* WHAT…Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 35 to 40 mph.

* WHERE…Calabasas and Agoura Hills, Santa Clarita Valley,
Southeastern Ventura County Valleys, Ventura County Inland Coast,
and Western San Fernando Valley.

* WHEN…Until 3 PM PST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, CNN

Kyiv (CNN) — Kateryna Skurydina goes to bed wearing thermal underwear, two jumpers and a scarf. She covers herself with a down duvet and two blankets. But her secret weapon is her cat, Pushok.

“He has a high body temperature. So he’s like a hot water bottle,” she told CNN.

The heating in Skurydina’s Kyiv apartment has been mostly off since Russia launched a massive attack on the city’s energy infrastructure on January 8, leaving hundreds of thousands of households, businesses and schools in the capital without power.

Temperatures have dropped as low as –19 degrees Celsius (–2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, and officials say the timing of Russia’s strikes – in the middle of what the prime minister called the harshest winter in 20 years – is no coincidence.

Like most Ukrainians, Skurydina is now used to living with constant power outages. She has multiple power banks and blackout-proof gadgets. Her apartment is full of artificial USB-powered candles, Christmas lights, and camping lanterns.

The cold, though, is new.

The temperature inside her building has been as low as 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) in the past few days, a full eight degrees below the indoor temperature that the World Health Organization recommends as healthy.

“It’s very difficult mentally. Now that I’ve lost my heating, I’ve realized that I don’t really need electricity that much. When you have heating but no electricity, everything is fine,” she said, pointing to her habit of turning to exercise to boost her mood during the blackouts.

“Sport keeps me going. I go to a gym which runs on eco-fuel. (But) yesterday, they even (shut) the gym because there is no heating and it is very cold. You can’t go anywhere.”

State of emergency

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky declared a state of emergency for the country’s energy sector on Wednesday, admitting that the consequences of the Russian strikes and the extremely low temperatures were very severe.

Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said that 300 multi-story buildings in the capital remained without heating as of Thursday, down from the 6,000 that had no heat supply after the massive attack a week earlier.

While Kyiv has been the worst affected, emergency power outages have been reported across the country.

Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that a large-scale Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky’s hometown in central Ukraine, had left tens of thousands of people without power. Major outages were also reported in Dnipro in southeastern Ukraine. On Thursday, attacks knocked out power in Zhytomyr in the west and Kharkiv in northeast, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy.

Many schools have shut, unable to heat up classrooms to safe temperatures. Shops, cafes and restaurants that could normally provide some respite to residents looking for warmth and a power supply have also been forced to close.

It has been so cold this week that some diesel power generators – vital to keep the lights on when supply from the grid is cut off – have stopped working.

Authorities in Kyiv and elsewhere across the country have been operating hundreds of “invincibility points” where local people can get warm, charge their devices and work. Zelensky said on Wednesday that more of these would open.

Iryna Palandina, who came to one of the help points in Kyiv on Thursday, told CNN she had no electricity, no water supply and no way to cook food at home.

“We came to drink tea because I don’t even have anything to heat water with,” she said. “After the last attack, it became so difficu

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN

Los Angeles (CNN) — The smell of wet grass from the recent atmospheric river rains, mud and gasoline wafts through the warm Southern California air as Alec Derpetrossian works the chainsaw with a foreman, Randy Magaña, who helps him guide where to put the blade. Derpetrossian is still learning how to adequately use the large tool.

Magaña shows him how to maneuver the blade around a thick trunk, as the foreman kicks it loose.

It takes several times to cut down a branch and even longer to conquer a three-pronged tree trunk, as the men struggle to cut the thick tree down.

“Timber!” yells Derpetrossian as a tree comes down.

Derpetrossian and Magaña are working in the Sepulveda Basin, near the Los Angeles River, under shaded trees that they are working to take down. The area is prone to brush fires, thanks to thick vegetation and the presence of homeless encampments.

The men are part of Crew 4, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s first full-time paid wildland hand crew aiming to protect the City of Angels from another Palisades Fire, the historic firestorm disaster that decimated the Pacific Palisades area in January 2025.

The blaze was part of 12 fires that broke out in the Los Angeles area, killing 31 people in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades communities and destroying thousands of homes and structures. The Eaton and Palisades fires have left permanent marks in history by joining the top 10 deadliest wildfires in California.

