(WPDE) — A man is suing Shark Wake Park 843 after he suffered "significant injuries" in 2024 according to a lawsuit filed in Horry County Common Pleas Court on April 25 "struck in the head by an object knocking him into the water resulting in significant injuries" on the waterpark's wake boarding course ride He claimed that these injuries required "extensive medical treatment" and that he has suffered pain and "a loss of enjoyment of life." "unable to get out of the water on his own and no employees of Defendants came to his aid." The lawsuit also alleges that Greene had no knowledge of the "dangerous condition" on the waterpark's premises and that there were no signs or warnings posted TRENDING: Scotland Co. men capture alligator, return it back to nature The lawsuit also accuses the waterpark of failing to examine the wake board course ride to ensure safety not having lifeguards on duty and in the tower not having state-required ratio of lifeguards failing to perform routine maintenance and more We've reached out to Shark Wake Park 843 for comment and we'll let you know when we hear back Log in to comment on videos and join in on the fun Watch the live stream of Fox News and full episodes Reduce eye strain and focus on the content that matters On a recent episode of Club Shay Shay with Shannon Sharpe offered unfiltered advice about Hunter’s personal life with fiance Was this a wake-up call from a veteran in the game Bow Wow didn’t mince words. Speaking from personal experience, he shared concern about how relationships can derail focus, especially for young stars like Hunter who's just trying to find his way into the NFL.  Travis Hunter and fiancee Leanna Lenee and just milking your ass," Moss said "When the milk dries up and it’s powder They gone.” He stressed it wasn’t a diss He likened Travis to “one of [his] little homies,” adding he felt compelled to drop some wisdom Bow Wow made it clear that he’s a fan of Hunter We all rootin’ for you.”  But with Hunter already winning the Heisman Trophy and Being the second overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft “You about to make the biggest bag of your life… There’s gonna be time for all that Perhaps Bow Wow’s strongest plea was about keeping personal life off the timeline.  because that’s starting to overshadow the skill,” he said Bow Wow alluded to how headlines about Hunter’s relationship were starting to eclipse his athletic dominance It’s a sentiment that many fans are starting to echo one thing’s for certain that he said what many were thinking As Hunter gears up for his pivotal rookie season in Jacksonville we'll see if he sticks to business as usual and gets rid of distractions The Wake Forest Police Department needs your help supporting one of its officers’ family members was recently diagnosed with stage II breast cancer The Murray family has lived in Wake County for years Danielle Murray has taught at East Wake Academy for about 10 years Kevin Murray has been with the Wake Forest Police Department for 7 years and worked for the Garner Police Department before that “We're all brothers and sisters on and off the job and we treat each other all like family,” said Lt David Zick with the Wake Forest Police Department One way the department plans to help is financially In a post on Facebook “(Danielle Murray) has been undergoing costly medical procedures that are causing a financial hardship for the Murray family All proceeds from the May 7 Benefit Bar-B-Que will be used to help offset Danielle’s medical expenses.” at Wake Forest Fire Station #1 at 420 Elm Avenue Plates are $15 each and include generous portions of barbecue The police department is not accepting pre-orders but there will be eat-in and drive-thru takeout options Delivery is available for orders of 15 plates or more Spring Showcase Offers ‘Small Taste’ of Wake Forest in the Dickert Era5/5/2025 7:38:00 AM | Football I'm thankful for them accepting the change and understanding what the new Wake Forest is going to look like A senior UK minister [this week] will warn businesses to protect themselves against cyber threats after a spate of attacks on retailers including Marks & Spencer Group Plc “These attacks need to be a wake-up call for every business in the UK,” Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden will say in a speech at the CyberUK conference in Manchester next week according to remarks released by his department (Editor’s note: This Bloomberg article was originally published on Friday so the McFadden speech will take place this week) McFadden on Friday led a briefing with security officials including Richard Horne chief of the National Cyber Security Centre in the wake of hacks on M&S and the supermarket chain Co-op A ransomware attack was the cause of the disruption at M&S with hackers using a potent kind of malware to lock down some of the British retailer’s systems and render them inaccessible Read more: Britain’s M&S Enters 2nd Week of Sales Disruption After Cyberattack “In a world where the cyber criminals targeting us are relentless in their pursuit of profit, with attempts being made every hour of every day, companies must treat cyber security as an absolute priority,” McFadden will say next week. The minister will announce further steps the government is taking to help protect businesses against hacking attempts, including through the Cyber Resilience Bill. As part of that legislation ministers will require 1,000 companies providing IT services to critical national infrastructure to shore up their cyber defenses. The NCSC also urged businesses to follow advice on its website about the steps they should be taking to ensure they minimize the risks of hacks. Photograph: UK Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden. Photo credit: Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg Thank you! Please tell us what we can do to improve this article. Thank you! % of people found this article valuable. Please tell us what you liked about it. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); “On behalf of the entire organization, I would like to thank Rob for his dedication to the L.A. Kings and the passion he brought to the role,” president Luc Robitaille said in a statement. “Reaching this understanding wasn’t easy and I appreciate Rob’s partnership in always working toward what is best for the Kings. “Rob deserves a great deal of credit and respect for elevating us to where we are today. He has been an important part of the Kings and will always be appreciated for what he has meant to this franchise.” The search for a new general manager will begin immediately, the Kings said. Kings The Kings showed great promise entering their first-round playoff series against nemesis Edmonton but a few key miscues sealed the Oilers’ series win Speaking to reporters Monday, Kings coach Jim Hiller said he hadn’t talked with Robitaille yet regarding his future signed a three-year contract with the Kings last May Robitaille is scheduled to to speak Tuesday about the coaching situation and the search for a new general manager After taking over on an interim basis for Todd McLellan midway through the 2023-24 season Hiller rallied the Kings to a playoff berth He had success in his first full regular season as coach but has taken much of the blame for the team’s early postseason exit Blake, 55, was a Hall of Fame defenseman whose 20-year NHL playing career included two stints with the Kings. He spent several of those seasons playing alongside Robitaille. He was brought back to the Kings as assistant general manager ahead of the 2013-14 season, which ended with the team winning its second Stanley Cup Less than four years later the team fired general manager Dean Lombardi, the architect of its two Stanley Cup champions, and promoted Blake, who quickly went about expanding the team’s player-development program making it one of the most robust in the NHL Yet the Kings haven’t won a playoff series since marking the 11th