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Vandals cut up plants at Lakewood victory garden

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — The victory garden at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park was vandalized and damaged recently.Volunteers with the garden went on Tuesday morning as a part of their normal schedule of garden upkeep to find all of the plants had been cut, leaving nothing but shreds behind."We didn’t know what had happened until we really looked at it a little more closely, and we could see the plants had been cut instead of ripped out of the ground," said Myla Ferguson, one of the volunteers.Victory Garden prior to damages (Credit: Nell Nelson)Victory Garden after damages (Credit: Nell Nelson)A lot of work goes into the garden each year. Nell Nelson, the park's volunteer coordinator, was upset to see this happening. "They care. They come out when there is going to be hail to protect the seedlings. And so to show up on your regular day that you’re supposed to garden and see that all of your hard work has been destroyed is really devastating," Nelson said. Road rage shooting suspect...

3 found dead at remote campsite were trying to escape society, stepsister says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years, but they were unequipped to survive off the grid.Exposed to several feet of snow, chills below zero and with no food found at their camp, Christine Vance, Rebecca Vance and Rebecca's son likely died of malnutrition and hypothermia, according to the autopsies released this week. Authorities haven’t released the boy’s name. Road rage shooting suspected before fiery crash left field and ambulance in flames Those reports contained another chilling detail that brought stepsister Trevala Jara to tears: The 14-year-old boy’s body was found with Jara's favorite, blessed rosary that she gave the group before they left. "God was with them," said Jara, who still hasn't mustered the strength to remove the rosary from the hazard bag. But Jara, who trie...

Chisholm’s 3-run homer helps Marlins defeat Nationals 6-1 to get back to .500

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a three-run homer, and the Miami Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.Jake Burger added his 28th home run of the season for Miami, which climbed back to .500 after losing eight of 10. The Marlins (67-67) entered three games behind San Francisco for the NL’s final wild card.“We knew coming into this series it was big, and now we’re flipping the page on August and going into September tomorrow,” Burger said. “Obviously, from here on out, every single game is huge.”Braxton Garrett (8-5) and three relievers combined on a three-hitter.Miami’s Luis Arraez singled twice, raising his major league-leading average to .349. With his 47th multihit game, Arraez tied Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez for third, trailing Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. at 57 and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman at 54.Washington lost for the fourth time in five games. The Nationals went 17-11 in August, their first win...

Over 30 arrested in bust involving $3.3M in car theft

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

LA MESA, Calif. -- California Highway Patrol along with multiple law enforcement agencies arrested more than two dozen people in a nearly yearlong operation called Operation Sunrise. "Honestly, it just appears that it’s opportunity, victims of opportunity," CHP Capt. Charles Leonard told reporters during a news conference Thursday. "That opportunity to steal a car, it didn’t matter the make, model, year or color. If that opportunity to steal it they would steal it."The operation was run by the San Diego County Regional Auto Theft Task Force. The task force is a multi-agency operation including Chula Vista, San Diego, La Mesa and National City police departments, CHP, plus the county DA’s office, among other agencies in the county.  Suspect after suspect, on video provided by CHP, were seen being handcuffed and arrested by CHP for multiple felonies."And especially as a San Diego region, to look at strategies to go out there and find proactively these individuals that are victimizing ...

Woman arrested in North County murder-for-hire plot case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A woman suspected of attempting to hire someone to kill her estranged husband was arrested, authorities said.Tatyana Remley, 42, was first arrested on suspicion of firearms-related offenses and booked into the Vista Detention Facility following a July 2 house fire in the 4600 block of Rancho Reposo in unincorporated Del Mar, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) said in a news release Thursday. Authorities say they found Remley at the home in possession of three firearms and ammunition.An investigation was opened the next day after the sheriff's department received information Remley was attempting to hire someone to kill her estranged husband, per SDSO. Ex-SDSU football player pleads guilty to child porn possession Then on Aug. 2, Remley met with an undercover sheriff's detective, describing how she wanted her husband killed and his body disposed, according to officials. "Remley brought three additional firearms and U.S. currency as a down payment for the ...

Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed ahead of a key US jobs report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Friday as investors looked toward a United States jobs report being released later in the day. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6% in morning trading to 32,820.80. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.4% to 7,278.30. South Korea’s Kospi was virtually unchanged, inching down less than 0.1% to 2,556.57. The Shanghai Composite added 0.4% to 3,131.93.Trading was halted in Hong Kong because of an approaching typhoon. Schools and businesses were shut as an official warning was issued about Super Typhoon Saola. Later Friday, the U.S. government will report employment data for August. The strong job market, along with consumer spending, has so far helped thwart a recession that analysts expected at some point in 2023. But they also made the Federal Reserve’s task of taming inflation more difficult by fueling wage and price increases.On Wall Street, the S&P 500 gave up an early gain to close 0.2% lower, falling to 4,507.6...

Hawaii investigates unsolicited land offers as the state tries to keep Lahaina in local hands

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Thursday his administration has opened several investigations into people who have allegedly made unsolicited offers for property in the fire-stricken Maui town of Lahaina in violation of a new emergency order.Green prohibited such offers by signing an emergency proclamation earlier this week aimed at preventing land in the historic coastal community from flowing into the hands of outside buyers. The order aims to give residents some “breathing room” as they decide what to do next, Green said in an interview with The Associated Press.Even before the Aug. 8 fire, Lahaina was a rapidly gentrifying town and there’s been widespread concern since that Native Hawaiians and local-born residents who have owned properties in their families for generations might feel pressured to sell. The fear is they would leave Lahaina, or Maui or the state, take their culture and traditions with them and contribute to the ongoing exodus of Hawaii’s people to les...

One person seriously injured in Regent Park fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a one-alarm fire in Regent Park.Fire crews were called to a highrise in the area of Oak and River Streets, south of Gerrard Street East around 9:14 p.m. Thursday night. Firefighters were met with heavy, thick smoke coming from multiple floors of the building. The fire was quickly extinguished and no evacuation orders were issued. Police say one person was taken to a nearby hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. There is no indication at this time of what may have caused the blaze.

September, 2023 opens with temperatures on the rise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

Building weekend heat rises, strengthening “SW” winds into Chicago, defeating lake cooling. Humidities to “take off” Monday, Tuesday and WednesdayAugust, 2023’s final morning was the coolest in 75 days—2.5 monthsThursday with lows of 54 degrees at both of Chicago’s major city airports, O’Hare and Midway. Not since a 53-degree minimum the morning of June 17th has it been cooler.AND THERE WERE CHILLIER READINGS AWAY FROM THE CITY AND LAKE MICHIGANThursday morning lows dropped to 37 degrees as close by as Sparta, Wisconsin—215 miles to Chicago’s northwest.CHECK OUT THESE THURSDAY MORNING LOWS in and surrounding the Greater Chicago areaTHE WARMER THAN NORMAL OCEAN WATERSHurricane expert Dr. Jeff Masters is out with a fascinating article in Yale Climate Connections on the likely impact of the warmer than normal ocean waters over which Hurricane Idalia traveled on the storm's intensity.Masters notes the notion warmer ocean temps strengthen hurricanes’ winds dates back to at least 1987 whe...

2 dead, including shooter, and 1 injured in shooting at The Arboretum

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:56 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Two people are dead and one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a shooting at The Arboretum shopping center in northwest Austin, according to Austin police. One of the people who died at the scene is believed to be the shooter, APD said. They believe there is no threat to the general public. At 5 p.m., APD responded to a 911 call of shots fired in the 10000 block of Research Boulevard, APD Interim Chief of Police Robin Henderson said during the media briefing Thursday night. Police arrived seven minutes after the first call, the interim police chief said. Two people were found dead on the scene and one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition, APD said. Henderson would not say what the relationship between the shooter and the victims was. Henderson said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire and Explosives (ATF) and APD bomb squad responded to the scene because some people reported hearing what they believed to be an explosion. T...