VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) When a 54 ft. sailboat name Wet Vette ran aground on Santa Rosa Island around 2 p.m. Thursday , the boat caught fire.

Without cell service the solo sailor on board from Long Beach managed to get a short video of the burning sailboat deck and mast.

"Wow, said the sailor, who wishes to remain anonymous, "That is a hot fire, I hope it doesn't start this Island on fire that wouldn't be good."

He then used marine flares to draw attention in hopes of being rescued.

The fire response began hours before a local boater reported seeing the flairs and the shipwrecked sailor.

A coast guard helicopter flew the man to Pt. Mugu on Friday

On Sunday, when it appeared the fire was threatening access to housing, Santa Barbara County Fire transported 11 National Park Service workers to the Oxnard Airport.

Despite reports about the sailboat catching fire and his burning flairs, U.S. Wildland Fire Service Public Information Officer Ana Beatriz Cholo, said the cause is still under investigation

"I can tell you that 16,942 acres were burned. It is 26 percent contained and we were approved sea water today, so we were able to use a Scooper with sea water and we also used retardant so we could protect high value structures, that was good news," said Beatriz Cholo, " We also inserted another hot shot crew so this is a module with 10 specialized firefighters that are out there fighting the fire."

There are also hot shots from Arroyo Grande and firefighters from the Chumash Fire Department fighting the fire.

Many of their fire trucks are parked in the Ventura Harbor.

"There are more than 75 people right now on the island engaged in fighting this fire, challenges as you can image remain logistics," said Beatriz Cholo.

That is where Island Packers comes in.

Island Packers Office Manager Karissa Smathers said they have been ferrying crews and equipment.

"We are taking firefighters, we have been taking them the past few days out to the islands," said Smathers.

They are also booking Memorial Day weekend trips to the other Islands.

"We are still running trips as scheduled to Anacapa and Santa Cruz," said Smathers.

The fire remains active on the north side where at least three structures have burned.

 "The good news is the south point light house remains intact, so we are pleased about that, " said Beatriz Cholo.

At the Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center at the Channel Islands National Park in the Ventura Harbor Center people can learn about the second largest island on topographical maps.

They can also watch a film narrated by Academy Award winning actor Kevin Costner.

Costner describes Santa Rosa's beauty and its rare grove of endangered Torry Pines.

On clear says they can see the Channel Islands from the observation deck.

Calvan Richardson said he has visited most of the Islands and hopes crews can save Santa Rosa.

The Island features also features Chumash, ranching, and military history, Island Fox, sculpted sandstone walls of Lobo Canyon, sand dunes, beaches, seals and sea lion rookeries.

Your News Channel will have more on the Santa Rosa Fire tonight on the news.

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Calexico, CA (KYMA).- Un grupo de residentes con iniciativa, están impulsando la realización de limpiezas comunitarias meramente “sociales” y sin involucrar la política, una acción que nace de la necesidad de mejorar las condiciones en las que se encuentra la ciudad, principalmente por la falta de mantenimiento y acumulación de basura.

Eugenio Ramos, uno de los iniciadores, manifestó que esto además atribuye un buen ejemplo para las nuevas generaciones, para que se involucren en acciones que mejoran su entorno y su ciudad.

“Me gusta poner  ese granito, limpiar las áreas donde yo tuve memorias, que tuve que recuerdos y también mis hijos me miran activo y les estoy enseñando a dar también a la comunidad”.

Por su parte el comerciante Carlos Fonseca, invitó a residentes y a quienes alguna vez vivieron en Calexico como el, a que se involucren en la mejora de la ciudad.

La próxima jornada de limpieza se realizará el 19 de junio en la ciudad de Calexico.

Ciudadanos impulsan jornadas de limpiezas

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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN

(CNN) — Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will win the Democratic primary for Georgia governor, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, in her quest to become nation’s first Black woman elected governor.

If she wins in November, Lance Bottoms also would become the first woman and African American to serve as Georgia’s chief executive.

Bottoms, who served as Atlanta mayor between 2018 and 2022, beat out a crowded Democratic field. On the Republican side, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and health care executive Rick Jackson advanced Tuesday to a June 16 runoff for their party nomination.

The general-election battle to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will offer a crucial test of Georgia’s staying power as a swing state. The Peach State narrowly backed President Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020 before swinging back to President Donald Trump four years later, but no Democrat has led the state for decades.

Bottoms served as mayor at a time when the city grappled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, rising violence and unrest over policing practices. Bottoms, who was among the Black women Biden weighed picking as a running mate in 2020, later joined his administration as the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

Biden endorsed her bid for governor, calling her “battle-tested” and ready to lead the state.

She’s made expanding Medicaid coverage and increasing education funding among the key pillars of her campaign.

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By Jeff Zeleny, CNN

Hebron, Kentucky (CNN) — For the next seven months, Rep. Thomas Massie will hold something that even President Donald Trump can’t take away: His seat in Congress.

The question is what comes next.

As Massie becomes the latest Republican added to Trump’s growing list of revenge and retribution, his concession speech Tuesday night here in Kentucky sounded like anything but. He delivered a forward-looking message to supporters, who seemed more energized than crestfallen.

“What started out as an election turned into a movement,” Massie said. “We stirred up something. There is a yearning in this country for someone who will vote for principles over party.”

The message of optimism – and defiance – sets the stage for the next chapter of Massie’s political life. His congressional term ends in January. His loyal fans made clear they have bigger things in mind.

As someone in the crowd shouted, “Massie for president!” his supporters erupted in booming applause. For his part, Massie smiled and laughed on stage and kept delivering a speech that was interrupted again and again with loud chants of “2028!”

It’s far too early, of course, for Massie to credibly sell the idea of a presidential campaign. Such a notion stirs so many questions, perhaps starting with: In what party would he run after suffering such a convincing defeat Tuesday in his congressional primary against Ed Gallrein?

Trump heard loud and clear on Capitol Hill

Massie’s loss is the latest in a series of setbacks for Republicans who have challenged Trump.

Just this month, five Indiana state senators were unseated in primaries after refusing to redraw their state’s US House map, Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy failed to make a GOP runoff five years after voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn lost a Trump endorsement to longtime rival, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, in a move that all but seals his defeat in next week’s primary runoff.

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee said Tuesday’s results showed Trump is sending a clear message: “He will beat you.”

Another lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the Kentucky outcome freely, suggested Massie “found out the hard way” that Trump is still the party’s “kingmaker.”

“You can’t fight the President tooth and nail to try to raise your profile and get TV hits, and then slap on a red hat and cheer him on when it’s convenient for you,” the lawmaker said.

Rep. Mike Lawler just last week was confronted by GOP Sen. Rand Paul’s son at a Capitol Hill bar. According to Lawler, William Paul, who is 33, approached him and said if Massie lost his primary, it would be because “of my people,” later confirming that Paul thought he was Jewish. Lawler is Irish-Italian Catholic.

“My people have spoken,” Lawler posted on X Tuesday night. “Shalom @RepThomasMassie.”

Rand Paul, who endorsed Massie and campaign alongside him, declined to comment when approached by a reporter at the White House’s congressional picnic after the race was called in Kentucky.

‘I don’t know what I will do’

Even in defeat, Massie built a new roster of donors and energized an army of young supporters. As he ticked through a few achievements in Congress, the release of the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files drew resounding applause as he cited name after n