San Diego, CA
GET READY TO ‘FLIP’ OUT: STERN PINBALL ANNOUNCES SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL COMIC-CON 2022 SCHEDULE AND ACTIVITIES
Attendees can discover the gaming big on the present flooring at sales space #3721 or on the Stern Pop-Up Arcade on the Marriott Marquis
SAN DIEGO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Stern Pinball, Inc., is again at San Diego Worldwide Comedian-Con (SDCC) and introduced its schedule of actions for attendees to stay up for. Prepare on your probability to satisfy Ozzy Osbourne, scope out present exclusives, and play the enduring and outrageously enjoyable sport of pinball!
Meet Ozzy Osbourne and Todd McFarlane
Ozzy Osbourne will make his SDCC debut on Friday, July 22 on the Stern Pinball & Rebel Republic sales space (#3721). Osbourne and iconic artist Todd McFarlane will likely be unveiling paintings for the limited-edition McFarlane-designed comedian ebook that will likely be a part of Osbourne’s extremely anticipated album Affected person Quantity 9. Osbourne and McFarlane will likely be doing signings on the Stern Pinball sales space on Friday, July 22 at 12:00 PM.
Meet El Hijo Del Santo
The king of Lucha Libre is in the home! The most important identify in Mexican wrestling returns to Comedian-Con for 2 days of signings. Son of the enduring Lucha Libre legend, El Santo, El Hijo del Santo is celebrating 40 years as an expert luchador. Come to the Stern Pinball and Rebel Republic sales space on July 21 and July 22 at midday on your probability to satisfy El Hijo Del Santo. Come for an autograph, keep for the Flying Planchas!
Stern Pinball and Rebel Republic Present Exclusives
- EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER: Ozzy Osbourne, Affected person Quantity 9 conference unique blue smoke 2-LP vinyl x McFarlane cowl variant + foil cowl comedian ebook by Todd McFarlane—$75 (transport included)
- Ozzy Osbourne, Affected person Quantity 9 San Diego “Offered Out” unique T-shirt—$35
- Stern Pinball, Glow at nighttime unique Japanese print T-shirt (restricted to 50 items)—$30
- Santo, San Diego 2022 unique foil print T-shirt—$40
- Hijo Del Santo, 40 yr anniversary lithograph (restricted to 100 items)—$60
The Nerdist
Of their triumphant return to San Diego Comedian-Con, Nerdist is able to take you inside the newest and biggest in popular culture. With stay tapings of Nerdist Information, interviews with movie star friends, and some different surprises, Nerdist will likely be reporting stay from the Stern Pinball Pop-Up Arcade all weekend lengthy!
Toho
Positioned in Stern’s Pop-Up Arcade would be the largest (actually) star of movie, Toho’s Godzilla! The long-lasting movie studio from Japan is bringing the King of the Monsters to Comedian-Con with a particular photo-op space the place followers can take their image with Godzilla and brag about assembly a star on the present. Toho additionally has an official panel scheduled for Thursday, July 21 at 2:30 PM in room 29CD. Hosted by Toho’s Artistic Supervisor, Chris Mowry, the panelists (together with Stern’s Senior Director of Licensing and New Enterprise Improvement, Jody Dankberg) will talk about the creation of a few of their biggest licensed Godzilla merchandise together with the award-winning pinball machine from Stern Pinball. After the panel (and throughout the present), friends can take a look at their abilities with a day by day, free-to-play event on the Godzilla pinball machines.
Stern’s Pop-Up Arcade
Attendees can have their probability to play the most popular titles from Stern Pinball at Comedian-Con Worldwide’s official Pop-Up Arcade positioned straight subsequent door to the Conference Heart on the Marriott Marquis Pacific Ballroom 14-17. Include mates for the free play video games and keep for the day by day high-score tournaments with prizes! Earn a particular SDCC Insider Related badge by logging in to any Stern Pinball machine at this yr’s Con!
Registration for Insider Related is offered at insider.sternpinball.com/. Gamers can register at a linked sport by scanning a QR code or on the Stern Pinball web site. As soon as a participant registers, they’re issued a singular QR Code that can be utilized to establish that participant at any linked Stern pinball machine anyplace on the planet. When a participant logs into the machine, they will monitor progress, earn new sport particular achievements, have interaction with the participant group, and take part in promotions and Problem Quests.
Free Play
Informal gamers are inspired to cease by the Pinball Lounge between 10:00 AM and seven:00 PM on Thursday by Saturday, or between 10:00 AM and a pair of:00 PM on Sunday without cost play. The Pinball Lounge is a good place to hang around, loosen up, and regroup whereas attending to play arcade-quality pinball with mates.
Giveaways
For extra critical gamers, Stern will likely be doing day by day giveaways on the Pop-up Arcade for the highest gamers who place on chosen video games’ Leaderboards. Launched final month, Stern’s new Leaderboards function is a part of its award-winning Insider Related platform that permits gamers to compete towards one another throughout linked Stern Pinball machines. Winners will likely be introduced on the finish of every day of the Con. Play on your probability to win some unique Stern Pinball merch!
Stern will likely be gifting away extra prizes to anybody who stops by the Pop-up Arcade and indicators up for Insider Related, in addition to awarding day by day prizes to children beneath 12!
Extra Enjoyable within the Pinball Lounge
Twitch pinball famous person, Jack Hazard (AKA Useless Flip), will likely be stay streaming all week from the Pinball Lounge. Come right down to cheer him on or tune in from dwelling.
Come discover Stern Pinball on the present flooring at sales space #3721 or cease by the Pop-Up Arcade on the Marriott Marquis.
About Stern Pinball, Inc.
