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Restoring San Francisco Bay wetlands, one industrial salt pond at a time

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

To the cheers of distant onlookers, a yellow excavator sliced through a dirt levee to open a long-captive 19th century industrial salt pond to the wild San Francisco Bay on Wednesday morning, allowing tidal waters to gush in to a 300-acre future marsh in Menlo Park.The project – part of the largest wetlands restoration ever conducted on the West Coast – is the latest addition to a growing mosaic of restored habitats for endangered wildlife, while providing flood protection and places to play for local residents.Flanking the northwest side of the Dumbarton Bridge, the now-barren pond will gain a more natural and lovely palette. Once filled with water and fresh sediments, it will support seeds that float in from adjacent marshes, then plants will germinate. This will welcome the arrival of little crustaceans, like crabs, as well as invertebrates, birds and fish.“This day feels incredible to me. It’s the culmination of years of work to restore the tidal marsh and open ponds...

14-year-old with knife detained for trespassing on middle school campus in Santa Rosa

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

(KRON) -- A student with a knife was detained on the campus of a Santa Rosa middle school Wednesday, the Santa Rosa Police Department said. At around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Santa Rosa PD officer Luigi Valencia, who was assigned to Herbert Slater Middle School, was meeting with a student experiencing a mental health crisis in the school's administrative office.Officer Valencia is a licensed mental health clinician and was awaiting the arrival of the inRESPONSE Mental Health Response Team when administrators informed him that an unknown juvenile was on campus.According to police, a physical education teacher made contact with a juvenile male that he did not recognize on campus. As the teacher was advising school officials about the trespasser, the unknown juvenile began walking away from the area. 49ers investigating noose seen at tailgate ahead of Seahawks game Another staff member followed the juvenile off campus and onto Sonoma Avenue, police said. He was able to convince the juven...

New York courthouse hosting Trump civil trial evacuated after man sets papers on fire, officials say

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The courthouse in New York City where former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial has been taking place was briefly evacuated Wednesday, hours after testimony concluded, when a man set papers on fire and then doused them with a fire extinguisher, officials said.Firefighters arrived at the New York State Supreme Court Building in lower Manhattan shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday to respond to an alarm on the fourth floor. There was a visible haze in the stairwell between the third and fourth floor, according to an Associated Press reporter who was asked to leave the building.A man was arrested after setting fire to some documents, said court spokesperson Al Baker. He did not release further details, but said the incident is under investigation. Those who evacuated were allowed to return shortly afterward. No injuries were reported.Officials didn’t immediately identify the man who was arrested.The evacuation came hours after the conclusion of testimon...

Matthew Stafford has propelled the Rams into the NFC playoff race with some of his best play ever

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford has been a star quarterback for far too long to really care what a fan, a pundit or even an opponent thinks about how he’s playing.So even though he’s in one of the most impressive stretches of his 15-year career with his Los Angeles Rams in the thick of the NFC playoff race, Stafford isn’t about to change his stance of politely ignoring any praise or criticism from outside his own locker room.“If I’m playing good, that means the guys in front of me are blocking, the guys on the outside are getting open and catching it, and we’re running the ball efficiently,” Stafford said Wednesday. “It’s an unbelievable team sport. It takes everybody to do all of it. I’m just trying to make sure that when everything is right around me and my number is called, to go out there and do my job as best as I possibly can.”Stafford has been doing his job exceptionally well this season, particularly over the past three weeks while throwing 10...

‘We are still in the game’: Mayor Bowser says DC is holding out hope that Wizards, Caps will stay put

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

Mayor Muriel Bowser said she’s disappointed by a plan to relocate the Wizards and Capitals to Virginia and is planning for the future of downtown D.C. should it come to pass. But she hasn’t lost hope that those teams will stay put.Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the organization that owns the teams, alongside Virginia leaders shared details about the proposed new sports venue and entertainment district in Potomac Yard, near National Landing, on Wednesday morning.Prior to the announcement, the city put a $500 million counteroffer on the table that Bowser called the “best and final offer” to keep the teams at Capital One Arena in the Chinatown section of the Penn Quarter neighborhood.Under D.C.’s proposal, the arena’s current lease with Monumental would be extended to 2052 with the city financing upgrades distributed over a three-year period, starting next year. The legislation also states the Capitals and the Wizards would not be able to rel...

