VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) Large numbers of marine organisms have washed ashore in Ventura.

They are called Valella Vallela and they are related to  jellyfish

Their common name is By-The-Wind-Sailor.

Wind pushed thousands of them onto South Jetty Beach by the Ventura Harbor and other they have shown up on other beaches as well.

It's best to leave them alone.

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Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN

Tanto si los demócratas triunfan en noviembre como si los republicanos se benefician de otro improbable regreso de Trump, las elecciones de 2026 serán recordadas por haber reducido un aspecto fundamental de la democracia estadounidense.

El hecho de que el presidente Donald Trump desencadenara una batalla por la redistribución de distritos electorales a mitad de la década, en un esfuerzo por evitar la maldición de las elecciones presidenciales de mitad de mandato, dejó a los demócratas ante una disyuntiva: aferrarse a los motivos políticos más puros o contraatacar de la misma manera.

Su decisión de optar por esta última vía ha ofrecido una respuesta temprana a una pregunta que podría dominar la campaña presidencial de 2028 y los primeros días de cualquier nueva presidencia demócrata: ¿Hasta qué punto deberían los demócratas explotar los nuevos precedentes, las interpretaciones ampliadas del poder presidencial y los métodos agresivos que Trump puso en marcha durante su turbulento segundo mandato?

La redistribución de distritos electorales está impulsada por la urgencia que sienten muchos demócratas de finalmente contener a un agresivo presidente republicano.

También está siendo promovida por líderes con potencial para proyectarse a nivel nacional, como el gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom.

Por lo tanto, no sorprende que los demócratas estatales hayan respondido a las exigencias de Trump de una nueva manipulación de distritos electorales en Texas, Florida y otros lugares con mapas electorales para el Congreso que los favorecen en bastiones como California y Virginia.

Los principales líderes demócratas justificaron la adopción de lo que el expresidente Barack Obama denominó medidas “temporales” para equilibrar el panorama electoral.

Políticamente, esto es obvio para un partido cuya impotencia ha frustrado incluso a sus seguidores más fieles desde que Trump recuperó la Casa Blanca. En este punto, la lucha es imprescindible.

Pero combatir el fuego se suele generar un incendio mayor. Y si bien algunos demócratas contemplan la creación de futuras comisiones independientes para delimitar de manera justa los distritos electorales del Congreso, es difícil prever un momento en que la tensa situación política disminuya.

El enfrentamiento por la redistribución de distritos se intensificó en varios frentes el lunes.

El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, se unió a la disputa después de que los republicanos, que controlan la legislatura estatal, adoptaran su nuevo mapa electoral, que podría dar a su partido una ventaja en cuatro escaños que actualmente están en manos de los demócratas.

Mientras tanto, el lunes, el Tribunal Supremo de Virginia escuchó una impugnación a un nuevo plan de redistribución de distritos electorales para el Congreso, aprobado por los votantes, que los republicanos quieren que se anule, alegando violaciones de las normas de procedimiento.

Las disputas sobre los mapas electorales podrían ser cruciales para las elecciones de 2026 y 2028, especialmente si los resultados son ajustados y las mayorías en la Cámara de Representantes y el Senado dependen de unos pocos escaños.

Las acciones de Trump ponen de manifiesto su importancia para el futuro de su segundo mandato, ante la posibilidad de dos años de un escrutinio congresional implacable.

Pero ambas partes

MORRO BAY, Calif. (KEYT) A long planned floating wind farm off the Central Coast is not going to happen.

The Trump Administration is paying the developer to walk away from the project.

Golden State Wind agreed to end it for an estimated $120 million.

A company spokesperson said the deal offers clarity to investors.

President Trump is offering money to end other wind farm deals as well.

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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN

(CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled the Pentagon can require escorts for journalists inside the building while litigation over the Defense Department’s restrictive press policy continues.

In a 2-1 ruling, the panel found the Pentagon is likely to succeed in arguing its new escort policy is valid, pausing a lower court order that restricted the Pentagon from implementing the policy.

The decision comes weeks after senior US District Judge Paul Friedman voided parts of the Pentagon’s latest press policy, which was announced after Friedman blocked an earlier set of Pentagon restrictions that he found in March violated the First Amendment.

Under the new policy, Friedman ruled on April 9, the Pentagon “has invoked slightly different language” but was still violating the constitutional rights of national security reporters who have long been granted access to its headquarters.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell on Monday welcomed the court’s decision, writing on X, “The Department looks forward to presenting its full case to the D.C. Circuit on the merits.”

The New York Times filed the suit challenging the Pentagon’s press policies late last year, arguing it violates its First Amendment and due process rights.

A spokesperson for the New York Times said the newspaper “will continue to seek resolution in this case and argue for the right of journalists to freely cover the American military, so the public can understand the actions it is undertaking in their name and with their tax dollars,” according to the Times.

The Pentagon shut down the “Correspondents’ Corridor” inside the building shortly after the New York Times won the permanent injunction in March. The Pentagon announced that a replacement workspace would be set up at a faraway “annex” location at some point and that all press access to the Pentagon would require an “escort by authorized Department personnel.”

The legal fight began when the Defense Department first launched a press credentialing policy that challenged reporters’ ability to freely gather information, for instance, through leaks from sources inside the military.

CNN’s Devan Cole and Brian Stelter contributed to this report.

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By Brian Stelter, CNN

(CNN) — Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel found himself defending Americans’ right to free speech on Monday, after a joke he made several days ago prompted calls from the White House for ABC to fire him – again.

“You know sometimes you wake up in the morning and the first lady puts out a statement demanding you be fired from your job? We’ve all been there, right?” Kimmel asked at the beginning of his monologue on Monday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

“What a day.”

The pressure – which is also coming from President Donald Trump and a host of his allies – has created a headache for new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro, who succeeded Bob Iger just six weeks ago.

The Kimmel controversy is the first major Trump test for D’Amaro, who previously ran Disney’s theme parks and now oversees networks like ABC as well.

Kimmel quipped on last Thursday’s episode that the First Lady had “a glow like an expectant widow.”

“It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am,” Kimmel said (Donald Trump is 79; Melania Trump is 56).

But after a gunman opened fire outside the dinner ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, Trump and his allies have recontextualized the joke as a call to violence.

“It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination,” Kimmel said in Monday’s monologue. “And they know that. I’ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular.”

“I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject,” Kimmel said. “I also should point out Donald Trump is allowed to say whatever he wants to say, as are you and as am I and as are all of us, because under the First Amendment we have as Americans the right to free speech.”

There is no indication that Disney is thinking about firing Kimmel.

A spokesperson for D’Amaro did not respond to a request for comment. Representatives for ABC and Kimmel have also remained tight-lipped since the controversy erupted.

But actions speak louder than comments, and Monday’s actions – like the business-as-usual attitude at Kimmel’s show – signaled that Disney is not buckling under Trump’s pressure.

Behind the scenes, ABC executives and Kimmel likely discussed what he might say on Monday night’s show about the controversy.

“He has to say something tonight, I think, that is conciliatory in a way,” but addresses the First Amendment issues at stake,” veteran late-night reporter Bill Carter said on “Anderson Cooper 360.”

Pro-Trump media outlets and influencers blasted Kimmel online after Saturday, foreshadowing a concerted effort from the Trump administration to push him out.

The alleged gunman was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate Trump.

The first lady condemned Kimmel on Monday morning, and the president followed up a few hours later, calling Kimmel’s on-air comment a “despicable call to violence” and linking it directly to the shooting incident.

Disney rerun

For Disney, this all feels a