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Wildfire smoke advisory issued as fire in Riverside County continues to burn

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

As the Santa Ana wind-driven fire in Riverside County continues to rage, prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents with thousands of others under evacuation warnings, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a wildfire smoke advisory for the surrounding areas.  The Highland Fire in Aguanga, a sparsely populated area east of Temecula, had consumed at least 2,487 acres of dry brush and trees and three structures. As of Tuesday evening, it was only 10% contained, according to Cal Fire. Another six structures have been damaged. The fire erupted just after noon on Monday near Highlands and Aguanga Ranchos roads and spread rapidly in the hot and dry desert winds.Some 1,300 homes have been evacuated as a result of the fire. A searchable map of the evacuation areas affected can be found by following this link.  Crews battle the wind-driven Highland Fire in Riverside County. Oct. 30, 2023. (OnScene.TV)South Coast AQMD officia...

Southern California man allegedly stole $4 million worth of computers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

A man was arrested for allegedly stealing $4 million dollars worth of computers in San Bernardino County on Monday.The suspect behind the operation was identified as Julio Vieyra, 53, from La Puente, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Officers first received information regarding the theft of Lenovo computers from the Los Angeles area. The victim said the computers were taken “via fraudulent means” and tracking devices were being used to follow a driver with a tractor/trailer containing the stolen computers.A suspect was arrested after police discovered around $4 million dollars worth of stolen computers in San Bernardino County on Oct. 30, 2023. (Los Angeles Police Department)A suspect was arrested after police discovered around $4 million dollars worth of stolen computers in San Bernardino County on Oct. 30, 2023. (Los Angeles Police Department)The tracking device showed the driver traveled to the City of Industry before heading to Colton. Authorities were able to inte...

City Council Seeks To Legalize Street Vending on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

Street vendors may soon be allowed on Hollywood Walk of Fame if the L.A. City Council can get through the approval process.An initial motion presented by Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martinez and President Paul Krekorian passed the council on Oct. 20 and will be heard by the Civil Rights and Public Works Committee, before being introduced for public comment.“For years, a No-Street-Vending Zone on Hollywood Boulevard has targeted immigrant entrepreneurs who work so hard to provide for their families,” Soto-Martinez said.”As the son of street vendors, I know firsthand how these entrepreneurs are the ultimate small business owners in LA, contributing so much cultural vibrancy to our city.”The current ban on Hollywood Boulevard means vendors that are currently seen on the Walk of Fame risk fines and having their merchandise or food taken away. The street is part of a no-vending zone that is currently enforced within 500 feet of landmarks.Legalization of street vendin...

No vacation for U.S. track and field athletes competing at Pan American Games

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Most of the top track and field athletes in the world are taking a much deserved vacation since September. With the Pan American Games running so late in the sport’s calendar, opportunities came for other competitors who are enjoying their time in Chile as they win some medals to take back home.Tuesday marked the second day of the program, with two thirds of the National Stadium filled with fans who didn’t seem to know much about the competitors, but were still excited to come with their Halloween costumes and loudly cheer for the locals as the Andes mountains overlooked.The 27-year-old Kasey Knevelbaard is the unofficial winner of the 5,000-meter race — a Mexican runner is protesting after he finished first and was later disqualified.Knevelbaard found out he would be racing in Santiago in the middle of September after a very long season.“It’s challenging, but I don’t want to be someone who’s afraid of not doing anything. You don’t want to miss out...

Nahree Biggins’ late interception seals Central Michigan’s 37-31 win over Northern Illinois

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Jase Bauer threw for one touchdown and rushed for two more, Marion Lukes had 202 yards rushing and a score, and Central Michigan held off Northern Illinois 37-31 on a snowy Tuesday night.Bauer gave CMU a 37-11 lead with 6:32 remaining in the third quarter. But NIU answered two plays later when Rocky Lombardi connected with Trayvon Rudolph on a 72-yard score to begin a stretch of 20 straight points.The NIU defense forced a three-and-out with 1:42 remaining in the fourth to get another chance on offense. But the Huskies turned it over on third down when Nahree Biggins made his first interception of the season. NIU finished 0 for 10 on third down. Central Michigan (5-4, 3-2 Mid-American Conference) needs one win in its final three games — Western Michigan, Ohio and Toledo – to become bowl eligible.The Chippewas, who entered averaging 138 yards on the ground, finished with a season-high 331 yards rushing and four touchdowns. Bauer threw for 116 yards and rus...

