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Retrain your thumb: The iPhone ‘end call’ button is moving

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

Apple is making a small change to the iPhone’s software that will likely mess with your muscle memory: The big red “end call” button is moving.The end-call icon, currently all by itself at the bottom of the screen, will slide to the right, and the other icons will move down. The iPhone’s phone app will get a series of updates coming to iOS 17, including a revised design that repositions the hang-up button.The icon – a big red dot with an image of a phone handset – currently sits by itself at the bottom of the screen, separated from two rows of other call-function buttons. With the change, it will be at the bottom right of the screen, clumped with five other buttons: mute, keypad, speaker, add call,  FaceTime.The new call screen, which is already available for download in a beta version for developers, sparked some strong reactions among iOS users on social media: “iOS 17 has the FaceTime button where the end call button used to be,” tweeted one user. “Muscle memory be damned.”A...

Preseason all-Bay Area News Group high school football 2023: Wide receivers/tight ends

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

PRESEASON ALL-BAY AREA NEWS GROUPWIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDSWide receiversDaven Amos, Clayton Valley, 6-3, 190, seniorA three-star prospect, per 247Sports. Had a big junior season, catching 86 passes for 1,164 yards and 12 TDs.Brooks Davis, Heritage, 6-0, 170, seniorThree-star rating with multiple offers. Will have a much larger role for the Brentwood school this season after catching five TD passes as a junior.Kai Hamilton, Valley Christian, 6-2, 178, seniorThree-star prospect has an offer from Washington State. Caught 20 passes as a junior last season, three of them for touchdowns.Tyrone Jackson, Riordan, 6-3, 180, seniorTransferred to Riordan from Oakland Tech. Rated a three-star by 247Sports and Rivals. Has offers from five Power 5 schools, including four in the Pac-12. Should team up nicely with Riordan’s collection of talent.Paul Kuhner, Acalanes, 6-0, 175, seniorAlong with Trevor Rogers, he’ll provide sprinter speed that should make things difficult for defensive backs. Three-s...

Man who died on trail had been on a trip to scatter father’s ashes in Sierra Nevada

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

A man whose body was found in Utah’s Arches National Park had been on a trip to spread his father’s ashes in the Sierra Nevada near Reno, family members said Tuesday.James “Jimmy” Bernard Hendricks on March 2022, in Austin, Texas. (Ruth Hendricks Brough via AP) James Bernard “Jimmy” Hendricks, 66, of Austin, Texas, had been hiking in the park and likely became disoriented from a combination of heat, dehydration and high altitude, sisters Ila Hendricks and Ruth Hendricks Brough said.After he was reported overdue from a hike on Aug. 1, rangers at Arches found his vehicle at a trailhead parking lot. The same day, his body was found near the Sand Dune Arch Trail about 2½ miles from the trailhead.His sisters believe he went on a long hike on the morning of July 29 — the last day he was seen alive — then died during a second hike that day. Temperatures in the area topped 100 degrees on July 29.Brough said Hendricks was an experienced hiker, but his water bottle was empty....

Man fatally shot in Oakland; third homicide in seven-hour span

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

OAKLAND — A 40-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday night in the Koreatown Northgate district, authorities said.His name was not immediately released.The shooting happened about 9:07 p.m. Tuesday outside in the 500 block of 24th Street near Telegraph Avenue. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died about a half-hour later.A motive for the killing is under investigation.No arrests were announced.The killing is the 66th homicide investigated by Oakland police this year and was the third within city limits in seven hours Tuesday. East Bay Regional Park District police investigated a fatal shooting of a man about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline boat launch and 10 minutes later BART police investigated a fatal shooting of a man at a street level entrance to the Lake Merritt Station. An arrest was made in that killing.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Investigation underway into East Bay freeway shooting Crime and Pub...

