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Bad behavior among airline passengers soars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

Mask mandates and COVID protocols may be largely gone, but airlines are still grappling with a spike in bad behavior among passengers.An analysis by the International Air Transport Association found a 47% spike in unruly passenger incidents from 2021 to 2022. In 2022, the analysis found that one incident was reported for every 568 flights, up from one per 835 flights in 2021.Footage provided by Barrie Livingstone shows an airline passenger assaulting a flight attendant on Sept. 21, 2022.The typical examples of non-compliance were passengers smoking or vaping, failure to fasten seatbelts when instructed, not following carry-on bag rules, or passengers drinking their own alcohol on board.“The increasing trend of unruly passenger incidents is worrying,” said Conrad Clifford, IATA’s Deputy Director General. “While our professional crews are well trained to manage unruly passenger scenarios, it is unacceptable that rules in place for everyone’s safety are disobeyed by a small but persist...

Peter Binz Killed in DUI Crash on Herndon Avenue [Clovis, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

Jonathan Petty Arrested on DUI Charges after Fatal Hit-and-Run near Langley AvenueCLOVIS, CA (June 12, 2023) – Thursday night, a suspected DUI hit-and-run on Herndon Avenue claimed the life of Peter Binz.The collision happened around 7:00 p.m. along Herndon Avenue near Langley Avenue.According to the investigators, a pickup driver rear-ended a bicyclist going west on Herndon Avenue. However, the driver did not render aid to the bicyclist and immediately fled the scene.Tragically, the first responders declared the bicyclist deceased. He was identified as 33-year-old Peter Binz of Clovis.A short time later, a family member of the suspect contacted 911 and reported the suspect’s whereabouts. Police arrested the suspect at his home on North Locan Avenue, a mile and a half away from where the fatal collision happened.On Wednesday night, authorities booked 36-year-old Jonathan Petty of Clovis in jail for felony DUI, hit-and-run, and gross vehicular manslaughter.At this time, Petty i...

Elon Musk anti-trans tweets continue with views on Megan Fox and her kids

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

It shouldn’t be surprising that Elon Musk has weighed in on the social media spat between Megan Fox and Robby Starbuck over the conservative provocateur’s disputed allegations that the “Transformers” actor committed “child abuse” by forcing her three sons with Brian Austin Green to wear girl’s clothes.Musk has spent Pride Month promoting and “liking” various anti-LGBTQ messages, according to Insider, Them and TMZ. even though he has a transgender daughter who publicly disavowed her relationship with him last year. Among these messages, the Twitter CEO encouraged the parents among his 143 million followers to watch the 2022 online film, “What is a Woman?” by The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, which urges intolerance of trans people and opposes medical intervention for trans children, Insider said.BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 13: Actress Megan Fox (L) and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Gl...

6 Berkeley fires traced to lithium batteries unattended while charging

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

At least six recent fires in Berkeley have been caused by lithium-ion batteries left unattended while charging, fire officials said Friday.The battery fires involved e-skateboards, e-scooters, and at least one e-bike, the Berkeley Fire Department said in a statement.“Electric bikes, scooters, and other devices are important to building sustainable transportation in our community,” Fire Chief Dave Sprague said. “As these and other devices become an increasing part of our lives, we also want to be smart in how we use and take care of them.”Lithium batteries have the potential to overheat, short circuit, or catch fire in a chain reaction from overcharging, the department said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Officials: Fire displaces eight residents of Oakland apartment building Crime and Public Safety | Officials: Fire guts clubhouse at Lake Chabot Golf Course in Oakland Crime and Public Safety | Man found dea...

Sharks’ Marleau, Quakes’ Wondolowski headline San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

There may be no two players who are more closely associated with “San Jose professional sports” than Patrick Marleau and Chris Wondolowski.It’s fitting, then, that the two will head into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame together.Marleau and Wondolowski will be half of the four-person Class of 2023, the San Jose Sports Authority announced on Monday. They will be joined by two South Bay natives in former all-star pitcher Dave Stieb and U.S. soccer star Lorrie Fair.Marleau was the Sharks’ second overall pick in the 1997 NHL Draft (only behind future Shark teammate Joe Thornton) and immediately joined the San Jose roster at age 18. Over a 23-year career where he broke the NHL record for most games played (1,779), Marleau played for the Sharks in 21 seasons for a total of 1,607 games.Marleau was a key piece of San Jose’s surge to the top of the NHL and helped the Sharks reach their only Stanley Cup finals in 2016 with a strong postseason. Though he twice left the Sharks (once as a free a...

Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan is stepping down

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

By David Bauder | Associated PressWashington Post publisher and chief executive Fred Ryan is leaving the newspaper after nine years in charge to lead a newly formed Center on Public Civility at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the newspaper said on Monday.Ryan will be replaced on an interim basis by Patty Stonesifer, formerly chief executive of the Gates Foundation and a member of the Amazon board, newspaper owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said. Ryan will stay on for two more months, Bezos said in a memo to staff members.The Post expanded during the Trump administration, in an aggressive transition into digital. Ryan, the former CEO and a founder of Politico, oversaw the appointment of Sally Buzbee — the former Associated Press executive editor — as the Post’s top editor, replacing Marty Baron in 2021.Like many news organizations, the Post has suffered from declining audience numbers and had to lay off staff members in recent years.Ryan said that his departure, h...

First lady Jill Biden to visit Bay Area on Tuesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

By Deidre Foley | Bay City NewsFirst lady Jill Biden will visit San Francisco on Tuesday to speak at three events.Biden will speak at two receptions for her husband’s presidential campaign in the afternoon.Related: Biden, DeSantis to visit Northern California June 19 in political cosmic collisionIn the evening, she will be a featured speaker at a Giffords Law Center celebration at Pier 27 in San Francisco. The event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the gun control research and advocacy group.Related ArticlesCalifornia Politics | Brooks: This is not the time for a third party presidential candidate California Politics | Letters: Myriad solutions | Clinton effect | Measures of fitness | Biden’s experience | Federal teeth California Politics | Biden, DeSantis to visit Northern California June 19 in political cosmic collision California Politics | Opinion: Biden, Feinstein, Trump: How old is too old for our le...

‘Elemental’: Pixar’s High-tech animation tells age-old story of belonging

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

Pixar’s new movie “Elemental” presented its Emeryville-based team with one of its toughest technical challenges yet – in a history of challenging assignments — anthropomorphizing those nebulous classical elements of nature: fire, water, air and earth.But it was even harder than that. The staff then had to do the bulk of the painstaking character creation during the COVID-19 shutdown.“It was honestly not till late last year that frankly I was (like) OK, we can get it done,” said producer Denise Ream.But while it was an intense feature to pull off due to various reasons, it was also of primary importance for director and co-writer Peter Sohn and Ream to get the details right and reflect the large diversity of the immigrant experience.Yes, you read that right. A story about classical elements of nature reflects on immigration and the struggle to feel like you belong.It starts with the fantastical realm of Element City, a bustling and vibrant place where an anger-prone fire elemen...

East Bay man sentenced to life for murder of Safeway worker

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

A Martinez man has been sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of a Safeway delivery worker in American Canyon in 2020, the Napa County District Attorney’s office said Friday.Nathan Garza, 18, of Fairfield (Courtesy photo) Christopher “Roly” Young, 26, was convicted of first-degree murder on May 11 for killing Nathan Gabriel Garza, 18, of Fairfield.Garza was shot twice in the back on Aug. 16, 2020, while fulfilling curbside delivery orders at Safeway in American Canyon, according to the prosecutor.The shots were fired from a Cadillac sedan later found abandoned nearby on Cattail Drive, the district attorney’s office said.Napa County Sheriff’s deputies captured Young after receiving reports of a man hopping fences and entering the back yards of neighborhood homes, prosecutors said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Police standoff near BART Coliseum station after suspect rams police car Crime and Public Safety | ...

Cruise addresses self-driving vehicle criticism after Mission District shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:42 GMT

(KRON) -- A Cruise vehicle was spotted near the chaos of the emergency response to the Mission District mass shooting on Friday night, and the self-driving vehicle company spoke out about the incident on Twitter. One teenager dead, six other people injured in Antioch birthday party shooting Cruise faced criticism on social media over the weekend after some users claimed the company's vehicle prevented emergency responders from getting to the scene. However, Cruise says that's not what happened. The car stopped as it approached the emergency scene, and then made a u-turn before pulling over, Cruise said. "Throughout this time, all vehicles, including emergency response vehicles, were able to proceed around our car," the company wrote on Twitter. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; ...