Police arrest an armed suspect after 8-hour hostage drama at a post office north of Tokyo

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Police ended an eight-hour standoff at a post office north of Tokyo by arresting the armed suspect after two hostages were freed safely in an attack authorities said could be related to an earlier shooting at a hospital.The man had entered the post office with a gun in Warabi on Tuesday about an hour after the hospital shooting in which two people were wounded in the nearby city of Toda. Footage on NHK television showed an older man sitting between two police officers in the back seat of a police car that drove past reporters and headed to a local police station. Police said they captured the suspect when they stormed into the building, about an hour after the second of the two postal staff who remained in the building had escaped unhurt. The other hostage had walked out safely nearly two hours earlier, according to NHK reports. Police said they were investigating the hospital and post office attacks together because they could be related. They are also looking into a f...

Colombia y Chile llaman a consulta a sus embajadores en Israel tras devastadores ataques en Gaza

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

(CNN) — Colombia y Chile llamaron a consultas a sus embajadores en Israel debido a los ataques israelíes contra Gaza.“He decidido llamar a consulta a nuestra embajadora en Israel. Si Israel no detiene la masacre del pueblo palestino no podemos estar allá”, dijo el presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, en una publicación en X (antes Twitter).El pasado 19 de octubre, Petro se reunió con el embajador de Israel en Colombia, Gali Dagan, para hablar de la situación en Gaza.Gustavo Petro, presidente de Colombia, recibe a embajadores de Palestina e Israel y dice que enviará ayuda humanitaria a GazaPor su parte, el presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric, dijo que su país llamó a consultas a su embajador en Israel debido a las “violaciones del Derecho Internacional Humanitario en que ha incurrido Israel” en Gaza.“Ante las inaceptables violaciones al Derecho Internacional Humanitario en que ha incurrido Israel en Gaza, el Gobierno de Chile ha resuelto llamar en...

Julius Randle and Jalen Brunson score 19 points apiece as the Knicks beat the Cavaliers 109-91

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Julius Randle had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Jalen Brunson scored 19 points and the New York Knicks did not trail in the final three quarters of a 109-91 victory over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.Immanuel Quickley added 18 points off the bench and RJ Barrett had 16 as the Knicks won the first half of a home-and-home series. It was the teams’ first meeting since New York eliminated Cleveland in five games in the first round of the 2023 playoffs.New York native Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points in 29 minutes, and Isaac Okoro and Georges Niang had 11 points apiece for the Cavaliers, who have lost three straight and are 0-3 at home. Cleveland is 2-8 against the Knicks since the start of last season.Mitchell, who is averaging team highs of 32.0 points and 4.7 assists, returned to the lineup after sitting out a 125-113 loss to the Pacers with a sore right hamstring Saturday. The four-time All-Star was hurt in the fourth quarter of a 108-105 home l...

Live updates | Deluge of Israeli airstrikes destroy apartments in Gaza refugee camp

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

A deluge of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City demolished apartment buildings, leaving gaping holes where they once stood, while ground troops battled Hamas militants across northern Gaza. Buoyed by the first successful rescue of a captive held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a cease-fire and again vowed to crush the militant group’s ability to govern Gaza or threaten Israel.Though more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes, several hundred thousand remain in the north, where Israeli troops and tanks have reportedly advanced on multiple sides of Gaza City.The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 8,525, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 122 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids.More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, most of them civilians slain in the initial Hamas rampage that started t...

Migrant with 3 kids shares story after release from Denver shelter

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver released about 190 migrants from local shelters Tuesday, deactivating the cold weather shelter plan now that the temperatures are warming back up.Carolina Montilla is a Venezuelan mom who migrated here to Denver with her three children, ages 9, 11 and 12."We went through a jungle, we went through a river, we ran out of food. In one country we were robbed,” Montilla said.Montilla said her family made it to Texas where they couldn’t find work and begged to get enough money to come to Denver. FOX31 asked why.“Because we want a future,” she said. “We want to work.”'We don't have anywhere to stay'The future is uncertain today for Montilla and her children.“We don’t have anywhere to stay,” she said.As of Monday, Denver reports it's sheltered and supported 25,801 migrants from the southern border at a cost of more than $29 million, and some 2,170 people were being sheltered. How much you need to make to be ‘middle class’ in Denver The city has recently changed the...