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California condors face a new threat in their flight from extinction

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

The California condor is facing the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history, and the outbreak could jeopardize the iconic vulture with its 10-foot (3.05-meter) wingspan decades after conservationists saved the species from extinction. But nine newly hatched chicks, covered in downy white feathers, give condor-keepers at the Los Angeles Zoo hope that the endangered population of North America’s largest soaring land birds will once again thrive after 40 years of aggressive efforts.With fewer than 350 condors in the wild — in flocks that span from the Pacific Northwest to Baja California, Mexico — the historic outbreak means ongoing breeding-in-captivity and re-wilding programs like the LA Zoo's remain essential.The USFWS-led California Condor Recovery Program has been working with partners at the San Diego Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo and elsewhere to try to increase the California condor population. (KTLA)Over the past year and a half, millions of birds across the U.S. have died ...

Man Killed, Several Others Injured in Four-Vehicle Collision on Interstate 15 [San Diego, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Male Victim Pronounced Dead after 4-Car Accident near Gopher Canyon RoadSAN DIEGO, CA (May 12, 2023) – Sunday morning, one man was killed and several others were hurt in a four-vehicle collision on Interstate 15.The incident occurred around 2:15 a.m., on the southbound lanes of the freeway just south of Gopher Canyon Road.For reasons unknown, a Dodge Challenger was stopped in the No. 1 lane. The 47-year-old male driver of an Infiniti G37 then rear-ended the Dodge.Shortly after, an Acura DMX driven by a 39-year-old man struck the Infiniti as well. In addition, the Acura driver also hit the side of a Honda CRV in the No. 2 lane.First responders arrived and declared the 32-year-old male Dodge driver dead at the scene. Although, authorities have not yet released his name.Meanwhile, paramedics rushed the Infiniti driver and his two passengers to a local hospital for treatment of significant injuries. Following preliminary duties, officers say drugs or alcohol were a potential facto...

Here’s How to Get Presale Code Tickets for U2 UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere New Dates Added in December

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Achtung Baby! U2 has just added new dates for their U2:UV Achtung Baby, Live at Sphere, and we can tell you how to get presale code tickets for U2. The legendary rock group will be doing eight more dates at the Las Vegas residency at Sphere at The Venetian, running Fridays, Saturdays and Wednesdays, December 1 through 16 — see below for all dates. Here’s how to get the passwords and presale code tickets for U2 UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere:What are the presale codes for U2 UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere?While the promoters of this series didn’t issue presale codes, presale tickets for the U2 UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere go on sale today, May 12 and here’s how you can get presale tickets. Details are subject to change, and vary by event date:Paid subscribers on U2.com can submit a ticket request for the new added shows, even if they have tickets for the previously announced shows. The window for these ticket requests start today, Friday, May 12 at 10AM ET / 7AM PT and ...

SCOTT WOODWARD: MARKETING MAVERICK

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Photo: Marc TousignantScott Woodward has been described by some in the industry as a model marketer or a marketing archetype even, given he has successfully navigated a career that has now spanned three decades. The first half of his career was spent as an in-house brand marketer for some of the most iconic brands in the world and the latter half as the founder of his own brand agency in New York, SEW Branded, working with over forty brands, emerging and established, as a quintessential brand design and marketing guru.Woodward began his career in Chevron’s marketing training program in their Mid-Atlantic regional offices after completing his MBA, only after being turned down by Shell Oil. Chevron gave the marketing neophyte an opportunity to sharpen his marketing acumen by being exposed to marketing, branding, advertising, finance, real estate, and legal functions within its retail and wholesale marketing endeavors. The energy giant was also undergoing its first re-brand, whic...

One Killed in 3-Car Accident on North Livermore Avenue [Livermore, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

1 Pronounced Dead after Three-Vehicle Collision on May School RoadLIVERMORE, CA (May 12, 2023) – Saturday night, one driver was killed in a speeding 3-car accident on North Livermore Avenue.Officers first located the street race around 8:46 p.m., between Manning and May School Road.According to reports, three vehicles were seen speeding south on Livermore Avenue. Shortly after, police witnessed a collision near the intersection of I-580 and North Livermore Road.Shortly after, authorities observed a crash while approaching I-580 and North Livermore Avenue intersection. Investigators say a 2006 Acura RL drove through a red light and struck a 2013 Hyundai Elantra and a 1994 Chevy Camaro that were stopped in the left turn lane.The Acura driver then continued racing through the intersection and collided with a traffic pole. The pole then fell onto the Acura and caused fatal injuries to its driver.Meanwhile, both drivers from the two other vehicles declined medical transport. At thi...

