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Crews respond to fire at Spartan, Illinois metals factory

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

SPARTA, Ill - A fire started at spartan light metals in Sparta, Illinois.A machine that works with magnesium caught fire and flames spread to the roof. 12 fire departments responded and quickly extinguished the fire. Top Story: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner resigns All employees were evacuated safely and there were no injuries.

Top 10 Game-Changing Innovators in Entertainment

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

1 – Jackson MortonJackson Jankel-Morton, also known as Jax, has made his mark in commercial filmmaking through his relentless pursuit of innovation. Jax is the co-founder and executive producer of JOJX, a Los Angeles-based production company dedicated to discovering and working with forward-thinking directors who push commercial filmmaking boundaries. His inspiration for JOJX was born over six years ago, after years of working in various creative roles in the industry, from ad agency creative to post-production animator. Visionary in nature, he has curated a highly successful roster of internationally recognized and award-winning directors, artists, and collectives who produce cutting-edge commercial and mission-based content.While facing formidable challenges from the global pandemic, Jax’s creativity was unfazed. During this period, he founded JOJX Studios, intending to create innovative solutions for selected brands that share similar aesthetics. The company has since...

Fan Arch – Why College Athletes Should Join The Platform Now

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

Fan Arch’s growth has been phenomenal since its launch in 2019. For professional athletes, this is the best platform to build a personal brand. Top athletes and players can monetize their careers and grow into wealth. But many players do not get that luxury to parlay their careers into wealth and face financial difficulty later. Well, not any longer!Fan arch is the solution athletes were looking for. Jason and Oliver, Executives at Fan Arch, understand the dilemma in front of the players and are aware of the issues the players face when it comes to generating a sustainable income. The traditional revenue streams for players like endorsements and game checks are often short-lived and unstable, with completely uncontrollable factors like injuries which become major career deterrents for players.It is not just for players who did not make it big. This platform is also for players who had a brilliant start or those who made it big but are now facing financial difficulties once their car...

Fastest Growing Allied Health Careers

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

Allied health professionals play a key role in saving lives and ensuring optimal healthcare for millions of individuals on a daily basis. Through diagnostic, therapeutic, and supportive services, these groups of professionals ensure that the entire healthcare system is able to run smoothly and efficiently.Every single occupation in this field has its own vital, designated role. Anyone who pursues a career in any of them should be able to look forward to a fulfilling and rewarding journey.But if you’re planning on becoming an allied healthcare worker, you would naturally be on the lookout for a field with a very favorable career outlook and projection. So which occupations fulfill these requirements? We take a look below at 10 of the fastest growing allied healthcare careers.10 Fastest Growing Allied Health CareersDiagnostic Medical Sonographers Diagnostic Medical Sonography is the first entry on our list thanks to a projected growth rate of 14.7%. Diagnostic Medical Sonographe...

Alleged shooters held to answer in killing of Santa Cruz county teen

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — A judge has ruled that two men charged with gunning down an 18-year-old Watsonville man in a residential carport last year will be held to answer for murder.Wednesday’s ruling, by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Nancy de la Peña, came after a two-day preliminary hearing for codefendants Matthew Madriz Alcaraz, 19, of Morgan Hill, and Erick Deharo, 20, of Watsonville.Feliciano Martinez-Perea was killed on the evening of April 2, 2022, in the courtyard of an apartment complex on the 100 block of Riverside Drive in Watsonville when two assailants appeared to have opened fire on him, Watsonville Police Department investigators said at the time. Much of the encounter was caught on apartment video surveillance cameras. Footage played during this week’s hearings appeared to show two men engaging a third man who turns to face the duo and, at one point, rapidly waves both his hands in front of his body. One of the duo, wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, appears to pull t...