Hamas no responde a los intentos por retomar las negociaciones sobre rehenes

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

(CNN) — Hamas no ha respondido a las propuestas realizadas en días recientes para intentar reanudar las negociaciones sobre rehenes, declaró a CNN una fuente familiarizada con los esfuerzos, mientras Estados Unidos y otros mediadores intentan retomar las conversaciones para liberar a más de las personas secuestrados el 7 de octubre.Qatar –que sigue desempeñando el papel de interlocutor– transmitió a Hamas nuevas ideas para intentar sacar a más rehenes de Gaza, incluido un posible acuerdo que contempla la liberación no solo de las mujeres rehenes restantes, sino también de hombres, según una fuente familiarizada con las gestiones y un alto funcionario de Estados Unidos.“No se trata de una negociación activa, sino de una exploración real de ideas sobre cómo poner esto en marcha”, declaró el alto funcionario estadounidense.Sin embargo, Hamas no respondió a los contactos, según la fuente familiarizada.El audio filtrado de una acalorada reunión revela la furia de los ex...

Aurora police seek information in 'suspicious' van video

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Aurora Police Department is asking the public for help regarding a suspicious incident that was caught on camera.Aurora police said it happened Wednesday around 9 a.m. near Chambers Road and Hampden Avenue. Suspect arrested, victim ID’d in deadly Gaylord Street shooting Police posted the video on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing what appears to be multiple people surrounding and eventually getting into a white van in a residential neighborhood. Police said there was no known license plate or direction of travel for the van. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Police asked anyone with information about the vehicle or anyone involved to immediately call their Major Crimes Homicide Unit at 303-739-6041.Tipsters can also remain anonymous by submitting tips to Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867).

I-25 to close to replace bridge in Pueblo train derailment

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Interstate 25 will close to replace a bridge damaged in the deadly coal train derailment that closed the interstate for days near Pueblo.The BNSF Railway freight train crashed on Oct. 15, just north of Pueblo. Preliminary findings show a broken rail caused the derailment, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.The derailment collapsed a steel bridge over I-25, killing the 60-year-old California trucker who was traveling beneath it. Mangled rail cars and tons of coal blocked the major north-south route through Colorado, which did not fully reopen until four days later.A bridge over I-25 was destroyed after a train derailed near Pueblo. The crash happened on Oct. 15 and this photo was taken on Oct. 17.Detours for I-25 closure near PuebloThe I-25 closure is scheduled to start Monday at 7 p.m. and reopen the next day by 6 a.m. Both directions will be closed at mile point 107.38.Workers plan to replace the bridge, reinstall the guardrails, pave and stripe. ...

Denver City Council to vote on $1.15M in funding to rebrand 16th Street Mall

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver City Council will soon vote on adding $1.15 million more in funding to the 16th Street Mall revitalization project. From working in the kitchen for 16 years to making his restaurant dreams come true, Javier Fernandez recently opened Que Rico! in the 16th Street Mall area of downtown Denver.  Denver’s 16th Street Mall is getting greener “Fifteen years ago, I was working in downtown and I saw a lot of people walking on the streets, and I told my wife that would be a great idea to open Que Rico! downtown, we have to bring Denver alive again,” Fernandez said.Three months into opening, Fernandez has hope for a busier and brighter future within the mall area, but currently, he sees a lack of people coming to the area.In April 2022, the City and County of Denver broke ground on a reconstruction project to address infrastructure and public realm repairs and improvements to the mall. According to documents submitted to the city council, that part of the project came ...

Lawmakers to present bill to explore racial inequities

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:48:08 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- In less than a month, state lawmakers will be back at the capitol and working on new legislation. Some lawmakers are getting a jump on getting their legislative agendas out before they gavel in.Over the past few years, there have been plenty of calls to end systemic racism. A group of lawmakers is backing a bill they said is a crucial step in putting Colorado on the path to doing that. Polis to Biden: Reschedule marijuana before 2024 "Today marks a pivotal moment in our commitment to racial justice as we unveil plans for a groundbreaking bill," said Colorado Senate President Pro Tempore James Coleman.Members of Colorado's Legislative Black Caucus and leaders of Colorado's Black community joined forces to call on the state to investigate its past through a task force looking into how the state could have contributed to systemic racism, spurring inequities in the everyday lives of Black Coloradans."It's important that this is a collective comprehensive task for...