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Fire near Jarrell drops to 286 acres, 95% contained

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Officials are responding to a large grass fire between Georgetown and Jarrell in Williamson County. The Texas A&M Forest Service is helping respond to the fire, named the Cobb Creek Fire, and estimates the fire is about 286 acres and is 95% contained as of 3 p.m. Saturday.The forest service initially estimated the fire to be about 100 acres on Wednesday but said in an updated tweet Thursday morning that it was an estimated 500 acres. The service said the increase in acreage is a result of more accurate mapping. On Thursday afternoon, the forest service said crews built a containment line "closer to the fire's edge," dropping the estimated size of the fire to 300 acres. "Aviation and ground crews are making good progress," the Texas A&M Forest Service wrote on social media.The grass fire started Wednesday afternoon at 1001 Cobb Creek Road shortly after 4:30 p.m., according to a news release from Williamson County. Shortly before 9 p.m., Will...

Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice. If confirmed, she would be the first woman Pentagon service chief and the first woman member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Biden's decision goes against the recommendation of his Pentagon chief. But Franchetti, the current vice chief of operations for the Navy, has broad command and executive experience and was considered by insiders to be the top choice for the job. In a statement Friday, Biden noted the historical significance of her selection, saying, “Throughout her career, Admiral Franchetti has demonstrated extensive expertise in both the operational and policy arenas.”Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended that Biden select Adm. Samuel Paparo, the current commander of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, several U.S. officials said last month. But instead, Biden is nominating Paparo t...

Rockies rally past Marlins behind Nolan Jones, Randal Grichuk

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

The Rockies have suddenly become homewreckers.They won their second straight game at Miami’s loanDepot Park Saturday afternoon, rallying from a 3-0 deficit to win, 4-3. The victory clinched Colorado’s first series victory at Miami since 2013.Randal Grichuk delivered the go-ahead run in the ninth off Tanner Scott with a single up the middle to score Ryan McMahon from second. McMahon led off with a single to right field with a terrific nine-pitch at-bat. McMahon advanced to second when Scott plunked Elias Diaz.As of Thursday, the Marlins were 30-17 at home. Now they are 30-19 after getting hammered by the Rockies, 6-1, on Friday night, and then losing again Saturday. The reeling Marlins have lost eight consecutive games since the All-Star break.Rookie right fielder Nolan Jones resurrected the Rockies with a three-run homer off right-hander JT Chargois in the seventh. He turned on Chargois’ first-pitch slider, sending it 445 feet to right-center. Jones’ homer wa...

CU Buffs football notes: Cormani McClain flashing talent even through adjustment period

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

Colorado freshman cornerback Cormani McClain goes through a drill during a workout on the Boulder, Colo., campus in July of 2023. McClain came to CU as a five-star recruit from Lakeland, Fla. (University of Colorado Athletics)LAS VEGAS – There are growing pains that every freshman must go through in college football.Not even the blue chip prospects are immune.The Colorado Buffaloes are excited about the potential of true freshman cornerback Cormani McClain, a five-star recruit from Lakeland, Fla., but the adjustment to high altitude has been rough at times.“Cormani’s funny,” CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders said at Pac-12 media day on Friday. “(Sophomore Travis Hunter), he calls Cormani, ‘Pukey.’ Cormani, he’s getting adjusted to the altitude real well. We have a bet like every day that he’s not gonna throw up.”Once McClain settles in, the Buffs are excited about his potential. Rated the No. 1 cornerback in the country for the 2023 class, McClain chose CU over Miami and had about two ...

Man found dead in dry riverbed under bridge in San Fernando Valley

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

A man died after plummeting nearly 50 feet from a bridge down to a dry riverbed below in Valley Village. Authorities responded to the bridge near the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Chandler Boulevard around 12:10 p.m. Saturday afternoon. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, it is unknown whether the man, who has not yet been identified, jumped off the bridge or simply fell off.  Shooting at street takeover in South L.A. leaves 1 man hospitalized He was pronounced deceased in the riverbed below, LAFD said. The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner will be handling the investigation. This is a developing story. Stay with KTLA for updates.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Is No Bomb

