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MAP: More than 3,100 acres have burned in Central Texas wildfires this year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 3,000 acres have burned in wildfires across Central Texas so far this year, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.A total of 36 fires have burned 3,173 acres in the 15-county KXAN viewing area, as of Aug. 18. How far behind normal are rainfall totals this year? KXAN is keeping track of wildfires this year. Follow along with the map and database below. We'll keep them updated as new information becomes available. Fires that are still uncontained are red on the map. Evacuation checklist: What to grab when evacuating The table below ranks all the fires in our area this year from largest to smallest. Click on one of the column headers to change how the fires are ranked.We're also keeping track of which counties have burn bans in effect. Click here to see the latest update.

Napheesa Collier leads Lynx to 78-70 victory over Storm

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

Napheesa Collier continues to find much success against a particular opponent.She scored 24 points and added a 10 rebounds and Minnesota held off Seattle 78-70 late Friday in the Pacific Northwest.The teams meet again Sunday at Target Center.Playing for the first time in eight days, Minnesota also got 21 points from Kayla McBride and 14 from Tiffany Mitchell. The latter started at guard in place of Lindsay Allen, who missed her first game with a broken thumb.Coming off the bench, Dorka Juhász had a team-high 12 rebounds to go with seven points and four assists.The 70 points allowed ties for the second-best Lynx performance this season and is nearly 15 points below their season average.Minnesota (15-16) moves into a tie with Washington for sixth place in the WNBA standings. The Lynx and Mystics are a half-game back of fifth-place Atlanta and two games behind No. 4 Dallas. Nine games remain in the regular season.McBride put the Lynx up by 15 with 7:19 to play, but the Storm (9-22) cha...

Joe Ryan sharp in rehab start with Saints, who beat Indianapolis 8-5

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

Twins right-hander Joe Ryan let his pitching do the talking Friday night at CHS Field — literally.Ryan, who made a rehab start with the Saints on Friday night at CHS Field, was not available after the game after striking out seven in four innings of work, including six in the first two innings of the Saints’ 8-5 win over Indianapolis.The only hit Ryan allowed was a one-out home run in the third inning. He walked two.“His cutter and his splitter both looked really good,” said Tony Wolters, who enjoyed catching Ryan on Friday. “He was really focused on getting ahead early, and he did a real good job with that.”The Twins placed Ryan on the injured list on Aug. 3 due to a left groin strain. Ryan last pitched for the Twins on July 26, when he allowed four runs in 3 2/3 innings in a loss to Seattle.From Wolters’ perspective, Ryan is ready to return to the majors.“He’s ready because of his competitiveness,” Wolters said. “Yes, he has God-given talent, but his competitiveness, and wha...

Ralston Valley defense delivers key second-half stops, limiting Week Zero quarterback duel against Mountain Vista

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

HIGHLANDS RANCH — For two of the leading passers in the state to do battle in the opening week of the season, it quickly turned into a defensive duel.The two quarterbacks, Logan Madden of No. 4’s Ralston Valley, and Mountain Vista’s Austyn Modrzewski, who combined for over 5,000 yards last season, were stymied in a Week Zero showdown as the teams had four turnovers on Friday night. The Mustangs’ second-half defense delivered two key second-half stops including one deep in the red zone in a 13-7 win.“In the second half, (offensively) we couldn’t close it out, punch it in when we needed to but our defensive line was huge tonight,” Madden said. “We knew they were going to be big coming into tonight and they killed it. Our (defensive backs) stepped up to the challenge.”On the fourth drive of the game for either team, the Ralston Valley (1-0) punched it in on fourth-and-goal. Senior halfback Brady Weldon found a gap behind his offensive linemen and barreled ...

L.A. City Council approves purchase of Mayfair Hotel for homeless housing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

Today, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the L.A. City Council approved the acquisition of the 294-room Mayfair Hotel in Westlake, a building that will be used for homeless housing. The purchase is an expansion of the Inside Safe program to help combat the homelessness crisis in L.A. by bringing people inside from tents and encampments and preventing encampments from returning.Participants of the Inside Safe program will have access to onsite support services and care and social facilities, in addition to 24/7 onsite security inside and outside of the Mayfair.  Mayor Karen Bass launches Inside Safe program in Hollywood “We need to do all that we can to get Angelenos off the streets and into temporary housing as fast as possible while permanent housing is still being built,” said Mayor Bass. “The proposed purchase of the Mayfair is an important step toward that goal.”Programming plans for the Mayfair are still in the early stages of development and Mayor Bass will work with the comm...