straight season the Kings have failed to win a postseason series the Kings lost Game 6 and were eliminated by the Oilers the first round of the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year But Blake fixed that last summer, moving Dubois to the Washington Capitals in exchange for goaltender Darcy Kuemper, who had a career season and is one of three finalists for the Vezina Trophy. Blake also made an important deal at the March trade deadline, acquiring forward Andrei Kuzmenko from the Philadelphia Flyers, who also agreed to split the remainder of Kuzmenko’s salary. The trade immediately improved the Kings’ offense and rescued an impotent power play, helping win 17 of its final 22 games to place second in the Pacific Division, the best finish of Blake’s term as general manager. But that luck — and Blake’s time with the team — ended in the playoffs. Kevin Baxter writes about soccer and hockey for the Los Angeles Times. He has covered seven World Cups, five Olympic Games, six World Series and a Super Bowl and has contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning series at The Times and Miami Herald. An essay he wrote in fifth grade was voted best in the class. He has a cool dog. Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map CBS17.com Wake County loses $14.1 million for school mental health expansion as part of $1 billion in Trump cuts commissioner accused of threatening wife with gun resigns Long lines form at NCDMV offices ahead of REAL ID deadline Dates for 2025 spring graduations at Triangle universities Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho is a new father after his wife Rosa gave birth to their daughter on Friday The City of Fayetteville has approved an 11 p.m A man convicted of drug trafficking in Lee County was recaptured after escaping a Hyde County prison 40 chickens are missing from a farm in Orange County A wrong way driver was involved in a crash on I-40 in Raleigh A federal judge ruled Allison Riggs is the winner of the North Carolina Supreme Court race No suspects are in custody after a teenager was shot and killed in Durham The REAL ID deadline has brough long lines to DMV offices in North Carolina We keep voters informed through our in-depth 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deficit Kaiser Permanente and the union representing many its healthcare workers reached a deal that will bring a lengthy open-ended strike to an end Kaiser and National Union of Healthcare Workers reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that covers more than 2,400 mental health and addiction medicine employees in Southern California but the workers had been striking for better pay more time for work outside of patient therapy The union is expected to complete the ratification vote by May 8 Starting today, the U.S. Department of Education will begin the collection of defaulted federal student loans – a practice that was paused for five years due to the coronavirus pandemic Defaulting on the payments can now lead to the federal government seizing benefits and automatically taking money from a borrower’s paycheck starting this summer The Associated Press reported that there are currently about 5.3 million borrowers who are in default on their student loans Experts suggest those borrowers concerned about defaulting can look into an income-based repayment plan Signing Day is a rite of passage for high school student-athletes -- a day when they announce which college they plan to continue their athletic/academic careers a San Diego organization is doing something similar for students whose focus is more on academics than sports Reporter Yasmeen Ludy follows through with some local graduates on their “Senior Signing Day.” If you have a story you want ABC 10News to follow through on The Trump administration has canceled millions of dollars in grants to provide more mental health services to students in Wake County and rural North Carolina schools as well as other schools across the nation Department of Education told WRAL News that grants were not continued for K-12 schools and universities across the country because some applicants listed diversity goals in hiring and diversity training in their applications It's unclear what the administration objected to in the Wake County Public School System's application and it's unclear how many other grants in North Carolina have been canceled The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill won't receive the nearly $1 million it was expecting to in 2026 and 2027 for its program that sought to train more mental health professionals to work in rural schools "The Department has undertaken a review of grants and determined that the grant specified above provides funding for programs that reflect the prior Administration's priorities and policy preferences and conflict with those of the current Administration," an April 29 letter from the U.S Department of Education to the district states signed by department senior adviser Murray Bessette says the district's program violates or conflicts with any one of four federal policies or laws but doesn't state which one "We owe it to American families to ensure that tax-payer dollars are supporting evidence-based practices that are truly focused on improving students' mental health." Schools can keep their funding for this year except "unobligated funds," but their grants won't be renewed for the final years of their cycle The Wake County Public School System received $14.1 million that leaders planned to use over five years to hire 24 mental health professionals and three staff trained to responded to crises to work in some schools The district received $2.3 million for its first year this year officials had only laid the groundwork for the program and starting the hiring process for next school year It would have expanded the district's school-based mental health program which is in 106 of the district's 199 schools and the letter to the district states that the district can ask for the decision to be reconsidered "The Wake County Public School System remains committed to supporting the well-being and success of every student," a district statement says "While we continuously seek innovative and research-backed solutions to serve our school communities recent developments at the federal level have impacted our ability to move forward with one such initiative." In a note to the school board in April 2024 as the district prepared to apply for the grant district officials noted that the Biden administration encouraged applicants to form plans for how they would recruit or retain qualified professionals from diverse backgrounds In a brief summary of Wake's program on the U.S the department lists Wake's goal to field "diverse candidates" and notes that the school system would commit to the federal grant program's priority to increase the number of credentialed providers "who are from diverse backgrounds or communities" that reflect the students the school serves The summary of UNC-Chapel Hill's program on the department's website doesn't mention diversity The program hoped to "reduce and mitigate the inequities of mental health and economic disparities among low income and rural students," according to the summary A university spokesperson told WRAL News that the grant program would be funded through Dec per communication from the federal education department The university is still evaluating how to respond to the announcement For years, schools in North Carolina and beyond have been expanding students' access to mental health services anxiety and suicide ideation among young people Since President Donald Trump's inauguration about 100 days ago the administration has tried to get rid of diversity The administration canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher training grants earlier this year because of diversity initiatives in some of the grants Many state education and school leaders have countered that