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How a Fodor's jab served as a wake-up call for Lake Tahoe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a respected international travel guide put the iconic alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line on its list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects of overtourism.But with an influx of visitors and new full-time residents due to the COVID-19 pandemic already forcing local leaders to revisit the decades-old conversation about overcrowding, “Fodor's No List 2023” may have served as a wake-up call that some sort of change is necessary.“I can’t go to my own beaches anymore,” said Susan Daniels, 70, a lifelong resident of Kings Beach, California, whose parents met at a Tahoe-area ski resort in 1952. That includes her favorite, Sand Harbor, which lies just across the Nevada border and is known for its turquoise water and rock formations. “I cannot go to Sand Harbor, where I grew up, unless I get in line at 7 in the morning.”Since Fodor's declared last November that “Lake Tah...

The Details On Decarbing — What Hemp Fans Should Know About Decarboxylation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

Decarboxylation is a scary-looking word, but it’s a reasonably straightforward process. If you’ve smoked or vaped CBD flowers before, you already have first-hand experience “decarbing” hemp!Basically, decarboxylation is a fancy term for heating cannabis flowers. The reason cannabis extractors and manufacturers use this word has to do with a significant chemical transformation. Interestingly, when we “decarb” weed, we change the atomic structure of significant cannabinoids like CBD. It’s essential for CBD customers to know how decarboxylation works to ensure they’re getting the most use out of their hemp products.What’s The Point Of Using Decarboxylation For CBD Hemp?As we’ve already established, decarboxylation involves using heat to transform the natural cannabinoids in hemp flowers. If you want to get more technical, decarboxylation removes a “carboxyl ring” from raw cannabinoids, which turns them into the standard cannabinoids we’re more familiar with.You may hear some hemp exper...

Judge sets May 2024 trial date for Donald Trump in documents case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

A federal judge ordered Friday that the trial in the classified documents case that special counsel Jack Smith brought against former President Donald Trump begin in mid-May 2024.Related ArticlesNational Politics | Michigan Attorney General charges 16 fake Trump electors National Politics | Donald Trump says he’s a target of special counsel’s criminal probe into 2020 election aftermath National Politics | Georgia Supreme Court tosses Donald Trump’s latest legal salvo National Politics | Trump asks top Georgia court to toss election prosecutor National Politics | Kushner, Hicks testified before election interference grand jury US District Judge Aileen Cannon scheduled jury selection to begin on May 14 at the federal courthouse in Ft. Pierce, Florida. She said a two-week trial period would then begin on May 20.This is a breaking story and will be updated.The-CNN-Wire & © 2023 Cable News Network, ...

Expansion plan for Los Gatos luxury car dealership could bring in new makes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

Los Gatos’ luxury car dealership is gearing up for a major upgrade that would build more showrooms to attract even more luxury car makes.Luxury Cars Los Gatos, which features makes like Lamborghini, Bentley, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce, unveiled its renovation plan at the July 12 planning commission meeting. The plans call for the 8,584-square-foot showroom on Blossom Hill Road to be bulldozed and replaced by a 6,395-square-foot service center and a 6,103-square-foot showroom.Luxury says more upscale car brands want to break into the Los Gatos market.“We have two new brands that want to come to Los Gatos and be part of this dealership. We just want to build some small showrooms for them,” said Christian Oaks, an architect with TWM who designed the renovation project.While the project would need a final stamp of approval from the town council, the planning commission voted unanimously in favor of the design. Commissioners said the plan would fit the small-town feel of Los Gato...

Rookie J. P. France shuts down A’s and Tucker delivers go-ahead two-run double as Astros win 3-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

By JANIE McCAULEY | AP Baseball WriterOAKLAND — J.P. France knew he had been more reliable on the road than in Houston so far this season — and showed it again, even after getting in an early hole.Relying on his nasty change-up, the rookie struck out five while pitching into the eighth inning for the first time to win his third straight decision, Kyle Tucker hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth, and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Thursday night.The right-hander owns a 2.05 ERA over the first eight road starts of his career, which is lowest in the majors by a starting pitcher with a minimum of 40 innings.“You’ve got to go out there and just take every game as it is. It’s not the same as the one that’s coming up, it’s not the same as the one that just happened,” France said. “I didn’t know that at all. I knew on the road I was pitching a little better, but that’s awesome.”Alex Bregman homered in the ninth to help secure the win for France (5-3). France, a 28-year-o...

