AMTV, LOS ANGELES, May 17 – The County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation (LA County Parks), with the generous support of philanthropic and community partners, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and multiple Los Angeles County Departments, are proud to announce the completion of the rejuvenation efforts at Loma Alta Park after the Eaton Fire. Touted as a “super park”, Loma Alta Park will feature newly refurbished and enhanced park spaces along with expanded services and programming.
“Loma Alta Park is a vital gathering place where our community can come together, especially in times of healing,” said Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger. “After the trauma of the Eaton Fire, having a space to reconnect, rebuild relationships, and support one another is incredibly important. Parks like Loma Alta help restore not only our physical surroundings, but our sense of belonging. Social connection is essential to recovery, and this reopening is a meaningful step forward for Altadena.”
“LA County Parks is grateful for the outpouring of support for Loma Alta Park from many generous partners, Supervisor and Board Chair Kathryn Barger, several County Departments, and LA residents who just wanted to lend a helping hand. We had over 2,000 volunteers from across LA County sign up in April to help their Altadena neighbors by painting murals, planting trees and shrubs, and enhancing the park,” said Norma E. García-González, Director of LA County Parks. “Loma Alta Park was fortunate that none of its buildings burned, which allowed us to move quickly to meet this community need, and now it is ready to better serve Altadena with new and expanded services and facility improvements. The community asked for the park to reopen, and knew we needed to meet the moment. Here we are, as promised, just two months later.”
The following investments were made:
FireAid, the January 30 benefit concert, provided a grant of $2.4 million to help rebuild the two fire-damaged playgrounds as part of their ‘Symbols of Hope’ grants. The two new playgrounds from Landscape Structures, with the impressive 3-story play structure that is completely ADA accessible, are the very first structures of its kind anywhere.
With neighborhoods devastated and families displaced, Altadena needed a meet-up spot to gather with community. Identifying this need for social connections, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger funded Alta Chat – a new Loma Alta Park meeting place and ‘hub’ for the community to relax and connect. This new space features Adirondack chairs to inspire a much-needed lost neighborhood connection.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation funded two Dodgers. These are the only baseball fields in Altadena, and the first Dodgers Dreamfields in the unincorporated area.
The LA Clippers Foundation, through their Community Clippers Court program, provided funding for a renovation of the gym and its courts, and will offer the Jr. Clippers Basketball Program for Altadena youth.
The LA Clippers Foundation, in conjunction with Pechanga Resort & Casino, provided funding for a new computer lab and tech center, that will provide a Wi-Fi hub for Loma Alta Park and a full suite of computer services for teens and seniors.
Loma Alta Park – the first LA County Park to reopen – will be a “super park” with additional new services:
After Altadena’s senior center burned in the fire, LA County Parks partnered with Los Angeles County Department of Aging and Disabilities to create a satellite senior center at Loma Alta Park.
In partnership with the Altadena Library District, Loma Alta Park will now host a satellite Altadena library with an array of programming for children, families, and seniors.
In partnership with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office for Advancement of Early Care and Education (OAECE), LA County Parks will provide 100 after-school slots for children ages 5-12, and in the summertime, the program will run all day. The OAECE will also provide 25 slots for children ages 3-4, a Tiny Tots program. After the Eaton Fire, 2,802 early childhood education licensed spaces were lost, 34 early childhood education licensed facilities destroyed, and 4 facilities damaged. Supporting families and children after the Eaton Fire with childcare continues to be a priority for LA County Parks after the department ran its Care Camp program.
In partnership with Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (LADOE), LA County Parks will provide 15 Altadena youth employment through the Youth@Work program. LADOE’s funding also helped to hire 20 childcare professionals whose jobs or businesses were displaced by the fire.
In partnership with the Department of Mental Health, clinicians will now be onsite at Loma Alta Park to provide mental health services to those Altadena residents in need.
In partnership with the Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention Control, a new Our SPOT Teen Center will be open, offering services to teens aged 12-18, daily.
The pool at Loma Alta Park was reglazed and now ready for summer!
The Altadena Rotary Club previously held their annual Altadena summer concert series at Farnsworth Park. With Farnsworth Park’s extensive damage and closure, the concert series is moving to Loma Alta Park.
Thanks to the generous donations from Tree People, the Los Angeles Conservation Corp, and almost a dozen nurseries across the San Gabriel Valley, volunteers were able to help plant 44 trees, 32 tree seedlings, 818 plants, and spread 50,000 square feet of mulch. The volunteers also helped to paint murals across the park, with additional murals being painted by local artists, such as Victor Ving and his team of artists at Greetings Tour, Eric Junker, Ryan Burch, and Katie Chrishanthi Sunderalingam.
