SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A very mild Tuesday is on tap with temperatures slightly rising, but wind speeds have calmed for the day. Temperatures will be slightly above average for this time of year.

A bit of a misty morning to start the day for beach communities and portions of San Luis Obispo county. As the sun rises, it will start to warm and clear skies will prevail and bring a beautiful day today!

A weak ridge of high pressure sitting near the Central Coast will warm temperatures slightly today, rising into the 70s for the region. By Wednesday a trough of low pressure will build over northern California and will drop down near the region. Temperatures will cool slightly for Wednesday and Thursday. As the trough of low moves East, it will leave behind gusty winds, which will pick up Wednesday evening into Thursday. No advisories are in place currently, however the National Weather Service says wind alerts may be issued as we move through the week.

Overall it will be a rather dry week and very pleasant! Head outside and enjoy the sunshine.

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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN

(CNN) — Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

They were ousted for a simple reason: Each was involved in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s alleged retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

As a result, Patel hamstrung the Washington, DC-based FBI counterintelligence unit, known as CI-12, which handles cases ranging from mishandling of classified documents to tracking foreign spies operating on US soil.

The dismissals have added to concern inside the Justice Department and FBI that counterterrorism and intelligence investigations in the wake of the military operation in Iran could be hampered by a mass exodus of national security experts, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

And like the CI-12 unit, several senior officials were ousted or reassigned because of their involvement in Trump-related investigations, sources say. The removals have cost the Justice Department and FBI decades of combined experience in identifying the types of threats that sources say could appear in the wake of Operation Epic Fury.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The FBI declined to comment on personnel matters but told CNN in a statement the bureau “maintains a robust counterintelligence operation, with personnel all over the country.”

“Our teams remain fully engaged across the country and [are] prepared to mobilize any security assets needed to assist federal partners – as well as state and local law enforcement,” an FBI spokesperson said.

The New York Sun first reported that employees from the CI-12 unit had been targeted in last week’s firings.

Iranian threats

In Trump’s first term, CI-12 was instrumental in tracking potential threats from the Iranian regime in retaliation for the 2020 drone strike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, then-leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force.

Iranian-backed actors have since been charged with plots to assassinate American officials that Iran has blamed for Soleimani’s death, including Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security advisor John Bolton.

The threats have continued despite years of law enforcement disruptions, according to a joint FBI and Department of Homeland Security report obtained by CNN.

The unclassified report, which was written last August, described Ira

By Issy Ronald, CNN

(CNN) — Israel exchanged further strikes with Iran overnight into Tuesday while it continues its assault on Lebanon, intensifying a conflict which has already killed hundreds, caused Washington to warn Americans to leave much of the region and threatens to spark a global energy crisis.

Tehran has retaliated with a campaign aimed at US bases and embassies in a host of Middle Eastern countries, as well as oil refineries and tourist infrastructure like airports and hotels.

As the US-Israeli war on Iran intensifies, here’s what to know.

What’s happening now?

• Continuing Israeli strikes: Israel launched simultaneous strikes on Tehran and Beirut on Tuesday morning, targeting both Iranian military sites and Hezbollah. Israeli forces have also seized more locations in southern Lebanon, carrying out strikes against what it says are Hezbollah’s sites in the country.
• US closes two embassies amid Iran strikes: The US Embassy in Riyadh was hit by two suspected Iranian drones, prompting it to close Tuesday. The US Embassy in Kuwait also announced it was closing until further notice. Elsewhere across the region, the US State Department ordered non-emergency US government personnel and their families to depart from Jordan, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates due to security concerns.
• Iran’s response: CNN teams in Qatar heard loud booms and saw objects falling from the sky overnight. Kuwait’s armed forces responded to “missiles and drones” detected in its airspace, warning sirens sounded in Bahrain, and Iranian missiles were detected in Israeli airspace, according to officials in each country.
• Americans urged to leave Middle East: The US State Department urged American citizens to depart from countries across the Middle East using available commercial travel, even as much of the region’s airspace remains closed and most flights are cancelled.
• Iran death toll climbs: More than 700 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. One Tehran resident described enduring a “heavy bombardment” on Monday night. “It feels like an onslaught,” said the 36-year-old man, whom CNN is not naming.
• Coming “big wave” of US strikes against Iran: US President Donald Trump warned Monday that the US hasn’t “even started hitting them hard,” while a senior US official told CNN on Monday night that Washington was preparing for a “major uptick” in attacks over the next 24 hours.
• Damage to Iranian nuclear facility: The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog confirmed damage Tuesday to a fuel enrichment plant at one of Iran’s most sensitive nuclear installations following US-Israeli strikes.

Why did the US and Israel attack?

