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“Is that the trail?” I asked Steve, my longtime adventuring buddy. Not out of frustration or worry. I was more amazed at how this trail was marked, which is hardly at all. So you know, Steve has led me off trail only once in 10 years along dozens of hikes. He’s that good as a navigator. “Matt — any idea?” I asked my other friend, who was head down in his GPS app, trying to decipher the snaking mess that was our location against the supposed “trail.” The official ranger-led hike is about two miles, but if you opt to explore on your own, your trek may be much longer. (Blake Snow) Before I move on, you need to understand that GPS works only within 10 feet of your actual position, which is pretty amazing for triangulating satellites that are thousands of miles away. But not quite amazing enough for those afraid of getting lost on one of the most exclusive hikes in America: Utah’s Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. One wrong step here, and you’ll be backtracking, head scratching and disorientingly wondering whether

By Kate Gibson April 18, 2024 / 6:00 AM EDT / MoneyWatch Pilot pesticide-free park program showing signs of success in NYC Pilot pesticide-free park program showing signs of success in NYC 02:14 A healthy diet includes ample portions of fruits and vegetables, but not the unhealthy dose of pesticides found in about one in five of the produce examined by Consumer Reports.  An examination of 59 common fruits and vegetables found pesticides posed significant risks in 20% of them, from bell peppers, blueberries and green beans to potatoes and strawberries, according to findings published Thursday by the nonprofit consumer advocacy group.  In its most comprehensive review yet, CR said it analyzed seven years of data from the Department of Agriculture, which every year tests a selection of conventional and organic produce grown in or imported to the U.S. for pesticide residues.  “Our new results continue to raise red flags,” CR said in its report. In addition to finding unhealthy levels of chemicals used by farmers to control bugs, fungi and weeds, one food — green beans — had residues of a pesticide that hasn’t

April 18, 2024 / 5:17 AM EDT / CBS/AP Tybee Island, Ga. — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia’s largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blocking access to nearby parking. Tybee Island, east of Savannah, has grappled with the April beach party known as Orange Crush since students at Savannah State University, a historically Black school, started it more than 30 years ago. Residents regularly groused about loud music, trash littering the sand and revelers urinating in yards. Those complaints boiled over into fear and outrage a year ago when record crowds estimated at more than 100,000 people overwhelmed the 3-mile island. That left a small police force scrambling to handle a flood of emergency calls reporting gunfire, drug overdoses, traffic jams and fist fights. Mayor Brian West, elected last fall by Tybee Island’s 3,100 residents, said roadblocks and added police aren’t just for limiting crowds. He hopes the crackdown will drive Orange Crush away for

April 18, 2024 / 5:00 AM EDT / CBS/AP Historic rain, flash flooding in Dubai Flash flooding in Dubai as storm dumps historic rainfall 04:51 Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads. Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, allowed global carriers on Thursday morning to again fly into Terminal 1 at the airfield. Later Thursday, the facility said in a message posted on social media that its Terminal 3 was also reopening for flight check-in, but it warned passengers to come only if their pending departure was confirmed due to “a high volume of guests in the check-in area.” “Flights continue to be delayed and disrupted, so we urge you to only come to Terminal 1 if you have a confirmed booking,” the airport said in its series of tweets. People wait at a flight connection desk after a rainstorm hit Dubai, causing severe disruptions at

April 18, 2024 / 5:00 AM EDT / CBS News Biden campaigns as Trump trial continues Biden looks to capitalize on campaigning as Trump trial continues 02:57 Over a dozen members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family, including six of his siblings, are endorsing President Biden in Philadelphia Thursday even as he makes his own bid for Biden’s job as an independent candidate. Kennedy’s sister, Kerry Kennedy, is expected to praise Mr. Biden as a leader in the mold of her father, Robert F. Kennedy, who “stood for equal justice, human rights and freedom from want and fear — just as President Biden does today,” according to excerpts of her remarks released by the Biden campaign. Her father served as attorney general in John F. Kennedy’s administration and was running for president himself when he was assassinated in 1968. Speaking for the family members who are endorsing Mr. Biden, Kerry Kennedy will also have harsh words for presumptive Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump. “I can only imagine how Donald Trump’s outrageous lies and behavior would have horrified my father,” she’s expected to say

