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Taylor Swift is a walking economic stimulus package

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

Taylor Swift isn’t just a great performer - she’s also an economic force unlike any other seen before.Swift earned an estimated $4.1 billion from her wildly successful ERAS TOUR, according to an associate professor of management at Babson College in Massachusetts.But the economic impact goes far beyond what Swift herself pocketed.Software company QuestionPro surveyed 592 Swifties and, based on their responses, estimated that fans spent around $93 million per show on tickets, merchandise, travel, hotels, food and clothing.This worked out to roughly $5.7 billion over the course of the U.S. tour - which appears to be the most lucrative concert tour ever.“She’s an economic stimulus plan all on her own,” says KTLA consumer reporter David Lazarus.Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)In August, Swift played six shows at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium which, according to California's Center for Jobs and the Ec...

Overtime thriller: Capuchino edges San Mateo, improves to 7-0

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

A wild game in San Bruno on Friday night ended with Capuchino stopping San Mateo near the goal line in overtime to clinch a 42-35 victory.The Mustangs improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division.San Mateo is 3-4, 1-2.Cap had taken the lead on the first possession of OT when Brandon Arceo threw a screen pass to Issa Keishk from 10 yards out for a touchdown.“Obviously, you don’t want to lose, but, man, what a great high school game, great high school environment,” San Mateo coach Jeff Scheller said on Saturday morning.The finish spoiled San Mateo’s rally as the Bearcats charged back from a 28-14 halftime deficit and a 35-14 hole in the third quarter.Sebastian Conclara’s long kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half gave Cap a three-score cushion.Capuchino’s Sebastian Conclara #20 returns the opening kickoff of the 2nd half for an 89-yard touchdown against San Mateo, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in San Bruno, Calif. (...

Stanford football: Victory over Deion Sanders University is one for the record book

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

Whether it was getting run off the field against USC or allowing late touchdowns to lose to Sacramento State and Arizona, first-year Stanford coach Troy Taylor would spend a lot of the postgame talking to his players to make sure they weren’t demoralized.He stopped doing those check-ins after a few weeks when he saw they weren’t necessary.“I realized that these guys are never going to quit,” Taylor said. “They’re never going to stop preparing and competing.”That attitude was displayed to a national audience in Friday night’s 46-43 double-overtime win over Colorado – at least those who didn’t turn the game off at halftime, when Stanford trailed 29-0.The Cardinal (2-4, 1-3 Pac-12) completed the largest comeback in school history and the fourth-largest in Pac-12 history to stun the sellout crowd at Colorado (4-3, 1-3).“Guys easily could have kind of given up a little bit,” Taylor said. “But they have never done that since I’ve been here and I’m just really proud. I te...

Wrong-way collision on Highway 680 killed one, hospitalized two Saturday morning

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

FREMONT — A woman passenger is dead and two drivers seriously injured after a two-vehicle, wrong-way crash on southbound Interstate Highway 680 early Saturday morning, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Driver arrested, passenger killed in 100-foot cliff crash at Pescadero State Beach Crashes and Disasters | Interstate 880 crash involving at least 6 cars in Hayward leaves one dead Crashes and Disasters | San Jose motorcyclist killed in crash Wednesday night Crashes and Disasters | Woman killed, three injured in East Bay crash Monday night Crashes and Disasters | These Bay Area cities ranked the worst for drivers in the U.S. Around 1:15 a.m., the driver of a gray Dodge Ram was traveling the wrong way in the left lane of I-680 near the Auto Mall Parkway offramp in Fremont and collided with a white BMW 330i, according to the California Highway Patrol.CHP Officer Tyler Hahn said the Dod...

Missing man, 63, last seen in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

(KRON) -- Police are asking for the community's help in searching for a missing man. Clayton Hansen, 63, went missing on Friday, Oct. 13, the Oakland Police Department announced on social media. 6 arrested after thieves use wagon in SF Walgreens theft: police Hansen was last seen on the 500 block of 30th Street. He is described as a white man, 5-foot-11 and 250 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. The family says Hansen is in "good physical condition" and has mental health challenges, according to OPD. Anyone with information about Hansen's location is asked to contact the OPD Missing Person Unit at 510-238-3641.