diversity, equity and inclusion programs comply with federal civil rights laws Many schools have long sought to diversify their workforces which are disproportionately white by a wide margin millions of dollars from the federal grant programs in question have come into the state and to school systems and universities across the country via the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed by Congress and signed into law by former President Joe Biden equally split into two existing grant programs One of the grants was focused on hiring more well-qualified mental health staff in schools and the other was focused on training mental health service providers to work in schools the department told WRAL News they were canceling $1 billion in grants but it wasn't immediately clear what all that encompassed Some of the $1 billion in the bill has already been spent and the department also told WRAL that they were halting grants "in cases that awards were not advancing Administration priorities." Additionally the grant programs predate the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and it's unclear how much funding they received separately from that legislation at DPI and at North Carolina State University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro The university grants were intended to help the schools train providers to work in Johnston Halifax and Alamance-Burlington school systems 4vs1Kentucky Wake Forest Advances to NCAA Super Regionals with 4-1 Victory Over Kentucky5/3/2025 8:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis The Demon Deacons will host either Texas A&M or Baylor next Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m. Photo by: Seth Seebaugh / Wake Forest AthleticsWake Forest Women’s Golf Set for NCAA Regional in Texas5/3/2025 10:02:00 PM | Women's Golf This is the Deacons' 32nd straight regional appearance Wake County plans to invest in local parks and trails Broadway Off-Broadway Off-Off Broadway Cabaret Dance Opera Classical Music Nashville Minneapolis / St. Paul Connecticut Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles WEST END UK Regional Canada Australia / New Zealand Europe Asia Latin America Africa / Middle East TV/Movies Music 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend REDWOOD Will Close on Broadway This Monthby Stephi WildRedwood, the new musical starring Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel, will end its run on Broadway this month. Learn more about when you can catch the show here.. (more...) Listen: First Seven Songs Released From DEAD OUTLAWby Stephi WildThe first seven songs have been released from the seven-time Tony Award-nominated new musical Dead Outlaw, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna. Listen here!. (more...) Video: Highlights of Eva Noblezada & Orville Peck in CABART AT THE KIT KAT CLUBby Nicole RoskyWatch in this video as country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada perform 'Money' and 'Mein Herr'.. (more...) See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld! Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure, and the meaning – or, utter meaninglessness – of legacy. Dying is no reason to stop living life to its fullest.  The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The award for Best Musical went to Maybe Happy Ending, book by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park. Jonathan Groff (Just In Time), Robyn Hurder (Smash), Josh Bergasse (Smash), Warren Carlyle (Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop! The Musical),  Shannon Lewis (Just In Time), and more are nominees at this year's Chita Rivera Awards! Check out photos of this year's honorees at The 2025 Chita Rivera Awards Nominees Reception. Ahead of its airing this Thursday, CBS has shared first-look photos of the Season 2 finale of Elsbeth, which reveal a special musical number: Chicago's iconic 'Cell Block Tango.' Take a look at the photos here! 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Privacy Policy 4vs1Gardner-Webb Advances to Second Round of NCAA Tournament5/2/2025 8:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis The Demon Deacons will battle Kentucky on Saturday at 5 p.m for a chance to advance to the Super Regionals I would first like to point out to Gignac that everyone who does not agree with his halcyon vision of wakeboard boats is I am an avid fisherman who now in the summer months can only fish the small areas of the lake designated as no-wake zones Because I own a modest open fishing boat which has served me in perfect safety for many years I have been on the lake in very bad conditions the wind and waves come from one direction and I can adjust my angle and speed to compensate and operate my boat safely Opinion: Wake surfing done responsibly is fine. Don't restrict Wisconsin boaters like me. Wakeboard boats each generate their own wave pattern — now add 8 or 10 boats operating on a lake and you are faced with serious waves coming from all directions Even more dangerous is the zone where waves interact and add their energy together I have watched wakeboard boats start in a large shallow bay and leave behind a path of silt ripped up weeds and dazed little bluegills spinning on the surface Later on it looks like plows have ripped up the lake bottom in straight lines I agree responsible wakeboarding is not a problem — except responsible operation should be on lakes over 2,000 acres and in more than 20 feet of water Letters: Wake surfers should ask other lake users what they think about their speed bumps Opinion: On Wisconsin’s glacial lakes, wake-enhanced boating damaging and dangerous Here are some tips to get your views shared with your friends Write: Letters to the editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 330 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 500, Milwaukee, WI, 53202. 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Wake Forest Hosts Gardner-Webb to Open May5/2/2025 1:55:00 PM | Baseball The Demon Deacons look to continue a three-game win streak We chat with author Nova Ren Suma about Wake The Wild Creatures and must-read novel that explores freedom and rage as a young woman plots her way back to her hidden mountaintop home after her mother’s arrest for murder.​ Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself sometimes fantastical novels about girls and young women I’m fascinated by places lost on maps and lost to time including Imaginary Girls (a town drowned at the bottom of a reservoir) The Walls Around Us (a girls’ juvenile detention center haunted by ghosts) and now Wake the Wild Creatures (an off-grid community of fugitive women built in an abandoned Catskill Mountain hotel) Wake the Wild Creatures may not be autobiographical in terms of plot but it’s the book containing the most honest and bared parts of me that I’ve ever written… so far When did you first discover your love for writing and stories In elementary school I wrote a story about an alien family from Venus I bound it as a book and used my colored markers to illustrate the scenes My teacher’s praise about it filled me with a great sense of joy and purpose I was intensely shy as a child—I didn’t speak in class though I read voraciously—and I discovered that I could speak through my writing in a way I wasn’t able to otherwise Writing became a lifeline and has been ever since If you could only describe it in five words Wake the Wild Creatures is a YA story of survival with a touch of the fantastic about a girl named Talia who is captured from an off-grid community of fugitive women hidden at an abandoned hotel deep in the mountains Talia is forced to enter what she’s always been so frightened to imagine: the outside world There she lives with estranged family she never knew existed and tries to understand who betrayed her community This is a character-driven story that immerses the reader in Talia’s experience both at the occupied hotel on the mountain as a child