Stern Pinball, Inc. is a world way of life model based mostly on the enduring and outrageously enjoyable fashionable American sport of pinball. Headquartered minutes from Chicago’s O’Hare Worldwide Airport within the coronary heart of North America, the corporate creates, designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and distributes a full line of technologically superior terrestrial and digital pinball video games, components, equipment, and merchandise. Stern Pinball serves digital, client, business, and company markets across the globe.
Current Stern Pinball titles embrace Rush, Godzilla, The Mandalorian, Led Zeppelin, Avengers: Infinity Quest, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stranger Issues, Elvira’s Home of Horrors, Jurassic Park, Black Knight: Sword of Rage, The Munsters, The Beatles, Deadpool, Iron Maiden, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, Aerosmith, Ghostbusters, KISS, Metallica, Sport of Thrones, The Strolling Useless, Star Trek, AC/DC, Batman, and Spider-Man. A broad vary of gamers get pleasure from Stern Pinball’s video games from skilled pinball gamers who compete in high-stakes competitions across the globe to novice gamers who’re discovering the attract of the silver ball for the primary time. To hitch the enjoyable and be taught extra, please go to www.sternpinball.com.
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San Diego, CA
Highly contagious flu is spreading among people everywhere in San Diego County
The new year has brought a surge of influenza cases across San Diego County late in the traditional season for the virus.
According to the most recent weekly respiratory illness report from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, there is a 31% increase in reported cases.
In the week from Dec. 21 to Dec. 28, cases jumped from 2,420 to 3,567.
At the Saturday Civita Park Farmer’s Market in Mission Valley, families of every kind were looking for bargains and some good food and desserts.
Leilani Robles was selling her homemade cookies at the market. She’s a vendor and mother of two sons who go back to school next Tuesday.
“It’s gonna be crazy for a little bit [when they go back to school]. They might get colds,” Robles said.
She started her cookie business during the COVID shutdown in 2020. She is a supporter of vaccinations for her family.
We get our flu shot every year. I didn’t start getting my flu shot until I was older … but it really works … and my children haven’t gotten sick,” she said.
The highly contagious respiratory illness affects the nose, throat, and lungs. It can cause symptoms that include fever, cough, chills, sore throat, and a headache.
“At least from the holiday season we’re seeing the rates rise,” said Dr. Jyotu Sandhu, who specializes in family and sports medicine. He strongly recommends a flu shot for protection, especially for the most vulnerable people. Sandhu practices at Sharp Memorial Hospital.
He said, “If the average person gets the flu, they have strong enough lungs to fight off the infection. They have that oxygen reserve. Whereas older people and the younger people don’t.”
Tanya Medrano is an artist selling her cards and ocean designs at the Civita Park farmer’s market every week. She is committed to nature and the healing it can bring. She got the flu already but will not get vaccinated. “I just believe that the body is suppose to fight everything naturally. (Getting the flu was) not fun. But, you know, you just rest, take vitamin C, and just let it run its course,” Medrano said.
The County will release its next respiratory illness report late next week.
San Diego, CA
Polar Bear Plunge in La Jolla? Cool!
Swimming in 57-degree water isn’t everyone’s idea of a great way to celebrate New Year’s Day, but for an intrepid group of ocean-goers in La Jolla, it was just right.
The La Jolla Cove Swim Club welcomed people to dive into the chilly Pacific during the Polar Bear Plunge at La Jolla Shores the morning of Jan. 1.
Participants could take a dip and then warm up with a potluck and coffee. ♦
San Diego, CA
Nathan Fletcher's accuser drops some claims in new civil suit filing
It’s nearing two years since Grecia Figueroa accused former county supervisor and MTS board chair Nathan Fletcher of sexual assault — now she’s dropping that claim.
Fletcher said their relationship, while a terrible mistake, was consensual. Figueroa is is still suing Fletcher, for sexual harassment, among other things.
Fletcher’s political career ended sometime ago, as well as his time in San Diego. But in 2025 , he’ll be back in the courtroom, as his accuser Figueroa moves forward with her civil lawsuit claims of sexual harassment, emotional distress and job disruption.
The former MTS employee says she was fired from her job to protect his run for higher office.
Figueroa sent the following statement to NBC 7:
“I am focusing on the long-term sexual harassment claims, which still stand, and I am ready for a jury trial.”
Much of the publicly available evidence in this case included flirtacious text and Instagram messages between the two.
In recently filed court paperwork she reiterates how on several occasions, Fletcher requested meetings with her, forcibly kissed her and touched her intimately. At one point, she describes him showing her a firearm strapped to his leg. She goes on to state that because of her job duties and his position of power, she felt she had to give into his advances.
One of Fletcher’s attorneys, Sam Sherman responded to the claims on Friday.
“The reality is the only reason she knew about that gun is because she was rubbing his legs, you know, lower leg where his gun was hiding in his boot,” Sherman said.
Sherman commented about text messages between Figueroa and a friend describing the specific incident.
“And when she texts Ms. Radin about him having that gun, Ms. Radin’s response was, that’s so hot,” said Sherman.
In response to the November-filed declaration by Figueroa, Sherman said that her decision to drop some of her claims including gender violence, battery and discrimination shows that her team was not ready to make a case for them.
He also points to text messages she sent to friends about the encounters proves she consented.
“So this effort that they’re now having to try to twist this into some fearful exchange is completely inconsistent with the clear facts of this case, which is that she was bragging about it. And they were talking about how sexy it was,” said Sherman.
Fletcher’s legal team has filed a motion requesting the civil charges against him be thrown out. A judge is scheduled to weigh that motion at a Jan. 10 hearing.
Figueroa says the text messages to her friends were sarcastic and not serious. Her attorneys can also reintroduce the sexual assault charge in the future.
Meanwhile, Fletcher’s camp has an ongoing defamation lawsuit against Figueroa.
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