Family men or cruel cops? Indictments expose Antioch officers’ stunning dark side

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

ANTIOCH – From the “Meet Your Beat” welcome pages the Antioch Police Department once posted on Facebook, officers Eric Rombough and Morteza Amiri look like awfully nice guys.Rombough, young and blond in his photos, is described as a family man, who enjoys wine tasting, cooking with his Traeger smoker and playing with his four dogs, including a Chiweenie.Amiri, who grew up in Antioch, loves dining out on sushi with his wife and young son. On his days off, he goes swimming with Purcy, the K9 he handles on the job. Every day he puts on his uniform, he says in the Facebook video, he wants to “make sure this community is safe for other families just like mine.”It all seemed so sweet – until federal agents in armored tanks with flash bang grenades pulled into their driveways before dawn Thursday. Authorities dragged them out of their homes, indicted them on charges of civil rights violations and released a trove of new text messages between Rombough and Amiri and a slew of other East Cont...

SFMTA: Over 1 million riders reported over Outside Lands weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

(KRON) -- Last weekend's Outside Lands festival was sold out, but the success of the three-day festival didn't stop there. One public transit agency enjoyed a busy weekend.More than 1 million riders were reported to use Muni, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency tweeted. A total of 1,116,500 riders used Muni from Aug. 11-13 -- a 26% increase in systemwide ridership from last year's festival. Body found at Golden Gate Park near Outside Lands identified as SF woman SFMTA posted photos of crews directing traffic for pedestrians walking toward the festival (below).(SFMTA)(SFMTA)(SFMTA)(SFMTA) Outside Lands closes SOMA tent for ‘safety’ of festival audience This came on a weekend when Cruise cars halted traffic in the city Friday night. The autonomous vehicle company says the reason for the Cruise cars malfunctioning is "wireless connectivity issues" linked to Outside Lands.The three-day festival drew approximately 75,000 attendees per day.

QB Desmond Ridder impressive in preseason debut, Falcons settle for 13-13 tie with Bengals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Desmond Ridder and all those young offensive weapons gave a glimpse of what they they can do for the Atlanta Falcons.A bunch of yellow flags slowed their progress.Ridder led an impressive but penalty-plagued drive in his preseason debut, and the Falcons settled for a field goal with 2 seconds left for a 13-13 tie with the Cincinnati Bengals on Friday night.After sitting the starters last week in a 19-3 victory at Miami, the Falcons (1-0-1) went with the No. 1s for their opening possession.That included their last three first-round picks: tight end Kyle Pitts, wide receiver Drake London and running back Bijan Robinson. Ridder, heading into his first full season as the starting quarterback, got all of them involved. London hauled in two passes for 33 yards. Robinson carried four times for 20 yards and snared a 6-yard completion. Pitts, coming back from a knee injury, made a one-handed grab.“They’ve put playmakers around me,” Ridder said. “It’s up to me to le...

Schoen: DeSantis-Newsom debate could boost both pols

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

No rivalry embodies the current divide in American politics more than the one between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and California Governor Gavin Newsom. The two big-state governors, diametrically opposed to what the other stands for, have spent the past year escalating their attacks on one another – and soon, their contention will come to a head in a much anticipated live debate.While the final rules and topics are up in the air, Fox News’ Sean Hannity is set to moderate the discussion this fall in the swing-state of Georgia. We can expect the event to be a no-holds-barred slugfest, as both governors are desperately seeking the national spotlight and vying to sell themselves to their respective parties as the ‘Plan B’ 2024 presidential candidate.There is little chance that Democrats will nominate someone other than President Biden, just as Former President Trump appears poised to win the Republican primary in a landslide. However, should any one of the multiple indictments and inve...

Biden goes west for his second vacation of the month

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:28 GMT

GLENBROOK, Nevada (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Nevada late Friday for more rest and relaxation.The first couple is renting a private home on Lake Tahoe, the massive alpine lake that abuts California and Nevada and is a tourist attraction, particularly in the winter for its ski resorts. The president flew there from Camp David, where he hosted a summit Friday with the leaders of South Korea and Japan.The home in the Glenbrook community belongs to Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor. Steyer is an investor, climate activist and Democratic donor. He ran for president in 2020.The Bidens are renting the home for fair market value, the White House said, and will spend about a week in the area.The Bidens will halt their vacation for a day on Monday to visit Maui, where a wildfire ripped through the historic town of Lahaina and killed at least 114 people. They will meet with survivors, first responders, and local officials while surveying the damage.Biden vacationed ...