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Time Out
3 days ago
- Business
- Time Out
Southwest is now charging for checked bags
It was a policy too beautiful and too fragile to live for long: Southwest's beloved 'two checked bags free' policy ended today, as reported by ABC 10. We can expect to see suddenly emptied baggage carousels and a tougher seating situation when boarding, because now the stakes are higher for passengers. They'll not only be scouting for the best seats they can (Southwest doesn't assign seating but only releases passengers into the aircraft by boarding group to grab their preferred seats) but now also vying for overhead bin space. Wait! I already booked a flight. If you booked a flight before today, May 28, don't worry. You'll still get to check your two bags for free. What is the new cost for checking bags? It's $35 for the first bag and $45 for a second. Does everyone have to pay the new rates? No. If you're a Rapid Rewards A-List preferred member or are traveling on a Business Select ticket, you can still get two free checked bags. If you're an A-List member, you can get one free checked bag. If you hold a Rapid Rewards credit card, you'll get a credit for one checked bag. Are there any other ways Southwest is changing how things work? Yep, unfortunately. The way it organizes fares is changing. There's a new "Basic" tier, and the existing ticket tiers of "Wanna Get Away Plus," "Anytime," and "Business Select" will be renamed "Choice," "Choice Preferred," and "Choice Extra.' Ugh. Can't they come up with more fun names? This is supposed to be the wacky, edgy airline! When do the new fare options start? In the third quarter of 2025. Anything else? Yes. Your portable chargers and power banks will have to be kept in plain sight while you're using them. This means if they burst into flame, the fire can be quickly addressed. This seems like a good idea. So, that's all? No. Starting next year, seating will be assigned and the whole zany 'grab that window seat before that other person does' zoo will become a memory. We're relieved, to be honest. Human nature has become increasingly unpleasant, with people reserving seats for others by throwing down bags and deliberately boarding with a better group number. It therefore makes sense to assign seats.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Is there a rocket launch today in California? Here's where you could see a SpaceX launch
A SpaceX satellite launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base could come Thursday, May 22, bringing with it the chance for Californians to spot a streak in the sky. SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 to deploy a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit, with liftoff that could occur as early as Wednesday, although it'll likely occur Thursday. Multiple rocket launch schedules online list the liftoff window as opening at 1:58 p.m. PT May 22. SpaceX and the Vandenberg Space Force Base have not yet officially confirmed the launch. SpaceX typically provides updates and footage of its missions on X. Located in Santa Barbara County, a rocket launch from the space force base can sometimes be seen far from the launch site. And the rockets can be spotted in the sky in the Coachella Valley. For example, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg was seen from Palm Springs last April. Earlier this year, the Merced Fire Department spotted a SpaceX rocket in the sky launched from Vandenberg, ABC10 reported. Merced is more than 200 miles away from the Space Force base. Other areas people have spotted the rockets in the sky include near the San Gabriel Mountains to Camarillo. A photo gallery with this story shows SpaceX and United Launch Alliance rocket launches in Vandenberg, California, visible in Phoenix, Arizona (about 530 miles away) and Fairbanks, Alaska (about 3,200 miles away), amid the aurora borealis or Northern Lights on April 18, 2023. Because Vandenberg is an active military base, the launch complex does not host public viewings of launches. But if conditions are clear, rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Vandenberg, California, can be viewed from several locations as far as Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. Space Launch Schedule, a website dedicated to tracking upcoming rocket launches, provided a list of places in California to catch the launch in person: 13th Street and Arguello Boulevard, the public site with the closest views of SpaceX launches Floradale Avenue and West Ocean Avenue, officially designated as the 'viewing site for SLC-6' (space launch complex-6) Renwick Avenue and West Ocean Avenue, another intersection close to the base where spectators can park Santa Lucia Canyon Road and Victory Road, provides a partial view of Complex 4 Surf Beach on Ocean Avenue, the only location where the public can view the ignition and liftoff of rockets from Complex 4. Public access is at the Amtrak Surf Station parking area, but the area is closed in the case of back-to-back launches. The city of Lompoc in Santa Barbara County is filled with places to catch a rocket launch. The city's tourism bureau, Explore Lompoc, has this list with additional viewing locations: , 6851 Ocean Park Road, which, while it doesn't have a view of the launch pad itself, is located only four miles from the launch site and provides a good vantage to see rockets get off the ground. Parking is limited, and law enforcement will close the road to the beach once parking is full. , 1 Hancock Drive, a community college located nine miles from the launch site where both the launch pad and rocket's tip can be seen before liftoff. , N A Street and McLaughlin Road, located within 10 miles of the launch site, is filled with large fields for activities or for spectators to set up chairs. For Californians in San Luis Obispo County, beaches such as Avila and Pismo and the Oceano Dunes are recommended to catch a Vandenberg launch, said SLO CAL, a countywide destination marketing and management organization. Trails such as the Cerro San Luis Obispo and the Ontario Ridge Trail offer great views as well, according to SLO CAL. USA TODAY Network reporter Jennifer Sangalang contributed to this story. Eric Lagatta is the Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at elagatta@ Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun. Reach her at pbarraza@ This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Starlink launch: Where Californians could spot SpaceX rocket liftoff
