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The reaction was thunderous and effusive. Colleagues and competitors, team officials, longtime readers and even some critics all celebrated when the Associated Press Sports Editors announced this past week that Times columnist Bill Plaschke won its prestigious Red Smith Award. It is widely considered the highest sports journalism honor a writer can earn. Plaschke, 65, is the third Times journalist to win the top prize, following legendary columnist Jim Murray (1982) and former sports editor Bill Dwyre (1996). “When I heard that Bill won the Red Smith Award, my initial reaction was, ‘Well deserved! And long overdue,’” veteran Times sports reporter Gary Klein said. The sentiment was shared by many others, including droves of journalists he mentored and leaders of organizations Plaschke volunteered to assist through the years. “Whoever said you don’t want to meet your heroes has never met Bill,” Times reporter Thuc Nhi Nguyen said. “He’s not only absolutely deserving of this award that honors his incredible work and career, but he’s also a Hall of Fame person and the best teammate you can ask for.” Plaschke has earned numerous top journalism awards

Earlier this spring, California dairy farmers noted a puzzling drop in milk production in Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Ohio, Kansas and Michigan. Weeks later, news broke that several herds in these states, as well as North Carolina, had been diagnosed with avian influenza — the same strain that has devastated bird populations across the globe and shown a troubling ability to jump to mammals. In an effort to prevent local herds from infection, officials in California and elsewhere have imposed restrictions on cattle imports from the affected states, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture has urged livestock managers to minimize the movement of cattle as much as possible. Although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the current risk for the general public is low, the development has left dairy farmers reeling. Never before have U.S. dairy cows been infected with H5N1 bird flu viruses. “Nobody saw this coming,” said Michael Payne, a researcher and outreach coordinator at the Western Institute of Food Safety and Security at UC Davis. Scientists and health agencies across the globe have been tracking the spread of the

Right place, right time, with an eye for opportunity, a commitment to economic growth for all, and a will to get things done. That’s entrepreneur Kameale Terry, co-founder of ChargerHelp, a Los Angeles startup. She’s tackling a modern problem — the sorry state of electric vehicle public charging stations — while training an often-overlooked workforce for jobs in a growing sector of the economy. Aggressive and impactful reporting on climate change, the environment, health and science. Billions of dollars are flowing into building out a national EV charging network, with billions more in California. Outside of Tesla’s supercharging network, however, the equipment deployed by several charging companies has proven unreliable, with more than 20% of chargers overall out of order at a given time. Without reliable public chargers, persuading people to buy EVs to fight climate change and cut pollution will be tougher. Charger companies say they’re working hard to fix the reliability problem, boosting their own repair and maintenance capabilities, doing more training, and turning to third-party companies like ChargerHelp. The charger sector is overflowing with young companies hoping to score in a fast-growing

Dear Liz: My wife and I plan to leave our house to our four children. My concern is that one may want to sell and split the proceeds; another may want to keep the house, rent it and divide up the income; and of course there’s always the real possibility that one may want to move in and live in it (we live in a nice community in California). My goal is to prevent doing anything that drives a wedge between them. Any advice on how best to approach this issue short of requiring the house be sold? Answer: You’ve identified some of the complicating factors of leaving property to multiple heirs. There are many others, including changing circumstances and inclinations. The one who now wants to move into the property may be nicely settled elsewhere when the time comes. Or the one who’s keen on creating a rental may decide that screening tenants, collecting rent and fielding 3 a.m. calls about plumbing problems is too much hassle. Some of the heirs may be in a better position than others to absorb the ongoing costs

INDIO —  Gwen Stefani wanted to get this straight. “You showed up to Coachella, Saturday night 2024,” she asked, “to see No Doubt play together on this stage for the first time in nine years?” Dressed in a shredded plaid outfit, her blond hair twisted into a pair of knots atop her head, the 54-year-old frontwoman was addressing the gigantic crowd gathered before the festival’s main stage for just that purpose. “Are you crazy?” That was one way to explain why No Doubt — the beloved ska-punk band from Anaheim that exploded with 1995’s “Tragic Kingdom,” making Stefani a major pop star, before eventually drifting apart in 2015 — had returned to such a hero’s welcome at Coachella, where the group was billed in a kind of sub-headlining slot occupied in recent years by Calvin Harris and Swedish House Mafia. No Doubt performs at Coachella on Saturday, April 13, 2024. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) Yet Stefani and her bandmates weren’t the only ’90s-rock veterans at the festival this year: Just before No Doubt on Saturday came performances by Blur and by a new version of Sublime

By Faris Tanyos, Cara Tabachnick, Tucker Reals Updated on: April 14, 2024 / 4:50 AM EDT / CBS News Israel intercepts missiles amid Iran attack Israel intercepts missiles amid Iran’s barrage of strikes, IDF says 11:14 Air raid sirens and loud booms sounded across Israel Saturday evening after Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at the country in a retaliatory attack , but Israeli officials said the assault was almost entirely thwarted by air defense systems and with the help of the U.S. and Israel’s other allies.   More than 300 missiles and drones were fired from Iran toward Israel, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said. He said virtually all of the weapons were intercepted before entering Israeli territory and he reported only minor damage to one military base from the few ballistic missiles that did land in the country. Hagari confirmed that a 10-year-old girl had been “severely injured by shrapnel,” but said “as far as we know, there are no additional casualties.” “The Iranian threat met the aerial and technological superiority of the IDF, along with a strong fighting coalition

