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40-year-old tow trucker inspired hundreds, now many gathered for his remembrance  

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

WASHINGTON, Mo. - Thousands of community members and first responders from around the state gathered to remember the life of Matthew Pauk.A motorcycle accident on June 4 claimed his life and left his wife fighting for hers. After countless acts of service, friends, and family said, remembering who he was and what he did, made Monday important.“Matt was definitely one of the guys that, no matter what the situation was with customers, he was always there, no questions asked," said Eric Korte, Pauk's long-time friend.More recently, Korte became aware of how driven Pauk was by his work after joining the team at Patriot Towing. It’s part of the reason tow truck drivers from around Missouri gathered to commemorate the heroic, humbling life of Pauk. Former St. Louis alderman under federal indictment for insurance fraud On Monday morning, they started the remembrance with a line of first responders and Pauk’s tow trucks leading the ceremony.“Pretty crazy you can get people to show up at t...

Heat’s Tyler Herro available to play in Game 5 of NBA Finals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

By TIM REYNOLDS (AP Basketball Writer)Miami guard Tyler Herro was available to play in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday, nearly two months after breaking his right hand and with the Heat facing elimination against the Denver Nuggets.Herro has not played since Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first round against Milwaukee. He has recovered from surgery to repair the fractures and has been doing shooting and some scrimmage work for several days in an effort to get back on the court.“He’s done everything he needed to do,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said in Denver during his pregame media session. “We appreciate all the work that he’s put in. It’s been a long, whatever, six, seven weeks of this and he’s putting himself out there, available. It’s all hands on deck.”Herro was listed as out for Game 5 when the initial Heat injury report for the game was released Sunday. The Heat upgraded him to questionable on Monday morning.“You...

Heat’s Tyler Herro available for NBA Finals Game 5 vs. Denver Nuggets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro is available for Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals on Monday night in Denver, coach Eric Spoelstra said.Herro was upgraded to questionable on the Heat’s injury report the morning of Game 5. He has not played since the first game of the playoffs while recovering from a broken right hand.“All hands on deck,” Spoelstra said as Miami faced elimination, trailing the Nuggets 3-1 in the series.Herro upgraded ahead of tonight. https://t.co/2EBdJEtySc— Mike Singer (@msinger) June 12, 2023Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | Nuggets vs. Heat: Live updates and highlights from Game 5 of the NBA Finals Denver Nuggets | Keeler: Nuggets icon David Thompson predicted Denver’s next championship parade would be for Nuggets. One win to go. Denver Nuggets | Nuggets treating NBA Finals closeout chance as must-win situation: Act like we’re down 3-1 Denver Nuggets | Nuggets vs. Heat Game 5: ...

Greeley police shoot, kill armed barricade suspect Monday morning, according to CIRT

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

The Weld County Critical Incident Response Team is investigating a Monday morning barricade that concluded with Greeley police shooting and killing a 35-year-old suspect.About 4:40 a.m. Monday, Greeley police responded to reports of shots fired in the 600 block of 46th Avenue Court in Greeley, according to a response team’s news release.At the scene, officers saw a hole in the wall of a shared duplex and heard another gunshot coming from the residence. Police surrounded the residence and tried to call the suspect out of the home.The suspect barricaded himself in the attached garage, refusing to exit the home, the release said. As a result, the Greeley SWAT team responded.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Aurora police release video of officer fatally shooting 14-year-old Jor’Dell Richardson Crime and Public Safety | Police officer, suspect wounded in exchange of gunfire in northeast Denver Crime and Public Safety | Man fatally...

Orange County Transportation Authority declares emergency over threatened railroad track

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

The Orange County Transportation Authority has declared an emergency related to a sliding hillside in San Clemente that has threatened a railroad track and led to the intermittent halting of train service in parts of Southern California.The OCTA Board declared the emergency Monday, just days after the land beneath the historic Casa Romantica cultural center began to slip away, sending dirt and rocks onto the train track below. The emergency vote will allow OCTA CEO Darrell E. Johnson to take the necessary actions to "protect and reopen the track," according to a release from the Board.OCTA is working with Metrolink, the commuter rail system that serves Southern California, to develop a new plan and implement safety measures to protect the rail line, which is located beneath the cultural center just north of the San Clemente Pier.A landslide in San Clemente on April 27, 2023, impacted Amtrak train service between Irvine and San Diego. (SkyFOX)Both organizations hope to have the track...

