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From barbecue to billions and billions served: McDonald’s turns 75

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

On May 15, 1948, the McDonald brothers opened their revamped restaurant in San Bernardino. Over the past 75 years, McDonald’s has become the largest fast-food chain in the world.Dick and Mac McDonald came to California to seek opportunities in the movie business and wound up owning a drive-in BBQ restaurant in San Bernardino. In 1948, they took a risk by streamlining their operations and introducing their Speedee Service System featuring hamburgers. The restaurant’s success led the brothers to begin franchising their concept.RELATED: McDonald’s found liable for hot Chicken McNugget that burned 4-year-old girlDick McDonald explained their system this way, “Our whole concept was based on speed, lower prices and volume.” The Speedee Service System was what made their hamburger stand so cutting edge and allowed them to cook up 40 patties in 110 seconds and get a meal to a customer in 20 seconds.Most popular fast-food companiesIt’s indisputable that McDonald’s is America’s favorite fast ...

Erdogan faces rival in Turkey election runoff in 2 weeks

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

By Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy | Associated PressANKARA, Turkey — Conservative Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a runoff with his main rival in two weeks that will decide who leads a country struggling with sky-high inflation and hosting Syrian refugees as it plays a key role in the Middle East and in NATO expansion.Election officials said Monday that the May 28 second round will allow Turks to decide if their nation remains under the increasingly authoritarian president’s firm grip for a third decade, or if it can embark on the more democratic course that Kemal Kilicdaroglu has claimed he can deliver.The vote shows how Turkey has become extremely polarized, some voters commented.“I am not happy at all,” voter Suzan Devletsah said. “I worry about the future of Turkey.”Erdogan faced electoral headwinds due to a cost-of-living crisis and criticism over the government’s response to a devastating February earthquake. But with his all...

Elderly man found dead in Santa Clara County Main Jail cell

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

SAN JOSE — Authorities said a man being held at Santa Clara County Main Jail was pronounced dead after deputies found him unresponsive inside his cell Saturday afternoon.Sheriff’s deputies performing a welfare check found the 74-year-old man inside Main Jail Dorm 2B at 2:05 p.m. and administered CPR until medical personnel arrived, according to a news release from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. The man was pronounced dead at a local hospital at 2:55 p.m.Authorities did not release the man’s name Monday morning, pending notification of next of kin.The sheriff’s office said a preliminary investigation showed no evidence of foul play or suspicious circumstances leading to the death. The man was housed alone at the time he was found, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Inmate who died after drinking large amount of water at East Bay identified Crime and Public Safety | Rapper MoneySign Suede dies in Cali...

State moves to pull license of Walnut Creek care home where fatal poisoning occurred

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

WALNUT CREEK — A senior care living home is fighting to remain open following the death in 2022 of a resident who drank poison.Atria Senior Living on Montego may have its license revoked following a filing by the state’s Department of Social Services to take it away. The DSS filed the legal action on April 27.A Contra Costa County coroner’s report said 94-year-old Constantine Canoun died of injuries consistent with drinking a caustic cleaning agent. Authorities say the man got the liquid because a facility employee failed to supervise him properly.Authorities said Canoun mistakenly drank EcoLab 14 Plus Antibacterial All Purpose Cleaner. A Contra Costa County Coroner’s report said the chemicals damaged his stomach and espophagus, and he died Aug. 31, 2022, eight days after drinking the cleanerThe agency already had filed a legal action to pull the license of Atria Park in San Mateo. Two people died and another was injured at that facility in 2022 after they dr...

Silicon Valley Bank’s former CEO says Fed, social media contributed to bank’s collapse

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

By Max Reyes | BloombergThe fastest pace of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in decades combined with negative social media sentiment contributed to the failure of SVB Financial Group’s Silicon Valley Bank, said Greg Becker, former chief executive officer of the company.“The messaging from the Federal Reserve was that interest rates would remain low and that the inflation that was starting to bubble up would only be ‘transitory,’” Becker said in written testimony prepared for a US Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday focused on Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, both of which were seized by regulators in March. “Indeed, between the start of 2020 and the end of 2021, banks collectively purchased nearly $2.3 trillion of investment securities in this low-yield environment created by the Federal Reserve.”Silicon Valley Bank catered to the technology-startup ecosystem, and its heavy focus on the sector combined with a portfolio of long-dated bonds that lost value as interest ra...

