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NOAA declares El Niño, advisory issued

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- NOAA declared early Thursday morning that El Niño conditions are present and are expected to gradually strengthen later this winter.All of the deterministic regions of the equatorial Pacific met the +0.5°C threshold for an El Niño to be in play. And in addition to the water requirement, low-level and upper-level winds also showed correlating El Niño conditions.Warmer than normal temperatures in the upper-ocean levels observed since March 2023Computer models point towards further strengthening of El Nino conditions through Winter 2023-2024Forecast:  By winter, there is an 84% chance of a moderate El Niño or stronger, and a 56% chance of a strong El Niño developing. An El Niño Advisory is in now in effect. El Niño conditions have been observed and are expected to continue to strengthen through the upcoming winter.What does El Niño mean for winter?El Niño conditions typically result in a warmer Pacific Northwest, wetter in the south, southwest and coastal southeast wit...

Local museum to host week-long festival leading up to Juneteenth

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center will host the fourth annual Stay Black and Live (SB&L) Juneteenth Festival from June 12 until 19. According to the June 5 announcement, this year’s theme is Austin Family Reunion and will center local collaborations and partnerships with organizations and individuals making an impact. “We are incredibly proud to continue Austin’s Juneteenth celebration and tradition at our historic museum,” said Carre Adams, museum director at the Carver Museum in the press release, “With a robust week of programming, we aim to honor the significance of Juneteenth as we foster a deeper understanding of our shared history. We invite the Austin community to join us as we commemorate this momentous occasion and bring Black history past, present and future to the forefront.”The George Washington Carver Museum is located at 1165 Angelina St. Here's a list of events happening during the festival: June 126 p.m.: Free Yo...

Woman charged with throwing rock that shattered window at St. Paul mosque

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

An anonymous tip led police to identify a 45-year-old woman as the person who shattered a window of a mosque in St. Paul with a rock, according to a criminal complaint.Officers were called to As-Sunnah Islamic Center on Pedersen Street, off Old Hudson Road, the morning of May 12 about a broken window.Sherrice Shatanya Williams. (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)Surveillance video showed a woman at 7:04 a.m. that day carrying an umbrella and a large rock. She dropped the umbrella and tossed the rock at the window four times; it was the fourth time that shattered the window.The incident was publicized, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Minnesota chapter asking for law enforcement to investigate whether the crime was motivated by bias.Police received a tip that the suspect was named Shanice. Officers who work in downtown St. Paul recognized the woman as Sherrice, who spends time around the Dorothy Day Center. An officer identified her as Sherrice Shata...

New eatery opens at Amsterdam's Riverlink Park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Drifter's, a new restaurant that took over the Riverlink Café, had its grand opening in Riverlink Park Wednesday night. The opening coincided with a performance by Skeeter Creek in the park amphitheater at 7 p.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! In December 2022, the City of Amsterdam put out a request for proposals for a new operator of Riverlink Café. Brent and Corey Yager, the owners of Southside Slice and What-A-Bargain in Amsterdam, submitted their proposal for Drifter's, and it was chosen."We're young and we want to open more businesses," said Brent Yager.Drifter's has a full bar and serves hamburgers, pulled pork sandwiches, steak sandwiches, sausage and peppers, ice cream, and more. They also have "The Amsterdog," which is a 12-inch hot dog. Yager said no one else in the area has that and he hopes it turns Drifter's into a destination. Lineup set for the first annual 518 Black Restaurant...

Wildfire smoke returns to St. Louis, orange alert

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

St. Louis Air Quality ForecastST. LOUIS -- We've got a couple of nice days of weather ahead when it comes to temperatures and humidity. The one hiccup is that we're going to get some of that wildfire smoke back into our atmosphere. There is an orange air quality alert again for the St. Louis area and much of southern and central Illinois.The orange level alert means that the air may be unhealthy for some, especially those with heart and lung conditions. You may want to limit your time outside. A thin layer of smoke will be in the metropolitan St. Louis area Thursday and Friday.Much of the northeast United States is under a purple and brown air quality alerts. There is a higher concentration of smoke, leading to near blackout conditions. Smoke will continue to be over the northeast with haze across the region.In a view toward Brooklyn, a boat maneuvers the East River near the Manhattan Bridge, left, and Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Smoke from Canadian wildf...

