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SCOTT WOODWARD: MARKETING MAVERICK

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

Photo: Marc TousignantScott Woodward has been described by some in the industry as a model marketer or a marketing archetype even, given he has successfully navigated a career that has now spanned three decades. The first half of his career was spent as an in-house brand marketer for some of the most iconic brands in the world and the latter half as the founder of his own brand agency in New York, SEW Branded, working with over forty brands, emerging and established, as a quintessential brand design and marketing guru.Woodward began his career in Chevron’s marketing training program in their Mid-Atlantic regional offices after completing his MBA, only after being turned down by Shell Oil. Chevron gave the marketing neophyte an opportunity to sharpen his marketing acumen by being exposed to marketing, branding, advertising, finance, real estate, and legal functions within its retail and wholesale marketing endeavors. The energy giant was also undergoing its first re-brand, whic...

One Killed in 3-Car Accident on North Livermore Avenue [Livermore, CA]

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

1 Pronounced Dead after Three-Vehicle Collision on May School RoadLIVERMORE, CA (May 12, 2023) – Saturday night, one driver was killed in a speeding 3-car accident on North Livermore Avenue.Officers first located the street race around 8:46 p.m., between Manning and May School Road.According to reports, three vehicles were seen speeding south on Livermore Avenue. Shortly after, police witnessed a collision near the intersection of I-580 and North Livermore Road.Shortly after, authorities observed a crash while approaching I-580 and North Livermore Avenue intersection. Investigators say a 2006 Acura RL drove through a red light and struck a 2013 Hyundai Elantra and a 1994 Chevy Camaro that were stopped in the left turn lane.The Acura driver then continued racing through the intersection and collided with a traffic pole. The pole then fell onto the Acura and caused fatal injuries to its driver.Meanwhile, both drivers from the two other vehicles declined medical transport. At thi...

2 Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash on Charleston Boulevard [Las Vegas, NV]

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

1 Officer, 1 Other Hospitalized after Car Crash on Charleston Boulevard near Community College DriveLAS VEGAS, NV (May 12, 2023) – Saturday afternoon, at least 2 individuals sustained injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Charleston Boulevard.The incident happened around 12:10 p.m. at the 6300 block of W. Charleston Blvd near Community College Drive.As per the reports, one patrol vehicle and another vehicle collided under unknown circumstances.Responding paramedics then transported an officer and one occupant of the second car to UMC with unspecified injuries.Moreover, both directions of the roadway were temporarily shut down to allow for cleanup and preliminary duties, but have since been reopened to the public.At this time, LVMPD has no further information on the two-vehicle crash on Charleston Boulevard. However, an active investigation is still underway.Make our roads safer by abiding by all traffic laws and following the conditions of the road. Remember that willfully disreg...

Journalist Hodding Carter III dies; during Iran hostage crisis, he was State Department spokesman

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

Associated PressCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who updated Americans on the Iran hostage crisis as U.S. State Department spokesman and won awards for his televised documentaries, has died. He was 88.His daughter, Catherine Carter Sullivan, confirmed that he died Thursday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Before moving to Washington in 1977, Carter was editor and publisher of his family’s newspaper, the Delta Democrat-Times, in Greenville, Mississippi.Carter had been co-chair of the Loyalist Democrats, a racially diverse group that won a credentials fight at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, unseating the all-white delegation by Mississippi’s governor, John Bell Williams.Carter’s campaign work in 1976 for Jimmy Carter, no relation, helped secure him a job as assistant secretary of state for public affairs. It was in this role that he was seen on television news during the 444 days that Iran h...

Second person dies after two-car collision on Highway 4 in Martinez

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

MARTINEZ — A second driver involved in a two-car collision on Highway 4 earlier this week has died from his injuries, authorities said Friday.The wreck on Tuesday happened about 10:40 p.m. in the westbound direction between the Morello and Center Avenue exits, according to a statement from California Highway Patrol Officer Adam Lane. A driver of a Honda Civic died at the scene. The driver of a Toyota Corolla died Wednesday at a hospital.The crash was the fifth fatal one on the highway in 2023, and the first that has resulted in more than one death. There have been nine fatal crashes on the highway since November 16, 2022, when three children were among five people killed in a head-on collision in Pittsburg.Authorities identified the Honda driver as 18-year-old Diana Zuniga, of San Pablo. They identified the Toyota driver as 49-year-old Jeremiah Smeby, of Antioch.Lane said Zuniga drove a gray Honda Civic into the white Toyota that Smeby drove as the two traveled west on the hig...

