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Rescue underway at Carpinteria Bluffs for man who appears to have fallen Monday

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CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A rescue is underway for a man who appears to have fallen at the Carpinteria bluffs Monday afternoon.

According to Carpinteria-Summerland Fire, the man is down on the beach and a helicopter is on the way to rescue man who appears to have fallen.

The joint response includes Montecito Fire Protection District, Santa Barbara City Fire Department, American Medical Response as well as deputies with Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office detailed the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Department.

This is an evolving emergency response and more information will be added to this article as it is received.

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Rescue underway at Carpinteria Bluffs for man who appears to have fallen Monday

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CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A rescue is underway for a man who appears to have fallen at the Carpinteria bluffs Monday afternoon.

According to Carpinteria-Summerland Fire, the man is down on the beach and a helicopter is on the way to rescue the man who appears to have fallen.

The joint response includes Montecito Fire Protection District, Santa Barbara City Fire Department, American Medical Response as well as deputies with Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office detailed the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District.

This is an evolving emergency response and more information will be added to this article as it is received.

The post Rescue underway at Carpinteria Bluffs for man who appears to have fallen Monday appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

¿Por qué se disparó el precio del petróleo hasta los US$ 100 por barril?

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Por David Goldman y Matt Egan, CNN

Una interrupción histórica en la producción mundial de petróleo hizo que los precios del crudo rompieran el lunes la barrera de los US$ 100 por primera vez en casi cuatro años.

Sin que se vislumbre un final para la guerra con Irán, los futuros del petróleo podrían tener considerablemente más margen para subir aún más.

De hecho, los precios del petróleo estuvieron muy cerca de alcanzar los US$ 120 por barril durante la noche antes de que surgieran informes de que las naciones occidentales discutirían medidas para aliviar los altos precios del combustible. Eso redujo un poco la tensión en el mercado. Pero no mucho.

El lunes por la mañana, los futuros del petróleo estaban un 11 % más altos. Tanto el petróleo estadounidense como el Brent, el referente internacional, rondan su mayor aumento en un solo día en dólares por barril en la historia.

Los futuros del petróleo estadounidense subieron US$ 8 por barril, hasta U$ 99, y los futuros del Brent subieron US$ 9, hasta US$ 101. Ni el petróleo estadounidense ni el Brent han subido nunca tanto como US$ 11 en un solo día. El récord anterior en un solo día (US$ 10,75) se estableció el 6 de junio de 2008.

La última vez que el petróleo cotizó por encima de los US$ 100 fue a raíz del ataque de Rusia a Ucrania. El petróleo superó los US$ 100 en marzo de 2022 y se mantuvo alrededor de ese nivel hasta el 19 de julio de 2022. Desde entonces no había vuelto a tocar los tres dígitos.

La guerra con Irán ha impulsado los precios del petróleo por dos razones principales: un cierre casi total del estrecho de Ormuz y una desaceleración de la producción de petróleo en Medio Oriente.

El estrecho de Ormuz es una vía fluvial estrecha por la que transita el 20 % del petróleo mundial en buques tanque. Irán ha amenazado con atacar a cualquier petrolero que atraviese el estrecho. Eso ha provocado un estancamiento en las recogidas y entregas de petróleo en la región.

El 20 % estimado de suministro interrumpido es aproximadamente el doble del récord establecido durante la Crisis de Suez de 1956-1957, según datos históricos de Rapidan Energy Group.

La guerra también ha eliminado de facto la capacidad excedentaria, porque Arabia Saudita y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos han quedado desconectados de los mercados petroleros mundiales. La capacidad excedentaria mide cuánto más de producción de petróleo podría volver a ponerse en marcha rápidamente, si fuera necesario, y normalmente sirve como amortiguador en los mercados energéticos.

“El resultado es un mercado sin un colchón significativo. No hay un productor de ajuste que pueda intervenir”, escribió Bob McNally, fundador y presidente de Rapidan, en una nota a los clientes.

Como el petróleo no se está moviendo, los productores de la región rica en petróleo se han quedado sin espacio para almacenar su crudo. No les ha quedado más remedio que ralentizar su producción.

A medida que los precios del petróleo se han disparado, también lo han hecho los precios de la gasolina. Los precios de la gasolina en Estados Unidos han subido unos 50 centavos en una semana hasta US$ 3,48 por galón, más alto que en cualquier momento de cualquiera de los mandatos del presidente Donald Trump.

La buena noticia: el mundo tiene mucho petróleo. Estábamos sentados sobre un exceso de oferta antes de la guerra, lo que explica por qué el petróleo había sido tan barato, cotizando alrededor de US$ 60 por barril antes de que Estados Unidos e Israel atacaran a Irán.

Los operadores de petróleo no creen que el petróleo a US$ 100 haya llegado para quedarse. Mirando hacia los contratos de entrega en 2027 y 2028, los futuros del petróleo cotizan en torno a los US$ 60 y tantos, señaló Dan Pickering, fundador y director de inversiones de Pickering Energy Partners.

La mala noticia: esta guerra con Irán está durando más de lo que la

Pressure mounts for release of young, award-winning mariachi brothers held by ICE

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Activists protest the detention of Antonio

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN

(CNN) — Calls are mounting for the release of three promising young mariachi musicians who have been held in ICE detention for nearly two weeks after they and their parents were detained by the Department of Homeland Security in Texas.

Less than a year ago, the two eldest brothers were recognized on Capitol Hill for their award-winning performances in a premier high school mariachi group. Word of the talented musicians’ detention has spread through their hometown of McAllen, Texas, and the active community of mariachi musicians in the area and around the nation, as some state leaders decry DHS tactics that have again landed children in federal custody.

The young musicians join a growing list of children and teens swept up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, including 5-year-old Liam Ramos, whose image gripped hearts around the world when he was detained in Minneapolis wearing a bunny hat and sent to the South Texas Family Residential Center, an ICE detention center in Texas, before his release.

Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, 14, and Joshua Gámez-Cuéllar, 12, are being held with their parents at that same Dilley facility. Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, was being held at a separate facility in Raymondville, Texas, and has since been released. He appeared at a news conference Monday with US Rep. Monica De La Cruz outside the facility.

The brothers’ parents, Emma Guadalupe Cuéllar Lopez and Luis Antonio Gámez Martinez, were arrested by ICE on February 25, according to DHS, which said the two had been living in the US illegally. The family entered the US illegally in 2023 near Brownsville, Texas, according to DHS.

“They chose to bring their adult son and two children with them,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement.

“ICE does not separate families. Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children, or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates,” the statement said. “In strict accordance with ICE policy, adult males without children are NOT housed at the Dilley facility for the safety of the children inside the facility.”

The Dilley facility is retrofitted for families, with classrooms and educational materials, according to DHS.

But immigration advocates and attorneys have spoken out in recent months about harmful conditions at the facility, including children getting sick and being denied adequate medical care and proper food.

“The law requires illegal aliens who show up at a port of entry without valid entry to be detained while all their claims are heard … Unlike the previous administration, the Trump administration is not going to ignore the rule of law,” the DHS statement said.

US Rep. Joaquin Castro, who met two of the brothers during their trip to Capitol Hill last year, said he has been in touch with the family and is doing what he can to help, including meeting with them during a planned visit to the Dilley facility Monday.

“Donald Trump said he was going after criminals. He said he was going after people who are dangerous to Americans. Well, how is it that these two young men were good enough to perform at the United States Capitol at the invitation

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