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Monterey County agriculture: Flooding is watering down the bottomline

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

SALINAS – While it will be a few weeks at least before the local agriculture industry has a firm grasp of the mess left by torrential rain and repeated flooding this year, the meter is running.According to unofficial estimates,  some 20,000 acres of local farmland flooded in recent storms, threatening a costly road to recovery. Not catastrophic, in the grand scheme of Monterey County’s 366,000 acres of productive farmland, but far from insignificant either, with impacts already felt industry-wide and more surely on the way as slowly receding flood waters reveal just how much havoc winter weather wreaked over the past three months.Waiting to see how damages tally up, some county officials and local agricultural leaders have come to their own wary but educated guess on the final economic blow, once fields are dry and consequences are apparent.Appraisals start in the 10-digit range.Floodwaters from the Salinas River overtop River Road and agricultural fields at Las Palmas. (Danny Vigil...

Family of drowned mother at Moss Landing seeks funeral assistance

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

MOSS LANDING — As the search continued for a missing 7-year-old boy whose mother was found drowned near harbor waters Wednesday night, family members were seeking support from the community.Florencia Ramirez-Urbano, 27, of Salinas, was a farmworker who went to the beach with her two sons Wednesday, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. First responders began converging on the area around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, after Ramirez’s 3-year-old son sought help when his family went missing. Ramirez was founded floating in a Moss Landing lagoon soon after.“We are absolutely devastated by the passing of my 27-year-old daughter Florencia Ramirez, who was found dead trying to rescue her 7-year-old son Edgar Espinoza in the waters off Moss Landing on March 22, 2023,” Luciana Urbano Vargas wrote in a funeral-expense fundraiser posted to a GoFundMe page Thursday.The fundraiser had drawn in nearly $2,000 of its $80,000 goal, as of Friday afternoon. Information on the fundraiser is availab...

Marin County residents trapped after tree smashes home

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

A massive oak tree fell and crushed a house in San Anselmo early Friday morning.The oak tree –– which was estimated to be between 100 and 200 years old –– toppled into the two-story home on Yolanda Drive at about 5:23 a.m., said Jake Peterson, a Ross Valley Fire Department battalion chief.Two residents were trapped in the home. Fire crews accessed the home using a ladder and a chainsaw. The residents were freed from the home without injury.Neighbors said they heard a loud boom then a crash. Tree fell onto this house early this morning in San Anselmo. No injuries thank goodness. #marin storm pic.twitter.com/ljoSHrwYjz— Sherry LaVars (@sherlavars) March 24, 2023Related ArticlesWeather | Living with trees: What you need to know about storm protection and insurance coverage Weather | Gov. Newsom relaxed water restrictions in drenched California. Why didn’t he end the drought emergency? Weather | Record snowpack, nearly full reservoi...

Schenn, Kapanen lead St. Louis Blues’ 6-3 rout of Ducks

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brayden Schenn and Kasperi Kapanen had two goals and an assist apiece in the St. Louis Blues’ 6-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.Jakub Vrana and Sammy Blais also scored during a three-goal first period in St. Louis’ fourth win in five games. The sixth-place Blues are all but certain to miss the playoffs for only the second time since 2011, but they routed the Ducks while scoring at least five goals for the third time in their last six games.“The team played an outstanding game,” said Kapanen, who matched his career high with his fifth three-point game. “I think we’ve got a great core. It was a good example today, and hopefully it will look like that in the future.”Jordan Binnington made 22 saves in his first game action after a two-game suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct — namely, hitting Minnesota’s Ryan Hartman in the head with his blocker during a melee with the Wild on March 15. Binnington returned from his sus...

Combativo, Trump desafía a la justicia ante posible acusación en su primer acto electoral

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

WACO, Texas — Frente a una posible causa penal en su contra, Donald Trump adoptó el sábado una postura desafiante ante seguidores en un acto político en Waco, donde habló con desprecio de los fiscales que lo investigan y reiteró sus reivindicaciones en una ciudad que se hizo famosa por un episodio de resistencia mortal frente a las fuerzas de la ley.Con una mano colocada sobre su corazón, Trump se mantuvo de pie en forma solemne cuando su concentración dio inicio con una canción llamada “Justice for All” (Justicia para todos) interpretada por un coro de personas que fueron apresadas debido a su participación en el asalto al Capitolio federal el 6 de enero de 2021.Algunas imágenes de la insurrección fueron difundidas en unas pantallas gigantes instaladas en el lugar mientras el coro entonaba el himno nacional y se escuchaba una grabación de Trump recitando Pledge of Allegiance (“juramento de lealtad y servicio a la bandera de Estados Unidos”).FUE DURANTE UN ACTO EN WACO, TEXASLa extr...

