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  • Armed man shot and killed after entering Mar-a-Lago secure perimeter, Secret Service says

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    An armed man was shot and killed Sunday morning after he entered the secure perimeter of President Trump’s private Florida residence and resort, Mar-a-Lago, and was confronted by U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy.

    The man killed was identified by investigators as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin from North Carolina, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. Martin had been reported missing by his family a few days prior.

    Trump, who on Saturday night hosted the annual Governors Dinner at the White House, was not at Mar-a-Lago at the time of the incident.

    According to the Secret Service, law enforcement officers spotted a man in his early 20s with a shotgun and a fuel can by the north gate of Trump’s residence in Palm Beach, Fla., around 1:30 a.m.

    When a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and two Secret Service agents went to investigate, they ordered him to drop the items, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw said during a news conference Sunday morning.

    “He put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Bradshaw said. “At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat.”

    The man was declared dead at the scene. Rafael Barros, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Miami field office, said no law enforcement agents were harmed in the incident.

    The FBI is leading the investigation.

    Brett Skiles, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami field office, said the Evidence Response Team is processing the scene and collecting evidence. He asked residents in the vicinity to check their exterior cameras and contact the FBI or the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office if they spot anything that looks suspicious or out of place.

    The officers involved were wearing body cameras, Bradshaw said.

    Asked whether the man was known to law enforcement before the incident, Bradshaw said, “Not right now.”

    The Secret Service said in a statement that it is working with the FBI and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to learn more about the deceased man’s background, actions and motive. The agents involved in the incident, it said, will be placed on routine administrative leave during the investigation “in accordance with agency policy.”

    Martin hailed from the small town of Cameron — a staunchly Republican area of central North Carolina.

    Around 7 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, a woman who appeared to be the slain man’s mother, Melissa Martin, posted a note on Facebook. “Please share so we can find my boy,” she wrote.

    An hour later, she posted a missing person notice that described Martin as around 6 feet tall and driving a 2013 silver Volkswagen Tiguan. He was last heard from, the note said, at 7:51 p.m. Saturday.

    Melissa Martin did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

    Braeden Fields, Martin’s 19-year-old cousin, told the Associated Press that Martin came from a family of Trump supporters. He was quiet, he said, and afraid of guns.

    “I wouldn’t believe he would do something like this. It’s mind-blowing,” Fields said. “He wouldn’t even hurt an ant. He doesn’t even know how to use a gun.”

    Martin worked at a local golf course, Fields said. He also set up a small business — artwork company Fresh Sky Illustrations, which focused on “bringing to life the hopeful feeling of being on a golf course,” its website said, “by illustrating golf course scenes and providing framed copies of handmade works in various golf course gift shops.”

    The incident at Mar-a-Lago comes amid a wave of violence against political figures — one that spans the ideological spectrum.

    Trump himself has been the target — most notably in July 2024, when he survived an assassination attempt during an outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pa. A few months later, a man with a rifle was arrested by Secret Service agents as he was spotted hiding amid shrubs near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course.

    In an interview Sunday with Fox News, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed left-wing rhetoric — “venom coming from the other side” — for inspiring political violence against Trump. He cited a newly released U.S. Senate campaign ad by Illinois Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, in which a series of people say “F— Trump,” and called for the ad to be taken down.

    “We don’t know whether this person was a mastermind, unhinged or what,” he told Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” referencing the Mar-a-Lago intruder with a gun. “But they are normalizing this violence. It’s got to stop.”

    In September of last year, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a campus debate hosted by his Turning Point USA organization at Utah Valley University.

    But Democrats have also been attacked and, in some cases, killed. In June 2025, a man posing as a police officer fatally shot Minnesota state House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounded another Democratic lawmaker, state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, at their residence.

    In April 2024, an armed man set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, forcing Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family to flee during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

    On Jan. 6, 2021, a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some threatening to kill Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in an attempt to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.

    Trump did not comment publicly on the incident Sunday morning. After 11 a.m. Eastern time, the president posted comments on social media about the U.S. men’s hockey team’s win at the Winter Olympics.

    White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, meanwhile, praised the Secret Service for its speedy work.

    “In the middle of the night while most Americans were asleep, the United States Secret Service acted quickly and decisively to neutralize a crazy person, armed with a gun and a gas canister, who intruded President Trump’s home,” Leavitt wrote in a statement on X. “Federal law enforcement are working 24/7 to keep our country safe and protect all Americans.”

    FBI Director Kash Patel said in a short statement that the agency is dedicating “all necessary resources” to the investigation and will continue working closely with the Secret Service as well as state and federal partners.

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  • NorCal forecast: Freeze Warning Thursday night as the weather dries out

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    NorCal forecast: Freeze Warning Thursday night as the weather dries out

    A few days of dry weather will give crews in in the mountains some much-needed time to plow and restore power.

    ALL RIGHT. NOW TO KCRA 3 WEATHER. IT IS AN IMPACT DAY. BUT LOOK AT THIS. A LIVE LOOK FROM STOCKTON. WE DO HAVE SOME BLUE SKY OUT THERE, ALTHOUGH WE STILL HAVE THE CLOUDS. LET’S GET OVER TO DIRK WITH OUR FORECAST. YEAH, THE BIGGEST IMPACT TODAY HAS BEEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. WE HAVE HAD SOME SHOWERS, WE’VE HAD SOME HAIL AND SOME PRETTY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BUT THE SIERRA, THAT’S WHERE WE CONTINUE TO SEE A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF SNOW STILL FALLING. NOW WE ARE SEEING SOME SIGNS OF IT BREAKING A BIT AND THAT’S GOOD. LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK HERE. BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND I-80. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING RIGHT NOW IN PLUMAS COUNTY AND EL DORADO COUNTIES, AND I-80, WHERE WE’VE BEEN SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. ACTUALLY, THE SNOW PLOWS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN START SEEING SOME OF THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD HERE FROM THE DONNER SUMMIT SKY CAMERA THAT IS ICE ENCRUSTED WITH SOME OF THOSE SNOWFLAKES. GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A WINDOW TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE ACTUAL I-80 DONNER SUMMIT AREA, BUT TEMPERATURE CURRENTLY 18 DEGREES WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 16MPH. SO LET’S GO AHEAD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE RAIN HITTING THESE SPOTS WHERE THERE’S THESE LITTLE HEAVY DOWNPOURS, THESE LITTLE CELLS THAT ARE POPPING UP. THAT’S WHERE WE’RE SEEING HAIL THAT’S BEEN FORMING. AND SO THOSE ARE SPOTS THAT’S BEEN COLD ENOUGH TO WHERE WE’RE SEEING HAIL HAS HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL. AND THOSE ARE THE MOST LIKELY SPOTS HERE ALONG HIGHWAY 108. WE’RE SEEING SOME. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE PUSHING IN AND TURNING INTO SOME SNOW AS IT MAKES ITS WAY UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS, UP ABOVE 1500 FEET. ALSO, JUST TO THE SOUTH OF IONE. YOU’RE KIND OF COMING OUT OF THIS AREA OF RAIN AS THIS IS MOVING A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS SAN ANDREAS. IN JACKSON, YOU’VE BEEN SEEING SOME OF THAT RAIN. WE HAVE SOME RAIN NEAR CAMERON PARK CURRENTLY, AND AUBURN, WHICH EARLIER HAD SOME SNOW, IS NOW GETTING SOME LIGHT RAIN. SO SNOW THAT’S LAKE TAHOE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE PICTURE HERE SHOWING THE AREA BLANKETED WITH SOME FRESH SNOW. CURRENT TEMPERATURE AND TRUCKEE IS 25 DEGREES MODESTO 5154 IN STOCKTON AND 51 DEGREES CURRENTLY IN SACRAMENTO. SO ONCE WE GOT RID OF THE RAIN AND THINGS ARE DRYING OUT TEMPERATURES, THEY REBOUNDED A LITTLE BIT. EVEN WITH THAT COLD AIR THAT’S BRINGING OUT THOSE LOW SNOW LEVELS, CURRENT WINDS. WE HAVE WINDS 21MPH IN STOCKTON. THAT’S WHERE WE’RE SEEING SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS RIGHT NOW. 17 MILE AN HOUR WINDS IN FAIRFIELD, SAN FRANCISCO BEATS THEM ALL WITH A WIND COMING FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 32MPH. SO WE HAVE THIS POCKET OF COLD AIR. IT’S MOVED IN AND WE’VE SEEN THE LOW SNOW LEVELS. AND THIS IS GOING TO MAKE FOR A COLD NIGHT TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY AREAS WHERE WE SEE THE CLOUD COVER STARTING TO CLEAR OUT. THAT’S JUST OPENING THE DOOR, ALLOWING THAT COLD AIR TO JUST SIT IN PLACE. ALTHOUGH ANY WARMTH IS GOING TO ESCAPE. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT A FREEZE WARNING THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. BUT NOT EVERY PLACE IS GOING TO BE THE SAME. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE NORTH END OF THE VALLEY, STRETCHING ALL THE WAY UP INTO SHASTA COUNTY. THIS IS WHERE THE COLDEST AIR IS GOING TO BE. ANYWHERE FROM 23 TO 28 DEGREES. AND THEN YOU GET MORE TOWARDS SACRAMENTO AND ON INTO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. AND THAT’S WHERE WE’RE EXPECTING TEMPERATURES TO RANGE MORE 29 TO 34 DEGREES. BUT STILL, THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR ANYTHING THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THAT KIND OF COLD, TAKE CARE OF IT. TAKE CARE OF THAT BUSINESS SNOW THAT’S GOING TO BE DECREASING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. WE CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER. WE’RE GOING TO SEE WIDESPREAD FROST TOMORROW MORNING BECAUSE OF THE RAIN KIND OF ICY CONDITIONS TO WAKE UP TO IN THE MORNING FRIDAY. AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE THAT WILL BE NICE TO WARM THINGS UP. AND THERE’S ALSO THIS BOUNDARY OUT HERE BRINGING SOME RAIN ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA. NOW, WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS IT’S GOING TO HANG OUT. WE’RE LOOKING AT DRY SATURDAY AS WELL. SO DRY ON FRIDAY, DRY ON SATURDAY. BUT ALONG THE COAST WE HAVE THESE SHOWERS THAT ARE PICKING UP. IT’S EXPECTED TO SWING IN A LITTLE BIT ON SUNDAY. WE COULD SEE SOME OF THESE SHOWERS BASICALLY PARALLEL WITH I-80. AND SO WE’LL SEE THAT FROM SACRAMENTO NORTH ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AND THEN THE BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN ROLLS IN ON TUESDAY. BUT FOR TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES STARTING OFF AROUND FREEZING, THEN DAYTIME HIGHS LOOKING AT MOSTLY MID TO LOW 50S SEVEN DAY FORECAST. GETTING A NICE BREAK FRIDAY SATURDAY AND FOR SOME EVEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY. IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE TUESDAY THAT WE HAVE THE BETTER SHOT FOR RAIN AND THIS IS GOING TO BE WARMER SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING UP. WE’RE LOOKING AT SNOW LEVELS AROUND 7000FT. SO THOSE AREAS THAT HA


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    NorCal forecast: Freeze Warning Thursday night as the weather dries out

    A few days of dry weather will give crews in in the mountains some much-needed time to plow and restore power.

    Updated: 4:42 PM PST Feb 19, 2026

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    The next few days will be dry in the Valley, Foothills and Sierra.

    That will give plow and power crews some much-needed time to clear roads and restore electricity.

    Temperatures will plummet Friday morning with many Valley spots at of below freezing at sunrise. Saturday and Sunday will gradually turn milder.

    A couple showers can’t be ruled out Sunday and Monday, but most places will stay dry both days.

    Rain is likely on Tuesday and the snow level will stay at or even above the Sierra summits.

    Cold Friday morning

    A Freeze Warning is in effect Thursday night into Friday morning across the Valley.

    Temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing in some Valley spots Friday morning. The Foothills may have some icy side streets with temperatures in the 20s. Many Sierra roads will be covered in snow and ice.

    Sierra travel outlook

    Snow will stop Thursday night and dry weather is in the forecast Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

    It will take plow crews a while to remove all of the snow that’s fallen this week, especially on narrow side streets.

    Drivers should expect chain controls and long travel times on Friday and maybe Saturday even with dry weather.

    Friday’s high temperatures

    Friday afternoon will be dry and chilly with a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures will be running about 10 degrees cooler than normal.

    Weekend forecast

    The weekend will be warmer and mostly dry.

    The only chance for a shower comes on Sunday. Areas east of I-5 including the Foothills and Sierra will stay dry while the west side of the Valley could see a few hundredths of an inch of rain.

    KCRA 3 weather Impact Day Tuesday

    The next round of widespread precipitation is in the forecast for Tuesday. This will be a much warmer storm system and the snow level will likely stay at or even above the Sierra passes.

    The KCRA 3 weather team has issued a weather Impact Day for Tuesday because of how rain will affect travel and any outdoor plans.

    Valley 7-day forecast

    A few showers are possible Sunday and Monday, but Tuesday is more likely to be wet all day.

    Rain will clear for the rest of next week.

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  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

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    WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS BREAKING NEWS STORY THIS MORNING. ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, THE BROTHER OF KING CHARLES, IS NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY. LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR BREAKING NEWS DESK AND TODD KAZAKIEWICH FOLLOWING THOSE DETAILS FOR US. TODD, ANTOINETTE AND DOUG. GOOD MORNING. THESE DETAILS ARE JUST COMING IN. THE FORMER PRINCE, AS YOU SAID, NOW KNOWN SIMPLY AS ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE. THE THAMES VALLEY POLICE, WHICH COVERS AREAS WEST OF LONDON INCLUDING MOUNTBATTEN, WINDSOR’S FORMER HOME, SAID IT WAS, QUOTE, ASSESSING REPORTS THAT THE FORMER PRINCE SENT TRADE REPORTS TO CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN IN 2010. THE POLICE FORCE DID NOT NAME MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR AS THE PERSON UNDER ARREST. THAT IS STANDARD PRACTICE UNDER UK LAW. POLICE DESCRIBED THE PERSON UNDER ARREST AS, QUOTE, A MAN IN HIS 60S. PICTURES ONLINE APPEARED TO SHOW POLICE CARS AND OFFICERS OUTSIDE HIS HOME. RECAPPING OUR BREAKING NEWS, FORMER PRINCE ANDREW, NOW KNOWN AS ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE UK ON SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE. HE IS IN POLICE CUSTODY. SEARCHES A

    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

    Updated: 3:19 AM PST Feb 19, 2026

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    U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.Thames Valley Police, an agency that covers areas west of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home, said it was “assessing” reports that the former Prince Andrew sent trade reports to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010.The assessment followed the release of millions of pages of documents connected to a U.S. investigation of Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor features a number of times in the documents.The police force did not name Mountbatten-Windsor, as is normal under U.K. law. But when asked if he had been arrested, the force pointed to a statement saying that they had arrested a man in his 60s. Mountbatten-Windsor is 66.“Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office,” the statement said. “We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time.”Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein. Last fall, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his royal titles, including the right to be called a prince, as he tried to insulate the monarchy from the continuing revelations about his younger brother’s relationship with Epstein. Those revelations have tarnished the royal family for more than a decade.Images circulated online appeared to show unmarked police cars at Mountbatten-Windsor’s home, Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with plainclothes officers appearing to gather outside.

