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San Diego firefighters helping battle Riverside County wildfires

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- As three massive wildfires burn through western Riverside County, San Diego-based firefighters have been dispatched to help crews on the ground.The largest of the fires, named the "Rabbit Fire," has burned 7,000 acres since it erupted Friday afternoon near the Riverside community of Lakeview. As of 6 p.m. Saturday, Cal Fire said the blaze was at 5% containment.Another blaze, called the "Reche Fire," has charred just under 440 acres in an unincorporated area north of Moreno Valley as of Saturday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. Meanwhile, the "Highland Fire" has burned 105 acres south of the Riverside County town of Beaumont.The two smaller wildfires are respectively at 50% and 60% containment, officials said.Cal Fire San Diego County Captain Thomas Shoots told FOX 5 that their strategy is to throw all the resources they have at the fire early on to prevent it from spreading even further. Apartment fire displaces 10 in South Bay That includes the deployment of both ou...

Suspect arrested in connection to fatal La Mesa trolley stabbing

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

LA MESA, Calif. -- Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection to a fatal stabbing at a trolley station on Thursday, La Mesa police announced.According to the department, Steven Calhoun, a 39-year-old San Diego resident, was arrested on suspicion of murder Saturday morning in connection to the stabbing at the 70th Street Trolley Station.Police were alerted to the incident at 8:40 p.m. after receiving a 9-1-1 call of a man down at the station on 7255 Alvarado Rd, LMPD said. Officers arrived on scene to discover the victim, a 47-year-old man, with an apparent stab wound to his chest.The victim was transported to Sharp Memorial Hospital for treatment, but he unfortunately succumbed to his injury and was pronounced dead. Apartment fire displaces 10 in South Bay During the initial investigation, LMPD Homicide detectives learned that the victim and the suspect got into an altercation at the trolley station that led to the stabbing. The suspect had left the scene on foot, walking w...

Amtrak adds service for SoCal summer events: Comic-Con, Del Mar Races

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Amtrak is bringing back its special, expanded Pacific Surfliner service this week ahead of some of the biggest summer events in Southern California.Starting on Monday, July 17, the transit company will once again operate daily train service along the Los Angeles to San Diego rail corridor to accommodate for crowds traveling to Comic-Con, the Del Mar Horse Races and the X Games Finals.According to the company, three additional trains will be added to the Pacific Surfliner schedule through Sunday, July 23:Train 568 will depart Los Angeles at 9:10 a.m. and arrive in San Diego at 12:07 p.m.Train 799 will depart San Diego at 1:25 p.m. and arrive in Santa Barbara at 7:44 p.m.This train will provide an evening return for X Games fans traveling north, departing Ventura at 7:09 p.m.Train 798 will depart Santa Barbara at 8:50 p.m. and arrive in Los Angeles at 11:48 p.m.It provides a late-night return for X Games attendees traveling south, departing Ventura at 9:43 p.m.The three a...

Farm fields don’t just feed us. They store carbon. But a big question is how much

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

DYSART, Iowa (AP) — When Al Schafbuch cut back on plowing his Iowa fields decades ago and later began growing cover crops, he was out to save money on fertilizer and reduce erosion. He got those benefits and saw his soil change for the better, too: dark, chunky, richly organic matter that he said feels like “chocolate cake.”There’s one more big payoff that benefits everyone: tilling the soil less, and growing more cover crops, can help farmers store more planet-warming carbon in fields. More plants take in more carbon dioxide, and soil microbes breathe out less carbon when undisturbed. That can mean money for participating farmers in the form of carbon offsets — payments that companies can make that support carbon storage in farms and, in theory, balance out their emissions elsewhere.“The more carbon you store from the atmosphere with your crops, and the more crops grown throughout the year, you offset some of your waste, your wasted energy,” said Shalamar Armstrong, an ...

Multiple South Bay smoke shops targeted by burglars

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

CAMPBELL, Calif. (KRON) -- South Bay smoke shops are being targeted by burglars. Store owners feel like more could be done to prevent these smash and grabs.At least two smoke shop owners in San Jose and two in Campbell have been burglarized in recent weeks. This shop’s owner says it’s driving them out of business -- permanently.At Xotic Smokes in Campbell, the owner didn’t want to be identified on camera after being burglarized for the third time in the last few weeks.“I’d assume cops would show up because it was 6:30 a.m. broad daylight, they were in here for like an hour, no one showed up," the owner said. Louis Vuitton is latest high-end store to open in downtown Walnut Creek He’s not alone, multiple other smoke shops in Campbell and San Jose have been burglarized over the last few weeks.“Authorities I don’t think they really care about smoke shops,” the owner continued.On Friday night, the Twilight Zone Smoke Shop near Capitol and Vista Point Drive was broken into after a veh...

