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Walters: Political squabbling undermines effort to fight homelessness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

Since Gavin Newsom began his governorship more than four years ago, the state has spent upwards of $20 billion on efforts to solve – or at least reduce – California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis.The spending continues, but the number of people living on the streets, in squalid camps or in ramshackle motorhomes and trailers continues to climb.That sad fact was underscored recently by a new census of homelessness in Los Angeles County, which has a quarter of the state’s population but nearly half of its homeless people. The study found a 9% rise in the number of homeless people in the county to 75,518, with more than half (46,260) in the city of Los Angeles.“The homeless count results tell us what we already know – that we have a crisis on our streets, and it’s getting worse,” said Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum, CEO of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which conducted the count.The census not only depicts a worsening problem, but illustrates the difficulty Los Angel...

What is ‘slugging’ and why are more Va. commuters doing it?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

More commuters in Virginia’s George Washington Region — also known as Planning District 16 — are “slugging,” according to a recent survey conducted by GWRideConnect, a Fredericksburg-based free ride-sharing service.What is slugging?The term originated in the 1970s, describing a form of carpooling that involves a driver picking up nonpaying passengers at a specific location and dropping them off at a destination that has been agreed upon in advance.In the morning, sluggers gather at locations like park-and-ride facilities or bus stops, and drivers will pull up to the queue for the route they will follow and display or call out their drop-off point and how many passengers they can accommodate. It can be considered a hybrid form of carpooling and hitchhiking, with all parties benefiting from the arrangement, as drivers are able to access HOV lanes with additional passengers, and the riders travel for free.More Va. ‘slugs’ on the roadOn Aug. 8, surveyors co...

Women’s World Cup Live Updates: Earps stops Hermoso penalty as Spain holds 1-0 lead over England

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Live updates from the Women’s World Cup final between England and Spain:___England goalkeeper Mary Earps stopped Spain from taking a commanding lead in the Women’s World Cup final when she saved a Jenni Hermoso penalty kick. Hermoso’s attempt in the 69th minute came after Keira Walsh was called for a handball violation. The penalty was called after a VAR review. Spain holds a 1-0 lead after Olga Carmona scored in the 29th minute. ___England has picked up its play in the second half of the Women’s World Cup final while trailing 1-0 to Spain. The improved offense has been a reprieve for England goalkeeper Mary Earps, who has been tested throughout and was forced to make another huge save early in the second half. Aitanna Bonmatti fired a strike from outside the area in the 51st minute. The ball was slightly deflected and Earps had to adjust to steer the ball away from the corner of the net. It started a flurry of action as two minutes later, Lauren Hemp...

Richardson and 3 rivals advance easily through 100-meter heats at worlds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Shericka Jackson and defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all won their 100-meter heats at world championships Sunday to stay on course for a showdown in what could be the most unpredictable final of the nine-day track meet. Richardson, the American national champion, crossed the finish line in the day’s fastest time, 10.92 seconds. She pretended to flick some sweat off her brow — no big deal, not that anyone expected that in the first round.Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican who is seeking to tie a record by winning her sixth world championship in the same event, was slowing down as she crossed the line in 11.01.All in all, it was a low-drama start to what might be the best race of the meet, and a possible preview of more to come at the Paris Olympics next summer.Later on Sunday, American Fred Kerley was set to defend his 100-meter title, with Noah Lyles also in the mix. Lyles, a 200 specialist who is runn...

Con el título en la Leagues Cup con el Inter Miami, Lionel Messi es el futbolista más ganador de la historia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

(CNN Español) — Está claro que Lionel Messi no llegó a Inter Miami de vacaciones, o para estar lejos de las presiones. En un puñado de semanas, el crack argentino rescató al equipo de los últimos lugares de la Major League Soccer y le dio el primer título de su historia, tras vencer en la final de la Leagues Cup a Nashville, por penales.Claro que ese título es aún más especial para Messi: se trata de la conquista número 44 para la “Pulga”, lo que lo ubica como el futbolista más ganador de la historia, superando por uno a su excompañero en el Barcelona de España Dani Alves.Resumen del título del Inter Miami de Lionel Messi en la Leagues CupMessi había sido campeón en mayo de la Ligue 1 con el Paris Saint Germain, en lo que fue una tibia despedida de su paso por el fútbol francés. Esa celebración sucedió al gran logro de la carrera del crack sudamericano, tras la consagración con le selección argentina en el Mundial de Qatar, en diciembre de 2022.Mira el detalle de t...