    LONDON —

    U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

    Thames Valley Police, an agency that covers areas west of London, including Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home, said it was “assessing” reports that the former Prince Andrew sent trade reports to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2010.

    The assessment followed the release of millions of pages of documents connected to a U.S. investigation of Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor features a number of times in the documents.

    The police force did not name Mountbatten-Windsor, as is normal under U.K. law. But when asked if he had been arrested, the force pointed to a statement saying that they had arrested a man in his 60s. Mountbatten-Windsor is 66.

    “Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office,” the statement said. “We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time.”

    Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein. Last fall, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his royal titles, including the right to be called a prince, as he tried to insulate the monarchy from the continuing revelations about his younger brother’s relationship with Epstein. Those revelations have tarnished the royal family for more than a decade.

    Images circulated online appeared to show unmarked police cars at Mountbatten-Windsor’s home, Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with plainclothes officers appearing to gather outside.

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  • Early prenatal care, considered best for moms and babies, is on the decline in the US, data shows

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    Early prenatal care improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby. But a new federal report shows it’s been on the decline.The share of U.S. births to women who began prenatal care in the first trimester dropped from 78.3% in 2021 to 75.5% in 2024, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.Meanwhile, starting care later in pregnancy or getting no care at all has been on the rise. Prenatal care beginning in the second trimester rose from 15.4% to 17.3%, and starting care in the third trimester or getting no care went from 6.3% to 7.3%.“We know that early engagement in prenatal care is linked to better overall health outcomes,” said Dr. Clayton Alfonso, an OB-GYN at Duke University in North Carolina. When patients delay medical care during pregnancy, “we’ve missed that window to optimize both fetal and maternal care.”While the trend identified in the report held for nearly all racial and ethnic groups, the decrease in early prenatal care was higher for moms in minority groups. For example, first-trimester care dropped from 69.7% in 2021 to 65.1% in 2024 for Black mothers. Getting late or no prenatal care raises the risk of maternal mortality, which is much higher among Black mothers.Michelle Osterman, lead author of the report, said the overall findings represent a shift. Between 2016 and 2021, the timing of when U.S. women started prenatal care had been improving.The earlier prenatal visits begin, doctors said, the earlier problems can be caught. Visits give doctors a chance to share health guidance, and can include blood pressure checks, screenings, blood tests, physical exams and ultrasound scans.The report doesn’t provide reasons why prenatal care is starting later. But the proliferation of maternity care deserts across the nation is a growing concern, said Dr. Grace Ferguson, an OB-GYN in Pittsburgh.Many hospitals have shut down labor and delivery units “and the prenatal care providers that work at those hospitals also have probably moved,” said Ferguson, who was not involved with the report.A 2024 March of Dimes report found that more than 35% of U.S. counties are maternity care deserts, meaning there’s no birthing facility or obstetric provider. Women living in these areas receive less prenatal care, the report showed.Ferguson, who provides abortions as part of her OB-GYN care, said post-Roe v. Wade abortion restrictions may play a part because some obstetricians are choosing not to practice in states with more restrictive laws.Alfonso, who was not involved in the CDC report, said he also suspects that access issues for patients are pushing prenatal care later, particularly in rural areas. Patients may have to travel farther to get to appointments and may struggle to find a practice that accepts their insurance, particularly if they have Medicaid.Doctors fear that things could get worse.“If this trend continues,” Alfonso said, “I worry about kind of what that would mean for morbidity and mortality for our moms.”

    Early prenatal care improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby. But a new federal report shows it’s been on the decline.

    The share of U.S. births to women who began prenatal care in the first trimester dropped from 78.3% in 2021 to 75.5% in 2024, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

    Meanwhile, starting care later in pregnancy or getting no care at all has been on the rise. Prenatal care beginning in the second trimester rose from 15.4% to 17.3%, and starting care in the third trimester or getting no care went from 6.3% to 7.3%.

    “We know that early engagement in prenatal care is linked to better overall health outcomes,” said Dr. Clayton Alfonso, an OB-GYN at Duke University in North Carolina. When patients delay medical care during pregnancy, “we’ve missed that window to optimize both fetal and maternal care.”

    While the trend identified in the report held for nearly all racial and ethnic groups, the decrease in early prenatal care was higher for moms in minority groups. For example, first-trimester care dropped from 69.7% in 2021 to 65.1% in 2024 for Black mothers. Getting late or no prenatal care raises the risk of maternal mortality, which is much higher among Black mothers.

    Michelle Osterman, lead author of the report, said the overall findings represent a shift. Between 2016 and 2021, the timing of when U.S. women started prenatal care had been improving.

    The earlier prenatal visits begin, doctors said, the earlier problems can be caught. Visits give doctors a chance to share health guidance, and can include blood pressure checks, screenings, blood tests, physical exams and ultrasound scans.

    The report doesn’t provide reasons why prenatal care is starting later. But the proliferation of maternity care deserts across the nation is a growing concern, said Dr. Grace Ferguson, an OB-GYN in Pittsburgh.

    Many hospitals have shut down labor and delivery units “and the prenatal care providers that work at those hospitals also have probably moved,” said Ferguson, who was not involved with the report.

    A 2024 March of Dimes report found that more than 35% of U.S. counties are maternity care deserts, meaning there’s no birthing facility or obstetric provider. Women living in these areas receive less prenatal care, the report showed.

    Ferguson, who provides abortions as part of her OB-GYN care, said post-Roe v. Wade abortion restrictions may play a part because some obstetricians are choosing not to practice in states with more restrictive laws.

    Alfonso, who was not involved in the CDC report, said he also suspects that access issues for patients are pushing prenatal care later, particularly in rural areas. Patients may have to travel farther to get to appointments and may struggle to find a practice that accepts their insurance, particularly if they have Medicaid.

    Doctors fear that things could get worse.

    “If this trend continues,” Alfonso said, “I worry about kind of what that would mean for morbidity and mortality for our moms.”

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  • 10 backcountry skiers missing after avalanche and 6 awaiting rescue, Nevada County sheriff says

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    10 backcountry skiers missing after avalanche and 6 awaiting rescue, Nevada County sheriff says

    WHERE THE NEWS COMES FIRST. LIVE FROM KCRA 3 NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS IS IN NEVADA COUNTY. 16 BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS INVOLVED IN A SIERRA AVALANCHE TODAY IN. THE SEARCH IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW FOR TEN WHO ARE STILL MISSING. 4.5 HOURS LATER, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE AVALANCHE WAS REPORTED NEAR THE CASTLE PEAK AREA. THAT WAS AROUND 1130 THIS MORNING. DEPUTIES, THE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM AND OTHER AGENCIES ARE ALL LOOKING FOR THOSE MISSING SKIERS. AT LEAST SIX OF THE 16 SURVIVED. THEY REMAIN AT THE AVALANCHE SITE. THE GROUP CONSISTED OF FOUR SKI GUIDES AND 12 CLIENTS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER ISSUED AN AVALANCHE WARNING FOR PARTS OF THAT AREA, AND THAT WARNING LASTS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET TO CAPTAIN RUSSELL GREEN WITH THE NEVADA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS AVALANCHE? FIRST? WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE COMPANY THAT WAS PROVIDING THE SKI TOURS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER EMERGENCY BEACONS. THEY WERE ACTIVATED, SO THEY HAD BEACONS THAT WENT OFF. THE COMPANY NOTIFIED YOU. BUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IN A STORM LIKE THIS, WHERE BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS HEAD OUT WHEN WE HAVE ALL THIS FRESH POWDER ON THE GROUND? PEOPLE GO OUT AND USE THE BACKCOUNTRY AT ALL TIMES. WE ADVISE AGAINST IT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULDN’T SAY THAT IT’S UNCOMMON. NOT THAT IT WAS A WISE CHOICE, BUT SO FOR A COMPANY. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND INDIVIDUALS WOULD DO THAT, BUT FOR A COMPANY TO TAKE A GROUP OF CLIENTS OUT IN THESE CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WAS ALREADY A WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? AGAIN, I DON’T THINK IT WAS A WISE CHOICE, BUT WE DON’T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS YET. SO PRELIMINARY. I WOULD SAY THAT WE DISCOURAGE IT. HOW THIS HAPPENED WILL BE DETERMINED. ALL RIGHT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE OPERATION UNDERWAY. HIGHLY SKILLED RESCUE TEAMS ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. 46 FIRST RESPONDERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE LAST UPDATE. YOU GUYS JUST PUT OUT. HOW ARE THEY REACHING THIS SITE AND WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS LIKE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? WELL, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE INTERSTATE IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF ZERO VISIBILITY. THEY’RE REACHING THE SITE. WE’RE SENDING RESCUE WORKERS IN FROM A COUPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SO THAT WE CAN ATTEMPT TO GET IN THERE. IT’S GOING TO BE SLOW GOING. WE HAVE BROUGHT IN SNOWCATS. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS ON SKIS. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET IN THERE. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE A SLOW, TEDIOUS PROCESS BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ACCESSING THE AREA DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AVALANCHE DANGER IS STILL VERY HIGH. SO YOU SAY ATTEMPTING AT THIS POINT. SO AT THIS POINT, THE RESCUERS, YOUR TEAMS, THEY HAVE NOT MADE IT OUT THERE. THEY’RE THEY’RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THE ACTUAL SITE. THEY’VE DEPLOYED. BUT YEAH, THEY HAVE NOT MADE IT TO THE AVALANCHE SITE YET. BUT YOU’RE YOU’RE IN CONTACT WITH THEM, I GUESS. I MEAN, THAT’S THE THING I’VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT ALL DAY. CURTIS ESPECIALLY, IS THAT YOU GO OUT THERE, BUT NOW THESE RESCUE PEOPLE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO OUT THERE AND TRY AND FIND YOU PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM’S WAY. AND THEY STILL HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET THERE. SO WE KNOW AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE SURVIVED, BUT THEY’RE STILL THERE BECAUSE THERE’S REALLY NO WAY FOR THEM TO COME OUT YET. RIGHT? RIGHT. THERE’S NO QUICK WAY FOR THEM TO COME OUT. SO THEY’RE HAVING TO WAIT. THEY’RE YOU KNOW, WE’RE AND LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE EMERGENCY BEACONS. SOME OF THEM THAT COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, VIA TEXT. SO WE’RE IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND DOING OUR BEST TO GET IN THERE. AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION BEEN LIKE. WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU FROM OUT THERE WHERE THIS HAPPENED. THEY’RE DOING THEIR BEST. THEY HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN A AN AREA. THEY HAVE MADE UP A MAKESHIFT, YOU KNOW, SHELTER WITH A TARP AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TO SURVIVE AND WAIT FOR RESCUE. ALL RIGHT. WE DO KNOW WE HAD GUIDES WHO WERE ALONG. DO WE KNOW IF THE GUIDES WERE CAUGHT IN THE AVALANCHE, OR IF THE GUIDES ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAFE AT THIS POINT? AND IT’S THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE CAUGHT IN THE AVALANCHE AT THIS TIME. WE’RE IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO I DON’T WANT TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION. WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO RELEASE IT TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT YET. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE COMPANY? I DO KNOW THE NAME OF THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY IS. I THINK IT’S BLACK BEAR. I’M SORRY. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I DON’T HAVE THAT RIGHT. READILY AVAILABLE. I’M SORRY. OKAY, WELL, WE’LL CHECK IN WITH YOU AND WE’LL GET THAT A BIT LATER ON. BUT WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. BUT AS HE’S TELLING US, THEY’RE STILL WORKING TO GET OUT TO THE SCENE SOME 4.5 HOURS LATER, AFTER THIS AVALANCHE WAS FIRST REPORTED, LIKE YOU SAID, JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GO OUT ON A DAY LIKE THIS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU INJURE YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, ENDANGERING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO YOU AND RESCUE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS IN TRYING TO GET TO THESE PEOPLE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SAME AREA. A SNOWMOBILER WAS FOUND DEAD LAST MONTH FOLLOWING ANOTHER AVALANCHE. 42 YEAR OLD CHRIS THOMASON OF OREGON WAS WITH FOUR OTHER PEOPLE NEAR JOHNSON AND CASTLE PEAKS WHEN THA

    10 backcountry skiers missing after avalanche and 6 awaiting rescue, Nevada County sheriff says

    Updated: 5:11 PM PST Feb 17, 2026

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    Ten backcountry skiers are missing after an avalanche and six more are awaiting rescue and are being told to shelter in place the best they can, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The group of 16 skiers was in the Castle Peak area when the sheriff’s office said it received a report of an avalanche around 11:30 a.m. The group was made up of four ski guides and 12 clients on a tour. Deputies and the sheriff’s office’s search and rescue team, along with the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Washoe County Search and Rescue, and Truckee Fire are searching for the missing skiers. There are 46 first responders involved in all. Those involved in the effort to rescue the six known survivors departed from Boreal Mountain Ski Resort and Tahoe Donner’s Alder Creek Adventure Center.A Sno-Cat team was also launched from Alder Creek Adventure Center, the sheriff’s office said. Capt. Russell Green with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said first responders were notified by the company that was providing the ski tour after the avalanche. “People go out and use the backcountry at all times,” he said. “We advise against it honestly, but I wouldn’t say that it’s uncommon, not that it was a wise choice.”Green said that those who are awaiting rescue have made a makeshift shelter with a tarp.Earlier in the day, the Sierra Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning for parts of the area, which includes Castle Peak. The warning is in effect through 4 a.m. Wednesday.The avalanche happened as a snowstorm continues to dump piles of snow in the area, leading to shutdown highways and multiple spinouts and crashes. Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn said that Soda Springs, near Castle Peak, has recorded up to 40 inches of snow so far since Monday.This is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 as we work to gather details on the avalanche and the search for the skiers.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. —

    Ten backcountry skiers are missing after an avalanche and six more are awaiting rescue and are being told to shelter in place the best they can, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

    The group of 16 skiers was in the Castle Peak area when the sheriff’s office said it received a report of an avalanche around 11:30 a.m. The group was made up of four ski guides and 12 clients on a tour.

    Deputies and the sheriff’s office’s search and rescue team, along with the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Washoe County Search and Rescue, and Truckee Fire are searching for the missing skiers. There are 46 first responders involved in all.

    Those involved in the effort to rescue the six known survivors departed from Boreal Mountain Ski Resort and Tahoe Donner’s Alder Creek Adventure Center.

    A Sno-Cat team was also launched from Alder Creek Adventure Center, the sheriff’s office said.

    Capt. Russell Green with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said first responders were notified by the company that was providing the ski tour after the avalanche.

