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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT)  Local foil surfers had a close encounter with a shark on Saturday about a mile off the coast near Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara over the weekend.

Tavis Boise and Ron Takeda started at Campus Point and about half way into a 20 minute "foil run" to Carpinteria they saw a fin and splashing.

Tavis Boise had a camera attached to his paddle and managed that captured him alerting his friend Ron Takeda .

They both managed to keep their cool enough to stay on their rather narrow foil surfboards.

"The first thirty seconds was definitely alarming when someone says is that a dolphin it is never a dolphin it has got to be something else so I knew as soon has he said is that a dolphin it was go time and the tail started splashing the shark started chasing Ron," said Boise, " and it was really hard to kind of focus because I was trying to stay on foil you have to balance on these things keep your speed up.

He joked that he was trying to film the shark trying to eat my friend while trying to survive.

"I'm really bad at multitasking."

Ron Takeda is the more serious of the two.

" I knew I couldn't think so much, I knew I couldn't even look back at it, I knew it was happening I was totally aware it was happening, but I knew from experience I needed to focus on staying on foil, I knew that was my best bet to get out of the situation the way I wanted to stay on foil," said Takeda, "And so I just blocked everything out I knew Tavis had a better look at it than I did so when I did yell at him I wanted it to be a dolphin I knew it wasn't."

Boise posted on social media that after a 3 year media hiatus he had an exciting moment to share.

His video that was also shared by Kai Lenny is going viral.

They have had media requests to tell their story from as far away as Australia where surfing is popular.

While some people though the video was AI, shark experts they know think it may have been a mako or great white.

After several minutes the shark seemed to follow.

Once they felt safe hey kept going all the way to Carpinteria where they had a car waiting.

People hearing about what happened might wonder if when or whether they are going back in the water, well they already did.

They went another another long foil fun on Sunday and Monday and they will go again when the conditions are good.

Sometimes a downwind foil run last for hours.

They love it and they won't let a close call with a shark keep them away.

We will have more of their tale tonight on the news.

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By Ray Sanchez, Matthew J. Friedman, CNN

Los Angeles (CNN) — Warning: This story includes graphic and disturbing details.

Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday laid out a detailed and grisly timeline in the case against singer d4vd, who is accused of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, including that they met when she was 11 and he began sexually abusing her when she was 13 and he was 18. Prosecutors also allege he repeatedly stabbed her and watched her bleed out when she threatened to expose their relationship.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office’s brief on preliminary hearing evidence said d4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, killed the teen two days before the release of his album and then took “horrifying measures to destroy and discard the victim’s body.”

Celeste had been reported missing by family and friends multiple times, starting in early 2024. She was last seen alive going to d4vd’s home in April 2025.

Celeste died of “multiple penetrating injuries,” according to an autopsy report released earlier this month. She had wounds on her chest and abdomen that “may represent sharp force injuries,” the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office said in the report, which was signed in December but sealed for months at the request of law enforcement.

The now-21-year-old singer was arrested earlier this month and has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder. D4vd’s attorney Blair Berk said after the singer’s arraignment that her client is innocent and evidence “will show that David Burke did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not the cause of her death.”

Berk on Wednesday asked the court to seal the evidentiary filing, saying it was “one sided” and “replete with hearsay” and could potentially taint a future jury pool. The judge denied the request. CNN reached out to Berk for comment Wednesday evening.

The filing said on April 22, 2025 — the night before authorities say Celeste was likely killed — she had a lengthy argument with d4vd. Their text messages “reveal the victim’s jealousy over defendant’s relationships with other women, as defendant led her to believe they had a future together,” according to the court document.

“She became extremely upset and threatened to disclose damaging information about her relationship with defendant to end his career and destroy his life,” prosecutors wrote, noting that his first studio album’s release date was April 25, 2025.

On April 23, 2025, the singer sent an Uber to pick up Celeste at her home in Lake Elsinore at about 8:40 p.m. and bring her to his Hollywood Hills home around 10:10 p.m., the court document said.

At about 10:30 p.m. that night, d4vd texted Celeste in what prosecutors described as part of his “premeditated plan to cover up the murder, as she was already dead by this time.”

“Knowing he had to silence the victim before she ruined his music career as she had threatened, very soon after her arrival at his home, defendant stabbed the victim to death multiple times and stood by while she bled out,” the filing said. “At no time did he call law enforcement or 911 or take her to an emergency room to attempt to save her life.”

Celeste’s dismembered remains were found in d4vd’s Tesla in Los Angeles last September. The vehicle was apparently abandoned in the Hollywood Hills and towed to a police impound lot, where an employee noticed a foul smell emanating from the trunk and alerted authorities.

Prosecutors wrote that d4vd bought two chain

Por Erick E. Beltran, CNN en Español

La revista The New York Times compartió el listado de “Los 30 mejores compositores estadounidenses vivos”, elaborado con la participación de más de 250 expertos de la música, así como seis críticos de la revista. La publicación aclaró que el listado no está ordenado por jerarquía.

