Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Wednesday fired back at Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) for responding to a social media post about Bacon weighing a presidential run with “LOL,” or “laugh out loud.” Politics & Poll Trackers, a nonpartisan social media account that tracks polls in upcoming elections, on Saturday shared The Hill’s story reporting Bacon… Source link
SINGAPORE: All five regions of Singapore entered the unhealthy air quality range on Tuesday (Sep 15) morning as hotspots and haze persisted in parts of Indonesia. At one point, the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) in the central region hit 154. The National Environment Agency said in its in advisory on Monday that with dry conditions forecast and prevailing winds likely to blow from the southeast to east-southeast, haze is likely to continue to affect Singapore. Follow live. Source link
Katie Price arriving at the NTAs on Tuesday The makeup artist behind Katie Price’s dramatic look at this year’s National Television Awards has spoken out in her defence, after a wave of what he described as “evil” comments. On Tuesday night, the former glamour model attended the NTAs just 24 hours after undergoing cosmetic surgery. She also told her followers that she’d had filler the previous day, which makeup artist Mitchell Halliday, who she’d commissioned for the event, had to grapple with while putting her glam look together. After Katie arrived at the NTAs, Mitchell – known to his followers as Made By Mitchell – shared a video of himself doing the transformation, which he later said prompted an “insane” response. “Thousands and thousands and thousands of people have given their opinion on the glam and on the outfit and everything else,” he explained the following day. “A lot of is positive, and there is a lot of negative as well. But, that’s so OK, everyone is allowed to have their opinion, and that’s not …
By Los Angeles Times Staff Aug. 31, 2026 Updated 4:30 PM PT UCLA has fired athletic director Martin Jarmond and appointed longtime Lakers executive Tim Harris to replace him as chief executive and director of athletics. UCLA chancellor Julio Frenk announced the change on Monday, ending Jarmond’s run of more than six years that included a stunning move to the Big Ten Conference, a string of conference championships outside of football and a significant financial deficit. “UCLA Athletics currently carries a significant financial deficit, and its current path is not sustainable,” Frenk wrote. “Now is the moment to build a model for Athletics that protects the breadth of our program, creates new opportunities for student-athletes and coaches, and supports itself through the revenue it generates. I believe UCLA should help lead the transformation of intercollegiate athletics: our future must be shaped by purpose — not by pressure.” Frenk cited the rapidly evolving college landscape, including the soaring costs associated with the name, image and likeness athlete compensation era, while announcing the need to shift to Harris’ …
Crews on Sunday continued to battle two wildfires in Monterey County near Big Sur that have collectively burned more than 33,000 acres and forced more than 600 people to evacuate. The Plaskett fire near Fort Hunter Liggett has spread down to Highway 1 and remains “pretty active” on all sides, according to Lee Beyer, spokesman with the U.S. Forest Service. That includes the southern perimeter near Los Burros Road where it is threatening homes and structures. The fire was 8,241 acres as of Sunday afternoon — up from about 6,000 acres Saturday — with only 1% contained. More than 600 firefighters are tackling the blaze from the air and ground, working in “incredibly steep and difficult terrain,” Beyer said. Portions of the area have not burned since the 1970s, “so it’s about a 55-year-old fuel bed, and that’s much more difficult to contain because it’s a lot heavier, a lot thicker, a lot more dead components to the fuel.” Road closures are in effect on Highway 1 between Little Sur River and Salmon Creek, as …
Dr Francesco Restuccia, a fire expert at King’s College London, described the increase in fires at recycling centres as “exponential” and stated that the public are now using lithium batteries in a huge variety of everyday objects such as smartphones, children’s toys, toothbrushes and vapes, with many of these carelessly thrown away. Source link
The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses. On Saturday, the Westside community marked a long overdue milestone for fire-weary residents: the reopening of the Palisades Village shopping center. The 125,000-square-foot upscale mall, featuring shops, restaurants and a movie theater, survived the blaze but required renovations that cost its owner and developer Rick Caruso more than $100 million, including major infrastructure work. “I have been waiting 19 months to say welcome to Palisades Village,” said Caruso, executive chairman of his eponymous company. “I’m not going to be blind here. We are in the middle of a recovery, and this is one chapter. It’s a mega step, no doubt, but there’s many more mega steps to come.” The reopening was packed with shoppers, store owners and residents, who milled about the refurbished center and enjoyed free drinks and food offered from kiosks. Hyper upscale grocer Erewhon at the center will reopen in January. The center draws customers not just from Pacific Palisades but …
Francesca Hong, the leading Democratic candidate in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, hit back at criticism from Democratic political strategist David Axelrod on Friday. Axelrod, who served as the chief strategist for former President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, called the democratic socialist a “zany liberal” in a Thursday social media post. He suggested Hong’s loss… Source link
Three years ago, environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley. Few imagined the calamity that would follow. Somehow the landfill’s pollution control system introduced oxygen below, causing decades-old waste to rapidly decompose, generating intense heat and eventually widespread smoldering, federal and state environmental agencies say. The broiling temperatures released toxic gases and hazardous liquid waste that bubbled up to the surface. Residents living in the nearby communities of Val Verde and Castaic have phoned in thousands of complaints about stench and lived with nausea, dizziness and trouble breathing. The underground fire has tripled in size since first confirmed in 2023. Recently a towering mound of landfill garbage perched on the hillside has warped and threatens to trigger an avalanche of garbage and chemical-filled liquid, or leachate, according to the California water board. Waste Connections, the landfill’s owner and operator, says it has been working to stabilize that area. “In a worst case scenario, the hillside can liquefy and actually slide into the community,” Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo …
Forest fires across California have become significantly more destructive over the past four decades, with new research showing that high-severity blazes now dominate many forest landscapes. Scientists from UCLA found that while the total area affected by forest fires has increased tenfold since 1985, the land burned by the most damaging fires has surged by a factor of 30. Published in PNAS, the study examined wildfire patterns between 1985 and 2024, revealing a fundamental shift from low and moderate-intensity fires, which can benefit ecosystems, to severe fires that destroy large areas of forest and leave limited opportunity for natural recovery. Researchers attribute the trend to a combination of climate-driven aridity and increasingly dense forest vegetation. The findings suggest California’s forests are approaching a tipping point, with extensive tree loss raising the likelihood that some landscapes could permanently transition from forest to grassland or shrubland. The researchers argue that adapting forest management practices could help reduce the risk of future high-severity forest fires. Severe forest fires now outnumber beneficial burns Historically, many California forests experienced relatively …