    “People go out and use the backcountry at all times,” he said. “We advise against it honestly, but I wouldn’t say that it’s uncommon, not that it was a wise choice.”

    Green said that those who are awaiting rescue have made a makeshift shelter with a tarp.

    Earlier in the day, the Sierra Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning for parts of the area, which includes Castle Peak. The warning is in effect through 4 a.m. Wednesday.

    The avalanche happened as a snowstorm continues to dump piles of snow in the area, leading to shutdown highways and multiple spinouts and crashes. Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn said that Soda Springs, near Castle Peak, has recorded up to 40 inches of snow so far since Monday.

    This is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 as we work to gather details on the avalanche and the search for the skiers.

    See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.

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  • 7 dead, suspect linked to 2 separate Florida shootings hundreds of miles apart, deputies say

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    Investigators in Florida say a double homicide discovered during a well-being check was linked to a shooting rampage hours later in a gated community on the other side of the state, which left five more people dead including the suspected shooter.The suspect had a romantic relationship with one of the Fort Lauderdale victims, who was connected to the victims in the second shooting in Sarasota, but Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office detectives released few other details.“The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement Wednesday.According to the sheriff’s office, deputies received a call around noon Tuesday reporting an adult male with gunshot wounds in the front yard of a residence in a gated community. That man was taken to a hospital where he died. Deputies entered the residence after neighbors said the man’s wife was likely inside the home.When deputies entered the home, deputies said they found four adult victims, two male and two female, pronounced dead on the scene. One of the male victims was the suspect, 51-year-old Russell Kot.While working to identify Kot, authorities in Sarasota received information from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department advising that they were actively investigating a double homicide, and they believed their suspect was involved in the Sarasota shooting.Fort Lauderdale is more than 200 miles away from Sarasota, on the opposite side of Florida’s main peninsula.Fort Lauderdale provided Sarasota with the suspect’s vehicle information, which can be seen entering the neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. Sarasota deputies said their investigation revealed Kot had been in a previous romantic relationship with one of the victims in the Fort Lauderdale double homicide.That victim was also connected to the four people shot in Sarasota.The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown, officials said.The victims in the Sarasota shooting were later identified as Olga Greinert, Florita Stolyar, Anatoly Ioffe and Yaroslav Blyudoy.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

    SARASOTA, Fla. —

    Investigators in Florida say a double homicide discovered during a well-being check was linked to a shooting rampage hours later in a gated community on the other side of the state, which left five more people dead including the suspected shooter.

    The suspect had a romantic relationship with one of the Fort Lauderdale victims, who was connected to the victims in the second shooting in Sarasota, but Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office detectives released few other details.

    “The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement Wednesday.

    According to the sheriff’s office, deputies received a call around noon Tuesday reporting an adult male with gunshot wounds in the front yard of a residence in a gated community. That man was taken to a hospital where he died.

    Deputies entered the residence after neighbors said the man’s wife was likely inside the home.

    When deputies entered the home, deputies said they found four adult victims, two male and two female, pronounced dead on the scene. One of the male victims was the suspect, 51-year-old Russell Kot.

    While working to identify Kot, authorities in Sarasota received information from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department advising that they were actively investigating a double homicide, and they believed their suspect was involved in the Sarasota shooting.

    Fort Lauderdale is more than 200 miles away from Sarasota, on the opposite side of Florida’s main peninsula.

    Fort Lauderdale provided Sarasota with the suspect’s vehicle information, which can be seen entering the neighborhood around 11:30 a.m.

    Sarasota deputies said their investigation revealed Kot had been in a previous romantic relationship with one of the victims in the Fort Lauderdale double homicide.

    That victim was also connected to the four people shot in Sarasota.

    The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown, officials said.

    The victims in the Sarasota shooting were later identified as Olga Greinert, Florita Stolyar, Anatoly Ioffe and Yaroslav Blyudoy.

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  • Burn bans active in multiple Central Florida counties due to dry conditions

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    Burn bans active in multiple Central Florida counties due to dry conditions

    OUR WEBSITE AT WESH.COM. ALL RIGHT. TURNING THINGS OVER NOW TO FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA MARQUISE. BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE. PERFECT FOR THE EVENT, BUT VERY DRY. YEAH. DRY CONDITIONS. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE STICKING AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME HERE IN FLORIDA. BUT AS WE REMAIN DRY, YOUR TEMPERATURES ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP CLIMBING HIGHER AND HIGHER DAY AFTER DAY. IT’S NICE RIGHT. QUITE THE CHANGE FROM WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK IN WHICH FREEZE WARNINGS, FROST ADVISORIES, WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WERE ALL IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. TONIGHT WE’RE GOING TO BE COOLING DOWN. YES, WE FALL BACK TO THE 40S IN THE 30S UNDER CLEAR SKIES, BUT THE SPRING LIKE WARM UP THAT’S JUST AROUND THE CORNER. TEMPERATURES COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN HIT THE 80S BY THE MIDDLE OF YOUR UPCOMING WORKWEEK. BUT THERE IS A BIG CONCERN. THAT’S THE FIRE DANGER THREAT WITH VERY LITTLE CHANCES FOR RAIN IN SIGHT THIS WEEKEND OR ACROSS THE FIRST HALF OF YOUR WORKWEEK. CURRENTLY, THE TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING. UNFORTUNATELY, LOWER 50S RIGHT NOW WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID 30S OR MID 40S IF YOU’RE IN ORLANDO TONIGHT. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES SPREAD ALL ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. OF COURSE THE COOLEST PLACE TO BE. THAT’S WAY UP NORTH IN PALM COAST, 39 DEGREES. SO ALREADY DROPPING DOWN TO THE 30S, YOU MIGHT FOLLOW SUIT IN OCALA, THE VILLAGES IN WILDWOOD, BUT YOUR TEMPS CURRENTLY ARE IN THE 40S HERE JUST PAST 1018. CLEAR SKIES ARE GOING TO BE THE CULPRIT FOR OUR COOLING CONDITIONS. THAT, COMBINED WITH THE NORTHERLY BREEZE IN WHICH WE’RE PULLING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, BUT WITH CLEAR SKIES TOMORROW, I PROMISE YOU TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE WARMING UP. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM WHAT WE HAD IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WERE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 OR 25 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS. NOW WE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF ZEROS ON THE BOARD IN PLACES LIKE KISSIMMEE, SANFORD, DAYTONA BEACH THREE MILE PER HOUR CONDITIONS FROM ORLANDO. BUT KEEP IN MIND IT’S STILL THAT NORTHERLY WIND FLOW COOLING US DOWN TONIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE A DROUGHT MONITOR CONCERN IN WHICH WE ARE TRENDING EXTREMELY DRY ACROSS PARTS OF MARION COUNTY. I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVEN’T HAD MANY CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGHOUT 2026. OF COURSE, TONIGHT WE STAY DRY AND THAT WILL BE THE GENERAL TREND TILL ABOUT THURSDAY COMING UP. SO UNDER THE DRY CONDITIONS TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES FALL DOWN TO 43 DEGREES IN ORLANDO. BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE IS BACK TO START OFF THE DAY TOMORROW. AND WE ACTUALLY JUST WATCHED A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES BY. SO THAT IS ALSO PLAYING ITS ROLE IN KEEPING US CLEAR TONIGHT AND COOLING US DOWN. BUT TOMORROW WITH CLEAR SKIES COMES WARMER WEATHER. WE’LL BE BOUNCING BACK TO THE 60S AND 70S IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT YOUR WAKE-UP TEMPERATURES WILL LOOK LIKE THIS. A COUPLE CHANCES FOR SOME FROST WHERE WE HAVE THIS AREA OF LIGHT BLUE SHADED HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, 38 OR IN OCALA, 37. IN THE VILLAGES. ULTIMATELY, YOUR DAY PLANNER WILL HAVE US ROLLING INTO THE LOW 70S BEFORE SUNDAY IS SAID AND DONE. AND WHAT WE’RE LACKING IN THIS DAY PLANNER. ANY CLOUD COVERAGE, HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP US QUITE SUNNY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES ARE BETWEEN THE LOW 60S IN THE MID 70S TOMORROW IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND IT’S NOT JUST ANY ORDINARY SUNDAY. IT’S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, WHICH WE’VE GOT WONDERFUL WEATHER. IF YOU’RE TAILGATING THE EVENT OR MAYBE WATCHING IT OUTDOORS. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO START THINGS OFF AT 630, AND WE’LL DIP DOWN TO THE 50S BEFORE THE DAY IS SAID AND DONE. ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, THROUGHOUT THE WORKWEEK WE ARE WARMING UP DAY AFTER DAY, CONTINUING TO SEE TEMPERATURES ROUTINELY HIT THE 70S OR POTENTIALLY THE 80S BY WEDNESDAY. BUT NEXT WEEKEND, JUST IN TIME FOR THE DAYTONA 500, HERE COMES A BATCH OF RAIN SHOWERS IN WHICH WILL BE TRACKING THOSE PRETTY CLOSELY. STILL, THOUGH, A LOT OF SUNSHINE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. 73 FOR YOUR HIGH TOMORROW, MID 70S MON

    Burn bans active in multiple Central Florida counties due to dry conditions

    Updated: 11:22 PM EST Feb 7, 2026

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    Due to dry conditions and the risk of wildfires and brush fires in Central Florida, burn bans have been imposed in multiple counties.Active burn bans in Central FloridaFlagler County – Burn ban issued on Friday Sumter County – Burn ban in effectOrange County – Yard debris burning is always prohibitedPolk County – Burn ban in effectMarion County – Voluntary burn banWhat is a burn ban?A burn ban is set into effect by the county when a long period without rain causes a severe drought in the area. This is when wildfires or brush fires are more common.An active burn ban prohibits activities like campfires, bonfires, burning trash, and other open fires in the county until the burn ban is lifted.How to protect your property from brush firesFlorida’s fire season peaks in April. As drought conditions continue to worsen in Central Florida, knowing how to protect your home from wildfires in your area could make all the difference.

    , Fla. —

    Due to dry conditions and the risk of wildfires and brush fires in Central Florida, burn bans have been imposed in multiple counties.

    • Flagler County – Burn ban issued on Friday
    • Sumter County – Burn ban in effect
    • Orange County – Yard debris burning is always prohibited
    • Polk County – Burn ban in effect
    • Marion County – Voluntary burn ban

    burn bans in central florida

    What is a burn ban?

    A burn ban is set into effect by the county when a long period without rain causes a severe drought in the area. This is when wildfires or brush fires are more common.

    An active burn ban prohibits activities like campfires, bonfires, burning trash, and other open fires in the county until the burn ban is lifted.

    How to protect your property from brush fires

    Florida’s fire season peaks in April. As drought conditions continue to worsen in Central Florida, knowing how to protect your home from wildfires in your area could make all the difference.

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  • Brush fire forces evacuations and road blocks in Flagler County, deputies say

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    Old Dixie Highway has been shut down between Interstate 95 and U.S. Highway 1 due to an active brush fire on Wednesday.Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies are currently assisting with evacuations in the area of residences on both sides of Old Dixie Highway.Residents between East Ave and Bayberry Village Rd as well as Old Dixie Hwy and Deer Hunter Rd, are being asked to evacuate at this time due to the fire’s progress.A shelter is being opened at Fire Station 16 (3935 Old Dixie Hwy), near the Publix.Affected residents should receive notice via Reverse 911. Flagler County Fire Rescue and FireFlight are actively supporting the Florida Forest Service to contain the blaze.According to the FFS, the fire has grown to 100 acres and is 40% contained as of 5:30 p.m.>> This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.

    FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. —

    Old Dixie Highway has been shut down between Interstate 95 and U.S. Highway 1 due to an active brush fire on Wednesday.

    Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies are currently assisting with evacuations in the area of residences on both sides of Old Dixie Highway.

    Residents between East Ave and Bayberry Village Rd as well as Old Dixie Hwy and Deer Hunter Rd, are being asked to evacuate at this time due to the fire’s progress.

    A shelter is being opened at Fire Station 16 (3935 Old Dixie Hwy), near the Publix.

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    Affected residents should receive notice via Reverse 911.

    Flagler County Fire Rescue

    Flagler County Fire Rescue and FireFlight are actively supporting the Florida Forest Service to contain the blaze.

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    According to the FFS, the fire has grown to 100 acres and is 40% contained as of 5:30 p.m.

    >> This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.

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  • Man killed in Seminole County shooting; suspect in custody

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    Man killed in Seminole County shooting; suspect in custody

    THE ROADS ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE ARE ALSO STAYING ON TOP OF MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. A MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR SANFORD, WESH TWO, BOB HAZEN LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NOW, SO BOB DEPUTIES SAY THEY DO HAVE THE SHOOTER IN CUSTODY. THAT PERSON APPARENTLY STAYED HERE AT THE SCENE AFTER THE SHOOTING, AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL DEPUTIES, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS AND DETECTIVES WHO ARE HERE ON THE SCENE AT THIS HOUSE. AND THIS IS A VERY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS THE LAKE MARKHAM WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST OF SANFORD. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY WERE CALLED TO THIS HOUSE HERE CLOSE TO 1130 LAST NIGHT FOR A SHOOTING. ONE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. AND THAT MAN DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THE PERSON THEY BELIEVE FIRED THE SHOT DID STAY HERE AT THE SCENE, AND THAT PERSON IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. THEY ALSO SAY THIS APPEARS TO BE A DOMESTIC INCIDENT, BUT THEY HAVEN’T EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHAT THEY THINK LED UP TO THAT SHOOTING OR WHO THAT PERSON WHO IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. WE’RE GOING TO STAY OUT HERE AND GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VICTIM. AGAIN, NOTHING’S BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THAT PERSON OR WHO IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. AND AS WE GET THAT THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, WE WILL BRING I

    Man killed in Seminole County shooting; suspect in custody

    Updated: 5:44 AM EST Feb 4, 2026

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    The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting on Colonial Court near Sanford.One man was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.The suspect is in custody. They have not been identified.Deputies believe this is an isolated, domestic incident. They say there is no danger to the area. This is a developing story. Stay with WESH 2 for updates.

    SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —

    The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting on Colonial Court near Sanford.

    One man was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.

    The suspect is in custody. They have not been identified.

    Deputies believe this is an isolated, domestic incident. They say there is no danger to the area.

    This is a developing story. Stay with WESH 2 for updates.