and in the broken society below where she’s sixteen and knows she doesn’t belong Readers will find flawed and fierce women and girls in this book magical thinking connected to the natural world and for anyone who wants to consider living a different kind of life of their own making Where did the inspiration for Wake The Wild Creatures come from Novels come from a thousand disconnected sources and this one stemmed from my wild childhood running free in the woods the generational effects of trauma on young children an ongoing fascination with female outlaws and fugitives and challenging my own pessimism about humanity and the concept of utopias there was one single spark that set this book idea into motion: A birthday present but I must give credit where credit is due: Libba Bray gifted me a piece of art for my birthday years ago It was a pen-and-ink drawing called “Daughters of the Forest” by an artist named Megan Eckman and it has a touch of possible magic in it That glimmer of magic surprised me because I didn’t catch it in the picture at first and from that surprise the seeds of this book emerged Were there any moments or characters you really enjoyed writing or exploring I love writing chaos and discomforting moments of confusion and even One of my favorite sequences in Wake the Wild Creatures takes place when Talia is a child when she’s deep in the woods with a few other girls from the community and they spy a set of intruders Three men have hiked up the mountain to find the hidden community and do the women there harm and the girls make their best attempt to protect everyone and defend their home Writing the frenzy of what happens to those men who should never have tried to trespass thrilled me See alsoQ&A: Juliette Cross, Author of ‘Firebird’ Did you face any challenges whilst writing There was an agonizing point a few years ago when I lost all confidence and didn’t think I could articulate the story the way it deserved I fantasized about stepping away from the book But when you’re about to let go of something That moment motivated me and I threw myself into revising the book and proving I could make it into something beautiful I decided to leap ahead and write the end of the book I wished I’d written… I visualized everything I imagined the novel could be in my wildest dreams and pretended I’d already written it that way Then I wrote just the last page of that version of the book and pinned it to my wall I would read those three paragraphs aloud and remind myself of what I was striving for and writing toward the last three paragraphs in the finished book are pretty much what I had on my wall for all that time I think seeing the end up there made me believe I could actually rewrite the whole book I’m in the early stages of a strange new YA novel and those exploratory days of finding the story before the pressure sets in are always filled with such wonder and possibility But for some time now I’ve also been working on a novel that’s very much not YA—it’s a return to what I first wrote when I was starting out as a writer A dream deferred only grows into a dream that has teeth what books are you looking forward to picking up this year Zeen is a next generation WordPress theme. It’s powerful, beautifully designed and comes with everything you need to engage your visitors and increase conversions. Wake Forest Baseball Schedule Update5/3/2025 4:11:00 PM | Baseball The Demon Deacons will conclude game one of the series tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET. Wake Forest Set to Close Regular Season Under the Lights at Duke Twilight5/3/2025 10:20:00 AM | Track and Field 15 Demon Deacons will compete Sunday at Duke University – The Gardner-Webb baseball team dropped a pair of one-run games at Wake Forest on May 3-4 at Couch Ballpark GWU fell 4-3 extra innings contest in a suspended game on Saturday afternoon before dropping the nightcap by the final of 9-8 on Sunday Game one saw the Runnin' Bulldogs get off to a quick start, taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the second following an RBI off the bat of Matt Ilgenfritz, scoring Nick Capozzi who had drew a leadoff walk Wake came back with two runs of its own in the bottom of the third after Jimmy Keenan hit a solo shot followed by an RBI single Jack Winnay The Deacs added a single run in the bottom of the sixth Gardner-Webb was able to battle back and knot the score at 3-all with one run each in the seventh and eighth innings. Tanner Thomas went deep on an 0-1 count before Garrett Macias added a run-scoring hit up the middle, plating Lawson Knight The game was suspended in the top of the ninth because of inclement weather and was resumed the next day After both teams went scoreless in the ninth Wake brought home the game-winning run after Ryan Preisano drew a bases loaded walk The Runnin' Bulldogs once again struck first in game two, plating four runs in the top of the second, recording four hits in the at-bat. Capozzi came around to score after a sacrifice fly by Matt Ilgenfritz before three consecutive RBI hits staked the visitors to a four-run lead Wake Forest came back with two runs in the third and three more in the fourth while taking its first lead of game two that would be the last runs for GWU while the Demon Deacons tied the game with three runs in the sixth before taking game two with a single run in the eighth Gardner-Webb returns to the diamond on May 9-11 traveling to High Point for a three-game set with the Panthers Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Two women face charges including of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with shots fired into a home on Yakimas Road Deputies say someone fired bullets into a home in the 1100 block of Yakimas Road off Mal Weathers Road in southern Wake County An empty car was found crashed into a mailbox there Anyone with additional information about either of these incidents is asked to call the Wake County Sheriff's Office at 919-856-6911 Wake Forest Baseball Schedule Update5/2/2025 12:30:00 PM | Baseball The Demon Deacons will now play a pair of games on Saturday Three From Wake Forest Women’s Golf Earn All-ACC Honors5/2/2025 3:47:00 PM | Women's Golf Wake Forest has had at least one athlete named to the All-ACC team every year Her focus is on polling and California politics including the 2024 election and pro-Palestine protests at U.S Martha joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent and had previously freelanced at The Sun She is a graduate of Durham University and did her NCTJ at News Associates You can get in touch with Martha by emailing m.mchardy@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content Just months into Donald Trump's second term, a new round of polling has delivered a jolt to Democrats revealing that Trump is more trusted than them in Congress Recent polls have shown Trump's approval ratings declining and his popularity at an all-time low polls still seem to show that Trump is commanding more trust than his main opposition party This dynamic not only strengthens Trump's hand as he advances his second-term agenda but also signals a daunting challenge for Democrats heading into the 2026 midterms—one that could further erode their influence at both state and federal levels Donald Trump appeared to be riding a wave of political momentum—his approval ratings had climbed into positive territory for the first time in his career and polls suggested he was more popular than ever But recent polls suggest that Trump now holds the distinction of being the least popular president at the 100-day mark of a second term surpassing even the historically low ratings he received during his first presidency A CNN/SSRS survey conducted April 17—24 among 1,678 adults found that only 41 percent approve of his job performance while 59 percent disapprove—a 4-point drop since March and 7 points lower than in late February This marks the lowest 100-day approval rating for any president since