To christen the newly revived and expanded park, LA County Parks hosted multiple events throughout the day on May 17, full of free exciting activities including a children’s play date with Bob Baker’ Marionette Theater, a ribbon cutting for the new playground with special guest Mickey and Minnie Mouse, a grand opening ceremony for the Dodgers Dreamfields, Jr. Clippers basketball clinic on new Clippers Court, a picnic with local restaurants for a “Taste of Altadena,” pool and swim activities, and a live concert by The Ledbetter Blues & DJ Blac House.
About the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
The County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation manages 182 parks. It also operates a network of 9 regional parks, 38 neighborhood parks, 20 community parks, 16 wildlife sanctuaries, 8 nature centers, 41 public swimming pools, 23 splash pads, 14 lakes including 3 with swimming beaches, more than 240 miles of multi-use trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding, and the largest municipal golf system in the nation, consisting of 20 golf courses at 18 facilities. The department also maintains four botanical centers: The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, the South Coast Botanic Garden, Descanso Gardens, and Virginia Robinson Gardens. The department also owns the iconic Hollywood Bowl, and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, providing County residents with valuable entertainment and cultural resources.
3月9日华盛顿报道,美国国务卿卢比奥(Marco Rubio)今天宣布,正式将阿富汗列为支持非法拘留的国家,为特朗普政府实施制裁和出口管制等限制措施铺平了道路,以此惩罚塔利班任意监禁美国公民的行为。 卢比奥今天在一份声明中表示:“塔利班继续使用恐怖主义手段,绑架人质以勒索赎金或寻求政策让步。这些卑鄙的行径必须停止。” 卢比奥指出:“由于塔利班持续不公正地拘留我们的美国同胞和其他外国公民,美国人前往阿富汗并不安全。塔利班必须立即释放科伊尔(Dennis Coyle)、哈比比(Mahmoud Habibi),以及所有在阿富汗被不公正拘留的美国人,并承诺永远停止人质外交。” 卢比奥今天在美国国务院举办的“全国人质和被错误拘留者日”纪念活动中表示:“他们把美国人视为可以随意攫取并在未来进行交易的商品。这种循环必须停止,这就是阿富汗被列入‘恐怖组织’名单的原因。” 今天在美国国务院举办的共同纪念每年3月9日“全国人质和被错误拘留者日”活动中,一面代表被错误拘留的美国公民和人质的国旗在美国国务院大楼外升起,美国政府官员、前美国公民被拘留者及其家属观看了升旗仪式。 在今天的活动上,美国质应对事务特使亚博勒(Adam Boehler)表示,自特朗普总统第二个任期开始以来,本届政府已帮助175名被错误拘留在海外的人员回国,其中包括100名美国公民。 目前仍被拘留在阿富汗的美国公民中,包括卢比奥在讲话中提到的64岁科罗拉多州学者科伊尔。在特朗普总统第二个任期开始之际,另一名美国公民科贝特(Ryan Corbett)获释仅6天后,科伊尔就被绑架。科伊尔目前被塔利班情报总局(TGDI)单独监禁,据其家人称,他尚未被提起任何指控。 卢比奥今天在华盛顿还会见了被塔利班监禁的科伊尔姐妹莫莉(Molly Long)和艾米(Amy Sessions)。…