California ranked the 'most fun' state in the U.S.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

“Fun” comes in a lot of different shapes and sizes, but if the folks at WalletHub are correct, California has the most of it.The personal finance website just released its ranking of 2023’s Most Fun States in America, and the Golden State took the top spot.WalletHub developed the rankings based on two key categories: “Entertainment & Recreation,” and “Nightlife.”For Entertainment & Recreation, factors included the number and variety of “fun” attractions like amusement parks, movie theaters, beaches, golf courses, national parks, ski resorts and restaurants.Fitness and weather were also considered.For Nightlife, WalletHub looked at the number of bars per capita, beer and wire prices, the time of “last call,” movie costs, and the number of music festivals, performing arts venues and casinos per capita.California received a score of 64.56, nearly three points ahead of Florida (61.72). Nevada, New York and Illinois rounded out the top 5.California ranked #1 in restaurants per ca...

Wildfires in California are getting bigger, more destructive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

Human-caused climate change is largely responsible for an explosion in wildfire devastation in California over the past quarter century and the problem is only going to get worse in coming years, according to a study from the University of California.Researchers found that between 1996 and 2020, wildfires consumed five times as much land in California as they did in the 25 years prior from 1971 to 1996.“The 10 largest fires in California history have all occurred in the past two decades, and five of those have happened since 2020,” said Amir AghaKouchak, a UC Irvine professor of civil and environmental engineering. “Through our study, it has become clear that [human-caused] climate change is the major driver of this increase in wildfire damage.”Burnt vehicles are seen in Greenville, Calif., after the Dixie Wildfire Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)For a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from several UC schools used climat...

Rebecca Romijn and Anson Mount talk 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

Captain Pike, Number One and the entire "Star Trek" crew are back for a new season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."For those who have never really watched the series, you can jump right into this one. You don't have to be up-to-date on the entire "Star Trek" universe. "It's a perfect series for the Trek Uninitiated," explained Rebecca Romijn to KTLA 5's Scott "Movie" Mantz. "So many of the series have become so serialized, it's a little bit intimidating to try and jump in and understand what's going on. These are all standalone episodes and it's a little bit of a throwback to the original series, we really tried to embrace the original series."Rebecca Romijn talks "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on June 12, 2023. Scott is a huge fan of the franchise and pointed out the relationship between Chris Pike, played by Anson Mount, and Commander Una Chin Riley, played by Romijn. "I think their friendship goes all the way back to the academy ...

Personal Struggle & Family Legacy Brings Innovation to Precious Market Market

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

Brandon Aversano, the founder of Alloy Market, Inc., always had a knack for building things, which he attributes to his great-grandfather, Louis Field. Field was a first-generation Jewish American working as a welder in Philadelphia’s Naval shipyards. Without formal education, he learned metallurgy on the job and in the 1940s opened up a small business of his own fabricating aluminum tank trucks on the outskirts of Philadelphia, PA.His business, Allied Tank, remained in the family into the early 2010s when his father and grandfather finally wound it down. Aversano fondly recalls spending time with his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father at the Allied plant located in Norristown, PA, citing it as the location of many treasured childhood memories and his early but in-depth education in metals and entrepreneurship.A Personal Struggle Leads to A New Market Solution for ConsumersNearly a decade after his family shuttered their metal business, a serious health challenge unexp...

McCarthy, GOP hardliners reach deal to resume floor business

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:25 GMT

By Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot | CNNHardline conservatives have agreed to end their blockade of the House floor while they continue discussions with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy about future spending decisions and a new “power-sharing agreement,” according to multiple members leaving the speaker’s office.Conservatives who had voted against a procedural vote in retaliation for how GOP leadership handled the debt ceiling deal now say they are willing to support the procedural vote, after they received new commitments from McCarthy about how the California Republican plans to operate going forward, though they said the exact details are still being worked out and did not say whether they would ever be made public or put into a written statement.“I think you’re gonna see an agreement to move forward in the next day or two on moving the legislation we wanted to move last week,” said Rep. Bob Good, a Virginia Republican who has repeatedly criticized McCarthy.Rep. Ralph Nor...