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What’s behind Oakland cat’s refusal to go inside the (litter) box?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

DEAR JOAN: Our 3½-year-old male cat, Orion, occasionally doesn’t squat in the litter box. He steps in with his behind facing out of the box and lets loose all over the floor. He has been diagnosed with crystals and is mostly on a wet food urinary diet (c/d). The little dry food he does get is a c/d variety as well.We have tried buying litter boxes with doors, but the other two cats refuse to use them. Orion has figured out how to use one box with a door, but seems to prefer the ones without doors.Otherwise his behavior is normal and he’s very affectionate and playful. Do you have any idea why he might be doing this and what we could do to help him stop?We try to clean the boxes regularly and wash them and change the litter at reasonable intervals.— Rod Miller, Oakland DEAR ROD: The first thing that comes to mind is also the easiest to remedy. The litter box might be a tad too small for Orion. While cats seem happy to squeeze themselves into tiny spaces, that doesn’...

Pedestrian’s death in Vallejo investigated as homicide

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

A man was run over and killed in a Vallejo cul-de-sac, and the car’s driver has been arrested on suspicion of homicide, police said.The collision happened at 4:22 p.m. Saturday on Donna Court. The victim, who has not been identified, died at a hospital.After questioning witnesses, police arrested the driver at the scene. She was taken to Solano County Jail and booked on suspicion of homicide.It was Vallejo’s seventh homicide of the year.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Millbrae man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 11-year-old family member Crime and Public Safety | Man stabbed to death on residential street in South San Jose Crime and Public Safety | Two killed in Oaklan...

Two SFPD officers slashed with knife in hotel standoff

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

(KRON) -- Two police officers were cut with a knife when responding to an incident at a hotel in the Tenderloin neighborhood Sunday afternoon, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Two dead after shooting in Oakland The incident began Sunday morning when Hotel Spero staff at 405 Taylor Street alerted police that a woman was causing a disturbance in her room. Video from the scene shows smoke pouring out of a twelfth floor window.The woman went quiet for about 20 minutes when police arrived on the scene before throwing her phone and a knife out the window. She then allegedly lit a fire in her room before officers could get through the door. Other guests at the hotel were evacuated for their safety. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }O...

1 dead in fiery, early-morning crash in San Jose

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

(BCN) -- San Jose police are investigating a fatal traffic collision near Meridian Avenue and Woodruff Drive that occurred early Monday morning. Two SFPD officers slashed with a knife in hotel standoff Police were called to the scene at 1:26 a.m., police said on Twitter. A vehicle struck a tree and became engulfed in flames.KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }One person was declared dead at the scene, police said at 4:45 a.m. Meridian Avenue was closed from Redmond Avenue to Oakglen Way as of 4:45 a.m. Drivers were asked to use other routes if possible.

GM to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, plants

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

FLINT, Michigan (AP) — General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks. Gerald Johnson, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, said Monday that the company will build internal combustion vehicles throughout this decade, in addition to making electric vehicles.GM has a goal of building only electric passenger vehicles in the United States by 2035.The Detroit automaker reported a 38% year-over-year increase in heavy-duty pickup sales last year, with nearly 288,000 trucks sold. GM will invest $788 million in the Flint assembly plant, with updates including a body shop building expansion, general assembly conveyor expansion, and new tooling and equipment.The company will invest $233 million in the Flint metal center for new stamping dies to support production of its next-generation ICE heavy-duty trucks, as well as press refur...