3月9日华盛顿报道,美国人工智能公司安特罗皮克(Anthropic)今天起诉特朗普政府将该公司列入“供应链风险”黑名单。 包括美国国防部、财政部、国务院和总务管理局在内的十几个联邦机构被列为本案被告。该诉状称:“本案后果极其严重。被告试图摧毁一家全球发展最快的私营企业所创造的经济价值,而这家企业在负责任地开发一项对国家至关重要的新兴技术方面处于领先地位。” 上个月,特朗普总统在社交媒体上发帖,指示联邦机构“立即停止”使用安特罗皮克的所有技术。特朗普总统表示:“我们将决定我们国家的命运——而不是由一些失控的、激进的左翼人工智能公司,以及那些对现实世界一无所知的人来掌控。” 总部位于旧金山的安特罗皮克公司在向加州北区联邦地区法院提交的诉状中称,这些举措“史无前例且非法”,并对该公司“造成了不可挽回的损害”。 诉状指出:“安特罗皮克公司与联邦政府的合同已被取消。与私营企业签订的现有和未来合同也面临风险,短期内将造成数亿美元的损失。除了这些直接的经济损失外,安特罗皮克的声誉和受宪法第一修正案保护的核心自由也受到攻击。如果得不到司法救济,这些损害将在未来几周和几个月内不断加剧。” 这场诉讼是人工智能公司安特罗皮克与特朗普政府之间持续两周的激烈争论的最新进展,这场争论的焦点在于该公司的人工智能模型如何在战场和其他领域得到应用。 在双方的争端于上月底公开化之前,安特罗皮克公司曾是美国政府众多机构的早期合作伙伴,助力政府利用尖端人工智能技术快速升级系统和能力。 此前,安特罗皮克公司3月5日证实,该公司已被特朗普政府正式列为供应链风险企业。这一非同寻常的举措,历来只针对外国敌对势力。这意味着国防供应商和承包商必须保证,在与五角大楼的合作中,他们不会使用安特罗皮克公司的名为Claude的模型。 安特罗皮克公司已向法院申请撤销供应链风险认定,并请求在诉讼进行期间暂缓执行相关行动。该公司还向位于华盛顿特区的美国联邦上诉法院提起诉讼,要求对国防部的决定进行正式复审。 今年7月,安特罗皮克公司与美国国防部签署了一份价值2亿美元的合同,成为首家将其技术部署到美国国防部机密网络中的人工智能实验室。该公司一直在重新谈判合同的后续条款,但由于双方在模型的使用方式上存在分歧,谈判陷入僵局。 美国国防部希望安特罗皮克公司允许该机构在所有合法用途下不受限制地使用其人工智能模型,而该公司则希望确保其模型不会被用于全自动武器或国内大规模监控。 据报道,即使在安特罗皮克公司被列入黑名单后,其模型仍然被用于支持美国在伊朗的军事行动。 该公司的一位发言人表示:“寻求司法审查并不会改变我们长期以来利用人工智能保护国家安全的承诺,但这对于保护我们的业务、客户和合作伙伴来说是必要的一步。我们将继续寻求一切可能的解决办法,包括与政府对话。”
3月9日华盛顿报道,美国众议院共和党人正向特朗普政府施压,要求三名内阁部长解释中国公民是否正在利用美国领土上的出生公民权和签证计划,以确保其在美国境内的长期影响力。 德克萨斯州共和党籍美国众议员罗伊(Chip Roy)和威斯康星州共和党籍蒂芙尼(Tom Tiffany),以及其他32名共和党议员联名致信即将卸任的美国国土安全部长诺姆(Kristi Noem)、美国国务卿卢比奥(Marco Rubio),以及美国内政部长伯古姆(Doug Burgum),要求限制中国公民利用“生育旅游”和北马里亚纳群岛免签政策,从而构成对美国国家安全风险。 罗伊和蒂芙尼议员敦促美国政府终止向北马里亚纳群岛的中国公民提供的任何假释或免签项目,并全面说明涉及中国公民的生育旅游规模。 罗伊议员表示:“美国公民身份是一项神圣的信任,而非可以被利用的漏洞。当像中国共产党这样的外国敌对势力能够利用生育旅游和免签项目来扩大我们境内的影响力时,我们必须恢复移民制度的完整性,捍卫共和国的主权。” 蒂芙尼议员认为,“共产主义中国利用‘生育旅游’,将妇女送往北马里亚纳群岛,仅仅是为了生育并为她们的孩子获得美国公民身份”,并补充说,“现在是时候堵住这个漏洞,结束这种滥用行为,保护我们的国家安全了。” 