un 4.1% desde septiembre del año pasado, en línea con las expectativas. Por altos precios de gasolina, crece el indicador de inflación en EEUU Por segunda vez, la Reserva Federal deja sin cambios las tasas de interés en EEUU Ambas cifras mostrarían que los precios subieron menos en sep...

Así es la boleta y la lista completa de Sergio Massa para las elecciones generales en Argentina

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:45:28 GMT

(CNN Español) — Las elecciones generales de Argentina tendrán lugar el domingo 22 de octubre.En estos comicios, los argentinos votarán para definir a los próximos presidente y vicepresidente de la nación, diputados y senadores en algunas provincias, así como otros puestos locales.Elecciones Argentina 2023: ¿cómo consultar si estoy en el Registro de Infractores electorales?En las elecciones primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias (PASO) del 14 de agosto, el oficialista Unión por la Patria se fue hasta el tercer lugar de la votación nacional, un golpe significativo para el partido en el poder.Sin embargo, en cuanto a la votación por la presidencia y vicepresidencia, los candidatos oficialistas Sergio Massa (presidente) y Agustín Rossi (vicepresidente) quedaron en segundo lugar con 21,4% de los votos, todavía muy por atrás de los ganadores de las elecciones PASO, Javier Milei y Victoria Villarruel, quienes tuvieron 30,04% de los sufragios.Así es la boleta y la lista de Se...