The decision, to take effect by 2035, will very likely speed a wider transition to electric vehicles because many other states follow California’s standards.
California regulators on Thursday will vote to put in place a sweeping plan to restrict and ultimately ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars, state officials said, a move that the state’s governor described as the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine.
The new policy, detailed Wednesday morning in a news conference, is widely expected to accelerate the global transition toward electric vehicles. Not only is California the largest auto market in the United States, but more than a dozen other states typically follow California’s lead when setting their own auto emissions standards.
If those states follow through, and most are expected to adopt similar rules, the restrictions would apply to about a third of the United States auto market.
WILKINSBURG, Pa. — A former Borough of Wilkinsburg Finance Department employee has been arrested after police said he stole a debit card from the branch.
An investigation began in July after the borough finance director noticed a debit card was missing from the department.
Wilkinsburg police detectives said 26-year-old Terrell Fields was in possession of the missing card.
Police arrested Fields on Center Street in Pitcairn.
Fields appeared in court at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and was arraigned on charges of theft by unlawful taking, access device fraud and identity theft.
Officers said Fields had two other warrants from Westmoreland and Allegheny counties.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Workers at two dozen nursing home facilities across Pennsylvania have sent out notices that they intend to strike.
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania says Guardian Healthcare and two chains owned by Mordy Lahasky, Comprehensive Healthcare and Priority Healthcare, have refused to bargain in good faith.
“This workforce has been through so much,” said SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania President Matt Yarnell. “They’ve been called heroes. Now’s the time to pony up and make these good jobs.”
Healthcare workers at facilities like The Grove at Irwin, The Grove at New Castle, The Grove at Washington, Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehab and Clarion Health and Rehab voted to send out strike notices for unfair labor practices.
“We as a union want to make sure that people get good high-quality care, workers have a seat at the table through their union, and we want these careers to be good careers,” said Yarnell. “We want the people to be protected, respected, paid and staffed.”
A suspect is now in custody without incident after a standoff in Tuftonboro Tuesday.
A section of Route 171 was temporarily closed after a man fired a gun at a sheriff’s deputy, sources told WMUR.
Sources said that just after 11 a.m. Tuesday, a Carroll County sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle that had left Carroll County Superior Court. Police said the man was known to that deputy.
The man fired at the deputy on Canaan Road, sources said. The deputy was not injured.
The man was believed to be barricaded inside his home for hours.
“We saw what you see right here. Three cop cars come out. Four go back in. A couple come out. More go back in,” neighbor Mike Stefanilo said.
The suspect was eventually taken into custody just before 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday introduced legislation in an attempt to find immediate solutions to Pittsburgh’s homelessness issues, including a proposal to build tiny houses on city-owned land.
The measure, sponsored by Council President Theresa Kail-Smith and Councilwoman Deb Gross, classified homelessness in the city as a “public health emergency” as homeless individuals are left to contend with extreme weather without adequate shelter.
The measure also directs the Departments of Innovation and Performance and Finance to find 10 parcels of city-owned land with water and sewer connections in place that could be used for tiny home development; 10 parcels of city-owned land with water and sewer connections that can be developed into affordable housing for rent or ownership; 10 parcels of city-owned that could be used as heating or cooling shelters and 10 parcels of land under the Department of Finance’s control that have structures that could be used for affordable housing or temporary shelter.
Paul Pelosi has pleaded guilty to DUI in connection to a May car crash.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, pleaded guilty Tuesday to DUI causing injury in connection to a May car crash, prosecutors said.
Based on Paul Pelosi’s guilty plea, the second charge — driving with a .08% blood alcohol level or higher causing injury — was dismissed, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office said.
This booking photo provided by the Napa County Sheriff’s Office shows Paul Pelosi on May 29, 2022, following his arrest on suspicion of DUI in Northern California.
Napa County Sheriff’s Office via AP
Among the requirements of Judge Joseph Solga’s sentence are: serving five days in jail; paying victim restitution and a court fine; completing a three-month DUI program; and completing three years of probation.
He received credit for four days served: two for the two days he served in jail following his arrest and two days’ time for good conduct. The fifth day of the sentence will be served on a court work program, so the 82-year-old will not serve any more time in jail.
Burger King’s new Original Chik’n Sandwich—its first plant-based chicken sandwich on domestic soil—is made in partnership with Impossible Foods, which just released a larger format vegan chicken patty.