B Market is inviting community members to join them in celebrating their grand opening at the San Luis Obispo Public Market Friday, April 26. B Market, which stands for Bishop’s Market, works with local vendors and farmers to provide fresh products to customers so people can enjoy “farmers’ market every day,” employees at the market said. The shop offers organic produce, meats, fish and more. Omar Rojas, B Market’s executive chef, told KSBY that the market is made possible by the numerous farmers and ranchers we have on Central Coast. “Everything that we get here is from people we know and see every day. We trust them and try to get the freshest quality as possible,” Rojas said. “We know where it comes from, we know who grows it, we know the people around the community so we trust what they do.” There will be butchers and chefs at the market who can help answer customers’ questions about the product, recipes, and more. “They can get you from the a to the z when it comes to the recipe and whatever you want to cook

The City of Paso Robles is unveiling brand new year-round lighting in City Park. City leaders say the decision comes after the success of the holiday lighting display in November 2023. Crowds flocked to City Park until the lights were turned off in January 2024, enjoying the vibrant ambiance and expressing a heightened sense of safety in the festive environment. City leaders say merchants and hoteliers experienced increased business and occupancy rates, with a 20% surge in Transient Occupancy Tax in December alone. City Council expressed a desire to bring year-round lighting to City Park, encouraged by the enthusiastic feedback from residents and local leaders. To pull of the new display, city staff collaborated with L.A. Christmas Light Installers (LACLI), the designers and installers of the holiday lights, to propose a comprehensive plan for year-round lighting. The year-round display includes illuminating 21 trees in City Park, with a focus on enhancing the beauty of the large heritage oaks. Depending on tree size and structure, anywhere from 30 to 150 lights will be installed in each designated tree. The proposed lighting utilizes durable and waterproof lights

As the union representing Los Angeles Metro bus drivers demands better safeguards for its drivers, two violent, bloody incidents unfolded aboard transit buses over the weekend in less than a 24-hour span.  The first of the April 13 stabbings aboard Metro buses occurred at around 1:45 a.m. in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Benton Way in L.A.’s Silver Lake neighborhood.   Video of the scene obtained by KTLA shows paramedics carefully lifting a blood-soaked passenger, who was suffering multiple stab wounds, off the bus and onto a gurney. The man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.   Details are limited and what led up to the grisly stabbing is unclear, but police were able to track down and arrest a suspect who fled from authorities on Benton Way north of Sunset.   L.A. Metro passenger stabbed on bus on April 13, 2024. (ANG) Authorities have not provided an update on the victim’s condition.   Later that evening at around 8:30 p.m. in South L.A., investigators say a Metro bus driver stopped the bus at East 119th Street and Wilmington Avenue when the

Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead in a trailer fire in San Bernardino County. The victim was identified as Justin Wilkinson, 25, from Victorville, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. On April 15, deputies responded to a trailer fire located in the 7800 block of C Street in Hesperia at around  9:37 p.m. After fire crews extinguished the blaze, Wilkinson’s body was discovered inside the trailer. Detectives who investigated the body determined his injuries were not from the fire, but that he was assaulted before his death. A witness, Angel Cardenas, 23, was interviewed by authorities and later identified as the suspect.  The relationship between Cardenas and the victim was not immediately known. The events leading up to the man’s death remain under investigation. Cardenas was arrested and booked at the High Desert Detention Center. He is being held without bail.  Anyone with information is urged to call the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4904.  Anonymous tips can be provided to We-Tip at 1-800-782-7463 or online at wetip.com.

One person was hospitalized Wednesday evening after a vehicle slammed into a transformer, rolled over into a ditch and knocked down several electrical wires, resulting in a power outage in San Fernando. The crash occurred around 9:45 p.m. near Truman and Workman streets, knocking out power in several city blocks, KCAL 9 reports. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to the scene and took the victim to a hospital in an unknown condition. Representatives from Southern California Edison were contacted and were expected to arrive at the scene to repair the downed wires and broken transformer box. The San Fernando Police Department is investigating the cause of the crash.