Rapids home struggles continue in scoreless draw with Dynamo

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s William Yarbrough and Houston’s Steve Clark both finished with three saves as the Rapids and Dynamo played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.The Rapids (3-10-10) fall to 1-4-7 at home this season, becoming the fourth team in league history to win just once in 12 home matches to start a season. Colorado’s success at home against Houston continues, however, with the Rapids posting a 4-0-5 mark in the last nine match-ups.Houston (8-10-5) is just 1-8-3 on the road this season. The Dynamo took a club-record 24 shots without scoring in a 3-0 loss to Minnesota United last time out.Colorado has failed to score in a league-high 13 matches this season. The Rapids have been shut out in six of their last seven matches after being blanked just six times all last season.When the league returns to action on Aug. 20, Houston will host the Portland Timbers. Colorado travels to play Los Angeles FC.____AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/socce...

On day Messi deal announced, Inter Miami’s winless streak reaches 11 with 3-0 loss to St Louis

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hours after Inter Miami announced its contract with Lionel Messi, the team’s winless streak reached 11 with a 3-0 loss to St. Louis City on Saturday night in Gerardo Martino’s debut as coach.Messi was to be introduced Sunday night as Miami’s stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Phil Neville was fired as Miami’s coach on June 1 after 2 1/2 seasons. Martino, who coached Messi with Barcelona and Argentina’s national team, was hired June 28.Miami has not won since May 13, losing seven straight games and losing its last four.Samuel Adeniran and Tim Parker scored first-half goals for St. Louis.Adeniran scored his third goal of the season, off a pass from from Indiana Vassilev, St. Louis (13-8-2) went ahead the 28th minute. Parker scored his third goal of the season in the 40th minute from Aziel Jackson’s assist.Eduard Löwen subbed in in the second half and got his sixth goal of the season in the 80th minute.Roman Bürki saved three shots for S...

Real Salt Lake ups unbeaten run with 3-1 win over Red Bulls

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Diego Luna scored in each half, Jefferson Savarino added a goal and an assist and Real Salt Lake cruised to a 3-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night, upping its unbeaten streak to nine.Real Salt Lake (10-7-7) improves to 7-0-6 all-time at home against New York (6-9-8) and remains the only team the Red Bulls have played at least three times on the road without a victory. Luna took a pass from Savarino in the 2nd minute and scored to give Real Salt Lake the lead for good. Luna stretched the lead to 2-0 eight minutes into the second half, using an assist from Danny Musovski to notch his third netter this season.Frankie Amaya found the net for a fourth time this season, taking a pass from Kyle Duncan in the 80th minute to make it 2-1. But Savarino answered one minute later to push the lead back to two goals. Bryan Oviedo had an assist on Savarino’s sixth goal of the campaign.Zac MacMath stopped three shots for Real Salt Lake. Carlos Coronel ha...

Shohei Ohtani homers in 9th inning, Angels win 13-12 in 10th on Astros error

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s major league-leading 33rd homer keyed the Angels’ tying rally in the ninth inning, and rookie Trey Cabbage scored on Grae Kessinger’s throwing error in the 10th to end Los Angeles’ wild 13-12 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.The Astros’ rookie shortstop threw wide of first base while attempting to turn an easy inning-ending double play on Taylor Ward’s grounder. Cabbage scored from third in only his second major league game to set off a wild celebration for the Angels, who rallied from a six-run deficit in the seventh and a three-run deficit in the ninth before snapping their six-game losing streak in improbable fashion.The AL West rivals combined for 18 runs in the final four innings of a much-needed victory for the Angels, who had lost 10 of 11.Houston starter Framber Valdez left with an apparent injury concern in the seventh before the bullpen imploded, allowing eight hits and eight runs —...

Powerball prize grows to $900 million after no jackpot winner drawn

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT

Another Powerball drawing ended with no winner Saturday night, sending the jackpot soaring to an estimated $900 million.No ticket for Saturday’s drawing matched the winning combination: white balls 2, 9, 43, 55, 57 and red Powerball 18. The jackpot was estimated at $875 million.Ticket buyers for Monday’s drawing have a chance at either $900 million paid out in yearly increments or a $465.1 million, one-time lump sum before taxes.The jackpot will keep growing until someone wins.The game’s abysmal odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to build big prizes that draw more players. The largest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion in November.The last time someone won the Powerball jackpot was April 19 for a top prize of nearly $253 million. Since then, no one has won the grand prize in the past 37 consecutive drawings.Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.The Associated Press