Power restored to thousands in South SF, Daly City, Colma

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

(KRON) -- The PG&E power outage map shows power has been restored to thousands of customers Monday after a power outage in Daly City, South San Francisco and Colma.Power shut off at approximately 9:52 a.m. Monday. As of about 11 a.m., the outage was impacting 5,606 customers. The cause of the outage is under investigation. North County Fire Authority crews were at scene of an underground electrical vault fire on Camelot Court in Daly City. PG&E crews also responded.This story is developing and will be updated.

Shakira lanza el video oficial de “Acróstico”: sus hijos, Milan y Sasha, tienen una participación especial

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

(CNN Español) – Shakira presentó este lunes el videoclip oficial de “Acróstico”, la canción que la estrella colombiana dedicó a sus hijos, Milan y Sasha.La producción llega tres días después de presentar el lyric video, que contaba con la letra de la canción y dibujos animados, que superó los 10 millones de reproducciones y que actualmente está en el puesto 7 de videos más trending en YouTube (Estados Unidos).El videoclip oficial de “Acróstico” viene acompañado con una sentida publicación de Shakira en sus redes sociales en las que abre una ventana hacia las inclinaciones musicales de sus hijos.Los detalles del video oficial de “Acróstico”Shakira ofreció al mundo un vistazo cercano a la faceta artística de sus hijos, ya que son protagonistas, junto a ella, de la producción.El videoclip comienza también alusión a la mudanza de la colombiana a Miami.También hay imágenes de Shakira tocando un piano blanco en una especie de depósito rodeada de cajas de mudanza.En todo el video se muestr...

Arrestan a presunto responsable del ataque a tres turistas argentinos en México

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

(CNN Español) –– La Fiscalía General del estado de Oaxaca informó sobre el arresto este domingo del presunto responsable de agredir a tres turistas argentinos.El incidente, según el reporte de las autoridades, ocurrió el 12 de mayo cuando los viajeros Benjamín Gamond, Santiago Lastra y Macarena González fueron atacados con un arma punzante en la localidad de La Isla Chacahua, en la costa suroeste del país.En un comunicado, el Gobierno de Villa de Tututepec identificó al sospechoso como Cruz Irving Martínez Flores, de 21 años y del estado de Guerrero. CNN está tratando de determinar si cuenta con abogado y cuál es su versión de los hechos.La agresión dejó a uno de los turistas hospitalizado por un “traumatismo craneoencefálico y choque hipovolémico”, y en espera de ser trasladado de otro centro médico.Las autoridades de Villa de Tututepec dijeron en el comunicado que “este tipo de actos no definen la hospitalidad, seguridad y paz que estos destinos turísticos han ofrecido a millones ...

Mexico says renewed Texas truck inspections at border delaying freight shipments

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Monday that renewed Texas truck inspections at the Brownsville-Matamoros crossings have caused delays as long as 27 hours for freight shipments crossing the border. Mexico’s Economy Department called on Texas to stop the stepped-up inspections, which began May 8, and said Mexico will take up the issue in Trade Facilitation Committee of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. The dispute echoes a similar move by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022 that caused massive traffic backups along the border. Abbott has claimed such inspections are meant to stop the smuggling of migrants and drugs, but in 2022 inspectors didn’t report finding any, though they did spot some safety issues.Mexico’s position is that drugs and migrant smuggling is an issue for federal law enforcement, not states.Abbott has often sought to gain publicity with high-profile anti-immigration measures.“The imposition of these inspections is creating millions in losses for ...

Mississippi removes hurdle to child care for low-income single parents

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:47 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Single parents in Mississippi — one of the poorest states in the nation — no longer face a nearly 20-year-old state policy that made it difficult for them to get financial help paying for child care, officials and advocates said Monday. Since 2004, single parents and guardians in Mississippi had to seek child support from the other parent in order to be eligible for assistance through the Child Care Payment Program, which offers help to low-income parents. As of Monday, that rule is no longer in effect.To comply with the rule and receive child care assistance, single parents had to apply through two divisions in the Mississippi Department of Human Services. The dual application process was mired in communication breakdowns that jeopardized assistance, said Carol Burnett, executive director of the Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative.“This policy deterred many single moms from applying for many valid reasons, ranging from informal payment agreements bein...