• White House offers competing, shifting rationales for war: Three days after the US and Israel first launched their offensive against Iran, the Trump administration is still offering different explanations for doing so – at times exaggerated or at odds with US intelligence – as senior o

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

Minneapolis (CNN) — Target’s new CEO wants to re-establish the company’s “Tarzhay” reputation after a brutal few years.

CEO Michael Fiddelke said Tuesday that Target was beginning its “next chapter of growth” and would improve its merchandise and store design to win back shoppers. Target will increase capital spending by 25% to $5 billion this year to bolster operations, technology and other areas of the business.

Target plans to provide more details on its turnaround plan at an investor event Tuesday.

Fiddelke took over as Target’s chief executive last month. He started his career at Target as an intern in 2003 and rose up the company’s ranks.

Target has struggled in recent years. The company has faced stiff competition from Walmart and Amazon, and it’s also made strategy mistakes. It scaled back Pride displays and rolled back DEI programs, angering its liberal customers.

Target’s sales have stagnated and its stock has dropped nearly 30% over the last three years.

Target also had a weak holiday. Target’s sales at stores open for at least one year dropped 2.5% during its latest quarter, the company said Tuesday.

But the company says things are starting to get better. Sales rose in February and the company expects total sales to grow around 2% this year.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Por Chris Isidore y Matt Egan, CNN

Hace cuatro años, Rusia atacó a Ucrania y el petróleo se disparó un 50 % en cuestión de semanas, superando los US$ 100 por barril. La gasolina subió rápidamente de unos US$ 3,50 a US$ 5 por galón.

Esa guerra puso en riesgo 3 millones de barriles diarios de crudo ruso.

La guerra con Irán detuvo casi instantáneamente el flujo de 20 millones de barriles de petróleo desde todo el Medio Oriente.

Sin embargo, los precios del petróleo subieron solo un 6 % el lunes, y no se espera que los de la gasolina se acerquen a los US$ 5 por galón en el futuro cercano. El martes, el petróleo subió otro 7 %, a unos US$ 76 por barril, y la gasolina se disparó US$ 0,10, a US$ 3,10 por galón.

¿Qué cambió?

Rusia lanzó la guerra en Ucrania, pero esta fue iniciada por Estados Unidos. Eso significa que Washington puede poner fin a su ataque cuando lo considere oportuno.

Aunque el presidente Donald Trump ha sugerido que la guerra podría continuar durante varias semanas, la realidad política interna podría frenar sus planes: el declive de las encuestas a medida que los estadounidenses se enfrentan a un costo de vida persistentemente alto.

La asequibilidad sigue siendo un problema importante para los votantes antes de las elecciones intermedias de este año y el aumento en los precios de la gasolina podría perjudicar a los republicanos.

“El objetivo final específico para Estados Unidos sigue siendo incierto”, escribió Ed Mills, analista de políticas de Washington en Raymond James, en una nota a clientes el domingo por la noche. Sin embargo, eso significa que Trump puede “declarar la victoria” cuando quiera, añadió Mills.

El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Pete Hegseth, pareció indicar que el conflicto tendría una duración limitada en comentarios realizados el lunes por la mañana, lo que hizo caer los futuros del petróleo desde sus máximos anteriores.

“Esto no es Iraq. Esto no es interminable”, declaró Hegseth desde el Pentágono. “Es todo lo contrario”.

También hay más petróleo crudo disponible ahora que en 2022, incluso cuando el consumo se mantiene estable.

En aquel entonces, la demanda de energía aumentaba rápidamente a medida que la economía salía de la pandemia.

Los países de la OPEP+ incrementaron la producción durante 2025, lo que se sumó a un exceso de oferta.

El exceso de crudo explica por qué el West Texas Intermediate, el precio de referencia del petróleo estadounidense, se cotizaba con seguridad por debajo de los US$ 60 por barril hasta hace poco.

El crudo cerró por encima de los US$ 70 por barril el lunes por primera vez desde finales de julio.

“Hay mucho petróleo crudo disponible”, indicó Tom Kloza, analista petrolero independiente y asesor de Gulf Oil. “Hay más petróleo crudo… que demanda”.

Aunque actualmente el mercado está apostando contra un escenario que podría imitar el shock de precios del petróleo y la gasolina de 2022, los precios aún podrían aumentar.

En muchos aspectos, la guerra con Irán plantea mayores riesgos para el mercado petrolero que la guerra de Rusia con Ucrania cuando ese conflicto comenzó en 2022.

Irán es un productor menor que Rusia. Sin embargo, los aliados petroleros de Estados Unidos en la región también han sufrido ataques a su propia infraestructura, incluyendo a Kuwait y Qatar, miembros clave de la OPEP, así como a Arabia Saudita, el mayor exportador de petróleo del mundo.

Y el tráfico de petroleros a través del Estrecho de Ormuz, un canal justo al lado de la costa sur de Irán por el que pasa uno de cada cinco barriles de petróleo del planeta, prácticamente se ha paralizado.