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  • Ocala’s Black History Mural invites exploration of local heritage

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    LEADS YET FOR A POTENTIAL SUSPECT. BACK TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE FALLOUT CONTINUES AFTER 30 TO 40,000 RAILROAD TIES CAUGHT ON FIRE IN DUNNELLON. NOW, MARION COUNTY HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SAYS IT WILL SUE BECAUSE THE COUNTY ORDERED THE RAIL TIES TO BE REMOVED, BUT SAYS THE PARTIES INVOLVED DRAGGED THEIR FEET. WESH TWO DAVID JONES IS IN DUNNELLON TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY WHO ARE QUITE UPSET. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT’S ON SITE TO HELP IN THIS RESPONSE. THOSE TIES THAT CAUGHT FIRE RIGHT THERE OVER MY SHOULDER, ALONG WITH THE NOW APPROVED LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. MARION COUNTY SAYS IT HAS ALSO APPROVED FILING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THIS. AND YOU CAN SMELL IT. IT’S ALMOST LIKE YOU CAN TASTE IT. LATONYA BRIGGS AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DUNNELLON. THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE A GIANT FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE SMELL. WE UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT THE SMELL IS THAT’S BEEN GOING ON. PEOPLE CAN’T SIT ON THEIR PORCHES OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MARION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTING FIRMLY TUESDAY TO LAUNCH AN INJUNCTION AGAINST CSX, THE OWNER OF THE RAIL LINE. FLORIDA NORTHERN, WHICH LEASED THE LINE AND THE PROPERTY AND TRACK LINE RAIL LLC, THE OWNER OF THE CREOSOTE SOAKED RAIL TIES THAT STARTED BURNING JUST BEFORE 3 A.M. SUNDAY. THE COUNTY SAYS TRACK LINE BROUGHT THE TIES INTO TOWN WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE CITY OR COUNTY. THE MANAGING ENTITY, CSX AND TRACK LINE LLC. THEY SHOULD BEAR THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS CLEANUP. COMMISSIONERS LAID OUT THE STEPS THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN TO GET THE RAIL TIES OUT SINCE OCTOBER. TRACK LINE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO GRIND AND REPURPOSE THEM ON SITE. THE COUNTY SENT OUT CODE VIOLATION NOTICES, MET WITH CSX ATTORNEYS, SENT A NOVEMBER CEASE AND DESIST LETTER, AND PREPARED TO FILE AN INJUNCTION IN DECEMBER BEFORE TRACK LINE STARTED MOVING THE TIES. THE CITY SAYS JUST UNDER 18,000 HAD BEEN MOVED WHEN ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 40,000 CAUGHT FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. WHEN THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER, THAT’S WHEN THEY DECIDED THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO START MOVING THIS STUFF. BUT BEFORE ALL OF THAT HAPPENED, THEY HIRED LAWYERS TO FIGHT. THE BRIGGS SAY THEY’VE BEEN HAVING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SINCE BEFORE THE FIRE. THIS IS HURTING PEOPLE. THE COUNTY SAYS IT’S GOING TO RESERVE FURTHER COMMENT NOW THAT LITIGATION HAS BEGUN. THE CITY, MEANWHILE, SAYS CSX WILL BE BRINGING 28 RAIL CARS INTO TOWN TO REMOVE THE REMAINING RAIL TIES COVERING MARION COUNTY IN DUNELLEN. DAVID JONES WESH TWO NEWS. AND RIGHT NOW ON WESH.COM, WE HAVE DETAILS ON AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND WATER QUALITY FROM THE CITY. MEANWHILE, TRACK LINE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. NEW TONIGHT OUT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. A LYFT DRIVER IS FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF BEATING HIS PASSENGER. DEPUTIES SAY 27 YEAR-OLD JOAQUIN VAZQUEZ WAS DRIVING TO THE VICTIM’S DESTINATION WHEN HE PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT’S WHEN THEY SAY HE WENT INTO THE BACK SEAT, CHOKED THE VICTIM AND THREATENED HER LIFE. HE’S NOW FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. THE NEXT MISSION TO THE MOON IS GROUNDED FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH. NASA REVEALED NEW INFORMATION TODAY ON THE FUEL LEAK THEY FOUND DURING THE ARTEMIS TWO WET DRESS REHEARSAL. AND WHAT THEY NEED TO FIX BEFORE LAUNCH. MISSION MANAGER JOHN HONEYCUTT SAYS THE LEAKS CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD, EVEN THOUGH SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAPPENED DURING ARTEMIS ONE TESTING IN 2022. SPECIALISTS SAY ROLLING THE ROCKET FROM THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING TO THE LAUNCH PAD MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE, BUT THE TEAM THINKS THEY CAN FIX THESE ISSUES AT THE PAD. THE EARLIEST LAUNCH DATE IS NOW MARCH 6TH. OF COURSE, WESH TWO WILL BE COVERING ARTEMIS TWO EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST MISSION UPDATES ON WESH.COM AND THE WESH TWO MOBILE APP. ALL RIGHT, TONY, YOU’RE OFF THE HOOK FOR ARTEMIS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT MONTH. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU THEN. BUT OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. NOT TERRIBLE. NO. YOU KNOW, IT’S YOU NEED A JACKET, BUT IT’S NOWHERE NEAR AS COLD. LET ME TAKE YOU BACK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. WE’LL KIND OF BREAK THIS ONE DOWN THERE FOR YOU. VENUE 520 LAKE MONROE. RIGHT NOW. LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE OUT THERE. LOVE THE SKY. IT IS ABOUT 47 DEGREES UP THAT WAY. 45 IN DELAND, 43 PALM COAST, AND THEN HERE UP TOWARDS OCALA. WE ARE RUNNING IN THE LOW 40S. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR. THERE’S A LITTLE COLD FRONT HERE THAT’S GOING TO DROP TO THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF, WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. AND THAT’S SOME GOOD NEWS. WE’RE IN THE THROES OF A DROUGHT. WE NEED THAT RAIN. SATELLITE RADAR FROM THE THAT TO THE WATER TEMPERATURE SHOWS TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED. THE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES BECAUSE OF THE RECENT COLD SPELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE SHELF WATERS HERE OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. AND YOU CAN SEE CENTRAL FLORIDA RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT HIGH PRESSURE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE ONE OF THE COLDEST SPOTS IN THE ENTIRE PENINSULA. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, A FEW CLOUDS WILL BE ARRIVING TOWARDS DAYBREAK UP TO THE NORTH. NOTICE THE WINDS FAIRLY LIGHT OUT THE DOOR TOMORROW MORNING. 12 HOUR FORECAST HERE. AS THE TEMPERATURES RUNNING IN THE LOW 40S OUT THE DOOR AT 6 A.M. COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF FROST AND EVEN A SHORT DURATION FREEZE UP HERE INTO MARION COUNTY. FROSTY THROUGH SUMTER, LAKE COUNTY METRO AREAS. WE’RE GOING TO BE OKAY. EASTERN ORANGE, SEMINOLE COUNTY ON INTO RURAL OSCEOLA COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE DOWN TOWARDS CONNERSVILLE, SAINT CLOUD, DEER PARK, HOLOPAW HARMONY. YOU GUYS WILL LIKELY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FROST. THE LAND TO BURY ORANGE CITY UP TOWARDS THE LEON SPRINGS, ASTOR AND PEARSON YOU AS WELL. WE’LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FROST NOW AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HERE COMES THAT COLD FRONT. QUICK SHOT OF MAYBE A 10TH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN. AND THEN WE TURN A LITTLE BIT COLDER. NOW, AS WE GET YOU INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPORARY THOUGH, AND NOT AS COLD AS WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH NOW, RAINFALL WISE, THE GRAPH IN THE ARE VERY, VERY CONSISTENT WITH ABOUT A 10TH TO 2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW’S TEMPERATURES. NOW GET OUT THERE, ENJOY IT. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE RUNNING IN THE LOW 70S. CLERMONT LEESBURG BACK TOWARDS UMATILLA AND THEN LOOK AT THE LAND. SANFORD BITHLO SAINT CLOUD 7273 DEGREES UP AND DOWN THE I-95 CORRIDOR. LOW 70S NOW BEHIND THE FRONT. IT DOES GET COLDER HERE FRIDAY MORNING. LOOK AT OCALA 30. DELAND 33. DOWNTOWN ORLANDO MIDDLE UPPER 30S AND THEN BACK TOWARDS TITUSVILLE AROUND 37 DEGREES. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FREEZE HISTORY HERE, AS WE JUST SHOWED YOU THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE UP THERE IN OCALA AND MANY PARTS OF MARION COUNTY, 2010, WE HAD 32 OF THEM LAST YEAR. WE HAD TEN. THIS YEAR WE’RE UP TO 13. WILL BE TACK ON ANOTHER ONE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. I’LL LET YOU KNOW OUT THE DOOR TOMORROW MORNING AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. BIG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD. WINDS ARE FAIRLY LIGHT. A GOOD LOOKING WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE, SO THAT’S TIMING. SUPER BOWL TIMING. THAT IS, EVEN THOUGH THE THE FORECAST FOR SANTA CLARA LOOKS COMFORTABLY COOL FOR KICKOFF THERE. IF YOU’VE GOT A SUPER BOWL PARTY GOING ON AT YOUR HOUSE THIS WEEKEND, LOCALLY IT’S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY NICE AND VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE AND A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN FOLKS OUT WEST. HEY, THERE’S ANOTHER BIG EVENT GOING ON ON NBC THIS WEEKEND AND KICKING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. THAT’S THE WINTER GAMES. THERE’S MILAN, GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN COMING IN OFF OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST HERE AS WE GET YOU THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY, HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWS ACROSS THE THE ALPS OF ITALY AND SWITZERLAND. RAIN, THOUGH COMING ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES. 50, 48 AND 46. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER HERE FOR YOU. SEVEN DAY FORECAST ALONG THE COAST. A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN THURSDAY. BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND WEATHER AND WARMING UP INTO THE LOWER 70S BY NEXT WEEK. NEW TONIGHT A MOUSE IN BREVARD COUNTY HAD A NEED FOR SPEED. YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE THIS VIDEO. HE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA GOING FULL THROTTLE ON A WHEEL AT THE BREVARD ZOO. THE ZOO SHARED THIS LITTLE DAREDEVILS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK, EMPHASIZING THE FACT THAT THIS VIDEO IS NOT SPED UP. THIS IS HOW FAST HE WAS GOING. HE’S FAST, AND PROBABLY DIZZY. WANTED TO GO LOOK AT IT. AT ONE POINT HE LIKE, KIND OF STUMBLES OFF. IT’S FUNNY, BUT HE’S OKAY. YEAH, HE’S A GREAT SHAPE. YEAH. OH. GOT HIS CAR GOING. OKAY. YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO RUN TO BAHAMA BREEZE BEFORE CLOSING. AFTER 30 YEARS. ORLANDO BASED DARDEN RESTAURANTS IS CLOSING ALL 28 OF ITS BAHAMA BREEZE LOCATIONS THAT ARE LEFT. DARDEN SAYS HALF OF THOSE WILL CLOSED OUTRIGHT, AND THEY WILL CONVERT THE REST INTO THEIR OTHER BRANDS. THIS MOVE COMES AFTER THE COMPANY CLOSED SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS AMONG THE SALE. BAHAMA BREEZE WILL CLOSE DOWN APRIL 5TH. BLACK HISTORY IS ON DISPLAY IN OCALA. THE TOWN’S PAST CONTINUES TO BE FELT TODAY. COMING UP, HOW ONE OF OCALA’S EARLIEST FIGURES HELPED A PRESENT DAY LAWYER GET HIS EDUCATION. AND A MAN SAYS VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WRONGLY ARRESTED HIM. THE PROOF? HE SAYS HE HAS THAT SHOWS HE’S INNOCENT. NEXT, A WESH TWO INVESTIGATES LOCAL. LIVE. LATE-BREAKING. WESH TWO NEWS ON CW STARTS NOW. NOW AT 1030. WE START WITH THE TOP STORIES THIS HALF HOUR. FIRST, WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF COCOA THIS EVENING. POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A THREE MONTH OLD DIED. THE CALL CAME IN AROUND 430 THIS AFTERNOON ON PINEDA STREET AND DUKE WAY. WESH TWO SAW THIS CRIME SCENE TAPE AROUND THE PROPERTY. OFFICERS WERE COMBING THROUGH THE AREA AND SPEAKING TO PEOPLE ON THE SCENE. ONE STEP CLOSER TO DECIDING IF THEY’LL CLOSE SEVEN SCHOOLS. THEY SHOW WHERE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WOULD END UP IF THEIR SCHOOL CLOSED DOWN. THE DISTRICT SAYS LOW ENROLLMENT IS BEHIND THESE CHANGES. THEY EXPECT TO VOTE ON FINALIZING THE PROPOSAL DURING THEIR MARCH 10TH BOARD MEETING. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED OVER THIS TOXIC FIRE BURNING IN DUNNELLON. THOUSANDS OF USED RAILROAD TIES CAUGHT FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE COUNTY SAYS THEY WERE STORED IMPROPERLY. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO GET THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO CONTROL ANY POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALSO APPROVED FILING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR LACK OF ACTION, AND TO REQUEST A COURT ORDER FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE TIES. TRANSPORTATION, TRACK LINE RAIL, AND FLORIDA NORTHERN RAILROAD. