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Salmon viewing area a jumping off point in many directions for a Marin County hike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

The Leo Cronin Fish Viewing area near Samuel Taylor State Park in Lagunitas is a popular spot to try to spot spawning salmon, which means a crowded parking lot on weekends. But if you can get there before the crowds or after they’ve thinned, it’s also a great jumping off point for several hikes into the redwoods and beyond.Just across Sir Francis Drake is the Cross Marin Trail, which takes users across the bridge over Inkwells and onto the flat, usually roomy path into the park. It’s possible to do about 11 miles in total if you take the trail past the campgrounds to most distant turnaround point. For a shorter journey, you can turn around at the bridge in the park that leads to the picnic area for a total four-mile round trip.Related ArticlesLifestyle | 5 great places to see California’s wildflower season, possibly the best in 20 years Lifestyle | Marin waterfalls draw visitors following historic rains Lifestyle | Lawsuit: Plans for ...

Longtime Bay Area Lucky’s grocery story to close

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

Central Marin’s only Lucky grocery market, a downtown Larkspur fixture, plans to close after decades at the site.Save Mart, the company that owns the chain, told city officials that the store at 570 Magnolia Ave. will close April 14.“The company continually evaluates our business model and by closing this Lucky store, we will be able to reallocate resources and focus on other stores in the area,” the company said in an email to the city on March 15. “We have been serving Larkspur for decades and we remain committed to the North Bay community.”The company told city officials it is offering employees transfers to other supermarkets. The two nearest Lucky stores are in Novato and Petaluma, with others around the Bay Area.John Frahm, secretary-treasurer of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, the labor union representing Lucky workers, said employees are upset.“They’re disappointed that the company chose not to invest in the store to make improvements,” he said. “They’re disappoi...

Alleged sexual misconduct, cover-up at California police department triggers FBI probe, sources say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

Persistent allegations of sexual misconduct at the Redlands Police Department, culminating with a new claim alleging three ranking supervisors attempted to cover up evidence, have triggered an administrative investigation by the city and an FBI probe.In a claim for damages filed against the city on March 16, forensic specialist Geneva Holzer alleges that in December 2019, now retired Deputy Chief Mike Reiss, then a lieutenant, and Sgt. Kyle Alexander attempted to destroy physical evidence of sexual misconduct by Reiss.Holzer found what she believed to be a semen stain on an office chair of a former employee who sued the city last August, alleging she was coerced into engaging in sexual acts with Reiss to advance at the department.In her lawsuit, former property and evidence technician Julie Alvarado-Salcido alleged, among other things, that she was coerced into performing oral sex on Reiss in her office in August 2019.Holzer was not aware of Salcido’s specific allegations at the tim...

Could the aging boom change our prejudice against ‘old?’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

Barry Rashap, 79, felt it at the bank, where a woman stepped in front of him because he was a step too slow to get in line.“I actually said something, but she didn’t respond,” Rashap said. “But when she was done and I got up to the teller, he sort of said, ‘Good for you.’ He saw that she was rude to me because of my age.”For Barbara Sloate, 86, the feeling has come as she’s aged into what she calls “an also.”“At a certain point, you aren’t considered normal,” Sloate said. “It’s like, ‘Also, Mom will be there.’ You’re an also, an afterthought, even in your own life.”And Darrielle Wilson, 89, said simply that it’s why she’s wary about disclosing her true age.“If I tell you I’m almost 90, then that’s it; I’m out. No invites to parties or anything. But if I can still look closer to 70, then I’m still considered part of life.“I’m not talking about vanity,” she added. “I’m talking about being considered still truly alive, or not, because of your age. And that feeling, right there, that’s ...

Feds have new evidence of potential obstruction in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents case, newspaper reports

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

The Justice Department has obtained new evidence suggesting potential obstruction by former President Donald Trump in the agency’s probe of his handling of classified documents, The Washington Post reported Sunday.Investigators have information that indicates Trump personally reviewed some of the documents in his Mar-a-Lago home after receiving a subpoena from the Justice Department, people familiar with the investigation told the Post, out of an apparent wish to hold on to some things.While the former president’s team returned some classified documents following the May 2022 subpoena, the FBI’s August search turned up more that hadn’t been returned.Additional evidence obtained by investigators suggests that Trump told others to mislead government officials trying to recover documents from his time in the White House before the subpoena last year, which the Post noted could be evidence of his intent.CNN has confirmed that investigators have emails and text messages from Molly Michae...

