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Disneyland resets Oogie Boogie Bash ticket launch after epic tech failure

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

Disneyland die-hards frustrated by a massive technical meltdown during the Oogie Boogie Bash launch last week finally know when they will be able to buy tickets to the annual Halloween event that often sells out quickly.Oogie Boogie Bash ticket sales for 25 select nights in September and October at Disney California Adventure will resume on Tuesday, July 11 no earlier than 9 a.m., according to the Disneyland website.“We sincerely apologize for the technical issues we experienced last week that may have impacted your ability to purchase tickets,” according to the Disneyland website.SEE ALSO: Disneyland crews install ‘Big Hero 6’ towers on San Fransokyo bridge — See photosThe massive technical failure that sent Disneyland’s IT team scrambling to find a solution last week forced the Anaheim theme park to press pause on Oogie Boogie Bash ticket sales for a week until the problems could be fixed.Tickets for the after-hours, separate admission event went on sale to Magic Keyholders on Jun...

Coach Marleau: San Jose Sharks icon starts a new chapter with NHL team

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

SAN JOSE – The main part of practice was over but winger Kasper Halttunen stayed on the ice for some extra instruction, doing drills with three former NHL players-turned-coaches on what was the second day of the Sharks development camp.Several minutes after he left the ice, Halttunen, taken by the Sharks in the second round of the NHL Draft last week, still couldn’t quite believe one of those coaches was the league’s all-time leader in games played, Patrick Marleau.“When I was a kid, I watched him play on TV,” the 18-year-old Halttunen said of Marleau on Wednesday at Sharks Ice. “Of course, he is one of the biggest icons who has ever played this game. It was kind of a dream come true to work with him. It was awesome.”Marleau was back on that familiar sheet of ice this week, the one he practiced on for over 20 years as he became the Sharks’ all-time leader in games played, goals, and points. But instead of wearing shoulder pads Marleau, 43, was wearing a black tracksuit and a teal ca...

Dust Bowl Brewing opens in Livermore with barbecue and ‘smoothie beers’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

Dust Bowl Brewing Co., named brewery of the year in the 2022 California State Fair’s commercial craft beer competition, has opened its fourth location, this time in Livermore.The new taproom at 3034 W. Jack London Blvd. continues the Turlock-based brewery’s recent streak of sudsy success. Aside from the “brewery of the year” honorific, in that same competition it won gold medals for three of its beers: Taco Truck Lager, Hobo Pilsner and California Golden Ale.Dust Bowl Brewing, maker of award-winning beers, has opened a new taproom Livermore with barbecue, live music and “smoothie beers.” (Dust Bowl Brewing/Marilyn Days Photography) “Expanding our satellite taproom locations is a key strategy to our growth, but more importantly, we just really enjoy creating cool spaces for beer fans to immerse themselves in the Dust Bowl brand,” said owner Brett Honore.The Livermore space has a 30-tap tower for beers and seltzers and fridges for cans and bottles to take home. ...

Lam Research chops East Bay jobs as tech layoffs mount in Bay Area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

LIVERMORE — Lam Research has chopped well over 500 Bay Area jobs this year after disclosing fresh East Bay layoffs that have cut the company’s workforce and produced a grim new milestone for the tech sector.Tech companies have now revealed plans over the last year and a half to cut well over 25,000 jobs in the Bay Area, including more than 15,000 this year alone, according to this news organization’s analysis of official filings with the state’s labor agency.In its latest revelation of layoffs to state officials, Lam Research reported a plan to eliminate 161 jobs in Alameda County amid a semiconductor sector slowdown.Lam Research intends to cut 155 jobs in Livermore and another six positions in Fremont, where the tech titan operates its headquarters, according to documents the company sent to the state Employment Development Department.During multiple layoff rounds this year, Lam Research has told the state EDD that it has decided to cut 561 jobs in the Bay A...

Depression after traumatic brain injury may not be the same as depression from other causes: study

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

A new study suggests that depression after traumatic brain injury may not be the same as depression related to other causes, according to researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.The study of 273 people found that brain circuits associated with depression were different between people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and those without TBI.“Our findings help explain how the physical trauma to specific brain circuits can lead to development of depression,” said study leader Shan Siddiqi, of the Brigham’s Department of Psychiatry and Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics.“If we’re right, it means that we should be treating depression after TBI like a distinct disease,” Siddiqi added. “Many clinicians have suspected that this is a clinically distinct disorder with a unique pattern of symptoms and unique treatment response, including poor response to conventional antidepressants — but until now, we didn’t have clear physiological evidence to prove this.”The study included 273 adult...

