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Can you refute resort fees on your next hotel stay?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

(KTLA/NEXSTAR) — If you’re traveling, there’s hardly a greater feeling than finding a discount on a hotel room. That joy and the relaxation of your trip can, however, come crashing down quickly once it’s time to pay the bill. Even some of the cheapest hotel rooms can become expensive stays thanks to added fees. Their presence on your bill doesn’t necessarily mean you have to pay them, though. In the U.S., hotel prices are up roughly 3% compared to this time last year, according to the U.S. Consumer Price Index, and they’re expected to remain relatively high. The average room price has hovered over $200 a night, sites like Hopper show.   Crowds, high prices and the ‘White Lotus’ effect: Worst places to travel this summer Amenity fees can tack on another $25 to $100 a night, Clint Henderson, frequent traveler and managing editor at The Points Guy, tells Nexstar. It wasn’t always as widespread as it is today, he explains. What are resort fees?Hotel fee, resor...

State of Texas: Rules set for trial that could remove Ken Paxton from office

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) - After two days of delays and private deliberation, the Texas Senate voted Wednesday night to approve rules for the upcoming impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton.The trial is scheduled to begin on Sept. 5. Senators approved a separate resolution ordering Paxton to appear before the Senate by 9 a.m. on that date.One highly-anticipated decision was whether Paxton's wife, State Sen. Angela Paxton, would be required to recuse herself. That issue was addressed in the final rule senators approved, which states that as Ken Paxton's spouse, Sen. Paxton "shall not be eligible to vote on any matter, motion, or question, or participate in closed sessions or deliberations."However, the rule also states that Sen. Paxton "shall be seated in the court of impeachment." It also said she "shall be considered present and eligible only for the purpose of calculating the number of votes required for any and all matters, motions, and questions under these rules."Th...

Lunds & Byerlys workers authorize strike if necessary

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

On Friday, the union representing more than 2,500 workers at Lunds & Byerlys in the West Metro area voted to authorize a strike if negotiations with the company can’t be resolved.The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 announced that union members of the bargaining committee can enact Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strikes “should it become necessary.”“Today, our coworkers demonstrated the power that comes from standing together against company intimidation. Lunds & Byerlys has engaged in unfair labor practices meant to stop us from exercising our rights despite our tireless efforts to serve customers every day – throughout the pandemic and beyond.”They called the decision to call a strike a “last resort” but said they “refuse to continue to be bullied by our employer. A family owned, hometown hero such as Lunds & Byerlys should surely understand that this type of behavior has a negative impact on workers, customers ...

Los Angeles police bust drug lab disguised as a pizza shop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

What appeared to be a pizza shop in North Hollywood was really cooking up illegal THC concentrates, authorities said.The illicit “super lab” was located in the 7300 block of Radford Avenue next to a pet hospital, according to a tweet from LAPD Commanding Officer Lillian L. Carranza.Photos posted to social media by LAPD show what looks to be a functioning commercial kitchen, but instead of pizza, there were batches of THC honey oil in the boxes and on the cooling racks. An illicit THC honey oil extraction lab disguised as a pizza shop was busted in North Hollywood on Thursday. (Twitter/@LAPDCARRANZA)An illicit THC honey oil extraction lab disguised as a pizza shop was busted in North Hollywood on Thursday. (Twitter/@LAPDCARRANZA)An illicit THC honey oil extraction lab disguised as a pizza shop was busted in North Hollywood on Thursday. (Twitter/@LAPDCARRANZA)"We've heard of secret ingredients, but this takes the pie!," LAPD posted to social media. "It seems like criminals are ge...

Man arrested after stolen e-bike pursuit, standoff in Ventura

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

A man with a stolen e-bike was arrested after leading officers on a pursuit in Ventura on Friday.The suspect, Jesus Belmontes, 33, was spotted riding the electronic bike against oncoming traffic near the intersection of Main and Olive Streets around 8 a.m., according to Ventura police.When officers attempted to pull Belmontes over, he refused to stop and “actively tried to evade the officers.”During the pursuit, Belmontes hopped off the e-bike and fled on foot, running to the rear of a business near Main Street and Ventura Avenue. Officers deployed a drone and located Belmontes hiding in a fenced yard of an art studio, armed with pruning shears.The studio’s occupants were evacuated as police began confining the suspect. During negotiations, Belmontes “threatened to kill officers if they approached and brandished the shears,” said police. WATCH: Man stops elderly couple from being robbed in San Gabriel After an hour-long standoff, Belmontes surrendered and was taken into custody. D...

