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WHO R U: What your license plate number could tell other drivers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - For over one hundred years, our cars have had license plates. While it’s obvious personalized license plates can help you tell those around you a bit about yourself (unless your state rejected your idea), your standard-issued plate may carry an equally understandable message. A regular license plate will typically come with a combination of letters and numbers. In Wisconsin, new plates have three letters and four numbers (it used to be three and three, until all combinations were exhausted) In California, standard plates follow a certain pattern: number, three letters, then three numbers. The state is on its last sequence, which begins with 9, and expects to run out of combinations in 2027, a spokesperson tells Nexstar. Mostly, the only information you’ll be able to garner from a standard-issued license plate is how old it is. Many states, like Wisconsin and California, are cycling through sequences.  Hobby Lobby doesn’t use barcodes: Here’s their explan...

Memorial Day weekend marks return of free Monterey Trolley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

By Bay City NewsThe Monterey Trolley is rolling again.Monterey-Salinas Transit started free trolley service around the City of Monterey for the summer season on Saturday.The trackless trolley will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Labor Day.MST spokesperson Ikuyo Yoneda-Lopez said the trolley is recognizable because of its distinct bells and is beloved by tourists and locals alike.“[It’s] a great way to avoid parking, congestion, traffic, and kind of help our environment,” Yoneda-Lopez said.Related ArticlesLocal News | Coroner IDs man and woman killed in Highway 1 crash near Castroville Local News | Trial scheduled for East Bay siblings linked to 2021 killing of 19-year-old Carmel woman Local News | Southern Big Sur coast is about to reopen. Here’s where you’ll be able to reach on Hwy. 1 Local News | More than 60 migrant families found living in dilapidated greenhouse in rural Monterey County Local Ne...

Dublin man charged with altering computer data of former employer after losing his job

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

A Dublin man was arrested Friday after being charged with a felony for allegedly altering employee data of a medical company where he worked after he was to be let go from his job, according to federal officials.Vamsikrishna Naganathanahall, 47, appeared in federal court in Oakland on Friday following his indictment by a federal grand jury earlier this month.According to the indictment, Naganathanahalli improperly accessed the computer system of Emeryville-based Vituity to overwrite hiring and payroll data for thousands of current and former employees.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Woman robbed at gunpoint near UC Berkeley campus Friday night Crime and Public Safety | Letters: Oakland leadership | Lee’s critique | Let Feinstein stay | AI’s limits Crime and Public Safety | Letters: Cut waste | Grand jury | Affordable housing | Ethnic studies | Serious on climate Crime and Public Safety | A polite man wa...

Post Malone rocks BottleRock Napa, yet these 2 acts were even better

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

BottleRock Napa Valley kicked off year 10 in a big way on Friday (May 26), throwing a party for 40,000 music lovers and delivering a soundtrack that included current hitmakers like Post Malone, classic acts such as the Smashing Pumpkins and too many up-and-coming artists to even try and mention in this already unwieldly opening sentence.Attendees rejoiced in the relatively mild weather as they took in some 10 hours of music on a half dozen stages, while eating and drinking to their hearts’ content from dozens upon dozens of vendors onsite at the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa.The festival, which got its start in 2013 and has taken place every year except for 2020 (due to the COVID-19), continues through Sunday with such big-name talents as Wu-Tang Clan, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Lil Nas X and the National.The crowd’s focus on Day One was squarely on Post Malone, the multiplatinum-selling pop artist known for “Rockstar,” “Circles&...

3 meerkat pups born at Smithsonian National Zoo, a first in 16 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

Three meerkats were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C. earlier this month, an event the zoo hasn’t seen for 16 years.When keepers at the zoo’s Small Mammal House came into work on May 10, a news release said they found that Sadie, a 5-year-old meerkat, had given birth to the pups overnight.It was Sadie’s first time giving birth, while the pups’ 6-year-old father Frankie had previously reproduced at the Los Angeles Zoo in California, according to the zoo.In their natural habitat, meerkat pups stay underground for about three weeks. Though the animals’ enclosure at the zoo has a tubing system to allow meerkats to burrow — Sadie took a different approach.“The day Sadie gave birth, she surprised keepers by bringing her pups into the main exhibit space,” a news release from the zoo said.Sadie, her sister Stella, and Frankie all came to the zoo in November 2022. ...

