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Napa County to receive $500K to recruit, train farmers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

(KRON) -- Congressman Mike Thompson announced Napa County will receive $500,000 in funding to recruit and train farmers in underrepresented groups.The funding is aimed to boost efforts needed to develop and maintain skills of farmers in Napa while keeping the state's specialty crops sector competitive. Police cruiser crashes into Wells Fargo Bank in Orinda The grant will be given through the federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. "Our region has a strong tradition of agriculture made possible by the farmworkers who work every day to grow world-class products,” said Thompson. “The funding from the federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program will help to recruit and retain farmworkers and provide current farmworkers with the training and education they need to build a successful career in the fields and beyond. I look forward to seeing how this funding helps to strengthen our agricultural community.”County officials say they are looking to attract young farmers through youth men...

FIBA World Cup Glance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

All Times EDTFIRST ROUNDGROUP A W  L  PF  PA  PtsDominican Republic  1  0  87   0    2Italy  1  0  81  67    2Philippines  0  1  81  87    0Angola  0  1  67  81    0At Manila, PhilippinesAt Araneta ColiseumFriday, Aug. 25Italy 81, Angola 67Dominican Republic 87, Philippines 81Sunday, Aug. 27Italy vs. Dominican Republic, 4 a.m.Philippines vs. Angola, 8 a.m.Tuesday, Aug. 29Angola vs. Dominican Republic, 4 a.m.Philippines vs. Italy, 8 a.m.GROUP B W  L  PF  PA  PtsChina  0  0   0   0    0Puerto Rico  0  0   0   0    0Serbia  0  0   0   0    0South Sudan  0  0   0   0    0At Manila, PhilippinesAt Araneta ColiseumSaturday, Aug. 26South Sudan vs. Puerto Rico, 4 a.m.Serbia vs. China, 8 a.m.Monday, Aug. 28China vs. South Sudan, 4 a.m.Puerto Rico vs. Serbia, 8 a.m.Wednesday, Aug. 30South Sudan vs. Serbia, 4 a.m.China vs. Puerto Rico, 8 a.m.GROUP C W  L  PF  PA  PtsGreece  0  0   0   0...

Los 77 lugares de EE.UU. donde el calor extremo romperá o igualará récords hasta el lunes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

(CNN) — La brutal ola de calor que ha asolado la mayor parte del centro y el sur de EE.UU. esta semana desplazará lentamente su calor más intenso hacia el sur durante el fin de semana y batirá decenas de récords de calor.Este viernes, las temperaturas podrían superar los 37,7 °C y podrían batirse récords en Texas, en lugares como Dallas, Tyler y Wichita Falls. El calor no hará más que acumularse en varias localidades del estado, entre ellas Houston, que vive su verano más caluroso hasta la fecha.A medida que se desplace la ola de calor, algunos estados del sureste, como Florida y las Carolinas, se encontrarán con un calor récord, con temperaturas que alcanzarán los 32,2 °C el sábado y el domingo. Jacksonville, en Florida, podría batir récords todos los días desde el sábado hasta el lunes.A principios de la próxima semana, la mayor parte del calor extremo se limitará a las zonas adyacentes al Golfo de México.Según datos de la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosf...

Hawaii revela los nombres de las 388 personas aún desaparecidas tras los incendios forestales

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

MAUI, Hawaii – Las autoridades del condado de Maui redujeron este viernes a 388, de los cerca de mil que se habían reportado previamente, el número de desaparecidos por los incendios en la isla que han dejado hasta ahora al menos 115 muertos.A través de un comunicado, el condado publicó una “lista validada” de nombres de personas cuyo paradero permanece desconocido desde que el pasado 8 de agosto comenzara el fuego en la isla hawaiana.“Los nombres se están proporcionando al público en un esfuerzo por ayudar a identificar a cualquier persona de quien se pueda dar cuenta”, afirma el comunicado sobre la lista que fue elaborada por la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI, por sus siglas en inglés).“Estamos publicando esta lista de nombres hoy porque sabemos que ayudará con la investigación”, apuntó el jefe de policía John Pelletier.Pese a que la publicación de los nombres “puede causar dolor a las personas cuyos seres queridos figuran e...

2 more Jeffco schools could close by next school year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Thursday night, Jefferson County Public Schools staff members made the recommendation to close two more K-8 schools in the district due to low enrollment.District staff made the recommendation to the Jefferson County Board of Education about closing Coal Creek Canyon K-8 School and Arvada K-8 School. Caught on camera: Amazon driver accused of stealing cat This recommendation is part of the second phase of school closures in the district. In November 2022, the school board voted to close and consolidate 16 elementary schools.According to the school board, Coal Creek K-8 and Arvada K-8 are both dealing with low enrollment.Coal Creek Canyon K-8Jefferson County Public Schools said Coal Creek Canyon K-8 is the lowest enrolled district-managed Jeffco school. The school will serve fewer than 85 students, which is a 45% decline in enrollment since 2019.If the board of education approves the closure, the 2023-24 school year will be the final year for grades sixth through ei...

