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Most 'California Forever' land zoned for agriculture, county says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

(KRON) -- A planned idyllic community on the banks of the Sacramento River and bankrolled by Silicon Valley billionaires will have to clear a major hurdle with voters to be developed, according to Sonoma County officials. The corporation, Flannery & Associates, has purchased over 50,000 acres of land surrounding Travis Air Force Base over the past few years.Last week, the company went public with its plans by launching the "California Forever" website featuring vaguely Mediterranean renderings for a proposed new community that have been called "cartoonish." But according to the county, building a new community on the land could be a nonstarter without voter approval.Rendering: California ForeverThe land in question is currently zoned for agriculture, the county said in a news release Wednesday. The county said it has been tracking Flannery's purchases in the area since 2018 and has been in regular communication with state and federal officials. However, the county said communica...

San Diego Supervisor Nora Vargas endorses Barbara Lee for US Senate

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KSWB) -- San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas is endorsing congresswoman Barbara Lee to represent California in the U.S. Senate.The Lee campaign announced the endorsement in a press release on Wednesday, Aug. 30.“As a healthcare and education champion I am thrilled to support Congresswoman Barbara Lee for U.S. Senate,” Vargas stated. “She is exactly the type of advocate Californians need in the U.S. Senate. Her track record of always tackling the tough issues while lifting people up and making sure everyone’s voice is heard is what we need from our next senator. I am very excited to endorse Barbara Lee for US Senate and to work with her to advance our communities.”In a political parallel, just as Vargas broke the barrier as the first Latina to chair the San Diego Board of Supervisors, Lee would be the only black woman in the upper chamber if elected to the position. Since 1789, when the first Congress met, only two African American women have been in the U.S. S...

Undercover Federal Police Shot and Paralyzed Unhoused Man in Wheelchair

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

Body camera footage shows undercover U.S. Forest Service police officers shooting Brooks Roberts on May 19, 2023.Still: U.S. Forest Service body camera Before U.S. Forest Service police repeatedly shot Brooks Roberts in May, he was already disabled and required the use of a wheelchair. Now, at 39 years old, Brooks is unlikely to ever walk again: He is paralyzed from the waist down, has limited use of his right arm, and cannot control his bowels. Such is the punishment for being unhoused in America.In late August, Brooks and his attorneys filed a claim against numerous government agencies seeking $50 million in monetary damages for “extreme suffering” caused by the shooting. According to the claim, Forest Service officers, in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management, shot Brooks “needlessly and recklessly” on May 19: through his arm and back shoulder, in his armpit and the bottom of his spine, through the middle of his back, and several times in his legs. The officers opened f...

Ji Hwan Bae’s first career triple helps rally the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Ji-Hwan Bae’s first career triple highlighted a seventh-inning rally as the Pittsburgh Pirates slipped past the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Wednesday.Jason Delay reached with one out in the seventh on a line drive off the right foot of Milwaukee reliever Elvis Peguero (4-5). The speedy Bae then laced a ball to the gap in right-center to put Pittsburgh in front. Bae scored on Miguel Andujar’s pinch-hit single as the Pirates won for the seventh time in nine games.Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his 13th home run for Pittsburgh. Jack Suwinski and Josh Palacios tied the game with back-to-back RBIs in the sixth. Carmen Mlodzinski (3-3) earned the win and David Bednar worked around a leadoff single by Andruw Monasterio in the ninth while earning his 33rd save.The Pirates won hours after losing veteran designated hitter Andrew McCutchen for the rest of the season with a partially torn left Achilles.Pittsburgh signed McCutchen to a one-year deal last winter, reuni...

A high school football coach who won his job back after the Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A high school football coach who won his job back after the Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned.Source

Springboks go with Kolbe, Arendse on wings to start Rugby World Cup defense vs. Scotland

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

TOULON, France (AP) — Cheslin Kolbe and Kurt-Lee Arendse are on the South Africa wings for the opening game of its Rugby World Cup title defense against Scotland this weekend, and Damian Willemse is at fullback ahead of Willie le Roux.Kolbe’s recall to the left wing for Sunday’s Pool B game in Marseille was one of four changes on Wednesday to the starting team that dismantled New Zealand by a record 35-7 at Twickenham two weeks ago.The other switches saw Jasper Wiese start at No. 8 ahead of veteran Duane Vermeulen, who’s on the bench along with le Roux. Centers Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel come into the starting 15 to replace Andre Esterhuizen and Canan Moodie.Moodie, the 20-year-old youngster who was tipped to continue at outside center, was ruled out by a hamstring twinge, the Springboks said. Wiese is the only change in the forward pack, where the other seven starters played some part in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final. Franco Mostert is in the second row ag...

Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante escaped by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, prison warden says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante escaped by climbing up a wall and over razor wire, prison warden says.Source

¿Es posible el sueño de que Messi juegue el Mundial 2026?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

(CNN Español) — “Con las condiciones que tiene, (Lionel Messi) tranquilamente puede jugar el Mundial del 2026″, consideró este martes el presidente de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), Claudio Tapia, en torno a la posible presencia del astro en la próxima edición de la máxima cita del fútbol, que se disputará en México, Estados Unidos y Canadá.Esto sucede a pocas horas de que la selección argentina debute, este jueves, en la eliminatoria sudamericana ante la selección ecuatoriana, en Buenos Aires. Y se da en un momento resonante en la historia del fútbol argentino, que tiene en Messi a su figura más destacada.Messi ha disputado hasta ahora cinco mundiales, se encuentra en una plenitud física, con el aire personal y futbolístico renovado en esta nueva etapa en el fútbol de Estados Unidos y tras la coronación en el Mundial de Qatar 2022.Leo Messi genera un aumento en las suscripciones del MLS Season Pass“Creo que Messi puede llegar al próximo Mundial”, asegur...

Burning Man is ending, but the cleanup from heavy flooding is far from over

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rain has passed, and the temple has burned. Now, as Burning Man slowly empties, it’s time to clean up.Burning Man organizers have three weeks to clean up the sprawling stretch of public land in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada, but a summer storm that left tens of thousands stranded in ankle-deep mud could alter that timeframe. The annual gathering, which launched on a San Francisco beach in 1986, attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a week-long mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances. One of the principles of Burning Man is to leave no trace — an expectation that all attendees will pack out everything they brought to Black Rock City and clean out their camps before leaving. But in the aftermath of torrential rains that closed roads, jamming traffic, and forcing many to walk miles barefoot through the muck, the area is dotted with abandoned vehicles, rugs, furniture, tents and trash. The ground itself has deep i...

Manhunt underway after inmate walks out of Jefferson County prison camp

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:26:48 GMT

Editor's note: The location of this prison camp has been updated. While it has a Littleton mailing address, it is in an unincorporated part of Jefferson County.DENVER (KDVR) -- Authorities are searching for a man who allegedly walked away from a minimum security prison camp attached to a federal prison in Jefferson County Tuesday morning.Edward Verdugo, 49, was discovered missing around 10:30 a.m. from the camp, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The camp is adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Cherry Creek HS teacher on leave after alleged obscenity incident Verdugo was described as a 5-foot, 6-inch tall Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes. He weighs approximately 210 pounds.He was sentenced in the District of New Mexico to 109 months in federal prison for several charges, including conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a ...