Inside last-of-its kind Chuck E. Cheese with an animatronic band

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

Chuck E. Cheese is making a major change to their game plan.Animatronics are on their way out. Giant video screens, interactive dance floors and trampolines are on their way in.But, they are keeping one location where you can still catch the original show.I was at the Northridge, California location for the celebration and announcement.Follow Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro on Instagram for more tech news, tips and reviews."More than a billion people have come through the doors of Chuck E Cheese," CEO David McKillips told me. "We’ve been phasing out the animatronics over the last couple of years, because every generation has had their own Chuck E. Cheese."Some remember the ball pits, others the crawl through tubes. But the band has remained a constant. Until now.There are more than 400 U.S. locations and 75 percent have been remodeled with new games, new pizza and cake and new entertainment."We took a pause here," said McKillips to a crowd of Chuck E. Cheese superfans.Thanks to a petition...

Monaleo Enjoys Mindless Behavior

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

Monaleo Enjoys Mindless Behavior: Monaleo told us about her Mindless Behavior experience.Monaleo: My favorite concert experience was the first concert that I ever went to. It was the Mindless Behavior concert – I went to in 2012, I believe. It was so fun! My stepmom – she made me and one of my friends custom t-shirts with Princeton’s (one of the group members) face on them and I was so excited.I was trying to have my little Debby Ryan moment and I was in the crowd hoping that they would see me from feet away. lol I was so excited to be there that night! Me and all my little young homegirls linked up there and it was a really good vibe. Mindless Behavior was awesome and they were really good. They were super engaged. It’s the first time I got to really see someone in person that I was idolizing at the time so that was my best concert experience.Monaleo Enjoys Mindless Behavior: Monaleo’s single “Crying On Your Birthday” is out now. She performs at ...

Is It OK To Buy CBD Products At Gas Stations?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

Gas stations don’t have the greatest reputation for selling high-end food & beverages. If you buy something from a gas station’s convenience section, you’re probably reaching for a quick & cheap snack. Quality considerations likely don’t factor too much into your shopping decisions in a gas station.So, does that mean that the CBD you see in gas stations is subpar quality? If you need to restock your stash of hemp, is it “bad” to run out to your gas pump and buy a bottle of CBD? While purchasing CBD at a gas station can sometimes be tempting, it’s generally not advisable for CBD customers.Is It Always Bad To Buy CBD From A Gas Station?In most cases, the CBD you’ll find in a gas station isn’t good quality. That’s not to say every CBD brand in every gas station is trash, but the odds aren’t in your favor.Unfortunately, there are a lot of fake CBD products on today’s market. Since the FDA doesn’t screen the hemp industry, it’s easier for disreputable companies to offer CBD oils ...

Boys basketball preview 2023-24: Rankings, players to watch, more

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

WHO IS NO. 1? HOW ABOUT DE LA SALLE?This was not a slam-dunk choice. Not nearly as simple as writing in Dougherty Valley as the No. 1 team at the end of last season or Campolindo two seasons ago. This one took some discussion and could be proven right or wrong in the coming week or weeks. But having watched Alec Blair break onto the scene as a freshman two years ago and lead De La Salle into the North Coast Section Open Division final in each of his first two years – not to mention NorCal Open Division semifinals last season – we’re going with De La Salle as our preseason No. 1 team and project the Spartans to be back in the NCS Open Division final again this winter and contending to represent the region in the state final. The 6-foot-6 Blair is a two-sport star who has done nothing but win since his arrival on the Concord campus. Last spring, he helped lead DLS to section and regional baseball championships as a center fielder. On the basketball court, he is a four-star talent with...

‘Widespread rainfall’ headed to Bay Area on Friday, according to the National Weather Service

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

The Friday commute home could get a little messy for Bay Area residents as the National Weather Service predicted “widespread rainfall” in the afternoon that could linger well into Saturday, with potential thunderstorms sprinkled in.As much as one-full inch of rain was forecast in San Francisco and Concord on Friday in what’s expected to be the wettest day of a week which saw a couple of spouts of rainfall throughout the region. That prediction drops to upwards of .75 inches in Oakland and .5 in San Jose, but the consistent rain expected after about 1 p.m. should still be enough to slick roads.More rain's coming to our area today. Widespread rainfall begins this afternoon and continues overnight, with a chance of thunderstorms through Saturday afternoon. Plan for wet roads and allow more time for travel. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/mtxIIWMIdE— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) November 17, 2023Related ArticlesWeather | Friday thunderstorms possible around ...

Cal football: Do the Bears have a big-game QB?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

BERKELEY — Cal heads to Stanford on Saturday for the 126th Big Game with a still-beating postseason pulse and a young quarterback who plans to stick around for a while.Redshirt freshman Fernando Mendoza, a third-stringer when fall camp began, has led the Bears’ offense the past five games, helping them score at least 40 points in three of those.He faced a baptism by fire with four straight defeats to AP Top-25 opponents before Cal (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) held off Washington State 42-39 last Saturday to end the skid and keep alive its hopes for bowl eligibility.The Bears need a win at Stanford and a week later at UCLA to do it, and no one is more convinced it will happen than Mendoza.“I want to win the next two games,” he said, “and after that I want to win the bowl game and then I win more games next year and be the best quarterback I can become. And one of the top in the nation.”(AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)In the fluid era of the transfer portal wi...

Girls basketball preview 2023-24: Rankings, players to watch, more

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

CAN ANYONE IN BAY AREA BEAT ARCHBISHOP MITTY?No.WHAT MAKES MITTY SO DOMINANT?There are talented teams in the East Bay, South Bay, and Peninsula, but no program in the region can match Mitty’s superstar duo of five-star sophomore McKenna Woliczko and UConn-bound Morgan Cheli. Last year’s team lost one game to a Bay Area opponent, Piedmont, but that was early in the season with Cheli out with a foot injury. The 6-foot-2 point guard is fully healthy now and flanked by Woliczko and Los Gatos transfer Belle Bramer, they form a trio capable of torching anyone in coach Sue Phillips’ high-octane press. Elana Weisman, who averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds as a sophomore at Burlingame before transferring and taking a more supporting role at Mitty in 2022-23, is back for her senior year, too. AND THE BAY AREA’S SECOND-BEST TEAM IS …Crowning Mitty is a no-brainer, but figuring out who the second-best team in the Bay Area is much harder given the number of powerful programs. Oakland Tech...

California family sues Virginia sheriff’s office after deputy kidnapped girl, killed her mother, grandparents

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated PressLOS ANGELES — A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff’s department that hired a deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint, killed her mother and grandparents, and set their home on fire.This undated photo provided by Mychelle Blandin shows Brooke Winek. Winek was killed in 2022 by a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped her 15-year-old daughter in Riverside, Calif. A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff’s department that hired a deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint, killed her mother and grandparents, and set their home on fire. (Mychelle Blandin via AP) Austin Lee Edwards, 28, died by suicide during a shootout with law enforcement on Nov. 25, hours after the violence in Riverside, a city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The teenager was rescued.Edwards had been hired as a Washington ...

British writer AS Byatt, author of ‘Possession,’ dies at 87

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Author A.S. Byatt, whose books include the Booker Prize-winning historical novel “Possession,” has died at the age of 87.Byatt’s publisher, Chatto & Windus, said Friday that the author died “peacefully at home surrounded by close family.”Byatt wrote two dozen novels, starting with “The Shadow of the Sun” in 1964.“Possession,” published in 1990, follows two modern-day academics investigating the lives of a pair of Victorian poets. It was adapted as a 2002 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow.Source