Toronto, San Jose finish in scoreless draw

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif, (AP) — Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson and San Jose’s JT Marcinkowski both finished with two saves as the two clubs played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.The Earthquakes (2-2-1) improved to 2-0-4 in their last six home matches in the series. Toronto (1-1-3) hasn’t won in San Jose since 2010.San Jose was looking for its first three-match win streak at home since a 10-match run to begin the 2002 season.Toronto ended a nine-match winless streak with a 2-0 victory over Inter Miami last week. Toronto has just one shutout in its last 11 matches and its four clean sheets since the beginning of last season is the fewest in the league, excluding expansion team St. Louis City.Toronto had a 15-14 edge in shots with both teams taking two shots on goal.San Jose remains at home to host the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. Toronto returns home to host Charlotte on Saturday.____AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Roy scores winner in OT, Golden Knights top Oilers 4-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Nicolas Roy scored the winning goal 2:26 in overtime, Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.Roy was left alone in front of Edmonton’s net and shot in his own rebound past Stuart Skinner for the win.Pavel Dorofeyev and Jonathan Marchessault also scored for the Knights, who have won eight of their last nine and are 17-3-2 since the All-Star break.Zach Hyman, Leon Draisaitl and Warren Foegele scored for the Oilers, who had their five-game winning streak snapped.Vegas scored on the first shot of the game 61 seconds in when Eichel took a feed on a 2-on-1 from Ivan Barbashev and beat the Oilers’ starter stick-side for his 27th goal.Not to be outdone, the Oilers also scored on their first shot on Knights goalie Laurent Brossoit 3:28 into the opening frame, as Draisaitl put it right on the tape of Zach Hyman’s stick in front of the net and he redirect...

Bouanga’s late goal lifts LAFC to 2-1 victory over Dallas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dénis Bouanga scored in the 84th minute to rally Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night.Carlos Vela notched an assist on Bouanga’s match-winner for defending-champion LAFC (3-0-1), which picked up its fourth straight win in the series and improved to 4-0-1 all-time at home against Dallas (2-2-1).Timothy Tillman staked LAFC to an early lead with an unassisted goal in the third minute.Nkosi Tafari scored the equalizer for Dallas in the 73rd minute. Sebastien Ibeagha and Jesús Jiménez had assists on the goal.LAFC was coming off a 2-1 home loss to Costa Rica’s Alajuelense in the second round of the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16. LAFC has never lost two straight at home in all competitions.LAFC outshot Dallas 21-7 with a 6-3 advantage in shots on goal.John McCarthy finished with two saves for LAFC. Maarten Paes had four saves for Dallas.LAFC had a league-record run of 115 straight matches without a scoreless draw end in Sea...

Gonzaga’s Drew Timme ends storied career in loss to UConn

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gonzaga was down 10 points early in the second half Saturday night in the West Region final against UConn, but Julian Strawther had just secured a defensive rebound, and perhaps the Bulldogs had a run in them.But then came a whistle. Zags forward Drew Timme had picked up his fourth foul. Shortly thereafter, it became clear that Gonzaga’s NCAA Tournament run would end.Without him, the third-seeded Bulldogs weren’t a match for No. 4 seed UConn, which pulled away to win 82-54 and end Timme’s college career.Timme, who gained fame for his masterful inside moves and world-class mustache, put together perhaps the finest college career in recent memory. He was a throwback for his crafty low-post game and for spending four years at the same school.“I’m just so thankful that the program and the place took me for who I was,” Timme said. “They didn’t ask me to be anybody but myself. I’m forever in debt for Gonzaga, just the love I have for just everyone ...

Morris makes history in Sounders’ 4-1 win over Sporting KC

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:45 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Jordan Morris became the first Sounder to score four goals in a match and Seattle snapped a five-match losing streak on the road with a 4-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.Morris is just the third player in MLS history to score four goals in an away match. Morris is the first to accomplish the feat since Clint Mathis scored five times for the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in a 2000 match in Dallas.Morris, who leads the league with seven goals this season, took a pass from Léo Chú and scored in the 23rd minute after William Agada staked Sporting KC (0-3-2) to a 1-0 lead with a goal in the fifth minute.Morris gave Seattle (3-1-1) the lead in the 54th minute, scoring with assists from Chú and João Paulo. He polished off a hat trick when he took a pass from Nicolás Lodeiro and scored in the 69th minute. Chú picked up his third assist and Albert Rusnák his first on Morris’ final netter of the night — in the 77th minute.Seattle outshot S...