2 Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash on Charleston Boulevard [Las Vegas, NV]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

1 Officer, 1 Other Hospitalized after Car Crash on Charleston Boulevard near Community College DriveLAS VEGAS, NV (May 12, 2023) – Saturday afternoon, at least 2 individuals sustained injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Charleston Boulevard.The incident happened around 12:10 p.m. at the 6300 block of W. Charleston Blvd near Community College Drive.As per the reports, one patrol vehicle and another vehicle collided under unknown circumstances.Responding paramedics then transported an officer and one occupant of the second car to UMC with unspecified injuries.Moreover, both directions of the roadway were temporarily shut down to allow for cleanup and preliminary duties, but have since been reopened to the public.At this time, LVMPD has no further information on the two-vehicle crash on Charleston Boulevard. However, an active investigation is still underway.Make our roads safer by abiding by all traffic laws and following the conditions of the road. Remember that willfully disreg...

Journalist Hodding Carter III dies; during Iran hostage crisis, he was State Department spokesman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

Associated PressCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who updated Americans on the Iran hostage crisis as U.S. State Department spokesman and won awards for his televised documentaries, has died. He was 88.His daughter, Catherine Carter Sullivan, confirmed that he died Thursday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Before moving to Washington in 1977, Carter was editor and publisher of his family’s newspaper, the Delta Democrat-Times, in Greenville, Mississippi.Carter had been co-chair of the Loyalist Democrats, a racially diverse group that won a credentials fight at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, unseating the all-white delegation by Mississippi’s governor, John Bell Williams.Carter’s campaign work in 1976 for Jimmy Carter, no relation, helped secure him a job as assistant secretary of state for public affairs. It was in this role that he was seen on television news during the 444 days that Iran h...

Second person dies after two-car collision on Highway 4 in Martinez

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

MARTINEZ — A second driver involved in a two-car collision on Highway 4 earlier this week has died from his injuries, authorities said Friday.The wreck on Tuesday happened about 10:40 p.m. in the westbound direction between the Morello and Center Avenue exits, according to a statement from California Highway Patrol Officer Adam Lane. A driver of a Honda Civic died at the scene. The driver of a Toyota Corolla died Wednesday at a hospital.The crash was the fifth fatal one on the highway in 2023, and the first that has resulted in more than one death. There have been nine fatal crashes on the highway since November 16, 2022, when three children were among five people killed in a head-on collision in Pittsburg.Authorities identified the Honda driver as 18-year-old Diana Zuniga, of San Pablo. They identified the Toyota driver as 49-year-old Jeremiah Smeby, of Antioch.Lane said Zuniga drove a gray Honda Civic into the white Toyota that Smeby drove as the two traveled west on the hig...

United pilots picket for higher pay ahead of summer season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

By David Koenig | Associated PressDALLAS — Just ahead of what could be a record-breaking summer travel season, pilots from one of the nation’s biggest airlines marched in picket lines at major airports on Friday as they push for higher pay.The United Airlines pilots have been working without a raise for more than four years while negotiating with airline management over a new contract.The pilots are unlikely to strike anytime soon, however. Federal law makes it very difficult for unions to conduct strikes in the airline industry, and the last walkout at a U.S. carrier was more than a decade ago.The coast-to-coast protests by United pilots come on the heels of overwhelming strike-authorization votes by pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. United pilots could be the next to vote, according to union officials.Pilots at all three carriers are looking to match or beat the deal that Delta Air Lines reached with its pilots earlier this year, which raised pay rates by 3...

Google co-founders gain $17 billion as AI boost lifts stock

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:46 GMT

By Biz Carson | BloombergGoogle’s co-founders are reaping the rewards of the artificial intelligence frenzy, adding more than $17 billion to their combined wealth as the company unveiled a revamped search engine.Larry Page’s net worth increased by $8.7 billion this week to $106.2 billion, while Sergey Brin’s rose $8.3 billion to $101.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That puts them on track for their biggest weekly gain since February 2021.Google will start experimenting with a more conversational search engine and has made its AI-powered chatbot available more broadly, the Mountain View, California-based company said at its annual developer conference on Wednesday. That’s helping the firm assert dominance in an increasingly competitive field. Shares of its parent, Alphabet Inc., were little changed at 10:57 a.m. in New York after surging 8.6% in the two days through Thursday.Page and Brin, who’ve been helping with the AI push and are more involved in the com...