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Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Yahoo
Two brothers went missing three weeks ago. They were found dead along a California highway
Two brothers who went missing three weeks ago were found dead along a California highway last week, the victims of a traffic collision, according to authorities. On June 25 around 10:30 a.m., a California Department of Transportation employee found an overturned vehicle concealed in heavy brush in an embankment along State Route 166 near Old Sierra Madre Road, east of Santa Maria, according to a California Highway Patrol news release. CHP and emergency services responded to the scene and found a blue 1998 GMC Sierra 1/2-ton pickup truck, according to the release. Two adult men had died from the crash, authorities confirmed. The vehicle is linked to a missing person case by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office, the release states. CHP were deployed on June 18 along State Route 166 to find the missing people. 'We are deeply saddened to confirm that two individuals tragically lost their lives in a traffic crash. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with their families and loved ones during this difficult time," said CHP Acting Commander Sean Kelly in the release. The two men were 61-year-old James Fuller and his brother, Eric Fuller, 60, who left June 6 for a doctor's appointment in Santa Maria, according to SFGate. They were reported missing by friends. Fullers' friends and family confirmed that their loved ones were killed in the crash. "For 21 long days we searched tirelessly. We hiked what we could, followed every lead, and even received a message from someone who said they saw the truck near a sharp turn," according to a GoFundMe page. "Still, without a pinpoint location, CHP was unable to search due to looking a few days prior with no luck. The wait, the helplessness, the pain — it's been devastating beyond words." "This is not the outcome any of us prayed for. Our hearts are broken. Rick and Eric were so deeply loved, and their loss leaves an unfillable space in our lives." Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Automotive
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Canadiens: Potential First Round Pick
'It's in our DNA': Racing returns to Santa Maria Speedway under new family ownership 'It's in our DNA': Racing returns to Santa Maria Speedway under new family ownership
Yahoo
18-05-2025
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Replica Columbus flagship arrives in Jersey
A replica of Christopher Columbus's flagship is in Jersey for the first time and has opened its decks to the public. The Nao Santa María arrived at Albert Pier is visiting the island and is due to continue to several ports in the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands as part of a European tour. The Nao Victoria Foundation, which built the ship in 2018, said it was a "faithful, full-scale historical reproduction", with four masts, five sails, and five decks. It said the ship sailed "as a floating museum of its own story and Spanish maritime heritage". The ship, which was constructed in Spain, weighs about 180 tonnes, is 29m (95ft) long, and 8m (26ft) wide. "During its stay in Jersey, visitors will be able to board the ship and explore its decks to learn more about this famous 1492 flagship of Christopher Columbus," the foundation said. "Its features, rigging, navigation, the stories it tells, and how the crew lived on board under harsh conditions." The original Santa María was the largest of the three small ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. It sank on the return leg of the journey, after running aground off the north coast of Haiti on Christmas Day the same year. The Nao Santa María is open until 20:30 BST on Sunday. Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to Replica of first ship to sail the world heads to Kent Darwin legacy voyage passes halfway mark Nao Santa Maria
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Yahoo
Replica Columbus flagship arrives in Jersey
A replica of Christopher Columbus's flagship is in Jersey for the first time and has opened its decks to the public. The Nao Santa María arrived at Albert Pier is visiting the island and is due to continue to several ports in the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands as part of a European tour. The Nao Victoria Foundation, which built the ship in 2018, said it was a "faithful, full-scale historical reproduction", with four masts, five sails, and five decks. It said the ship sailed "as a floating museum of its own story and Spanish maritime heritage". The ship, which was constructed in Spain, weighs about 180 tonnes, is 29m (95ft) long, and 8m (26ft) wide. "During its stay in Jersey, visitors will be able to board the ship and explore its decks to learn more about this famous 1492 flagship of Christopher Columbus," the foundation said. "Its features, rigging, navigation, the stories it tells, and how the crew lived on board under harsh conditions." The original Santa María was the largest of the three small ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. It sank on the return leg of the journey, after running aground off the north coast of Haiti on Christmas Day the same year. The Nao Santa María is open until 20:30 BST on Sunday. Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to Replica of first ship to sail the world heads to Kent Darwin legacy voyage passes halfway mark Nao Santa Maria
