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Amtrak train derails near Port Costa, crews responding

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

(KRON) -- Emergency personnel are responding to an Amtrak train that derailed east of Port Costa, according to a tweet from the Crockett-Carquinez Fire Department. The train reportedly derailed half a mile east of Port Costa. There have been no reports of injuries.Follow our blog for the latest Bay Area storm updates.Capitol Corridor train service is disrupted as a result of the incident with several trains held up along their routes. Capitol Corridor said it will provide updates as more information becomes available.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

2023 is 2nd-snowiest winter recorded in Sierra Nevada mountains

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

(KRON) -- This winter is the second-snowiest ever recorded by UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in the past 77 years. Climate scientists were out measuring snowfall when the record was officially set on Monday. "With 7.7 (inches) of snow over the last day, '22/'23 has passed '82/'83 as the 2nd snowiest season since the CSSL was built in 1946!" the snow lab wrote on Twitter. The snow lab said total snowfall for this season is now 56.4 feet (677 inches). California has been drenched by 14 atmospheric rivers since December, according to the National Weather Service. Before this winter can become the snow lab's No. 1 snowiest-ever on record, it needs to break 1952's snowfall total of 812 inches. "Still far from #1 but we'll get closer over the next week," the snow lab wrote. Data courtesy UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow LabThe snow lab is located in the mountains of near Donner Peak west of Lake Tahoe. It's the only continuously manned snow research outpost in the Western United...

Messi mania in Argentina as soccer star mobbed at restaurant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A steakhouse in the trendy Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo was mobbed by hundreds of frenzied soccer fans late Monday night when word spread that Lionel Messi was inside having dinner.People rushed to the exclusive Don Julio restaurant eager to get a glimpse of the man who led Argentina to its third World Cup title. Messi eventually needed a police escort to leave.Fans on the street corner chanted “Messi, Messi” and sang the words to “Muchachos,” which became the unofficial anthem for the Argentina squad that beat France in a thrilling final in Qatar.The scene witnessed in the neighborhood of Argentina’s capital known for its bars and restaurants illustrates how Messi has now become like the late Diego Maradona, who led Argentina to its second World Cup trophy in 1986, and he can no longer walk through Argentina’s streets without being mobbed.It wasn’t always this way.The man who is now cheered wherever he goes once used to suffer the indifference...

England’s Chilwell urges others to open up on mental health

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

BURTON, England (AP) — England player Ben Chilwell has experienced his share of setbacks in recent years and on Tuesday said he had benefited from being open about his mental health.Now he is urging more soccer players to follow his lead.“I have been talking to someone for a few years now and the stigma around it is silly, really, especially with men and men in football in particular,” Chilwell said. “As someone who has been talking to someone for a few years now and the way that it has helped me, it can definitely help everyone. The stigma around it is something that needs to go.”Chelsea defender Chilwell is back in the England squad after a hamstring injury ruled him out of last year’s World Cup.Chilwell was part of Three Lions coach Gareth Southgate’s squad for Euro 2020, but was forced to spend some of that tournament in isolation after coming into contact with Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour, who subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. He didn’t see any action ...

Cuál sería la causa de los recientes colapsos bancarios

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

WASHINGTON — Parecía una buena idea: legisladores demócratas de estados muy republicanos con las oportunidades de reelección amenazadas colaborarían con el otro partido para reducir las regulaciones bancarias, demostrando voluntad de colaborar con el entonces presidente Donald Trump y de distanciarse de sus correligionarios.Esa improbable coalición votó en 2018 para anular partes de la ley de 2010 diseñada para evitar futuras crisis financieras.Pero ahora, muchos dicen que estos cambios contribuyeron a los colapsos del Silicon Valley Bank y del Signature Bank, y los subsiguientes temores de una crisis más generalizada en el sector bancario.MUCHOS APUNTAN A LA REDUCCIÓN DE REGULACIONESLos cambios se produjeron luego de una intensa campaña de presión política sobre el Congreso que costó decenas de millones de dólares, con cientos de cabilderos y promesas de dinero para campañas políticas.El episodio ofrece un recordatorio del poder que ejerce el sector bancario en Washington, donde ga...

