By Betsy Klein, CNN

(CNN) — Second lady Usha Vance has given birth to her fourth child, Vice President JD Vance announced Sunday.

Alec Neel Vance joins siblings Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.

“Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother,” the vice president said on social media, thanking the doctors and staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the White House Medical Unit.

Alec’s arrival marks the first time in more than 150 years that a second lady has given birth while in office.

As they settle into life as a family of six, the Vances will be spending more time in rural northern Virginia, leasing part of a sprawling, multimillion-dollar property in the wealthy enclave of Middleburg.

The rental is an effort to provide the second lady and Vance children with a greater sense of normalcy away from the scrutiny of Washington, DC, according to people familiar with the matter. The vice president is expected to stay there on occasion, though he and his family are maintaining their official residence at the Naval Observatory.

In a recent interview with ABC News, Usha Vance reflected on that scrutiny and parenting as second lady.

“Everything that we do is in the public eye,” she said, adding that “people see it” if her children misbehave or get sick.

“We try not to put them in circumstances where they’ll be exposed and someday say, ‘Oh, you embarrassed me.’ So we try to keep most of what they do private, but when we are in public with them, we just let them be kids and let what happens happen,” Vance, 40, said.

The second lady left her job as a high-powered lawyer when her husband became President Donald Trump’s second in command. She’s appeared frequently by the vice president’s side during his time in office and assembled her own small staff. Taking up childhood literacy as a platform, she launched a summer reading challenge last year and an accompanying podcast this year.

The last time a second lady had a baby while in office was in 1870, when Vice President Schuyler Colfax and his wife, Ellen Maria Colfax, welcomed Schuyler Colfax III, who went on to become the mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

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VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A Ventura woman was shot and killed Sunday morning and police are now investigating her death as a homicide.

The Ventura Police Department shared that the fatal incident is believed to have been an isolated incident at this point in its investigation and there is no broader threat to the community.

On July 19, around 3:24 a.m., a patrolling officer spotted an injured woman, later identified as a 34-year-old Ventura resident, near the intersection of West Ramona Street and Olive Street stated a press release Sunday from the Ventura Police Department.

The woman was gravely injured form an apparent gunshot wound and she was transported to Ventura County Medical Center where she died shortly after arrival shared the local law enforcement agency.

According to Ventura Police, as medical responders were heading to the scene, dispatchers began receiving calls reporting a shooting in the area and law enforcement personnel responded to the area to conduct an initial investigation of the incident.

Anyone with more information about this ongoing homicide investigation is asked to contact Sergeant Fabian Gutierrez of the Ventura Police Department's Major Crime Unit at 805-339-4428.

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* WHAT…Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to
elevated surf expected.

* WHERE…San Luis Obispo County Beaches and Santa Barbara
County Central Coast Beaches.

* WHEN…From 5 PM PDT this afternoon through Tuesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS…There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip
currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can
wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats
nearshore.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Highest surf will be focused across south
facing beaches due to a southerly swell produced by Tropical
Storm Elida. Additional Beach Hazards Statements or High Surf
Advisories will likely be needed through the rest of the week
due to a series of incoming southerly swells.
Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.

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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled from Vandenberg SFB on Monday, July 20, between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pacific Time.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about ten minutes before liftoff. You can tune in to watch here or on SpaceX's X/Twitter account.

Following first-stage separation, the booster assigned to this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.

A depiction of that launch sequence is shown in the image below.

There is the potential for one or more sonic booms to be heard across the local region during the launch process, but how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other conditions at launch time.

This will be the 23rd flight for the Falcon 9 supporting this mission which previously launched the following missions: USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145, and 19 Starlink missions.

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