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Apple extends free Satellite SOS for iPhone 14 users

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

Smartphones have been saving lives ever since they’ve were introduced.Last year, Apple upped the ante with a feature called Emergency SOS via Satellite, which can call for help over satellites.Now, on the one-year anniversary of the feature, they're extending free use of the service, which has been key in various rescues since its launch.Follow Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro on Instagram for more tech news, tips and reviews.iPhone user Juana Reyes was two hours into a birthday hike when she stepped onto ground that gave away."It was the worst pain I’ve ever experienced," Reyes told me over Zoom. "I remember feeling a pop in my ankle," explained the San Diego resident, who was visiting Los Angeles at the time.Suddenly, she found herself stuck with a broken ankle in the Angeles National Forest.Courtesy Juana ReyesHer friend tried calling 911 on their smartphone, but cellular didn’t work. That's when Reyes handed over her phone, thinking they might have different cellular carriers and perha...

Waiting for LP Giobbi

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

Waiting for LP Giobbi: Dance music superstar-in-the-making LP Giobbi grew up playing jazz and classical piano and graduated with a Jazz Piano Performance degree from UC Berkeley. “After college I would play solo jazz piano gigs at a bar in San Francisco every weekend and one night an engineer and producer for Daft Punk heard me playing and asked if I wanted to join an all female electronic band in LA that the Daft Arts team was putting together,” she says. “The other women in the band were also jazz musicians and together we learned about synthesis and electronic gear and I started using Ableton and Protools to produce for the band. I have always personally taken it seriously because I loved it and because I wanted to be a visual representation for other women considering only 2% of producers are women. My first real ‘break’ came when Sofi Tukker asked me to go on tour with them and that is when I learned how to DJ and read a dance floor. I was horrible...

San Francisco homicide: Suspect caught 3 months later by police on patrol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

The suspect in an August homicide in San Francisco was arrested Sunday after being spotted by officers on patrol, the police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Bay Area homicides 2023: Map and details The 32-year-old man was wanted in connection with a fatal assault Aug. 16 in the South of Market neighborhood. Officers had been called shortly before 4 a.m. that day to Rausch and Howard streets, where they found a 25-year-old man with unspecified injuries that the police report described as life-threatening. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.On the morning of Nov. 12, officers on the 100 block of Larkin Street, next to City Hall, saw a man matching the suspect description from the investigators’ bulletin. He was detained and arrested on suspicion of homicide.

Does it feel like November yet? ‘Unorganized’ rain and strong winds are due for the Bay Area on Wednesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

Fluctuating forecasts and near-unpredictable weather patterns have been the story in the Bay Area so far this week but even though residents woke up without rain Wednesday morning, the consensus remains the same — the rest of the week will likely be wet and windy, according to the National Weather Service.The NWS forecast for Wednesday called for between half of an inch to one-quarter of an inch of rain between about 5 a.m. and midnight in Oakland, San Francisco, San Mateo County, Santa Cruz County and the East Bay Hills. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, that figure was pushed up to about one inch, while in the Santa Clara Valley it was between one-quarter and one-half.Related ArticlesWeather | Bay Area forecasts trending drier than previously predicted, but wet Wednesday anticipated Weather | Storm tracker map: Where it’s raining in the Bay Area Weather | San Jose officials urge residents to prepare for incoming rainfall with possible fl...

Searching for the chicken in Petaluma, the former Egg Basket of the World

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

Kingdom of 10,000,000 White Leghorns. Chickaluma. The Egg Basket of the World.These were all once nicknames for Petaluma, a charming little city in the agricultural bosom of Sonoma County. By the early 1900s, a booming poultry industry, driven by a locally designed egg incubator, saw the area producing 120 million eggs a year. There were Egg Day parades led by Egg Queens, the world’s only poultry pharmacy and more money on deposit in the banks, per capita, than any other place on earth.But how chickeny is Petaluma… now?To find out, my partner and I drive into the countryside under a misty sun that looks like a big egg yolk. We carry the determination of Cool Hand Luke to eat 50 eggs or explode trying. Entering Petaluma, evidence of its feathered past peeks out from every corner. Chickens are painted on fading shop walls, metal roosters stand outside a restaurant, and the fairground harbors a huge sculpture of a white hen. That last one requires occasional repairs, becaus...

