Tesla is recalling 3,470 2022-2023 Model Y cars due to bolts in the second-row seat back frames not being secured properly. An estimated 4% of cars are affected, a recall report submitted in late February said. The loose bolts could cause the seat belts to not work properly in a crash, “which may increase the risk of an injury for occupants seated in affected second-row seating positions,” the National Highway Traffic Administration said. On Model Y vehicles, the second-row driver- and passenger-side seat back frames are secured with four bolts per seat back. But during production for certain Model Y cars, one or more of the bolts securing the seat back frames to the lower seat frame “may not have...
Foodies flocked to Disney California Adventure once again as the annual Food & Wine Festival got underway with 12 food booths offering small plates highlighting California-grown ingredients. The 2023 Food & Wine Fest kicked off Friday, March 3 and runs through April 25 with local, celebrity and Disney chefs offering cooking tips during culinary demonstrations, tasting seminars and signature events. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here. SEE ALSO: Everything you can eat and drink at Disney’s Food & Wine Festival – See the list Chef Goofy poses with guests at the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival on Friday, March 3, 2023,...
A member of the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team carries a sedated Mexican wolf from a helicopter. The team will conduct a health check and attach a collar before releasing the wolf back into the wild. Image via Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team. Mexican wolf numbers soar past 200 Mexican wolves were first reintroduced to the wild in the American Southwest 25 years ago, over the objection of ranchers. The 1998 reintroduction marked the first time in 30 years that wild Mexican wolves once again existed within U.S. borders. In late February 2023 – around the time of the 25th anniversary of the reintroduction – the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and partners appeared to be celebrating the fact...
I suppose the luckiest moment in the history of Phoenix, Arizona occurred when the first settlers decided to reject the suggestion of its founder, Jack Swilling, that they should name the new town “Stonewall”, after the Confederate General "Stonewall Jackson". Instead they listened to the more educated voice of Phillip Darrell Duppa, an Englishman who had been versed in the classics. Phillip (above) liked to call himself “Lord Duppa”, a title delivered with a self depreciating grin, which really sold it. The limey had the romantic idea that the ugly little adobe town founded between the White Tank Mountains and the Salt River was a place of rebirth, a spot where new life could rise from the ashes of the old,...
