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Time Out
27-05-2025
- Time Out
Mendoza on two wheels: the country's longest bike lane network you need to discover
Riding a bike around Mendoza is not only an eco-friendly option but also one of the best ways to discover the city and its surroundings at your own pace. With over 300 kilometers of bike lanes connecting different points of Greater Mendoza, this experience lets you enjoy unique landscapes, make gastronomic stops, and connect with the environment in a different way. Mendoza is synonymous with vineyards and mountains, but also with sustainable mobility. The province has the longest bike lane network in Argentina, linking seven departments in the metropolitan area. This infrastructure not only facilitates daily mobility but also invites you to explore spots that would otherwise be inaccessible. Godoy The best part is you don't need to have your own bike. To use the bike lanes in Mendoza, you can rent one or combine your trip with the metrotram to make it more dynamic. The bike lane network totals 347 interconnected kilometers, allowing you to cross Greater Mendoza from north to south and east to west. The departments of Ciudad, Godoy Cruz, Luján de Cuyo, Maipú, Guaymallén, Las Heras and Lavalle click here. 'Each department has stamped its own identity on the stretches that cross its territory. In Ciudad, for example, you can admire historic buildings; in Godoy Cruz, murals add an artistic touch to the route; while in Luján de Cuyo and Maipú, the bike route delves into winemaking tradition,' explains Matías Agustín Dalla Torre, Planning Director of the Subsecretariat of Infrastructure and Territorial Development of the Government of Mendoza. Besides being an eco-friendly mode of transportation, cycling offers many physical and psychological benefits: it reduces stress, improves daily mood, and promotes a city with less noise and less traffic congestion. Something worth highlighting is that this bike lane network was designed to be pleasant, dynamic, and cool since it passes under many public trees: 'The greenery provides shade in various stretches, making the route a pleasant option on hot days,' he adds. Strategic Stops: Cafés, Gastronomy, and Wineries The bike route adapts to each rider's pace and preference. Along the way, you'll find cafés, restaurants, and wineries perfect for taking a break. If you're in the city, you can reach Arístides Villanueva Street, a gastronomic hotspot with bars and breweries. Heading south to Godoy Cruz, you can stop at Margha for wood-fired pizza or Burger Shoppe, winner of Mendoza's first Burger World Championship—both located at the new popular corner of Beltrán and Chacabuco. Towards Chacras de Coria, the first wineries appear, such as Clos de Chacras and Alta Vista, which offer guided tours, tastings, and even lunches with wine pairings at their restaurants. If you prefer a more natural route, from downtown Mendoza, the bike lane takes you to Boulogne Sur Mer Avenue, where you can ride through and enter General San Martín Park, continuing to El Challao in Las Heras, home to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Or, if you head towards Guaymallén, you'll reach the Julio Le Parc Cultural Space. The return trip? Enjoy it 100% since it's downhill with spectacular views of the university campus, the Ecopark, and the mountains. 'A large part of the bike lane has been developed near the railway infrastructure, allowing you to complement the trip with the metrotram service,' highlights the province's Planning Director. This transport has a special carriage for cyclists and their bikes, making it easy to combine both modes and rest when needed. Intermodal Mobility: Bike, Tram, and More You don't need to own a bike to explore Mendoza on two wheels. The public bike system, Bicitran, allows you to rent one through an app. It's advisable to download it and register before arriving in the province to ensure you can use it. Stations are strategically located throughout the city, and the service allows you to pick up a bike at one point and drop it off at another; rides can last up to 60 minutes on weekdays and 120 minutes on weekends and holidays. Also, to combine all sustainable mobility experiences, there are two transfer stations in Maipú and Godoy Cruz where you can leave your car and continue by bike or metrotram. In fact, these are located at two tram stops. Cycling in Mendoza is a relaxed, sustainable, and unique experience—ideal for travelers seeking to move authentically while discovering landscapes, flavors, and culture. Remember to wear a helmet and bring water. Now you're ready to hop on a bike and explore Greater Mendoza from a new perspective.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
Motorcycle rider dead after crash in Fort Pierce remembered by loved ones
