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Austin leaders, health experts discuss mpox, vaccine availability in town hall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local leaders and health experts held a mpox town hall Friday morning.They issued a warning on mpox and discussed available vaccines and best practices to stop the spread of the virus.Mpox was previously referred to as monkeypox. The CDC changed the name in November, after a recommendation from the World Health Organization. Austin health officials work to prevent another outbreak of mpox this summer Thus far this year, 20 cases of mpox have been reported in Travis County. Austin Public Health said those at the highest risk include men who have sex with men and people with multiple sex partners.APH director Dr. Desmar Walkes warns anyone can catch mpox if they're exposed to it.“It's really important that everybody takes this seriously,” she said. “At the very least, it's very painful. At the very worst, it can cause death.”With this in mind, Walkes is encouraging those at risk to get the two-dose vaccine before attending any crowded e...

The heat and its toll on your car

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Before you hit the road on a summer getaway, make a stop to check your car battery. The heat is incredibly hard on your vehicle battery, and AAA says it's also the season they see an uptick in tire blowouts.KXAN Traffic Anchor Erica Brennes sat down with AAA and has some advice before your next road trip."Joining me today is Daniel Armbruster with AAA. Daniel, let's talk about this heat. It is so brutal, and the toll it can take on our cars, specifically, our batteries, which is such a bummer when you get in your car and it won't start because you have a dead battery."Daniel: "Yeah, you know, Erica, batteries when it comes to heat, heat and vibration, our batteries worst enemy. And dead batteries are one of the top roadside calls that AAA sees during the summer. So this excessive heat that we're seeing really has the potential to drain your battery and cause a lot of issues internally. And of course, shorten the life of your battery. So you know, it wouldn't be surpr...

Twin Bridges sale sparks petition in Moreau

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

MOREAU, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Last week, two bits of news came from Clifton Park-based Twin Bridges Waste & Recycling. One was that company owner Scott Earl had bought three plots of land at Moreau Industrial Park. The other was that Twin Bridges had been sold to Casella Waste Systems. For some Moreau residents, that timing became an immediate red flag. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! This week, volunteers have been visiting neighborhoods in Moreau, looking to get names on a petition to referendum the sale of land to Twin Bridges, which was approved by the Moreau Town Board on June 13. The effort has been spearheaded by Not Moreau, a Facebook page and community movement first sparked in 2022 in opposition to a biochar fertilizer plant that would see truckloads of sewage solids come to the same industrial park."People are very angry," said Not Moreau organizer Gina LeClair. "They feel that the supervisor and the three board me...

Supreme Court allows Biden policy to take effect focusing deportations on public safety risks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will no longer stand in the way of a long-blocked Biden administration policy to prioritize the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest public safety risk or were picked up at the border. The justices rejected a challenge from some Republican-led states to a policy that, the administration said, recognizes that there is not enough money or manpower to deport all 11 million or so people who are in the United States illegally.The states had argued that federal immigration law requires authorities to detain and deport even those who pose little or no risk.At the center of the case is a September 2021 directive from the Department of Homeland Security that paused deportations unless individuals had committed acts of terrorism, espionage or “egregious threats to public safety.” The guidance, issued after Joe Biden became president, updated a Trump-era policy to remove people in the country illegall...

Human remains found in Mentone confirmed to be those of missing 4-year-old boy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

Human remains discovered in Hemet more than 30 years ago were determined to be those of a missing 4-year-old boy, authorities announced Thursday. On October 27, 1991, a quail hunter in a rural area near Florida Street and Greenspot Road located a human skull, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department stated in a news release.A search of the area also turned up a torn plastic trash bag that smelled of decomposition and contained clothing that appeared to belong to a child. An autopsy determined the skull was that of a child between 4 and 8 years old but the remains could not be identified at the time and the case went cold.Decades later the remains were sent to a DNA sequencing laboratory and in February of 2023, tests revealed that genetic relatives were alive in Houston, Texas. The relatives were contacted and gave consent for further DNA testing, which identified Patricia Clark as the boy's mother, the news release stated. Clark had reported her child, identified as Derrick B...