‘It’s apocalyptic’: People jump into the ocean to flee Maui wildfires as patients overwhelm hospitals and 911 gets cut off

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

By Holly Yan, Amanda Jackson, Jamiel Lynch and Chris Boyette | CNNThe wildfires raging out of control in Maui are so catastrophic, some residents are hurling themselves into the ocean to escape the flames.Even emergency crews might not be able to help as the infernos – fueled in part by Hurricane Dora churning some 800 miles away – have cut off 911 services and communications in Maui.“911 is down. Cell service is down. Phone service is down” Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke told CNN on Wednesday morning.“Our hospital system on Maui, they are overburdened with burn patients, people suffering from inhalation,” she said. “The reality is that we need to fly people out of Maui to give them burn support because Maui hospital cannot do extensive burn treatment.”The disaster also has wiped out power to about 14,000 homes and businesses in Maui, according to PowerOutage.us.Clint Hansen took drone video Tuesday night that showed wildfires spreading just north of Kihei.“Lahaina has been devastated,...

One dead in solo vehicle crash in Pleasant Hill

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

(KRON) -- One person is dead after their car overturned Tuesday afternoon in Pleasant Hill, according to CHP.Around 2 p.m., a black BMW sedan was traveling eastbound on Coggins Drive at Las Juntas Drive with one occupant inside. CHP says the BWM left the roadway and collided with a raised concrete curb and two steel poles. Person shot dead outside Lake Merritt BART station The collision caused the BMW to overturn. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene once CHP and emergency personnel arrived, officials said. The cause of the collision is under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact CHP Contra Costa County at 925-646-4980.

Armed men in ski masks rob man waiting for Uber near Alamo Square

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

(BCN) -- A man was robbed at gunpoint while waiting for an Uber near Alamo Square in San Francisco on Monday, police said. Shortly after 10 a.m., a man was waiting for an Uber near the intersection of Fulton and Steiner streets when four men wearing black clothing and masks pulled up in an SUV, according to police. Man dies following Oakland shooting The men brandished guns and demanded the victim hand over his property. Another man across the street saw the confrontation and attempted to intervene. He crossed the street and told the assailants to stop, before they pointed their weapons at him and fled. Police say the suspects stole two bags containing laptops, medical equipment and clothing. No injuries were reported. Police ask anyone with information related to this case to contact the SFPD at (415) 575-4444. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Two women arrested in Alameda robbery in which victim was dragged

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

(KRON) -- Two women were arrested Tuesday for a robbery last month in which the victim was dragged by the suspect's car, according to the Alameda Police Department. Alameda PD dispatchers received a call on June 25 at around 3:15 p.m., initially stating that a driver struck a woman with a car in the 900 block of Broadway.At the scene, officers located the victim and several witnesses. Through an investigation, officers learned that the woman was sitting in her car when someone approached and stole personal items from the vehicle. The suspect then ran back to their vehicle and the victim attempted to chase them. Skimming devices found in Petaluma During the course of trying to recover her property, police said the woman was dragged by the suspect's car and sustained injuries. After canvassing the area, officers were unable to locate the suspects.Detectives took over the case and conducted an extensive follow-up, according to Alameda PD.On Tuesday, Alameda PD arrested a 30-year-old ...

Man dies following Oakland shooting

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

(KRON) -- A person is dead following a shooting in Oakland Tuesday night in the 500 block of 25th Street, according to police. Just after 9 p.m., the Oakland Police Department received reports of a shooting. Officers found a man who had sustained a gunshot wound(s). The victim, a resident of Oakland, was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. Senator Feinstein released from hospital after falling in her San Francisco home The victim's death is currently under investigation by OPD's Homicide Section. Anyone with information is asked to contact OPD at 510-238-3821.

Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:29 GMT

The U.S. State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept.The meeting, between the Pakistani ambassador to the United States and two State Department officials, has been the subject of intense scrutiny, controversy, and speculation in Pakistan over the past year and a half, as supporters of Khan and his military and civilian opponents jockeyed for power. The political struggle escalated on August 5 when Khan was sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges and taken into custody for the second time since his ouster. Khan’s defenders dismiss the charges as baseless. The sentence also blocks Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, from contesting elections expected in Pakistan later this year.One month after the meeting with U.S. officials documented in the leaked P...