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St. Louis native narrowly escapes Lahiana fires, fears her father-in-law died

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Joy Richter a 1995 Pattonville High School grad and has lived in Hawaii for more than 20 years. Her husband is a Ritenour High School alum and works as a property manager on the islands.On Tuesday, the place they've called home went up in flames, along with the rest of Lahaina, in the deadliest United States wildfire in a century.Joy evacuated her home on Tuesday, along with her 80-year-old father-in-law and her dog. The only escape from the flames was toward the ocean."I couldn't see my own hand,” Joy told FOX 2 in a phone interview. “I prayed to God, ‘Please give me a fresh breath of air.’"As she fought for every breath through the flames, a search and rescue team was able to get to Joy. By then, she had been separated from her father-in-law and her dog due to the heavy smoke. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

West Hollywood bar to hold fundraiser for victims of deadly Maui wildfires

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

A West Hollywood bar and restaurant with close connections to Maui is holding a fundraiser later this week to help employees at its sister location in Lahaina who lost everything, including their jobs, in the devastating wildfires. Matt Robb, co-owner of the Dirty Monkey in Lahaina and the Naughty Pig in West Hollywood, lives on Maui. He told KTLA that while he was fortunate enough that his home survived the fast-moving fires, many of his employees barely escaped the flames with their lives. “There’s no amount of help that’s too much right now,” Robb said.  As of Sunday afternoon, the death toll from the fires has risen to 93 with officials estimating that some 4,500 people are in need of shelter. Officials in Hawaii added that nearly 2,200 structures in West Maui were destroyed, including the entire town of Lahaina.  “There is not a building standing. It is a war zone. It looks like we’ve been napalmed,” Robb explained." The people that are with me lost everything out of ...

Kids get ultimate back-to-school package in South L.A.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

A lucky group of 30 kids were selected by their school districts to receive the ultimate back to school package on Sunday in an event hosted by the East Side Riders Bike Club and the Hey Leche Foundation in Huntington Park.  Attendees from Compton, Watts, Willbrook and the Huntington Park communities turned out for the event, with families receiving a laptop, $100 grocery gift card and kids getting a free backpack, new shoes and a haircut.  “This is just a small drop in the bucket of what we’re trying to do here today. These families deserve so much more,” John Jones III, president and founder of the East Side Riders Bike Club, told KTLA. “We’re teaming up with Hey Leche Foundation for our fourth annual back to school giveaway.”  Jones added that the pandemic set everyone in the community back and that it’s been a tough economic time for families.  “It set us further back than we already were and it’s going to take us longer climb out of it than other communities,” he...

Motorcyclist declared dead after fatal collision in Martinez on Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

A motorcyclist was declared dead on Sunday after a fatal collision in the Eastbound direction of Pacheco Boulevard in Martinez, California Highway Patrol officials said.The accident occurred at 2710 Pacheco Blvd. at the corner of Vine Avenue at around 4:28 p.m.Check back for updates.

Photos: The 15th Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

Outside Lands celebrated 15 years of delighting music fans in Golden Gate Park this weekend.The popular festival consists of top-notch music entertainment, ranging from Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Foo Fighters and hip-hop great Kendrick Lamar to electronic-music giants Odesza and mesmerizing pop icon Lana Del Rey.Other top acts on the bill include Megan Thee Stallion, The 1975, Janelle Monae, Zedd, J.I.D and Maggie Rogers.Dozens upon dozens of acts performed across multiple stages, and the festival was expected to draw 225,000 fans over the course of three days.Water droplets can be seen in the lights as the fog begins to roll in as Kendrick Lamar performs on stage during the first day of the Outside Lands Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) A festivalgoer carries an inflatable sriracha bottle as they wander through the crowd during the first day of the Outside Lands Festival at Golden G...