Woman tries to avoid arrest by hiding on Disneyland ride

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

A woman was arrested at Disneyland after allegedly sneaking into the park and attempting to evade police by hiding on an attraction on June 17.Police officers with the Anaheim Police Department assisted the resort’s security team in apprehending the woman who allegedly entered the park without paying. Disneyland extends pause on ‘Fantasmic!’ performances after fire  A spokesperson with the Anaheim Police Department told KTLA that the unidentified woman entered the park by jumping over the turnstiles at the park’s entrance.  At about 7 p.m. that day, the woman was arrested on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, an attraction based in Frontierland at Disneyland Park. The woman was arrested for a misdemeanor without incident, according to the spokesperson.The case will be presented to the Anaheim City Attorney’s Office, which could then decide if the woman will be charged and will issue fines and possible jail time, a department spokesperson said. ‘San Fransokyo Square’ at Dis...

San Francisco-based Coinbase Global Inc wins at Supreme Court as ruling reinforces arbitration

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

By Greg Stohr | BloombergThe US Supreme Court sided with a Coinbase Global Inc. unit in a ruling that reinforces the ability of companies to channel customer and employee disputes into arbitration.The justices, voting 5-4, ruled that lawsuits filed in federal court must be put on hold while a defendant presses an appeal that would send the case to arbitration.Related ArticlesBusiness | Supreme Court upholds federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration Business | Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case Business | Mathews: Nation needs Newsom’s gun amendment to the Constitution Business | Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families Business | Downey: Can campus diversity survive the U.S. Supreme Court? Business groups rallied behind Coinbase in the case, saying that letting litigation go fo...

7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled. 12 kids were cut or stabbed playing with them

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

WASHINGTON  — About 7.5 million singing and swimming “Baby Shark” bath toys are being recalled after multiple lacerations and puncture wounds were reported in children playing with them.Zuru, an El Segundo, California-based toymaker, said it’s recalling both full-size and mini versions of its robotic baby shark toys that have hard plastic top fins, which pose the injury risks.Twelve injuries have already been reported with Zuru’s full-sized Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim Bath Toys — after children sat or fell on the now-recalled products. Nine of these cases required stitches or medical attention, according to a Thursday release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.While injuries have only been reported with these full-sized toys so far, Zuru is also recalling Robo Alive Junior Mini Baby Shark Swimming Bath Toys “out of an abundance of caution.”Consumers in possession of the recalled toys are instructed to stop using them immediately and contact Zuru for a ...

Plan to demolish historic San Jose sites for temporary SAP Center parking draws outrage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

At first glance, the 2.5-acre plot of land in downtown San Jose appears unassuming, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. It once held a former Depression-era boxing venue and features a home whose origins may date back to the Civil War.Now the city wants to tear down those buildings to create a temporary parking lot, leaving local preservationists outraged at the idea of paving over San Jose’s history.“Parking lots are just so deadening for the urban landscape,” said Ben Leech, who leads the Preservation Action Council of San Jose, or PACSJ.Wedged between the Guadalupe River and SAP Center on West St. John Street, the project would clear enough room for 300 cars. The city argues the new lot is necessary to help offset the lost parking capacity for the SAP Center expected during future construction projects like the BART extension and Google’s Downtown West.After construction is complete and those downtown projects have their own devoted parking lo...

Police: Woman shot in North Oakland found several miles away

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:41 GMT

OAKLAND — A 30-year-old woman who was shot early Friday in North Oakland was found two hours later more than three miles away in West Oakland, authorities said.How she got to West Oakland has not been determined yet.The woman was in stable condition at a hospital where she underwent surgery for a gunshot wound to the abdomen, authorities said.Police said the woman was shot about 12:04 a.m. Friday in the 700 block of 58th Street.Responding officers  found shell casings and blood at the scene and witnesses who said they heard gunshots and  a woman scream.But the woman could not be found.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Hayward accuses Alameda County of ‘deliberate indifference’ to child prostitution, drug use at foster center Crime and Public Safety | ‘Intentional concealment’: Prosecutors claim former Fremont city manager hid misdeeds to strike rich payday Crime and Public Safety | Police seeking Texas ...