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS MONITORING THE AIR. TALKING TO YOU, BIG GUY. SURRENDER NOW. THIS DOG’S GONNA BITE YOU. HEY. NEW TONIGHT, ORLANDO POLICE SHARED THIS BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM A SEARCH WARRANT AND ARREST LATE AUGUST. OFFICERS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS OF DRUG SALES IN CARVER SHORES. THEY FOUND PEOPLE WITH DRUGS LEAVING THE HOME, AND A SEARCH WARRANT LATER FOUND COCAINE, AMPHETAMINES, OXYCODONE AND GUNS. DEREK GILMORE TRIED TO RUN, AND HE AND BLAKE COLEMAN WERE BOTH ARRESTED AND CHARGED. BUT THE STORY DOES NOT END THERE FOR GILMORE. HE MAY HAVE STOPPED UNDER 408. YEAH. IF YOU GOT OMAR CLOSE, YOU NEED TO CHECK ON THIS. YEAH, HE’S SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW. SO IN NOVEMBER, POLICE FOUND GILMORE BACK NEAR HIS HOUSE. HE WAS OUT OF JAIL ON BOND. HE WAS SEEN DRIVING AWAY AND DITCHING A BACKPACK. THAT BACKPACK HAD FENTANYL, MDMA, COCAINE, OXYCODONE, AND A HANDGUN. GILMORE ABANDONED HIS CAR AND WAS PICKED UP BY A WOMAN, REGINA TAYLOR. THEY WERE BOTH FOUND AND ARRESTED LAST MONTH. ORLANDO’S TACTICAL ANTI-CRIME UNIT FOUND GILMORE DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND OFFICERS FOUND MORE DRUGS. THEY SAY IN THE CAR. GILMORE HAS BEEN CHARGED AGAIN IN CONNECTION TO BOTH INCIDENTS. IN ORANGE COUNTY, A SEMI TRUCK DRIVER IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING CRASHED INTO SEVERAL CARS. VIDEO SHOWS THE CRASH THIS MORNING ON ORANGE AVENUE NEAR HOLDEN AVENUE. TROOPERS SAY THE SEMI DRIVER HAD A MEDICAL EPISODE AND VEERED INTO TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK HIT TWO CARS AND THREE OTHERS PARKED OUTSIDE A BUSINESS. PARAMEDICS TOOK THE DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET TAKEN CARE OF. ANOTHER DRIVER HAD MINOR INJURIES. TRAFFIC PROBLEMS HIT GROVELAND AFTER A ROAD SOUTHWEST OF TOWN COLLAPSED. LAKE COUNTY IS CALLING THE SCENE AT EMPIRE CHURCH ROAD. AT THE MOMENT, ENGINEERS ARE STILL TESTING TO DETERMINE IF IT’S A TRUE SINKHOLE. SOIL SETTLING HAPPENS VERY SLOWLY, BUT A SINKHOLE IS FAR MORE SERIOUS, SOMETHING MORE THAT HAPPENS AT THE LIMESTONE BEDROCK LEVEL. SO SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING THESE CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION OF THE LIMESTONE AS ACIDIC WATER PERMEATES THROUGH THE SOIL AND EVENTUALLY ERODES, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SAY, 50 TO 100FT DOWN THE GROUND SURFACE. UCF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LUIS ARBOLEDA SAYS THAT IT IS LIKELY THE TEAMS ON SITE ARE DOING CONE PENETRATION TESTING. A CONE HITS THE GROUND WITH SENSORS AND CAN MEASURE RESISTANCE. LAKE COUNTY SAYS IT EXPECTS THE TEST RESULTS TO COME BACK ON MONDAY. A VOLUSIA COUNTY MAN SWORE HE WAS INNOCENT AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR A CRIME HE SAYS HE DID NOT COMMIT, AND WESH 2 INVESTIGATES, UNCOVERED THE RECEIPTS PROVING IT. OUR JUSTIN SCHECKER DID WEEKS OF DIGGING TO HELP A LOCAL MAN GET HIS LIFE BACK. WHAT’S GOING ON? HE WENT IN FOR A HANDSHAKE AND WOUND UP IN HANDCUFFS. I NEED YOU TO PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. FOR WHAT? YOU GOT A WARRANT? WHAT? I’LL TELL YOU. OH. BURGESS WAS SHOCKED AS A VOLUSIA SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ARRESTED HIM IN EARLY AUGUST. SO I’M ABOUT TO COME OUT HERE AND TALK TO YOU. DAD. HIS FIVE YEAR OLD SON WAS WITH HIM IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS SUV IN A HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT. SO YOU GOT SOME SOME SORT OF FRAUD WARRANT? I WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING. I WAS LIKE, HEY, MAN. ORANGE COUNTY COURT RECORDS REVEALED BURGESS HAD TWO ARREST WARRANTS FOR FRAUD AND THEFT CHARGES AT TWO UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT HOTELS. THIS ORLANDO POLICE AFFIDAVIT SAYS A PERSON IN JUNE CHECKED INTO ROOMS WITH INVALID CREDIT CARDS AT ENDLESS SUMMER SURFSIDE RESORT AND CABANA BAY RESORT THAT APPROXIMATELY $4,406.98 WAS CHARGED TO BOTH RESORT ROOMS AND WAS NEVER PAID FOR BY THE SUBJECT. WHY WOULD I GO TO A HOTEL AND STAY AT A HOTEL RUNNING UP CREDIT CARDS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I GOT KIDS I CAN’T EVEN. LIKE I SAID, I CAN BARELY GO TO A GAS STATION. DURING OUR INTERVIEW IN OCTOBER, HIS SON AND SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL. THIS IS ABOUT WHEN THE THE HOME DEPOT INCIDENT. OH, I KNOW THAT WHEN COPS ARRESTED YOU FOR NO REASON. YES. MY DAD DIDN’T DO ANYTHING. HE WAS AT WORK THAT NIGHT. THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE SUBJECT CHECKED INTO CABANA BAY RESORT ON JUNE 16TH. BURGESS MAINTAINS HE WAS NEARLY 70 MILES AWAY WORKING AT EVERGLADES BOATS IN EDGEWATER. HE SAYS THE COMPANY TERMINATED HIM AFTER HIS ARREST, BUT HR PROVIDED BURGESS HIS TIME CARD, SHOWING HE CLOCKED IN AT 4:57 P.M. ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH, AND PUNCHED OUT AT 3:35 A.M. THE NEXT DAY. I’M INNOCENT. I DIDN’T DO THIS. SO WHY DID POLICE BELIEVE HE DID? THEY SAY THE SAME MAN WHO CHECKED INTO CABANA BAY RESORT ON JUNE 16TH. CHECKED IN AGAIN ON JUNE 22ND, BUT THIS TIME THE MAN GOT A TRESPASS ORDER FROM ORLANDO POLICE. SO BASICALLY, IT’S GOING TO BE A TRESPASS FROM ALL UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PROPERTIES. WESH TWO INVESTIGATES OBTAINED THIS BODY CAMERA VIDEO NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER REQUESTING IT. POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THE MAN IN THIS VIDEO WAS BURGESS GIVING A FAKE NAME AND ID TO POLICE. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME BY? FINE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOT SHOWING HIS FACE. BUT THE MAN BEING BANNED IS CLEARLY NOT BURGESS. YOU CAN SEE HE HAS NO TATTOOS ON HIS LEGS. WHILE BURGESS SHOWED US HIS. HIS TIME CARD ALSO SHOWS HE WENT TO WORK ON JUNE 22ND, THE SAME DAY AS THE TRESPASSING INCIDENT. I’M JUST SO MIND BLOWN THAT THAT THAT THEY DIDN’T DO NO KIND OF INVESTIGATION AND JUST CHARGED IT BECAUSE THEY, THEY IT IT LOOKS SORT OF LIKE ME. THE ARREST WARRANT AFFIDAVIT SAYS POLICE IDENTIFIED BURGESS USING LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES IN AN EMAIL TO WESH TWO INVESTIGATES ORLANDO POLICE CHIEF ERIC SMITH’S CHIEF OF STAFF SAID FACIAL RECOGNITION WAS NOT USED. HE ALSO SAID BECAUSE IT’S AN ACTIVE CRIMINAL CASE, POLICE ARE LIMITED ON WHAT ELSE THEY CAN SAY. THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOT TO COME OUT ON THE SAME DAY. WESH TWO INVESTIGATES RECEIVED THAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO IN DECEMBER FROM THE CITY OF ORLANDO. THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FILED A NO INFORMATION NOTICE IN THE CASE AGAINST BURGESS. PROSECUTORS ARE DECLINING TO FILE CHARGES BECAUSE THEY SAY THE EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT DUE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SAW THAT FILING? I TOLD YOU SO, BURGESS SAYS HE FELT HOPELESS BEFORE HE SHARED THE STORY OF HIS WRONGFUL ARREST WITH WESH TWO. INVESTIGATES. BEFORE I SPOKE TO YOU, I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I CALLED EVERYBODY AND I JUST GOT THE PHONE SLAMMED ON ME. WITHOUT YOU GUYS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HELPED. YOU HAVE HELPED TREMENDOUSLY WHEN OUT OF THE WAY. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. WESH TWO NEWS IS DONE. FOR WESH TWO INVESTIGATES I’M JUSTIN SCHECKER. AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT CASE BECAUSE BO BURGESS CONTACTED JUSTIN THEROUX. WESH TWO INVESTIGATES. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING OUR INTO. EMAIL US AT INVESTIGATES@WESH.COM. THE DEEP FREEZE IS OVER AND MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY’RE FINDING AFTER UNCOVERING THEIR PLANS. BUT AUSTIN COATES OF LUCAS NURSERY AND BUTTERFLY ENCOUNTER IN OVIEDO SAYS NOW THAT WE’RE IN THIS POST FREEZE PERIOD, DON’T JUST RUN OUT AND CUT BACK ALL YOUR PLANTS. IF YOU DO, YOU’LL RUN THE RISK OF CAUSING MORE DAMAGE AND STRESS TO THE PLANTS. YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO REALLY LEAVE IT, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST 4 TO 6 WEEKS, SO THAT ANY SORT OF FROST DAMAGE THAT HAS YET TO SHOW ITSELF, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT PLANT TO KIND OF FINISH SORTING OUT WHATEVER ISSUES MAY BE GOING ON WITH THAT FROST DAMAGE, AND THEN PROBABLY AROUND EARLY MARCH, FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO CUT A LOT OF THIS DEAD STUFF BACK. AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT’S COMPLETELY COOKED, YOU CAN DO TWO TESTS TO DETERMINE IF IT’S STILL ALIVE. SO THE GREEN THAT’S ON THE INSIDE MEANS THAT THERE’S FLUID INSIDE OF THE TRUNK OF THE PLANT. SO IT’S STILL VIABLE AND IT WILL STILL COME BACK. YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF THE PLANT AND SEE IF THERE’S GREEN ON THE INSIDE. A LOT OF GREEN THUMBS LIKE MINE JUST DID NOT GO GREEN. NO, I THINK WE LOST OUR ELEPHANT EARS. I THINK THEY’RE CALLED. YEAH, IT’S ALL RIGHT. IT’S OKAY. I’M SURE YOU’RE NOT ALONE. FEELS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE ANDREW’S PROBLEM, NOT MINE. LET HIM DEAL WITH THAT. YES. AND ALL OF THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE COLD THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND IT’S GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT THEN IT’S GOING TO COME BACK. YEAH. LET’S GET OVER TO TONY. NOW, WHO HAS THE DETAILS ON OUR FORECAST. WHAT’S UP TONY. YEAH, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON TONIGHT. WE STILL THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME FROST AND MAYBE A SHORT DURATION FREEZE HERE IN MARION COUNTY, BUT WE WARM UP NICELY ONCE WE GET PAST DAYBREAK. YOU CAN SEE THE SQUARE RIGHT NOW, 42 DEGREES, 44 PALM COAST, 48 DOWNTOWN 40 BACK TOWARDS TITUSVILLE. THERE ARE A FEW CLOUDS NOW APPROACHING THE I-10 CORRIDOR SIGN OF THAT WEATHER MAKER THAT’S GOING TO HEAD OUR WAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY THURSDAY. BUT NOTICE OUT AHEAD OF IT AGAIN ANOTHER EVENING PLUS FIVE PLUS TEN DEGREES WARMER THAN WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST NIGHT. AND OCALA IS GOING TO BE DROPPING VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING THERE FOR SHORT DURATION, ONLY TO WARM UP QUICKLY TO ABOUT 64. YOU TAKE A LOOK NOW UP TOWARDS DAYTONA BEACH, MID 30S WITH SOME PATCHY FROST. THEN BY THE 11:00 HOUR WE’RE COMING IN AT ABOUT 65 DEGREES. NOW I’M GOING TO TIME OUT THAT FRONT THAT’S COMING IN ON THURSDAY. THE COOLER AIR ON FRIDAY. AND THEN A NICE BIG WARMING TREND HEADED OUR WAY. AS WE GET YOU ON INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. WHEN I SEE YOU COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES, GUYS. ALL RIGHT, TONY, MEANTIME, DEAD FISH ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS IS VIDEO FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON NEAR NEW SMYRNA BEACH SHOWING FISH THERE IN THE WATER TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THERE. THIS VIDEO SAYS THAT ALL THOSE FISH SPANNED AN AREA OF ABOUT 200FT. NOW, IT’S NOT JUST FISH. OTHER KINDS OF SEA CRITTERS ARE WASHING UP ON BEACHES IN FLORIDA, EXPERTS SAY THE COLD WEATHER GOT TO THEM. STINGRAYS, CRABS, EELS, SEA SHARK HAVE ALL WASHED UP ON BEACHES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, OFFICIALS SAY WATER TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO THE LOWER 50S THIS WEEK THERE, WHICH CAN STUN OR KILL SOME OF THE MARINE LIFE IN THE GULF. SCIENTISTS SAY SOME CREATURES CAN LIVE IF THEY GET BACK IN THE WATER QUICKLY, BUT ANYTHING WITH GILLS LIKELY DIED AFTER A FEW MINUTES OUT OF THE WATER. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THIS. SEA LIONS AT AN IOWA ZOO. THEY MADE THEIR PREDICTION FOR THE SUPER BOWL ON SUNDAY. SO THE AFRICAN LIONS DO. SENDS ARENA COULD PICK A BARREL WITH THE LOGOS FOR THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. SO DEUCE WAS HESITANT TO MAKE A PICK. BUT ARENA ULTIMATELY PICKED THE SEAHAWKS TO WIN THE GAME. THERE SHE GOES. THE ZOO SAYS IT’S ANIMALS ACCURATELY PREDICT THE WINNER. 80% OF THE TIME. ISN’T THAT SOMETHING? OKAY, YOU CAN WATCH SUPER BOWL 60 BETWEEN THE SEAHAWKS AND THE PATRIOTS OVER ON WESH TWO AT 630 ON SUNDAY. GOT BETTER ODDS THAN PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL. I’LL TELL YOU THAT. CERTAINLY DO. ALL RIGHT, WESH TWO HERE WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND YOU CAN FIND IT ON FULL DISPLAY IN MARION COUNTY. THIS LITTLE CITY CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, AND MARION COUNTY. IT PRODUCED SO MANY FAMOUS AND FIRSTS. COMING UP NEXT, HEAR ABOUT THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM OCALA AND HOW THEY INSPIRE PEOPLE TODAY. IT’S A LOOK BACK IN HISTORY, AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO GET ALL WHO SEE IT, TO SIMPLY ASK, WHO WAS THAT PERSON AND WHY IS THAT MOMENT SIGNIFICANT? WESH 2 STEWART MOORE WENT TO OCALA TO SEE THE BLACK HISTORY MURAL. WELCOME TO WEST OCALA, THE ONCE VIBRANT, BUSTLING, THRIVING ALL BLACK COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED AS MODERN TIMES HAVE TAKEN OVER. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS LITTLE CITY CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA AND MARION COUNTY. IT PRODUCED SO MANY FAMOUS AND FIRSTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRSTS HERE. AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY TEND TO SPREAD ABROAD. SO NOT JUST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. BUT THE HISTORY OF WHAT WAS IS ON FULL DISPLAY. THIS IS THE OCALA BLACK HISTORY MURAL AND ITS PURPOSE, SAYS LEADER OF THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM, IS TO MAKE YOU ASK QUESTIONS. IT STARTS WITH A TIMELINE. IT GIVES YOU A TIMELINE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR. IT TALKS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, POLITICS. IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE POPULATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MARION COUNTY. OBI SAMUEL JUNIOR IS A LOCAL ATTORNEY IN TOWN. WHILE IN LAW SCHOOL, HE RECEIVED THE VIRGIL HAWKINS SCHOLARSHIP. HAWKINS FEATURED RIGHT HERE ON THIS WALL PAVED THE WAY FOR ASPIRING BLACK LAWYERS TO ATTEND PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS. WELL, HE’S THE GUY THAT FOUGHT FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL, SO HE WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL THERE. AND THOUGH HE NEVER ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL, BUT THROUGH HIS EFFORTS, IT BECAME INTEGRATED AND THUS OPENED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ENTER LAW SCHOOL. VIRGIL HAWKINS IS ON THIS WALL. PARADISE PARK IS ON THIS WALL, BUT ALSO THIS WOMAN. THIS IS DOCTOR CARRIE HAMPTON. SHE’S THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE DOCTOR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THE INTERVIEW WE DID WITH MR. SAMUEL WAS INSIDE OF HER HOUSE. THEY HAD A GREAT IMPACT AS FAR AS BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THEY MOTIVATED ME, AND THAT’S WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING. I FELT A CERTAIN SPIRIT ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN INSPIRATION TO CARRYING ON THEIR LEGACY, YOU KNOW, FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE. THIS HOME USED TO BE A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE IT SITS NOW PRESERVED HOME TO WHERE BLACK PEOPLE IN MARION COUNTY WENT FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. DOCTOR CARRIE MITCHELL, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE LICENSED PRACTICING MEDICINE IN FLORIDA AND OPERATED A DRUGSTORE. SHE WAS MARRIED TO DOCTOR LEROY HAMPTON, A DENTIST WHOSE NAMESAKE, HAMPTON CENTER, WHICH SITS ACROSS A BASEBALL FIELD FROM THE MURAL, STILL TRAINS PEOPLE TO CARE FOR TEETH. TODAY. HERE YOU NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE DOCTOR AND THE DENTIST, BUT YOU HAD OCALA BAZAAR, WHICH WAS AN AFRICAN OWNED DRY GOODS STORE WITH OVER 20 EMPLOYEES. YOU HAD THE. METROPOLITAN BANK BANK, WHICH WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN BANK IN MARION COUNTY AND ALSO IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE FIRST CHARTERED BLACK CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU HAD THE OCALA TEXTILE MILL THAT HAD OVER 100 EMPLOYEES. THE WALL IS LIVING HISTORY THAT YOU CAN TOUCH AND RESEARCH FOREVER. HISTORY MAKERS. SO NEXT TIME YOU PASS IT AND YOU ASK