FORT PIERCE − Alejandro Godoy, 23, was described as a loving son, who doted on his little sister and enjoyed drives with his girlfriend. 'He was just a light in everyone's lives,' said Godoy's girlfriend, 23-year-old Amanda Hernandez, in a recent interview. 'He always smiled. That was the thing that I fell in love with was the smile.' Godoy died following a May 1 multi-vehicle crash on Okeechobee Road, according to Fort Pierce Police. He was on a motorcycle at the time. The crash happened about 2:31 p.m. in the 5000 block of Okeechobee Road east of Interstate 95, police stated. Hernandez said at the time of the crash Godoy was coming from work to go home. Godoy's mother, Irene Trejo, 49, said through translation that her son was a good person, who was humble and helped his mother. He took his parents and his younger sister to the fair, played with his little sister, and took his mother to the store. 'He's my son and I loved him very much,' Trejo said. Hernandez said Godoy graduated Fort Pierce Central High School, and worked since 2020 at Home Depot on Okeechobee Road in Fort Pierce. He also worked at Camping World, according to Hernandez. Hernandez recalled the second time she spoke to him at work at Home Depot in 2021 when masks were prevalent. She walked past him and asked him to pull down his mask and smile. 'Everyone always mentioned his smile, so I was like, you know, 'Can you give me a smile,' and he did,' Hernandez said. 'I remember I used to be more bold back then. I remember I told him … oh wow, you're really handsome.' Hernandez said Godoy had three siblings and lived in Fort Pierce with his parents. 'We'd go on drives together. We really liked driving along on Indian River Drive,' Hernandez said. 'We both really cherished watching the sunset.' Godoy's father, Antonio Godoy, 61, said through translation that his son indulged his 8-year-old sister. He was a good big brother and played outside with kids in the neighborhood. 'He would always be working, and he felt bad because he would always work a lot,' Antonio Godoy said. He said he was proud of his son, noting he did the favors his father would ask 'but always happy and with a smile.' Antonio Godoy prayed for his son in the morning when his son left, and always with the hope to see him come back. 'He's my son and he did a lot of good things,' Antonio Godoy said. Hernandez said they both got a telescope to stargaze. Hernandez said Alejandro Godoy was born in Fort Pierce, but she said he always said his home was in Mexico where he grew up. Late night fire: Apartment fire displaces dozens in St. Lucie County New home in Port St. Lucie: Severely injured U.S. Army veteran provided new home through Helping a Hero, others Trejo said Alejandro Godoy was 'a really good son.' 'When he would come from work, he would look for me and tell me, 'Mom, I'm here. I'm already home,'' Trejo said. 'This is not easy and it's not going to be easy.' A GoFundMe fundraiser page is here: Will Greenlee is a breaking news reporter for TCPalm. Follow Will on X @OffTheBeatTweet or reach him by phone at 772-267-7926. E-mail him at This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Man dead after motorcycle crash was 'light in everyone's eyes'
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Yahoo
UW report finds ‘patterns of neglect' in Tacoma police responses to immigration lockup
A decade of 911 call records and police investigations involving the privately-run federal immigration detention center in Tacoma show a pattern of neglect in police's response to abuse and assault reports, according to a new University of Washington report. Researchers with UW's Center for Human Rights found that the Tacoma Police Department was less likely to contact alleged victims of crimes at the facility when that person was someone detained there compared to when victims were facility staff. The report, published Thursday, found cases where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the federal contractor that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center, the GEO Group, discouraged Tacoma police from investigating reported crimes. Often, according to the report, this led police to not take further action. It also highlighted cases where ICE or GEO disparaged the credibility of victims or where the entities said they were investigating the reports in house, including in cases where facility staff were the alleged perpetrators. In one 2018 case that led to a lawsuit, researchers wrote that a man who reported to police that he was beaten by facility guards during a hunger strike appeared to have been placed in solitary confinement for 20 days as retaliation for speaking to law enforcement. 'The time is now for Tacoma authorities to ensure they take vigorous action to ensure equal protection of the laws to all residents of the city, including those detained by ICE at the [Northwest Detention Center],' UW professor Angelina Snodgrass Godoy said in a news release. Godoy said action was particularly important because ICE has stated its intention to extend operations at the Tacoma facility into 2040. ICE's 10-year contract with GEO to run the facility expires in September. The Tacoma Police Department did not immediately respond Thursday to a request for comment. ICE and the GEO Group also did not respond to requests for comment. . The Northwest ICE Processing Center holds people who are suspected of being in the country illegally or awaiting deportation. It has a capacity for 1,575 detainees, placing it among the largest ICE detention facilities in the nation. It's the only such facility in the Pacific Northwest. Here's what Tacoma's U.S. Rep. Emily Randall saw in tour of ICE detention center According to UW researchers, ICE and GEO policies mandate that all potential crimes be reported to local law enforcement so police can independently investigate them. At the same time, ICE and GEO