Verstappen takes pole for Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Alonso as Perez crashes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

MONACO (AP) — Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen produced a superb final lap to take pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday and deny Aston Martin veteran Fernando Alonso his first pole in 11 years.Verstappen called his first pole at Monaco “very lovely” but there was nothing to cheer for his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez as last year’s race winner crashed early in qualifying.Alpine’s Esteban Ocon surprisingly led near the end of the session before the 41-year-old Alonso moved back to the top as he chased a first pole since the German GP in 2012, when he was with Ferrari.But Verstappen had other ideas as he brushed the walls of the sinewy street circuit to beat Alonso’s time by just 0.084 seconds and clinch his fourth pole of the season and 23rd of his career.“I knew this weekend it was going to be tight,” the 25-year-old Verstappen said. “I definitely pushed a bit harder.”Alonso walked over to Verstappen and shook his hand after a tigh...

Bayern Munich wins record-extending 11th consecutive Bundesliga title

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Jamal Musiala scored in the 89th minute to fire Bayern Munich to the Bundesliga title with a 2-1 victory in Cologne after Borussia Dortmund could only draw on the final day of the season.Dortmund, which was leading by two points before the last round, was held 2-2 at home by Mainz on Saturday, allowing Bayern to finish in first place because of its better goal difference.Dortmund needed to win to be sure of ending Bayern’s 10-year reign as champion.It’s just the third time Bayern managed to jump to first place on the last day of the season after it edged Werder Bremen to the title in 1986 and Bayer Leverkusen in 2000.Dortmund fans were celebrating when Cologne’s Dejan Ljubicic scored a penalty in the 81st minute against Bayern – which needed to win – but Musiala came on as a substitute four minutes later and scored four minutes after that to send the title Bayern’s way.Dortmund had started in pole position, but Sébastien Haller had a first-half penalty saved after Andr...

Man arrested in fatal road rage shooting in Aurora

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- A man was arrested Friday night in connection to a fatal shooting that happened May 1, according to the Aurora Police Department.Arturo Moreno Torres, 28, of Denver was arrested on a first-degree murder charge. Police originally responded to an Aurora hospital after a man arrived suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The 28-year-old victim was rushed to surgery but died from his injuries. 21-year-old woman arrested in killing near 7-Eleven The victim's vehicle had several bullet holes, and the crime was connected to a shots fired call in the 13100 block of East 13th Place.Detectives learned that the incident started as a road rage incident and that Torres did not know the victim.The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information was asked to contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

Motorcyclist killed in Aurora crash Saturday morning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Police in Aurora investigated a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle Saturday morning.The crash was at the intersection of East Smith Road and Chambers Road.The rider of the motorcycle died, and it was unknown if there were any additional injuries.The east and westbound lanes of East Smith Road were closed between Airport Boulevard and Chambers Road after the crash.The roadway was expected to be closed for an extended time.

Aurora hosts event to remember Colorado veterans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:25 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) - Veterans, alongside those currently serving our country, kicked off Memorial Day weekend at the Colorado Freedom Memorial’s 10th-anniversary commemoration ceremony "Colorado Remembers.""We need to remember those veterans who died so we could enjoy the freedoms like we hear this Memorial Day weekend," Rick Crandall, executive director of the Colorado Freedom Memorial Foundation said.  The event, presented by the City of Aurora and the Colorado Freedom Memorial Foundation, honors generations of Colorado’s fallen veterans, as well as those still serving today.  Colorado cities best in nation for cyclists "Out of the 6,200 names on here, nearly 4,000 of those in wars -- their bodies never returned so there is no grave site for their families until their names showed up on here," Crandall said. According to Crandall, during the event there were military displays by History Colorado, the Military Vehicle Collectors Club of Colorado and personal...