At 716 AM PST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles east of Paso Robles to Pismo Beach.
Movement was northeast at 80 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Brief, weak tornado possible.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
San Luis Obispo…
Paso Robles…
Morro Bay…
Pismo Beach…
Atascadero…
Arroyo Grande…
Grover Beach…
Oceano…
Black Mountain…
Santa Margarita…
Shandon…
Avila Beach…
Diablo Canyon…
Cayucos…
Baywood-Los Osos…
Lake Nacimiento…
San Miguel…
Templeton…
Highway 101 over Cuesta Grade…
and Shell Beach.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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Comienza el año 4724 en el calendario chino, Año del Caballo de Fuego.

Esto es lo que debes saber sobre los signos.

La leyenda china sostiene que Buda pidió a todos los animales que lo encontraran el día de Año Nuevo y nombró un año por cada uno de los 13 animales que fueron.

Tu animal del zodíaco está determinado por tu año de nacimiento, lo que significa que los nacidos en 2025 estarán bajo el signo de la Serpiente. Los nacidos en 2026 serán Caballo, y así sucesivamente.

La mayoría de la gente sabe lo básico; el ciclo del calendario del zodíaco chino de 12 años está representado por 12 animales diferentes, en este orden: rata, buey, tigre, conejo, dragón, serpiente, caballo, cabra, mono, gallo, perro y cerdo.

Además, según la leyenda, las personas nacidas en el año de cada animal tienen algunos de los rasgos de personalidad de ese animal.

Rata

Quienes nacen bajo el signo de la rata son personas “sabias a las que les gusta rodearse de familiares y amigos”, dice la Revista Instituto Confucio de la Universitat de Valencia. Son buenas trabajadores, ahorradores y buenos administradores.

Años: 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020

Buey

Simboliza paciencia y tranquilidad, son personas que proyectan cariño y respeto.

Años: 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021

Tigre

Personas pasionales, ingeniosas y enérgicas.

Años: 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022

Conejo

Este año se celebra el conejo, y las personas nacidas en este año tienen buenas cualidades humanas, son inteligentes, atentos y benevolentes, dice el Instituto Confucio. Les gusta la tranquilidad.

Años: 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011

Dragón

El dragón es el símbolo del emperador en China y representa poder, emprendimiento, fuerza e imaginación.

Años: 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012

Serpiente

Representa astucia, elegancia y prudencia. Las personas de este año mantienen la calma en situaciones complicadas.

Años: 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025

Caballo

Son personas optimistas, aventureras e impacientes. Les gusta viajar y el dinero.

Años: 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026

Oveja/cabra

Son creativos, afables y soladores. Aman el contacto con la naturaleza y no les gusta la presión.

Años: 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027

Mono

Ingenio, diversión, simpatía caracteriza a las personas de este signo. Tienen relaciones que pueden ser complicadas. Les gusta la fiesta.

Años: 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028

Gallo

Personas seductoras, meticulosas, eficientes y ordenados. Pueden ser egoístas y obstinados, en especial en el amor.

Años: 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029

Perro

Son dedicados, honestos y leales. Pueden ser celosos y nerviosos.

Años: 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030

Cerdo/jabalí

Sinceros, educados, serviciales y aterrizados, según el Instituto Confucio.

Años: 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031

El Año Nuevo Lunar se celebra durante la segunda luna nueva después del solsticio de invierno. Las festividades del Año Nuevo Lunar comienzan

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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN

(CNN) — Former US President Barack Obama said he’s seen no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth, clarifying his position on extraterrestrials after comments he made in a podcast went viral.

Obama found himself in the spotlight over the weekend after he appeared to confirm the existence of aliens in an interview he did with US podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen.

Towards the end of the interview, which dealt with a range of heavyweight issues such as the killing of protesters at the hands of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota, Cohen posed a series of questions in a “lightning round,” starting with: “Are aliens real?”

“They’re real but I haven’t seen them,” replied Obama. “And they’re not being kept in… what is it? Area 51. There’s no underground facility unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”

The second question in that round was “what was the first question that you wanted answered when you became president?,” to which Obama replied, laughing: “Where are the aliens?” The interviewer did not delve into the response, instead going straight onto the next question.

Obama’s answer was picked up by international media, as well as people on social media. On Sunday evening, Obama issued a statement to clarify his position.

He posted the clip of his original comments on Instagram, accompanied by a short statement, saying: “I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify. Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there.

“But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!”

It’s not the first time that Obama has spoken out on the issue. In an appearance on “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” He said: “What is true, and I’m actually being serious here, is that there are, there’s footage and records of objects in the skies, that we don’t know exactly what they are.

“We can’t explain how they moved, their trajectory. They did not have an easily explainable pattern. And so, you know, I think that people still take seriously trying to investigate and figure out what that is.”

Conspiracy theories involving extraterrestrial life have long abounded about Area 51, a highly classified United States Air Force facility located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada.

One popular UFO conspiracy is that in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, remains from a flying saucer that supposedly crashed were taken to Area 51 fo