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Ofrecerán alimentos gratuitos a estudiantes durante las vacaciones de verano

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Ofrecerán alimentos gratuitos a estudiantes durante las vacaciones de verano

Nancy Prado

Con el inicio de las vacaciones de verano, muchas familias del Este del Valle de Coachella enfrentan el desafío de reemplazar las comidas gratuitas que los estudiantes reciben durante el año escolar, motivo por el cual lanzaron un programa gratuito de alimentación del 15 de junio al 31 de julio, de lunes a viernes en varios puntos ubicados en Coachella, Thermal, Mecca, North Shore y Salton City, donde los estudiantes podrán consumir sus alimentos dentro de autobuses escolares con aire acondicionado y acceso gratuito a internet para quienes no cuentan con conexión en casa.

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Trio settles claims of illegal fishing and false advertising at Venice-based Dudley Market

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Three people settled claims related to illegal sport fishing and false advertising after selling fish caught in marine protected areas off the coast of Santa Barbara Island.

A sign on Santa Barbara Island detailing the protected areas off the island's coast. Image courtesy of Channel Islands National Park.

In 2020 and 2021, Conner Mitchell, Taylor Grant, and Cody Martin engaged in illegal fishing practices, including hauling in fish from the Marine Protected Areas off the coast of Santa Barbara Island stated a press release from the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

Mitchell and Grant later sold their catches at Dudley Market, a high-end restaurant in Venice, California owned by Mitchell, and falsely advertised the fish as traceable, sustainable, and lawfully sourced detailed the local prosecutor's office.

Cody Martin of El Segundo operated the commercial fishing vessel Predator on behalf of Mitchell and Grant and supplied fish to Dudley Market as well noted the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

Wildlife officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife served search warrants on cellular devices belonging to Mitchell and Martin as well as the chart plotter aboard Predator and found evidence of repeated violations of commercial fishing and seafood industry laws explained the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

California law prohibits sport-caught fish from being sold commercially and fish taken by a commercial vessel must be documented on an electronic fish ticket before being removed from the vessel so that state authorities can effectively manage fisheries and monitor long-term sustainability shared the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office noted that the following violations were documented during its investigation including:

  • Purchasing, possessing, and selling unlawfully sport-caught fish, including rockfish, bluefin tuna, and yellowtail
  • Conducting commercial fishing without the required commercial fishing and fish business licenses
  • Failing to lawfully document federally-managed species including rockfish and bluefin tuna
  • Harvesting rockfish within restricted conservation areas and Marine Protected Areas
  • Advertising unlawfully sourced fish as sustainable, traceable, and lawfully porcured

Per the settlement agreements, each defendant is subject to additional oversight conditions, new financial penalties should more violations occur, and agreed to the following payments:

Conner Mitchell, Dudley Street Oyster Bar LLC, and Shark Bite Fish Co. LLC were ordered to pay:

  • $58,226 in civil penalites
  • $45,000 in stayed civil penalties, payable if the injunction is violated
  • $15,000 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Fish and Game Preservation Fund
  • $1,773 in court fees

Taylor Grant was ordered to pay:

  • $40,000 in civil penalties
  • $10,000 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Fish and Game Preservation Fund
  • Prohibited from commercial fishing in California

Gilmer Grant, owner of fishing vessel Jamaica Day which violated fishing l

Historic Santa Barbara Market Survives as 45-Unit Housing Project Gets Final Green Light

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A project to build a housing development while preserving the longtime Tri-County Produce grocery store in Santa Barbara received final architectural approval. The Architectural Board of Review on May 26 […]

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Trump signs executive order asking for access to new AI models before they launch

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U.S. President Donald Trump listens to members of his Cabinet speak during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 27 in Washington

By Hadas Gold, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order seeking early government access for the most advanced AI models to weigh cybersecurity risks and protect critical infrastructure.

The executive order comes as models like Anthropic’s Mythos have spooked government and Wall Street over security concerns.

The order requests AI companies voluntarily share new models deemed to have advanced cyber capabilities with the government up to 30 days before providing access to other partners.

Trump was expected to introduce the executive order nearly two weeks ago, but it was postponed just hours before the planned signing ceremony.

An earlier draft of the executive order from May viewed by CNN called for a longer 90-day review period. Multiple sources in the AI industry told CNN many AI companies preferred a shorter review period considering how rapidly AI models are developing.

A meeting on Monday with top Trump advisers and cabinet officials helped push the new version through, according to a source familiar with the situation .

A White House spokesperson said the executive order reflects Trump’s “common-sense approach of collaborating with industry to balance innovation and security, cementing America’s continued global dominance in AI and cybersecurity.”

The order also calls on national security agencies to improve their cybersecurity defense with a “cybersecurity clearinghouse.”

Major AI companies engaged directly with the White House on developing the executive order. That includes Anthropic, which the Pentagon blacklisted and deemed a “supply chain risk” after a disagreement over guardrails in its models on classified military systems.

