* WHAT…North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.
Isolated gusts to 60 mph possible.

* WHERE…Interior mountains of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa
Barbara Counties, as well as the eastern Santa Ynez Range and
Western Antelope Valley Foothills.

* WHEN…From 2 AM Wednesday to 4 AM PST Thursday.

* 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.

Secure outdoor objects.

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* WHAT…North winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected.

* WHERE…Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Ynez
Mountains Western Range.

* WHEN…From 6 PM this evening to 4 AM PST Thursday, strongest
Wednesday 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.

Secure outdoor objects.

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By Adam Cancryn, CNN

(CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday sought to rally gloomy Pennsylvania voters behind the Trump administration’s economic agenda, alleviate their cost-of living concerns — and accomplish it all more efficiently than President Donald Trump had done a week before.

Returning to the swing state just days after Trump delivered a winding and digressive affordability speech, Vance credited the administration’s policies for driving job growth and new investments. He heaped blame on former President Joe Biden, whose administration he asserted sparked high costs that the GOP is now struggling to bring down.

And above all, he pleaded with voters frustrated by the economy to be patient — arguing that Trump just needs a little more time to deliver on the “golden age” he promised them nearly 11 months ago.

“We’ve got to stay with it. We’ve got to keep on working,” Vance said. “We inherited a mess.”

The vice president’s speech in Allentown, Pennsylvania, represented the White House’s latest bid to address the cost-of-living backlash that’s sparked fears among Republicans that they’re headed toward a midterm disaster.

And it offered a window into the key role that Vance will play as an economic messenger, as officials recalibrate their messaging and try to win back voters dissatisfied with the economy and skeptical that Trump is doing enough to fix it.

“He’s a tremendous messenger on this kind of stuff,” said one Trump adviser, contending that Vance’s well-documented rise from childhood poverty to the White House gives him added credibility on affordability issues. “He believes in what he talks about.”

In contrast to the meandering 90-minute rally-like remarks Trump gave in Pennsylvania last week, Vance kept his speech to fewer than 20 minutes — offering a tighter and more focused assessment of the economy and Americans’ ongoing struggles.

Vance acknowledged that the administration’s agenda had not yet translated into widespread benefits for Americans, in contrast to Trump’s insistence that the economy is “unbelievable” and that prices are plummeting. And he sought to shift focus to 2026, predicting that brighter financial days were on the way.

Still, Vance declined to break in one notable way from Trump’s rosy economic view — a sign of the tricky balance he’ll repeatedly be forced to strike in the coming months. Pressed over Trump’s recent assessment of his economic performance as an “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus,” Vance quickly backed him up, undercutting his own, more measured message in the process.

“President Trump, last week, gave his economy a grade of A-plus-plus-plus-plus. What grade would you give the economy today?” a reporter asked.

“A-plus-plus-plus,” Vance responded. “What we have been able to do: higher wages, lower inflation, a massive amount of investment and money coming into the United States of America. That stuff is incredible, and that is something to be proud of.”

Vance also parroted Trump in his criticism of the Biden administration, attempting to redirect responsibility for the current economy’s flaws.

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Por CNN Español

La Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas anunció este martes las listas previas a los anuncios de nominación en enero de varias de las categorías de los premios Oscar. En la categoría de mejor película internacional quedaron en la preselección una película argentina, una brasileña y una española.

La precandidata como mejor película internacional de Brasil es “O Agente Secreto” (“The Secret Agent”), con Wagner Moura, mientras que Argentina presentó a “Belén”. España, por su parte, está representada por la cinta “Sirât”. La la preselección en esa categoría la conforman 15 producciones.

La cinta brasileña “O Agente Secreto”, escrita y dirigida por Kleber Mendonça Filho, ha sido bien recibida por la prensa especializada y es vista como una posible heredera del éxito de “Ainda Estou Aqui ” (“I’m Still Here”), ganadora en la pasada edición. Ambientada en el Brasil de 1977, la cinta sigue a un fugitivo que regresa a Recife durante el Carnaval y está protagonizado por Wagner Moura, junto a Maria Fernanda Candido y Gabriel Leone.

“Belén”, la apuesta argentina, es un drama social inspirado en hechos reales y basado en el libro Somos Belén, de Ana Correa, que se suma a la tradición reciente de películas argentinas con fuerte impacto en premios internacionales. El filme está producido por K&S Films, la misma compañía detrás de “Argentina, 1985”, ganadora del Globo de Oro a mejor película de habla no inglesa en 2023.

La española “Sirat”, del director franco-gallego Oliver Laxe, sigue la búsqueda de un padre y su hijo en el desierto de Marruecos tras la desaparición de una joven en una rave ilegal. Fue la ganadora del Premio del Jurado en Cannes 2025 y está nominada a dos premios Globo de Oro. Además, quedó en las listas de otras cuatro categorías, incluyendo mejor banda sonora y sonido.

Argentina, “Belén”

Brasil, “The Secret Agent”

Francia, “It Was Just an Accident”

Alemania, “Sound of Falling”

India, “Homebound”

Iraq, “The President’s Cake”

Japón, “Kokuho”

Jordania, “All That’s Left of You”

Noruega, “Sentimental Value”

Palestina, “Palestine 36”

Corea del Sur, “No Other Choice”

España, “Sirât”

Suiza, “Late Shift”

Taiwán, “Left-Handed Girl”

Túnez, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

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