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Chick-fil-A, McDonald's introduce new app feature that can track customers' location

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s are introducing app features that will track a customer’s location to ensure that their meal will be ready once they get to the restaurant, Insider reported.Chick-fil-A announced in May that when customers place a curbside or carryout order under the new feature, the restaurant will be alerted when the customer is close so staff can start preparing the food. Chick-fil-A is bringing back this popular menu item for a limited time “By timing a customer’s arrival with their order, we can ensure they’re getting a meal that is both fresh and served quickly,” Morgan Anderer, senior project lead on the customer digital experience team at Chick-fil-A, said in a statement.“We don’t believe our customers should have to compromise, and these new features truly balance what our restaurants do best: exceptional quality and efficient service.”Under the new feature, the app will also show customers an estimated wait time for when their order will be ready.Chick-fil-A of...

Ming-Na Wen honors writers while accepting star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

Actress Ming-Na Wen received a high honor in Tinsel Town on Tuesday morning, the 2,757th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Television category.The distinction also comes at the tail end of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.The star is located at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard, which is adjacent to the El Capitan Theatre. “Ming-Na Wen has had quite an iconic career! As Mulan, she inspired women everywhere to embrace their inner warrior,” said Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “She has always been a supporter of and has always believed in lifting female artists, especially women of color and we’re excited that we’re able to recognize her achievements on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”During the ceremony, Wen was joined by  “Joy Luck Club" costars Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom Rosalind Chao and James Hong.While accepting the honor, Wen acknowledged the current writers' strike."Without writers, there are no stories. Without writers, there would be no...

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for blood-testing hoax

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered a Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley.Holmes, 39, on Tuesday entered a federal women’s prison camp located in Bryan, Texas — where the federal judge who sentenced Holmes in November recommended she be incarcerated. The minimum-security facility is about 95 miles northwest of Houston, where Holmes grew up aspiring to become a technology visionary along the lines of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.As she begins her sentence, Holmes is leaving behind two young children — a son born in July 2021 a few weeks before the start of her trial and a 3-month old daughter who was conceived after a jury convicted her on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022.Holmes was free on bail up until Tuesday, most recently living in the San Diego area with the children's father, William “Billy” Evans. The couple met...

Colleen Caryn Martin Pronounced Dead Following Hit-and-Run Crash near Camelback Road [Phoenix, AZ]

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

54-Year-Old Woman Fatally Struck and Left Dead by Hit-and-Run Driver near 27th AvenuePHOENIX, AZ (May 30, 2023) – Tuesday night, police responded to a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of Colleen Caryn Martin.On May 16th, at around 9:30 p.m., officers received a call about a pedestrian that was fatally struck near the intersection of 27th Avenue and Camelback Road.Furthermore, officers arrived at the scene and found 54-year-old Martin lying on the highway with extreme injuries.Consequently, Martin was instantly transported to the hospital where she later died due to the extent of her injuries.Unfortunately, the officers were not able to locate the vehicle involved in the area. They are still seeking the suspect.Investigation showed that Martin crossed mid-block along Camelback Road when she was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound which later fled the scene upon impact.No information about the vehicle or the suspect was released at this time. Further investigation is ...

Jane Fonda coming to San Francisco’s Castro Theatre, but not for a movie

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

Award-winning actor Jane Fonda is coming to San Francisco’s iconic Castro Theatre this week, and while her film career is on a hot streak — she stars in three movies released so far this year, “80 for Brady,” “Moving On” and “Book Club: The Next Chapter” — her fans should know that none of these films, or any others from her storied resume, will be the focus of this event.Fonda is coming not as an actress but as an activist who has lent her efforts to a variety of issues over the years, from the antiwar movement to civil rights. Now, she’s switching gears to confront the threat of climate change.“I’m trying to talk to people about the climate crisis, and explain why we need to vote with the climate in our heart,” says Fonda. “The window of opportunity for us to avoid catastrophe is closing rapidly, and we need to act fast, so that’s why I’m coming to San Francisco.”This event comes in the wake of the two-time Oscar winner (for “Klute” and &#...

