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Sadly our Denny's in Wichita Falls is no more, but something new will be taking its place supposedly around the summer.

A Wichita Falls man has been sentenced for DWI with a child passenger.

What San Francisco and Oakland can learn from Los Angeles... yes, Los Angeles

Associate Editor

CHP has reopened several lanes in SF that were closed off due to protestors who are calling for a cease-fire on the Gaza Strip amid Israel-Hamas war.

CHP spokesman Mark Andrews said the protesters are on a quarter mile stretch of US 101, both north and southbound, between South Van Ness/Mission St. exit and Octavia Street.

Thousands took over the Central Freeway in San Francisco today in a march calling for an end to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

Around 4:30 p.m. a large group of several thousand protesters marched up to the Central Freeway in San Francisco, stopping Saturday afternoon

Gustavo Dallarda, director of Caltrans District 11, explains some of the engineering behind freeways and makes the case that they provide an efficient means of travel compared to surface roads. He acknowledges the need to reduce vehicle travel, but says infrastructure doesn't get built overnight and that our transition away from cars and freeways has to be slow and gradual.

A body was found on Thursday morning near 13th and Harrison streets, under the Central Freeway, according to police officers on the scene.