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Looking forward to CES 2025 — the Consumer Electronics Show

By Jan Wagner | Jan 4, 2025
I’m excited! Are you? Today, after I finish this “AutoMatters & More” column, I will be sending it to the ...
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Poster for America's Air Show 2024, featuring a fighter jet and two helicopters against a dramatic red sky, with event details at the bottom.

MCAS Miramar Air Show 2024 — and an eye-opening look at two AI-modified photos

By Jan Wagner | Oct 15, 2024
(NOTE: The two AI-modified explosions photos are within the group of USMC MAGTF images below) Huge crowds were present for ...
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Please park between the lines

By Jan Wagner | Sep 23, 2024
Have you noticed that these days it seems as if parking spaces in parking lots are getting smaller — at ...
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Workers in an auto glass repair shop replace the windshield of a red SUV.

Why you should get your chipped windshield repaired and not replaced, if possible

By Jan Wagner | Sep 9, 2024
Experienced drivers have probably had this unfortunate, but inevitable experience. You’re driving along on the highway, obeying the rules and ...
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The performers are what make the Knott’s Berry Farm experience exceptional — with VIDEO

By Jan Wagner | Sep 3, 2024
Knott’s Founder’s Day celebration delivered an immersive, thoroughly interactive, authentic and downright fun themed experience. Like other theme parks, Knott’s ...
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”Pause/Play” — Rediscover the joy of play at the Fleet Science Center

By Jan Wagner | Jun 15, 2024
These days when so much of our lives is digital, wouldn’t it be nice just to experience some good, old ...
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Sneak peek at the 2024 San Diego County Fair

By Jan Wagner | Jun 10, 2024
Excitement is in the air as we close in on the June 12th opening day of the 2024 San Diego ...
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Relive your muscle car memories with The Complete Book of Dodge & Plymouth Muscle Cars

By Jan Wagner | Jun 4, 2024
Starting way back in 1951 with the release of the V-8 Hemi engine, Chrysler (now Stellantis) has been building automotive ...
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Fantasmic returns to Disneyland — with OPENING NIGHT VIDEO

By Jan Wagner | May 25, 2024
This week’s AutoMatters & More column was not originally intended to be a part two of a Disneyland double-header (with ...
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A crowd holding colored lightsabers looks up at a nighttime fireworks display set against rocky, futuristic structures.

Star Wars: Season of the Force 2024 at the Disneyland Resort — WITH FIREWORKS VIDEO

By Jan Wagner | May 14, 2024
(Re. the STAR WARS FIREWORKS VIDEO: The link to the Star Wars FIREWORKS VIDEO is three paragraphs from the end. ...
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