Ford Motor Co. F -5.04%▼ confirmed Monday it is laying off roughly 3,000 white-collar and contract employees, marking the latest in its efforts to slash costs as it makes a longer-range transition to electric vehicles.
Ford sent an internal email Monday to employees, saying it would begin notifying affected salaried and agency workers this week of the cuts. The email was viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The 1% reduction in Ford’s workforce of about 183,000 mostly targets employees in the U.S., Canada and India. About 2,000 of the targeted cuts will be salaried jobs at the Dearborn, Mich., auto maker. The remaining 1,000 employees are working in contract positions with outside agencies, the company said.
An Oklahoma County deputy died and another was injured after a suspect opened fire Monday afternoon in an Oklahoma City neighborhood.
Authorities said the suspect and officers exchanged gunfire during the pursuit, which ended at Tinker Air Force Base’s main gate. The suspect surrendered outside the gate and was taken into custody.
A Downtown Pittsburgh sports bar employee is accused of spiking a co-worker’s drink two weeks ago with pipe degreaser, causing co-worker’s upper and lower lips to turn red and feel a burning sensation, Pittsburgh police said.
Gregory Evans Jr., 30, of Pittsburgh’s North Side, is accused of putting the degreaser into strawberry tea that the cook at Redbeards Sports Bar and Grill, 144 Sixth St., had got for himself around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 7, according to the criminal complaint.
The cook stepped away from his drink and when he returned to drink the tea, he noticed something smelled and tasted bad and the drink had little white bubbles in it. He spit out the drink and dumped the beverage from the glass, according to the complaint.
Dr. Anthony Fauci will step down from his roles of director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden this December, he announced Monday.
“While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,” Fauci said in a statement. “After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field.”
Fauci, who turns 82 in December, has said for months that he plans to step away from his public role as a national leader on the pandemic once COVID-19 reaches a “steady state.”
Biden, commending Fauci’s work not just on the current pandemic, but for the six presidents before him, said in a statement Monday that Fauci’s “commitment to the work is unwavering, and he does it with an unparalleled spirit, energy, and scientific integrity.”
(CNN)Russian authorities said Sunday they had opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow.
The Russian Investigative Committee said it believed someone planned and ordered the car explosion that killed Darya Dugina, based on evidence already collected from the blast. “Taking into account the data already obtained, the investigation believes that the crime was pre-planned and was of an ordered nature,” the investigative committee said in a statement Sunday.
McKees Rocks, PA (August 20, 2022) – A woman was killed in a bus accident that took place at an intersection in McKees Rocks on Friday afternoon, August 19.
Pittsburgh officials confirmed that the accident took place around 4:12 p.m. at the intersection of McCoy Road and Neville Avenue. Police confirmed that a vehicle was traveling near the intersection when it was involved in a head-on collision with a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus due to reasons that are not entirely known.
Several local responders, including paramedics and fire crews, were called to the scene to help those in need. A woman inside the passenger vehicle, who has since been identified as 54-year-old Helen Ringeisen, was rushed to the hospital but was tragically pronounced dead while there due to severe injuries. The driver of the passenger vehicle was injured and rushed to the hospital but their current condition is not yet known.
The roadway was blocked at the intersection for some time following the crash. Police worked to clear the scene as quickly as possible.
No further details have been released but the investigation into the accident continues.
We would like to offer our warmest condolences to the family and friends of the victim whose life was lost in this accident.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office in Washington believes its deputies stopped a man from carrying out plans to commit a mass shooting at the Gorge Amphitheater Friday night.
The sheriff’s office said people at the event and security personnel notified them at around 9 p.m. of a man in the parking lot.
Witnesses saw the man inhale an unknown substance or gas from a balloon and then load two 9mm pistols from the trunk of his car.
The man hid one gun in the waistband of his pants and the other in a holster that was outside his waistband, witnesses told investigators. The suspect then approached concertgoers and asked what time the concert ended and where they would be leaving the venue.
The person with the guns was identified as 31-year-old Jonathan R. Moody of Ephrata, Wash.
The sheriff’s office said Moody never made it inside the venue. Security stopped him outside the gates and disarmed him of his two pistols.
On Friday, the S&P 500 closed down 1.29%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 292 points, or 0.86%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.01%. The major averages also posted weekly losses.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Kittanning police were dispatched to the area of 1200 North Grant Avenue late Friday night for reports of a man actively firing a handgun at bystanders.
