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Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Natural disasters can be dramatic — barreling hurricanes, building-toppling tornadoes — but heat is more deadly. Chicago learned that the hard way in 1995.That July, a weeklong heat wave that hit 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius) killed more than 700 people. Most of the deaths occurred in poor and majority Black neighborhoods, where many elderly or isolated people suffered without proper ventilation or air conditioning. Power outages from an overwhelmed grid made it all worse.Initially slow to react, Chicago has since developed emergency heat response plans that include a massive push to alert the public and then connect the most vulnerable to the help they may need. Other cities like Los Angeles, Miami and Phoenix now have “chief heat officers” to coordinate planning and response for dangerous heat. Around the world, cities and countries have adopted similar measures.But experts warn those steps might not be enough in a world that is seeing heat records con...

From poverty to power, new California Speaker seeks Democratic caucus unity but offers few details

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas was a child growing up in California’s rural Central Coast, he watched his grandfather risk his job fighting in the farmworkers’ rights movement to bring a better life to his family and his fellow workers.A Mexican immigrant, his grandfather was the lead organizer for the United Farm Workers at the vineyard where he picked grapes. The union eventually won a labor agreement that provided farmworkers with better working conditions, higher wages and pensions: a victory that helped lift Rivas’ family out of poverty.“The one thing he always shared with me is change doesn’t just happen. You have to make it happen,” Rivas said of his grandfather.Rivas, 43, recently became California’s first speaker from a rural area in modern times, hailing from the city of Hollister where he lives with his wife and 7-year-old daughter. Rivas and his allies say his journey from an impoverished home to one of the most ...

9 missing in China landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Nine people are missing in central China after a landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures across much of the country, authorities said Sunday.Five people were rescued from under the rubble at a highway construction site in the central province of Hubei, where the accident occurred on Saturday. Crews were still excavating in hopes of finding more survivors. Tens of thousands of people have been moved to shelters amid heavy flooding in northern, central and southeastern China. Seasonal flooding is a regular occurrence in China, but this year’s rising waters have been accompanied by unusually prolonged stretches of high temperatures.With its more than 9 million square kilometers (4 million square miles) of land area, China is being hit simultaneously this summer by heatwaves, flooding and drought. Cities have opened their air raid shelters to offer residents relief from the heat. Earlier this week, Beijing reported more than nine stra...

Colorado Rapids secure first home win of 2023 in MLS play as Drew Moor is inducted into Gallery of Honor

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

COMMERCE CITY — It was a gritty, come-from-behind performance by the Colorado Rapids to secure its first home win of MLS play in 2023. The team played just like the man they honored: Longtime defender Drew Moor.Moor became the seventh Rapids’ inductee into the team’s Gallery of Honor, and Braian Galván scored his first goal since August 2021 as a second half game-winner as the Burgundy Boys secured a 2-1 win over FC Dallas.Colorado (3-10-8, 17 points) was winless in its last nine matches entering Saturday and the team got its first win in just over two months.“For me, it felt like a really important moment for us as a team, because I’ve talked about confidence so much. It’s really, really great for them to put forth an effort like that, get over the hump and get the results,” Rapids head coach Robin Fraser said. “Because we’ve seen them play well throughout the year and not (be) quite as precise in both boxes as we need to be. It...

Gunman arrested for series of rifle shootings in East Los Angeles

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

A gunman wanted for a series of rifle shootings targeting East Los Angeles residents was arrested Saturday.At least three shootings were reported from 6:20 a.m. to 7:20 a.m. as the suspect allegedly fired randomly at victims in East L.A. and Boyle Heights.One shooting took place at the intersection of 1st and Cummings Streets around 7:20 a.m. According to Los Angeles police, a masked man armed with a rifle began firing shots before fleeing the scene in his car.An hour earlier, a male victim in his 30s was shot and left critically injured while he was walking near Mission Road and Zonal Avenue. He was also shot by a suspect with a rifle who drove off after the shooting.Another victim told KTLA he narrowly escaped being shot as he spotted a man with a rifle firing off in a Boyle Heights neighborhood. The victim said a bullet struck his vehicle just as he was pulling in to work at a construction site.A search is underway for a man suspected in a series of rifle shootings targeting the ...