Lanes of Highway 84 close due to crash in Sunol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

(BCN) -- Lanes of state Highway 84 in Sunol were closed to motorists early Wednesday morning due to a crash.The eastbound and westbound lanes of Highway 84 from Interstate Highway 680 to Main Street have been shut down, the California Highway Patrol said on social media around 5:45 a.m.The portion of Pleasanton Sunol Road from Paloma Way to Koopman Road is also closed, the CHP said. San Francisco undergoes transformation as APEC kicks into high gear The crash on Tuesday night impacted power lines in the area, according to the CHP. There is no estimated time yet for when the affected roadway will reopen.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

$28K recovered after SF resident arrested for computer scam

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Francisco resident was arrested in connection to a computer scam that involved telling victims that their computers were compromised and asking them to send large amounts of money to safeguard their information, according to the Daly City Police Department.On Nov. 4, a victim of the scam contacted Daly City police after they sent money to a Daly City address, authorities said. Investigators worked with the mail service to track the package’s delivery to a vacant residence. Oven, toilet stolen from Piedmont home, 2 arrested Officers surveilling the residence witnessed a 24-year-old San Francisco resident collect two packages containing the scammed money, Daly City PD said. The suspect was arrested for fraud charges and for the possession of drugs.$28,600 was recovered from the two packages and will be returned to the victims, police said.

3 French Bulldogs dognapped in Southeast DC armed robbery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

Three French Bulldogs were stolen in Southeast D.C. early Tuesday morning and police are asking for the public’s help in finding three suspects in the armed robbery.The dogs — named Chewy, Coco and Buttercup — were taken from their owner as he was walking them in the 5200 block of East Capitol Street, Southeast around 4 a.m.The suspects in the robbery brandished a firearm and forced the man to give up his dogs, police said.The dogs can be seen in the photo below:Three French Bulldogs — Chewy, Coco and Buttercup — were stolen during an armed robbery as their owner walked them in Southeast D.C. Nov. 14, 2023. (Courtesy Metropolitan Police)Chewy is described as an 18-pound female with brown fur; Coco is described as a 30-pound female with white fur; and Buttercup is described as a 25-pound female with brown fur and spots.Police have asked anyone with information to call the department at (202)-727-9099 or text 50411.Source

Spurs’ Wembanyama and Thunder’s Holmgren have off nights in rookie showdown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren avoided adding fuel to the idea that they compete with each other, even though media and fans constantly link the slender 7-footers.The much-anticipated first regular-season meeting between two of the NBA’s top rookies wasn’t much of a game, and apparently there isn’t much of a rivalry.Wembanyama said he wasn’t aware he was even being compared to Holmgren.“Every prospect is compared to everyone,” said the 19-year-old from France.They rarely matched up 1-on-1 on Tuesday, and both had off nights. Wembanyama finished with eight points on 4-for-15 shooting, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked two shots in San Antonio’s 123-87 loss to Oklahoma City. Holmgren finished with nine points on 3-for-10 shooting and had seven rebounds and three assists.Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, entered the night averaging 19.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks. Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft, missed last s...

Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson out for the rest of this season with a shoulder fracture

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:37 GMT

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is tackled by Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Travis Jones during the first half on an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is tackled by Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Travis Jones during the first half on an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)(AP/Nick Wass) CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will miss the rest of his second season in Cleveland with a fracture in his throwing shoulder, an injury that came in his best performance since joining the team following a controversial trade.Watson will undergo surgery to r...