Even as a new infectious variant of COVID-19 threatens Californians, the film and television industry recorded 9,791 shoot days in the second quarter of 2021 — up 4,947% from the 194 shoot days for the same period last year and up 40% from 7,011 shoot days in the first quarter of this year. Shoots for FX‘s “American Crime Story: Impeachment” and the new Steven Spielberg movie “The Fabelmans” for Universal Pictures powered the biggest second quarter of location filming in the Los Angeles region since 2016 (when there were 9,937 shoot days), according to FilmLA. The nonprofit group handles

Local grocery store calls out road conditions with sign: ‘What a state embarrassment’ CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A sign that is typically used to advertise the deals of the Piggly Wiggly in Kanawha City, instead used the display to show their frustrations with the road they sit along. Their sign reads: “It’s past time to pave MacCorkle Ave. What a state embarrassment.” “Every business in Kanawha City should have the same thing up on their billboard,” said Nina Rutledge, who has lived off of MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City for the last five years. “It affects every business in Kanawha City,

Domestic travel to Maui sees Labor Day spike Arrivals increase comes after leaders request to cut travel amid delta surge Stanchion-marked lines for Kahului Airport’s TSA checkpoint are not needed on a slow morning Saturday. State and county elected leaders say there has been a decrease in visitors after requests were made to cut travel to Hawaii amid the delta variant surge. But recent state visitor numbers show there was an increase in domestic arrivals on Maui prior to the Labor Day weekend that topped pre-pandemic levels. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Despite requests by both state

But many changes will result in more livable communities and an overall increase in well-being, thanks in part to an increase in jobs. Ten years ago, economic models predicted a surge of new employment caused by a shift to a green economy, but little on-the-ground evidence supported those projections. No more. The U.S. now has over 3 million jobs in the clean energy sector, many of which barely existed 10 years ago. And that’s just a start. Modernizing our electricity and transportation systems and implementing efficient energy use throughout the economy is a huge undertaking, requiring far

They’ll change the world, their fans claim, by displacing traditional currencies like the dollar, rupee or ruble. And in the process of simply existing, some of the most popular hop over to here cryptocurrencies use astonishing amounts of electricity. This week we explained how they work, why they are so energy intensive and whether they could be greener. Here’s the whole project by Jon Huang, Claire O’Neill and Hiroko Tabuchi. The big picture: Managing a valuable digital currency with no central authority takes a whole lot of computing power. The numbers: Bitcoin’s energy use is close to