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    Updated: 11:51 PM EST Feb 3, 2026

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    The Ocala Black History Mural in West Ocala serves as a vibrant reminder of the area’s once-thriving African American community, inviting viewers to delve into the stories of its influential figures and moments.Davida Randolph, leader of the Howard Black History Museum, emphasized the significance of the mural, saying, “You know what this little civic city of Ocala, Florida, and Marion County, it produced so many famous and firsts. You know, we have so many African American first here.”The mural offers a timeline that stretches back to the Civil War, highlighting local government, politics, and the African American population in Marion County. Ob Samuel Jr., a local attorney, shared his connection to the mural through Virgil Hawkins, who fought for the integration of the University of Florida law school.”He’s the guy that fought for the integration of the University of Florida law school, so he was very influential there, and though he never actually attended the University of Florida law school, but through his efforts, it became integrated, and thus opened an opportunity for me to enter law school,” Samuel said.The mural also honors Black entrepreneurship and excellence, inspiring individuals like Samuel to continue the legacy.”They had a great impact as far as black entrepreneurship. They motivated me. And that’s when I had the opportunity to purchase this building. I felt a certain spirit about it, you know, a certain inspiration to carrying on their legacy for black excellence,” he said.This home, preserved a few blocks from its original location, was where black people in Marion County went for health and well-being.Dr. Effie Carrie Mitchell, the first black woman licensed to practice medicine in Florida, operated a drug store and was married to Dr. Lee Royal Hampton, a dentist.The Hampton Center, named after him, still trains people to care for teeth today and sits across a baseball field from the mural.The mural also highlights other significant establishments, such as the Ocala Bazaar, an African-owned dry goods store with over 20 employees, and the Metropolitan Blank Bank, the first African American bank in Marion County and Florida, and the first chartered black corporation in the state. The Ocala textile mill employed over 100 people.The Ocala Black History Mural is a living testament to the area’s rich history, encouraging passersby to explore and learn about the figures and events that shaped the community.

    MARION COUNTY, Fla. —

    The Ocala Black History Mural in West Ocala serves as a vibrant reminder of the area’s once-thriving African American community, inviting viewers to delve into the stories of its influential figures and moments.

    Davida Randolph, leader of the Howard Black History Museum, emphasized the significance of the mural, saying, “You know what this little civic city of Ocala, Florida and Marion County, it produced so many famous and firsts. You know, we have so many African American first here.”

    The mural offers a timeline that stretches back to the Civil War, highlighting local government, politics, and the African American population in Marion County. Ob Samuel Jr., a local attorney, shared his connection to the mural through Virgil Hawkins, who fought for the integration of the University of Florida law school.

    “He’s the guy that fought for the integration of the University of Florida law school, so he was very influential there, and though he never actually attended the University of Florida law school, but through his efforts, it became integrated, and thus opened an opportunity for me to enter law school,” Samuel said.

    The mural also honors black entrepreneurship and excellence, inspiring individuals like Samuel to continue the legacy.

    “They had a great impact as far as black entrepreneurship. They motivated me. And that’s when I had the opportunity to purchase this building. I felt a certain spirit about it, you know, a certain inspiration to carrying on their legacy for black excellence,” he said.

    This home, preserved a few blocks from its original location, was where black people in Marion County went for health and well-being.

    Dr. Effie Carrie Mitchell, the first black woman licensed to practice medicine in Florida, operated a drug store and was married to Dr. Lee Royal Hampton, a dentist.

    The Hampton Center, named after him, still trains people to care for teeth today and sits across a baseball field from the mural.

    The mural also highlights other significant establishments, such as the Ocala Bazaar, an African-owned dry goods store with over 20 employees, and the Metropolitan Blank Bank, the first African American bank in Marion County and Florida, and the first chartered black corporation in the state. The Ocala textile mill employed over 100 people.

    The Ocala Black History Mural is a living testament to the area’s rich history, encouraging passersby to explore and learn about the figures and events that shaped the community.

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  • Deputies investigating after man shot in Sacramento County

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    Deputies investigating after man shot in Sacramento County

    THAT’S NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND SOUTH OF FOLSOM BOULEVARD. KCRA 3’S ANDRES VALLE JUST ARRIVED ON SCENE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YEAH. SO THIS IS A PRETTY LARGE CRIME SCENE, BUT MAINLY FOCUS ON THE VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT RIGHT BEHIND ME. THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE K ONE SPEEDWAY RACING TRACK AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING AT THE PARKING LOT HERE. WE’VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE INVESTIGATORS ALSO INSIDE. WHAT WE DO KNOW SO FAR IS THAT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN SHOT. HE’S BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HIS CONDITION STILL UNKNOWN AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUT SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DID SAY THAT THERE’S THREE POSSIBLE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO GATHER A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED, BUT WE HAVE A SHERIFF DEPUTIES ON THIS SIDE OF THE RESTAURANT, AS WELL AS DEPUTIES INSIDE THE RESTAURANT LOOKING FOR ANY PARTICULAR EVIDENCE. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS RESTAURANT AS WELL, THERE’S ALSO A LARGE NUMBER OF SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AS WELL. SO THEY’RE REALLY JUST COMBING THROUGH THE BUSHES, THE PARKING LOT INSIDE THE RESTAURANT. I ALSO DID NOTICE A COUPLE OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE STILL STUCK INSIDE, MORE THAN LIKELY BEING QUESTIONED BY THESE DETECTIVES. AS OF RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN, WE’RE WORKING TO GATHER A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. WE KNOW THAT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN SHOT. THE CALL ORIGINALLY CAME IN AT 945. THAT PERSON IS HEADED TO THE HOSPITAL AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND THERE’S POTENTIALLY THREE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS. WE KNOW THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S SPOKESPERSON IS CURRENTLY ON THEIR WAY HERE AND WILL BE PROVIDING US WITH AN UPDATE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES OR SO, SO WE’LL HOPE TO HAVE THAT FOR YOU GUYS AT 11:00. BUT FOR NOW, WE

    Deputies investigating after man shot in Sacramento County

    Updated: 10:36 PM PST Feb 2, 2026

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    Deputies are investigating a shooting near a Sacramento County business on Monday night, according to the sheriff’s office. Crews responded to the report of a shooting in the area of Bradshaw Road and Business Park Drive around 9:45 p.m.Officials said one man was found with a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital and his condition is unknown. Investigators are working to determine what led up to the shooting. A KCRA 3 crew was at the scene, where the parking lot of a Vietnamese restaurant appeared to be blocked by crime scene tape. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

    Deputies are investigating a shooting near a Sacramento County business on Monday night, according to the sheriff’s office.

    Crews responded to the report of a shooting in the area of Bradshaw Road and Business Park Drive around 9:45 p.m.

    Officials said one man was found with a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital and his condition is unknown.

    Investigators are working to determine what led up to the shooting.

    A KCRA 3 crew was at the scene, where the parking lot of a Vietnamese restaurant appeared to be blocked by crime scene tape.

    This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

    See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

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  • Wildfire causes hours-long shutdown of I-95 in Brevard County

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    MARION COUNTY LIVE TONIGHT IN DUNNELLON TONY ATKINS WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT. STAY SAFE OUT THERE, TONY. MEANWHILE, YOU’RE ABOUT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT A PICTURE FROM AN FDOT CAM ON I-95 IN BREVARD COUNTY NEAR GRANT. NOW, WITHIN THE PAST HOUR, TROOPERS REOPENED TRAFFIC GOING NORTH AFTER SHUTTING DOWN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR HOURS DUE TO SMOKE OUT THERE. THIS IS A LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE EARLIER TODAY. WE DO KNOW THAT FIREFIGHTERS, BOTH IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND, BATTL

    Wildfire causes hours-long shutdown of I-95 in Brevard County

    Updated: 10:59 PM EST Feb 1, 2026

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    Interstate 95 was shut down in both directions in Brevard County on Sunday afternoon due to a wildfire, causing low visibility, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Roads were closed between mile marker 166 and mile marker 173, about 7 miles between the area of St. Johns Heritage Parkway and Malabar Road.The road has since reopened, troopers said. FHP is advising drivers to continue to avoid the area until further notice. According to the Florida Forest Service, the brush fire over I-95 in Brevard County, called the Terkam Road fire, grew to 130 acres and is now 100% contained.

    BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —

    Interstate 95 was shut down in both directions in Brevard County on Sunday afternoon due to a wildfire, causing low visibility, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

    Roads were closed between mile marker 166 and mile marker 173, about 7 miles between the area of St. Johns Heritage Parkway and Malabar Road.

    The road has since reopened, troopers said.

    FHP is advising drivers to continue to avoid the area until further notice.

    According to the Florida Forest Service, the brush fire over I-95 in Brevard County, called the Terkam Road fire, grew to 130 acres and is now 100% contained.

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  • Crews rescue dog from frozen creek in Maryland

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    I’M KATE AMARA WBAL TV 11 NEWS. THANK YOU. A CHOCOLATE LAB IS RECOVERING AFTER A BITTER COLD BRUSH WITH DANGER EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS LAB NAMED GIZMO GOT STUCK ON A FROZEN CREEK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER HE SLID DOWN A HILL WHILE GOING FOR HIS MORNING POTTY BREAK. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO GET GIZMO BACK ON LAND BY USING A SPECIALIZED BASKET. THEY SAY HE WAS HYPOTHERMIC, BUT WAS ABLE TO EAT AND GOT TREATED IN THE AMBULANCE. GIZMO WA

    Crews were called to a frozen creek in Maryland to help rescue a dog that was trapped on the ice. According to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, Monday morning, crews from their department, along with the Annapolis Fire Department, were called to Luce Creek for a reported chocolate lab stuck on the ice in Parole, Maryland, which is outside Annapolis and is around 27 miles from Baltimore.Crews arrived at the area and were able to locate the dog. They carefully went on the ice and used a Stokes basket in order to rescue the dog. Officials remind the public that the ice on area waterways is dangerously thin. Stay off the ice and if a person or pet falls through the ice, do not attempt a rescue on their own.

    Crews were called to a frozen creek in Maryland to help rescue a dog that was trapped on the ice.

    According to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, Monday morning, crews from their department, along with the Annapolis Fire Department, were called to Luce Creek for a reported chocolate lab stuck on the ice in Parole, Maryland, which is outside Annapolis and is around 27 miles from Baltimore.

    Crews arrived at the area and were able to locate the dog. They carefully went on the ice and used a Stokes basket in order to rescue the dog. Officials remind the public that the ice on area waterways is dangerously thin. Stay off the ice and if a person or pet falls through the ice, do not attempt a rescue on their own.

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  • How Olympians think about success and failure, and what we can learn from them

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    If winning gold medals were the only standard, almost all Olympic athletes would be considered failures.Video above: Amber Glenn opens up about mental health, coming out and her figure skating journeyA clinical psychologist with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Emily Clark’s job when the Winter Games open in Italy on Feb. 6 is to help athletes interpret what it means to be successful. Should gold medals be the only measure?Part of a 15-member staff providing psychological services, Clark nurtures athletes accustomed to triumph but who invariably risk failure.The staff deals with matters termed “mental health and mental performance.” They include topics such as motivation, anger management, anxiety, eating disorders, family issues, trauma, depression, sleep, handling pressure, travel and so forth.Clark’s area includes stress management, the importance of sleep and getting high achievers to perform at their best and avoid the temptation of looking only at results.”A lot of athletes these days are aware of the mental health component of, not just sport, but of life,” Clark said in an interview with The Associated Press. “This is an area where athletes can develop skills that can extend a career, or make it more enjoyable.” The United States is expected to take about 235 athletes to the Winter Olympics, and about 70 more to the Paralympics. But here’s the truth.”Most of the athletes who come through Team USA will not win a gold medal,” Clark said. “That’s the reality of elite sport.”Here are the numbers. The United States won gold medals in nine events in the last Winter Games in Beijing in 2022. According to Dr. Bill Mallon, an esteemed shoulder surgeon and Olympic historian, 70.8% of Winter and Summer Olympic athletes go to only one Olympics.Few are famous and successful like swimmer Michael Phelps, or skiers Mikaela Shiffrin or Lindsey Vonn.Clark said she often delivers the following message to Olympians and Paralympians: This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Focus on the process. Savor the moment.”Your job is not to win a gold medal, your job is to do the thing, and the gold medal is what happens when you do your job,” she said.”Some of this might be realigning what success looks like,” she added. “And some of this is developing resilience in the face of setbacks and failure.”Clark preaches staying on task under pressure and improving through defeat.”We get stronger by pushing ourselves to a limit where we’re at our maximum capacity — and then recovering,” she said. “When we get stressed, it impacts our attention. Staying on task or staying in line with what’s important is what we try to train for.” Kendall Gretsch has won four gold medals at the Summer and Winter Paralympics. She credits some of her success to the USOPC’s mental health services, and she described the value this way.”We have a sports psychologist who travels with us for most our season,” she said. “Just being able to touch base with them … and getting that reminder of why are you here? What is that experience you’re looking for?”American figure skater Alysa Liu is the 2025 world champion and was sixth in the 2022 Olympics. She’s a big believer in sports psychology and should be among the favorites in Italy.”I work with a sport psychologist,” she said without giving a name. “She’s incredible — like the MVP.”Of course, MVP stands — not for Most Valuable Person or Most Valuable Player — for “Most Valuable Psychologist.””I mean, she’s very helpful,” Liu added. American downhill skier Vonn will race in Italy in her sixth Olympics. At 41, she’s coming off nearly six years in retirement and will be racing on a knee made of titanium.Two-time Olympic champion Michaela Dorfmeister has suggested in jest that Vonn “should see a psychologist” for attempting such a thing in a very dangerous sport where downhill skiers reach speeds of 80 mph.Vonn shrugged off the comments and joked a few months ago that she didn’t grow up using a sport psychologist. She said her counseling came from taping messages on the tips of her skis that read: “stay forward or hands up.””I just did it myself,” she said. “I do a lot of self-talk in the starting gate.” “Sleep is an area where athletes tend to struggle for a number of reasons,” Clark said, listing issues such as travel schedules, late practices, injuries and life-related stress.”We have a lot of athletes who are parents, and lot of sleep is going to be disrupted in the early stages of parenting,” she said. “We approach sleep as a real part of performance. But it can be something that gets de-prioritized when days get busy.”Clark suggests the following for her athletes — and the rest of us: no caffeine after 3 p.m., mitigate stress before bedtime, schedule sleep at about the same time daily, sleep in a dark room and get 7-9 hours.Dani Aravich is a two-time Paralympian — she’s been in both the Summer and Winter Games — and will be skiing in the upcoming Paralympics. She said in a recent interview that she avails herself of many psychological services provided by the USOPC.”I’ve started tracking my sleep,” she said, naming Clark as a counselor. “Especially being an athlete who has multiple jobs, sleep is going to be your No. 1 savior at all times. It’s the thing that, you know, helps mental clarity.” Clark agreed.”Sleep is the cornerstone of healthy performance,” she added.