Spring brings more wind, rain and snow to soaked California

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California on Tuesday as the first full day of spring showed little change from the state’s extraordinary winter. The storm focused most of its energy on central and southern parts of the state, bringing threats of heavy runoff and mountain snowfall that forecasters said will be measured in feet. In the Monterey Bay region, a severe windstorm located over the ocean blasted Santa Cruz County with wind gusts up to 80 mph (129 kph) at midday. Trees and power lines were reported downed, the National Weather Service said.More than 126,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers were without power by early afternoon, mostly in the region south of San Francisco, according to PowerOutage.us. The National Weather Service said the storm is a Pacific low pressure system interacting with California’s 12th atmospheric river since late December. California’s unexpected s...

Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands project underway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

Officials called it a crucial effort to restore the Everglades, and it’s now underway.Miami-Dade officials and the United States Army Corps of Engineers broke ground on the final component of the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands project.Last September, the South Florida Water Management District approved the construction of a pump station to restore freshwater flows to the Wetlands.This project aims to stop pollutants from flowing into Biscayne Bay that are filled with toxins known to cause fish kills, while at the same time stopping saltwater from pushing west into the Everglades.

‘Absolutely a quick study’: Ukrainians master Patriot system faster than expected

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

FORT SILL, Okla. — A Ukrainian soldier runs across the field, shielding his face from the Oklahoma wind with one hand and dragging a long, fiber-optic cable with the other. He hooks the cable into another cord, linking the control station with the five Patriot launchers that fan out 90 meters apart across the grass, all pointed due north.The soldier is one of 65 Ukrainians, mostly men but a few women as well, who are wrapping up training here to operate the Patriot missile defense system, considered one of the most advanced in the world at shooting down threats such as missiles and aircraft.When the Pentagon announced in January that the Ukrainians would begin their training in Fort Sill, officials cautioned that the instruction could take months — even up to a year. But U.S. military officials here said the Ukrainians, who were already experienced air defenders when they arrived in January and were handpicked by Kyiv to complete the instruction, mastered the American syst...

Artist, brain injury survivor hosts art show at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

One woman using art to help with her healing recently hosted an art show at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, showcasing work that has helped her recover from a traumatic brain injury. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. At Spaulding in Charlestown, Ali Rheaume helped mark the occasion Tuesday evening. Rheaume is an award winning artist from Franklin and a brain injury survivor. She entered Spaulding in 2017 with only 10% brain function after an injury in 2016. “I needed to learn how to walk, talk, eat, bathe — everything again,” Rheaume said of her recovery. Dr. Chris Carter, a neuro-psychiatrist, was part of Rheaume’s care team. “She was in a minimally responsive state at that point,” Carter said. “The interface at that stage is to try to understand how much she’s understanding [and] how she’s interacting with the environment.” From Spaulding, Rheaume went into speech therapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology. As...

Crime briefs: Romance in the times of international scams

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:44 GMT

A man the feds say scammed people out of millions of dollars by running romance scams with co-conspirators has been sentenced to four and a half years in federal prison.U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani on Tuesday sentenced Kofi Osei, 30, to 54 months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release. Talwani also ordered Osei to pay more than $4 million in forfeiture and restitution.In a four-year scam, from 2016 to 2020, Osei opened at least 77 bank accounts using stolen identities to process the more than $8 million in fraud money he milked out of people after he and his co-conspirators began fake relationships with them through online dating profiles. More than $4 million of the profits went directly into Osei’s accounts.In the end, you smuggle yourselfA member of the Gangster Disciples street gang the feds say pushed fentanyl, cocaine, meth and suboxone throughout the greater Lawrence area, including in Haverhill and Methuen, was sentenced in federal court in B...