SSM Health Medical Minute: Effects of smoking marijuana on the heart

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - With the legalization of recreational marijuana in both Missouri and Illinois, and in many other states across the U.S., doctors want to warn about the impact of smoking marijuana.A recent study looked at how smoking marijuana effects the heart.Dr. Ali Ziaee, a cardiologist with SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles, says the study reviewed the risks associated with smoking marijuana.“Unfortunately, that hasn't been tied to a public education push,” he said. “As a result, I think patients may underestimate the potential toxic effects of marijuana on the heart.”Ongoing studies show moderate use of marijuana may lead to an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, or other cardiovascular events.“There are lung function tests, there are chest x-rays, there are CAT scans of the lungs,” Ziaee said. “There are stress tests that we can perform, and that'll give us a little bit more objective evidence in terms of whether marijuana is affecting their heart.”Young a...

Denver weather: Cloudy with possible afternoon thunderstorms that could help clear pollution

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

Sunny skies with patches of blue were changing as clouds wafted over metro Denver Thursday morning, leading to scattered afternoon rain and thunderstorms that could bring wind gusts and possible lightning, according to the National Weather Service.The anticipated hotspots for storms included northern mountain canyons and foothills, the Palmer Divide between Denver and Colorado Springs, and the far northeastern plains.State health officials have issued an air quality alert, effective through 4 p.m. Thursday, warning that ground-level ozone pollution levels are rising and that, while afternoon rain clears the air, a build-up of pollution before storms hit threatens sensitive groups — the elderly, children, and people with respiratory ailments.The high temperature in Denver Thursday will be 78 degrees — a bit below normal for June — increasing to around 80 degrees Friday, weather service forecasters said. At night, the temperatures will decrease to around 55 degrees. ...

Gov. Newsom proposes constitutional amendment to curb gun violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution in what he describes as an effort to end America's gun violence crisis. “The gun lobby says we can’t stop the carnage America now experiences every day without violating the 2nd Amendment – that thoughts and prayers are the best we can do... that’s a lie,” Newsom said in a statement. The amendment "permanently enshrines” four gun measures that Newsom claims have broad support.This includes raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21. "Because if you can't buy a beer, you shouldn't be able to buy a gun," Newsom said in a video posted to YouTube.It would also mandate universal background checks, institute "reasonable" waiting periods for all gun purchases, and ban civilians from buying assault rifles. "Those weapons of war our founding fathers never foresaw," Newsom said. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority vote in both the U.S. House of Represent...

2 fatally shot by robbers at Lancaster motel, LASD says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

Two men are dead after they were robbed and shot by a group of thieves in Lancaster Wednesday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.At about 9 p.m., deputies responded to reported gunshots at a motel in the 44100 block of Sierra Highway. In a motel room, deputies found one man who was declared dead at the scene, the LASD said in a news release. Another man suffering from a gunshot wound was found in the parking lot, and he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. "The investigators believe there were multiple suspects and the motive was robbery," the release said. The investigation is ongoing.Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the LASD Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.To provide information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477) or visit lacrimestoppers.org.

Eels at the Fonda

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:02 GMT

Eels at the Fonda: The man known as E formed Eels way back in 1991, though the Beautiful Freak debut album and “Novocaine for the Soul” breakthrough single didn’t arrive until 1996 (recorded over two years prior to that). Their fourteenth and most recent album, Extreme Witchcraft, dropped last year and it continues their trend for wonderfully offbeat, quirky but not silly alt-pop-rock.May saw Eels release a reissue of the Blinking Lights and Other Revelations album. “When it was time to master the Blinking Lights reissue I needed to listen to the whole double album for the first time since it came out in 2005, and I was surprised by what I heard,” Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, said in a statement. “It was an intense and emotional experience for me and I felt proud of it and overwhelmed by how hard we worked on it. I’ll start mentally preparing to listen to it again when it’s reissued again in 10 years.”“A homemade epic, Blinking Lights… is an imaginative,...