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No easy solutions for removing San Onofre's spent nuclear fuel

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

The San Onofre nuclear power plant hasn't generated any electricity in more than ten years.  But even as the iconic plant is being dismantled, it is still generating controversy over what to do with some of the radioactive material on the site.  San Onofre, wedged between the 5 Freeway and the Pacific Ocean along Interstate 5 near San Clemente, first went online in 1968. Like many nuclear power plants, it was not universally embraced. For decades, activists fought to get it shut down and, in 2013, they got their wish.Ten years later, however, some of those same activists are raising other concerns: this time about the 16,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel still being stored on the site.The famous domes of the San Onofre nuclear power plant near San Clemente, California. October 2023.KTLA was recently granted an exclusive tour of the current state of operations.40 of San Onofre's 62 structures have already been dismantled. The famous domes will be the last to go, manager...

Southern California mother hospitalized after violent hit-and-run

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

A violent hit-and-run crash has left a mother of four hospitalized in Whittier as the suspect remains at large.Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment the victim, Lisa Park-Ortiz, was struck and nearly killed on Monday afternoon.She was taking her son to the barber shop around 2:30 p.m. when she was struck while exiting her parked car on Whittier Boulevard.“All I remember is just hearing a noise, almost like a car crash, but it was my body hitting the car and that was the last thing I remember,” said Park-Ortiz.Video captures Park-Ortiz getting violently sideswiped just moments after stepping out of her SUV parked along a busy street. Lisa Park-Ortiz and her children in a family photo.Lisa Park-Ortiz and her children in a family photo.The suspect’s black Hyundai SUV responsible for violenty hitting a mother of four in Whittier on Oct. 30, 2023. (Lisa Park-Ortiz)Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment a mother of four was struck and nearly killed by a hit-and...

Google and Lendlease end development pacts, including downtown San Jose

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

SAN JOSE — Google and its real estate partner Lendlease have mutually agreed to terminate their partnership to develop four huge projects, including a vast transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose.Australia-based Lendlease disclosed the decision in a web filing on Friday, Australia time.“Lendlease and Google announced today they have mutually reached an agreement to end the development services agreements of four master-planned districts,” Lendlease stated in the web post.These are the four projects and their general locations:— Downtown West, a downtown San Jose mixed-use transit village near the Diridon train station and the SAP Center.— Sunnyvale, the Moffett Park area.— Mountain View, Middlefield Park.— Mountain View, North Bayshore.“The decision to end these agreements followed a comprehensive review by Google of its real estate investments, and a determination by both companies that the existing agreements are no longer...

Bay Area woman trapped in Gaza sues U.S. officials over failure to evacuate U.S. citizens

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

An 81-year-old Daly City grandmother is suing the U.S. secretaries of State and Defense, claiming they are violating the U.S. Constitution by not evacuating Palestinian Americans from besieged Gaza.A relative of the woman, Dina Bseiso, a Bay Area resident, said her family is disappointed that the U.S. government “has left one of our own family members stranded” despite her U.S. citizenship. “When we are lucky enough to get her on the phone, she tells us how scared she is that by the time she is evacuated, it’ll be too late for her.”The woman tried to cross into Egypt from Gaza in recent weeks, but Egyptian authorities turned her away, according to the lawsuit. This news organization is not naming the woman over concerns by her family and lawyers that she could be targeted by Israel’s military.According to the lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the woman “is currently trapped abroad in the Gaza Strip in an active war ...

Oakland police announce arrest in August killing, but prosecutors charged suspect with gun possession, not murder

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

OAKLAND — A 20-year-old man has been charged with possessing a gun during a fatal August shooting, though prosecutors have not charged him with killing the victim, court records show.Marco Leiva-Saucedo, of Oakland, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and an enhancement alleging he caused great bodily injury, according to court records. He remains in jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.Police announced Leiva-Saucedo’s Oct. 11 arrest in a Thursday news release. The release says he was arrested “in connection” with the Aug. 28 shooting and that prosecutors charged him, but fails to mention that he’s not facing murder charges. Leiva-Saucedo was charged with gun possession two days after his arrest.Leiva-Saucedo has also been charged with a probation violation for a 2022 conviction of receiving stolen property, in a case where he was originally charged with carjacking. It is because of that conviction that he is legally barred from possessing...

Parent company of Great America, Six Flags theme parks merge to create a playtime powerhouse in North America

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

(AP) -- Cedar Fair and Six Flags are merging to create an expansive amusement park operator with operations spread across 17 U.S. states and three countries. In the Bay Area, those parks include Cedar Fair-owned California's Great America in Santa Clara and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. Great America theme park to close in ‘up to 11 years’ The combined company, worth more than $3.5 billion, will boast 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and nine resort properties in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It will also have entertainment partnerships and a portfolio of intellectual property including Looney Tunes, DC Comics and Peanuts. Amusement parks have seen an uptick in revenue but have struggled to raise attendance since the pandemic, even as other entertainment sectors have bounced back. A tie-up between two huge players is expected to at least lower costs. Cedar Fair reported an attendance of 12.4 million guests in its third quarter, a 1% increase from a year earlier. Six Fl...

Las estrellas de mar son en realidad “cabezas que se arrastran por el fondo marino”, revela estudio

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

(CNN) — Las cabezas de la mayoría de los animales son fácilmente identificables, pero hasta ahora los científicos no podían decir lo mismo de las estrellas de mar.Una estrella de mar tiene cinco brazos idénticos con una capa de “pies tubulares” debajo que ayudan a la criatura marina a desplazarse por el fondo del mar. Esto ha llevado a los naturalistas a preguntarse si las estrellas de mar tienen extremos delanteros y traseros definidos… y si cuentan con una cabeza.Un grupo de científicos logra criar estrellas de mar para compensar su acelerada mortalidadPero una nueva investigación genética sugiere lo contrario: que las estrellas de mar son en gran medida cabezas que carecen de torsos o colas y que probablemente perdieron esas características evolutivamente con el tiempo. Los investigadores afirman que los extraños fósiles de los antepasados de las estrellas de mar, que parecían contar con una especie de torso, tienen mucho más sentido en términos evolutivos...

Black Diamond Group: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Black Diamond Group Ltd. (BDIMF) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $10.1 million.The Calgary, Alberta-based company said it had profit of 16 cents per share.The work force housing and work space provider posted revenue of $87.6 million in the period.Black Diamond Group shares have risen 41% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $5.02, a rise of 79% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on BDIMF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/BDIMFSource

Paramount Global: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount Global (PARAA) on Thursday reported earnings of $295 million in its third quarter.The New York-based company said it had profit of 43 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations and non-recurring gains, came to 30 cents per share.The company posted revenue of $7.13 billion in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PARAA at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PARAASource

Arc Resources: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:51:56 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Arc Resources Ltd. (AETUF) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $176.2 million.On a per-share basis, the Calgary, Alberta-based company said it had net income of 29 cents.The oil and natural gas company posted revenue of $1.05 billion in the period.Arc Resources shares have climbed 24% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $16.71, an increase of 16% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AETUF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/AETUFSource