Beautiful Highway 13 vegetation is being cut back — for good reason: Roadshow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

Q: I travel on Highway 13, one of the prettiest little stretches of freeway in the Bay Area. It’s going through a lot of changes. What’s going on? It sure looks bare in some areas.Jeanne R.A: Bay Area residents here in 1991 remember the catastrophic firestorm that ravaged the Oakland Hills that October, killing 25 people and consuming 2.5 square miles of mostly residential neighborhoods. With peak wildfire season approaching in August, Caltrans worked with Oakland Fire and local, regional and state fire marshals to develop a program to reduce fire risk. The agencies prioritized areas statewide for vegetation control to reduce the ability for fires to spread quickly. As part of this program, Caltrans is reducing roadside vegetation on state-owned land in locations along Highway 13 in Oakland.
 This includes mowing, removing low-hanging limbs from trees that assist a fire to climb into the canopy, removing dead and dying trees and thinning dense tree stands. Trimming and removal...

Anchor Brewing employees want chance to buy company

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- There is more hope tonight for San Francisco's iconic brewery to stay open. Earlier this week, KRON4 reported that investors are interested in buying San Francisco's iconic Anchor Brewing Company.The 127-year-old ceased production last week, citing financial struggles. Now, workers for anchor brewing are asking to take over the company. New Jollibee location set to open in East Bay The president of the union workers sent a letter to the current owner asking for a chance to buy the company and run it as a worker-owned cooperative. There is no shortage of support.Christopher Enny and his brothers flocked to Anchor Brewing's taproom Thursday afternoon to stock up on cases of beer. "You can't get it in Jersey anymore, so here we are then back to Jersey," said Mark Enny who flew in from New Jersey to get his hands on some Anchor Brewing Company beer.Anchor Brewing is the oldest craft brewer in the country. It announced that it's closing after years of declining...

Stolen vehicle tip leads to arrest of 3 suspected burglars at San Mateo mall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

(BCN) -- A stolen vehicle tip led to the arrest of three people who were caught trying to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a personal care and beauty store, San Mateo police said.On Tuesday afternoon, the San Mateo Police Department was alerted to a stolen Ford Mustang spotted near the Hillsdale Shopping Center. Minutes later, police located the vehicle parked at the mall and surveilled it while waiting for agents from the San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Task Force (VTTF) to arrive. SF sandwich shop owner frustrated after attack Police said they saw a man and a woman inside the car, while another woman stood outside the car talking to the occupants. The two women then left the parked vehicle and walked into a Sephora store at the mall, leaving the man alone in the car. At this point, officers converged on the Mustang and arrested the man, identified by police as 51-year-old Sekou Carson, on a robbery warrant.Shortly after that, VTTF agents entered Sephora and sa...

Orioles take solo lead of AL East with 4-3 win over Rays

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Felix Bautista, right, celebrates with catcher Adley Rutschman after the Orioles defeated the Tampa Bay Rays during a baseball game Thursday, July 20, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette)(AP/Scott Audette) Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Felix Bautista, right, celebrates with catcher Adley Rutschman after the Orioles defeated the Tampa Bay Rays during a baseball game Thursday, July 20, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette)(AP/Scott Audette) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles are looking down at the rest of the AL East — and the All-Star break is in the rearview mirror.Fun times for Colton Cowser and company.Cowser hit a sacrifice f...

Stock market today: Wall Street opens higher, heading for another weekly gain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:57 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, keeping major indexes on track for another weekly gain. The S&P 500 was up 0.4%. The Dow was up 69 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.5%. The S&P 500 is holding on to a gain of 1% for the week, and is headed for its eighth weekly gain in the last 10. More earnings reports are coming in from U.S. companies. Scholastic shot up 13.8% after the publisher reported much higher earnings than analysts were expecting. Marketing and communications company Interpublic sank 7.9% after cutting its outlook.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Europe and Asia after the latest rally on Wall Street fizzled, with big declines for Tesla, Netflix and other big tech-oriented stocks.Benchmarks rose in London, Paris and Hong Kong but fell in Frankfurt, Tokyo and Shanghai. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices also climbed. Big Tech stocks have rallied ...