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Long Beach softball team needs help getting to nationals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

A local all-star team that qualified for this year's national softball tournament in Sacramento is asking for help raising travel funds.Long Beach Heartwell's 14U Gold All-Star team is heading to the nationals after qualifying at California's state tournament in Lancaster. Long Beach Heartwell's 14U Gold All-Star Team. (GoFundMe)The national tournament will be an 8-day event in Sacramento but the team needs to raise about $15,000 to get there. Santa Monica tests AI cameras for parking tickets A fundraising page has been created to help with travel and lodging expenses. Donations can be made at this GoFundMe link.

5 wild burros found shot to death in Death Valley National Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile | CNNFederal officials are investigating after five wild burros were found shot and killed in Death Valley National Park earlier this week.In a Thursday news release, park officials made clear it is illegal to fire a gun in a national park, and said the animals’ abandoned carcasses “also endanger native wildlife who inadvertently ingest toxic lead shot when feeding on the dead animals.”Burros are a close relative of donkeys derived from the African wild ass, according to the National Park Service. The equines are not native to North America and are considered an invasive species. Their populations grow approximately 20% per year, compete for scarce resources with native wildlife like bighorn sheep and can damage the native vegetation, the service says.While public land managers have been working to remove the animals from the “sensitive desert environment,” the news release says the five burros killed were not part of any internal removal efforts. “P...

THC Gummies: 5 Best Weed Edibles To Buy Online

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

Sponsored ContentTHC gummies are a popular way to consume cannabis. These cannabis products are easy to dose, discreet, and have a long-lasting effect. There are many different brands of THC edibles available, so it can be tough to know which ones to choose.This article will provide you with a list of the best THC gummies on the market. We have considered several factors such as potency, flavor, price, and customer reviews for selecting premium thc edibles.Whether you are looking for a strong high or a more mellow experience from cannabis products, we have a THC gummy-based hemp for you. So read on to find out which brands are the best thc products!Top 5 THC Gummies#1. Exhale Wellness — Overall Best THC Gummies On The Market#2. BudPop — Strongest  Weed Gummies In Variety Of Flavors#3. Hollyweed CBD — Highly Potent Delta 8 THC Gummies#4. Cheef Botanicals — Premium Quality Delta 9 THC Gummy Cubes#5. 3Chi — Affordable THC Gummies & Edibles For SaleBest THC Gummies of 2023: Detailed...

433,402 new Californians: Which states did they come from?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

“Numerology” tries to find reality within various measurements of economic and real estate trends.Buzz: In 2021, 433,402 people moved to California from other states. It was the third-largest inflow behind Florida and Texas.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the latest state-to-state migration data from the Census Bureau.Fuzzy math: So, where did these new Golden Staters come from?ToplineLet’s start with the raw inflow data.No. 1 was Washington state, which lost 40,456 residents to California. Texas followed at 33,577, then New York at 32,723, Arizona at 27,449, and Florida at 24,692. The fewest interstate relocations were from Maine at 248, then West Virginia at 707, Vermont at 778, Delaware at 1,012 and New Hampshire at 1,034.But let’s put those interstate flow of people into perspective tied to their state of departure’s population. For example, what are the odds a state lost a resident to California in 2021?The District of California topped this ranking at 165-to-1, then Ha...

Massive search is underway for missing children swept away in suburban Philadelphia flash flood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Crews in suburban Philadelphia on Monday intensified the search for a missing 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, swept away after weekend rains swelled the banks of a creek while they were driving to a barbecue with their family. Upper Makefield Township Fire Chief Tim Brewer said Monday the effort would be a “massive undertaking” and that 100 search crew and numerous drones would be looking for the siblings along the creek that drains into the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The children are members of a Charleston, South Carolina, family that was visiting relatives and friends when they got caught in a flash flood Saturday, Brewer said earlier. “As they tried to escape the fierce floodwaters, Dad took his 4-year-old son while the mother and the grandmother grabbed the two additional children,” he said. The father and son were “miraculously” able to get to safety. “However the grandmother, the mother, and the two children were s...

