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Walnut Creek’s Heather Farm Park set for major upgrades

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

Walnut Creek is eagerly preparing to upgrade one of its beloved parks, with a considerable chunk of funding stemming from a voter-approved sales tax expected to yield tens of millions of dollars for the project.The City Council has given the nod to the proposed improvement of Heather Farm Park’s swim center and community center,  both of which are more than half a century old and presently located on opposite sides of the 102-acre park.Though combining the two facilities will require reducing the size of the fishing pond to make room for the new pools, other amenities at the popular park will remain, including tennis courts, picnic areas, the equestrian center, a skate park, an off-leash dog park, bike paths, an all-ability playground, tot lots, a sand volleyball court, a nature pond, six athletic fields, restrooms and a connection to the Iron Horse Trail. The new swim center would be north of the central playground.This sweeping project, among the most expansive of its kind in the ...

“Ninguno de nosotros se lo merecía”: los estadounidenses que sobrevivieron a un secuestro en México recuerdan su cautiverio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

(CNN) — Más de un mes después de que cuatro estadounidenses fueran atacados y secuestrados por un cártel de la droga en México, los dos supervivientes dicen que aún se están recuperando del trauma de la aterradora experiencia y del asesinato de sus amigos.“No se lo merecían. Ninguno de nosotros lo merecía. Pero estamos vivos, tenemos mucho que recuperar”, dijo LaTavia Washington McGee a Anderson Cooper de CNN en una entrevista exclusiva este martes.Washington McGee, Eric Williams, Shaeed Woodard y Zindell Brown fueron secuestrados el 3 de marzo cuando se dirigían a una cita médica en Matamoros, México. Woodard y Brown fueron asesinados.El ataque se produjo a plena luz del día, cuando unos hombres armados tendieron una emboscada a los cuatro amigos poco después de que cruzaran la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos. Los investigadores creen que probablemente confundieron a los estadounidenses con narcotraficantes haitianos, según declaró a CNN un funcionario esta...

¿Es seguro viajar a México? En qué zonas hay alertas de Estados Unidos y lo que debes saber

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

(CNN) — El secuestro y asesinato de cuatro estadounidenses ocurrido en marzo en la ciudad mexicana de Matamoros, justo al otro lado de la frontera con Brownsville, Texas, ha puesto de relieve la violencia en un país al que acuden millones de visitantes internacionales cada año.Esto es lo que hay que saber sobre la seguridad para quienes viajan a México.¿Qué pasó con los estadounidenses secuestrados en Matamoros, México? ¿Quiénes eran?Advertencias de viajeHay 32 estados en México, y el Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. tiene advertencias de “no viajar” en seis de ellos, incluyendo el estado de Tamaulipas, donde se encuentra Matamoros.No descansaremos hasta que haya justicia, dice Salazar sobre estadounidenses secuestrados en Matamoros 2:51Zachary Rabinor, fundador y director general de la empresa de viajes Journey Mexico, señala que la violencia de esta semana ocurrió lejos de algunos de los destinos turísticos más codiciados de México, en un estado que ha mantenido ...

Muere Tibisay Lucena, expresidenta del CNE de Venezuela, informa el gobierno

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

(CNN Español) — La expresidenta del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) de Venezuela, Tibisay Lucena, falleció, informó este miércoles la vicepresidenta ejecutiva, Delcy Rodríguez, en Twitter.“Hija insigne de Venezuela, expresidenta del Poder Electoral y Ministra de Educación Universitaria. Fue una verdadera militante por la vida, y libró su última batalla sin tregua. Nuestras condolencias a sus familiares y amigos. Vuela alto hermana”, escribió la funcionaria.Lucena era la actual ministra para la Educación Universitaria y fue presidenta del CNE desde el 2006 hasta el 2020.Por caso de corrupción, detienen en Venezuela a Álvaro Pulido, uno de los principales socios de Alex SaabThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Cagliari makes Italy’s list of 10 cities for Euro 2032 bid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

ROME (AP) — The Sardinian city of Cagliari edged out Sicilian capital Palermo on the Italian soccer federation’s list of 10 proposed host cities for the 2032 European Championship.The federation submitted its formal dossier to UEFA on Wednesday with Milan, Turin, Verona, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bari and Cagliari as the proposed host cities.Palermo was listed as an alternate host, with the federation preferring to include only one island city to make logistics easier.UEFA will decide the 2032 host on Oct. 10, with Turkey the only other candidate.Italy won the Euros as host in 1968 and also organized the 1980 edition won by West Germany — plus four games of Euro 2020.The Azzurri are the reigning European champion after winning Euro 2020 for their second continental title.The last major soccer tournament held entirely in Italy was the 1990 World Cup and many of the country’s stadiums have not been renovated for more than three decades.UEFA will also decide the host for ...