“This executive order is an important step toward advancing innovation while protecting the security of the American public. We welcome this effort by the Administration,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a statement.

The Trump administration had taken a more hands-off approach to AI regulation until Anthropic unveiled its Mythos model, which it says can exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities at an unprecedented pace.

Advanced AI models can supercharge cyberattacks, experts have said, and an early review could help the government protect against threats before they’re unleashed in the world.

Anthropic and OpenAI have given select companies and governments access to their most advanced models to help them prepare their defenses. Last week Anthropic also announced that its Mythos model will be released “to all our customers in the coming weeks.”

The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology announced last month that major tech companies will share unreleased versions of their AI models with the government for national security and public safety-related evaluation. But that announcement is no longer available on the Commerce Department’s website.

The original executive order was initially supposed to be signed at a hastily arranged ceremony at the White House on May 20. Executives from the top AI and tech firms had been invited, and some were en route to the White House when the order was postponed.

Trump told reporters that same day he had delayed the EO signing because he “didn’t

El nuevo monorriel sin conductor de Egipto ya recorre el desierto

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Por Jack Bantock, CNN

La bulliciosa metrópolis de El Cairo es conocida por su historia, y también por una congestión de tráfico tan severa que el Gobierno egipcio erigió una ciudad completamente nueva en medio del desierto para aliviar parte de la presión sobre su capital. Ahora, un nuevo sistema de transporte aspira a aligerar esa carga un poco más.

Las puertas del monorriel de El Cairo se abrieron para dar la bienvenida a los pasajeros por primera vez en mayo, lo que marcó el lanzamiento de la primera red de monorriel sin conductor de África. Una vez completada, podría convertirse en la más larga de su tipo en todo el mundo.

Con una extensión de 56,5 kilómetros (35 millas) —desde el Estadio Internacional de El Cairo, en el distrito de Nasr City, hasta la siempre en desarrollo Nueva Capital Administrativa—, la recién inaugurada ruta del Nilo Oriental es la primera de las dos líneas que conformarán esta red totalmente eléctrica. Actualmente se encuentra en construcción un trayecto por el Nilo Occidental de 43,8 km (27 millas), que conectará la ciudad del 6 de octubre —una ciudad satélite en la región del Gran El Cairo— con Giza.

Dado que China ostenta actualmente el monorriel reconocido como el más largo del mundo —el sistema de Chongqing, de 98,5 km (61,2 millas)—, la nueva red de Egipto acabará superando a la red de esa “ciudad ciberpunk” en 1,8 km (1,1 millas), mientras transporta a un estimado de 500.000 pasajeros diarios hacia, a través y desde una de las megaciudades más grandes del continente.

Inaugurado al público el 6 de mayo, el monorriel ofreció viajes gratuitos durante los tres primeros días, antes de que se introdujeran las tarifas, las cuales se estructuran en niveles según cuatro zonas. Un billete de ida para recorrer la línea completa del Nilo Oriental tiene un costo de US$ 1,51 (80 libras egipcias), mientras que un pase trimestral —válido para 180 viajes— oscila entre los US$ 34 para una zona y los US$ 136 para las cuatro zonas.

La fragmentada infraestructura vial y la extensa congestión del tráfico ejercen una presión enorme sobre las tres líneas de metro existentes en El Cairo, obligándolas a soportar la carga de unos 500 millones de pasajeros al año. Esta situación condujo, en 2019, a la firma de un contrato por valor de unos US$ 3.000 millones con el fabricante francés de transporte ferroviario Alstom para la construcción y operación de una nueva red de monorriel.

Liderando un consorcio en el que participan las empresas con sede en El Cairo, Orascom Construction y Arab Contractors, Alstom fabricó 272 vagones de monorriel en su planta de Derby, Inglaterra. El respaldo financiero fue proporcionado, en parte, por UK Export Finance, la agencia gubernamental de créditos a la exportación del Reino Unido.

Los 68 trenes —el último de los cuales partió de la región de East Midlands rumbo a Egipto en enero de 2024— tienen capacidad para transportar hasta 45.000 pasajeros por hora y por sentido, alcanzando velocidades de 80 kilómetros por hora (50 mph) a lo largo de vigas de hormigón prefabricado que serpentean por encima de las bulliciosas calles de El Cairo.

Destacando sus bajas emisiones, su mínima contaminación acústica y su capacidad para recuperar hasta el 99 % de la energía de frenado —lo que reduce los requerimientos energéticos—, Alstom considera haber creado una red diseñada para crecer a la par de la ciudad.

“Su arquitectura permitió aumentar progresivamente la capacidad —mediante la frecuencia del servicio, la optimización del sistema y la expansión de la flota— sin comprometer la fiabilidad ni requerir cambios disruptivos en la infraestructura”, declaró a la CNN por correo electrónico un representante de Alstom.

“Esto la diferencia fundamentalmente de los sistemas tradicionales, cuya capacidad suele quedar f

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