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Woman walking on California beach makes ancient discovery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

APTOS, Calif. (AP) — A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon.But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media blitz and a kind-hearted jogger to find it again.Jennifer Schuh found the foot-long (.30-meter) tooth sticking out of the sand on Friday at the mouth of Aptos Creek on Rio Del Mar State Beach, located off Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County on California's central coast. No selfie control? Woman caught taking risky photo with bison “I was on one side of the creek and this lady was talking to me on the other side and she said what’s that at your feet,” Schuh recounted. “It looked kind of weird, like burnt almost.”Schuh wasn't sure what she had found. So she snapped some photos and posted them on Facebook, asking for help.The answer came from Wayne Thompson, paleontology collections advisor for the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.Thompson determined that the obje...

Help sought in search for missing teen in Lancaster

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

Detectives are asking the public for help Friday in their search for a teenager who was last seen in the city of Lancaster. Melanie Izabella Cardenas is seen in an image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Melanie Izabella Cardenas is 15 years old and was last seen around 8 a.m. Thursday in the 44700 block of 32 Street West, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.A Sheriff's Department bulletin described Melanie as "at risk" but did not give further details about her disappearance. Melanie was described as a Hispanic female standing 5 feet tall and weighing about 100 pounds. She has brown shoulder-length hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a gray sweater, blue pants, white shoes and a red backpack. Her family is concerned for her well-being. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lancaster Detective Bureau at 661-948-8466 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

Tizane Digs Grande

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

Tizane Digs Grande: 21-year-old rocker Tizane told us about her Ariana Grande experience.My all-time favourite gig? Hmmm…Well I suppose based on the ‘First cut is always the deepest theory’, I would have to say Ariana Grande at Koko, Camden [London] in 2018.I was 16 and AG was my entrée artist. They were running a comp on Capital Radio which involved having to listen over several days. The prize was to attend an intimate showcase style gig with Ariana, which lo and behold I actually won. When the guy announced my name I all but screamed the house down, I was in such a state of shock I nearly had a serious anxiety attack.None the more I went, and it was so magical, really intimate.  There was hardly anybody there at all and she just chatted to us and performed acoustic versions of her songs. Life changer! I really must thank Ariana for inspiring me to follow in her footsteps and become a musician myself.’Tizane Digs Grande: Tizane’s Forever is Nothing album is out June 23...

Can CBD Tame Tobacco Cravings?- New Studies On How CBD May Affect Cigarette Addiction

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

To read the original article about New Studies On How CBD May Affect Cigarette Addiction at Real Tested CBD.It’s getting more common to see CBD being sold as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes. You may have already seen “CBD hemp cigarettes” in gas stations, convenience stores, or online shops. People who visit hemp dispensaries or e-commerce sites have also probably seen CBD pre-rolls and vape juices.While these CBD products may look similar to nicotine-containing items, they are full of cannabinoid-rich hemp rather than tobacco. Interestingly, many smokers believe using CBD hemp instead of tobacco will provide them with a “healthy” way to combat their cravings. Recent surveys suggest that 24 percent of Americans who use CBD do so to help get rid of their smoking habit. Even more impressive, over 40 percent of former smokers now use CBD instead of tobacco products.However, just because people claim CBD helps with nicotine addiction doesn’t mean it’s genuinely effective…righ...

Man burned wife’s car after hit-and-run that killed 12-year-old girl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — Warrants indicate a husband and wife burned their car to hide evidence after a hit-and-run that killed a child on Hillsborough Street last November.Raleigh police on Thursday announced the arrests of Blanca Iris de Mari Escobar-Roblero, 27, and Wilmer Morales-Roblero, 26, both of Cary, following a months-long effort to find the driver who hit and killed 12-year-old Samantha Briggs.On Nov. 25 around 7:30 p.m., Briggs was attempting to cross the road in the 6500 block of Hillsborough St., between Cary and Raleigh, when she was hit and killed by a car that fled the scene.The crash was the day after Thanksgiving, which was also Briggs’ birthday.Escobar-Roblero, identified in warrants as the driver, was charged with felony hit-and-run and obstructing justice. According to warrants, she called her husband, Morales-Roblero, after the crash. He was charged with accessory after the fact and obstructing justice.According to warrants, Morales-Roblero drove his ...