The crew’s purpose is to beef up the city’s emergency response as well as vegetation management throughout Los Angeles to prevent brush fires from spreading out of control, the team’s superintendent Capt. Travis Humpherys said. A large portion of the city lies in a what is known as a “very high fire hazard zone.”

During active fires, the crew digs lines and removes brush out ahead of the fire or along the fire’s edge to help extinguish the blaze.

But before a fire even starts, their goal is to remove invasive trees and brush, so when a blaze ignites and the infamous Santa Ana winds are blowing, embers don’t fly into tree canopies or dry vegetation and spread the fire more rapidly.

While Derpetrossian and Magaña are conquering the tough tree, it takes several crew members to cut, pull, drag and carry heavy branches to a woodchipper, which shreds branches and trunks and spits out chips in a matter of seconds.

When Derpetrossian finally sees sunlight through the trees’ canopy, he thinks “I just did that, I didn’t know I could do that,” he says, his face covered in woodchips and dripping with sweat.

‘There’s no such thing as fire season’

The addition of Crew 4 to the LAFD’s firefighting toolbox comes as wildfire disasters in California are becoming significantly larger, more destructive and deadlier.

The area burned by wildfires and the number of large wildfires in California have increased over the past decades, largely influenced by “changes in land use, fire management practices, and the impact of climate change,” according to the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

Additionally, the annual average area burned in the state between 2020 and 2024 was about three times higher compared to the 2010s, the agency reported.

The crew is preparing for fire season, which in Southern California typically runs from late spring to October, except fires can now happen any time in the region thanks to changes in climate conditions, dry veg

By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN

Milan, Italy (CNN) — Sporting striped rugby shirts, tangy orange puffers and baseball caps (worn backwards), the kids were out on Friday night in Milan and they were modelling looks, which also included racing jackets and slouchy beanies, from Ralph Lauren’s Fall-Winter 2026 show during the city’s Men’s Fashion Week.

Staged at the Palazzo Ralph Lauren, a grand but cozy private mansion in the heart of the city, the runway show was the brand’s first in the Italian city in over two decades. It featured designs from the premium Purple label, which promises the finest tailoring and materials, and its younger-leaning counterpart, Polo, which comes with a preppy, sportier edge.

Polo came out first on the catwalk – an indication that Ralph Lauren is well aware of Gen Z’s growing affinity for the label, due in part to its popular coffee shops (Ralph’s, of which there are now over 30 worldwide) and pop culture associations (it was the brand of choice for Taylor Swift when she revealed her engagement to Travis Kelce in 2025).

Surprisingly, younger customers have not been deterred by the fact that the label was loved by their parents (and likely their grandparents too). As of 2025, Ralph Lauren ranked second to Gucci as the most desirable luxury brand to consumers under age 35, according to research firm Kantar.

On the runway, styles ran the gamut from western to Ivy League prep to formal, seemingly offering something for everyone on the front row, from Noah Schnapp, the 21-year-old star of “Stranger Things,” to Tony Leung, the legendary Hong Kong actor in his 60s. Also among them was Colman Domingo, Nick Jonas, Liam Hemsworth, Mark Lee of the K-pop band NCT, Henry Golding, Morgan Spector and Tom Hiddleston, creating arguably one of the more diverse celebrity turnouts at a fashion show.

Youthful as some of the pieces may be – see the true-to-life styling of a scarf or sweater spilling out of a cloth tote, or a new take on the cameo in the form of a foliage or duck print; it didn’t feel like an attempt to keep up with the kids – but rather an opportunity the brand seized to foster greater connection with a new generation. As Gen Z shoppers begin to discover the world of Ralph Lauren, why notshow the full scope of what that universe could be?

Since launching ties in 1967, and subsequently the first full menswear collection under the “Polo” brand name in 1968, Ralph Lauren has become a global empire, synonymous with aspirational, classic all-American style. That growth has come without eroding prestige: Ralph Lauren has been one of the few brands outside the ultra-luxury segment (Hermès, Brunello Cucinelli) to buck the broader sector downturn, reaching $7.1 billion in revenue in the fiscal year ending March 2025.