911 dispatch system in Oakland fails again

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

(KRON) -- Issues continue to plague the city of Oakland's 911 system. After failing Thursday, the automated system failed for a second time Saturday and was down for hours. However, residents and the city's police union say the issues have been going on a lot longer than that.Adding warnings of the system's imminent collapse have been ignored. KRON4 spoke to one man who says he struggled to get through to a dispatcher when he was trying to report a dead body he found. Underground vault fire leads to explosion in SF’s Pacific Heights That man says it breaks his heart that it is this difficult to reach 911. He says it makes him sad for his city and something needs to change.There was a busy signal as Alan Liang, owner of an Oakland auto shop, tried to call 911. In September, he found a body crushed in the tow yard.He says he was placed on hold for 10 minutes. Then, he had to continue to wait."The officers didn't respond until maybe about 40 minutes later after the 911 call. So it's ...

Corea del Norte pide a la comunidad internacional que detenga el vertido de aguas residuales tratadas de Fukushima previsto por Japón

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

(CNN) — Corea del Norte pidió este domingo a la comunidad internacional que detenga el vertido de aguas residuales tratadas de Fukushima previsto por Japón, en una declaración difundida por su medio estatal KCNA.“La justa comunidad internacional no debe sentarse a observar la acción malvada, antihumanitaria y beligerante de la fuerza corrupta que intenta perturbar el hogar de la humanidad del planeta azul, y debe unirse para detenerlos y destruirlos por completo”, decía una declaración atribuida al director de asuntos exteriores del Departamento de Protección de la Tierra y el Medio Ambiente.La declaración se produce tras el informe del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) de la ONU de la semana pasada, que consideraba que el plan de Japón para verter las aguas residuales tratadas de Fukushima se ajustaba a las normas internacionales de seguridad medioambiental.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Com...

Ruiz directs Real Salt Lake to 4-0 win over Orlando City

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Pablo Ruiz had three assists as Real Salt Lake got goals from four different players in a 4-0 victory over Orlando City on Saturday night.Zac MacMath finished with four saves to earn the clean sheet for Real Salt Lake (9-7-6) as the club upped its unbeaten run in all competitions to eight straight.Orlando City (9-6-7) entered play having scored three or more goals in back-to-back matches for the first time since June of 2021.Real Salt Lake improves to 6-0-2 in its last eight matches. The club was coming off a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC. The clean sheet ended a club-record 27 regular-season matches without a shutout. Cristian Arango gave Real Salt Lake the lead for good when he took a pass from Ruiz and scored his first goal of the season in his first career match with the club. Arango tallied 30 goals over the past two seasons for Los Angeles FC. Ruiz picked up another assist in the 41st minute on defender Justen Glad’s fourth netter of the campaign to give...

Volkanovski beats Rodriguez with third-round TKO for featherweight title in UFC 290

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alexander Volkanovski re-asserted himself as the featherweight champion with a technical knockout over Yair Rodriguez at 4:19 of the third round Saturday night in UFC 290.Rodriguez was the interim champion after Volkanovski temporarily moved up to lightweight, but the Australian left little doubt who the better fighter in running his record to 26-2 in what was scheduled as a five-round bout.Former President Donald Trump, who is running for the Republican nomination in 2024, was among those in attendance. He entered the venue shortly before the main card began, walking next to UFC President Dana White and drawing roars from the T-Mobile Arena crowd. Trump shook hands with Las Vegas Raiders star defensive end Maxx Crosby, a major UFC fan who sat behind him. Jamal Murray of the NBA champion Denver Nuggets also had a floor seat.Volkanovski, a minus-390 favorite according to FanDuel Sportsbook, took Rodriguez (16-4) to the mat near the 2-minute mark of the first round an...

Galván’s PK goal lifts Rapids over Dallas 2-1 for 1st home win

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:59:51 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Braian Galván scored on a second-half penalty kick and the Colorado Rapids won at home for the first time this season, beating FC Dallas 2-1 on Saturday night.Galván’s PK score was his first goal this season and it came in the 62nd minute for the Rapids (3-10-8), who tied but didn’t break the league record with a nine-match winless run at home to begin the season. Cincinnati went nine straight home matches without a win to begin the 2021 season.Dallas (8-9-5) has lost six straight times at Colorado after playing to a draw there in the first meeting. The Vancouver Whitecaps were the most recent team that the Rapids beat six straight times at home from 2013-16. Dallas took an early 1-0 lead when defender Sam Junqua took a pass from Alan Velasco in the 18th minute and scored his second goal of the campaign.The Rapids pulled even in the 31st minute when defender Andreas Maxsø used an assist from Connor Ronan to score his first career goal.William ...