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$3.6 billion in L.A. employee payroll goes to workers who live outside city, report shows

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

A recent payroll analysis of people employed by the city of Los Angeles found that nearly 64% of workers live outside of L.A. proper, resulting in $3.6 billion exiting the city last year, officials announced Monday.  The L.A. Payroll Employee Residence Analysis, released by the L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia, examined what city workers, with the exception of those employed by the department of water and power, made and where they lived in 2022.  While city employees are not required to live in L.A., the analysis highlights some of the benefits of workers residing in the city they are employed by, including: Reinvesting tax dollars back into the city with local spending and sales taxes More local revenue, which can mean more money spent on city resources and services Greater engagement with local communities that employees serve Faster response times in case of work emergencies Less traffic, greenhouse gas emissions and stress on workers and the...

This dying lake could be the site of California's next ‘gold’ rush

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

The Salton Sea, once a resort destination and now largely overlooked, could be the site of California's next gold rush – this time involving lithium.A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy shows the dying lake, which sits between the Coachella and Imperial valleys in California's southern desert, is brimming with “white gold”: enough to build batteries for 375 million electric vehicles.This makes it one of the largest lithium brine deposits in the world.Analysts from the University of California, Berkeley measured lithium concentrations in the Salton Sea’s rocks and created computer models to estimate its potential production over the next 30 years. They also looked at scenarios for recovering the metal, which powers everything from EVs to cell phones and tablets, laptops, tools and vaping devices.Their analysis found that, with technological advances, the region could produce more than 3,400 kilotons of lithium and create an economic boom for the region where, according to t...

Falling crane crushes family's home

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

A family in Loma Linda narrowly escaped injury after a crane tipped over and fell onto their home, causing extensive damage Friday.  The incident reportedly happened as a company contracted by SoCal Edison was working to replace some power poles in the area.  The homeowners, who have lived in the residence for 37 years, said that the power company sent out a notification about the work and possible power outages in the area late last week.  Damage done to a home in Loma Linda after crane tips over on Dec. 1, 2023. (KTLA)Damage done to a home in Loma Linda after crane tips over on Dec. 1, 2023. (KTLA)Damage done to a home in Loma Linda after crane tips over on Dec. 1, 2023. (KTLA)Video of the scene shows heavy damage to the home, with the crane nearly splitting off a portion of the home over the garage.  City officials have yellow-tagged the structure, meaning it is not safe to stay in due to structural damage. The homeowners told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson that they are now...

Quinerly and Harrison help West Virginia women get rare victory in series with No. 25 Penn State

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (AP) — JJ Quinerly scored 22 points, Jordan Harrison had 14 points, nine assists and six steals, and West Virginia beat No. 25 Penn State 83-65 on Monday night for its first victory in the series since 1989.West Virginia has won just seven of the 33 games in the series with Penn State — with the last win, 76-64, coming on March 8, 1989 in State College.Kyah Watson added 15 points, Lauren Fields had 12 and Tavy Diggs 10 for West Virginia (8-0). West Virginia took its first double-digit lead of the game during a 12-2 run to close the first half. Quinerly had 13 points in the first half as the Mountaineers shot 46%, including 5 of 8 from distance.Penn State never got closer than seven points in the second half. Tay Valladay led Penn State (7-2) with 18 points. Ali Brigham and Chanaya Pinto each scored 10. Penn State’s top two leading scorers, Makenna Marisa (17 points per game) and Shay Ciezki (15.5) combined for eight points on 3-for-14 shooting. Penn State en...

Waiting for Shohei: MLB free-agent market slow as Ohtani mulls big money

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Baseball is waiting for Shohei.Big-name free agents appear in no hurry to strike deals at the winter meetings, biding time until Shohei Ohtani potentially breaks the record for richest contract set 4 1/2 years ago by Mike Trout.And Japanese free agent Yoshinobu Yamamoto could be holding up the starting pitching market.“It’s probably a little slower from a conversation standpoint at a winter meetings than it normally would,” New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday. “A possibility is that, yeah, the top of the free-agent market hasn’t moved yet, and often it takes the top of the free-agent market moving for the rest of the dominoes to fall.”Ohtani, the two-way unicorn who has won two of the last three AL MVP awards for the Los Angeles Angels, is expected to get a deal topping $500 million — even though he won’t pitch again until 2025 following elbow surgery.Trout’s contract was for $426.5 million over 12 ...