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What Happened to Survivor 48's Joe Hunter's Sister Joanna Hunter? Her Death Explained
Survivor 48 viewers were so moved by contestant Joe Hunter's heartbreaking revelation about his sister's death due to domestic violence. In Touch takes a closer look at what happened to Joanna Hunter and how Joe helped create a new law following her tragic passing. Joe revealed to fellow castaways Shauhin Davari and Kyle Fraser that his sister died and was an alleged victim of domestic violence, admitting that he felt like he failed as a big brother in his job to protect her in the Survivor episode that aired on May 14, 2025. What the firefighter didn't share was that his sister's death on October 6, 2011, was ruled a suicide after a brief investigation by Solano County, California law enforcement, even though her husband, Mark Wayne Lewis, had a history of domestic violence. No autopsy was performed on Joanna. Authorities reopened an investigation into Joanna's death after the former pastor pleaded no contest to arson and stalking involving an ex-girlfriend in January 2015, on the third day of his trial. The following month, Lewis was sentenced to eight years in state prison, although no charges were ever brought in Joanna's death. "We feel and have felt that he's responsible for Joanna's death," Joe's mom, Patricia Hunter, told Sacramento TV station ABC10 following Lewis' sentencing on unrelated charges. "She was leaving him, and he couldn't let that happen," she alleged, adding that Joanna had previously left Lewis before. The outlet cited a coroner's report that Joanna was found hanging by the belt of her terrycloth robe in her closet, with her "partially suspended feet touching the floor." The station reported that a handwritten note reading, "take care of the dogs and Jerri" was considered by the coroner to be a suicide note. Joe's family sought justice in his sister's case. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Joanna's Law in September 2024, after the bill passed both the state senate and assembly. The law became the "first statute in the country to set standards for addressing and investigating suspicious death cases where women die after a prior history of domestic violence," according to Alliance for Hope International, which helped write the bill. Joanna's Law also gave family members the right to death records of their lost loved ones "when there is a prior history of domestic violence, recognizes family members in suspicious death cases as survivors of crime deserving of victim services and support, and adds apparent suicides and apparent accidental deaths with a history of prior domestic violence as deserving of special consideration for autopsies by medical examiners and coroners." The Vacaville, California, resident explained his sister was the one who pushed him to go on the show in interviews leading up to the season's premiere. 'She watched from the first season of Survivor. And she actually wanted us to both try out for this. And to be honest, I didn't think we could. And I kind of just brushed it off and said there's no way we could. And unfortunately, we lost her pretty quickly,' Joe told Parade in a February 7, 2025, interview. 'And I look back on that, and it took me years to really recover from that. And I said, 'You know what I'm gonna do for my sister? This is something she always wanted to do. I never had the courage to do it. But this is part of the healing process,'" he explained. "This is for Joanna. And I'm gonna be out here as Joanna's voice. And I think she'd be proud so far.' The fire captain had been seen all season wearing a purple domestic violence awareness bracelet. He finally revealed the reason behind it while sharing the story about Joanna's death with Shauhin and Kyle while at the Sanctuary. They were able to read letters from their loved ones, and Joe broke down when one of his kids called him "brave." He said he didn't feel that way after not being able to prevent his sister's death from a domestic violence situation. Joe then recalled how he and Joanna had a fight over the phone the night before she was found dead. He said they always ended phone calls with "I love you," but didn't on that occasion and he was never able to speak to her again. 'I needed some closure to try to hopefully help start some healing,' Joe said in confessional back at camp before heading to the beach at sunset during week 12's episode of Survivor 48. 'Final six, Joanna. The night before you passed, I said some things I didn't mean, and I never spoke to you again past that morning. I feel closer out here to you, so from the bottom of my heart, I'm so sorry for the things I said,' he said through tears while looking up at the sky. 'I know you didn't mean the things you said either, and I never got the chance to say I love you. So, I love you. Always will. Most of all, I know I had one job as a brother. So, I need you to know that I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you from that monster. I'm sorry. I'm gonna keep fighting out here," he continued. "You take care of dad up there. Make sure he's not cheating at Uno. I love you. I miss you so much … I've been waiting to say that to you for a long time," Joe added, finally feeling at peace. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rising SoCal culinary star dies in freak Hawaii hiking accident, hit by tumbling boulder
