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Nationwide emergency alert test scheduled for Wednesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Cell phones, TVs and radios across the U.S. will get an alert Wednesday, Oct. 4, afternoon during a nationwide test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.FEMA will conduct the test to ensure the Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System are effective in warning the public about national emergencies.Starting about 12:20 p.m. (2:20 p.m. EST) for about 30 minutes, mobile phones with all major U.S. wireless providers within range of an active cell tower will receive the test for the Wireless Emergency Alerts part of the test.IMPORTANT: On Wednesday, Oct. 4th at 2:20 p.m. ET, there will be a nationwide emergency alert test on cell phones, wireless devices, radios, and TVs.This is a standard test that occurs at least once every three years. No action is needed.Info & FAQs: https://t.co/KKyrIr4e03 pic.twitter.com/xDW92DwcAy— FEMA (@fema) October 2, 2023Even though the test will last for about 30 minutes, phones should only receive the message once.The m...

3 Colorado ski resorts begin snowmaking operations for 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Temperatures in the 30s were widespread across the Colorado high country Tuesday morning, and snow has fallen in many locations. That means it’s time for snowmaking to begin, and at least three Colorado ski areas are doing so, in hopes of opening later this month.Arapahoe Basin began making snow on Sept. 23 while Loveland and Copper Mountain turned on the snow guns overnight Tuesday. Loveland wasn’t able to make snow last year until Oct. 12.Related ArticlesOutdoors | Colorado’s major ski resorts announce opening dates for 2023-24 season Outdoors | Here’s how the Floyd Hill project on I-70 will affect ski traffic this winter “It’s starting to look and feel like winter at Loveland,” Loveland’s chief operating officer, Rob Goodell, said in a news release. “Our snowmaking team capitalized on the cold weather, and we’re off to a great start. The forecast is calling for cold temperatures through the week, and we will make snow ...

Opinion: CU is hiring a conservative scholar. Here’s how to save it from the disaster that was John Eastman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

The University of Colorado visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy is open for hire!Want the job?  Apply here.If the new selection isn’t right, this likely should be the last. Sure, for the most part they have been good and decent people, but have you heard of any of the first 10? It’s a trick question.You’ve likely heard of the 9th person to hold the job as he, second to only one, played a lead role in potentially ruining the greatest experiment in self-rule in the history of the human race: The United States of America.Guess that should be the first interview question: Are you willing to overthrow the United States Government stopping the peaceful transition of power for the 2nd time in our history? Is that too harsh of a question for an interview question?  How ‘bout: Do you believe in pluralism or is violence sometimes necessary to achieve your political goals?Will let you be the judge on these and many other questions of whether this position is an asset or a liabil...

Bomb threat cleared at charter school in University Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Police responded to a bomb threat made against a charter school in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday morning. The threat made via telephone against New Designs Charter School was received at about 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed to KTLA.Officers were sent to the school, located at 2303 S. Figueroa Way, to determine if the threat was credible. LAPD officials cleared the scene by 10 a.m. and declared that there was no credible threat.Nancy Fontan contributed to this report.

So fetch! It's Oct. 3 and 'Mean Girls' is now on TikTok

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Get in, loser. It's Mean Girls Day and we're heading straight to TikTok to watch the 2004 pop-culture classic written by Tina Fey.Paramount Pictures announced an official "Mean Girls" TikTok account on Tuesday and now fans can watch the movie in 23 parts for free.To add to the fun, there will be a live watch party at 4:00 p.m. PST on the Paramount Pictures TikTok account.While that may not be the most ideal way to watch a movie, it offers fans a way to share the iconic clips and even use the memorable lines for their own videos. Mean Girls Day is celebrated on Oct. 3 because it's when Lindsay Lohan's character Cady Heron asks Aaron Samuels, played by Jonathan Bennett, what day it is and he responds "It's Oct. 3.""Mean Girls" starring Jonathan Bennett and Lindsay Lohan the famous Oct. 3 scene. Photo: Paramount PicturesFans of the film honor the occasion by wearing pink, the Wednesday uniform of the Plastics, played by Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert.Following...