议员们援引报告称,估计有75万至150万中国公民通过出生权政策和生育旅游获得了美国公民身份,但联邦机构尚未公开证实这些数字。 在信中,罗伊和蒂芙尼要求国土安全部、国务院和内政部提供数据,说明自2009年以来,有多少儿童的父母一方或双方为中国公民,其中有多少儿童已达到投票年龄,以及有多少儿童在美国登记投票。 他们还询问这些人中是否有人与中国共产党有联系,并要求提供根据北马里亚纳群岛特定移民项目入境的中国公民人数。 根据美国宪法第十四修正案,在美国领土出生的人通常出生即获得公民权。争论的焦点在于,外国公民是否会专程前往美国生育,以使他们的子女获得公民身份——这种做法通常被称为“生育旅游”。 近年来,美国联邦检察官对生育旅游机构的经营者提起刑事诉讼,尤其是在加利福尼亚州,一些组织者因帮助外国公民谎报旅行目的以在美国生育而被判犯有签证欺诈和共谋罪。…
3月9日特拉维夫报道,以色列紧急救援组织“大卫之星”(Magen David Adom)今天在社交媒体上用希伯来语发布消息称,伊朗导弹袭击以色列中部地区后,两名男子伤势严重。 该组织在社交媒体上发布最新消息称:“在以色列中部地区发生的另一起事件中,大卫之星的医护人员正在为一名约30岁、身受弹片伤势严重的男子提供医疗救治,并将其送往特拉维夫附近的谢巴医疗中心(Sheba Medical Center)。” 以色列国防军(IDF)也在最新消息中表示,其人员正在前往事发地点进行救援。 此外,今天来自美国五角大楼的消息称,一名在沙特被伊朗袭击中丧生的美军士兵身份已确认为是来自肯塔基州格伦代尔的美军中士彭宁顿。 31岁的彭宁顿于3月1日美美驻沙特军事基地遭到伊朗袭击时受伤。美国战争部确认,他因伤势过重于3月8日去世。 据报道,彭宁顿当时正在美军驻沙特军事基地的一个战略雷达站,该雷达站是导弹防御预警系统的一部分。美国副总统万斯表示,彭宁顿的遗体将于今晚运回美国。
3月8日纽约报道,东京当地时间3月9日周一上午,日本日经(Nikkei)225指数,以及韩国综合股价指数(KOSPI)早盘双双暴跌约6%,领跌区域性股市,此前原油价格自2022年以来首次突破每桶100美元大关。 日本日经225指数今天早盘暴跌6.22%,自今年2月6日以来首次跌破53000点大关,而东证(Topix)指数下跌5.27%。韩国综合股价指数(KOSPI)下跌6.68%,触发韩国综合股价指数200期货的熔断机制。上周该基准指数在3月4日暴跌超过12%,创下单日最大跌幅,熔断机制也曾被触发。 澳大利亚S&P/ASX 200指数早盘下跌3.68%。布伦特原油期货飙升16.1%,至每桶107.61美元;美国西德克萨斯中质原油期货价格上涨近17.7%,至每桶107.02美元。 此次油价飙升是由于特朗普总统下令空袭伊朗,以及伊朗宣布发起军事报复反击和关闭霍尔木兹海峡关闭后,包括科威特、伊朗和阿联酋在内的中东主要产油国削减了石油产量。
3月8日华盛顿报道,随着美国春假出行高峰的到来,由于部分联邦政府停摆导致运输安全管理局(TSA)人手短缺,美国各地机场旅客都面临着更长的安检等待时间。据报道,美国新奥尔良、休斯顿、亚特兰大和夏洛特等地均出现了长时间的安检排队。 美国国土安全部(DHS)公共事务副助理部长比斯(Lauren Bis)今天在一份声明中表示:“今天,在一些主要机场,旅客在运输安全管理局安检处排队的时间长达近3个小时,导致航班延误和出行高峰期出现大量延误。” 这些机场包括有休斯顿的霍比机场和乔治-布什国际机场、路易斯安那州的新奥尔良国际机场、佐治亚州亚特兰大的哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊国际机场以及北卡罗来纳州的夏洛特道格拉斯国际机场。 运输安全管理局建议,旅客在航班起飞前3到4个小时抵达机场,以便预留更多安检时间。 据美国航空协会(Airlines for America)的数据显示,各航空公司预计在3月1日至4月30日期间将运送1.71亿名乘客,比去年同期增长约4%,平均每天近300万名乘客。与此同时,航班延误和取消也带来了诸多不便。 休斯顿霍比机场的官员表示,该机场今天的安检通道“容量有限”,并非所有通道都开放。由于人手短缺,他们不得不关闭运输安全管理局的预检通道。 在联邦政府部分停摆的初期,美国运输安全管理局曾表示,预检通道在停摆期间仍将保持运行,但该机构将“根据具体情况进行评估,并据此调整运营”。由于联邦政府停摆,全球入境计划(Global Entry Program)仍然暂停。 自联邦政府部分停摆开始以来,美国运输安全管理局的员工两周前收到了部分工资,如果停摆继续下去,下周他们将收不到工资。 各机场和其他航空合作伙伴表示,正在向美国运输安全管理局 (TSA)…