LeBron James and his Laker teammate Anthony Davis and Clipper forward Kawhi Leonard were among the 12-player U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team announced Wednesday by USA Basketball. This is the fourth Olympic selection for James, a member of the U.S. gold medal-winning 2008 and 2012 teams and 2004 team that won the bronze medal. Davis was also a member of the 2012 team. Leonard is among the five first-time Olympians on the team, along with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton. There is a fourth player on the team with a Los Angeles tie, Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday, a former standout at UCLA and Campbell Hall School in Studio City. Holiday is among five members of the gold medal-winning team from the Tokyo Olympics seeking a second consecutive gold medal, along with Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum, Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and Phoenix forward Kevin Durant, also a member of the 2012 and 2016 gold medal-winning teams. The U.S. will be coached by

A state bill to close a loophole in California’s single-use plastic bag ban that allows stores to distribute a “recyclable” alternative passed through its first hurdle. Senate Bill 1053, introduced by Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) and Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), was approved by the State Environmental Quality Committee in a 5-2 vote on Wednesday. The bill would remove a provision from the ban allowing stores to use thicker, “reusable” bags made out of recycled plastic film. It would also revise the requirement for stores to only provide paper bags made out of 100 percent recycled material, an increase from the previous 40 percent. California is investigating whether those thicker, plastic shopping bags really are recyclable “Plastic waste is destroying our environment and jeopardizing our planet,” Blakespear said in a statement. “A plastic bag has an average lifespan of 12 minutes and then it is discarded, afflicting our environment with toxic microplastics that impact our oceans and landfills for up to 1,000 years. SB 1053 will dramatically cut California’s plastic bag pollution.” California implemented its single-use plastic bag ban in 2016, two years after the

After years of dreaming, Ruben Trujillo had finally launched his own business. It didn’t go the way he had expected. It was 2020 and he was having a tough time. Trujillo had just become the primary caregiver for his grandmother, he was let go from his full-time teaching job, and Cafe Emporos, the company he launched that sells personalized coffee filters, was struggling. “I had this dream, and now I have nothing to show for it,” Trujillo remembered thinking. “I was like, ‘OK, I failed.’ This is what failure feels like. This is the bottom of the bottom.” Having “nothing to lose,” Trujillo stood in front of a red background with Christmas lights and recorded a few TikTok videos plugging his product. “They hold cups of coffee inside,” Trujillo said, giving a demonstration of a packet emblazoned with a group photo and a personalized message. He opened the packet, which expands into a single-use filter that a customer can pour hot water into for a fresh cup of coffee. Suddenly, the clip began picking up views and comments. “This is no lie the most fascinating

As the union representing Los Angeles Metro bus drivers demands better safeguards for its drivers, two violent, bloody incidents unfolded aboard transit buses over the weekend in less than a 24-hour span.  The first of the April 13 stabbings aboard Metro buses occurred at around 1:45 a.m. in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Benton Way in L.A.’s Silver Lake neighborhood.   Video of the scene obtained by KTLA shows paramedics carefully lifting a blood-soaked passenger, who was suffering multiple stab wounds, off the bus and onto a gurney. The man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.   Details are limited and what led up to the grisly stabbing is unclear, but police were able to track down and arrest a suspect who fled from authorities on Benton Way north of Sunset.   L.A. Metro passenger stabbed on bus on April 13, 2024. (ANG) Authorities have not provided an update on the victim’s condition.   Later that evening at around 8:30 p.m. in South L.A., investigators say a Metro bus driver stopped the bus at East 119th Street and Wilmington Avenue when the

Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead in a trailer fire in San Bernardino County. The victim was identified as Justin Wilkinson, 25, from Victorville, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. On April 15, deputies responded to a trailer fire located in the 7800 block of C Street in Hesperia at around  9:37 p.m. After fire crews extinguished the blaze, Wilkinson’s body was discovered inside the trailer. Detectives who investigated the body determined his injuries were not from the fire, but that he was assaulted before his death. A witness, Angel Cardenas, 23, was interviewed by authorities and later identified as the suspect.  The relationship between Cardenas and the victim was not immediately known. The events leading up to the man’s death remain under investigation. Cardenas was arrested and booked at the High Desert Detention Center. He is being held without bail.  Anyone with information is urged to call the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4904.  Anonymous tips can be provided to We-Tip at 1-800-782-7463 or online at wetip.com.