have their own set of procedures to investigate violence within the facility. This system is described in ICE's Performance-Based National Detention Standards. GEO Group officials have previously said those standards strictly govern how it operates the facility with on-site federal contract monitors. UW researchers say that the two-track system for responding to reports of violence isn't how it works in practice. The report found GEO and ICE personnel often tell Tacoma police they don't need to investigate because they are handling the report. In other cases, the police told people calling to report a crime that they didn't have jurisdiction over crimes committed at the facility or referred them to various federal authorities. The report states that happened at least 12 times from 2021 through 2024. The researchers' report analyzed a total 157 incidents from 2015 to 2025. La Resistencia, an immigrant-rights group that advocates for closing the detention facility and ending deportations, said in a news release that the researchers' findings were nothing new. 'We have known about these abuses happening every day for years, and no one has done anything,' said Liliana Chumpitasi, a leader of the group. 'Unfortunately, the detainees have no protection. This place should be shut down right now before someone else dies.' Four deaths have been reported at the facility since it opened in 2004, two of which happened last year. In 2006, a 42-year-old man died of coronary artery disease. In 2018, a 40-year-old man held in solitary confinement died by suicide. In March last year, 61-year-old Charles Leo Daniel died of cardiovascular disease. In October, 36-year-old Jose Manuel Sanchez-Castro died in the facility. His cause of death remains pending, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office. A 911 call from a nurse at the detention center reported he was experiencing fentanyl withdrawal and that he'd arrived at the facility less than a week earlier.
Los Angeles Times
24-04-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Culinary arts students get a slice of life in the pizza business at BJ's headquarters
Will Godoy's career path to director of talent development at BJ's Restaurants, Inc. was nonlinear. It is a point he emphasizes while speaking to a group of Marina High School students Tuesday at BJ's Headquarters in Huntington Beach. 'The path you want to take may not end up being the path you actually do take, things will always change,' Godoy told the teens. 'Certain advantages might come up, certain obstacles might have to be overcome, but at the end of the day your career usually ends up being what you enjoy.' The students from the local high school are part of the California Restaurant Foundation's statewide ProStart program, a two-year industry-backed culinary arts and restaurant program offered at about 140 California schools like Marina, Fullerton Union and Newport Harbor high schools, and the Orange County School of the Arts. They are also among the 500 California students who participated in the annual 'Experience Hospitality Week' from April 21 to 24. The career-building experience gives students the chance to explore other jobs that exist in restaurants beyond the roles of line cook and server. 'Experience Hospitality Week is a statewide event where we are sending students to see the business side of food service and hospitality,' said Natalie Tong, programs director for the California Restaurant Foundation. 'We are taking them to headquarters, to venues, to food distributors where they are going to get to see beyond front of house and back of house. This plays a critical role for high school students when they are starting to think about their career paths after high school.' The Marina High students spent the day at BJ's headquarters, meeting with U.S. Bank, one of the programs sponsors and their small business specialists to learn about business loans and other aspects of entrepreneurial finance. 'Our grant sponsorship to the California Restaurant Foundation is very important for us,' said Wendy Chau, community affairs manager for U.S. Bank. 'We are supporting community programs that help small businesses thrive, people succeed in the workforce, provide pathways to higher education and gain greater financial literacy.' After learning about business financing, students headed to the kitchen where they learned how to bake a pizza. Then they broke off into small groups and toured various departments such as operations, risk management to understand safety protocols, marketing to learn about brand awareness and information technology. Additionally, they visited the beverage department to learn about the detailed process involved when launching a new non-alcoholic beverage at BJ's 200+ restaurants. 'We know they know the four walls, they have gone into a restaurant and understand what it's like to be a customer and order food and drinks,' said Godoy. 'What we want to teach them today is how all of that comes together within our company and understand how the different departments work together so guests can come in and enjoy those moments.' Some of the students on the field trip participated in this year's ProStart Cup, a two-day competition to compete for $500,000 in scholarships. The competition is divided into two sections; a Culinary Cup and a Management Cup, so career paths in the culinary arts and restaurant management are familiar to the Marina High students. Yet, other aspects of the business they encountered during their visit to BJ's Headquarters were new to them. 