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Evacuations ordered as wildfire near Temecula grows to over 2,000 acres

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

A brush fire burning near Temecula has charred more than 2,000 acres with very little containment as of Saturday morning, authorities said.The Bonny Fire was first reported around 2:45 p.m. Thursday near the 44000 block of Bonny Lane in Aguanga, a city about 20 miles east of Temecula. The blaze initially burned about five acres of dry brush on a hillside but grew rapidly amid the dry weather and triple-digit heat.The Bonny Fire burns near Temecula, California on July 28, 2023. (OnScene.tv)"We anticipate the number of acres is going to increase dramatically due to the way the fire is moving," CalFire spokesman Richard Cordova said Friday afternoon. "There's lots of open land for this fire to consume."An evacuation order was issued for all residents of the Terwilliger Valley Community.The evacuation area includes north of the San Diego County border, West of Anza Borrego State Park, south of Bowers, Bailey and Ramsey, and east of Bonny.Old Mitchell Camp Road between Chihuahua Valley R...

Goats helping Glendale Fire Department prevent brush fires 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

The Glendale Fire Department is getting creative with their brush fire prevention strategy. According to a release from Glendale FD, more than 300 goats will work through a designated area eating invasive grass and dried brush on Saturday in an effort to stop wildfires before they start.  Evacuations ordered as wildfire near Temecula grows to over 2,000 acres “For the third year, the Department is investing in unconventional fire prevention methods by contracting out Fire Grazers to keep the goats grazing on city parcels,” Glendale FD said in a release. Fire officials have identified a 491,793.44 square foot patch of land surrounding Idlewood Canyon as a High Fire Hazard Area. (Glendale Fire Department)Fire officials have identified a 491,793.44 square foot patch of land surrounding Idlewood Canyon as a High Fire Hazard Area. Brush fire season, according to the Glendale Fire Department, runs from October through December. 

Oakland man gets 19 years for 2020 fatal shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

OAKLAND — A 29-year-old Oakland man was sentenced to 19 years in state prison after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter, court records show.Melvin Hines III was sentenced July 14, after accepting a plea deal that resulted in murder and attempted murder charges being dropped, court records show. Hines was charged in November 2020, eight months after police say he fatally shot Eric Chavis-Reshard Jr., 32, and wounded another man during the same incident.Police say Chavis-Reshard was shot and killed around 5 p.m. on March 3, 2020, on the 1800 block of 88th Avenue in East Oakland. Surveillance footage showed a green Pontiac leaving the scene, investigators wrote in court records. Hines’ girlfriend, the owner of the Pontiac, was later arrested and told police he had driven her car on the day in question, according to court records.Police say the same gun used to kill Chavis-Reshard and wound his friend was also used in a shooting that occurred three hours later and ...

England leads Australia by 253 runs with 6 wickets left in 5th Ashes test

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

LONDON (AP) — England increased its lead over Australia to 253 runs by tea Saturday on the third day of the fifth Ashes test in a match the hosts must win to level the series.England is 265-4 after 49 overs in its second innings at the Oval with Joe Root 61 not out and Jonny Bairstow on 34 in a fifth-wicket partnership worth 43 so far. Both batters are scoring at around a run-a-ball.Australia claimed three wickets in the afternoon for 135 runs off 24 overs after England resumed after lunch on 130-1. Ben Duckett (42) was the batter out in the morning.Zak Crawley was only able to add two runs to his tally after lunch before he departed for 73. An attempted drive off Pat Cummins (1-64) produced an edge and Steve Smith took the catch in the slips. It ended a terrific Ashes series for Crawley, who finishes with 480 runs from nine innings.Three consecutive boundaries saw Root race into the 40s and he brought up his fifty with a single off Todd Murphy before the Aussie spinner hit back wit...

