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Shelter in place order issued at Menifee middle school after online threats

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

Students and staff at a middle school in Menifee are sheltering in place after a threat was made to the campus Monday morning.The threats against Ethan A. Chase Middle School were apparently made on social media and “out of an abundance of caution” a temporary shelter in place order was implemented, according to the Menifee Police Department.Authorities and district officials did not offer any more information about the nature of the threats. The school requested that parents not come to the school during the investigation and until police clear the incident.

Brendan Kivlehan, Natalie Nicoletti Killed in Single-Car Crash on Interstate 90 [Cle Elum, WA]

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

Two Pronounced Dead after Solo-Vehicle Collision near Milepost 89CLE ELUM, WA (August 28, 2023) – Monday afternoon, Brendan Kivlehan and Natalie Nicoletti was killed in a single-car crash on Interstate 90.The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m., near milepost 89 near August 21st.Per reports, Julian Dayap was driving a 2013 Subaru Legacy with his passengers Kivlehan, Nicoletti and Katherine Ogletree. Investigators say Dayap veered off the left-hand curve and crossed into the right lane before coming to rest in a ditch.Meanwhile, paramedics took 20-year-old Dayap and 21-year-old Ogletree to Harborview Medical Center for for further treatment. Officers say Kivlehan was not wearing a seat belt at the time.Medics arrived and pronounced 26-year-old Kivlehan, of Palos Heights, Illinois and 24-year-old Nicoletti, of Countryside, Illinois dead at the scene.Following preliminary duties, authorities stated that Dayap could face charges, and it was not yet determined if intoxication played...

Wind Down Your Summer With These Labor Day Libations

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

It may not feel like summer’s over just yet, but the kids are back at school and temperatures are headed to cool down on the horizon. Here are seven ways to help make it a smooth and cool transition on Labor Day.Broken Shaker at Freehand LA is partnering with L.A. Collective Made to Move to host a Labor Day pool party celebration on Sunday, Sept.  3, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., with dancing to a rotating selection of local house DJs. The event will also feature happy hour specials, including carne asada fries, chicken banh mi and fried mushroom tacos.  Handcrafted cocktails include a zesty Guavafornication made with El Tesoro Tequila, guava, Cointreau, agave and lime. If you’re in the mood for something sweeter and smokier, the No Bucks Given is made with Legent Bourbon, pineapple, ginger and lemon.DTLA’s newest rooftop, La Lo La Rooftop, will have a surf-and-turf feast celebrating Labor Day on Monday, Sept.  4 from noon to 8 p.m., 34 stories up above Los Angeles with a live DJ and...

Covid-19 has changed and so has our immunity. Here’s how to think about risk from the virus now

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

By Brenda Goodman | CNNCovid-19 was never just another cold. We knew it was going to stick around and keep changing to try to get the upper hand on our immune systems.But we’ve changed, too. Our B cells and T cells, keepers of our immune memories, aren’t as blind to this virus as they were when we first encountered the novel coronavirus in 2020. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has screened blood samples and estimates that 97% of people in the US have some immunity to Covid-19 through vaccination, infection or both.Then there’s science: We have updated vaccines and good antivirals to lean on when cases start to rise. Masks still work. Rapid tests are in stores. We now know to filter the air and to ventilate our spaces.Those strategies, plus our hard-won immunity, had helped bring our national numbers of infections, hospitalizations and deaths down to levels that felt almost forgettable.Almost.Now that Covid-19 infections have started to rise again, it feels like peo...

2024 poll: Voters see Biden as ‘old,’ Trump as ‘corrupt’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

By Will Weissert, Emily Swanson and Darlene Superville | Associated PressWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is “old” and “confused,” and former President Donald Trump is “corrupt” and “dishonest.” Those are among the top terms Americans use when they’re asked to describe the Democrat in the White House and the Republican best positioned to face him in next year’s election.Unflattering portraits of Biden and Trump emerge clearly in a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which asked an open-ended question about what comes to mind when people think of them.For Biden, the largest share of U.S. adults — including both Democrats and Republicans — mentioned his age. At 80, Biden is just three years older than Trump, but many Americans expressed real concerns about his ability to continue as president.Trump, meanwhile, has been indicted in four cases featuring 91 total criminal counts and elicits ...