A young and rising culinary star in Southern California died in a freak accident in Hawaii, according to family, who said the tragedy occurred as she was fulfilling a long-held dream to hike to the Makaleha Falls waterfall in Kauai. Gianna Buzzetta, a 26-year-old executive pastry chef at the Jeune et Jolie restaurant in Carlsbad, was hiking the challenging waterfall trail with her boyfriend last week when disaster struck, according to a statement from her family. The Kaua'i Fire Department responded to a call for a hiker who was hit by a tumbling boulder while standing in the pool of the waterfall on March 23, the department said in a news release. The hiker, who was found unconscious and bleeding from a head wound, was airlifted to medical care. Buzzetta's parents then flew to Hawaii and were able to say their goodbyes before she died in the hospital, according to reporting from ABC10. "She had told her boyfriend, Connor, that day, he had fulfilled her dreams and it was the best day of her life," her mother, Caty Buzzetta, told the station. "In a glimpse of time, she had pure bliss, no one could take that from her or us." In an online fundraiser to help cover Buzzetta's medical fees and funeral expenses, her family described her as determined, tenacious, insightful and kind, with a crazy sense of humor and an infectious laugh. "As an executive pastry chef her dedication to perfection in artistry led her to master her talents at Jeune et Jolie in Carlsbad," wrote the family. "She poured herself, her love and creativity into everything she brought to the table." While working at Jeune et Jolie, Buzzetta helped the modern French restaurant achieve three Michelin stars. "She brought such joy, intensity, passion and love to this restaurant and to our team," said the restaurant on Instagram. "Her sudden loss leaves all of us heartbroken, and searching for ways to be of help to her family." Jeune et Jolie will be holding a special dinner on Monday to honor the memory of the young pastry chef. Restaurant owner John Resnick told Fox5 News that Buzzetta's sudden death was a devastating blow for all who knew her and worked with her. "She was a huge part of the team. Super creative, super talented, incredibly hardworking," he told the station. "Our whole team loved working alongside her." In the fundraising post, Buzzetta's family expressed their gratitude for the first responders in Hawaii and Buzzetta's boyfriend, Connor Quinton, who they say "gave heroically every last effort to save her running a great distance desperately getting her help." Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Rising SoCal culinary star dies in freak Hawaii hiking accident, hit by tumbling boulder
A young and rising culinary star in Southern California died in a freak accident in Hawaii, according to family, who said the tragedy occurred as she was fulfilling a long-held dream to hike to the Makaleha Falls waterfall in Kauai. Gianna Buzzetta, a 26-year-old executive pastry chef at the Jeune et Jolie restaurant in Carlsbad, was hiking the challenging waterfall trail with her boyfriend last week when disaster struck, according to a statement from her family. The Kaua'i Fire Department responded to a call for a hiker who was hit by a tumbling boulder while standing in the pool of the waterfall on March 23, the department said in a news release. The hiker, who was found unconscious and bleeding from a head wound, was airlifted to medical care. Buzzetta's parents then flew to Hawaii and were able to say their goodbyes before she died in the hospital, according to reporting from ABC10. 'She had told her boyfriend, Connor, that day, he had fulfilled her dreams and it was the best day of her life,' her mother, Caty Buzzetta, told the station. 'In a glimpse of time, she had pure bliss, no one could take that from her or us.' In an online fundraiser to help cover Buzzetta's medical fees and funeral expenses, her family described her as determined, tenacious, insightful and kind, with a crazy sense of humor and an infectious laugh. 'As an executive pastry chef her dedication to perfection in artistry led her to master her talents at Jeune et Jolie in Carlsbad,' wrote the family. 'She poured herself, her love and creativity into everything she brought to the table.' While working at Jeune et Jolie, Buzzetta helped the modern French restaurant achieve three Michelin stars. 'She brought such joy, intensity, passion and love to this restaurant and to our team,' said the restaurant on Instagram. 'Her sudden loss leaves all of us heartbroken, and searching for ways to be of help to her family.' Jeune et Jolie will be holding a special dinner on Monday to honor the memory of the young pastry chef. Restaurant owner John Resnick told Fox5 News that Buzzetta's sudden death was a devastating blow for all who knew her and worked with her. 'She was a huge part of the team. Super creative, super talented, incredibly hardworking,' he told the station. 'Our whole team loved working alongside her.' In the fundraising post, Buzzetta's family expressed their gratitude for the first responders in Hawaii and Buzzetta's boyfriend, Connor Quinton, who they say 'gave heroically every last effort to save her running a great distance desperately getting her help.'