Los artistas incluidos son:

• Nile Rodgers
• Lucinda Williams
• Stevie Wonder
• Jay-Z
• Paul Simon
• Taylor Swift
• Brian & Eddie Holland
• Missy Elliot
• Lionel Richie
• Dolly Parton
• Young Thug
• Diane Warren
• Josh Osborne, Brady Clark y Shane McAnally
• Fiona Apple
• Babyface
• Stephin Merritt
• Romeo Santos
• Carole King
• Outkast
• Mariah Carey
• Willie Nelson
• Kendrick Lamar
• Valerie Simpson
• Bob Dylan
• Lana del Rey
• The-Dream
• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
• Bad Bunny
• Bruce Springsteen
• Smokey Robinson

En el apartado dedicado a Bad Bunny, el medio lo describe como “un gran reguetonero”, “uno de los raperos en español más talentosos” y “un experimentalista capaz de integrarse en el pop-punk y los corridos tumbados”.
Además, destaca el impacto del puertorriqueño en la música latina y cómo ha logrado romper barreras idiomáticas gracias a su relación artística con el español y el inglés.

También menciona su participación en el espectáculo de medio tiempo del Super Bowl y el momento en que su álbum “Debí tirar más fotos” se convirtió en el primer disco en español en ganar el Grammy a Álbum del Año. The New York Times lo califica como “la estrella estadounidense más visible del momento”. La publicación también compartió las que, a su parecer, son las cinco canciones imprescindibles de Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio: “Soy peor”, “MIA”, “Yo perreo sola”, “Callaita” y “Nuevayol”.

Por su parte, Romeo Santos fue reconocido por su visión innovadora de la bachata, género que ayudó a fusionar con el pop y otros estilos, abriendo camino para el ascenso global de la música latina.

El medio también recordó el impacto de “Obsesión”, canción que calificó como un “himno del pop latino”, así como su éxito tanto con Aventura como en su carrera en solitario. Además, destacó sus colaboraciones con artistas como Usher y Drake, a quienes acercó a la bachata. Las mejores cinco canciones seleccionadas del intérprete fueron: “Obsesión”, “Un beso”, “Ella y yo”, “Propuesta indecente” y “Odio”.

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Análisis de Aaron Blake, CNN

La segunda acusación del Gobierno de Trump contra el exdirector del FBI James Comey parece ubicarse en una pendiente muy resbaladiza.

La supuesta infracción penal de Comey consiste en publicar una imagen de conchas marinas dispuestas para formar “86 47”. El término “86” es jerga que normalmente se usa para hablar de tirar o eliminar algo, y Donald Trump es el 47º presidente. La administración sostuvo desde el principio que se trataba de una amenaza contra Trump.

Pero muchos estadounidenses, incluidos algunos aliados destacados de Trump, podrían ser acusados o al menos investigados bajo esa lógica.

También es irónico que el Departamento de Justicia (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés) de Trump ahora esté investigando y presentando acusaciones por contenido vagamente amenazante, dada la propia y larga historia de Trump con ese tipo de retórica.

En teoría es posible que haya alguna prueba contundente que muestre que Comey entendía su publicación como una amenaza real (algo que el DOJ debe demostrar). La acusación de tres páginas del Departamento de Justicia no entra en muchos detalles.

En mayo, cuando el Gobierno planteó inicialmente este asunto, Comey dijo que no se dio cuenta de que “86” podía tener algunas connotaciones potencialmente violentas y borró rápidamente la publicación.

Pero la navaja de Occam parecería indicar que este es un caso construido de manera endeble. Trump ya había dejado claro que quiere que se acuse a Comey y, cuando la primera acusación contra el exdirector del FBI no prosperó, el presidente y otros funcionarios de la administración declararon rápidamente que la publicación de las conchas era una amenaza antes de que se realizara realmente cualquier investigación. Además, esta no es la primera causa endeble contra un enemigo de Trump.

Incluso algunos académicos jurídicos conservadores y aliados de Trump se han mostrado bastante escépticos respecto de los cargos contra Comey.

Parte del problema del Gobierno podría ser demostrar que esto no es una persecución selectiva. Muchos otros han usado la fórmula “86” sin que se interpretara como una amenaza.

Quizá el ejemplo más destacado sea el del influencer pro-Trump Jack Posobiec, que en 2022 publicó “86 46”. Es lo mismo que publicó Comey, salvo que sustituye a Biden (el 46.º presidente) por Trump. (Posobiec ha afirmado que la publicación de Comey era un llamado al asesinato, pero su publicación sobre Biden sigue en línea hasta el día de hoy.)

Dos años después, el también influencer pro-Trump Scott Adams publicó: “La simulación dice que es hora de ‘86’ a Biden.”

No hay evidencia de que ninguno de los dos hombres haya sido investigado por posibles amenazas. Adams murió en enero.

Tampoco hay evidencia de una investigación similar sobre la gobernadora demócrata de Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, quien apareció en TV en 2020 con “86 45” mostrado a su lado. (Trump, por supuesto, también fue el 45.º presidente.)

Otros aliados de Trump también han usado “86” en contextos políticos de maneras que dejan claro que no es una amenaza evidente.

El exrepresentante republicano Matt Gaetz de Florida en 2024 celebró haber “86’d” a una serie de republicanos que habían sido removidos de puestos de liderazgo, no asesinados.

Y, de forma similar a Posobiec, el presentador de Fox News Jesse Watters el año pasado concluyó que el uso de “86” por parte de Comey significaba que había “puesto un sicario tras Trump”. Pero meses después, Watters usó el mismo término para dos personas diferentes que simplemente fueron apartadas de sus cargos políticos.

Y luego está simplemente el enorme volumen de mercancía con “86” que existe. Minoristas en línea como Amazon han estado vendiendo durante años artículos con “86 47”, “86 46”, “86 45” e incluso “86 44” (para el expresidente Barack Obama) estampados en ellos. Esos artícul