Flash Flood Warning issued December 26 at 1:12AM PST until December 26 at 6:00AM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

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FFWLOX

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Northwestern Ventura County in southwestern California…

* Until 600 AM PST.

* At 112 AM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Additional Rock slides and
mud slides have been occuring and are likely to continue to occur,
especially around the Ojai area. Rain rates of up to 1.00 inch per
hour have been observed.

HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding. Rock slides and mud slides, along with
debris flows.

SOURCE…Radar, rain gauge reports, and local authority
reports.

IMPACT…Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Rock slides
and mud slides. Cannot rule out debris flow.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…
Ojai, Santa Ynez, Solvang, Highway 101 through Gaviota State Park,
Rose Valley, Buellton, Highway 154 over San Marcos Pass, Big Pine
Mountain, Lake Cachuma, Old Man Mountain, Reyes Peak, Highway 33
between Wheeler Springs and Rose Valley Road and Meiners Oaks.

It will take little additional rainfall for dangerous flash
flooding, along with rock slides and mud slides, to re-develop.
Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of rockslides and mudslides

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Cómo un mercado de libros de 475 años en el centro de París sobrevive en un mundo digital

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Por Cecilia Laurent Monpetit y Philippe Cordier, CNN

Horarios flexibles, ser tu propio jefe, aire fresco y vistas a Notre Dame: es un trabajo con mucho que ofrecer. Los “bouquinistas” parisinos llevan casi 500 años presentes en las orillas del Sena y están decididos a mantener viva su profesión.

“Es mi vida, no es solo un trabajo”, declaró a CNN Sylvia Brui, de 76 años, quien lleva ocho años vendiendo libros antiguos en Quai de Conti. “Vendemos cosas que nos encantan”.

La historia de los mundialmente famosos libreros de París se remonta a 1550, cuando una docena de vendedores ambulantes se instalaron en la Île de la Cité, en el corazón de la capital francesa.

El comercio despegó con la construcción del Pont Neuf en 1606, el primer puente sin edificios en su parte superior, ofreciendo un amplio espacio para nuevos vendedores de mercancías portátiles.

A principios del siglo XX, la ciudad estandarizó la imagen icónica de los puestos: los vendedores trabajaban en cajas metálicas pintadas del mismo color “verde carro”, y sus tapas abiertas estaban diseñadas para preservar las vistas de la ribera.

Hoy en día, alrededor de 230 librerías se extienden a lo largo de aproximadamente tres kilómetros del Sena, ofreciendo libros antiguos y contemporáneos, grabados, sellos y revistas.

Es un entorno único para apreciar la palabra escrita: un horizonte de edificios históricos de piedra enmarca esta librería al aire libre.

Los libreros no pagan impuestos ni alquiler, pero deben cumplir con estrictas normas. Las plazas vacantes son asignadas y reguladas por el Ayuntamiento de París a través de un comité especializado.

Los candidatos deben presentar su currículum vítae y una carta de presentación explicando sus planes.

“Deben demostrar su compromiso con los libros”, declaró a CNN Jérôme Callais, presidente de la Asociación Cultural de Bouquinistes de París. Doce nuevos libreros fueron nombrados en octubre de 2025.

Cada permiso de ocupación se concede por cinco años. Los libreros deben abrir sus puestos al menos cuatro días a la semana, excepto en caso de mal tiempo.

Pueden vender libros antiguos, libros de segunda mano, papeles antiguos y grabados. Y están autorizados a añadir una pequeña selección de otros artículos, como monedas, medallas, sellos antiguos y postales, siempre que no excedan el contenido de una sola caja.

“Es necesario tener experiencia, tener conocimientos”, dijo Callais. “No es sorprendente que la mayoría de los libreros tengan más de 50 años, aproximadamente el 80 % de ellos”.

Entre esa cohorte de mayor edad se encuentra el nuevo bouquinista Ozan Yigitkeskin, quien planea ofrecer una selección de libros multilingües. Decidió abrir una tienda en los muelles a los 52 años, después de trabajar como vendedor de libros en línea. “Mi primer trabajo fue vendiendo libros en bicicleta en Estambul a los 15 años. También he sido mecanógrafo y periodista, y sigo siendo un apasionado de los libros”.

Yigitkeskin sabe lo frágiles que pueden ser las librerías pequeñas, que luchan constantemente para cubrir el alquiler, un problema que, según presume, no tendrá como bouquinista.

Hace seis años, Camille Goudeau, de 35 años, abrió su propio puesto especializado en ciencia ficción y fantasía en el Quai de l’Hôtel de Ville, después de pasar años trabajando para otros libreros.

“Comercio libros baratos de segunda mano para animar a la gente que no lee, o lee muy poco, o ha dejado de leer, a que vuelva a hacerlo”, comentó a CNN.

“Tuve una mujer de 30 años o así, que no se atrevía a entrar en una librería”, intervino su compañera librera Sylvia Brui. “Compró su primer libro aquí: ‘El viejo y el mar’. Después, leyó a Joyce. Ahora va a las librerías”.

