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'I got nowhere to go back to;' storm floods homes, prompts evacuations in Port Hueneme

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

Several inches of rain hit Ventura County overnight, causing flooding and evacuations for parts of Port Hueneme Thursday morning.The storm was so severe in Port Hueneme that the Ventura County Fire Department said crews responded to 12 swift water rescues. Port Hueneme resident Bob Myers said he was sleeping around 2 a.m. when the sound of water woke him up. “I didn’t hear any rain, I didn’t hear any thunder, I didn’t hear anything in terms of the storm. It was the water, the groundwater, that was coming through into the house,” Myers said.Emergency crews respond to flooding in Port Hueneme on Dec. 21, 2023. (TNLA)Myers estimated the water was three feet deep when rescue crews showed up to help him out of the house. “My house is gone … I’m sure the house is going to have to be gutted and rebuilt,” he said, adding that his home is not insured because it is not in a floodplain. “Where all this water came from, why it flooded like that there, I don’t know,” said Myers, who is unsure of...

Man Fatally Struck by Semi-Truck in Pedestrian Accident on Interstate 205 [Tracy, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

Man Pronounced Dead after Semi-Truck Crash near El Rancho RoadTRACY, CA (December 21, 2023) – One pedestrian died Thursday evening in a semi-truck crash on westbound I-205.Around 10:20 p.m., a Honda Civic experienced a breakdown on the right shoulder of the freeway, as reported by the CHP. Subsequently, a Good Samaritan driving a Honda Accord pulled over ahead of the Civic to assist. Moments later, the Civic resumed operation and began reversing from the right shoulder.This led to a collision with a semi-truck hauling a trailer, causing the truck to veer onto the right shoulder. A man and a woman, who had exited the Honda Accord, were struck by the truck.The male pedestrian sustained fatal injuries at the scene. It was later revealed that the Honda Civic driver was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident. The identity of the deceased pedestrian is currently undisclosed.Anyone with additional information regarding the fatal Interstate 205 pedestrian accident is...

Cannons Blast at the Troubadour

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

Cannons Blast at the Troubadour: Having just performed at the Forum on KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas bill, Cannons are now fully warmed up for this Troubadour show. Michelle Joy and the boys massaged the crowd through an eight song set that was simultaneously hypnotic and energizing,” we wrote of that Forum show. “‘Hurricane’ and ‘Bright Lights’ were highlights, but there were no lowlights.”Their latest album is Heartbeat Highway and, on its release, Joy said, “The highway of life starts and ends with the most beautiful music in the world, a heartbeat. It’s a rhythm so strong the only right thing to do is to follow it wherever it may lead.” Truer words have never been spoken.We spoke to them back in April, when Joy said, “The mission since the beginning has just been to make music that we like to listen to, that we enjoy. Always keep it coming from the right place, and to grow together doing this project. Ryan (Clapham, guitar) and Paul (Davis, bass) grew up together,...

Three-bedroom home in Saratoga sells for $4.2 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

20135 Chateau Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 20100 block of Chateau Drive in Saratoga has new owners. The 2,662-square-foot property, built in 1955, was sold on Dec. 1, 2023. The $4,210,000 purchase price works out to $1,582 per square foot. The layout of this single-story house includes three bedrooms and four bathrooms. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. Additionally, the home comes with a two-car garage, allowing for convenient vehicle storage and additional storage space. The property’s backyard additionally features a pool.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:A 2,572-square-foot home on the 20000 block of Winter Lane in Saratoga sold in September 2023, for $3,710,000, a price per square foot of $1,442. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In December 2022, a 2,798-square-foot home on Blythe Court in Saratoga sold for $3,859,000, a price per square foot of $1,379. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On...

Three big Menlo Park towers are now eyed at ex-Sunset Magazine campus

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

MENLO PARK — Three massive towers could soar skyward above a quiet Menlo Park neighborhood on the former Sunset Magazine site, according to a fresh proposal on file with city planners.A previous proposal filed in the summer in Menlo Park pointed to one tower. A new proposal, filed on Dec. 7, sketches a vision for three highrises and offers a preliminary view of a project that could usher in vast changes for the San Mateo County city.The project, if approved by Menlo Park officials, would be built at 80 Willow Road next to Middlefield Road in Menlo Park. San Francisquito Creek meanders along one of the project’s boundaries.The property owners — a group whose principal executives include Vitaly Yusufov, son of a former top Russian government official with close ties to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, the New York Times reported in 2019 — are using what’s known as the “builder’s remedy” to gain approval for the project.32-story r...

'We are fed up': Martinez residents vent frustration over ongoing refinery issues

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

MARTINEZ, Calif. (KRON) -- On Wednesday night, an East Bay community came together to voice their concerns to a refining company with repeated issues. Martinez residents say they’ve had enough as the Martinez Refining Company has had problems with flaring, starting a grass fire and sending coke dust into the community. At the Martinez City Council meeting Wednesday, the Martinez Refining Company presented to the city what they’re doing to prevent these things from happening. Residents in attendance gave them an earful, saying they deserve a healthy community.  Serial Bay Area shoplifter arrested 90 times Residents at Wednesday's meeting railed against the Martinez Refining Company.  They say they are fed up with the flaring and dust releases in their community." We don’t feel comfortable here, we don’t feel safe," said one community member at Wednesday's meeting. The refining company has been under fire for issues stemming from a powdery substance being released last Thanksgiving....

Poll Shows Student Debt Policy May Be Killing Biden

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign comes at a unique moment for the economy and how the electorate perceives it. Looking at the economy through the standard macroeconomic lens everything points in a positive direction. Unemployment remains below 4 percent for the longest stretch of time in 50 years, and inflation has retreated without the pain of a recession many predicted. Yet many voters, including those in key demographics Biden needs to win, are not experiencing the economy in the same way.At the beginning of the Biden administration, the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a massive increase in America’s social safety net culminating in the passage of the American Rescue Plan at the start of Biden’s term. Americans received direct cash benefits from the government, health insurance was heavily subsidized, unemployment benefits were expanded, student loan payments paused, and the child tax credit sent cash to nearly every American family, lifting millions from poverty. That’s aside from t...

Correction: Severe Weather-Northeast story

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — In a Dec. 20 story about a powerful storm in the Northeastern U.S., The Associated Press misspelled Rangeley, Maine, as “Rangely.” Also, although the Saddleback ski resort plans to reopen Friday, its slopes will reopen Saturday.Source

Live updates | Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and UN says half a million people there are ‘starving’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

Israel kept up its airstrikes and ground operations across the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations says more than half a million people are “starving” because not enough food has entered the besieged territory. That’s roughly one out of every four Palestinians in Gaza.Tens of thousands of people are crammed into shelters and tent camps facing shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies. A World Health Organization official who visited two hospitals in northern Gaza said they were doing more amputations because staff, electricity and other essentials are in extremely short supply. The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a long-delayed vote on a new resolution to halt the fighting in some way to allow for an increase in humanitarian aid deliveries. A territory-wide communications outage has made it difficult to confirm details about the fighting. Hamas, meanwhile, fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv, underscoring the militant group’s resilience in the face of ...

Prague police chief identifies shooter as student at university where at least 15 people killed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT

PRAGUE (AP) — Prague police chief identifies shooter as student at university where at least 15 people killed.Source