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Metrolink's Holiday Express is an affordable Christmas experience that comes to you

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

The holiday season is underway in Southern California, and one of the region's most vast transportation agencies is hoping riders will discover the convenience and joy of traveling by train while taking in everything the holiday season has to offer.Beginning Saturday, travelers can board a decked-out Metrolink train to experience an immersive trip that organizers hope will make spirits bright.Metrolink's Holiday Express is returning this year for the first time since 2019, having been put on pause when the COVID-19 pandemic derailed everyday life.The limited-time Christmas-themed train was organized in hopes of reaching families in the outlying communities who don't have as much access to many of Metrolink's events, which tend to be centered in the Los Angeles area. Ride aboard Disneyland’s original train cars at this California Christmas event When it launched, the Holiday Express traveled to Burbank, Laguna Niguel, Moorpark and Rancho Cucamonga. This time around, more trains wil...

Melania Trump among first ladies invited to Rosalynn Carter’s funeral

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

As Rosalynn Carter’s family mourns her death, they are putting aside their differences with Donald Trump, including insults the 45th president hurled at Jimmy Carter at a campaign event last weekend, to invite Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, to the former first lady’s funeral.The Washington Post has reported that Melania Trump has been invited to the service for Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia next Wednesday. Rosalynn Carter died at her home in Plains, Georgia Sunday at the age of 96, two days after she entered hospice care. Jimmy Carter, her husband of 77 years, was by her side, the Washington Post said.As the Carter family is preparing for Rosalynn Carter’s funeral, they are keeping in mind that she was a member of a very unique group of women: presidential first ladies. All first ladies have been invited to the service, the Washington Post said. This means the world could see Melania Trump at the same event as Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hil...

Family of 4 hospitalized on Thanksgiving after car veers off I-580

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

(BCN) -- A family of four suffered only minor injuries early Thanksgiving morning when their SUV veered off the freeway in Livermore and landed in a creek, the California Highway Patrol said.The wreck was reported about 3:20 a.m. along Interstate Highway 580 east of Isabel Avenue, where the family's Toyota Highlander was spotted about 30 feet down an embankment partially submerged in water, Hahn said.A family of four was rescued after their Toyota Highlander went off I-580 in Livermore and landed in a creek on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (California Highway Patrol via Bay City News)The family, two adults and two children from Pleasanton, were hospitalized with minor injuries after the crash, according to CHP spokesperson Officer Tyler Hahn. Construction crew has $5K worth of stolen tools returned after Pleasanton police bust Authorities believe driver fatigue caused the vehicle to veer off the road.Alcohol or drugs don't appear to have factored in the crash.Copyright © 2023 Bay City ...

2 found unresponsive at BART stations die despite Narcan doses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

(BCN) -- Authorities administered Narcan but failed to revive two people found unresponsive at BART stations in Oakland and San Francisco on Wednesday night.The first death was reported at about 6:20 p.m. at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, where officers gave an unresponsive man a dose of Narcan, or naloxone, which is used to reverse an opioid overdose. Medical crews took over life-saving measures, but he died at the scene, BART police said. Parents of San Jose toddler who died of fentanyl toxicity charged with murder The second death was reported at about 11:30 p.m. at the Powell Street Station in San Francisco, where officers provided two doses of naloxone to an unresponsive man. Medical crews provided life-saving measures, but the man also died.There were no signs of foul play in either death, and both are under investigation.BART police also provided Narcan in a third incident to a man suffering from an apparent drug overdose at the Richmond Station platform at about 1:20 a....

A 5-year-old girl is in emergency care after Dublin knife attack. Police don’t suspect terrorism

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A 5-year-old girl is receiving emergency medical treatment in a Dublin hospital following an attack on Thursday that involved a knife. A woman and two other children were injured.Irish police said they weren’t treating the case as terror-related, and that a man in his 50s, who was also hospitalized with serious injuries, is a “person of interest.”Police said they have a “definite line of inquiry” and that they weren’t looking for anyone else in connection with the violence outside a school in the heart of Dublin soon after 1:30 p.m.Superintendent Liam Geraghty said at a media briefing that preliminary indications are that a man attacked a number of people on Parnell Square East.He said that police believe that it was “a standalone incident, not necessarily connected to any wider issues that are ongoing in the country or in the city, and we need to identify the exact reasons for that happening.”He confirmed earlier witness reports that a knife was used in th...