'Learning about the creative department and what the design team does to make new food or how they improve to get customers to come back, is the biggest thing I did not know,' said Marina High junior David Hodson. Hodson is considering a career in the culinary arts and likes to bake sourdough bread at home during his free time. Now, he said, he'll think about the design team whenever he visits a BJ's. 'Every time I see something new, I am going to know they made that, that team designed that,' said Hodson. By introducing them to roles in the hospitality industry they haven't considered before, the California Restaurant Foundation is encouraging students to be curious about the different possibilities for their own futures and career paths. 'Students take the culinary class because they know they like to eat and they want have skills to feed themselves, but they are not necessarily industry focused,' said Morgan Molioo, the culinary instructor at Marina High School. 'Then they come here and they realize their passion for cooking can intersect with their interest in information technology, for example.' Molioo has been the advisor of the ProStart program at Marina for three years and said the California Restaurant Foundation has supported her in creating a robust culinary program at the Huntington Beach campus, just three miles away from BJ's Restaurants Inc. offices. 'The class I teach is a career and technical education class, and the whole purpose of it is to promote and expose students to career pathways,' said Molioo. Hearing real stories from successful people in the industry is one benefit Molioo identifies for her students. 'When they hear that Will dabbled in this and worked for this company or that, they come out with a sense of comfort, to be honest,' said Molioo. 'My students last year felt less pressure after this experience. They can see that these people in these jobs that really do well for themselves didn't always know exactly what they wanted to do. They ended up here because they were hard workers and they looked for opportunities. They see that and learn it is not just about having a 4.0 GPA.' Godoy put a tremendous amount of time and effort into planning the day, ensuring the students would have a thorough experience. Lesson planning isn't unfamiliar to Godoy, who actually wanted to be a history teacher before he found his way to the restaurant industry. 'I majored in American history and minored in European history, and at the same time I was bartending. When I had the opportunity to either become a teacher or move up to management, I wanted to go to management,' said Godoy. 'My classroom changed.' When the students meet in a conference room at the end of their tour — where they are served BJ's pizza, salad, sliders and salmon — Godoy shares more about his story, while answering questions and delivering career advice. The students pose for a group photo with him before returning on the school bus, and while he knows some of what he said will go over their heads today, he feels confident that one or two might take his advice to heart. 'These events are really important for high school students, mainly so they think outside the box,' he said.
Reuters
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
River Plate held to a goalless draw at Godoy Cruz
MENDOZA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - River Plate played out a goalless draw away to Godoy Cruz at Malvinas Argentinas stadium in the Apertura competition of the Argentine Primera Division on Wednesday. The result means Argentina's most successful team remains in search of a first away win after also drawing at San Lorenzo and Platense. They are fourth in Group B with nine points from five games while Godoy are 13th on two with a game in hand. Advertisement · Scroll to continue River pressed forward at the beginning while the hosts stayed compact in defence. Miguel Borja came close to opening the scoring for River but the Colombian forward missed by just a few centimetres as he tried to beat home side goalkeeper Franco Petroli. Godoy threatened through set pieces later in the first half. Mateo Mendoza came close with a header after a corner routine but his effort went over the crossbar. River defenders Milton Casco and Fabricio Bustos pushed high up the pitch but could not get a breakthrough while their goalkeeper Franco Armani punched away Nicolas Fernandez's shot to keep the scores level at halftime. Pity Martinez came close twice in the second half. His volley forced a strong save from Petroli and, minutes later, a powerful left-footed strike was also denied by the goalkeeper. At the other end, Fernandez tested Armani from long range. River midfielder Manuel Lanzini came on in the second half but was forced off in the 64th minute after sustaining a shoulder sprain. Substitute Marcos Acuna nearly found the opener with a long-range effort that went just wide. Godoy midfielder Gonzalo Abrego fired from distance and fellow midfielder Luciano Pascual headed from inside the box in the last minutes but Armani saved both to keep the scores even. River are set to host Lanus on Sunday and Godoy visit Velez Sarsfield on Monday.