Returning to Milan is a homecoming of sorts: Ralph Lauren first showed in the city in January 2002 and has returned periodically since, typically showing its Purple label via a more low-key presentation format. Friday’s runway show precedes the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, for which Ralph Lauren is outfitting Team USA. (Since the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, the Polo brand has been a mainstay at the Olympics as well as other sporting events like Wimbledon and the US Open.)

As the designer Ralph Lauren wrote in his show notes, “I started with a tie, but it was never just about a tie, but a way of living. When I began designing menswear, I was drawn to the timeless elements of tradition, but I was never bound by it. The essence of what I do lives in the many styles and moods that I create.” The new collections, he continued, “are inspired by the different ways men live, their individuality and personal style.”

His statement was perhaps best encapsulated by the surprise runway appearance from Tyson Beckford, a male supermodel of the ’90s who was once the face of Polo Sport

Por Maureen O’Hare, CNN

En nuestro resumen de noticias de viajes de esta semana: cómo las aerolíneas se aseguran de que su piloto esté sobrio, qué sucede realmente dentro de un baño turco y por qué existe una carrera mundial para obtener segundos pasaportes.

La doble nacionalidad —la posibilidad de ser ciudadano de más de un país— ha sido durante mucho tiempo el sueño de muchos viajeros y expatriados.

Actualmente, la demanda mundial de segundos pasaportes se intensifica a medida que los países de todo el mundo endurecen los requisitos. Para quienes obtienen el derecho a vivir en el extranjero, ya sea por ciudadanía o visa, esta decisión puede ser transformadora.

Kate Raidt se mudó con su hijo de Atlanta a Alemania hace un año y medio y pasó por el largo y difícil proceso de obtener una visa. Valió la pena, dice, ya que la reubicación ha sido mucho mejor de lo que nadie podría haber imaginado.

Ahora vive en la ciudad sureña de Ulm, cerca de la belleza natural del río Danubio y los Alpes bávaros, y disfruta de un nuevo estilo de vida al aire libre. Según ella, le ha hecho maravillas en su salud mental y física.

En 2022, Arabella Carey Adolfsson, de San Diego, se mudó a una isla sueca con su esposo, un ciudadano de Suecia. Los inviernos “pueden ser bastante duros”, le cuenta a CNN, y extraña a su familia. “Me arrebataron una gran parte de mi vida y todavía no sé con qué reemplazarla”.

Lo más importante que ha aprendido es que un reajuste mental es clave para adaptarse a un nuevo país. “Se trata de replantear el programa que estabas acostumbrado a ejecutar”, dice, “y ejecutar uno nuevo”.

¿Estás pensando en reducir el consumo de alcohol en 2026?

Para empezar, te hará menos propenso a meterte en problemas en un avión. Hay un elemento común en los incidentes con pasajeros a bordo, según comenta un profesor de criminología a CNN: “Alcohol. Alcohol. Alcohol”.

La industria de la aviación coincide en que los pasajeros ebrios en las aerolíneas son un problema. La gran pregunta es cómo solucionarlo. ¿Prohibir a las personas problemáticas? ¿Limitar las bebidas en el aeropuerto? Echamos un vistazo a este complejo debate.

No solo los pasajeros borrachos pueden causar problemas en el aire; los pilotos intoxicados también son motivo de preocupación. Si bien es raro que las tripulaciones de aviones comerciales intenten volar bajo la influencia del alcohol, una serie de incidentes en los últimos años ha puesto el problema en primer plano.

Lea nuestro artículo sobre las precauciones que toman las aerolíneas para garantizar que su piloto esté sobrio.

Las juergas sin alcohol son un movimiento en auge entre los jóvenes y están llevando la escena fiestera mundial en una dirección inesperada. Desde Corea del Sur hasta París, los juerguistas disfrutan ahora de raves sobrias, bailando al amanecer en locales acogedores como panaderías y cafeterías.

Los hamams, o baños turcos, son un ritual social en Turquía que se remonta a más de mil años, pero ¿qué sucede realmente dentro de estos templos de vapor y jabón?

Un mundo cálido y tranquilo donde un asistente puede limpiarte es un regreso a la infancia, incluso al útero. Aquí te explicamos por qué los fans dicen que los deja como nuevos.

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