modern polling began under Eisenhower and is even worse than Trump's own first-term numbers A Fox News poll from April 18—21 of 1,104 registered voters showed a net approval of -10 points with 44 percent approving and 55 percent disapproving—down 8 points from the previous month In comparison to past presidents at the same point in office, Trump is far behind: Joe Biden had a 54 percent approval rating, Barack Obama 62 percent, and George W. Bush 63 percent Trump's rating has fallen to just 39 percent in an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted April 18—22 among 2,464 adults—down 6 points since February with 46 percent of registered voters assigning Trump an "F" grade for his performance—the worst 100-day grade ever recorded for a U.S some suggest he is still more popular than the Democrats The CNN/SSRS poll showed that when respondents were asked who would be doing a better job as president, 45 percent chose Trump, while 43 percent chose Kamala Harris. "This looks a lot like the election result," CNN pollster Harry Enten noted The 2024 election saw Trump beat Harris in the popular vote by two points That would suggest that voters' support for Trump has not shifted all that much since November An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted between April 18 to 22 among 3,634 respondents showing that when respondents were asked who they trusted more to deal with the U.S.'s main problems compared to just 32 percent who chose Democrats in Congress And in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted between April 25-27 among 1,029 adults, the Republicans held a significant advantage over Democrats on two of the most pressing issues for voters: immigration and the economy a Democratic strategist and former adviser to Kamala Harris told Newsweek that recent polling reflects lingering dissatisfaction with Joe Biden's presidency which he said has damaged the Democratic brand and Democrats now need to "earn people's trust back" rather than rely on Trump's unpopularity He urged the party to elevate "a new generation of Democratic leaders" who can connect with voters on core issues like economic security and immigration Nellis warned that Americans are frustrated with both parties CNN pollster Harry Enten echoed that warning calling the numbers "a major wake-up call" for Democrats and cautioning "those eggs have not cracked at this particular moment." It comes at a time when polls have shown that following their 2024 election loss, the Democrats are more unpopular than ever. According to an NBC News poll from March 7-11, 55 percent of respondents said they had a negative view of the Democratic Party while 27 percent said they had a positive perception That is the lowest level recorded since NBC News began asking the question in 1990 There was also evidence of dissatisfaction with the party from its base with 20 percent of Democratic voters viewing it negatively twice as high as the figure for Republicans who had a negative view of their party The survey suggested that this may be because Democratic voters want their party to take a tougher position in Congress 65 percent said they wanted their congressional representatives to "stick to their positions even if that means not being able to get things done in Washington," while 32 percent said they should "make compromises with Trump to gain consensus on legislation." The poll largely reflects the debates occurring in the Democratic party right now in light of their 2024 defeat Some feel that in order to get back on track and win back the House in the 2026 midterms the party should take a more bipartisan approach to politics while others feel that doing so will alienate Democratic voters who see Trump as a toxic figure This dispute played out this week when Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined Trump at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County A Reddit post from political group 50501 accused her of "destructive enabling behavior" and legitimizing a president they believe should face impeachment said on X that Whitmer is "disqualifying herself" because of her actions a veterans and gun reform advocate and a naval intelligence officer who said on X: "It's ridiculous that Democrats are upset with Gov Gretchen Whitmer for joining President Trump at Selfridge Air National Guard Base." added: "You won't catch me complaining about Gretchen Whitmer saving tens of thousands of jobs or bringing in federal relief for people without power in Michigan Whitmer's appearance followed her disastrous meeting in the Oval Office last week The Michigan governor had gone to see the president for what she described as a private meeting when Whitmer was left standing in front of cameras as Trump signed an executive order targeting a critic and repeating his debunked claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him A New York Times photographer captured her at one point shielding her face with folders Whitmer's office said the governor was brought into the Oval Office in front of the press "without any notice" and emphasized that her presence was not an "endorsement of the actions taken or statements" made at that event some Democrats accusing her of "appeasement." writing on X: "I'll work with anyone who's serious about getting things done But I'll never compromise on what I believe we know how to get things done—and that means working together." She added: "Bipartisanship isn't about sacrificing our values It's about standing strong and finding common ground to get things done a Chicago-based Democratic strategist and former senior adviser to Kamala Harris told Newsweek: "These polls don't surprise me They're a product of how unpopular Joe Biden was at the end of his presidential term most people associate the Democratic Party brand with a presidency they weren't happy with "Democrats have to earn people's trust back We can't coast on the fact that Trump is making everything worse or that he's a very unlikable human being We have to acknowledge that we need to elevate a new generation of Democratic leaders—leaders who can articulate and fight for a message that resonates with people "We're going to have to figure out how we talk about certain issues because we haven't been advocating or communicating around issues like immigration in a way that makes sense to people That's given Republicans a tremendous opportunity "But Trump has once again royally screwed up an incredible opportunity to unify the country because he can't get out of his own way the American people are frustrated with both political parties we have 18 months to win people over with a new generation of candidates." CNN pollster Harry Enten said: "These numbers should be a major wake-up call for Democrats Democrats cannot count their chickens just yet because those eggs have not cracked at this particular moment." Americans will head to the polls to elect new senators and representatives The Democrats have vowed to flip both chambers which are currently held by the Republicans ET: This article has been updated with comment from Mike Nellis Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all Steve & Johnetta Forbes Commit $500,000 to Benefit Wake Forest Student-Athletes4/30/2025 1:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball The Forbes family’s generosity to Wake Forest University and Wake Forest men’s basketball will help the Demon Deacons program in a multitude of ways. During Sunday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs ace Shota Imanaga suffered a hamstring strain that could land him on the injured list The Cubs won't know the severity of the injury or how long Imanaga could be out for until he receives an MRI on Monday But from the way the second-year left-hander was limping and the fact that he immediately exited the game the Cubs need to prepare for a stint on the injured list Chicago has already suffered one significant blow to their starting rotation when Justin