Stepping up: Rai Benjamin alters stride pattern in quest to chase down gold at worlds in 400 hurdles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Rai Benjamin is taking even bigger steps this season to try to get what his top rivals in the men’s 400-meter hurdles already have — a title from a major meet.The American altered his racing pattern in between the 10 hurdles, mixing in a longer stride cadence for better tempo and more speed leading into his finishing kick.Benjamin’s ready to upgrade his trio of silver medals in track’s major races into gold this week at the world championships. He wants to join the company of his main rivals, Norwegian Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm, along with reigning world champion Alison dos Santos of Brazil, in the winner’s spot.Their rivalry, along with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s record-setting performances in the women’s version (she’s not competing this week), are why the 400 hurdles have turned into must-watch TV these days.“Cool to spearhead this new-found niche, the 400 hurdles, because we’ve run so fast and we’re conti...

PHOTOS: Dan Snyder’s Potomac palace is now $14 million more affordable

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

As excited as some Washington Commanders fans were about former owner Dan Snyder’s sale of the team last month, nobody seems quite as interested in taking real estate off his hands.Snyder put his 30,000-square-foot Potomac, Maryland mansion up for sale in February, asking a cool $49 million for the property. But this week, the price dropped $14 million.Now, the five-bedroom estate and its 15.2 acres of land can be yours — for just under $35 million.This is not the first time Snyder has tried to shake this residence.He also asked $49 million for it in 2018, but that didn’t seem to work out. Since then, he’s purchased another riverfront mansion — this one for $48 million, located near George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia and a downsize for Snyder with 16,000 square feet of space.Snyder reportedly bought the Potomac mansion for a little over $8.6 million in 2000, from the estate of Jordan’s King Hussein and Queen Noor.Source

Evacúan a más de 12.000 personas, pero mejora la situación de los incendios forestales en Tenerife, dicen las autoridades

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

(CNN) — Más de 12.000 personas han sido evacuadas debido a los incendios forestales en curso en la isla española de Tenerife, pero la situación mejoró de la noche a la mañana, dijeron las autoridades locales este domingo.Según datos policiales, 12.279 personas han sido evacuadas, según el cabildo insular de Tenerife.Si bien inicialmente se esperaba un empeoramiento de las condiciones climáticas que “complicaría las operaciones de extinción de incendios” durante la noche, la noche [de este sábado] había sido “tranquila, con condiciones climáticas más favorables de lo esperado”, dijo este domingo el gobierno local de las islas Canarias.Imágenes satelitales revelan cómo se ven desde el espacio las áreas afectadas por los incendios forestales en EspañaLa mejora de las condiciones había visto un retorno de una “cierta normalidad” en las operaciones de extinción de incendios, dijeron los bomberos de Tenerife en X, antes conocida como Twitter.El incendio actua...

Changes Coming to this Week’s Weather

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

Some big changes our ahead to our weather pattern this week in South Florida, and it’s mainly about the return of the breeze! It’s been a stagnant and hot summer but with a stronger breeze in place much of this week with sustained winds near 10-20 mph, that will allow for more bearable conditions when it comes to temperatures. Temperatures all week long will hover near 92-93F in Miami after today.This Sunday, we’ll remain under the influence of a departing tropical wave, which is now located over the Gulf of Mexico. Moisture continues to get drawn in from the Atlantic behind this wave, so that will feed in rounds of quick-moving showers and storms at any time today and tonight. Just like we saw on Saturday, it won’t be a washout but there will be that random risk for seeing rain.Now starting Monday, some drier air will start to come in from the Atlantic, and this entire week will feature bouts of drier air filtering into South Florida with high pressure in co...

Solid Summer Sunday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:38:36 GMT

Well, the lower humidity was apparent yesterday, but unfortunately, the early morning sunshine didn’t last long as clouds filled back in, and stubbornly stuck around. Highs maxed out in the mid to upper 70s. The low humidity kicks off today as well, this time, more or the sunshine does stick around. Although, with that said, we’ll have some clouds mix in as well as some wildfire smoke, allowing for a hazy appearance to the sky at times. It’s not near surface smoke, so I don’t expect it to have a significant impact on air quality. Enough sun gets through to push temps in the lower to mid 80s this afternoon. Humidity does go up tomorrow, and it’ll be very warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s. A few isolated late afternoon/early evening showers/storms are possible (Mainly after 4pm). About 20-30% of us will pick up on one. Those isolated storms are ahead of a cold front that’ll drop temps and humidity by Tuesday morning. Tuesday – Thursday, ...