Ben Shelton opens with victory in Western & Southern Open

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Ben Shelton beat Wimbledon quarterfinalist Christopher Eubanks 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday in the first of the Western & Southern Open, with the tournament’s future in Cincinnati in doubt.Also in the first round, Adrian Mannarino eliminated fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-3, and Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka advanced with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over France’s Gregoire Barrere.The Masters 1000 tournament’s future in Cincinnati is uncertain after billionaire Ben Navarro’s Beemok Capital Group purchased it in 2022 from the United States Tennis Association for $300 million.Beemok is planning a $400 million, 53-acre tennis campus in Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex is expected to include 40 courts, which would help accommodate the 96 men’s and women’s players the tournament will grow to when it becomes a two-week event in 2025.The Mason City Council has approved $15 million in improvements to the Lindner Family Tennis Center, where the tournament has been p...

El telescopio de la NASA detecta un signo de interrogación cósmico en el espacio profundo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

(CNN) — Un objeto cósmico con la forma de un signo de interrogación brillante se robó el protagonismo en una de las más recientes imágenes capturadas por el telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA, y los científicos creen que saben lo que podría ser.La imagen original en el infrarrojo cercano, publicada el 26 de julio, mostraba a un par de estrellas jóvenes llamadas Herbig-Haro 46/47. Encontradas a 1.470 años luz de distancia en la constelación de Vela dentro de la galaxia de la Vía Láctea, las estrellas todavía se están formando activamente y orbitando de cerca entre sí.Las dos han sido observadas y estudiadas por telescopios espaciales y terrestres desde la década de 1950, pero el telescopio Webb de alta sensibilidad permitió obtener la imagen más detallada y de mayor resolución hasta el momento. Tiene la capacidad de observar el universo con longitudes de onda de luz más largas que otros telescopios espaciales.El telescopio Webb ofrece información sobre los orígenes de nu...

Morgan County woman sets world record rowing from California to Hawaii

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Colorado woman is set to be recognized for a world record after she rowed, with a teammate, across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii.Jayme Linker of Brush, Colorado, trained six to eight hours a day to prepare for her trek across half of the Pacific Ocean.The rowing took just over 45 days, and it's not her first trip across an ocean. It was all to raise awareness about a very serious medical condition."The only thing that propels these ocean rowing boats are us, the motors," Linker said.She had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a row boat before, from Spain to the Caribbean. That trip qualified her to take on a longer trek."While someone's on the oars, the other person's resting, sleeping, eating, whatever," Linker said.Records and amazing physical feats aside, Jayme shared her experience on the water."Every time I'm on the oars, I'm putting every single ounce of effort I've got into it. So it is like a two-hour sprint, every single time," Linker said.That s...

2 people safely eject from jet that later crashed during Thunder Over Michigan air show

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

(CNN) — Two people ejected from a jet that later crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan air show on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.Neither suffered significant injuries but both were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, the Wayne County Airport Authority said in a statement.The aircraft then crashed in the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex and struck unoccupied vehicles, the airport authority said. No one in the apartment complex was injured, it added.The two people, who parachuted from the aircraft, landed in Belleville Lake, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN.The agency described the aircraft as an MiG-23 jet and said the two individuals ejected just south of Willow Run Airport, near the city of Ypsilanti.Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.Leaders of Thunder Over Michigan, a two-day event of airshows, said they would stop the show after a “situation,” but did not share further details.“Please m...

States gear up for this fall’s triple threat of respiratory viruses: COVID-19, flu and RSV

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:40 GMT

(CNN) — State and local health officials across the United States are bracing for a rise in respiratory illnesses this fall, and they are making plans to urge everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against Covid-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus once those shots become available.“We are very, very concerned about the upcoming pan-respiratory season,” Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, said in a briefing Wednesday.Local health departments will work with their state and federal counterparts to encourage eligible people to get their flu shots, updated Covid-19 boosters and RSV vaccines, says Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.“The focus for the fall will be clear and integrated messaging, especially for people who are most at risk, because we’re talking about a unique new normal of coexisting respir...