A man who was brandishing a firearm at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on Wednesday. Long Beach police responded to reports of a man holding a gun at MacArthur Park at around 4:21 p.m. Arriving officers spotted the suspect as other bystanders were also present in the public space.  Police ordered the man to surrender his gun multiple times. However, he refused to cooperate and was eventually shot by officers. Medical aid was given to the suspect before he was transported to a local hospital. He later died from his injuries, police confirmed. Sky5 video showed a large grassy portion of the park was cordoned off by police tape. A park bench with what appears to be clothing and other debris knocked to the ground was isolated by investigators. A male suspect seen brandishing a gun at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on April 17, 2024. (KTLA) Portions of a Long Beach park cordoned off after a male suspect with a gun was shot and killed by officers on April 17, 2024. (KTLA) Fallen debris

Devin Haney expondrá su título de peso superligero del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (CMB) el sábado por la noche ante Ryan García. El púgil de 25 años es uno de los mejores boxeadores libra por libra tras derrotar dos veces a George Kambosos Jr. en Australia y al vencer apretadamente a Vasiliy Lomachenko. Haney subió a las 140 libras por primera vez en diciembre para competir por el cinturón de peso superligero de Regis Prograis y ofreció otra clase magistral, ganando claramente en las tres tarjetas para convertirse en campeón mundial en dos divisiones. García (24-1, 20 KOs) retó hace un año a Gervonta “Tank” Davis en un combate muy publicitado entre dos de las principales estrellas jóvenes del boxeo. Las cosas no salieron bien para García, quien perdió por nocaut producto de un golpe al cuerpo en el séptimo asalto, en lo que fue su primera derrota en su carrera. García, de 25 años, ostentó el cinturón interino de peso ligero del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo en 2021 y ahora desafiará a Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) para agregar un primer título oficial a su

A man who was seen brandishing a firearm at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on Wednesday. Long Beach police responded to reports of a man holding a gun at MacArthur Park at around 4:21 p.m. Arriving officers spotted the suspect as other bystanders were also present in the public space.  Police ordered the man to surrender his gun multiple times. However, he refused to cooperate and was eventually shot by officers. Medical aid was given to the suspect before he was transported to a local hospital. He later died from his injuries, police confirmed. Sky5 video showed a large grassy portion of the park was cordoned off by police tape. A park bench with what appears to be clothing and other debris knocked to the ground was isolated by investigators. A male suspect seen brandishing a gun at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on April 17, 2024. (KTLA) Portions of a Long Beach park cordoned off after a male suspect with a gun was shot and killed by officers on April 17, 2024. (KTLA) Fallen

A 30-year-old transient accused of igniting a fire that destroyed four businesses in a Palm Desert strip mall was charged Wednesday with recklessly causing a fire resulting in property damage and other offenses. Natalie Ann Marie Radu was arrested Sunday following a Cal Fire arson investigation at the Plaza de Monterey Shopping Center. Along with the felony count, Radu is charged with a sentence-enhancing allegation of perpetrating arson in an area under a state of emergency. Radu pleaded not guilty during an arraignment before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Melissa Hale, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for April 26 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The judge ordered Radu held in lieu of $50,000 bail at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. The strip mall, located near the intersection of Country Club Drive and Monterey Avenue, sustained massive damage in the fire that erupted shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday. According to county fire officials, multiple engine crews were sent to the two-alarm blaze and encountered flames raging in one business, spreading rapidly to three neighboring ones in the 30,000-square-foot single-story building. Along with

A 73-year-old woman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease was reported missing after being last seen in Altadena Wednesday. Donna Louise Bertiger was last seen in the 1700 block of Alta Wood Drive, two blocks north of Altadena Drive, around 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies described Bertiger as a 5-foot-6-inch tall white woman weighing 110 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and blue shoes. Anyone with information regarding Bertiger’s whereabouts was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau Missing Persons Detail at 323-890-5500. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.

Walt Disney famously said that Disneyland will never be completed. He was right. The vote by the Anaheim City Council on Wednesday to approve the Disneyland resort’s $1.9-billion expansion plan is the latest of several huge investments made by the media giant at the 100-acre facility known to its fans as the “Happiest Place on Earth.” Once upon a time, Disneyland was just a concept that grew out of a visit by Disney to Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Then on July 17, 1955, the gates were flung open at the then-$17.5-million resort and things have never been the same for the city of Anaheim. Ticket prices on opening day were $1 for an adult and 50 cents for a child, with each attraction charging extra at each location, ranging from 10 to 35 cents. Over the decades, the resort has added new attractions and entire worlds built around new franchises acquired by Disney. Bear Country opened in 1972 and gave way to Critter Country in 1988 in anticipation of Splash Mountain, which eventually closed in May 2023. Splash Mountain will be reopened later this