New Steelers offensive coordinator Eddie Faulkner is focusing on the present

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — This isn’t the way Eddie Faulkner wanted to get the biggest job of his professional life.Faulkner and Matt Canada are friends. Their wives are friends. Their families are friends. It’s a bond that goes back well over a decade, a bond that hardly ended when the Pittsburgh Steelers fired Canada as their offensive coordinator on Tuesday and replaced him with Faulkner, the energetic 46-year-old running backs coach who is well aware of how the promotion could alter the trajectory of his career.Not that he wants to talk about it much. Yes, Faulkner is thankful and excited for the opportunity. No, he’s not thrilled it had to come at Canada’s expense, particularly when the blame for Pittsburgh’s offensive struggles goes far beyond someone who means so much to him.“We feel like we let (Canada) down,” Faulkner said Thursday.Maybe, but head coach Mike Tomlin had seen enough to feel a rare midseason move was required for a franchise that’s a...

Blackhawks’ Taylor Hall is expected to miss the rest of the season with a right knee injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall will have right knee surgery, likely sidelining the 2018 NHL MVP for the rest of the season.The team placed Hall and forward Andreas Athanasiou on injured reserve on Thursday. The move with Athanasiou, who has a groin injury, was made retroactive to Nov. 9. Forwards Joey Anderson and Cole Guttman were recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League.Last-place Chicago has dropped five in a row heading into Friday’s matchup against visiting Toronto.The 32-year-old Hall, who was selected by Edmonton with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NHL draft, was acquired in a trade with Boston right before Chicago took Connor Bedard with top pick in this year’s draft.Hall was brought in to help provide some leadership and scoring alongside Bedard, but he was hampered by a left shoulder injury at the start of the season.Hall’s knee injury occurred when he was hit by Tampa Bay’s Michael Eyssimont on Nov. 9. He returned las...

Jenna Ortega abandona “Scream VII” por conflicto de agenda con “Wednesday”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

(CNN) — Jenna Ortega abandona “Scream VII”.Su salida se debería a un aparente conflicto de programación: la filmación de “Wednesday” de Netflix, se superpone con el cronograma de producción de “Scream”. de acuerdo con un informe de Deadline.La partida de Ortega se da tras la noticia de que su coprotagonista, Melissa Barrera, presuntamente fuera despedida por Spyglass, el estudio detrás de “Scream”. Las dos interpretaron a las hermanas Tara y Sam Carpenter en la franquicia.CNN se comunicó con representantes de Ortega, Spyglass y Barrera para solicitar comentarios.Ortega recibió una nominación al Emmy y al Globo de Oro por interpretar a Wednesday en la serie de comedia.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Longtime Broncos player and back-to-back Super Bowl champion dies at 56

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A defensive lineman and member of the Broncos back-to-back Super Bowl championship team, Harald Hasselbach, died from cancer, the Broncos shared on Thursday.Hasselbach was 56 years old and had been fighting cancer for six months.According to a news release from the team, Hasselbach passed away pain-free in the comfort of his own home, according to his family.Hasselbach appeared in 131 games during his seven seasons with the Broncos from 1994-2000. The defensive lineman started 29 regular season games with the Broncos and also started in all three games during the Broncos charge for the Super XXXIII championship. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Hasselbach recorded 154 tackles, 17.5 sacks and four forced fumbles during his career in Colorado. Before becoming an NFL player, Hasselbach was born in the Netherlands and attended high school in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia. He played collegiate football at the Universit...

Woman arrested for shooting on Wednesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:57:38 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A woman was identified in the shooting that occurred at about 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, according to the Denver Police Department.In a post to X, formerly Twitter, DPD said it was investigating a shooting in the 700 block of South Kearney Street, part of the Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood. One person was transported, and identified on Thursday, Nov. 23, as an adult male who is expected to survive. 2 transported for stabbing in Five Points Nancy Ryan, 61, was identified and arrested for first-degree assault. The Denver District Attorney's Office will determine if official charges will be filed and what those charges may be.