AP PHOTOS: Around the world, millions feel the heat of an unrelenting summer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

Heat records are being shattered all over the world and the summer swelter keeps coming.Around one-third of Americans are under some type of heat advisory, with the most blistering temperatures in the South and West, where even the regular simmer has turned up a notch. Visitors who braved California’s Death Valley baked under 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53.3 Celsius) heat over the weekend. Phoenix is set to break its own record for consecutive days of highs of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) with organizations moving quickly to help the most vulnerable survive the searing temperatures with cool spaces and water.In Europe, where temperatures are expected to top 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius) on Monday, many flocked to the water in an attempt to cool off. The broiling temperatures are expected to continue through the week, with parts of Spain and Turkey seeing wildfires as a result of the harsh, dry conditions.For most of July, the world has been in uncharted hot...

Second Alzheimer’s drug in the pipeline promises to slow worsening but with safety concern

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday.Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval of donanemab. If cleared, it would be only the second Alzheimer’s treatment convincingly shown to delay the mind-robbing disease — after the recently approved Leqembi from Japanese drugmaker Eisai.“Finally there’s some hope, right, that we can talk about,” Lilly’s Dr. John Sims told reporters Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Amsterdam. “We don’t cure the disease,” he said. “Diabetes doesn’t have a cure either — it doesn’t mean you can’t have very meaningful treatments for patients.”Lilly announced in May that donanemab appeared to work, but on Monday the full results of a study of 1,700 patients was published by the Journal of the American Medical Association and presented a...

Separatist attack kills 10 in northwestern Cameroon, regional governor says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Armed separatists wearing military uniforms killed 10 civilians and wounded three in an attack at a crowded intersection in Cameroon’s volatile northwest, the regional governor said on Monday.The killings took place on Sunday in Bamenda, the region’s capital, according to the governor, Debben Tchoffo. The victims included a couple of newlyweds, he said. Eight people died at the scene and two more later in hospital. For the past six years, the protracted armed conflict known as the Anglophone crisis has devastated communities across Cameroon’s two English-speaking regions, officially called Northwest and Southwest, as armed separatists clash with government forces. Following a crackdown on peaceful protests in 2016, armed rebel groups mobilized and vowed to fight for the independence of the Anglophone areas, which they call Ambazonia. Human Rights Watch estimates that as of 2022, at least 4,000 civilians have died and more than 700,000 were displaced by...

Watch: Mike Johnston sworn in as Denver mayor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — On Monday, Denver is set to inaugurate its first new mayor in 12 years, marking a new political era for the Mile High City. The ceremony inaugurating the city’s 46th mayor will happen Monday morning at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Aurora threatens to cut ties with Denver Police Department Mayor-elect Mike Johnston will take the reins from Mayor Michael Hancock. Last month, voters picked Johnston, a former state senator, in a runoff election. He defeated Kelly Brough, the president and CEO of the Denver Chamber of Commerce. Colorado state Rep. Leslie Herod is Johnston’s inauguration chair.His transition committee includes Ami Desai, the chief operating officer at Gary Community Ventures and an executive director. Co-chairs include former Denver Mayor Federico Peña; state Sen. Julie Gonzales; former Denver Post editor Greg Moore; Downtown Denver Partnership CEO Kourtny Garrett; and organizational and diversity strategist M...

Photos: Fan rushes field during Rockies-Yankees game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado Rockies hosted the New York Yankees at Coors Field for the first time since 2016. The three-game series was anything but boring, especially when a fan rushed the field during Saturday's game.In the second game of the series, the Yankees were up 6-2 before the bottom of the eighth inning. The Bronx Bombers were looking to redeem themselves after blowing their first-inning lead to the Rockies on Friday.But just before the bottom of the eighth inning began, the game was briefly delayed. The Yankees were headed to the field, while the Rockies were preparing to bat. Jones, Trejo hit 11th-inning home runs, lifting NL-worst Rockies over Yankees 8-7 A fan emerged from left field and ran towards Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe. Photos captured by the Associated Press show the fan throwing what appears to be a white T-shirt at Volpe.Within just a few moments, the fan was wrestled to the ground by a handful of Coors Field security personnel.Field guards bring dow...