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Hurricane Otis batters Acapulco, rips across southern Pacific coast before becoming tropical storm

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Otis ripped across Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm early Wednesday, tearing through buildings in the resort city of Acapulco, sending sheets of earth down steep mountainsides and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service.While little is known about possible deaths or the full extent of the damage — the main highway into Acapulco was impassable — experts are calling Otis the strongest storm in history to make landfall along the Eastern Pacific Coast.By midmorning, Otis had weakened to a tropical storm, yet many on the coast were left reeling.Flor Campos had been trudging through mud for more than an hour along a highway outside Acapulco before she peeled off her shoes, worried she'd lose them in the muck.The domestic worker from a small town in Guerrero was among dozens of families, women and children who clambered over tree trunks and other debris left by landslides i...

Interpol Still Arresting Live

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

Interpol’s dark, melodic sound has remained solid through line-up and label changes that led to tangent explorations over the years. Lyrically they remain one of the most expressive and poetic bands still making music. On last year’s The Other Side of Make-Believe, their seventh album, singer Paul Banks emotes and sounds as enigmatic as ever, making it a record both old and new fans can appreciate.The gloomier aspects of the music made the New York band sort of neo-goth faves when they started out, but they’ve always been more varied than they got credit for and the mature place they’re at now proves it. Live at the Greek, their lush atmospherics and urgent hooks are sure to be as arresting as ever on the new stuff, and hopefully the classics still in regular listening rotation for many of us from Antics and Turn On the Bright Lights.Interpol at the Greek: The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday-Monday, October 29-30. lagreektheatre.com/events/detail/interpol-1    &...

Teen Killed in Multi-Car Accident on Highway 281 [Archer County, TX]

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

17-Year-Old Victim Pronounced Dead after 3-Vehicle Collision near Dollar GeneralARCHER COUNTY, TX (October 25, 2023) – Friday afternoon, a multi-car collision on Highway 281, resulted in the loss of a young teenager’s life.The incident prompted a swift response from law enforcement, who arrived at the scene near the Dollar General Store in Windthorst on October 20th.According to initial reports, the driver of a Ford F-250 collided with the car driven by the 17-year-old victim from behind. Subsequently, a Chevrolet Malibu also became involved in the collision.Prompt medical assistance was provided, and the injured 17-year-old was transported to the United Regional Health Care System. There, the young occupant later succumbed to their injuries. The identity of the victim has not been disclosed by authorities at this time.As part of cleanup and initial investigation efforts, emergency crews temporarily closed off the surrounding area. Further details regarding the multi-car...

Woman Killed, Two Others Hospitalized after Three-Vehicle Pile-up on Interstate 5 [Carlsbad, CA]

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

Driver Arrested after Fatal Multi-Vehicle Crash near Cannon RoadCARLSBAD, CA (October 25, 2023) – Sunday night, a three-vehicle pileup on Interstate 5 left a woman dead and two others injured. CHP responded to reports of the crash around 9:57 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-5 near the Cannon Road exit. Based on an eyewitness account, a speeding gray pickup truck rear-ended a black sedan. The impact of the crash overturned both vehicles in the No. 2 lane and caused a Jeep to face the wrong way on the No. 4 lane. Responding emergency personnel transported three people from the black sedan to a hospital. Unfortunately, a woman among the three patients from the sedan succumbed to her injuries upon arrival.According to ABC 10 News, another driver was taken to a hospital for injuries and was ultimately arrested for suspected DUI. At this time, the identities of those involved in the crash have not been made public. Carlsbad Officials will release additional information about the f...

State lawmakers seek help from CHP from Antioch police department thinned by scandal

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

ANTIOCH — Two state lawmakers have asked the governor to send California Highway Patrol officers to help patrol a city whose police department is engulfed by scandal, leaving dozens of officers on leave.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Leaked video shows Antioch cops fire dozens of shots at man as he runs away Crime and Public Safety | Antioch police ID four cops who shot and wounded homicide suspect; one had spent just 4 days on the job Crime and Public Safety | East Bay leaders in Geneva to speak at Human Rights Council meeting Crime and Public Safety | Antioch: Man wanted for homicide is shot by police during pursuit Crime and Public Safety | With more than half of police unable to work, councilman calls for help In a joint letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom sent Monday, state Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Contra Costa, and Assemblymember Tim Grayson, D-Contra Costa, sought help from the CHP in protect...