Una fuerte tormenta invernal afectará desde este lunes a gran parte del centro de Estados Unidos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

(CNN) — Una fuerte tormenta invernal provocará nevadas intensas y fuertes vientos en gran parte del centro de EE.UU. de este lunes a este miércoles. Hay alertas meteorológicas invernales para más de 7 millones de personas desde las Rocosas hasta el norte de las Llanuras centrales.“El sistema producirá una gran tormenta invernal que producirá más de 30 centímetros de nieve desde las Rocosas centrales hasta las Llanuras del norte, desafiando algunos récords de nieve de abril en las Dakotas y el noroeste de Minnesota”, dijo el Centro de Predicción Meteorológica. “Son posibles totales localizados de más de 60 centímetros desde el sureste de Wyoming hasta el centro de Dakota del Sur”.Aumentan a 32 los muertos por los tornados que arrasan el sur y el medio oeste de Estados UnidosLos fuertes vientos combinados con esta nieve pesada podrían conducir a condiciones de tormenta blanca este martes, especialmente a través de las Llanuras, lo que podría llevar a cond...

Boehly learning about soccer the hard way at chaotic Chelsea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

The plan must have looked so good to Todd Boehly.On the back of fronting the $2.5 billion purchase of Chelsea, bring in a visionary “project manager” for the long term, regenerate the squad — to the tune of an unprecedented $630 million spend across two transfer windows — with young and hungry players, and just watch the good times roll.Right?Hasn’t worked out that way.Boehly, an American businessman with no previous experience in soccer, is learning the hard way in his first year as the face of Chelsea’s new leadership.Just look at the situation Chelsea is in — languishing in 11th place in the Premier League and now without a manager after Graham Potter, the guy brought in on a five-year deal to replace Champions League-winning coach Thomas Tuchel in September, was fired late Sunday after less than seven months in charge.To say it has been a tough start for Boehly at Chelsea is an understatement.And the money being thrown at the club in the early days of the post-Roman Abramovich y...

Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 3 de abril: Conoce al juez de origen latino que preside la acusación penal de Trump

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

Se espera que Trump comparezca el martes. Rusia dice que Occidente quiere “politizar” el arresto del reportero estadounidense. El estado del volcán Nevado del Ruiz. Se acerca el Niño. Además, la tripulación de Artemis II. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad.1. Juan Merchan, un juez que no es ajeno a la órbita de TrumpNació en Bogotá, Colombia, y ha sido descrito como un juez “duro”, pero justo, sin importar quién esté delante de él. No tolera las interrupciones o los retrasos: así es el juez que preside la acusación penal de Donald Trump. Se espera que el expresidente de EE.UU. comparezca ante el tribunal de Nueva York el martes para una lectura de cargos luego de que un jurado investigador lo acusara por varios delitos relacionados con fraude comercial.¿Puede Trump ser candidato a presidente si lo condenan?Las claves de la investigación a Trump en supuestos pagos por silencio¿Podría ir Donald Trump a la cárcel? La respuesta a esta y otras ...

ANÁLISIS | Estados Unidos se enfrenta a un momento decisivo antes de la comparecencia de Trump

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

(CNN) — Donald Trump llevará esta semana a Estados Unidos a vivir otro grave drama nacional sin precedentes cuando se convierta en el primer expresidente en comparecer ante un tribunal acusado de un delito.Se espera que el 45º presidente se entregue este martes en Manhattan, el escenario en el que construyó su leyenda como impetuosa figura de la cultura popular y magnate inmobiliario, pero que ahora podría, en el caso de “El pueblo del estado de Nueva York contra Donald J. Trump”, fraguar su caída.En lo que serán escenas extraordinarias, Trump regresará a Nueva York después de que un jurado investigador votara a favor de acusarle la semana pasada en un caso relacionado con un presunto pago de dinero por silencio a la actriz de cine para adultos Stormy Daniels antes de las elecciones de 2016. Su comparecencia, acompañado por agentes del Servicio Secreto, se producirá mientras lanza su campaña para la Casa Blanca en 2024. Trump tiene previsto pronunciar un discurso c...

1 arrested, 1 seriously injured after shooting at Dulles Town Center mall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:29 GMT

Deputies in Loudoun County, Virginia, arrested and charged a man involved in a shooting inside the Dulles Town Center shopping mall Sunday, leaving one person in serious condition.Alan W. Colie, 31, of Leesburg, was arrested and charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm within a building, Loudoun County Sherriff’s Office said in a press release.More Loudoun County NewsMore Virginia NewsMore Local NewsLCSO spokesperson Thomas Julia told WTOP deputies received a call shortly after noon about the shooting. Within three minutes, deputies arrived at the mall and found Colie lying on the floor in the upstairs food courts, where they believe the shooting occurred.Deputies also found a handgun lying on the floor near Colie.Video of deputies arresting Colie has been circulated on social media.After the shooting, a 21-year-old man made his way outside the mall entrance, where he was found after being shot in the...