Michael Keaton dice que el director Tim Burton y él están haciendo ‘Beetlejuice 2’ “exactamente como hicimos la primera película”

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

(CNN) — La mayoría está de acuerdo con que la película de 1988 “Beetlejuice” es un clásico. Y dos de las principales fuerzas creativas detrás de la macabra y cómica película —la estrella titular Michael Keaton y el visionario director Tim Burton— dicen que planean apegarse estrechamente a la icónica cinta cuando aborden su largamente esperada secuela.Keaton, nominado al Oscar, habló el fin de semana con la revista de cine británica Empire sobre los planes de Burton y él para realizar la secuela, que lleva décadas provocando a los seguidores de Hollywood.“Los dos estamos de acuerdo en que, si pasa, tiene que ser lo más parecida a la primera”, dijo Keaton, señalando la importancia de utilizar efectos prácticos e “improvisar y hacer riffs, pero literalmente cosas hechas a mano, como gente creando cosas con sus manos y construyendo algo”.Keaton añadió que hacer la secuela es “lo más divertido que he trabajado en una película en no sé cuánt...

Jabeur defeats Pera in straight sets to reach French Open quarterfinals, next plays Haddad Maia

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Bernarda Pera could not win a single game on her serve Monday as she was eliminated in straight sets in the fourth round of the French Open.Facing seventh-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, the unseeded American was broken eight times on Court Philippe Chatrier and lost 6-3, 6-1. Jabeur won 15 of 16 points on Pera’s second serve.Jabeur, the runner-up at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, advanced to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the first time in her career.Jabeur also struggled with her serve but managed to save eight of the 12 break points she faced.“She put a lot of pressure on my service,” Jabeur said. “I’m pleased that I was able to win my service games when I needed to. … Hopefully, I’ll return well and serve better in my next match.”Pera looked frustrated and tried to shorten rallies, but the strategy did not work. She ended up making 33 unforced errors in total.Back from a calf injury that hampered her preparations for the t...

Push to make new genomic testing more available, affordable to improve cancer care

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

Endometrial (Uterine) cancer awareness: Photomicrograph of uterine biopsy showing Endometrial cancer or Endometrial carcinoma.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Md Saiful Islam Khan) Endometrial (Uterine) cancer awareness: Photomicrograph of uterine biopsy showing Endometrial cancer or Endometrial carcinoma.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Md Saiful Islam Khan) Personalized treatment is revolutionizing cancer care, with new targeted therapies tailored for a patient’s particular cancer mutation. The key that unlocks the knowledge about that cancer is genomic sequencing, which is also called Next Generation Sequencing.“Thirty years ago, we received a breast cancer diagnosis or a lung cancer diagnosis — and it was just t...

Wembanyama could made summer league debut in Sacramento, not Vegas, after NBA draft

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s next couple of weeks are now set: He’ll be playing in the French league finals starting this weekend, and then the San Antonio Spurs will almost certainly make him the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on June 22.And if that means the French star’s summer league debut comes in Sacramento instead of Las Vegas in early July, the league is fine with that.NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league doesn’t have a preference regarding the site of Wembanyama’s first game with the Spurs. While the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas is the biggest — all 30 teams attend — and commands the most attention, there are smaller summer leagues that precede the Vegas event by a few days. Sacramento plays host to one of those events, and the Spurs are one of six teams headed there this year.“All summer leagues are NBA Summer Leagues,” Silver told The Associated Press. “I’m very supportive of the Sacramento summer league. I remember when (Kings owner Vivek Ranadive) first came...

Douglas County park closes after 4 dogs die

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:06:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Douglas County park is closed after four dogs died shortly after visiting the park. Newlin Meadows Park in Parker has been closed since May 26 after FOX31 learned four dogs died suddenly after reportedly playing in the park just days before their deaths.According to the Douglas County Public Health Department, the Newlin Meadows HOA immediately closed the park after the deaths were reported. Fort Collins flooding strands hotel guests, damages cars DCPHD worked with the HOA to determine if there was a naturally occurring substance growing in the park that could be harmful to dogs if it was ingested. They were also looking into if the dogs were exposed to something man-made.So far, DCPHD has not said if they found anything that could have led to the dogs' deaths but they do say they have done everything they can to prevent other dogs from getting sick or dying. The HOA has not said when it expects the park to reopen.