House explodes in Arlington after police warn of man setting off flare gun

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

A house in Arlington, Virginia, exploded Monday night only minutes after police posted on social media about a suspect setting off a flare gun inside a home.In a post on X just after 8:15 p.m., the Arlington County Police Department said officers were on the scene in the 800 block of North Burlington Street investigating a suspect who had discharged a flare gun from his home.Residents in the area are being asked to shelter in place until further notice.Others took to social media to share they had heard the loud explosion around 8:30 p.m. Later, county police confirmed in a post that as officers were entering the house, the suspect discharged several rounds inside the home before the explosion occurred.Arlington Fire & EMS posted on X that their units were on the scene of a “structure fire” at the same address, and to expect a large police and fire response.A listener confirmed to WTOP that she lives in the area and saw police and other armed officials surround the s...

Texas Rangers’ Rich Rice wins Fishel Award for MLB public relations excellence

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rich Rice of the Texas Rangers has won the Robert O. Fishel Award for Public Relations Excellence.Major League Baseball made the announcement Monday at the winter meetings.The Fishel Award is named for the former executive with Cleveland, the St. Louis Browns, the New York Yankees and the American League office. Former Fishel winners and MLB officials vote on the award.Rice has spent 23 full-time seasons in Major League Baseball and is in his 21st season with the Texas Rangers. He is the team’s vice president of baseball communications.A Kansas City area native, Rice was a clubhouse attendant with the Royals from 1994-99 and interned with the Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Chicago Cubs in 2000. He left the Rangers to work for the Colorado Rockies from 2006-07. Rice is the second Texas executive to win the honor after John Blake in 1993.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/mlbSource

Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women’s soccer national championship — all since 2014

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

CARY, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Jordynn Dudley and Jody Brown scored 26 seconds apart in the first half and Florida State beat Stanford 5-1 on Monday night for the program’s fourth national championship — all coming since 2014.Florida State (22-0-1) became the first undefeated champion in over a decade, joining the 2011 Stanford squad that went 23-0. The Seminoles and Cardinal (20-1-4) made history as the first NCAA Division I women’s national championship game pitting two undefeated teams.Stanford had a 36-match streak of allowing one or fewer goals snapped in its quest for a fourth championship. The Cardinal had allowed just 10 goals all season — with no multiple-score games. Florida State had just one shot in the first 28 minutes but then scored two goals in the 29th. Dudley scored her 14th goal of the season on a penalty kick in the 29th after being taken down in the box. Brown ran past the defense for a give-and-go and sent a shot that deflected off the crossbar and landed in ...

Bernardo Arévalo convoca a una marcha pacífica este jueves para defender la democracia de Guatemala

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, convocó a una marcha pacífica en la capital del país el próximo jueves para la defensa de la democracia frente a quienes llamó “los corruptos de siempre”, sin mencionar a nadie.“Ha llegado la hora de ponerles un alto y unirnos en la defensa de la verdad, de la justicia y de la democracia”, dijo este lunes en un mensaje en video publicado en la red social X, antes Twitter.Casi de forma simultánea, organizaciones indígenas y sociales convocaron a la población a marchar para demostrar su “compromiso inquebrantable con la democracia, la justicia y el respeto por los derechos y libertades de todos y todas”. Plantearon una concentración frente a la Corte Suprema a las 8 a.m. (hora local) y luego un recorrido hacia la Corte de Constitucionalidad y a instalaciones del Ministerio Público.Movimiento Semilla, el partido que postuló al binomio electo en las elecciones de este año, también dijo a CNN que la movilización partir...

VDOT cierra permanentemente la peligrosa rampa de salida de la I-395 cerca del Pentágono

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:40 GMT

El Departamento de Transporte de Virginia (VDOT, por sus siglas en inglés) cerró permanentemente una rampa de la Interestatal 395 hacia el sur cerca del Pentágono para eliminar la conducción peligrosa que ocasionaba la salida. La rampa en Boundary Channel Drive junto a indicaciones erróneas proporcionadas por sistemas de navegación frecuentemente provocaba que los conductores cruzaran bruscamente por los carriles de tráfico rápido en la I-395, llevando a choques. Ahora, el tráfico será desviado a una rampa de salida nueva hacia I-395 hacia el sur, dando a los conductores más tiempo para incorporarse a la autopista. Se trata de una distancia adicional de aproximadamente tres campos de fútbol para hacer las maniobras necesarias en la I-395.“Ha tomado tiempo acostumbrarse, pero no es muy difícil”, dijo un conductor, Xavier Craig. “Se ve mucho mejor que antes”. El GPS le instruyó a muchos conductores a atravesar el tráfico, por lo que VDOT también trabajó con empresas como Goo...