CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) - An aging oil facility is coming down in Carpinteria and some residents nearby are hearing all about it.

The demolition going on behind city hall has a booming sound when the metal tank is worked on.
The oil tank dates back several decades when it was part of the oil processing taking place on the Carpinteria coastline.
The work underway now is to decommission the facilities.
It's a site once owned by Venoco but taken back by Chevron during Venoco's bankruptcy.
Chevron is removing the entire oil and gas plant.
It is still to be determined how the ocean front land will be used by the city going forward.

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Por Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen y Jennifer Hansler, CNN

Cuando el presidente Donald Trump partía de Washington la semana pasada rumbo a Florida, poner fin a la guerra con Irán parecía ser lo último en lo que pensaba.

“No se declara un alto el fuego cuando se está literalmente aniquilando al otro bando”, dijo el viernes desde el jardín sur de la Casa Blanca antes de subirse a su helicóptero y marcharse volando.

Tres días, un ultimátum y, según su relato, algunas conversaciones con un funcionario misterioso en Teherán después, Trump había adoptado una postura diferente.

“Quieren llegar a un acuerdo, y lo vamos a conseguir”, declaró ante una multitud en Memphis, Tennessee, el lunes, antes de visitar Graceland, la casa de Elvis.

El giro repentino y, según Trump, el rápido avance de las conversaciones de paz, provocaron un cambio abrupto en el enfoque de la administración hacia la guerra, después de que el presidente amenazara el sábado por la noche con atacar las centrales eléctricas de Irán si el estrecho de Ormuz no se abría en 48 horas.

Y ahora incluso hay una propuesta para que Pakistán sea sede de una reunión entre Estados Unidos e Irán a finales de esta semana, a la que podría asistir el vicepresidente J.D. Vance, según dos fuentes. CNN se ha puesto en contacto con la oficina de Vance.

El cambio en la postura estadounidense se produjo tras las advertencias de los aliados del Golfo de que el ataque a centrales eléctricas civiles en Irán podría provocar una escalada desastrosa, según fuentes cercanas a las conversaciones. El anuncio de las conversaciones, realizado dos horas antes de la apertura de la bolsa estadounidense el lunes, provocó un repunte en Wall Street y una fuerte caída en el precio del crudo Brent, dos aspectos que habían generado inquietud entre Trump y sus asesores.

Quiénes eran exactamente los interlocutores —o incluso si realmente estaban hablando— se convirtió de inmediato en motivo de controversia. Trump, quien se negó a revelar el nombre del interlocutor iraní con quien se reunían sus enviados, ofreció pocos detalles, limitándose a describir al funcionario como “respetado”. Y mientras el presidente hablaba, unidades adicionales de la Infantería de Marina se dirigían hacia Medio Oriente, alimentando el escepticismo sobre la veracidad de las conversaciones.

Por su parte, Teherán negó cualquier tipo de diálogo y afirmó que Trump había retirado su amenaza porque temía represalias iraníes.

“No se han celebrado negociaciones con Estados Unidos”, escribió en X el presidente del Parlamento iraní, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, de quien se rumoreaba que era el funcionario al que se refería Trump. Añadió que el aplazamiento por parte de Estados Unidos de los ataques a las centrales eléctricas tenía como objetivo “salir del atolladero en el que están atrapados Estados Unidos e Israel”.

Sin embargo, las negaciones fueron redactadas cuidadosamente y no refutaron el hecho de que se habían intercambiado mensajes para tantear el terreno ante una posible reanudación de las conversaciones.

Varios países trabajan activamente para mediar en un acuerdo entre Estados Unidos e Irán, mientras las repercusiones de la guerra se sienten en todo el mundo, según informaron a CNN cinco fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto. A pesar de las afirmaciones de Trump, las fuentes desconocían cualquier negociación directa entre Estados Unidos e Irán desde el inicio de la guerra.

La Casa Blanca se negó a dar detalles sobre las conversaciones, que según Trump fueron dirigidas por sus enviados Steve Witkoff y Jared Kushner.

“Se trata de conversaciones diplomáticas delicadas y Estados Unidos no neg

* WHAT…Temperatures between 86 and 94 expected.

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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst

(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to limit mail-in ballots, a move that would reinforce the justices’ pattern of shrinking voter protections and that has, at bottom, favored Republican interests and the Trump administration.

And at a time when some justices publicly minimize their internal divisions, Monday’s case testing whether mail-in ballots may be received after Election Day exposed the chasm between the left and right with respect to ballot access.

The case is one of two major Supreme Court disputes that could significantly affect the upcoming midterm elections. The court is expected to rule this spring on a pending case from Louisiana that involves the reach of a Voting Rights Act provision intended to protect against race discrimination.

The consequences of election-law disputes to democracy cannot be overstated. Who votes determines who obtains public office. And who holds office determines the policies, funding and other government benefits that shape the lives of all Americans.

Conservative justices expressed suspicion Monday that a Mississippi law permitting ballots with a timely postmark to be received within five business days of the election is valid under federal election laws. Those statutes, dating to 1845, establish the Tuesday after the first Monday in November as the date for federal elections.

As a practical matter, the Republican National Committee and other challengers to the Mississippi law and similar measures say such late-arriving ballots generate uncertainty and add to post-election chaos.

Liberal justices, meanwhile, emphasized regard for today’s widespread absentee-voting practices. About 30 states, to varying degrees, allow ballots that were mailed by Election Day to be counted if received soon after.

Among those supporting Mississippi are the Democratic National Committee and civil rights groups that emphasize people’s reliance on absentee voting for reasons of age or disability, work or educational responsibilities, and military service. They say a change would upset the expectations of millions of American voters who rely on absentee ballots and who, because of prevailing state practices, believe that a ballot that arrives just after Election Day will still be counted.

During the intense two hours of arguments, frustration on the left wing was palpable. “The people who should decide this issue are not the courts but Congress,” senior liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said.

Right-wing justices poked holes in Mississippi’s claims and suggested they believed that, historically, Congress wanted all ballots to be received by a single national election day.

Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh latched onto arguments that late-arriving ballots bring concerns of fraud. And perhaps to counter claims by civil rights activists about the potential harm to certain classes of voters, he challenged Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart at one point: “Would you say that the states that require receipt by Election Day are disenfranchising voters?”

“No,” Stewart replied. “A reasonable ballot deadline does not do that. I would (add an) asterisk just there are the practical barriers for those overseas military voters.”

Is Election Day just one day?

Under the Constitution, states are responsible for the “times, places and manner” of elections, but Congress can “make or alter” such regulations. At the heart of the case is a series of federal statutes that set the election date for presidential electors and members of Congress.

“The Election Day statutes adopt a simple rule: States must make a final choice of officers by Election Day,” Stewart told the justices. He said that mandate

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