[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta Back in the early 1990s growing up in Tulare County, Eshom and Ian Nelms would raid their local Woodlake video store and voraciously devour its stock of movies. "We were always attracted to films like 'Army of Darkness,' " said Eshom of Sam Raimi's genre mash-up...
Valley GOP Assemblymen, State Senator Defend Attending Maui Conference
[aggregation-styles] Politico Three lawmakers from the Valley acknowledged Wednesday they flew to a conference at a luxury Maui resort despite a troubling surge in Covid-19 cases, but they tried to flip the script by embracing their decision as consistent with their support for more business activities during the pandemic. Assembly...
Heavy Snow, High Winds Battering Tahoe from Latest Storm
[aggregation-styles] CBS Bay Area The winter storm front that brought rain to the San Francisco Bay Area was triggering high winds, slow travel and as much as a foot of new snow in the Lake Tahoe region on Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for...
Sexbots for Older Disabled Adults? Researcher Says It’s ‘Nothing to Be Ashamed of’
[aggregation-styles] KIRO 7 Subscription SEATTLE — As social isolation continues to be a problem for those with disabilities ages 65 and older, a University of Washington professor is considering how robots could be developed to provide senior citizens welcome companionship and even sexual fulfillment. Nancy Jecker, professor of bioethics and...
LA County Officials To Enact Business Curfew, Other Restrictions on Friday Amid ‘Dangerous Point’ in COVID Pandemic
[aggregation-styles] KABC LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County is set enact more restrictive health guidelines on Friday, including a business curfew that will require restaurants, wineries, breweries and other non-essential businesses to close at 10 p.m. daily, officials said. Outdoor gatherings will be...
Homes Across the Valley Already Lit Up with Holiday Decorations
[aggregation-styles] ABC30 All around the Valley, many homes were already lit up for the holidays - long before Thanksgiving. Travis Steffe of ABC Windows and Lighting has noticed people want their lights up earlier this year to brighten their mood. Steffe said, "Yeah, I've definitely heard that quite a few...
California Could Lose Congressional Seat in LA Area
[aggregation-styles] San Francisco Chronicle Subscription While California is likely to lose at least one of its 53 congressional seats when the 2020 census is complete, the Bay Area probably won’t take the hit. “The Bay Area and Riverside County are the two fastest-growing areas in the state,” said Doug Johnson,...
No Denying The Evidence: Restaurants And Bars Are Helping Spread COVID-19
[aggregation-styles] Forbes The hospitality sector’s protests around the world over bans on their activities, limiting them at best to selling takeout, contrasts with the scientific evidence: well-meaning restaurant and bar owners insist they have complied scrupulously with health and safety measures, but there is no getting away from the fact...
Will ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden Bail Out California’s Troubled Bullet Train? Don’t Bet on It
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times Subscription President-elect Joe Biden is a self-professed train fanatic who estimates that he has ridden more than 2 million miles on 16,000 trains. This fall, he rode the rails to campaign across Ohio and Pennsylvania, part of the “Build Back Better” train tour. For months, some...
‘Monster Wolf’ Robots Aim to Scare Bears in Japan
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription The wild bears were becoming more than a nuisance, lumbering into a small Japanese city on the northern island of Hokkaido in search of food and increasing the risk of deadly encounters with humans. As bear sightings, and the danger, increased, officials in the...