Suspect involved in domestic dispute arrested following police chase in Miami-Dade County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

Several police departments pursued a vehicle in Miami-Dade County after a person was involved in a domestic dispute. The chase came to an end in Miami’s Little Havana area just before noon.On Friday, police pursued a black BMW SUV in the area of Northwest 12th Avenue and Seventh Street. According to Miami Police, the Miami-Dade Police Department requested the help of its officers in reference to a suspect fleeing the scene of a crime. Live video footage showed the suspect getting put into the back of a Miami Police Department vehicle. When the driver was in the area of Southwest Third Avenue, off US-1, Key Biscayne Police Department said the suspect’s car sideswiped one of their units. The officer in that vehicle was expected to be OK. The Key Biscayne Police Department said the suspect was involved in a domestic dispute and authorities have been looking for the suspect over the past few days. The City of Miami Police said there may have been a firearm involved. Sources ...

Judge denies defense’s motion for mistrial during 5th day of trial for ex-Hialeah PD officer accused of beating up homeless man

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

The defense team for a former Hialeah Police officer accused of beating a homeless man asked a judge for a mistrial. Officer Rafael Otano is accused of kidnapping and beating Jose Ortega Gutierrez, along with former Officer Lorenzo Orfila, on Dec. 17, 2022.During the fifth day of the trial on Friday, the defense said that the state was confusing the jury by putting the officer on trial for policy violations rather than the crime itself. The state said no report was made about the incident at all, which ultimately broke policy.The defense argued that they couldn’t point the finger at Officer Otano for the assault.“When you put a police officer on trial, if you commit the state to bring in evidence against policy violations; didn’t turn on the body cam, didn’t fill out this report, didn’t call a sergeant, all those things, basically a jury can convict him for alleged kidnapping and some other alleged serious crimes based upon elements, violation...

This baby gorilla almost died before a zookeeper held him close. Now he has a new adoptive mom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — In many ways, raising a baby gorilla is very similar to nurturing human newborns, says Chad Staples, a father of four and the director of Mogo Wildlife Park, a small private zoo in the town of the same name on Australia’s southeastern coast.“The similarities are amazing. Even just looking at his eyes, it’s just like when you look at a newborn and they just take in the whole universe with every blink,” Staples told CNN of Kaius, the wide-eyed baby gorilla he’s reared from birth.In the early months, Kaius slept in Staples’ bedroom, and the zookeeper regularly fed him milk and changed his diapers – a difficult task to perform on a primate that’s much stronger than a human baby and able to grip with both his hands and feet.“With a baby, you’ve only got to deal with some little hands that might help, but with a gorilla, he was really right into making it very difficult,” he said. “I just laughed I thought, ‘Oh my goodness.’”As he got older, Kaius would cl...

Prigozhin’s lesson for Trump & Co: Don’t trust Putin’s promises

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

KYIV — U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has joined ex-President Donald Trump in believing that there are deals in good faith to be made with Russian President Vladimir Putin. That’s a position that was also taken last December by French President Emmanuel Macron, who held out the prospect of negotiating security guarantees for Russia with Putin under a new security architecture for Europe. You try telling Yevgeny Prigozhin that the Kremlin keeps its word in deals. Two months ago, after Prigozhin’s abortive coup, Russia’s security services said they wouldn’t be pressing charges and Prigozhin was tricked into a false sense that he had received security guarantees. Putin’s real verdict was served up as an explosion in a private jet at 28,000 feet.Any Ukrainian can tell you Russia’s assurances that it’s not going to invade are worth zero. Moscow was meant to respect Ukrainian sovereignty and grant Kyiv security guarantees acc...

Boston city leaders pitch plan to take down tents at Mass and Cass

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:55:03 GMT

A new proposal from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu would give Boston police officers the power to take down tents and tarps in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, Wu announced Friday. Wu announced the proposal alongside other city leaders at an event in Roxbury as officials continue efforts to tackle the ongoing substance use disorder, mental health and homelessness crisis in the area known as “Mass and Cass.”Now moving forward, Wu said she will ask the Boston City Council to approve the proposed ordinance allowing police to take down tents and other structures in cases where people living inside are offered alternative places to live, services, transportation and space to store their belongings. Among plans, Wu said the city is setting up an alternative location with 30 beds to help shelter people currently living at Mass and Cass. “We do not believe that living on the street in a tent in the public way is safe for anyone when there is adequate shel...