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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Climate
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Warm, dry start to the week, storms return late Tuesday
ST. LOUIS – The haze in our skies from Canadian wildfire smoke was thick enough to keep temperatures down a bit on Sunday, and it may do so again Monday as that smoke continues to be carried by upper atmospheric winds. Monday is set to be warm, with highs in the mid- to upper 80s. Monday night will be dry and warm. Sheriff's Dept. turns over findings in daycare death to Prosecuting Attorney's Office We'll wake up Tuesday around 70 F. The day will start dry and it looks like some of the wildfire smoke may begin to shift eastward. By Tuesday afternoon, the next front will approach from the west. Watch for scattered showers and storms Tuesday afternoon and night, especially in our Missouri communities. Expect high temperatures to be in the upper 80s. That front will be slowing to a crawl into Wednesday and will stall out to our south for the rest of the week, keeping a chance for storms in the forecast each day. Temperatures will be closer to average, with highs in the lower 80s. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
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Rainy day surprise: Woman reels in rare leucistic catfish in St. Louis County
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – What started as a rainy fishing trip in St. Louis County ended with an unexpected surprise: A Missouri woman reeling in a rare leucistic catfish. Hannah Nguyen made the nice catch near Des Peres Park on Thursday afternoon. Photos and videos she shared with FOX 2 show a catfish with a yellowish top and a bright white, albino-like tail and lower body. Hannah, who frequently posts in Reddit community pages about fishing, said she hadn't had much luck lately, prior to Thursday anyways. After doing some research, she picked a random spot using Apple Maps and sought to catch something special. And it took some time Thursday, but it was well worth it. Hannah battled the leucistic catfish for nearly 40 seconds before she ultimately reeled it in. Sheriff's Dept. turns over findings in daycare death to Prosecuting Attorney's Office Leucism is a genetic condition characterized by an overall pale appearance with patches of reduced pigmentation in an animal's skin, fur, feathers or scales. It occurs when pigment-producing cells fail to develop or migrate properly during growth. Albinism, by contrast, is caused by a complete lack of melanin production, not only affecting the skin, but also the eyes, which typically appear red or pink. In a 2021 article from the Fulton Sun, a Missouri Department of Conservation specialist estimated that far fewer than 10% of fish experience leucism. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, catfish are typically white to silvery on their undersides with backs the range from grayish-blue to nearly black. An albino catfish is generally more peach-colored on its back. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
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Robber who escaped L.A. County reentry program facility is captured in Vegas
A convicted robber who was at least the ninth person to escape a reentry program facility for California state prisoners this year has been captured in Las Vegas. Dijon Barber was found almost two weeks after walking away from a Los Angeles County Male Community Reentry Program on April 12, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Barber had been serving a four-year sentence for robbery, theft/embezzlement from an elder or dependent adult and grand theft at a county reentry program facility. A day before Barber escaped, Deshon Daniels was apprehended in Los Angeles after having left a reentry program. The CDCR, which oversees the prison program, could not be reached Saturday for comment. Thousands have gone through the 10-year-old program, and it's part of a broader push by the state to go beyond punishment and rehabilitate incarcerated people and reduce recidivism. Read more: L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. can't get inmates to court on time, angering judges, delaying justice Most of those who escaped since January have been tracked down. On Friday, prison officials announced Barber was apprehended by the North Las Vegas Criminal Apprehension Team. There were no further details about how Barber wound up more than 250 miles away or what he was doing in Sin City, but officials said he was "taken into custody without incident." To be considered for the reentry programs, individuals must have no more than 32 months — and no fewer than 60 days — before their earliest release date. There are three facilities housing these programs in L.A. County and there are others in Fresno, Butte, Kern and San Diego counties. The state has plans to expand the program so it serves every county by this summer. Read more: 'Surge' of violence prompts crackdown in California prison system, officials say "The goal of the program is to help participants successfully re-enter the community from incarceration, as well as contributing to reduced recidivism," the CDCR states on its website. Barber was booked into a Nevada county jail and will be sent back to California, where officials said he would be placed in a CDCR institution. His case is being referred to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office for consideration of escape charges, the CDCR said. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
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First District 3 candidate forum held to replace Omar Torres in San Jose
The Brief San Jose City Council approved a special election to fill Torres' seat in November Torres resigned in November. He is in jail facing child sexual assault charges 5 candidates for the city council seat showed up at Wednesday's forum SAN JOSE, Calif. - Hundreds of people came out to the first forum held for the candidates running for San Jose's District 3 seat. One of the candidates will replace Omar Torres in April after a special election. Torres resigned in November and is now in jail facing child sexual assault charges. District 3 represents so much of the city's economic future and this forum gave voters an opportunity to hear how they'd address the district's most pressing issues. "The person that's chosen has to have empathy for others," said Leslie Muniz, a District 3 resident in San Jose. On Wednesday night at downtown San Jose's Rotary Summit Center, hundreds of community members gathered to hear from candidates who want to represent District 3. The candidates included Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Adam Duran, Matthew Quevedo, Irene Smith, and Anthony Tordillos. Phil Dolan did not attend. "Not only having served as a worker for many years, but now as an employer in our downtown. I have also been delivering services directly to this community through the pandemic all the way until today," Chavez said. "I was born and raised on San Jose's Eastside and what makes me unique is that I have just shy of 29 years of public safety with the Sheriff's Dept," said Duran. "For the past 16 years, I've been working with leaders and folks to make sure we're addressing the issues that matter to you. On homelessness, we're moving the needle, and we're making sure we're making progress on that," said Quevedo. The forum was presented by the San Jose Downtown Association in partnership with the San Jose Chamber of Commerce. Candidates expressed their own ideas about addressing important issues including blight and vacancies, homelessness, BART construction, and the entertainment economy. "The first being, no more dumping in D3 and the 2nd being, we need large scale shelters. Those two points are still critically important today," said Smith. "We know that the previous Super Bowl brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in economic impact. But if you look at the data, the vast majority of that money went up to San Francisco. I think I can speak for everyone on this panel. For 2026, we need to make sure San Francisco isn't eating our lunch again," said Tordillos. After the forum, this District 3 business owner gave feedback on what she heard. "This is the same stuff that we've been listening to. I do agree with a lot of the panel that we do need to put things into action because it's a lot of talk, a lot of rhetoric, and we're kind of tired of that," said Chris Patterson-Simmons, who owns and operates Neu2u Thrift Boutique on East Santa Clara Street. District 3 candidates will take part in several more forums over the next two months before people make their choice on April 8th.
