From eating green to seeing green. A first-of-its-kind Bay Area gas station has sold for a whopping $12 million — a lucrative number far higher than its owner and founder anticipated, according to a CBS report. Dubbed America’s first “plant-based mart”, Hangry Planet in San Bruno first opened in 2022, selling eggless breakfast sandwiches with Beyond … Read more
They’re causing the Domino’s to fall. Pie-hards have a new go-to fueling station. Midwestern gas station Casey’s is quietly cornering the US market on fast food pizza, beating out Domino’s and other marquee slice slingers. With over 3,000 stores spanning 19 states, the refilling stop is now the fifth largest pizza purveyor in the nation, … Read more
Mamma knows best. A California man lost his cool on a long line at a casino gas station in Riverside County, only to be rescued by his mommy before cops swooped. Viral video shared to Instagram on Tuesday shows the man, wearing a “That’s what I do, I fix stuff and I know things” t-shirt, … Read more
Denise Lapointe’s getting down to keep her fuel costs low. The New Yorker, a 60-something, free-spirited single, based in Saratoga County, is one in the number of hip-swaying, gyrating locals to score a sweet deal by shaking her moneymaker in the Sunoco of Halfmoon gas station’s “Dance for a Discount” challenge. “I saved $15.00!” an elated Lapointe … Read more
Gas stations are getting a luxury makeover as Beverly Hills prepares to welcome LA’s first high-end fueling stop: Maggie’s Refuel. Inspired by Japan’s 7-Eleven culture and Italy’s Autogrill, food-tech entrepreneur Alex Canter wants to turn the routine pit stop into a five-star experience. Named after Canter’s French bulldog mix, Maggie’s will pair elevated soft-serve and … Read more
Costco’s first standalone gas station in the US has opened up in Southern California, and while many drivers are eager to buy cheaper fuel, some shoppers feel the new location is missing the key features they’d hoped for. Despite excitement about the gas station opening, many social media users pointed out it doesn’t offer diesel … Read more
A longtime conservative talk radio host has abruptly vanished from the Fresno airwaves after a decade behind the mic. Trevor Carey is out as the afternoon drive-time host at Power Talk, where he spent 10 years holding down the 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. slot, he confirmed to the Fresno Bee. Carey said he was … Read more
Against a fiery background with an African rhino pictured blazing forward, this pill advertises “TIME. SIZE. STAMINA.” It’s a common sight at bodegas and gas stations, hanging behind the clerk between the cigarettes and phone chargers. There are dozens of brands making these gas station sex pills. Are they totally fake? Not exactly. At best, … Read more
Costco’s famously chaotic gas lines could soon get a whole lot shorter… at one giant location. The bulk shopping retailer is set to dramatically expand its Santa Clarita fueling station after city officials approved plans for a huge overhaul of the site. The City of Santa Clarita approved plans for the warehouse retailer to expand … Read more
A sophisticated cyberattack targeting the San Diego Community College District has knocked offline the digital feeds of one of Southern California’s last full-time jazz radio stations during finals week — leaving the station’s global audience in the dark. KSDS Jazz 88.3 told listeners this week that the district-wide cyberattack disabled its streaming and mobile app … Read more
Talk about a Double-Double of SoCal icons. Burger giant In-N-Out is teaming up with alt-rock radio staple KROQ to give the station’s famed Wilshire Boulevard performance hub a major glow-up — rebranding it as the In-N-Out Burger Sound Space at KROQ, according to a news release from Audacy. In-N-Out Burger is teaming up with alt-rock station … Read more
Lower Manhattan’s Fulton Street subway station is supposed to be a commuter’s dream: a sprawling transit hub linking the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J and Z trains in one central location. Instead, for many straphangers, it’s a labyrinth. The station stitches together four once-separate systems — the IND 8th Avenue Line, IRT Lexington … Read more
Talk about a pit stop payoff. A Michigan man turned a modest $20 win into a seven-figure score after a late-night gas station run spiraled into a full-blown jackpot frenzy. The 31-year-old — who’s opting to stay anonymous — stopped by a Wesco station in Kent County to cash in a small winning ticket, never … Read more
Grand Central Terminal, America’s greatest railroad nexus, deserved a great American restaurant. Brand-new Palladino’s Steak & Seafood is it. The space was sadly dark after a kitchen fire destroyed Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse seven long years ago. Now, walk past a blue millwork bourbon bar and the main dining room on the north and west balconies boasts views … Read more
For those truly starving for on-the-scene footage of Bill Belichick’s highly polarizing — and trending toward disastrous — first season in Chapel Hill, you are in luck. WRAL News in North Carolina is planning to release a documentary about the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach’s first season at the collegiate level, while Hulu recently scrapped … Read more
For the first time in Grand Central Station’s history, there are no ads, just art. Photographer Brandon Stanton has turned the transit hub into “Dear New York,” an ambitious, two-week art installation. He’s replaced all of the 112-year-old terminal’s commercial signage with portraits of fellow New Yorkers and their personal stories, and projected 50-foot-high images … Read more
On the outside, the Shell station at the corner of Victoria Boulevard and Seneca Avenue on Staten Island looks like any other of the hundreds of fuel depots in NYC’s most car-centric borough — but only one of them can claim Italo and Gerardo Perito. Venture through the sliding doors into what elsewhere might be a … Read more
A woman so poor she lived off free food samples from a local gas station and only used candlelight — revealed the three things she’s done to turn her finances around and save $44K in three-and-a-half years. Reyjka Elle, 32, grew up in poverty and fell into even harder times when she had to begin … Read more
Typos happen. But this one might be as unfortunate as it gets. WTOC 11, a local television station in Savannah, made a big mistake in flubbing the name of Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. in a broadcast chyron on Wednesday, swapping out the X at the end of his name for an S. The anatomical … Read more
While gas stations are few and far between in New York City, amazing food is not. New York has always been known as one of the food capitals of the world — bagels, pizza, pastrami, halal — you name it. But now, we’ve got another title to brag about: having one of the best gas … Read more