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Soucheray: Instead of a pothole tax, let’s sell naming rights

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

We must admit, the worst pothole season in a generation, as it is being marketed by St. Paul City Hall for tax increase purposes, has produced some magnificent fissures, box canyons of no return, eruptions, explosive debris fields, jagged craters and eerie chambers so large they are marked with traffic cones.Why, you can see our streets from space!We’ve been here before, every winter and spring. Minnesotans know the science of the freeze-thaw cycle the way Californians know their atmospheric rivers — which have healed the drought — or Oklahomans know Tornado Alley. And we haven’t even seen the worst of it. Spring begins Monday, March 20. We have at least another month, maybe longer, before the longer-lasting warm weather treatments can be dumped into the holes and troweled smooth.Everybody seems to have their favorites. I am particularly fond of Fairview Avenue between Ford Parkway and Highland Parkway on the west side of the street. The destruction there is almost cinem...

Working Strategies: Networking as an older worker

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

Amy LindgrenAre you one of those 60- or 70-something workers who has stayed in the same job or company for a decade or two? If so, take a moment to look around you: What do you see? Or more precisely, whom do you see? Chances are, you see a lot of younger faces.There’s nothing like being the last of your cohort to make you feel you’ve stayed too long at the fair. One by one, your long-time colleagues have moved on, perhaps retired or relocated to other states.You may be keeping in touch on social media, but take a closer look at those posts: Anything about work in there? Hmm. The updates at this stage are more likely to be personal than professional.And my point is? You’re going to be in trouble if you haven’t been building new networks to replace the ones that evaporated with those last retirements. Otherwise, who will you call when layoffs loom or you need advice about a work issue?For late bloomers and others who want to keep working to a late age — including those whose fi...

NY Department of Health announces new COVID guidelines for nursing home visitors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The New York State Department of Health announced new COVID guidelines for visiting nursing homes. According to the statement, visitors no longer must have a negative test before entry or to screened for COVID. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The new guidance, according to DOH officials, supersedes all previous guidance for nursing home screening and testing. The department currently recommends that nursing facilities use applicable practices such as wearing face masks, having specified entrances, exits, and routes, disinfecting and cleaning surfaces, and continuing to wash their hands.It is currently optional for nursing facilities to continue testing or screening visitors at their discretion. This includes visitors completing a questionnaire, an in-person interview, or having their temperature taken. DOH recommends facilities in counties with high levels of transmission to offer to test. New COV...

Man shot at Florissant Walgreens Friday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

FLORISSANT, Mo. -- A man was shot at a Florissant Walgreens just before 10 p.m. Friday night. The shooting happened at the drugstore on Old Halls Ferry Road. Officers found a man suffering from life-threatening gunshot injuries when they arrived. The person shot was rushed to a hospital. A suspect is not in police custody.We're working to get an update on the condition of the victim. More details will be posted here as they come into the FOX 2 newsroom.

Military shows off some of its top guns at Point Mugu

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

The Navy and Air Force are bringing out their best and brightest for the Point Mugu Air Show at Naval Base Ventura County this weekend.The Navy's Blue Angels are joining the Air Force's Thunderbirds are "co-headliners," the air show said in a statement. "It's extremely rare for them to perform together, but not only will you get to see those acts, you'll get to see various civilian and other military acts that we'll have throughout the show," said Lt. Cmdr. Amanda "Arson" Lowery, co-director of the air show and base operations officer. Wings Over Camarillo Air Show returns This year also marks the 50th anniversary of women participating in Naval aviation. In 1973, six female aviators got their wings after training in Pensacola."It's a big milestone to celebrate for us, for all women in Naval aviation, how we've come from that initial [group] of women getting their wings of gold in 1973 to today," Lowery said.Flights for the free event begin at about 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday...

1 dead, 1 gravely injured in head-on crash in South Los Angeles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

A man is dead and another is in grave condition after a head-on crash in the Manchester Square area of South Los Angeles early Saturday morning.The crash at West Florence Avenue and South Gramercy Place occurred a few minutes after 1 a.m. when one of two vehicles on Florence crossed the center line and struck a vehicle headed the other way, the Los Angeles Police Department said. One driver, a 42-year-old man, was declared dead at the scene, while the other driver was taken to a local hospital in grave condition.The cause of the crash remains under investigation.Alexis Lewis contributed to this story.

$20,000 offered for information related to U.S. citizen’s kidnapping 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

The FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information related to the kidnapping of 63-year-old U.S. citizen Maria del Carmen Lopez. Lopez, a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico, was abducted from her residence in Pueblo Nuevo in the Mexican state of Colima on Feb. 9 by several hooded men. The mother of seven and her husband have been living in Mexico for the last 10 years after raising their family in the Los Angeles area. Maria’s husband was in Los Angeles for a doctor’s appointment at the time of his wife’s abduction. “We don’t believe it’s drug related, and we don’t believe she was involved in criminal activity,” said FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller. “We do believe she was the innocent victim of a kidnapping.” Maria del Carmen Lopez is seen in photos released by the FBI on March 16, 2023.Lopez’s kidnapping comes in the wake of several other American citizens being abducted, including four Americans being violently ki...

Kimberly Guilfoyle slams Gavin Newsom on California ‘nightmare’ and Silicon Valley Bank

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

The gloves have come off for Kimberly Guilfoyle when it comes to talking about her ex-husband Gavin Newsom and their political differences, with the pro-Trump pundit blasting the Democratic governor this week for his leadership of California and for failing to publicly discuss his business ties to the Silicon Valley Bank.In Thursday’s episode of her online “The Kimberly Guilfoyle Show,” Guilfoyle also strongly suggested that she supported the 2021 recall election against Newsom and cracked a joke about one of his biggest political embarrassments — being caught dining maskless at The French Laundry in November 2020, just after he urged Californians to stay in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom attend the GQ party in his honor July 27, 2004 at The Federalist Restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was one of many social events being held during the Democratic National Convention. ...

Two men shot in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

OAKLAND — Two men were shot —  one multiple times —  Friday night in the Northgate-Waverly area, authorities said.Both men were initially reported to be in stable condition.The shooting happened just after 11 p.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Telegraph Avenue.The two men, one 68-years-old  and the other 56, were standing outside when they were approached by another person who pulled a pistol and began shooting at them, police said.  Police have not said if the suspect said anything before opening fire.The 56-year-old man was hit multiple times in the leg and the other man once in the foot, authorities said.The shooter ran off before police got to the scene and was being sought.A detailed description of the shooter was not released.A motive for the shooting is under investigation.Police   and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $10,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the suspect.  Anyone with information may call police at  510-238-3...

California homeownership hits 11-year high but still nation’s 3rd lowest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:32 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: The share of Californians living in their own home hit an 11-year high last year but the state’s homeownership rate is third-worst in the nation.Source: My trusty spreadsheet analyzed state homeownership stats from the Census Bureau, looking at 2022’s average rate vs. the pre-pandemic 2010-19 average.ToplineCalifornia’s 55.3% average homeownership rate in 2022 was the state’s best since 2011 – but only Washington, D.C., at 42% and New York at 54% were lower.The highest ownership rates in 2022 were found in West Virginia at 79%, then Wyoming at 75%, Minnesota at 75%, Maine at 75% and Delaware at 75%.And what of California’s economic rivals? Texas was No. 45 at 64%, while Florida was No. 31 at 67%.DetailsThe pandemic era’s low mortgage rates and increased urges for larger living ...