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Church in Newport Beach vandalized

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

A 27-year-old man from San Dimas has been arrested after vandalizing a church in Newport Beach, causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage.  The incident occurred Saturday morning at the United Methodist Christ Church by the Sea. Video footage from the church, built in the 1930’s, shows windows boarded up after the 27-year-old allegedly shattered stained glass windows that were given as gift to the church many years ago.  Officials at Christ Church by the Sea estimate that the vandal caused $80,000-$100,000 worth of damage.  Reverend Paul Capetz, pastor of the church, told KTLA that when he was notified of the vandalism by police, he was in a state of shock.  “When I got here and saw the damage with my own eyes, I felt like I had been punched in the gut,” Capetz said. “At first, I saw the damage outside, the windows all boarded up and then I walk into the sanctuary, and I just couldn’t believe my eyes. There was shattered glass everywhere, and I mean eve...

Suspect arrested after police find stolen gun, license plate during San Rafael traffic stop

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

(KRON) -- One person was arrested Sunday morning after police discovered the suspect was driving a car with a stolen license plate, the San Rafael Police Department said on Twitter. The arrest was made at a traffic stop near Third Street and A Street. The suspect vehicle, a white four-door sedan, was stopped on a felony warrant issued in the area. Police also found a stolen pistol with a high-capacity magazine (pictured below) in the glove compartment. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s car was broken into during film premiere (San Rafael Police Department)(San Rafael Police Department)The unidentified driver was booked into jail for a series of felony charges, police said. No other information was immediately available.

Tiroteo en gimnasio dentro de un complejo de apartamentos deja herido a un hombre en DC

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

Un hombre fue herido de bala dentro de un centro gimnasio en un complejo de apartamentos donde viven muchos estudiantes de George Washington University al noroeste de DC el domingo, según las autoridades. El tiroteo ocurrió sobre las 3 p.m. en Columbia Plaza Apartments en la cuadra 2400 de Virginia Avenue NW en el área de Foggy Bottom, a unas cuadras de la universidad. Minutos después, los residentes del complejo recibieron una alerta que les advirtió sobre los disparos y les pidió quedarse en el interior.“Tengo amigos en este edificio, amigos más allá. Están un poco conmocionados. Algunos de ellos estaban cerrando las puertas con seguro en el mismo campus”, dijo el residente Mitchell Lewis. La víctima fue llevada al hospital y estaba consciente y respirando. La policía de DC clausuró la entrada al gimnasio. Aún buscan al hombre que abrió fuego y luego huyó. Se desconoce el motivo de la balacera. Aunque los apartamentos no son parte del campus, muchos reside...

Boys with the same rare genetic disorder get to meet

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Hutt Martin is just 8 months old, and Luke Schmidt is 15. Both boys have an extremely rare genetic condition called TAR, or Thrombocytopenia Absent Radius Syndrome, which among other things can cause a shortening of the upper extremities and a blood clotting disorder.The condition is so rare that their doctor at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children thought it would be meaningful for the families to connect, and for the boys to see other people like them.The families are now developing a relationship."I hope that I'm able to mentor him a little bit," Luke said at one of their meetings."It's nice to be able to pass along those little tips and encouragement," Luke's mother Tonia said. Firefighters prepare for Colorado snowmelt to raise risks along metro area creeks Luke shows Hutt's parents how he can navigate on a computer, so they know what their child could do someday."I kind of move the mouse with my foot and click with my big toe," he said.All of the information...

Emu on the loose: Police chase giant bird in Tennessee town

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

HARRIMAN, Tenn. (KDVR) -- Police conducted a 20-mile slow-speed chase to catch a 7-foot emu last week that escaped its home.Nexstar station WATE in Tennessee said Roane County resident Harry McKinney and his family have two emus, MeeMoo and MeeMee, that live on their farm.According to McKinney, crews were logging nearby when MeeMoo was “spooked” and jumped over the seven-foot fence. The emu managed to escape and ran through Harriman, WATE reported. Ball Arena crew gear up for Avalanche and Nuggets playoffs starting at home “He then became ‘internet famous’, leading people all over the county on about a 20-mile chase, sometimes at 40mph,” McKinney wrote in a post on Facebook.Steven McDaniel, who shot the video in the player above, told Storyful he was taking his dog for a ride when he “looked outside and saw three cop cars going by at like 3 mph."