    If winning gold medals were the only standard, almost all Olympic athletes would be considered failures.

    Video above: Amber Glenn opens up about mental health, coming out and her figure skating journey

    A clinical psychologist with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Emily Clark’s job when the Winter Games open in Italy on Feb. 6 is to help athletes interpret what it means to be successful.

    Should gold medals be the only measure?

    Part of a 15-member staff providing psychological services, Clark nurtures athletes accustomed to triumph but who invariably risk failure.

    The staff deals with matters termed “mental health and mental performance.” They include topics such as motivation, anger management, anxiety, eating disorders, family issues, trauma, depression, sleep, handling pressure, travel and so forth.

    Clark’s area includes stress management, the importance of sleep and getting high achievers to perform at their best and avoid the temptation of looking only at results.

    “A lot of athletes these days are aware of the mental health component of, not just sport, but of life,” Clark said in an interview with The Associated Press. “This is an area where athletes can develop skills that can extend a career, or make it more enjoyable.”

    The United States is expected to take about 235 athletes to the Winter Olympics, and about 70 more to the Paralympics. But here’s the truth.

    “Most of the athletes who come through Team USA will not win a gold medal,” Clark said. “That’s the reality of elite sport.”

    Here are the numbers. The United States won gold medals in nine events in the last Winter Games in Beijing in 2022. According to Dr. Bill Mallon, an esteemed shoulder surgeon and Olympic historian, 70.8% of Winter and Summer Olympic athletes go to only one Olympics.

    Few are famous and successful like swimmer Michael Phelps, or skiers Mikaela Shiffrin or Lindsey Vonn.

    Clark said she often delivers the following message to Olympians and Paralympians: This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Focus on the process. Savor the moment.

    “Your job is not to win a gold medal, your job is to do the thing, and the gold medal is what happens when you do your job,” she said.

    “Some of this might be realigning what success looks like,” she added. “And some of this is developing resilience in the face of setbacks and failure.”

    Clark preaches staying on task under pressure and improving through defeat.

    “We get stronger by pushing ourselves to a limit where we’re at our maximum capacity — and then recovering,” she said. “When we get stressed, it impacts our attention. Staying on task or staying in line with what’s important is what we try to train for.”

    Kendall Gretsch has won four gold medals at the Summer and Winter Paralympics. She credits some of her success to the USOPC’s mental health services, and she described the value this way.

    “We have a sports psychologist who travels with us for most our season,” she said. “Just being able to touch base with them … and getting that reminder of why are you here? What is that experience you’re looking for?”

    American figure skater Alysa Liu is the 2025 world champion and was sixth in the 2022 Olympics. She’s a big believer in sports psychology and should be among the favorites in Italy.

    “I work with a sport psychologist,” she said without giving a name. “She’s incredible — like the MVP.”

    Of course, MVP stands — not for Most Valuable Person or Most Valuable Player — for “Most Valuable Psychologist.”

    “I mean, she’s very helpful,” Liu added.

    American downhill skier Vonn will race in Italy in her sixth Olympics. At 41, she’s coming off nearly six years in retirement and will be racing on a knee made of titanium.

    Two-time Olympic champion Michaela Dorfmeister has suggested in jest that Vonn “should see a psychologist” for attempting such a thing in a very dangerous sport where downhill skiers reach speeds of 80 mph.

    Vonn shrugged off the comments and joked a few months ago that she didn’t grow up using a sport psychologist. She said her counseling came from taping messages on the tips of her skis that read: “stay forward or hands up.”

    “I just did it myself,” she said. “I do a lot of self-talk in the starting gate.”

    “Sleep is an area where athletes tend to struggle for a number of reasons,” Clark said, listing issues such as travel schedules, late practices, injuries and life-related stress.

    “We have a lot of athletes who are parents, and lot of sleep is going to be disrupted in the early stages of parenting,” she said. “We approach sleep as a real part of performance. But it can be something that gets de-prioritized when days get busy.”

    Clark suggests the following for her athletes — and the rest of us: no caffeine after 3 p.m., mitigate stress before bedtime, schedule sleep at about the same time daily, sleep in a dark room and get 7-9 hours.

    Dani Aravich is a two-time Paralympian — she’s been in both the Summer and Winter Games — and will be skiing in the upcoming Paralympics. She said in a recent interview that she avails herself of many psychological services provided by the USOPC.

    “I’ve started tracking my sleep,” she said, naming Clark as a counselor. “Especially being an athlete who has multiple jobs, sleep is going to be your No. 1 savior at all times. It’s the thing that, you know, helps mental clarity.”

    Clark agreed.

    “Sleep is the cornerstone of healthy performance,” she added.

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  • Israel strikes multiple sites in Lebanon

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    Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country’s third-largest city.A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial building in the southern coastal city of Sidon, a few days before Lebanon’s army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming militant group Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.An Associated Press photographer at the scene said the area was in a commercial district containing workshops and mechanic shops and the building was uninhabited.At least one person was transported by ambulance and rescue teams were searching the site for others, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.On Monday, the Israeli army hit several sites in southern and eastern Lebanon saying they held infrastructure for the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas.Those strikes took place nearly two hours after Israel’s military Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted warnings on X that the military would strike targets for Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas groups in two villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and two others in southern Lebanon. The later strike in Sidon was unannounced and the Israeli army did not immediately issue a statement on it.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said a home struck in the village of Manara in the Bekaa Valley belonged to Sharhabil al-Sayed, a Hamas military commander who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in May 2024.The areas were evacuated after the Israeli warning and there were no reports of casualties in those strikes. Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a drone strike on a car in the southern village of Braikeh earlier Monday wounded two people. The Israeli military said the strike targeted two Hezbollah members.The Lebanese army last year began the disarmament process of Palestinian groups while the government has said that by the end of 2025 all the areas close to the border with Israel — known as the south Litani area — will be clear of Hezbollah’s armed presence.The Lebanese government is scheduled to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament during a meeting Thursday that will be attended by army commander Gen. Rudolph Haikal.Monday’s airstrikes were in villages north of the Litani river and far from the border with Israel.The disarmament of Hezbollah and other Palestinian groups by the Lebanese government came after a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in which much of the political and military leadership of the Iran-backed group was killed.The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas. Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.The war ended in November 2024 with a ceasefire brokered by the U.S.Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since then, mainly targeting Hezbollah members but also killing at least 127 civilians, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.

    SIDON, South Governorate —

    Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country’s third-largest city.

    A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial building in the southern coastal city of Sidon, a few days before Lebanon’s army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming militant group Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.

    An Associated Press photographer at the scene said the area was in a commercial district containing workshops and mechanic shops and the building was uninhabited.

    At least one person was transported by ambulance and rescue teams were searching the site for others, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.

    On Monday, the Israeli army hit several sites in southern and eastern Lebanon saying they held infrastructure for the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas.

    Those strikes took place nearly two hours after Israel’s military Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted warnings on X that the military would strike targets for Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas groups in two villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and two others in southern Lebanon. The later strike in Sidon was unannounced and the Israeli army did not immediately issue a statement on it.

    Mohammad Zaatari

    Lebanese Red Cross volunteers search for possible victims in a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.

    Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said a home struck in the village of Manara in the Bekaa Valley belonged to Sharhabil al-Sayed, a Hamas military commander who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in May 2024.

    The areas were evacuated after the Israeli warning and there were no reports of casualties in those strikes. Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a drone strike on a car in the southern village of Braikeh earlier Monday wounded two people. The Israeli military said the strike targeted two Hezbollah members.

    The Lebanese army last year began the disarmament process of Palestinian groups while the government has said that by the end of 2025 all the areas close to the border with Israel — known as the south Litani area — will be clear of Hezbollah’s armed presence.

    The Lebanese government is scheduled to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament during a meeting Thursday that will be attended by army commander Gen. Rudolph Haikal.

    Monday’s airstrikes were in villages north of the Litani river and far from the border with Israel.

    The disarmament of Hezbollah and other Palestinian groups by the Lebanese government came after a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in which much of the political and military leadership of the Iran-backed group was killed.

    The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas. Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.

    The war ended in November 2024 with a ceasefire brokered by the U.S.

    Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since then, mainly targeting Hezbollah members but also killing at least 127 civilians, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

    Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.

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  • Israel strikes multiple sites in Lebanon

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    Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country’s third-largest city.A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial building in the southern coastal city of Sidon, a few days before Lebanon’s army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming militant group Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.An Associated Press photographer at the scene said the area was in a commercial district containing workshops and mechanic shops and the building was uninhabited.At least one person was transported by ambulance and rescue teams were searching the site for others, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.On Monday, the Israeli army hit several sites in southern and eastern Lebanon saying they held infrastructure for the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas.Those strikes took place nearly two hours after Israel’s military Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted warnings on X that the military would strike targets for Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas groups in two villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and two others in southern Lebanon. The later strike in Sidon was unannounced and the Israeli army did not immediately issue a statement on it.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said a home struck in the village of Manara in the Bekaa Valley belonged to Sharhabil al-Sayed, a Hamas military commander who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in May 2024.The areas were evacuated after the Israeli warning and there were no reports of casualties in those strikes. Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a drone strike on a car in the southern village of Braikeh earlier Monday wounded two people. The Israeli military said the strike targeted two Hezbollah members.The Lebanese army last year began the disarmament process of Palestinian groups while the government has said that by the end of 2025 all the areas close to the border with Israel — known as the south Litani area — will be clear of Hezbollah’s armed presence.The Lebanese government is scheduled to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament during a meeting Thursday that will be attended by army commander Gen. Rudolph Haikal.Monday’s airstrikes were in villages north of the Litani river and far from the border with Israel.The disarmament of Hezbollah and other Palestinian groups by the Lebanese government came after a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in which much of the political and military leadership of the Iran-backed group was killed.The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas. Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.The war ended in November 2024 with a ceasefire brokered by the U.S.Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since then, mainly targeting Hezbollah members but also killing at least 127 civilians, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.

    SIDON, South Governorate —

    Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country’s third-largest city.

    A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial building in the southern coastal city of Sidon, a few days before Lebanon’s army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming militant group Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.

    An Associated Press photographer at the scene said the area was in a commercial district containing workshops and mechanic shops and the building was uninhabited.

    At least one person was transported by ambulance and rescue teams were searching the site for others, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.

    On Monday, the Israeli army hit several sites in southern and eastern Lebanon saying they held infrastructure for the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas.

    Those strikes took place nearly two hours after Israel’s military Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted warnings on X that the military would strike targets for Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas groups in two villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and two others in southern Lebanon. The later strike in Sidon was unannounced and the Israeli army did not immediately issue a statement on it.

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    Lebanese Red Cross volunteers search for possible victims in a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.

    Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said a home struck in the village of Manara in the Bekaa Valley belonged to Sharhabil al-Sayed, a Hamas military commander who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in May 2024.

    The areas were evacuated after the Israeli warning and there were no reports of casualties in those strikes. Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a drone strike on a car in the southern village of Braikeh earlier Monday wounded two people. The Israeli military said the strike targeted two Hezbollah members.

    The Lebanese army last year began the disarmament process of Palestinian groups while the government has said that by the end of 2025 all the areas close to the border with Israel — known as the south Litani area — will be clear of Hezbollah’s armed presence.

    The Lebanese government is scheduled to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament during a meeting Thursday that will be attended by army commander Gen. Rudolph Haikal.

    Monday’s airstrikes were in villages north of the Litani river and far from the border with Israel.

    The disarmament of Hezbollah and other Palestinian groups by the Lebanese government came after a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in which much of the political and military leadership of the Iran-backed group was killed.

    The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas. Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.

    The war ended in November 2024 with a ceasefire brokered by the U.S.

    Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since then, mainly targeting Hezbollah members but also killing at least 127 civilians, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

    Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.

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  • POLICE: Public asked to avoid area due to police investigation in Clermont

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    The Clermont Police Department is advising the public to avoid the area near 12th and Lake Minneola Drive on Thursday. An investigation is being conducted in the area known as West Park, CPD said. This may lead to traffic restrictions in the area.>> This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.

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    The Clermont Police Department is advising the public to avoid the area near 12th and Lake Minneola Drive on Thursday.

    An investigation is being conducted in the area known as West Park, CPD said.

    This may lead to traffic restrictions in the area.

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  • Where a Saudi company pumps desert groundwater, Arizona considers imposing limits

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    VICKSBURG, Ariz. — Lush green fields of alfalfa spread across thousands of acres in a desert valley in western Arizona, where a dairy company from Saudi Arabia grows the thirsty crop by pulling up groundwater from dozens of wells.

    The company, Fondomonte, is the largest water user in the Ranegras Plain groundwater basin, shipping hay overseas to feed its cows in the Middle East. Like other landowners in the area, it has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts from the aquifer, even as water levels have declined.

    That soon could change, as Arizona officials are considering a plan to start regulating groundwater pumping in the rural area 100 miles west of Phoenix.

    Misha Melehes, who lives near the rural town of Bouse, Ariz., speaks during a hearing held by the Arizona Department of Water Resources at an RV park in the community of Brenda.