United pilots picket for higher pay ahead of summer season

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

By David Koenig | Associated PressDALLAS — Just ahead of what could be a record-breaking summer travel season, pilots from one of the nation’s biggest airlines marched in picket lines at major airports on Friday as they push for higher pay.The United Airlines pilots have been working without a raise for more than four years while negotiating with airline management over a new contract.The pilots are unlikely to strike anytime soon, however. Federal law makes it very difficult for unions to conduct strikes in the airline industry, and the last walkout at a U.S. carrier was more than a decade ago.The coast-to-coast protests by United pilots come on the heels of overwhelming strike-authorization votes by pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. United pilots could be the next to vote, according to union officials.Pilots at all three carriers are looking to match or beat the deal that Delta Air Lines reached with its pilots earlier this year, which raised pay rates by 3...

Google co-founders gain $17 billion as AI boost lifts stock

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

By Biz Carson | BloombergGoogle’s co-founders are reaping the rewards of the artificial intelligence frenzy, adding more than $17 billion to their combined wealth as the company unveiled a revamped search engine.Larry Page’s net worth increased by $8.7 billion this week to $106.2 billion, while Sergey Brin’s rose $8.3 billion to $101.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That puts them on track for their biggest weekly gain since February 2021.Google will start experimenting with a more conversational search engine and has made its AI-powered chatbot available more broadly, the Mountain View, California-based company said at its annual developer conference on Wednesday. That’s helping the firm assert dominance in an increasingly competitive field. Shares of its parent, Alphabet Inc., were little changed at 10:57 a.m. in New York after surging 8.6% in the two days through Thursday.Page and Brin, who’ve been helping with the AI push and are more involved in the com...

Ukraine says it has made gains near key city of Bakhmut

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

By Samya Kullab | Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian military commanders said Friday that their troops had recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war’s longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut, but it wasn’t clear if this marked the start of Kyiv’s long-expected counteroffensive.Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said Ukrainian forces had stepped up attacks north of the region while denying speculation by Russian military bloggers that the Kyiv forces had achieved “defense breakthroughs.”The 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of territory that Ukrainian forces south of Bakhmut retook this week represented a significant gain and will protect an important supply chain, according to commanders of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, a special forces unit that led the attack.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he met with the top military commanders Friday, noting that Gen. Oleksandr Sy...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton the week of May 1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

A house in Danville that sold for $3.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton in the past week.In total, 21 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.3 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $729.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of May 1 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2 million, detached house in the 6400 block of Paseo Santa MariaThe 2,588 square-foot single-family house in the 6400 block of Paseo Santa Maria, Pleasanton, has now been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in March and the total purchase price was $2,040,000, $788 per square foot. The house was built in 1988. The house features 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.9. $2.5 million, single-family home in the 2800 block of Tulare Hills DriveThe 4,266 square-foot single-family resi...

Bay Area councilwoman calls for censure of colleague following incident

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:12 GMT

Brentwood City Councilmember Jovita Mendoza this week called for the censure of fellow Councilman Tony Oerlemans for his actions at a previous meeting.During the April 25 meeting, Oerlemans got into a heated exchange with Mayor Joel Bryant and then left the meeting briefly. The exchange happened when the councilman tried to pull two consent calendar items while a different motion was already on the floor, which was then seconded and unanimously passed.Orelemans, hearing that the items he wanted pulled – a contract for a soundwall and expense adjustment for the police dispatch system – had been approved, became upset, accusing the mayor of unfairly pushing the items forward.Brentwood Councilman Tony Oerlemans becomes angry over a consent calendar item on a sound wall that was not pulled for discussion and gets into a heated exchange with Mayor Joel Bryant and later walks out on April 25, 2023. “You don’t understand anything. I am disgusted with the ability for you to push someth...