Una encuesta de IPSOS/CNL sugiere que los lectores franceses

Flash Flood Warning issued December 26 at 1:09AM PST until December 26 at 6:00AM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

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FFWLOX

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for…
East Central Ventura County in southwestern California…

* Until 600 AM PST.

* At 109 AM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain showers producing across the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. Rock slides and
mud slides.

SOURCE…Radar and automated gauges. Rock slides and mud
slides.

IMPACT…Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…
Fillmore, Santa Paula, Topatopa Peak and Lake Piru.
This also includes The 126 corridor.
Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Br aware of rock slides and mud slides.

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How a backroad discovery led to the arrest of Melodee Buzzard’s mother in the child’s ‘calculated’ killing

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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN

(CNN) — As the December sun set over central Utah’s sandstone peaks, a couple ventured down a nondescript dirt road to snap photos against the backdrop of a red rock vista. Instead, they stumbled across a grisly discovery among smattered shrubs and parched soil: the decomposed remains of a little girl.

When sheriff’s deputies arrived in the sparsely populated stretch of Caineville, it was clear they would be investigating a homicide. The unidentifiable girl had died from gunshot wounds to her head, authorities later said.

Unbeknownst to investigators at the time, they had before them the remains of 9-year-old California girl Melodee Buzzard, whose confounding disappearance during a road trip with her mother had mobilized a vast network of local, state and federal investigators who searched for two months across eight states. An image of her cheeky smile and cascade of ringlet curls had been projected across the nation by media, law enforcement and the concerned public.

Ultimately, it would take two more weeks before they determined all signs pointed to a suspect whom Melodee “trusted the most in this world,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown said.

Melodee’s mother, Ashlee Buzzard, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder in her daughter’s killing, which a criminal complaint said was carried out with exceptional “cruelty” and “viciousness.” She is scheduled to appear in court Friday morning.

Investigators said they were stymied by “deliberate efforts” to hide the truth – clumsy disguises, swapped license plates and suspicious driving – and an uncooperative mother who could never provide a reasonable explanation for Melodee’s whereabouts. CNN is working to determine whether Buzzard has retained an attorney.

Here’s how investigators say they finally pieced together DNA, ballistics and a multi-state web of leads to connect Melodee’s mother to her killing.

A home without Melodee

The universe where Melodee lived with her mother was small. It revolved around a single-story home that looked like any other in their Lompoc, California, neighborhood, where the streets bore whimsical names like “Stardust Road,” “Pluto Avenue” and “Solar Way.”

Many of Melodee’s extended relatives had not seen her for years. They had lost contact with the mother and child after Melodee’s father died in a motorcycle accident when she was a baby, her aunt, Lizabeth Meza, told NewsNation.

It was not her family that reported her missing in October, but a concerned school administrator.

On October 14, Melodee’s school asked the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office to do a welfare check on the child due to her “prolonged absence,” according to a timeline from investigators.

School employees had not seen Melodee since August, when Buzzard enrolled her in a study program that would allow her to attend school remotely, according to the sheriff’s office and Lompoc Unified School District. This school sighting helped detectives narrow their search early in the investiga

$1.8 billion Powerball winner could remain anonymous for some time under Arkansas law

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By Toni Odejimi, CNN

(CNN) — A lucky Powerball ticket holder in Arkansas has won an estimated $1.8 billion jackpot, the second largest in US lottery history, after matching all six numbers in Monday’s drawing.

The winning ticket, sold at a Murphy USA gas station in Cabot, Arkansas, matched 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, and the red Powerball 19, ending a record-breaking drawing cycle.

Most winners opt for the lump sum payment, in this case, $834.9 million before taxes, rather than receiving one payment upfront followed by 29 annual escalating payments.

The win puts the spotlight on the Little Rock suburb of about 27,000 residents, though the winner’s identity may remain a mystery for some time.

Keeping the windfall private

Arkansas is one of a growing number of states that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. Since 2021, the state has permitted winners of prizes over $500,000 to shield their identities, though those names become public after three years. Winners claiming prizes over $1 million must appear in person at Arkansas’s claim center, according to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

Other states offer similar protections. New Jersey, Georgia, and Arizona have anonymity laws, while Florida allows winners to claim prizes through a blind trust or LLC. In 2023, an entity called Saltines Earnings LLC claimed a $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot in Florida, effectively hiding the actual winner’s identity.

The ability to stay anonymous isn’t just about privacy — it can be a matter of safety and financial survival. Winners often face threats and relentless requests for money. Even without outside pressure, the sudden influx of wealth has financially destroyed some jackpot winners who weren’t prepared to manage it.

Advice for navigating sudden wealth

Financial experts recommend winners immediately assemble a team of lawyers and financial advisors experienced with high-net-worth clients. Equally important, they say, is a mental health professional to help manage the psychological upheaval that comes with sudden fortune.

Priority moves include paying off debts like student loans and car payments and making strategic charitable donations for tax deductions.

The first drawing in the new Powerball cycle is set for Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.

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