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Menlo Park to consider outdoor dining program

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

(KRON) -- The Menlo Park City Council will consider establishing an outdoor dining program at their next city council meeting on Tuesday. The city council will consider road closures along areas of Santa Cruz Avenue and Ryans Lane. Outdoor dining first began in Menlo Park back in 2015 with a pilot program that expanded during the pandemic, the city said. Trump indicted by Georgia grand jury in 2020 election interference case According to the city, the outdoor dining program would strengthen safety standards and create a consistent design aesthetic while ensuring fairness in the use of public right-of-way.The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located on Laurel Street.

Anti-Press Hatred Is Alive and Well in Kansas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

A pro-Trump protester holds a placard that says Fake News Is The Real Virus during a protest in Huntington Beach, Calif., on May 9, 2020.Photo: Stanton Sharpe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAn ugly strain of anti-press hatred is stalking the nation.The latest victim of this poisonous, anti-democratic virus is a small-town newspaper in Kansas. Most Read Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan Ryan Grim, Murtaza Hussain UFO Whistleblower Kept Security Clearance After Psychiatric Detention Ken Klippenstein ...

Mar-a-Lago property manager pleads not guilty to charges in Trump’s classified documents case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to scheming with Donald Trump to try to delete security footage sought by investigators probing the former president’s hoarding of classified documents. An attorney for De Oliveira entered the plea on his behalf during a brief hearing in the Fort Pierce, Florida, federal court, where Trump is charged with illegally holding onto top secret records at his Palm Beach club and thwarting government efforts to retrieve them. It’s the third court appearance for De Oliveira, who twice before had his arraignment postponed because he hadn’t yet finalized a Florida-based attorney, which is required under court rules. De Oliveira spoke only to answer the magistrate judge’s questions, such as whether he understood the charges against him. De Oliveira and his new attorney, Donnie Murrell of West Palm Beach, walked out of the courthouse without speaking to reporters. De Oli...

Jets running back Breece Hall activated from the physically unable to perform list

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets running back Breece Hall was activated from the physically unable to perform list Tuesday, a day after the team agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Dalvin Cook.Hall was carted off the field in Denver in Week 7 last season after tearing the ACL and injuring the meniscus in his left knee in the second quarter of the Jets’ 16-9 victory — ending a promising rookie season.He has been working his way back to the practice field throughout the offseason and the Jets maintained optimism Hall would be ready to play in the season opener against Buffalo on Sept. 11. His return to practice is a big step toward that happening.The second-round pick out of Iowa State finished with 463 yards on 80 attempts — an eye-popping 5.8 yards per carry — and four touchdowns in seven games. Hall also was becoming an overwhelming favorite to win the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award. It went instead to teammate Garrett Wilson, who emerged as one of the NFL’s...

Most vacationers return to their campsites after a wildfire ripped through French tourist area

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Vacationers were mostly able to return to their campsites Tuesday after a wildfire ripped through 500 hectares (1,235 acres) of land near the seaside resort of Argeles-sur-Mer in southern France, close to the border with Spain, authorities said.Up to 3,000 vacationers on four campsites had been evacuated on Monday evening as a precaution. Authorities said Tuesday that the fire was contained overnight but remains under close surveillance. Local firefighters said one of the campsites and one house were destroyed by the blaze. That has left about 350 to 400 people without accommodation, Rodrigue Furcy, head of the administration in the Pyrenees-Orientales region, told local radio France Bleu Roussillon.They are being looked after by the Argeles-sur-Mer city hall, according to authorities.More than 600 firefighters, 11 firefighting aircraft and three helicopters were deployed at the popular tourist area as a combination of extremely hot weather, drought and strong winds led...