Chipotle’s Pizzeria Locale closing all locations, dissolving the business

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

Pizzeria Locale, once a promising and popular joint venture between a local restaurant group and the Chipotle chain, announced Wednesday that it will close its remaining locations.“We have made the decision to close all five Pizzeria Locale restaurants on July 10 and dissolve the business,” Chipotle chief corporate affairs officer Laurie Schalow said in a statement. “Impacted employees have been extended employment opportunities at Chipotle restaurants in the Denver area.”The move, first reported by Westword, comes six months after Pizzeria Locale founders Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson separated their original location, a sit-down restaurant at 1738 Pearl St. in Boulder, from Pizzeria Locale’s fast-casual spots, by rebranding it as Pizzeria Alberico.Stuckey and Mackinnon-Patterson, who are also behind Frasca, Tavernetta and Sunday Vinyl, founded Pizzeria Locale in 2010 and struck up a partnership with Chipotle in 2013. The goal at the time was to rapidly expand in a ...

Warrant issued for suspect in fatal Richmond hit-and-run

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

RICHMOND — Investigators have identified a suspect and secured an arrest warrant for a driver they believe fatally hit a bicyclist last week on Richmond Parkway, police said.Authorities identified the bicyclist as 60-year-old David Sexton, of San Francisco. He was dead when officers arrived to the Richmond Parkway at Goodrick Avenue about 10 p.m. July 1.Richmond police spokesperson Sgt. Donald Patchin said the vehicle that hit the bicyclist kept going after the collision. Authorities have obtained a arrest warrant for a felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter, he said.Witness statements after the crash allowed investigators to identify the vehicle. Patchin said they later found it abandoned in San Pablo with damage matching the suspect vehicle as described by witnesses.“We know that speed is a factor in this,” Patchin said. “It is unknown whether alcohol or drugs were a factor.”Police did not give any information about the vehicle or identify the ...

Silicon Valley startup’s flying car prototype just got an airworthiness certificate from the FAA

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

New York — The Federal Aviation Administration has certified for testing a vehicle that a San Mateo, California startup describes as a flying car — the first fully electric vehicle that can both fly and travel on roads to receive US government approval.Alef Automotive said that its vehicle/aircraft, dubbed the “Model A,” is the first flying vehicle that is drivable on public roads and able to park like a normal car. It also has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. It apparently will be able to carry one or two occupants and will have a road-range of 200 miles and a flying range of 110 miles.The company expects to sell the vehicle for $300,000 each with the first delivery by projected for the end of 2025.The FAA confirmed that it has issued the company a special airworthiness certificate, allowing for limited purposes that include exhibition, research and development.Numerous companies are working on all-electric VTOLs, which stands for vehicle takeoff and landing aircraft. The...

Rep. Schiff, censured by GOP, raises $8.1 million for senate race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

By Michael R. Blood | Associated PressLOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff’s Senate campaign said Wednesday that the California Democrat had raised $8.1 million over the past three months, a period that includes his recent censure by the Republican-led House.His team said that was a record for a Senate campaign for the April-through-June quarter of a year in which an election is not taking place. The 2024 race is to fill the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.However, federal records show that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s main campaign committee raised over $11 million in the second quarter of 2021, a year when he was not facing reelection.Schiff’s campaign said in the announcement that the $8.1 million amount represented “the most any Senate campaign nationwide has raised in Q2 of an off-cycle year, ever.” Campaign communications director Marisol Samayoa said in an email the “record” amount referred to fundraising in open S...

Parolee arrested in connection to daytime shooting in downtown San Rafael

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

(KRON) -- A 31-year-old San Rafael man who was already on parole was arrested last week in connection to a daytime shooting in downtown San Rafael, the San Rafael Police Department said. Marco Antonio Gramajo was arrested on Thursday, June 29 at his home on the 100 block of Andersen Drive in San Rafael.The arrest stemmed from incidents that began around 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24. San Rafael PD officers responded to 911 calls about a fight near Fourth and D streets in downtown San Rafael. At the scene, officers were unable to locate a fight. Cruise ship visibly damaged after hitting SF pier while docking However, a short while later, an officer driving on Fourth was waived down by someone who had witnessed the fight. The witness told the officer that a suspect involved in the fight, later identified as Gramajo, had fired a gun at a victim who was no longer on the scene. The officer investigated where the witness said the shooting occurred and found a spent shell casing and an int...