SF Giants’ Krukow and Kuiper, Oakland A’s Korach finalists for MLB Hall of Fame’s Frick Award

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

The Giants’ Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper, and the A’s Ken Korach, all Bay Area broadcasting staples for more than three decades, are finalists for the 2024 Frick Award, the most prestigious broadcasting honor awarded by the National Baseball Hall of Fame.The winner  will be announced on Dec. 6 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennesee., and will be honored this summer as part of Hall of Fame Weekend 2024 in Cooperstown, New York.The other finalists are: Joe Buck, Joe Castiglione, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Ernie Johnson Sr., and Dan Shulman.Criteria for selection is “Commitment to excellence, quality of broadcasting abilities, reverence within the game, popularity with fans, and recognition by peers,” according to the Hall’s news release announcing the finalists.OAKLAND, CA – JULY 21: Oakland A’s radio broadcaster Ken Korach speaks into the microphone during their second MLB game of a double header against the Detroit Tigers at...

Trump ally Mike Johnson elected House speaker three weeks after McCarthy ouster

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

(CNN) — The Republican-led House elected Rep. Mike Johnson as the new House speaker on Wednesday – a major leadership change that comes three weeks after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy. Johnson, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election, will now take the reins of the bitterly divided House Republican majority and faces the looming threat of a government shutdown next month.There were 220 votes for Johnson – and unanimous GOP support behind him – and 209 votes for Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader from New York.Johnson, who serves as the House GOP conference vice chairman, secured the nomination for the speakership late Tuesday evening. The vote capped off a chaotic day that started with Republicans picking Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer to be their latest nominee only for him to drop out hours later after facing stiff resistance from the right fla...

Amtrak train strikes, kills man in Berkeley

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

BERKELEY — A man was struck and killed Tuesday morning by an Amtrak train, authorities said.The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau did not release his identity pending confirmation and notification of his next of kin. He is believed to be in his 40s.The man was on the tracks near Gilman Street when he was hit by Amtrak Capitol Corridor Train 529 about 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Driver in crash that killed 4 Pepperdine University students is held on $8 million bail Crashes and Disasters | Woman killed in two-vehicle crash in South San Jose Crashes and Disasters | A fatal East Bay crash led to a chain-reaction wreck that killed another motorist, CHP says Crashes and Disasters | Motorcyclist killed in San Jose crash; man suspected of drunken driving arrested Crashes and Disasters | Palo Alto: Motorcyclist dies in Highw...

He procured guns from the US, then sent them to Mexico to fight ‘El Chapo’ loyalists in cartel civil war

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

Alex Riggins | The San Diego Union-TribuneIn the years after the 2016 arrest of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a bloody power struggle between Guzmán’s sons and his longtime business partner has unleashed brutal violence across Mexico.Authorities say one of the factions fighting against Guzmán’s sons — collectively known as Los Chapitos — was a prolific drug-trafficking cell with major ties to San Diego. And one of their main suppliers of the guns and other weapons they used to fight Los Chapitos was Alfredo Lomas Navarrete, a Culiacán cellphone store owner who helped coordinate the southbound flow of weaponry, some of it purchased in San Diego, through border crossings in San Diego and Arizona.Last week, a federal judge in San Diego sentenced Lomas to 15 years in federal prison. According to prosecutors, he supplied “hundreds of weapons and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition” to the cartel cell, known as the Valenzuela D...

Who is Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Shania Shelton | CNNRep. Mike Johnson, just elected to be Speaker of the House, has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election.The Louisiana Republican was first elected to the House in 2016 and serves as vice chairman of the House Republican Conference, as well as GOP deputy whip, an assistant leadership role. An attorney with a focus on constitutional law, Johnson joined a group of House Republicans in voting to sustain the objection to electoral votes on January 6, 2021. During Trump’s first impeachment trial in January 2020, Johnson, along with a group of other GOP lawmakers, served a largely ceremonial role in Trump’s Senate impeachment team.Johnson also sent an email from a personal email account in 2020 to every House Republican soliciting signatures for an amicus brief in the longshot Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate electoral college votes f...