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New SpongeBob dark ride attraction set for this Las Vegas resort

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

Who lives in a pineapple under The Strip?SpongeBob Squarepants, apparently, KTLA sister station KLAS reports. Circus Circus Las Vegas announced Thursday that SpongeBob’s Crazy Carnival Ride, a new attraction based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon, is coming to the resort in 2023.The attraction will be a dark ride, or a sort of ride that features automatically guided vehicles navigating through scenes that can include animatronics, vibrant lighting, and special effects. The release from Circus Circus says the $6 million ride will consist of those features, along with projections that will fully submerse riders "in the nautical nonsense of SpongeBob SquarePants.""Riders will experience the beloved and renowned SpongeBob SquarePants in a highly immersive way," said the news release from Circus Circus. "The ride starts when Mr. Krabs invites guests to try their luck at his collection of zany ride-through carnival midway games, and his arch-rival Plankton hatches an evil...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 1 action

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup. Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …Ranked teamsOrange Lutheran 35, No. 2 De La Salle 14Tied at halftime, De La Salle gave up three unanswered second-half touchdowns and lost at home against an opponent that comes from the same league that features Mater Dei and St. John Bosco. Steve Chavez was the star of stars for Orange Lutheran, rushing for three touchdowns, including one justifiably called “Beast Mode 3.0” by the junior running back’s coaches. D...

Where are California’s biggest pay raises? Look inland

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: California’s largest pay raises, geographically speaking, were concentrated away from major coastal employment hubs as 2023 started.Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the “Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages” report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The study for the 12 months ended in March included 29 California counties. It’s based on unemployment insurance data filed by bosses vs. the more closely followed monthly job reports derived from employer surveys. These quarterly numbers give a different – some say better – snapshot of job market conditions.ToplineLet’s look at the state’s largest job markets and the inland locations with the largest pay gains …San Bernardino: 8.2% wage increase to $1,135 a week for 831,500 workers, down 0.3% over 12 months.Riverside: 7.7% ...

San Francisco’s Green Goddess salad dressing — 100 years old and counting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

This is the tale of two Green Goddesses.One hundred years ago, the executive chef of San Francisco’s Palace Hotel created a salad dressing to honor noted actor George Arliss, who was staying at the hotel while performing in “The Green Goddess,” a popular stage production of the day. The dressing was rich, herbaceous and, of course, green.Today, the play is lost to history (and best left there, theater critics say) while the salad dressing has endured, a testament to its appealing flavor and versatility.In honor of that centennial, the Palace and the city of San Francisco are paying tribute to chef Philip Roemer’s deliciously tangy concoction. Forevermore, Aug. 23 will be known in San Francisco as Green Goddess Day, an official city proclamation says. And naturally, hotel officials hope to showcase this classic on the menu at the opulent Garden Court for another century.“Have you ever attended a birthday party for a salad dressing?” Angie Clifton, ...

Saratoga residents report identity theft

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

AUG. 14Commercial burglary, vandalism: Between Aug. 10 and 14, someone removed a gate and entered Congress Springs Park on Glen Brae Drive. They then broke locks of structures on the property and stole a phone and landscaping equipment valued at $2,100. The total amount of damage was about $4,500.Commercial burglary, vandalism: Someone entered the PG&E property on Glen Brae Drive overnight by removing portions of a wooden fence, then broke locks to access a container and small structure. Details of any stolen property were not provided. The total amount of damage was estimated at $5,020.Petty theft: Between 3:30 p.m. and 3:50 p.m., someone stole a backpack and a bicycle from the front yard of a residence in the 18000 block of Montpere Way for a total loss of about $560.AUG. 15Identity Theft: A Saratoga resident reported that someone used their personal information to access their benefits account and made fraudulent purchases totaling approximately $927.AUG. 16Residential burgla...

As Kevin Coster denies affair, his ‘womanizing’ was well known during first marriage, report says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

In new divorce filings, Kevin Costner and his attorneys want the public to know that he wasn’t unfaithful during his 18-year marriage to Christine Baumgartner — in contrast to reports about his first marriage to college sweetheart Cindy Silva, which ended in 1994.In fact, the final years of Costner’s marriage to Silva were plagued by “increasingly public rumors of his womanizing,” allegations of serial cheating and the movie star developing a reputation for being “a total hound” — who would “almost reflexively come on” to any woman who caught his eye, according to a November 1994 People cover story.It’s entirely possible that Costner evolved and matured with age, and he was sincere when he talked about not wanting to make the same mistakes with Baumgartner as he did in his first marriage. With regard to marriage no. 2, the 68-year-old actor and director replied “none,” when asked in court records whether h...

