A man who killed a Spotsylvania County woman in 2018 when his dump truck veered into her lane and struck her car head-on was convicted Monday of reckless driving.
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Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. Please email Senior Travel Tech Editor Sean O Neill at
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This week, travel startups announced more than $100 million in funding.
Addor Capital led the round. Qingdao Haikong Tiancheng Fund and SR Capital also participated.
Founded in 2015, the company offers technology used at many hotels, such as its U Check self-check-in kiosks and apps for guests. The startup is increasingly branching out to provide software and internet-of-things hardware for facilities for the elderly and corporate offices, too.
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Almost everything has remained the same at 70 Pine Street the oak floors, modern furnishings and colorful art except for the short-term rental startup operating its 132 rooms. After six years in business, Lyric succumbed to shaky finances and a travel shutdown in July 2020. Now, the 66-story Lower Manhattan building is the New York City flagship for Mint House, a three-year-old startup that caters to business travelers. Mint House is one of several short-term rental companies playing a game of musical chairs with its failed rivals. Startups such as Lyric and Stay Alfred which leased apartments and operated furnished rentals went out of business after the pandemic sent travel into a spiral, leaving behind several thousand vacant units across the country. That’s created a big opportunity for other short-term rental startups to expand without having to front the costs of outfitting and readying units from scratch.
to mornings on 2. a wet and wild ride for me comes into work. let s see what s happening outside right now, and check in with our meteorologist. good morning to you. coming down in some areas. we will continue to see the light rain before it turns to scattered showers. giving you a look at the radar. you can see it is very widespread. around santa rosa this morning. we head into the east bay, very white spread as well, a few scattered showers in and around hayward. as we let south, breaking up just a little bit. morgan hill and into gilroy. we ll continue with this light rain. let s talk about how much rain we ve seen so far, and whether or not you re going to need that umbrella all day sunday. more on that coming up in a bit. that wet weather is leading to dangerous conditions on bay area roads. more on the areas you should avoid, good morning, a lly. reporter: we re in marin county, just mortgage of lucky north of lucky drive. right now, this free way looks pretty