Jamaica edges Panama 1-0 for its first ever Women’s World Cup win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Defender Allyson Swaby scored in the 56th minute and Jamaica hung on to edge Panama 1-0 on Saturday for its first-ever win at the Women’s World Cup.Swaby, who grew up in West Hartford, Conn., and played for Boston College, knocked in a header off Trudi Carter’s corner kick to clinch the win that moved the Jamaicans into a surprising share of top spot in Group F with France.The Reggae Girlz were without captain and leading scorer Khadija Shaw, who received a red card in second-half stoppage time of the team’s opening 0-0 draw against France. Born to a Jamaican father, Allyson and her younger sister, Chantelle, a former Rutgers player, both are starting in their second Women’s World Cup.KEY MOMENTSJamaica goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer made four saves in the game, which was the first group-stage meeting between two CONCACAF teams.Spencer’s first save came in the 40th minute, stopping a Marta Cox shot on goal.Las Canaleras had one final chance to equalize in the dyi...

Tiroteo masivo en Seattle deja cinco jóvenes heridos, dos de ellos de gravedad

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

Un tiroteo masivo dejó cinco heridos, dos de estado crítico, cerca de un evento en Seattle el viernes por la noche.Hasta ahora se desconoce el motivo y si las autoridades capturaron al o los sospechosos de la balacera. Todos las víctimas baleadas tienen 20 años, cuatro hombres y una mujer, informó la policía. Sus identidades no han sido divulgadas. Tiroteo en un Walmart de Florida deja un muerto y dos heridos Tiroteo masivo deja cinco heridos en Filadelfia: dispararon desde un auto “Sabemos que se dispararon docenas y docenas de rondas”, dijo el jefe del Departamento de Policía de Seattle, Adrián Díaz, en una conferencia de prensa,”.“Tenemos cinco víctimas. Dos están en estado crítico. Tres parecen estar estables”, agregó.Díaz dijo que el tirador “concentró sus esfuerzos en un área en donde en realidad se estaba llevando a cabo un evento comunitario”, en el sur de la ciudad.“Los problemas de violencia armada que...

Fort Lauderdale PD investigate overnight stabbing leaving 1 man severely wounded

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

Police responded to a stabbing in Fort Lauderdale overnight on Friday. The incident occurred on the 100 block of Northwest 15th Avenue.A man was transported to the Broward Health Medical Center with reported life-threatening injuries.Officers were seen gathering evidence at the scene for their investigation. Further details have not yet been released. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Escaped New Hampshire inmate fatally shot by officer in Miami Beach store

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An escaped inmate from New Hampshire was fatally shot by a police officer at a store in Miami Beach after threatening two women with a knife, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections said.Darien Young, 29, was taken to a hospital on Thursday night, where he later died, the corrections department said in a news release. No one else was hurt.The shooting happened at a Victoria’s Secret store. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate, Miami Beach police said.Young had been placed on escape status on July 21 after he left the grounds of a minimum security transitional housing unit in Manchester, New Hampshire, and failed to return, the state corrections department said.He was incarcerated on charges of receiving stolen property, burglary, drug and falsifying physical evidence. Young had a minimum parole eligibility date of July 31 and a maximum release date of Jan. 31, 2028, the department said.

Bike ride across Iowa puts vibrant small-town America into sharp focus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

COLFAX, Iowa (AP) — In the small central Iowa town of Colfax, thousands of cyclists participating in the largest and oldest recreational bike ride in the world were stopped along its historic main street, staring ahead at a daunting climb that would lead them out of town.The hill, coupled with soaring temps and the vibrant downtown, made a morning sitting in the shade quite appealing.It’s become almost simplistic to say that “small-town America” is slowly dying. That opportunities for young people have dried up, just like businesses and main streets. That the only way forward in life involves moving to a big city. But the reality is towns such as Colfax are flourishing, and that was especially evident on RAGBRAI, the annual bike ride across the state, where dozens of small towns dotting the 500-mile route welcomed some 50,000 riders with open arms.Colfax is a prime example. It experienced a nearly 8% increase in population from the 2010 census to the most recent in 2020, turni...

Historically Black fraternity drops Florida for convention because of DeSantis policies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:49 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans.Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity said this week that it would move its 2025 convention from Orlando to another location that is yet undecided. The convention draws between 4,000 and 6,000 people and has an economic impact of $4.6 million, the fraternity said.The decision comes after the NAACP and other civil rights organizations this spring issued a travel advisory for Florida, warning that recently passed laws and policies are openly hostile to African Americans, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community.Willis Lonzer, the fraternity’s general president, said in statement on Wednesday that the decision was motivated in part by Florida’s new education standards that req...