Officers arrived on the scene and confirmed that no one had been hurt, per a statement posted to the department’s Facebook page. Bystanders at the scene said that the suspect had fled back into his home following the incident.
Officers entered the residence where they were able to apprehend Joseph Mohnack. Officers also located a 9mm semi-automatic handgun used in the act, the statement added.
Officers learned that Mohnack is a person not to possess firearms.
Mohnack has been charged with several offenses and was transported to the Armstrong County Jail.
PITTSBURGH — A moving vehicle was shot at while it was traveling on the Parkway West, state police say.
Troopers said a vehicle was sideswiped by a gray sedan on Route 30 and Ardmore Boulevard at around 11:35 a.m. on Saturday.
A passenger in the vehicle that was hit told police the driver of the sedan did not stop. The driver followed the sedan onto the on-ramp to Interstate-376.
Police said shots were fired at the victim’s vehicle and hit its hood.
Anyone who saw the incident take place or knows any information is asked to contact state police at 412-299-1607.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
Maiky Simeon was driving east in the westbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway when he smashed head-on into a Honda sedan.
Five people were killed on a Florida expressway when their car was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver — who had his license revoked nearly a decade ago, according to a report.
Maiky Simeon, 30, was driving east in the westbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway near Miami in an Infiniti sedan around 4:30 a.m. Saturday when he smashed head-on into a Honda sedan.
Everyone inside the sedan — four women and one man ranging in age from 18 to 25 — was killed in the wreck, authorities said. None of them have been publicly identified.
Our crew at the scene learned that close to 150 parishioners were inside the building at the time.
PITTSBURGH — A local church was struck by lightning just before Sunday’s service.
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, located on East Street in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill-City View neighborhood was just about to hold mass at around 8:55 a.m. when the lighting hit.
It wasn’t just Kenny Pickett who showed some last-minute heroics. Mason Rudolph came up with his own late magic when he threw a 1-yard touchdown to undrafted rookie Tyler Snead with 1:56 remaining to give the Steelers their second preseason victory.
Two pilots on an Ethiopian Airlines flight reportedly fell asleep and missed their landing, according to the commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald.
The Boeing 737-80 was en route to Ethiopia from Sudan on Monday when the pilots dozed off, causing the aircraft to fly past the runway at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
Air traffic control tried to contact the crew multiple times but could not reach anyone, Aviation Herald reported. Eventually, an alarm sounded in the plane waking the sleeping pilots, according to the news site.
The pilots safely landed the plane about 25 minutes later.
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline, did not confirm that the pilots fell asleep but said it received a report about a flight temporarily losing communication with air traffic control.
“The flight later landed safely after communication was restored,” the airline said in a statement.
The involved crew was “removed from operation” pending an investigation, the statement continued.
Incident: Ethiopian B738 at Addis Ababa on Aug 15th 2022, pilots asleep
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Aug 18th 2022 20:09Z, last updated Saturday, Aug 20th 2022 19:10Z
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration ET-AOB performing flight ET-343 from Khartoum (Sudan) to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), was enroute at FL370 when the pilots fell asleep. The aircraft continued past the top of descent maintaining FL370 and continued along the FMC route set up for an approach to runway 25L without descending however. ATC tried to contact the crew numerous times without success. After overflying runway 25L at FL370 the autopilot disconnected, the disconnect wailer woke the crew up who then maneouvered the aircraft for a safe landing on runway 25L about 25 minutes after overflying the runway at FL370.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2.5 hours before departing for its next flight.
ADS-B data confirm the information, The Aviation Herald received, showing the aircraft maintained FL370 until after overflying the runway before the aircraft began to descend and maneouver for another approach.
On Aug 20th 2022 the airline confirmed the incident advising that both pilots have been suspended pending further investigation. Appropriate action will be taken based on the outcome of the investigation.
KENNEDY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A woman was killed and another person was injured after the car they were traveling in collided head-on with a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus.
According to Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesperson Adam Brandolph, the crash happened on McCoy Road at Neville Avenue in Kennedy Township around 4:12 p.m. Friday.
The passenger of the car, identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 54-year-old Helen Ringeisen, from Bridgeville, died at a hospital from injuries she sustained in the crash.
Brandolph said the driver of the car was also taken to a local hospital with injuries.
Our crew at the scene learned that close to 150 parishioners were inside the building at the time.