Steele received season-ending elbow surgery earlier this year. The starting rotation is already on a shaky foundation with Colin Rea and Ben Brown being mainstays, not to mention Matthew Boyd's injury risk. But until Chicago can attempt to swing a trade for a starter Chris Flexen is the most likely option to slide into the starting rotation He is already on the active roster and he is stretched out as a starter The 30-year-old spent the first month of the season starting games for the Iowa Cubs in Triple-A and he dazzled with a 1.16 ERA in five starts with 21 strikeouts over 23.1 innings pitched The right-hander also limited opponents to a .224 batting average Since his minor league contract featured an opt-out on May 1, Flexen was called up to take the swingman/long reliever job in the major league bullpen after Javier Assad was shelved with an oblique strain and it came during Friday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers The veteran pitcher piggybacked Ben Brown's dominant outing to provide three shutout innings of his own while striking out four Flexen has had a rough track record over the last two seasons (9.20 ERA) but it wasn't long ago he was a vital contributor to the Seattle Mariners rotation The veteran has eight years of MLB experience as both a starter and reliever Flexen just makes the most sense right now © 2025 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Minute Media or its affiliates and related brands All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER Chicago has already suffered one significant blow to their starting rotation when Justin Steele received season-ending elbow surgery earlier this year. The starting rotation is already on a shaky foundation with Colin Rea and Ben Brown being mainstays, not to mention Matthew Boyd's injury risk. Since his minor league contract featured an opt-out on May 1, Flexen was called up to take the swingman/long reliever job in the major league bullpen after Javier Assad was shelved with an oblique strain This is the sexy option that everyone on the internet is calling for, but I have reservations about calling up top pitching prospect Cade Horton this early While the 23-year-old has dazzled with the Iowa Cubs this year Horton still needs time to mature in Triple-A The young starter still only has 151 2/3 innings of professional baseball under his belt and he is coming off a shoulder injury that caused him to miss two-thirds of the 2024 season The Cubs should be wary of starting the clock on Horton's major-league career until he has proven he can stay healthy a bit longer I think Horton will be used on the major-league team at some point this year But I think it's wise to let him get some more reps and get his body used to pitching 5+ innings every fifth day The Cubs should do everything they can to preserve the long-term health and longevity of Horton as an MLB starter and calling him up in May could be counterintuitive the Cubs designated right-handed reliever Keegan Thompson for assignment but he cleared waivers and opted to stay with the organization And the former starter has quietly put together a solid first month with the Iowa Cubs The 30-year-old has compiled a 2.41 ERA and struck out 27 batters over 18.2 innings pitched Thompson has been going longer in his relief outings and started three games including in his last appearance on Friday Thompson tossed four innings while only surrendering one earned run In the scenario of the Cubs calling up Thompson it seems like he would be used out of the bullpen as the swingman and Flexen gets used as a starter Or they could try Thompson in the rotation first Using Thompson would mean clearing a 40-man roster spot but it might be worth it if Imanaga goes on the IL and Thompson has plenty of experience in the bigs (227.1 innings) The other option would be calling up Jordan Wicks, but the southpaw has been completely ineffective for both Triple-A and the Cubs. Wicks gave up seven earned runs and two home runs in his last start on May 1. After allowing six hits and five earned runs in his two games with the Cubs this year, and immediately getting sent back down it seems unlikely he will get another call until he strings together some good outings The Chicago Cubs could be without Shota Imanaga for some time opening a path for one of the team's depth options Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers To contact the reporter on this story: Isabelle Kravis in Washington at ikravis@bloombergindustry.com AI-powered legal analytics, workflow tools and premium legal & business news. Log in to keep reading or access research tools. Wake Forest Heads to Shelby to Battle App State4/28/2025 5:12:00 PM | Baseball The Demon Deacons defeated the Mountaineers N.C.– Despite claiming the doubles point and withstanding multiple momentum surges from homestanding—and No 7-7 SEC) was unable to upset the Demon Deacons The Wildcats became just the third team this season to take down Wake Forest in doubles as Charlelie Cosnet and Martin Breysach delivered in a deciding tiebreak to give the Cats the advantage The French duo battled back from an early break to keep the match on serve until the breaker fighting off multiple break points and deuce points against Luciano Tacchi and Ioannis Xilas 3 pairing from Kentucky opened up a 6-2 lead in the tiebreak sealing the deal on their fourth match point 12 Jack Loutit and Eli Stephenson earned their sixth ranked win of the season The Wildcat pairing earned an early break at 3-1 and calmy held the advantage throughout the duration of the set saving break points on deuce in two different games 26 Stefan Dostanic and Charlie Robertson defeated Antoine Ghibaudo and Jaden Weekes the Cats were able to carry the momentum from the opening session placing pressure on the home team with early breaks on four of the six courts tiebreakers would prove critical in turning the tide in favor of the Demon Deacons with three first sets going the way of Wake Forest in a ten minute span The top-seeded Deacons evened the match at court No as Luca Pow recovered from a 2-1 deficit to rattle off 11 of the next 13 games and defeat Matt Rankin trading service holds through 10 games before breaking at love to edge ahead 6-5 a deciding point went Suresh’s way in Loutit’s subsequent service game and the Wake Forest star was able to edge ahead in a tight breaker before running away with the match in set two Cosnet also saw an early advantage slip away with the junior captain serving for the opening frame at 5-3 before falling in a tiebreak the Frenchman opened up another break lead the Cats tried to flip the momentum multiple times 78 Weekes pushing his match into a third set and Stephenson taking his match into two tiebreakers in as many sets the home crowd was able to push Wake Forest through The junior from Montreal rallied to force the decider and seemed to have the momentum with an early 2-0 lead in the frame but a pair of deuce points went the way of Wake Forest to shift the tide Weekes was able to earn a break at 5-3 to extend the match before Xilas ultimately delivered the clinching blow For the latest on UK Men’s Tennis, follow the Wildcats on X and Instagram at @UKMensTennis If you buy something from an SB Nation link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement Happy Monday the A’s return to Sacramento looking to do damage against the AL West leading Seattle Mariners The A’s have played very well since mid-April and are now in second place behind the Mariners so there’s much for A’s fans to celebrate at the moment But if you’re a worrywart, you might still be in shock from Saturday’s disastrous finish from Mason Miller; that’s not a good state of mind in which to calmly regard the very brutal stretch the A’s have ahead of them this month: their next three series are against current division leaders but I believe the A’s will put up a good fight—and there are plenty of reasons for optimism about this team even