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

The primary visual stroke in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer isn’t, as you might expect, a wow 8K CGI rendering of atomic-fission heat-death but super close-ups of Cillian Murphy’s bony, glassy-eyed visage in the throes of one neurotic seizure or another. From his postgrad days at Cambridge to his last, persecuted post–Los Alamos guilt trips, Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer, “the father of the atomic bomb,” seems in a more or less constant state of tremulous dysphoria. Nolan means to get under this enigmatic figure’s sweaty skin, and to do it in peripheral IMAX and tympanic-cavity-sundering Dolby 5.1. So he gets close, often. It might be the longest and most expensive Hollywood movie dedicated to a real man’s neurotic anxiety.If only monster close-ups were by nature revelatory. Well, at least Nolan’s not out concocting yet another scientifically preposterous and incomprehensible “mind-bender,” but, rather, returning to the WWII era, where he so fabulously upended the brain-free summe...

West Oakland community leaders rally against renewed threat from proposed coal terminal

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

OAKLAND — At the West Side Missionary Baptist Church, a few dozen community members gathered Saturday to renew a decade-long fight to prevent the city from becoming the coal shipping capital of the East Bay.Surrounded by banners picturing coal carts emblazoned with a skull and crossbones, speakers outlined their case against a terminal that would ship coal overseas. Residents have expressed concern over coal dust adding to pollution in the area, which already copes with environmental issues brought by heavy truck and ship traffic around the Port of Oakland.“No longer can communities be used as toxic waste dumps so people can make a whole lot of money and not care about our health,” said Reverend Ken Chambers, the founder and president of the Interfaith Council of Alameda County, which hosted the event.Oakland councilwoman for District 3, Carroll Fife, center, and members of the community attend the No Coal in Oakland rally at West Side Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif., o...

Erik Karlsson discusses ongoing Sharks trade situation and names some teams he’s talked with: report

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

There hasn’t been any news on the trade front for Erik Karlsson and the San Jose Sharks.But the reigning Norris Trophy winner’s return to his home country of Sweden has shed some light on where the defenseman could end up.Karlsson was in Gothenburg, Sweden to receive the Golden Puck, a prize given to the best hockey player from the country that year, and spoke to Swedish outlet Expressen in an expansive interview that touched on several topics.But the most informative to his current situation with the Sharks was that Karlsson has spoken to several teams in the NHL about a potential trade, including the Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes, Seattle Kraken, Toronto Maple Leafs. Karlsson said there have been other teams, as well.“I am open in this process. I don’t have a chosen destination,” Karlsson said. “I just want the best chance to get to the best team.”Karlsson, 33, said he has a good relationship with Sharks general manager Mike Grier, and their discussions since free...

Caltrain strikes and kills pedestrian in Santa Clara on Saturday morning

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

SANTA CLARA — A Caltrain hit and killed a pedestrian Saturday morning just north of the Santa Clara station, officials said.The collision involving southbound train No. 630 occurred around 11 a.m., according to Caltrain spokesperson Tasha Bartholomew.Train service was temporarily stopped as emergency responders arrived near the station, located at 1001 Railroad Ave.. Transit police reopened the northbound track for slow-moving trains shortly after 11:30 a.m.The southbound track was expected to remain closed through most of Saturday afternoon, but Bartholomew said the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was providing mutual aid and honoring tickets of Caltrain passengers headed towards the San Jose Diridon station.Saturday’s fatality was Caltrain’s sixth so far in 2023, Bartholomew said in an email. No injuries were reported for the 12 passengers aboard the train.Transit police were investigating the fatal collision. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office wi...

How much do you need to be a 'one-percenter' in California

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:46:57 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - Data shows the wealthiest 1% of Americans control over a third of nation’s total wealth. But what it takes to be a “one-percenter” can vary based on where you live, and the nubmers in California are staggeringly high, a new analysis has found. Though California did not take the top spot, it did come in third, with workers in the Golden State needing to earn $844,266 in order to be considered in the top 1% of of American wealth holders. Personal finance website SmartAsset reviewed data from the IRS and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate how much income it takes to be among the top earners in each state. Nationally, households earning just over $652,650 are considered the wealthiest. When it comes to individual states, SmartAsset found the requirement to be among the top 1% ranging from $368,000 to nearly $1 million.  Here’s the richest person in your state, according to Forbes States with the highest floor to be a one-percenter were primarily alo...