CAPSLO’s The Center for Health and Prevention officially welcomed a mobile health care clinic on Saturday to its umbrella of services. The so-called Health Care on Wheels mobile clinic will provide quality, compassionate and confidential sexual and reproductive health care services across the county, organization members said. “Folks who are historically underserved, low-income unhoused folks that are struggling to access services,” Kayla Wilburn, CAPSLO’s clinic director, said of whom the clinic will primarily provide services. “We want to make sure that they have the ability to get care. And so it’s based on family size and income.” The Center for Health and Prevention is known colloquially as The Center. The unveiling event included an official ribbon-cutting ceremony, tours of the mobile clinic, a community resource fair, and a free lunch. The mobile clinic will be deployed to locations where people face economic, geographic or other systemic barriers to quality sexual and reproductive services. Services will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. The clinic was made possible through a grant from the San Luis Obispo County Office of Public Health.

Love SLO, an event created to bring awareness to nonprofits in our community, took place Saturday despite the rain. It was all hands on deck Saturday for the many projects needing work in the San Luis Obispo community. Mission Prep Special Olympics, Jacks Helping Hand and Woods Humane Society all had work for volunteers. Little guys running around painting bookmarks for the childrens museum and making chew toes for the humane society and cheering on the basketball players has been very cool, Tara Anderson, project leader of Love SLO said. People of all ages came to help out. “My son is here today making signs to cheer for the Special Olympians and watching him do that is wonderful and just planting those seeds of service in our kids is so important, Anderson said. Tara Anderson, her 10-year-old son and friends like Zachary Azar drew signs to cheer on the basketball teams playing on Saturday morning. I think it was fun and I think it’s been cool doing this and I definitely want to do this one again. This is fun, Azar said. Love SLO is

This article contains spoilers about “The Sign” episode of “Bluey.” Everyone’s favorite Australian dog family is going supersized. “The Sign,” a highly anticipated 28-minute special episode of “Bluey,” is now streaming on Disney+. While a typical episode of “Bluey” is around seven minutes long, “The Sign” is the equivalent of a two-hour movie in the “Bluey” universe. “We always said wouldn’t it be incredible if we could do three seasons and a movie,” executive producer Daley Pearson says. “We would love to do beyond that but wouldn’t that be an Everest to climb. I think this is a version of delivering on that promise. It was such a great creative challenge that we had to do it.” “Bluey” which is produced in Brisbane, Australia, by Ludo Studio (which Pearson co-founded) typically has four different animation teams who work on individual episodes. For “The Sign,” the four teams collaborated. “This is the first episode made by the whole studio,” Pearson says. “That was a big production challenge in itself.” 1 2 1. An artist at Ludo Studio. (Anthony Pham) 2. A rendering from “Bluey.” (Ludo Studio)

Ryan Gosling’s third go-round as guest host of “Saturday Night Live” should have been a victory-lap party after a year’s worth of goodwill that started with his well-received “Barbie” performances, peaking with his “I’m Just Ken” number at the Oscars in March. He even showed up in last week’s Kristen Wiig-hosted episode to prime the pump. But not everything works out the way you want it to and instead of a party, Gosling’s episode found live sketch after live sketch torpedoed by the host breaking character and trying to hold back laughter. That nervous energy seemed to have infected other cast members who also couldn’t make it through pieces, most notably a News Nation sketch about the dangers of artificial intelligence that goes out of control when it’s pointed out that two audience members look a lot like the animated characters from “Beavis and Butt-Head” (Gosling and MIkey Day). Heidi Gardner, playing the host of the segment, couldn’t stop laughing every time she turned to look at one of them. Gosling first broke in the cold open, which you could blame on the hilarious returning

By Meredith Gordon April 14, 2024 / 3:10 AM EDT / Essentials CBS Essentials is created independently of the CBS News editorial staff. We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Chevrolet, (L) and Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, talk on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway on March 30, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia. Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The NASCAR season is heating up as drivers head to Texas for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR race. The ninth race on this season’s NASCAR schedule has Kyle Larson sitting on top of the leaderboard.  Expect an epic Sunday of top-tier NASCAR racing. Keep reading to find out how and when to watch today’s EchoPark Automotive 400. How and when to watch the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR race The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 will broadcast live from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET (noon PT).

By Meredith Gordon April 14, 2024 / 3:03 AM EDT / Essentials CBS Essentials is created independently of the CBS News editorial staff. We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. Simone Jardim and Parris Todd celebrate a hard fought point during the Finals at the 2023 Minto US Open Pickleball Championships Pro Women’s Division at East Naples Community Park on April 22, 2023 in Naples, Florida.  ruce Yeung/Getty Images The world’s best pickleball players will gather in East Naples, FL for the eighth annual US Open Pickleball Championships. 25-year-old Parris Todd, last year’s women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles winner, is scheduled to compete, as is acclaimed player Simone Jardin and JW Johnson, the youngest player to win a professional national pickleball championship title. Pickleball isn’t just America’s  fastest-growing sport , it’s one of the most fun sports to play and watch. Keep reading for all the ways you can watch the US Open Pickleball Championships. CBS Essentials, CBS and Paramount+ are all subsidiaries of Paramount. CBS is one of the broadcast