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse moves over the U.S. on Saturday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – An annular, or partial, solar eclipse is passing over the United States, as well as Central and South America Saturday morning.Millions of Americans are able to see the phenomenon, but only a handful of cities in the "path of annularity," or the maximum amount of obscuration, will see the "ring of fire" created when the moon lines up perfectly with the sun, leaving only the burning rim visible. How to watch the 2023 solar eclipse safely – and what you should never do The 2023 solar eclipse will stream live in the player at the top of this article for those well outside of the path of annularity, but if you're planning on breaking out the eclipse glasses and seeing it for yourself, this map shows viewing times for a number of cities:If you aren't able to travel to the 150-mile-wide path of annularity, you can still see a partial view of the eclipse.The 80-90% range includes portions of California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, O...

Boston Police investigating 2nd fatal Dorchester shooting in 12-hour period

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

A man was shot and killed overnight in Dorchester, less than 12 hours after a fatal shooting occurred in the same section of the city.Boston Police officers responded to a report of a person shot at 1194 Blue Hill Ave. shortly before 12:30 a.m. Saturday, and found a man in his 20s “suffering from apparent gunshot wounds,” Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long said at an early morning press conference.The man was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not been identified.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Man killed in afternoon fatal shooting in Dorchester Crime & Public Safety | Boston Police investigate ‘Nazis’ spray paint at the Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace following the Hamas attacks in Israel Crime & Public Safety | Boston police arrest suspect in late-night Mass and Cass stabbing Crime & Public Safety | Water rescue: Officers recount kayakers’ close call near Moon Island ...

United Auto Workers president promises ‘new approach’ in strike against Detroit automakers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that the union’s auto strike is “entering a new phase” that “demands a new approach” as the unprecedented simultaneous action against all three Detroit automakers enters its second month.Fain said Friday the union isn’t immediately launching any additional walkouts against Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV in its strike against selected plants, adding that the union is changing its strategy and can send workers out at any time.But he warned GM and Stellantis that, absent progress at the bargaining table, they could be the next targets of surprise strikes like that at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant, which the union took down this week.“I heard him specifically say that that was the warning, that was the escalation, and that served the purpose to put both Stellantis and General Motors on notice that the next one is gonna be your big high-dollar places, so that we’re goi...

Biden awards $7B for clean hydrogen hubs across the country

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of President Joe Biden’s agenda to slow climate change.Biden called clean hydrogen essential to his vision of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 2050. His goal is to establish seven regional hubs to help replace fossil fuels such as coal and oil with cleaner-burning hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity.The seven hubs, which include projects in 16 states, will spur more than $40 billion in private investment and create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, many of them union positions, Biden said Friday at a cargo terminal in Philadelphia, where one of the hubs will be based.He called the announcement transformational and said it would help create “a stronger, energy-secure economy” and combat “the existential threat of cli...

Toy industry works to build emotional resilience in kids following pandemic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:45 GMT

As more children emerge from the pandemic grappling with mental health issues, their parents are seeking ways for them to build emotional resilience.And toy companies are paying close attention.While still in its early phase, a growing number of toy marketers are embracing MESH — or mental, emotional and social health — as a designation for toys that teach kids skills like how to adjust to new challenges, resolve conflict, advocate for themselves, or solve problems.The acronym was first used in child development circles and by the American Camp Association 10 years ago and gained new resonance after the pandemic. Rachele Harmuth, head of ThinkFun, a division of toy company Ravensburger, and resilience expert and family physician Deborah Gilboa, formed a MESH taskforce earlier this year with the goal of getting manufacturers to design toys with emotional resilience in mind and to have retailers market them accordingly.“We just need to educate parents and educators just a little bit t...