Jeremy Renner walks red carpet just three months after his near-fatal accident: ‘I feel very grateful to be here’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

(CNN) — Actor Jeremy Renner made his first red carpet appearance since he sustained serious injuries after being crushed by a snowplow near his Nevada home in January.Renner attended a premiere screening in Los Angeles for his new Disney+ reality series, “Rennervations.” In the show, which was filmed prior to his accident, Renner “reimagines” decommissioned government vehicles and donates them to serve children in communities in need.“It’s a lot of things for me personally,” Renner told CNN of his new project when asked how it felt to be at the event. “I feel like everyone is in on the joke now about what I’ve been doing with my time. It feels weird, wonderful, weird. I never thought I’d have dreams as a 52-year-old man still. I feel like I kind of did them. But wow, it’s nice to have things come true for yourself. There’s more wonderment still to be had, and I feel very grateful to be here to continue fin...

‘Tough time for our city:’ Louisville to hold shooting vigil

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An interfaith vigil is planned Wednesday evening in downtown Louisville to remember victims of a mass shooting at a bank, allowing the public to offer prayers for the injured and to begin work toward a more peaceful city, Mayor Craig Greenberg said.The event at the Muhammad Ali Center is just a few blocks away from Old National Bank, where a gunman killed five and injured eight others on Monday.“This is a very tough time for our city, and we were not meant to go through tough times alone,” Greenberg said in a statement.On Tuesday, police released body camera video that showed the chaotic moments when officers arrived at the bank as the shooter, who they couldn’t see, rained bullets down on them.The videos, taken from two wounded officers’ lapels, offer a rare perspective of police officers responding to a massacre. One, a rookie officer, was shot in the head within minutes of arriving at the scene. His partner was grazed by a bullet and sought cove...

Indiana recycling plant fire forces evacuation orders for thousands as it emits toxic smoke, officials say. And it could burn for days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

(CNN) — A fire that started Tuesday afternoon at a recycling plant in the eastern Indiana city of Richmond was emitting toxic smoke and has forced evacuation orders for about 2,000 people as it is expected to burn for days, officials said.Early air monitoring results are expected early Wednesday, Wayne County officials said. Plastics were among the items burning at the plant, and the smoke — a thick, black column rose from the site Tuesday — is “definitely toxic,” Indiana State Fire Marshal Steve Jones said in a news briefing.“There is a host of different chemicals that plastics give off when they’re on fire, and it’s concerning,” Jones said Tuesday evening, adding he expects the fire to burn for days.An evacuation order was put in place for residents within a half-mile of the fire, and authorities could change the order if the direction of the wind shifts, Jones said. Residents downwind of the evacuation zone — to the east...

Hialeah detectives arrest 2 involved in drug trafficking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

The Hialeah Police Special Investigation detectives conducted a search warrant that led to two arrests after synthetic drugs were found within a business.Authorities arrived at a smoke shop, located at 4775 Palm Avenue, and arrested Delby Ham and Nancy Diaz-Galeas after detectives found 30 pounds of packaged synthetic cannabinoids.The two were charged with trafficking and selling synthetic cannabinoids within 1,000 feet of a school and park.Ham and Diaz-Galeas submitted bonds, but have yet to appear in court. They are being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

China’s Hamburg port deal in doubt after German security assessment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:25 GMT

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s controversial plan to sell parts of a Hamburg container terminal to China has been thrown into uncertainty after the country’s security authorities declared the facility as “critical infrastructure.”Ahead of a state visit to Beijing last year, Scholz had strongly pushed for Chinese state company Cosco to be allowed to buy a minority stake in the Tollerort terminal in the Hamburg port, overruling concerns and objections from several ministers from his own government. However, a sudden classification of the terminal as “critical infrastructure” by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security means that Berlin has to reassess the deal, and might end up banning it. A joint investigation by German public broadcasters WDR and NDR as well as daily Süddeutsche Zeitung first reported the new security assessment.“Since the prerequisites have changed, we … are examining the effects on the overal...