Day: February 19, 2021

Q. Dear Honk: We were thrilled when my father-in-law allowed his driver’s license to expire on his 95th birthday last year. Then we found out he needs a current ID to have necessary documents notarized. Oops! And apparently obtaining a California-issued ID with an expired license can only be done in person, and before we…

Linehaul truck drivers with a Class A driver’s license are eligible for a $5,000 sign-on bonus in a new hiring round by Old Dominion Freight Line. An in-person job fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 looks to hire 30 employees at Old Dominion’s Bloomington service center. Truck drivers with Old Dominion…

By Kate Sullivan and Allie Malloy | CNN President Joe Biden said on Friday that he plans to travel to Texas but does not want a presidential trip to put any additional strain on a state grappling with an extreme weather crisis. “The answer is yes,” Biden said when asked if he would travel to…

Justin Turner certainly felt wanted. “The fans all offseason have been reaching out through social media, encouraging me to come back, expressing their desire for me to come back and the support has been unbelievably overwhelming,” Turner said from Camelback Ranch Friday, four days before the Dodgers’ first full-squad workout is scheduled. “My wife and…

Guard Hannah Stines, a first-team All-County selection at Troy High last season, has enrolled at Orangewood Academy, Spartans girls basketball coach Leslie Aragon confirmed Thursday, Feb. 18. The versatile, 5-foot-10 junior helped the Warriors finish as the CIF-SS Division 1 runner-up to Harvard-Westlake in 2020 by averaging a team-high 13.3 points. Stines also paced the…

A dedicated annual pass entrance under consideration for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure could speed passholders into the Anaheim theme parks or create a bottleneck of die-hard fans clamoring to get through the gates. Disneyland is considering creating a dedicated entrance for annual passholders, according to passholder surveys conducted by Disney. Sign up for our…

A dedicated annual pass entrance under consideration for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure could speed passholders into the Anaheim theme parks or create a bottleneck of die-hard fans clamoring to get through the gates. Disneyland is considering creating a dedicated entrance for annual passholders, according to passholder surveys conducted by Disney. Sign up for our…

A dedicated annual pass entrance under consideration for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure could speed passholders into the Anaheim theme parks or create a bottleneck of die-hard fans clamoring to get through the gates. Disneyland is considering creating a dedicated entrance for annual passholders, according to passholder surveys conducted by Disney. Sign up for our…

There is new hope for many athletes, coaches and fans who had been worried that COVID-19 would wipe out most of high school sports this school year. New hope, but also some new concerns. The California Department of Public Health on Friday, Feb. 19 issued revised guidelines for youth and high school sports, making them…

MELBOURNE, Australia — Whether or not Naomi Osaka claims the Australian Open championship – and make no mistake, she will be expected to win – this much seems certain: Tennis has a new dominant force. Sure, it’s clearly possible that Osaka could be beaten by the 22nd-seeded American Jennifer Brady in the title match at…

High school athletes in Southern California might get news Friday, Feb. 19 they have been waiting for – an announcement from Gov. Gavin Newsom that the state’s restrictions on youth sports are being scaled down. There was a report by the Bay Area News Group on Thursday that leaders from the Golden State High School…

By JILL LAWLESS | Associated Press LONDON — Buckingham Palace confirmed Friday that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will not be returning to royal duties, and Harry will give up his honorary military titles — a decision that makes formal, and final, the couple’s split from the royal family. When Harry and Meghan stepped…

Not long after I first started at HubSpot, I was welcomed with a fresh pair of orange, noise-canceling headphones. At the time, I had no clue that these headphones would carry me through many long work days and some of the deepest, darkest levels of writer’s block. Over three years later, they are truly the…

Q. Dear Honk: We were thrilled when my father-in-law allowed his driver’s license to expire on his 95th birthday last year. Then we found out he needs a current ID to have necessary documents notarized. Oops! And apparently obtaining a California-issued ID with an expired license can only be done in person, and before we…

Guard Hannah Stines, a first-team All-County selection at Troy High last season, has enrolled at Orangewood Academy, Spartans girls basketball coach Leslie Aragon confirmed Thursday, Feb. 18. The versatile, 5-foot-10 junior helped the Warriors finish as the CIF-SS Division 1 runner-up to Harvard-Westlake in 2020 by averaging a team-high 13.3 points. Stines also paced the…

MELBOURNE, Australia — Whether or not Naomi Osaka claims the Australian Open championship – and make no mistake, she will be expected to win – this much seems certain: Tennis has a new dominant force. Sure, it’s clearly possible that Osaka could be beaten by the 22nd-seeded American Jennifer Brady in the title match at…

High school athletes in Southern California might get news Friday, Feb. 19 they have been waiting for – an announcement from Gov. Gavin Newsom that the state’s restrictions on youth sports are being scaled down. There was a report by the Bay Area News Group on Thursday that leaders from the Golden State High School…

By JILL LAWLESS | Associated Press LONDON — Buckingham Palace confirmed Friday that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will not be returning to royal duties, and Harry will give up his honorary military titles — a decision that makes formal, and final, the couple’s split from the royal family. When Harry and Meghan stepped…

A civil rights clinic at UC Irvine Law School is seeking a restraining order to stop Orange County prosecutors from coercing low-level defendants into forfeiting their DNA to a one-of-a-kind local database. A lawsuit filed this week against District Attorney Todd Spitzer alleges the DNA collection from misdemeanor defendants is illegal and, with its $110…

Having Personal Hotspot on your iOS device makes you just the kind of Wi-Fi messiah your friends would be needing in a place where there’s no data connectivity. In my own experience, there’ve been many times when sharing cellular data through Personal Hotspot has exalted me to a higher ranking among my peers. Jokes apart,…