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SLO Police Detail Arrests and Citations from St. Fratty’s Day Celebrations

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The 2026 safety enhancement zone (SEZ) for St. Patrick’s Day encompassed two weekends, March 6-9, March 13-16 and March 17th. During the SEZ, fines for noise, unruly gathering, open container and public urination were doubled.   On Saturday, […]

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Thousand Oaks Teenager Arrested for Evading Deputies on Electric Off-Road Motorcycle

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In February 2026, deputies assigned to the Thousand Oaks Police Department were conducting a traffic enforcement operation. Deputies observed a juvenile male subject riding an off-highway electric motorcycle in the […]

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Oil prices rise after Trump issues ultimatum and Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely

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By Auzinea Bacon, CNN

(CNN) — Oil prices rose Sunday after Iran threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely in response to President Donald Trump’s ultimatum on the restoration of oil traffic through the critical waterway.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, climbed 1.69% to about $114.09 a barrel. US crude rose 2% to $100.29. Goldman Sachs on Friday suggested that those high prices could last through 2027.

Trump this weekend said the United States would “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened by Monday evening. Iran, in response, said if Trump makes good on his threats, it would completely close the Strait of Hormuz and will not reopen it until any destroyed power plants are rebuilt.

Iran also said it would target US and Israeli energy and communications infrastructure in the region.

The war in Iran, which has entered its fourth week, has caused a major oil disruption, due mostly to the effective closure of the strait, which is one of the world’s busiest oil-shipping channels.

Stock futures also declined. Dow futures dropped 0.6%, or 237 points. S&P 500 futures fell 0.6%, while Nasdaq futures dropped 0.8%.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Panamá dice que un portaviones y un destructor de la Armada de EE.UU. visitarán aguas panameñas en “gira por las Américas”

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Por Elizabeth González, CNN en Español

El portaviones de propulsión nuclear USS Nimitz y el destructor USS Gridley, de la Armada de Estados Unidos, estarán en aguas panameñas desde el 29 de marzo al próximo 2 de abril como parte de “una gira por las Américas”, informó el Servicio Nacional Aeronaval de Panamá.

El recorrido incluye paradas en Perú, Chile y Brasil, en esta gira que comenzó el pasado 12 de marzo, cuando el portaviones y el destructor zarparon desde la costa oeste de Estados Unidos, agregó el comunicado.

A principios de marzo, un portavoz de la Marina de EE.UU. dijo al Instituto Naval de Estados Unidos que se encontraban en curso los preparativos para el despliegue del USS Nimitz, que incluiría visitas a varios países socios durante su recorrido alrededor de Sudamérica rumbo a su nuevo puerto base.

“Actualmente se está llevando a cabo la planificación detallada para que el USS Nimitz visite varios países socios durante su circunnavegación del continente sudamericano, rumbo a su nuevo puerto base”, declaró el portavoz de la Marina, teniente comandante Peter Pagano, en un comunicado a USNI News. “Se darán a conocer más detalles sobre el próximo despliegue Southern Seas 2026, como las unidades participantes y embarcadas, antes de que comience”.

CNN contactó a la Marina de EE.UU. y al Pentágono para solicitar confirmación sobre la presencia prevista del USS Nimitz y el destructor USS Gridley en aguas panameñas y su recorrido.

Ambos navegarán el estrecho de Magallanes para, eventualmente, reposicionarse el próximo 20 de junio en su nuevo puerto base, en la costa este de Estados Unidos, según detalló el Servicio Aeronaval.

Sobre el paso del USS Nimitz y del USS Gridley por aguas panameñas, CNN consultó a la Autoridad del Canal de Panamá si ambos transitarían por la vía interoceánica. La respuesta fue que “puede que lleguen a nuestras costas, pero no pasarán por el canal”.

En ese sentido, se explicó que al navegar por el estrecho de Magallanes por Chile, para cruzar al otro lado, ya no pasarían por el Canal de Panamá, y que independientemente de ello, sólo el destructor podría pasar por la vía, a diferencia de los portaviones, que no caben por el canal.

Durante el tiempo de estadía en Panamá, el portaviones USS Nimitz permanecerá anclado en aguas abiertas y el destructor USS Gridley estará en el Puerto de Cruceros de Amador, en la capital panameña.

Mientras estén en el país, se desarrollarán los ejercicios Southern Seas 2026, en su undécima edición, que según se explica en el comunicado de la Aeronaval panameña, son tareas de cooperación para fortalecer el desarrollo a través del intercambio de conocimiento marítimo con países de la región.

El portaviones de propulsión nuclear USS Nimitz es uno de los buques de guerra más grandes del mundo, mide unos 333 metros de largo, con capacidad para 90 aeronaves (entre aviones y helicópteros) y puede desplazar unas 100.000 toneladas a 30 nudos.

Adicionalmente, funciona como una base aérea móvil, capaz de proyectar poder aéreo, apoyar operaciones y responder a crisis a grandes distancias.

Por su parte, el destructor USS Gridley es un buque que proporciona defensa avanzada y apoyo operativo, equipado con sistemas de radar y misiles de alta tecnología para enfrentar amenazas.

Juntas, ambas embarcaciones cuentan con la capacidad de transportar a unos 6.000 tripulantes.

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35 photos that show what life looked like in 1973

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Friends standing around a guy on a motorcycle

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There was a version of 1973 that was easy and warm and smelled like cut grass and car leather. A year that looked, on an ordinary Tuesday, like wide collars and wood-paneled station wagons and kids playing outside until the streetlights came on. These aren’t the photographs that made the history books, just the ones that made the family albums. No front pages, no protest signs, no famous faces (well, almost none). Just life, going about its business, unhurried and unaware of how good it would look fifty years later.

What strikes you first is the texture of it: the colors slightly saturated in that particular way film had in the early seventies, the clothes a little too much, the hair a little too long, the smiles unrehearsed. People gathered in kitchens, diners, parking lots, and backyards, doing nothing especially remarkable. That’s the point. This is what the world looked like when nobody was performing for a camera they’d carry in their pocket — when a photograph was still an occasion, and ordinary life still felt like enough.

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A black and white yearbook photo

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“My dad was Kelso in 1973”

A senior portrait so perfectly 1973 it could have been Michael Kelso’s yearbook photo — the side-swept hair, the wide lapels, the expression of a guy who knows exactly how good-looking he is.

A couple sitting on the roof of a white VW bug driving down the road

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A couple hitching a ride to Summer Jam at Watkins Glen in July, 1973

She’s riding on the roof of a VW Bug, one orange balloon, a bandana in her hair, and nowhere to be until Summer Jam starts. The driver is in no hurry either. Nobody was.

A group of young woman smiling and standing around their motorcycles

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“Momma’s moto gang in ’73”

Four friends, four motorcycles, and a parking lot that doubles as the whole world. The straw purse on the right is doi

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