25+ Bay Area Juneteenth celebrations for 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

Every year, communities gather together in honor of Juneteenth, otherwise known as “Freedom Day,” with celebrations of Black culture and heritage. Here’s a sampling of ways you can spend this holiday in the Bay.Juneteenth at Oakland First Fridays: 5 to 9 p.m. June 2, 2633 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Join the community of Oakland in the celebration of freedom and inclusion through art, music, and dance, and browse the food, drinks and merchandise stalls. Free admission. bit.ly/FirstFridaysJuneteenthJuneteenth – Living It, Learning It, Loving It!: 3 p.m. June 4, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. Join educator, speaker and radio personality Faith Alpher as she shares insights about Juneteenth and why we all can love it and learn from it. Celebrate and elevate as Faith shares history through humor and storytelling. Free. bit.ly/BankheadJuneteenthJuneteenth on the Waterfront: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 10, Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza, San Francisco. Kick o...

Growing climate tech firms need engineers — but also sales and HR pros

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

By Nathaniel Bullard | BloombergSince the start of 2023, more than 700 tech companies around the world have laid off a total of almost 200,000 employees. Tech employment in the US, however, was as of late March still about 7% above its level before the pandemic. And for tech workers who want to put their skills to use outside their traditional fields, climate companies are hiring across the board.Global hiring and networking site Climatebase has posted more than 46,000 jobs from over 1,500 organizations (both for- and not-for-profit) over the past two years. Certainly, highly technical jobs related to the science of climate mitigation and adaptation are in high demand. But so too are roles familiar from any global business. It is mostly these roles that climate tech firms seek to fill, according to data that Climatebase shared with Bloomberg Green.RELATED: Facebook owner chops more than 1,500 Bay Area jobs as tech layoffs soarAcross all the job postings shared on the site from Jan. ...

NorCal regionals: Live Oak rolls to D-V softball final; Hillsdale loses baseball heartbreaker

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

SoftballDivision VLive Oak 10, Los Molinos 0Live Oak overpowered Los Molinos in a five-inning mercy-rule game on Thursday to advance to the Division V final.The Acorns scored four runs in the first, five in the third and one in the fifth to dispatch visiting Los Molinos.Live Oak had eight hits and benefited from six Los Molinos errors.Dre DeJesus started the scoring with a first-inning single that drove in two runs, and then freshman Ava Chapman belted a home run to left to make it 3-0.Senior Bela Panuco launched the ball over the left field wall to drive in another run a few batters later.Chapman was 2 for 2 with an RBI, and outfielders Jasmine Mixco and Olivia Mixco each had two hits for the Acorns.Catcher Mara DiFrancesco had two RBIs, and Panuco and Jasmine Mixco each scored two runs.Hailey Nguyen and Maya Lamar combined for nine strikeouts in the circle. Live Oak, which improved to 14-11, will play host to North Salinas in the final on Saturday at 4 p.m.Division IIIPonderosa 7,...

The do’s and don’ts of legal and safe lane splitting: Roadshow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

Q: Lane splitting is technically legal for motorcyclists in California, but the way it is done is often not legal. Problems include lane splitting above 30 mph, using no signal, making unsafe lane changes, following too close, and lane splitting more than 10 mph faster than cars they are passing. Many motorcyclists have no plates or no visible plates, no Class M driver’s license, no insurance, etc.I know what I am talking about. I’m retired from law enforcement and am a private investigator. I have dealt with these people. They are not people who do things by the rules and do not care about others. It is too bad the CHP does not stop and cite/arrest/tow more of them.Doug, Walnut CreekA: The big issue for me is motorcyclists who lane split at high speed.Q: The intersection of Foothill Expressway and Magdalena/Springer looks like a war zone, with easily 50 potholes on Foothill in the area right around the intersection. They filled two potholes a year ago, and left the rest...

'Ebony Alert' bill resolution adopted by Oakland City Council

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:09:24 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- The Oakland City Council unanimously adopted a resolution in support of California State Senate Assembly Bill 673, or the Ebony Alert Bill, which would establish a notification system, similar to an Amber Alert, to address the deficit in attention given to Black children and women that are missing in California.Oakland Councilmember Treva Reid brought the resolution. She says there are currently 1,500 people reported missing in Oakland."We make up 24 percent of Oakland's population. Yet, that disturbing number of 60 percent of missing persons. We should all be outraged," said Reid. "400 of those missing persons are Black women." Alameda County judge robbed at gunpoint in Oakland: sheriff SB-673 would encourage, but not require, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems to cooperate with disseminating timely, accurate information to engage the public and the media on the information contained in an Ebony Alert.Nola Brantley is the CEO of Nola ...