Right-hander’s rough inning leads to Oakland A’s lopsided loss in Toronto

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

TORONTO — Opener Shintaro Fujinami didn’t last a full inning as he gave up two earned runs in the bottom of the first in what would become a 7-3 A’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday at Rogers Centre.Fujinami allowed four base hits as George Springer and Bo Bichette both reached base to open the inning, with Bichette’s double putting runners on the corners. Brandon Belt hit a sacrifice fly to score Springer, and Matt Chapman added an RBI single.Oakland pitchers allowed 12 hits in all as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Danny Jansen each hit two-run homers to hand the A’s their ninth loss in 10 games.Oakland changed up its pitching plans and used right-hander Fujinami as an opener ahead of left-hander Hogan Harris.Fujinami (3-7) has had a mostly solid month with a 1-1 record and a 3.52 ERA in 7 2/3 innings pitched in seven June appearances before Saturday. Still, he struggled against the Jays with no strikeouts as his ERA increased to 10.57 for the season.Fuj...

Berti’s RBI single in 11th lifts Marlins over Pirates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jon Berti drove in the winning run with a single in the 11th inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday.Automatic runner Joey Wendle advanced to third on Nick Fortes’ sacrifice bunt before Berti hit a line drive to right against Angel Perdomo (1-1).Yuli Gurriel’s sacrifice fly off Pirates closer David Bednar in the bottom of the 10th tied it at 3-all after Ke’Bryan Hayes put the Pirates ahead in the top half with an RBI single.Luis Arraez homered and walked twice, Jacob Stallings had three hits and Andrew Nardi (5-1) struck out the side in a perfect 11th for the Marlins, who played before their second-largest home crowd of the season at 24,668. Arraez went 1 for 3 and his major league-leading average slipped a point to .401.Andrew McCutchen doubled twice and had three walks for the Pirates. McCutchen’s first double in the sixth was the 400th of his career.The Pirates were down to their last strike in the ninth, when rookie Nick Gonzales drew ...

Lyles ends 11-game losing streak, lowly Royals beat the majors-leading Rays 9-4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Lyles hasn’t had much to smile about this season.That finally changed Saturday.Lyles ended a 15-game winless streak and the lowly Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 for their second victory in three days against the team with the best record in the majors.“He had a big smile on his face when we came up the stairs (postgame),” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “The guys were ribbing him a little bit. He’s got a lot of pride in what he does. He’s handled himself tremendously well through this streak, so it feels really good for him.”Lyles (1-11) allowed four runs and eight hits over six innings. It was his first victory since his final start last year on Sept. 30 while playing for the Baltimore Orioles.“It feels really good,” Lyles said. “Even more so just how well we played all the way around team-wise. Just a really good team all around win.”Drew Waters, Freddy Fermín and Edward Olivares homered for the Royals, ...

Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

SaturdayAt Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports ParkNorwalk, OhioSunday’s PairingsTop Fuel1. Leah Pruett, 3.684 seconds, 333.08 mph vs. 16. Kyle Wurtzel, 3.822, 318.47; 2. Steve Torrence, 3.688,332.10 vs. 15. Doug Foley, 3.800, 315.71; 3. Brittany Force, 3.694, 332.10 vs. 14. Shawn Langdon, 3.777,326.56; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3.700, 330.23 vs. 13. Dan Mercier, 3.771, 324.20; 5. Austin Prock, 3.706, 323.97 vs. 12. Tony Schumacher, 3.759, 321.50; 6. Josh Hart, 3.707, 328.14 vs. 11. Spencer Massey, 3.751,325.30; 7. Justin Ashley, 3.708, 332.59 vs. 10. Clay Millican, 3.737, 329.91; 8. Mike Salinas, 3.725, 331.04 vs. 9. Antron Brown, 3.730, 331.28.Did Not Qualify: 17. T.J. Zizzo, 3.963, 255.00; 18. Mike Bucher, 4.438, 191.19; 19. Terry Totten, 4.505,185.97; 20. Scott Farley, 4.681, 237.59.Funny Car1. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.884, 329.26 vs. 16. Bobby Bode, Mustang, 4.148, 245.54; 2. Ron Capps,Toyota Supra, 3.887, 327.74 vs. 15. Alex Laughlin, Dodge Charger, 4.071, 307.16; 3. Matt H...

Matos hits first career HR to lift Giants past Diamondbacks 7-6 for 12th win in 13 games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:10 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luis Matos took a few slow steps toward first base, followed by a pair of quick hops. The Giants’ rookie wasn’t admiring his first career home run down the left field line so much as he was trying to will it to stay fair.″I knew it had the distance to go out,” Matos said through an interpreter. ”I just wanted to make sure that it stayed fair.”Matos’ go-ahead, two-run drive in the sixth inning provided the Giants with their biggest moment as they beat the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Saturday for their 12th win in 13 games.Joc Pederson and Blake Sabol added two hits each as San Francisco won its second straight against Arizona to pull 1 1/2 games back in the NL West.Like several others who have played well for the Giants after coming up from the minors. Matos was the team’s No. 4 prospect when he was called up June 14. He has scored at least once in seven of the 10 games he’s played in since then batting primarily in the middle of the order....