How to watch the historic swearing in of appointed U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Laphonza Butler, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pick to be appointed to the seat of late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, is scheduled to be sworn in at noon Pacific time Tuesday on the Senate floor by Vice President Kamala Harris.The historic appointment of Butler, who will become the Senate’s only Black woman and just the third to serve as one of the chamber’s 100 members, will be broadcast on C-SPAN, the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network, and livestreamed on the Senate’s floor webcast.Related ArticlesPolitics | California’s Senate candidates vow to work with Laphonza Butler Politics | Laphonza Butler: Who is California’s newly appointed senator? Politics | Gov. Gavin Newsom picks Laphonza Butler as Feinstein’s Senate replacement Politics | What impact Sen. Feinstein’s death could have nationally Politics | Assemblymember Evan Low: Why California courts must weigh in on Trump’...

With ouster vote ahead, McCarthy says he won’t deal with Dems

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri | Associated PressWASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is confronting his hard-right critics head-on Tuesday as he faces a historic challenge to oust him from leadership, insisting he will not cut a deal with Democrats to remain in power and setting the stage for an extraordinary and unpredictable showdown on the House floor.The Republican McCarthy’s fate is deeply uncertain as he faces what’s known as a “motion to vacate” from Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, a strident critic allied with Donald Trump. It would take the support of only a handful of Republicans from his slim majority to remove McCarthy as speaker if Democrats vote in favor alongside the conservative rebels.Behind closed doors early Tuesday, McCarthy told fellow Republicans: Let’s get on with it.“If I counted how many times someone wanted to knock me out, I would have been gone a long time ago,” McCarthy said at the Capitol after a private morning...

Why enclosed outdoor cat areas, or catios, might be what you and your pet need

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Meow. It’s Whiskers, your cat. Yes, I can talk. It’s just that I usually don’t bother.However, I want to tell you about this thing I need you to do: Build me a catio on the back of your house; a catio, as you may have guessed, is a patio for cats. That’s right, it will be my domain, an outdoor space that’s screened in, to keep me safe from cars and coyotes while also protecting the unfortunate critters I might hunt.This would be a good compromise to our never-ending skirmishes where I try to escape – unfortunately, I can’t work the doorknob, no opposable thumbs, so I typically just attempt to dart out the door – and you try to keep me locked inside, don’t you?Here’s what you need to know: Catios can range from a simple windowbox cut-out to a full enclosure across one side of the house. They need to be attached to the house in some fashion and have a cat door, so I can come and go as I please. I am a cat, after all.Dana Stangel, who organized this year’s Los Angeles Catio Tour to be ...

20 loudest Disneyland rides and 20 noisiest shows — with decibel readings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Disneyland’s monorail horn is as loud as a piledriver, its railroad trains as ear-splitting as a jackhammer and the nightly fireworks more deafening than a bulldozer, according to a noise analysis conducted on behalf of the Anaheim theme park.The decibel readings for attractions, shows and parades at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are buried deep in the 17,000-page Environmental Impact Report released in mid-September by the city of Anaheim for Disney’s expansion initiative known as DisneylandForward.SEE ALSO: Disneyland theme park expansion envisions 16 rides and an outdoor showThe Disneyland resort noise analysis was conducted by Veneklasen Associates over eight days in April 2022 with a follow-up study in June 2022. The readings taken at dozens of locations throughout Disneyland and DCA near rides, shows and parades were collected to inform planning of any theme park expansion.Disney would limit noise by building sound-buffering barriers during construction and 12-foo...

No reason to go to downtown San Jose? A few thousand people beg to differ

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:24 GMT

You may have read the story over the weekend about struggling downtowns, based on a poll conducted by the Bay Area News Group and Joint Venture Silicon Valley. Seventy-nine percent of the poll respondents said they rarely or never visit downtown San Jose, with 76 percent saying the primary reason was they didn’t “have a reason to visit.”Let me offer a few suggestions. This past weekend, for example, more than 11,000 people ventured downtown to participate in the Rock N Roll Half-Marathon and its related races, a few thousand were taking in the Little Italy Festival and 49ers fans were at San Pedro Square to watch Sunday’s big victory. That’s not to mention the people who went to San Jose Symphony’s season-opening weekend performance, saw “Bald Sisters” at San Jose Stage or “Toxic” at City Lights or caught the last couple of Broadway San Jose performances of “Hadestown” at the Center for the Performing Arts.A cas...