Should e-bikes and electric scooters be allowed on the beach? Volusia County to explore Mary Helen Moore, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Trek s CEO John Burke talks e-bikes and the benefits of cycling
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DAYTONA BEACH The Volusia County Council is set to consider whether e-bikes and electric scooters should be allowed on the beach after a pair of Florida laws put the current prohibitions on unsteady legal ground.
Currently, e-bikes, electric scooters and other devices with electric motors are classified as motor vehicles in Volusia County. But another section of county code holds that any motor vehicle unable to be registered and titled is banned from the beach.
Yuba-Sutter counties prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for those 65 and older Share Updated: 11:09 PM PST Feb 11, 2021 Share Updated: 11:09 PM PST Feb 11, 2021
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Show Transcript ABOUT IT. RUSS: ITS SCARY, ITS FRIGHTENING AND A POWERFUL DISEASE. STEPHANIE: YUBA AND SUTTER COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, SENSITIVE TO THE DANGERS OF COVID-19 REASON WHY THEY SAY, THEY’RE TAKING STATE VACCINATION GUIDELINES ONE STEP FURTHER. RUSS: WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MOST VULNERABLE AND SAY OK WE’RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU FIRST. STEPHANIE: RESTRICTING VACCINATIONS TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND THOSE 65 AND OLDER FOR NOW. RUSS: IT SIMPLIFIES IT AND QUICKLY ADDRESSES WHERE THE REAL RISK GET SOMEONE 65 AND OLDER, AND THEY GET IT, 10, 15 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET HOSPITALIZED. STEPHANIE: A DECISION, WITHOUT CONTROVERSY AS SURROUNDING COUNTIES MOVE FORWARD WITH VACCINATING PEOPLE BY PROFESSION, FROM POLICE TO FIREFIGHTERS TO TEACHERS. GALLAGHER: WE REALLY N
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Some nearby counties have advanced through the first phase of COVID-19 inoculations, and have set up online registration systems for people to sign up for a shot.
Eligible residents in some neighboring counties El Dorado, Placer and Yuba can sign up online for the vaccinations as they are made available. Nevada County’s Department of Public Health has yet to start the registration process.
Taylor Wolfe, Nevada County public information officer, said the county has so far administered 3,000 available doses of the vaccine. There are around 6,000 people within the county that fall within the original parameters for Tier 1A, health care workers.
A look at road projects in Yuba-Sutter-Colusa [Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.]
Jan. 16 There’s no shortage of roadwork in the Yuba-Sutter-Colusa region, local and state. Here’s a look at some of the various projects, as reported by local officials: After months of construction work, Gilbert Mohtes-Chan, public information officer for Caltrans District 3, said work on a $37.7 million project to restore nearly 12 lane miles of pavement on State Route 20 between Lytle Road and the Sutter Bypass, widen the shoulders and replace the Wadsworth Canal Bridge will be completed in just a few weeks.
“Bridge deck surfacing and drainage work on the new Wadsworth Canal Bridge is anticipated this month,” said Mohtes-Chan. A $61.5 million project on State Route 20 in Yuba County to straighten and flatten roadway curves and slopes, widen shoulders, construct a new bridge and rehabilitate a 4.5-mile section of roadway in the Browns Valley area is expected to be completed later this
Shopping mall spectacular under Obsidian control
Thursday, 14 January 2021
The University Town Centre Mall holiday light show (photo: Stancil Entertainment)
USA - The Mall at University Town Centre in Sarasota, Florida, has over 100 stores and 20 dining options that attract multitudes of patrons year round. This past holiday season, the mall retired its smaller Christmas experience from years past and debuted a spectacular new holiday light show as incentive for customers to forego stay-at-home shopping and visit the mall instead. Justin Stancil of Stancil Entertainment was contacted to design the lighting spectacular and turned to the ONYX platform from Obsidian Control Systems to control the massive system. “The client called saying they had a vision to do a big light show but had no idea how to achieve it,” Stancil shares. “I got the call in August and we designed a complete system - advanced pixels, intelligent lighting, control, hardlined and wireless networking, a