Tempers flare at Hialeah Gardens Wawa amid long lines at gas stations, delivery slowdown caused by floods

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

Tensions ran high at a gas station in Hialeah Gardens as people waited in line to fuel up amid a slowdown of gas deliveries across South Florida.Customers at the Wawa along the 7800 block of Northwest 103rd Street expressed their concerns on Sunday about the limited availability.“It’s definitely concerning,” said customer Dina Roumeliotis.Lines stretched around several gas stations. In some cases, the wait times were upwards of 30 minutes.“We’ve been waiting, what, like around 10 minutes,” said customer Paul Kost.Back at the Wawa, police tried to keep everyone safe after an altercation sparked between customers. Most of them, however, chose to pack their patience.“I think everybody should just be calm, ’cause it’s not that there’s no gas,” said Kost.This is the message that officials want everyone to know: there is no fuel shortage.Last week’s wicked weather and historic flooding prevented many fuel pickups at P...

Broken Lizard plays Victor Hugo for laughs with ‘Quasi’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

There’s a whole lot of torture – and comedy – going on in the merrily demented medieval doings of Thursday’s “Quasi.”A ridiculously silly send-up of Quasimodo, the doomed disabled hero of Victor Hugo’s immortal “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Quasi,” from the comic collaborative Broken Lizard, sees the hunchback as not only a romantic hero but the inventor of The Rack, France’s Number One torture device.He’s also, it should be pointed out, hired as an assassin by both the King of France and the Pope.  Each monarch asks him to kill their rival.As what exactly is Broken Lizard, Kevin Heffernan – he’s Quasi’s best buddy and also directs – has the answer: “We’re a comedy group who started at Colgate University many years ago and have, obviously, made some movies.  The name comes from – where Jay?”Jay Chandrasekhar, who stars as the mad but merry King, recalled, “I wanted a name that would make people think of Monty Python. So I invented the name ‘Broken Lizard’ so that it would be this ...

Moir: How to win the fight to save lives of whales

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

Massachusetts officially declared April 24 as Right Whale Day to raise awareness about the endangered. North Atlantic right whales, the state’s official marine mammal.Right whales have been coming to Cape Cod Bay in April for as long as there has been a Cape Cod Bay. These sandy, shoaly waters warm faster than deeper, dark-bottom ocean realms. In the Gulf of Maine, a sea beside the Atlantic Ocean, seawater rotates counterclockwise fastest in April driven by river water coming off the land. Nutrient-rich waters are upwelled on the threshold of Stellwagen Bank, defining the East boundary of Massachusetts Bay and drift on into Cape Cod Bay where phytoplankton blooms, feeding zooplankton, feeding right and sei whales. Forage fish, including sand lance, herring, and mackerel eat zooplankton and are then scooped up by gaping-mouthed minke, fin, and humpback whales.It’s time for the National Marine Fisheries Service to slow down to 10 knots or less the speeds of all vessels. Ships were slo...

Editorial: Dems find their Eden for 2024 national convention

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

The state of Illinois recently lost three Fortune 500 companies, and its population has declined by more than 100,000 residents in the past two years. Meanwhile, its largest city is a poster child for rampant crime and a failing public education system.How fitting — and deliciously ironic — that Chicago was selected last week to host the 2024 Democratic national convention.The symbolism is rich. Illinois is a one-party state dominated by public-employee unions. Property taxes are among the highest in the nation. The state’s government pension system is a monument to red ink, running almost $140 billion in the hole. According to the Tax Foundation, Illinois ranks 36th in the country for its business tax climate, worst in the region.State Democrats have one answer for most issues: higher taxes and more regulation. Politicians in Springfield are contemplating a new “wealth” tax and a revamp of the state’s income tax system that will separate citizens from more of their hard-earned mone...

In-office workers spend more time on career development

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:22 GMT

Workers in the office spend 25% more time in career-development activities than their remote counterparts, according to new data from a team of economists who have analyzed working from home since the pandemic began.Those who came into work devoted about 40 more minutes a week to mentoring others, nearly 25 more in formal training and about 15 additional minutes each week doing professional development and learning activities, according to WFH Research, a group that includes Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom.The figures, based on surveys of more than 2,400 US adults who are able to work from home, lend quantitative support to CEOs such as JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon and Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman, who have said that workers — particularly younger staff — need to be on-site more often than not to learn and develop alongside more experienced colleagues. Wall Street banks have been in the vanguard of corporate campaigns to get workers back to offices more often...