if their star closer has proven less than invincible First off, the A’s starting pitching is trending up again: Jeffrey Springs was brilliant in his most recent start as was newcomer Gunnar Hogland in his MLB debut JP Sears is pumping strikes as consistently as ever and has possibly leveled up a bit as well: he’s posted a 2.94 ERA through six starts and is issuing walks at well below his career average rate The bullpen may have shown some cracks recently but Justin Sterner has also continued to emerge as a terrific setup man; he’s yet to allow a run this season It is a bit dissapointing to see Miller stumble just as Sterner is arriving as the closer’s perfect companion His 4.97 ERA ain’t pretty but I think we can all agree his 2.35 FIP is more representative of his caliber The Reaper was 10-for-10 in save opportunities before Saturday Oh yeah—and Nick Kurtz finally got an extra base hit there is much to like about this year’s Athletics so far But keeping up the pace through the rest of the month will definitely be a challenge Pitching probables for A's vs. Mariners M-W: pic.twitter.com/LKDJVtHnwv Wake County Public Libraries cardholders now have free 24/7 access to thousands of on-demand video courses designed to support career growth personal development and lifelong learning This new partnership with Gale Presents: Udemy means cardholders will be able to explore more than 25,000 online expert-led video courses spanning topics like business The collection also includes specialized content for English language learners and job seekers looking to gain or sharpen critical workplace skills “This offering removes barriers to high-quality education and is just another way our libraries support learning for all Wake County residents,” said Susan Evans “This is a great resource that we hope all residents will take advantage of.” Major course categories include cloud computing This initiative supports the Wake County Board of Commissioners’ strategic focus on Lifelong Learning and aligns with Wake County Public Libraries’ mission to foster learning for all by removing barriers to educational opportunities Then, use your log-in information to access guides.wake.gov/udemy and explore a world of learning and skill-building For more information about the partnership and how to access Udemy, visit guides.wake.gov/udemy. Minnesota averaged just 3.33 runs per game in the three-game set another demonstration of its recent offensive woes the Twins are 22nd in OPS (.672) and batting average (.236) The Twins earned a hard-fought 2-1 series win against the Boston Red Sox last weekend Injuries are one of the leading causes of the Twins’ offensive struggles this season Kody Clemens and Jonah Bride hold spots on the big league roster Bride, who went 4-for-40 to start the season with Miami, has actually been good since joining the Twins, collecting seven hits in 20 at-bats. But there’s no good reason to keep Gasper and Clemens on the team when outfielder Carson McCusker has a .991 OPS for Triple-A St. Paul. The Twins certainly can afford to lose Gasper or Clemens- especially when they will likely be gone when Royce Lewis and Willi Castro return shortly anyway the Twins can send down DaShawn Keirsey Jr in favor of McCusker if Derek Falvey and company are worried about infield depth The bottom line is when a team is struggling offensively as badly as the Twins have this season, it has nothing significant to lose in calling up someone like McCusker, who has a .319/.385/.606 batting line with seven home runs and 27 RBI for the Saints this season If McCusker ends up unable to hit major-league pitching consistently We know Gasper and Clemens will only get the occasional big hit And while we don’t know if McCusker’s minor league success can translate to the major league level he’s hitting well enough to at least earn an opportunity to showcase his skills at the highest level Despite the Brewers selecting him out of junior college in the 26th round of the 2017 MLB Draft, McCusker played four years of baseball at Oklahoma State University then went undrafted after the 2021 season He subsequently played three years in the independent Frontier League before the Twins signed him to a minor league contract in 2023 McCusker started 2023 in Single-A Fort Myers before finishing the year with High-A Cedar Rapids. He spent last season in Double-A and Triple-A and has been with the Saints this year In 808 plate appearances in the Twins organization McCusker has a .283/.352/.518 slash line with 40 home runs and 135 RBI The Twins are scheduled to begin a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles at 6:40 p.m The probable starting pitchers for Game 1 are Twins righty Pablo López and Orioles lefty Cade Povich ","https://fansided.com/",{"alt":"6k","src":"6l","url":"6m"},{"type":"6j","value":"6n"},"link","Minute Media","https://www.minutemedia.com/",{"text":"6q","url":"6r"},{"type":"6p","value":"6s"},"All Rights Reserved Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Minute Media or its affiliates and related brands He is a senior majoring in Electronic Media at Texas State University where he also serves as the sports editor for the school’s student-run newspaper He is a lifelong fan of the Minnesota Twins he enjoys hanging out with his girlfriend and dog Bride, who went 4-for-40 to start the season with Miami, has actually been good since joining the Twins, collecting seven hits in 20 at-bats. But there’s no good reason to keep Gasper and Clemens on the team when outfielder Carson McCusker has a .991 OPS for Triple-A St. Paul. The bottom line is when a team is struggling offensively as badly as the Twins have this season, it has nothing significant to lose in calling up someone like McCusker, who has a .319/.385/.606 batting line with seven home runs and 27 RBI for the Saints this season Despite the Brewers selecting him out of junior college in the 26th round of the 2017 MLB Draft, McCusker played four years of baseball at Oklahoma State University then went undrafted after the 2021 season McCusker started 2023 in Single-A Fort Myers before finishing the year with High-A Cedar Rapids. He spent last season in Double-A and Triple-A and has been with the Saints this year Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Billionaire tells Daily Mail ‘left media’ frightened party away from ‘anything Trump’ and calls on Liberals to adopt ‘commonsense and truth’ principles Gina Rinehart has encouraged the Liberal party to stick with Donald Trump-like policies after the opposition’s electoral thumping on Saturday night in a campaign overshadowed by the controversial US president. The mining billionaire also singled out Italy and Hungary, which are governed by populist rightwing coalitions, as countries Australia could aspire to, where people were “abandoning the myths or untruths of the left” and returning to “common sense and truth”. In a lengthy statement to the Daily Mail on Monday Australia’s richest person broke her silence following the Coalition’s wipeout on Saturday night “The left media did a very successful effort, frightening many in the Liberal party from anything Trump and away from any Trump-like policies,” she wrote “This has been especially obvious this year with the Liberals instead becoming known as the ‘me too’ party Trump-style ‘make Australia great’ policies via cutting government tape too scarce in Australia this year to rate a mention Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email “No doubt the left media will now try to claim that the Liberal loss was because the Liberal party followed Trump and became too right Rinehart urged the Liberals to return to “commonsense and truth” principles as a first port of call while rebuilding the party which together with the Nationals could be left with as a few as 42 seats She added voters were “very short on understanding” that new investments create revenue and living standards The mining billionaire, who had cultivated a close