Hawaii utility takes responsibility for Maui fire

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

By Jennifer McDermott and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher | Associated PressHONOLULU — Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.Hawaiian Electric Company released a statement Sunday night in response to Maui County’s lawsuit blaming the utility for failing to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions. Hawaiian Electric called that complaint “factually and legally irresponsible,” and said its power lines in West Maui had been de-energized for more than six hours when the second blaze started.In its statement, the utility addressed the cause for the first time. It said the fire on the morning of Aug. 8 “appears to have been caused by power lines that fell in high winds.” The Associated Press reporte...

Pirate crime spree, vigilantes throw Oakland estuary into lawlessness

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

In recent weeks, the Oakland Estuary has morphed from an innocuous playground for water sports into what the local boating community describes as a semi-lawless stretch roamed by marauding thieves and patrolled by vigilantes.It’s a drama more suited for the high seas than the placid, 800-foot-wide channel separating Oakland and Alameda. Yet according to those who live and own boats in the area, the situation has escalated into a true crisis.On August 16, half the boats at the Alameda Community Sailing Center, a sailing nonprofit for kids, were taken in the night. At the Marina Village Yacht Club, residents say they have been threatened by “pirates” scouting out the docks. The Encinal Yacht Club, Jack London Square Marina and the Outboard Motor Shop have all been victimized. In total, over a dozen small boats and dinghies have been stolen in the past three weeks.“Piracy is the only way I can think to describe it,” local boat owner Jonathan Delong said during a public meeting of the B...

Can fruits and vegetables be made better? It might be possible with gene editing.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

Brian Gordon | (TNS) The News & Observer (Raleigh)DURHAM, N.C. — Raw mustard greens, in their genetically unaltered form, leave a bitter aftertaste. Their flavor evokes horseradish or wasabi, lingering on the tongue until a chaser is found.This astringency is caused by myrosinase, an enzyme that is liberated from the plant’s cells with each bite. Heat eliminates myrosinase, and cooked mustard greens are a staple of Southern cuisine, but the fresh greenish, purplish leaf is not widely beloved in salads.The staff at Pairwise, a 6-year-old agricultural tech startup in Durham, believe this is a missed opportunity.Nutrient rich, mustard greens possess more vitamin A than spinach and double the calcium. According to some studies, the vegetable even has more vitamin C than oranges.This spring, Pairwise introduced the first food in the United States created with the genome-editing technology CRISPR. It’s a salad featuring non-pungent, myrosinase-free mustard greens that don’t leave cons...

Mother of embattled Spanish soccer official stages hunger strike

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

By Ciaran Giles | Associated PressMADRID — The mother of Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales started a hunger strike Monday in a church in southern Spain in defense of her son, who is under fire for kissing a player during the Women’s World Cup awards ceremony.Ángeles Béjar told the state news agency EFE she would remain on hunger strike “night and day” until a solution is found to the “inhumane hounding” of her son.Speaking outside the church in the southern town of Motril, Rubiales’ cousin, Vanessa Ruiz, joined his mother in calling on the player, Jenni Hermoso, to “tell the truth.”Hermoso has denied Rubiales’ claim that she consented to what he called the “mutual” kiss during the Aug. 20 medal ceremony after the Spanish women’s team won the final in Sydney, Australia.In a statement Saturday Hermoso said she considered herself the victim of abuse of power and accused the Spanish soccer federation...

Fall arts 2023: Bay Area dance troupes ready bold new works, revivala

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:23 GMT

A beguiling meditation on aging and the body’s inevitable betrayal, the Joe Goode Performance Group’s recent dance theater production “As We Go” turned the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts into a labyrinthine memory palace.The vignettes and narratives woven through the production were deeply personal, but also seemed to speak to the conundrum facing some of region’s leading dance companies as the founding innovators and mavericks who came of age in the 1960s and ‘70s leave the stage or warily contemplate an exit.More than any other kind of performing arts organization, dance companies tend to reflect the personality and vision of founding choreographers, which can lead to an identity crisis or worse when the leaders move on. Ever since the decade-long legal struggle over control of Martha Graham’s seminal dances — following Graham’s death in 1991, her heir claimed ownership of her classic works and tried to prevent her namesake company from performing them — modern ...