South Bay duo charged with fatal Santa Cruz County shooting plead not guilty

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

Dennis Novoa SANTA CRUZ — A Santa Clara County duo pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that they fatally shot an acquaintance and left his body down the side of a Highway 9 embankment.Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office authorities located the body of Oliver Waterfall, 24, of San Jose, on April 11, off the road between Paradise Park and the Garden of Eden. Investigators believe the body was left down the hillside March 17, according to agency spokesperson Ashley Keehn.Defendants Dennis Novoa, 27, of San Jose, and Diana Ornelas, 22, of Santa Clara, appeared for their arraignment on murder charges before a courtroom packed with their supporters, along with Waterfall’s family and friends. Novoa and Ornelas remained held without bail in Santa Cruz County Jail. Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Man who used box cutter to attack South San Francisco hotel clerk found guilty of attempted murder Crime and Public Safety | San Mateo man arrested on su...

Californians won’t have to pay state taxes on canceled federal student loans

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

While the Supreme Court mulls the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, California moved to provide some relief to borrowers who had student loans forgiven during the pandemic.Part of a slate of budget bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this week is legislation exempting Californians from paying income taxes on forgiven federal student loans and some pandemic-era emergency grants.Several groups are covered by the exemption: community college students who have had unpaid fees forgiven by their schools, anyone who received federal higher education emergency grants and those who took out federal loans and qualify for forgiveness under the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief plan.One former student says the news is a “huge relief” for him and his family.“I would be thrilled to know that a massive worry was wiped clean for me,” said Matt Samson, a Huntington Beach resident and college graduate who is awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision on the...

Walters: How California’s budget process became a political quagmire

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

Drafting state budgets in California was once a fairly straightforward exercise in fiscal politics.The governor’s budget gnomes could fairly accurately predict how much tax revenue would be generated over the forthcoming fiscal year, particularly since most of it would come from taxes on retail sales, a stable base.An initial budget was issued in January and it would be revised in May after the April 15 deadline for personal income taxes provided more specificity. Legislative leaders of both parties huddled, sometimes with the governor, and a final budget emerged.Yes, there were some conflicts. Budgets took two-thirds votes of both legislative houses so the final product needed bipartisan support. Republicans, usually in the minority, would sometimes withhold votes until their demands were met.Over time, however, the budget process became a political quagmire, in part because the ideological divisions in the Capitol became more pronounced. As Democrats drifted to the left and Republ...

11 accused California gang members arrested on weapons, drug-trafficking charges during raids

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

Eleven accused gang members from the Los Angeles Harbor Area were arrested Wednesday, May 17, on suspicion of federal drug and weapons charges during morning raids by federal and local law enforcement, authorities said.The arrests, part of Operation Wipe Out, were the latest in a series of arrests and seizures stemming from an investigation into the Westside Wilmas and Eastside Wilmas street gangs that began in late 2020, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Thom Mrozek said hours after the latest arrests during a press conference at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Station.The raids were carried out about 4:30 a.m. at multiple locations, FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Haworth said. Seven of those arrested on Wednesday were accused of trafficking firearms and narcotics, including fentanyl.LAPD Capt. Brent McGuyre discusses the arrests of 11 accused gang members on suspicion of various crimes. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the Uni...

Disneyland lays out theme park expansion plans for next 30 years

Published Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:47:47 GMT

Disneyland laid out long-term expansion plans to Orange County business leaders on Wednesday, May 17 that will extensively reimagine what the future of the Anaheim theme park resort district will look like over the next three decades.Disneyland resort President Ken Potrock spoke before the OC Forum at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel about the DisneylandForward proposal that envisions extensive theme park, retail and parking expansion within the resort district boundaries.“To put it simply, DisneylandForward sets the stage for significant and multi-decade investment in the future. This is the next generation of the Disneyland resort,” Potrock told the attendees. “When Disney invests, all boats rise and everyone benefits.”Rendering of a possible theme park expansion around the Disney-owned hotels west of Disneyland during an OC Forum luncheon at the Grand California in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Rendering of a possibl...