US shakes off slow start and tops New Zealand 99-72 in Basketball World Cup opener

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 21 points off the bench, Anthony Edwards added 14 and the U.S. shook off a slow start to beat New Zealand 99-72 on Saturday in the Basketball World Cup opener for both teams.Jaren Jackson Jr. and Austin Reaves each scored 12 for the Americans, who remained unbeaten in six games this summer — the first five of them exhibitions. This game was the first that counted for the Americans, who are trying to win the World Cup for the sixth time and erase the memory of finishing seventh in FIBA’s biggest tournament four years ago in China.It wasn’t easy for the pre-tournament favorites: Their lead was only 12 with 2:01 to go in the third before Banchero hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to give the U.S. its biggest edge of the night to that point, and the Americans kept control from there.Reuben Te Rangi led New Zealand with 15 points.New Zealand’s players performed a pregame haka — the traditional show of national pride expressed thro...

DC police officer identified who shot man after domestic violence report

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

D.C. officials have identified the police officer who critically wounded a man while responding to a reported domestic violence incident earlier this month.Officer Randall Butler shot Javier Reyes-Lopez, 34, on Thursday, Aug. 17, according to a Friday news release from deputy mayor Lindsey AppiahButler has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, per D.C. police policy.“The subject declined release of the body-worn camera footage of this incident,” Appiah said in the statement, though, at the time of the shooting, officials said police body camera would be under review.Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference that officers first “received a call for a man with a gun and potential domestic situation” at about 10 a.m. in an apartment building.Officers were called to the area of the 7400 block of Georgia Avenue Northwest after a 911 call at approximately 10:35 a.m., reporting gunfire related to the appar...

El asesinato y descuartizamiento de un comerciante en Ingeniero Budge, Argentina, fue un crimen “por codicia”

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

(CNN Español) – El asesinato de Fernando Pérez Algaba, el comerciante que fue hallado descuartizado en una valija en Ingeniero Budge, provincia de Buenos Aires, fue un crimen “premeditado, cometido entre varios, con alevosía y por codicia”, consideraron los investigadores de la Unidad Funcional de Instrucción (UFI) N°5 de Lomas de Zamora , a cargo de la causa según informó a CNN una fuente con acceso al expediente, que compartió detalles de la reconstrucción del hecho.El cuerpo de Pérez Algaba, alias “Lechuga”, de 41 años, fue hallado el 23 de julio.Por el caso hay ocho detenidos, en la causa caratulada como homicidio agravado por ser cometido mediante el uso de arma, con alevosía, por codicia y por el concurso premeditado de varias personas, según consta en el expediente de la investigación del crimen al que tuvo acceso CNN.Según la reconstrucción de los investigadores, esto es lo que sucedió:En algún momento, que no pudo ser especificado aún, entre las 6 P.M. del 18 de julio...

With drones and webcams, volunteer hunters join a new search for the mythical Loch Ness Monster

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:48 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Mystery hunters converged on a Scottish lake on Saturday to look for signs of the mythical Loch Ness Monster.The Loch Ness Center said researchers would try to seek evidence of Nessie using thermal-imaging drones, infrared cameras and a hydrophone to detect underwater sounds in the lake’s murky waters. The two-day event is being billed as the biggest survey of the lake for 50 years, and includes people from around the world watching the waters remotely on webcams.Alan McKenna of the Loch Ness Center said the aim was “to inspire a new generation of Loch Ness enthusiasts.”McKenna told BBC radio the searchers were “looking for breaks in the surface and asking volunteers to record all manner of natural behavior on the loch.”“Not every ripple or wave is a beastie. Some of those can be explained, but there are handful that cannot,” he said.The Loch Ness Center is located at the former Drumnadrochit Hotel, where the modern-day Nessie legend began. In 1933, manager Aldie Macka...