Defense: Synagogue massacre suspect carried out attack

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

By Peter Smith | Associated PressPITTSBURGH — The trial of the man charged in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history opened Tuesday with his own lawyer acknowledging that he planned and carried out the 2018 massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and made hateful statements about Jewish people.Robert Bowers went to Tree of Life synagogue and “shot every person he saw,” defense attorney Judy Clarke acknowledged in her opening statement.Bowers, 50, could face the death penalty if he’s convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces in the Oct. 27, 2018, attack, which claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from three congregations who shared the building. Charges include 11 counts each of obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death and hate crimes resulting in death.In the long run-up to the trial, Bowers’ lawyers did little to cast doubt on whether he was the gunman and instead focused on trying to save his life. Bowers, a truck driver from the Pi...

Detached house sells in Fremont for $1.9 million

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

4074 Mattos Drive – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 4000 block of Mattos Drive in Fremont was sold on April 24, 2023 for $1,875,000, or $1,047 per square foot. The house, built in 1958, has an interior space of 1,790 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage. It sits on a 9,293-square-foot lot.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:In June 2022, a 1,459-square-foot home on Corrigan Court in Fremont sold for $1,850,000, a price per square foot of $1,268. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,707-square-foot home on the 4300 block of Norris Road in Fremont sold in July 2022, for $1,710,000, a price per square foot of $1,002. The home has 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Patricia Street, Fremont, in July 2022, a 1,553-square-foot home was sold for $1,650,000, a price per square foot of $1,062. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Why Logan Webb loves therapy, and how the SF Giants have become MLB leaders in mental health

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Just down the hallway from the Giants clubhouse, about a 30-second walk away, is a tiny room about the size of a storage closet.Walk inside and the anxiety of life drips off your shoulders. There’s a dimly lit lamp, a brown leather couch, a wooden coffee table with a sandalwood tobacco candle on it and a chair where Dr. Shana Alexander sits, ready to listen.“I love talking to her,” Giants’ ace Logan Webb said of Alexander, the team’s sports psychologist and director of mental health and wellness. “It’s important to have this space.”After signing his $90-million contract extension with the Giants in April, Webb pledged $450,000 to the Giants Community Fund in hopes to raise awareness about fentanyl after it took the life of his cousin, Kade, in 2021.Since then, Webb has become an advocate for mental health. And he’s not afraid to say it: he loves therapy.“I realized I had a lot of (stuff) I needed to get out and talk about,” he said. “Shana actually mentio...

NBA Finals: Chipotle will give out free burritos, bowls after every 3-pointer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

Chipotle has come up with a way to encourage basketball fans to cheer on both the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat during the NBA Finals that start Thursday.Any time a three-pointer swishes through the net, Chipotle will drop a text-to-win code on Twitter via a tweet from @ChipotleTweets, according to the “Free-Pointer” promotion announced Tuesday. The first 300 people to text the designated code to 888222 will receive a free burrito or other entree from Chipotle.The company’s press release said it is prepared to give away up to 10,500 free entrees per game. Our quick math calculation figures that to be 35 three-pointers a game.Winners must redeem their free burrito code by June 30.For all the fine print on the promotion, go to www.chipotle.com.

Antioch resident is latest motorist to die in Highway 4 wreck

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:44:44 GMT

The fourth person to die in a vehicle crash over a three-week period on a Contra Costa County highway known for its numerous fatalities has been identified by authorities as an Antioch resident.Nykruma Haynes, 48, slammed into the rear of a car while riding his motorcycle east on Highway 4 in Pittsburg on Saturday night, the California Highway Patrol said. The wreck happened about 11:15 p.m., near the Railroad Avenue exit. Haynes died at the scene.The Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office released his identity Tuesday.The wreck was the highway’s third fatal crash since May 9, when a two-car crash killed one person and fatally injured another. It came only nine days after the last one, a westbound wreck near the Interstate 680 connector that ended the life of a 31-year-old Pittsburg man.According to the CHP, Haynes rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and collided with the back a Kia Optima. The impact threw him from the motorcycle.The CHP said the driver of the Kia wasn̵...