Times
17-05-2025
- Times
The fairytale town near Lisbon where a week costs £403
There's a fairytale quality to Obidos. Straddling a bluff 40 miles north of Lisbon and once the residence of Portuguese queens, the original, incredibly pretty village at its heart is enclosed by a fully intact Moorish defensive wall. Whitewashed houses with blue or yellow stripes line the narrow streets up to the turret-laden castle; cats snooze on steps; footsteps clack on cobblestones; honeysuckle perfumes corners; and vast views beckon down alleys. Day-trippers reliably materialise between 11am and 5pm, but stay in Obidos and you'll get to experience a wonderfully authentic town in the surrounding hours, most memorably at sunset when an exquisite golden light takes hold. It's possible to walk the entire Moorish wall for free. Up to 13m high and accessed via four staircases, this mile-long circuit may lack railings (or any sort of safety provision), but it affords views over the town's terracotta roofs and towards the Atlantic coast over the vast, T-shaped Obidos Lagoon. Much of the 13th-century castle is now a hotel, but visitors may enter its main courtyard. The elegant Santa Maria church has blue-and-white azulejo tiles and canvases by Josefa de Obidos, a renowned 17th-century painter who settled here. Perhaps her best work, Beneficiado Faustino das Neves, a dramatic, death-centred chiaroscuro portrait, hangs in the adjacent Municipal Museum (free; No more than five minutes' walk from all this is the Pousada Vila Obidos hotel. This converted 18th-century house contains 17 traditional-style rooms whose high ceilings, flowery print wallpapers and picture windows create a beautifully calming old centre's bookshop-lined main street, Ruta Direita, descends to its main gate, Porta da Vila, which features a blue-tiled balcony shrine. Catching the eye just beyond is a two-mile aqueduct built in the 1500s. Obidos's other claim to fame is the production of ginja — an intensely flavoured liqueur made from sour morello cherries. Available everywhere, it's often served in edible chocolate cups for extra decadence. Try the small Ibn Errik Rex tavern; if you're peckish, you could also have sausages grilled tableside (ginja from £3; Rua Direita 100). Fill your week with boat rides and paddleboarding on the lagoon (20 minutes' drive away), bike rides around the dunes, or head to Bom Sucesso beach for safe swimming. Also close are the Unesco-listed Alcobaca and Batalha monasteries: Cistercian and Dominican complexes respectively, with royal tombs and grand cloisters. • 10 of the most beautiful places in Portugal (and how to see them) Buses take an hour from Lisbon's Campo Grande bus station, stopping just beside Porta da Vila and leaving you with a five-minute uphill walk to the hotel. They're hourly on weekdays, every two hours at weekends (£8; Trains from Lisbon take twice as long to reach a small station that's less convenient, so ignore those. • Return Stansted-Lisbon flights, departing on June 3• 20kg hold luggage• Seven nights' room only at Pousada Vila Obidos ( This article contains affiliate links, which can earn us revenue Feeling flush? If you're inspired by Obidos and have more to spend, try one of these: About 20m from the city walls, the Real d'Obidos is a 14th-century residence turned old-fashioned hotel. All 18 rooms are air-conditioned and surround a medieval-style lounge and honesty bar. The biggest selling point is a 13m swimming pool in the garden, open from June, with a games room (including a snooker table) adding to the appeal. Superior rooms offer castle Six nights' B&B from £899pp, including flights and car hire, departing on June 5 ( • Read our full guide to Portugal For maximum flex stay in Obidos's castle itself, a building considered to be one of Portugal's seven ancient wonders. A sister property to the Pousada Vila, the Pousada Castelo Obidos has 17 baronial-style bedrooms — nine in the original fortress — featuring vaulted ceilings, chandeliers, fireplaces and four-poster beds. Some have balconies. There's a formal restaurant serving regional dishes, plus you get access to towers where members of the public can't Six nights' B&B in a suite from £1,644pp, including flights and private transfers, departing on May 31 (