    At a meeting in mid-December, more than 150 residents of La Paz County sat listening in folding chairs as state officials underlined the severity of the declines in groundwater levels by showing graphs with lines sloping steeply downward.

    “This is where the heaviest pumping is. This is where we’re seeing the most decline,” said Ryan Mitchell, chief hydrologist for the Arizona Department of Water Resources, as he showed charts of the plummeting aquifer levels.

    The data from wells told the story: In one, water levels dropped a staggering 242 feet since the early 1980s. Another declined 136 feet.

    Structures storing alfalfa at Fondomonte's farm in Vicksburg, Ariz.

    Structures storing alfalfa at Fondomonte’s farm in Vicksburg, Ariz.

    Mitchell said current pumping in the Ranegras basin isn’t sustainable, and that in places it’s causing the land surface to sink as much as 2 inches per year.

    “That is a trend that is alarming,” he said. “The water budget for the basin is out of balance, significantly out of balance.”

    As he read the numbers, murmurs arose in the crowded hall.

    In recent years some residents’ household wells have gone dry, forcing them to scramble for solutions.

    The problem of declining groundwater is widespread in many rural areas of Arizona. Gov. Katie Hobbs has said Arizona needs to address unrestricted overpumping by “out-of-state corporations. ” She also said the declines in the Ranegras basin are especially severe, with water being depleted nearly 10 times faster than it is naturally replenished in the desert.

    The Arizona Department of Water Resources proposed a new “active management area” to preserve groundwater in this part of La Paz County, which would prohibit the irrigation of additional farmland in the area and require landowners with high-capacity wells to start measuring and reporting how much water they use. It also would bring other measures, including forming a local advisory council and developing a plan to reduce water use.

    Some residents say this kind of regulation is overdue.

    “What it is now is a free-for-all,” said Denise Beasley, a resident of the town of Bouse. “It’s just the Wild West of water.”

    Denise Beasley outside of her home in Bouse, Arizona.

    Denise Beasley stands outside her home in Bouse, Ariz.

    She believes the change will bring much-needed controls and help ensure that her well, and those of others in her community of about 1,100, will be protected.

    Fondomonte, part of the Saudi dairy giant Almarai, started its Arizona farming operation in 2014. It is part of a trend: Saudi companies have been buying farmland overseas because groundwater is being exhausted in Saudi Arabia, and as a result the country banned domestic growing of alfalfa and other forage crops.

    A lawyer for the company said it owns 3,600 acres in Vicksburg. The company also rents 3,088 acres of state farmland and 3,163 acres of state grazing land in the Ranegras basin under leases that expire in 2031.

    Grant Greatorex, who lives just outside Bouse, fills jugs at a water filling station at Bouse RV Park.

    Grant Greatorex fills jugs with purified drinking water at a water filling station at Bouse RV Park in Bouse, Ariz. He says this water tastes better than the water from his well at home.

    The State Land Department is charging the company about $83,000 annually under those leases, said Lynn Cordova, a spokesperson for the agency.

    Some residents who spoke at the hearing think it’s wrong that Fondomonte gets to use the water to grow hay and export it across the world. Others don’t see any problem with having a foreign company as their neighbor but believe the area must switch to less water-intensive crops.

    “This is a desert, and our water is drying up,” said Misha Melehes, who lives near Bouse. “We’re bleeding out. We need a tourniquet while we wait in the emergency room.”

    Others fear that state-imposed rules could lead to downsizing farms and even shipping water away to Arizona’s fast-growing cities.

    Farm vehicles work an alfalfa field owned by the company Fondomonte, in Vicksburg, Ariz.

    An alfalfa field owned by the company Fondomonte, in Vicksburg, Ariz.

    (Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)

    Kelly James, a resident who lives nearby, called the proposal a “water grab.” He urged the state to delay the decision and let locals develop their own plan.

    He and others pointed out that Arizona has a history of cities finding ways to buy water that farms previously depended on, and that under state law three groundwater basins adjacent to Ranegras already are set aside as reserves to support urban growth.

    The state proposal says nothing about transporting water out of the Ranegras basin. In fact doing so would be illegal under the existing law. But that doesn’t quell the misgivings of some people in the area.

    “I have a lot of suspicion,” said Robert Favela, who uses his well to water a stand of bamboo on his 5-acre property in Vicksburg. “Trust me, they’re going to take our water.”

    Larry Housley pumping water into buckets for horses at his farm near Bouse, Ariz.

    Larry Housley pumping water into buckets for horses at his farm near Bouse, Ariz.

    (Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times)

    Jennie Housley, who owns a 40-acre horse ranch near Bouse with her husband, Larry, fears the area could lose its agriculture industry and eventually lose its water to growing subdivisions and swimming pools.

    “I believe that to sustain our country, we have to have agriculture in places like La Paz County,” she said.

    Larry Hancock, a farmer who grows crops in neighboring McMullen Valley, wrote a letter to the state making a similar argument. He said growers already are “conserving water because it’s in our best interest,” and imposing regulation would bring economic harm.

    Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke is scheduled to announce his decision on whether to start regulating groundwater in the area by Jan. 17.

    No representative of Fondomonte spoke at the meeting. The company did not respond to requests for comment.

    Efforts to curb the depletion of groundwater present complex challenges for communities and state agencies throughout much of Arizona, California and other Western states.

    Large farming operations expanded in Arizona in recent years, while global warming has put growing strains on the region’s scarce water. Scientists using satellite data estimated that since 2003 the amount of groundwater depleted in the Colorado River Basin is comparable to the total capacity of Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir.

    Arizona has limited pumping in Phoenix, Tucson and other urban areas since the state adopted a groundwater law in 1980.

    But the law left groundwater entirely unregulated in about 80% of the state, allowing large farming companies and investors to drill wells and pump as much water as they want.

    Since Hobbs took office in 2023, she has supported efforts to curb overpumping where aquifers are in severe decline. In January her administration established a new regulated area in the Willcox groundwater basin in southeastern Arizona, and Hobbs this month appointed five local leaders to serve on an advisory council that will help develop a plan for reducing water use.

    “We feel like it has given us hope for a sustainable future,” said Ed Curry, a farmer who is a member of the Willcox council. “It gave us power.”

    Worker Luis Machado dismantles a pipe after testing a water well in Butler Valley, Arizona.

    Luis Machado dismantles a pipe after testing a water well in Butler Valley, Ariz. Workers recently removed pumps from wells in the area after Arizona ended leases of state-owned farmland to the Saudi company Fondomonte.

    Several months ago Hobbs toured La Paz County and spoke with residents about ways to protect the area’s water. The Democratic governor has taken other steps to rein in water use, terminating Fondomonte’s leases of 3,520 acres of state-owned farmland in Butler Valley in western Arizona. The decision followed an Arizona Republic investigation that revealed the state was charging discounted, below-market rates.

    Now those former hay fields sit dry, with weeds poking through the parched soil. Workers have been removing pumps from the leased land, and power lines that once supplied the wells stand unused in the desert.

    Dried remnants of hay spread across the Butler Valley alfalfa farm, where the company Fondomonte previously leased land.

    An alfalfa farm in Butler Valley sits parched after Arizona ended leases of state-owned farmland that had been granted to the company Fondomonte.

    While Fondomonte continues farming nearby, the company also faces a lawsuit by Arizona Atty. Gen. Kris Mayes alleging that its excessive pumping violates the law by causing declines in groundwater, land subsidence and worsening water quality.

    The lawsuit says the company uses at least 36 wells and accounts for more than 80% of all pumping in the Ranegras basin.

    Fondomonte’s lawyers argued in court documents that the attorney general doesn’t have the authority to regulate groundwater pumping and that the suit is an attempt to have the court “wade into a political question.”

    The Department of Water Resources’ proposal is a way to finally protect water for the area’s residents, said Holly Irwin, a La Paz County supervisor who for years has pushed to address the problem.

    “You’re starting to see more and more wells get depleted. If we don’t try to slow this thing down, where are we going to be in 20 years?” Irwin said.

    Nancy Blevins, who lives near the Fondomonte farm, agrees.

    In 2019 she and her family watched their well run dry. She spent months driving back and forth to a friend’s house, filling up plastic bottles and bringing the water home.

    Nancy Blevins stands next to cracked dirt outside her home in Vicksburg, Arizona.

    Nancy Blevins outside her home in Arizona’s La Paz County.

    Eventually, they bought a new pump and installed it at a lower level in their well, restoring their tap water. She still stores bottled water in a shed next to her mobile home in case the well dries up again.

    “They should start regulating,” Blevins said. “People’s water levels are dropping around here.”

    If something doesn’t change, the water eventually will run out, she said, and “future generations are going to be in trouble.”

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  • Person barricaded near shopping center in Winters, police say to avoid the area

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    Person barricaded near shopping center in Winters, police say to avoid the area

    Updated: 10:25 PM PST Dec 26, 2025

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    Multiple law enforcement agencies are working to draw a barricaded person outside of a building in Winters, according to police. The Winters Police Department said there is no threat to the public, but is advising people to avoid the area of East Street, Edwards Street, Baker Street and East Abbey Street. The scene is near a shopping center in that area that includes a Round Table Pizza and Dollar General store. It is unclear what led to the person being barricaded or whether they are armed. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    Multiple law enforcement agencies are working to draw a barricaded person outside of a building in Winters, according to police.

    The Winters Police Department said there is no threat to the public, but is advising people to avoid the area of East Street, Edwards Street, Baker Street and East Abbey Street. The scene is near a shopping center in that area that includes a Round Table Pizza and Dollar General store.

    It is unclear what led to the person being barricaded or whether they are armed.

    This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

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  • Redding flash flooding leads to water rescues and 1 death; Shasta County declares emergency

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    Heavy rain and flash flooding soaked roads in Northern California, leading to water rescues from vehicles and homes and at least one confirmed death, authorities said Monday.In Redding, a city at the northern end of California’s Central Valley, one motorist died after calling 911 while trapped in their vehicle as it filled up with water, Mayor Mike Littau posted online Monday. Police said they received numerous calls for drivers stranded in flooded areas.“Redding police officer swam out into the water, broke the windows and pulled victim to shore. CPR was done but the person did not live,” Littau wrote.The Redding area saw between 3 and 6 inches of rain from Saturday through Sunday night, the National Weather Service said.Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson declared a state of emergency on Monday, which allows the state to assist the county with road conditions, search and rescue operations and hazard mitigation, the sheriff’s office said. As scattered showers lingered into Monday, some local roads remained flooded as street crews worked to clear debris and tow abandoned cars.Dekoda Cruz waded in knee-deep muddy water to check on a friend’s flooded tire business, where the office was littered with a jumble of furniture and bobbing tires.Redding’s mayor warned of even more dangerous weather in the coming days, and the city distributed free sand bags to residents in preparation for the next storm.The National Weather Service expects rain through the Christmas week as a series of atmospheric rivers was forecast to make its way through Northern California. A large swath of the Sacramento Valley and surrounding areas were under a flood watch through Friday.An atmospheric river is a long, narrow band of water vapor that forms over an ocean and flows through the sky, transporting moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes.The weather pattern was expected to intensify by midweek, which could lead to potential mudslides, rockslides and flooding of creeks and streams, forecasters warned. Up to 6 feet of snow was predicted for parts of the Sierra Nevada and winds could reach 55 mph (90 in high elevations by Wednesday.Travel in the mountain passes on Christmas day would be “difficult to near impossible,” the weather service said.Southern California can also expect a soggy Christmas, with some areas in Ventura County are forecast to get up to 11 inchesof rain by Saturday. Parts of Los Angeles, including areas with burn scars from the deadly Palisades fire, will be under evacuation warnings beginning Tuesday.The weather service urged people to make backup plans for holiday travel.Earlier this month, stubborn atmospheric rivers drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain in a week, threatening record flood levels, meteorologists said. That rainfall was supercharged by warm weather and air, plus unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as a tropical cyclone in Indonesia.REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAPClick here to see our interactive traffic map.TRACK INTERACTIVE, DOPPLER RADARClick here to see our interactive radar.DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATESTHere is where you can download our app.Follow our KCRA weather team on social mediaMeteorologist Tamara Berg on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on FacebookMeteorologist/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Kelly Curran on X.Meteorologist Ophelia Young on Facebook and X.Watch our forecasts on TV or onlineHere’s where to find our latest video forecast. You can also watch a livestream of our latest newscast here. The banner on our website turns red when we’re live.We’re also streaming on the Very Local app for Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channelKCRA 3 staff and The Associated Press writer Jessica Hill in Las Vegas contributed to this report.

    REDDING, Calif. —

    Heavy rain and flash flooding soaked roads in Northern California, leading to water rescues from vehicles and homes and at least one confirmed death, authorities said Monday.

    In Redding, a city at the northern end of California’s Central Valley, one motorist died after calling 911 while trapped in their vehicle as it filled up with water, Mayor Mike Littau posted online Monday. Police said they received numerous calls for drivers stranded in flooded areas.

    “Redding police officer swam out into the water, broke the windows and pulled victim to shore. CPR was done but the person did not live,” Littau wrote.

    The Redding area saw between 3 and 6 inches of rain from Saturday through Sunday night, the National Weather Service said.

    Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson declared a state of emergency on Monday, which allows the state to assist the county with road conditions, search and rescue operations and hazard mitigation, the sheriff’s office said.

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    As scattered showers lingered into Monday, some local roads remained flooded as street crews worked to clear debris and tow abandoned cars.

    Dekoda Cruz waded in knee-deep muddy water to check on a friend’s flooded tire business, where the office was littered with a jumble of furniture and bobbing tires.

    Redding’s mayor warned of even more dangerous weather in the coming days, and the city distributed free sand bags to residents in preparation for the next storm.

    The National Weather Service expects rain through the Christmas week as a series of atmospheric rivers was forecast to make its way through Northern California. A large swath of the Sacramento Valley and surrounding areas were under a flood watch through Friday.

    An atmospheric river is a long, narrow band of water vapor that forms over an ocean and flows through the sky, transporting moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes.

    Dekoda Cruz walks through the flooded office of Northstate Tire & Wheel following heavy rains on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

    The weather pattern was expected to intensify by midweek, which could lead to potential mudslides, rockslides and flooding of creeks and streams, forecasters warned. Up to 6 feet of snow was predicted for parts of the Sierra Nevada and winds could reach 55 mph (90 in high elevations by Wednesday.

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    Travel in the mountain passes on Christmas day would be “difficult to near impossible,” the weather service said.

    Southern California can also expect a soggy Christmas, with some areas in Ventura County are forecast to get up to 11 inchesof rain by Saturday. Parts of Los Angeles, including areas with burn scars from the deadly Palisades fire, will be under evacuation warnings beginning Tuesday.

    The weather service urged people to make backup plans for holiday travel.

    Earlier this month, stubborn atmospheric rivers drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain in a week, threatening record flood levels, meteorologists said. That rainfall was supercharged by warm weather and air, plus unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as a tropical cyclone in Indonesia.

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    KCRA 3 staff and The Associated Press writer Jessica Hill in Las Vegas contributed to this report.

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