relationship with Dutton as opposition leader then turned her attention to left-leaning voters Referencing a trip to the US before last November’s election Rinehart said she had met with former Democrat voters who had since turned Republican “There are dedicated organisations working hard to bring back common sense and truth in the USA.” Rinehart said Argentina had been a socialist country for more than a century, leaving its “people suffering terribly” before its rightwing leader, Javier Milei 1:25Newly re-elected Australian PM Albanese says he had 'warm' conversation with Donald Trump – videoThe self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” has committed Argentina to leaving the World Health Organization and the Paris accord in moves mirroring Trump. Rinehart also pointed to Italy and Hungry, governed by populist rightwing coalitions, as countries that “get it” and ones Australia should look to. Free newsletterGet the most important news as it breaks Hancock Prospecting’s executive chairwoman mostly stayed mum during the federal election, airing her policy ideas only once during an Anzac Day eve speech. To an audience that included three former prime ministers – John Howard, Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison – along with Dutton and the defence minister, Richard Marles, Rinehart said Australia needed to lift its defence spending to at least 5% of GDP and invest in an Israeli-style Iron Dome defence system. At her national mining day event last November, Rinehart said Australia should learn from the success of Trump. “As I have repeatedly stated, we need to cut government tape, regulations, governments’ wastage and tax burdens across Australia,” Rinehart said. “We need a USA-style Doge [department of government efficiency] that delivers action, one that helps to return dollars to our pockets and investment back to Australia. Read more“Don’t be frightened to call for ‘make our bank accounts great again’.” The Coalition’s Indigenous affairs spokesperson, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, also came under fire for her support of Trump during the campaign, after she used the popularised catchphrase “make Australia great again” during a supporter rally in Perth who was the face of the opposition’s successful no campaign seldom appeared at other events or stops throughout the campaigning period Price described her sidelining as being “absolutely frustrating” given her visible role in the voice campaign “We probably didn’t capitalise enough on the outcome of the referendum the success of the Coalition in that regard,” she told the Kenny Report on Sky News “The fact that we didn’t pin that to the prime minister effectively enough – I think that’s that was a lost opportunity there.” Price also compared the media to a “bunch of vultures” who “will absolutely go [at] you on one particular issue and smear you” with “another country’s president” A worker stands atop a home being rebuilt after the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Construction begins on a property damaged by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Thursday Construction begins in the Palisades Fire devastation zone in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Kathryn Frazier visits her fire-damaged property A home is rebuilt in the Palisades Fire damage zone in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Cal/OSHA workers remove hazardous materials from a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Workers rebuild a property destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Contractors rebuild a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Pacific Palisades property owner DeAnn Heline stands in front of her home being rebuilt after the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles Crews remove debris from a home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena A sign reads “Altadena is not for sale” in front of a fire-damaged property in Altadena Construction workers install new roofing in Altadena Tim Vordtriede looks through the remains of his property which was destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena Tim Vordtriede looks at the remains of his property which was destroyed the Eaton Fire in Altadena Tim Vordtriede holds white roses at the gate of his property LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash Hundreds of homeowners have sought city or county approval for new home designs and other permits to eventually rebuild or repair damaged homes though few have gotten the green light to break ground businesses and other structures burned to the ground in the Jan Facing overwhelming loss and the chaos that comes with sudden displacement those looking to rebuild must navigate an often confusing and time-consuming process “Putting this in context of other disasters the speed is actually probably faster than expected,” said Sara McTarnaghan a researcher at the Urban Institute who studied the aftermath of urban wildfires in recent years in Colorado three-bath house in Altadena for 10 years and raised her two children there she was in shock and questioned whether it made sense to come back and the more we all talked to each other the more we were all like ‘hell yes.’” Frazier hired a crew to clear the property of debris and she is nearly through the first phase of permitting which involves getting county review and approval for her new home’s design The next phase before receiving approval to begin construction includes reviews of electrical is rebuilding her home without major changes to its size or location in order to qualify for an expedited building permit approval process “We are hoping to be building by June or July “I’ve been told that maybe by February or March of 2026 we could be back in our home.” “I’m doing things like scouring Home Depot finding slate tiles that look modern and beautiful but they’re actually really cheap,” she said knows what it’s like to build her dream house from the ground up She waited more than two years for construction to be completed on the five-bedroom her husband vowed to never build another house The family lived there for six years before it was destroyed in the Palisades Fire have lived in the neighborhood for more than 30 years They couldn’t imagine giving up and not rebuilding we’re building the exact same house again,” Heline said noting the new home will have some upgrades including fire-resistant materials and sprinklers for the exterior of the house they cleared debris from the land where the house once stood a particularly onerous task because the home featured a large basement into which much of the structure collapsed as it burned Heline isn’t sure when construction will begin but figures it could be two or three years what the neighborhood will look like by then Are you there and no one else is on your block or are you going back to a construction zone for many more years?” she said The Eaton wildfire destroyed many of the more than 270 historic Janes Cottages in Altadena including the three-bedroom home Tim Vordtriede shared with his wife and two young children The family had only lived in the roughly 100-year-old house for three years “We just loved the storybook cottage and the vibe and of course the grander vibe of Altadena,” he said he is using his experience as a construction project manager to help others who also lost their homes a group providing assistance with home designs and guidance on how to navigate the complex and lengthy approval process for rebuilding permits Of the roughly two dozen clients that the group is serving three are in the early stages of the permitting process Even after projects reach shovel-ready status homeowners will have to wait perhaps more than a year before they can move in “My first statement when anyone walks in the door is: We’re not here to help you design your dream home,” Vordtriede said and our job is to get you out of the nightmare as soon as possible.”