Autoridades migratorias de México rescatan a 231 migrantes de un tráiler en Puebla

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

(CNN) — El Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) de México dice que rescató a 231 migrantes que viajaban en la parte trasera de un tráiler en Puebla este lunes, dijo organismo en un comunicado este martes.El tráiler circulaba por la autopista México-Puebla cuando se pidió al conductor que se detuviera para una inspección; el INM dijo que, mientras se inspeccionaba el camión, se escucharon golpes y gritos desde el interior. Los migrantes fueron encontrados en la parte trasera del remolque, dijo el INM.No hay rastro de un naufragio de migrantes en las costas de Oaxaca, dicen las autoridades mexicanasLa mayoría de los migrantes son de Guatemala y El Salvador, detalló el organismo.“Agentes federales de Migración verificaron que 84 mujeres y ocho hombres adultos, 120 menores acompañados, 18 adolescentes no acompañados de Guatemala y un hombre de El Salvador fueron trasladados al interior del tráiler sin alimentación ni ventilación”, dice el comunicado.El conductor y su ...

Madonna announces rescheduled Denver date

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The "Queen of Pop" is hitting the road again, after she was hospitalized with a serious bacterial infection. Madonna announced her rescheduled tour dates for the "Celebration Tour" on Monday. She was originally going to take the stage at Ball Arena on July 25 but has rescheduled her Denver date to March 19, 2024. Tickets for Nathaniel Rateliff’s holiday show start at $25 The superstar was forced to postpone many of her 2023 tour dates while she dealt with health complications. “On Saturday, June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several-day stay in the ICU,” Guy Oseary said on social media on June 28. “Her health is improving, however, she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected. At this time we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour.”Thankfully, Madonna's health has been improving ever since.“Thank you for your positive energy, prayers and words of healing and encouragement. I have felt your lo...

Leadville resident raises almost half a milllion just by passing people

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — On Saturday, a Leadville resident continued his eight-year tradition of raising money for the community. Ty Hall starts in dead last on the Stages Cycling Leadville Trail 100 MTB, for every person he passes, people pledge or donate to the Leadville Legacy Foundation. The donations usually range from 10 cents to $10 or more. This year, Hall passed 1,546 out of 1,787 participants and raised $72,357 and counting. Over the past eight years, he's raised around $450,000. Leadville Trail 100 cycling record beat by 15 minutes The Leadville Legacy Foundation began in 2002 by Ken Chlouber and Merilee Maupin. The money donated to the foundation gets recycled back into the community through youth scholarships. "Leadville has a bit of an underserved population. So a lot of these scholarships and money that they're able to give out to a lot of the locals, all stays 100% local in Leadville, helps tremendously," said Hall. Every graduate from Lake County High School in Leadville ...

Quincy Plant Operator Sued Over Alleged Pollution

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

A new federal lawsuit accuses the operators of a manufacturing plant in Quincy of violating federal permit limits and standards, and polluting nearby waters with oil and grease, heavy metals, and other harmful substances. The alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act are laid out in a suit announced Tuesday by the Conservation Law Foundation and filed against Twin Rivers Technologies, which since 1994 has owned and operated a fatty acid and glycerin manufacturing facility at 780 Washington St. The Quincy plant is located across the Fore River from a natural gas compressor station in North Weymouth that was built despite widespread opposition from residents of the region who for years expressed health and safety concerns. The 47-page lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges that Twin Rivers is polluting the Weymouth-Fore River and the Town River Bay on an ongoing basis and emitting dangerous amounts of volatile organic chemicals and other air pollutants into n...

At least 99 people were killed in Maui’s wildfires. With only 25% of the burn area searched, officials worry the death toll will climb

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:57:40 GMT

(CNN) — With only a quarter of the Maui wildfire burn area searched, the death toll of what’s already the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century still could rise significantly, Hawaii authorities said Monday.At least 99 people have been confirmed dead from the wildfires, and the number could double over the next 10 days, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told CNN Monday.“It is a tragedy beyond tragedies,” the governor said about the fires that started sweeping parts of the island last week.Authorities on Tuesday are expected to begin releasing the names of the dead whose families have been notified, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said in a Monday news conference.Most of the people found dead had been out in the open, in cars or in the water in western Maui’s hard-hit Lahaina area, Green told CNN. As more teams and cadaver dogs join the effort, the search is expanding through wiped-out neighborhoods.It’s unclear how many people are unaccounted for, in ...