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It's a place known for some of the most incredible sightseeing in Arizona, but even with its beauty, it's no stranger to tragedy."It breaks my heart," said Andrea Lankford, a former park ranger at the Grand Canyon National Park. "I looked at her pictures. She looks like such a nice person. I'm sorry to her family."Arizona resident, 59-year-old Maria Andrea Salgado Lopez, died Friday, July 3, after falling off a rim west of Mather Point. It's an area Lankford says can see hundreds of tourists at a time."That's often your first view of the Grand Canyon when you come," she added. "There's also a lot of what we call 'social paths,' where people are going your own way and trying to get a unique view or unique photo."Grand Canyon Park officials say Salgado Lopez was taking photos before she fell. Her body was discovered about 100 feet below the rim."It's really sad to go out there and think you're just going for a vacation and sightseeing, and you come back without your mom or your wife," said Miriam Weiner. She and her daughter were visiting the Grand Canyon for the first time when the woman fell to her death."I saw people out in that area start to hug each other, trying to comfort each other and shield them from what they were seeing," she added. "So, that told me this is really bad."Weiner started recording video shortly after the fall, where you can hear many screaming for help."I just feel really bad for the family," she said. "I've been thinking about what they must be going through and it just brings tears to my eyes."The National Park Service says they see an average of 12 deaths a year at the Grand Canyon, but not all related to falls. Others happen due to heat-related or medical issues. However, Lankford says despite safety measures and previous incidents, falls are not uncommon.She says park rangers aren't always available to watch over visitors either."Their staffing is low and it's a busy park," she said. "Rescue Rangers could very well be busy on another incident while you're at Mather Point, so there's rarely rangers that are standing there to warn you. That's why you have to take personal responsibility for your own safety."The National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner's office are investigating.This story was originally published by Nicole Valdes at KNXV. 2335

IRVINE, Calif. (CNS) - Thousands of Irvine residents evacuated due to the Silverado Fire were returning home Wednesday morning as firefighters worked to contain the blaze, which injured two firefighters and has blackened 13,354 acres, and containment has increased from 5 to 25%, authorities said."Today, fire crews will reinforce existing controlled lines," a Cal Fire spokesman said. "With favorable weather, fire crews will find opportunities to establish more control lines."And so far, though more than 69,000 buildings were threatened by flames, none were destroyed.This follows a night of moderate fire behavior as red flag conditions -- high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation -- ended, according to the agency.According to Orange County Fire Authority's Steve Concialdi, who serves as spokesman for the Silverado Fire, residents in the following areas of Irvine were cleared to return:-- Residents south of Portola Parkway and west of the 133 Toll Road, as well as those east of the 133 Toll Road to Portola High School-- From north of Great Park Boulevard to Irvine Boulevard, including the commercial area west of Bake Parkway and south of Irvine Boulevard to Toledo Way-- South of Portola Parkway, east of the 133 Toll Road and west of AxisIrvine Boulevard between Axis and Alton Parkway remains closed, Concialdi said.The repopulation was a "testament to the hard work of all firefighters on the ground and in the air that have worked hard the past two days to protect life and property," Concialdi said, adding that no homes have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the Silverado Fire.At its height, 70,000 people were under evacuation orders in Irvine and another 9,500 evacuated in Lake Forest, according to the OCFA and Lake Forest officials. It was unclear how many residents remained evacuated.About 1,200 personnel were assigned to fight the fire, Concialdi said.At least 14 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft battled the fire, according to OCFA Chief Brian Fennessy, who said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection would take command of the Silverado and Blue Ridge fires.The fire erupted at 6:47 a.m. Monday in the area of Santiago Canyon and Silverado Canyon roads in the Santa Ana Mountains.Late Monday, Southern California Edison told California officials that a lashing wire may have contacted its overhead primary conductor, sparking the fire. SCE sent a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission on Monday night acknowledging it had overhead electrical facilities in the area where the blaze broke out.Five firefighters have been injured in the Silverado blaze, Fennessy said. Two are in critical condition and the three others have been treated for minor injuries at local hospitals and released, the fire chief said.Those wishing to donate to the injured firefighters can contribute to the OCPFA Fallen Firefighters Relief Fund at http://www.ocfirefighters.org/.Officials have been told the next 24 to 48 hours will be critical in their recovery. They are 26 and 31 years old. Both sustained second- and third-degree burns about 12:15 p.m. Monday, one over 65% of the body and the other over half the body, Fennessy said.Both firefighters were intubated at OC Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, he said.Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes warned "looky loos" to stay out of the area because they can clog up roads needed for first responders to quickly respond to emergencies.The sheriff also said unscrupulous con artists are using the fires to trick residents into thinking they're donating to a good cause, but Barnes said police and fire agencies will never call for donations, so people should hang up on anyone purporting to represent police and fire seeking donations.Evacuation orders have been issued for the Jackson Ranch and Williams Canyon area, the OCFA said. Silverado and Trabuco Canyons along Live Oak Canyon were under evacuation warnings, a spokesperson for the agency said.The OCFA also announced an evacuation warning Tuesday morning for Mission Viejo in the areas of El Toro Road to the north, Marguerite Parkway to the west, Upper Oso Reservoir to the east, and Los Alisos Boulevard to the south. With 554 homes in Mission Viejo under an evacuation warning, the city has opened up the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center as a shelter, officials said.Later Tuesday, a mandatory evacuation order was issued for residents of Modjeska Canyon.Temporary evacuation points in the county were at the Brea Community Center, 695 Madison Way; Santiago Canyon College, 8045 E. Chapman Ave.; Woodbridge High School, 2 Meadowbrook, Irvine; Norman P. Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo; El Toro High School, 25255 Toledo Way, Lake Forest; and Thomas Lasorda Jr. Field House, 4701 Casa Loma, Yorba Linda.The Brea Community Center, El Toro High School and Lasorda Field House were open around the clock while the others were open until 9 p.m.The Santa Ana Zoo was sheltering about 150 animals from the Orange County Zoo in Irvine Regional Park that were moved out because of both wildfires.Irvine Mayor Christina Shea said the city opened eight facilities to shelter evacuated residents and several quickly filled up.Irvine Police Department Chief Mike Hamel said city officials were working with the American Red Cross to provide overnight shelter for residents with no place to go. The city's animal shelter was open to house pets.According to the city of Irvine, evacuation centers were established at:-- University High School: 4771 Campus Drive-- Woodbridge High School: 2 Meadowbrook-- Las Lomas Community Center: 10 Federation Way-- Turtle Rock Community Center: 1 Sunnyhill-- University Community Center: 1 Beech Tree Lane-- Quail Hill Community Center: 35 Shady Canyon Drive-- Los Olivos Community Center: 101 Alfonso-- Harvard Community Center: 14701 Harvard-- Rancho Senior Center: 3 Ethel Coplen WayAll schools in the Irvine Unified School District are closed Wednesday.Tustin Unified schools will operate on a normal schedule, except for special education classes, which will be conducted online, the district said.Road closures as of Tuesday included the 133 Toll road northbound between the Santa Ana (5) Freeway and 241 Toll Road, and southbound between the 241 and the Santa Ana Freeway. The 241 Toll Road is closed northbound from Oso Parkway to the Riverside (91) Freeway and southbound between the 91 and Lake Forest Drive.The 261 Toll Road was closed northbound between Irvine Boulevard and the 241 and Santiago Canyon Road and southbound between the 241 and Santiago Canyon Road and Irvine Boulevard.The Orange County Health Care Agency urged residents in affected areas to stay indoors, limit outdoor activity, keep windows and doors closed and run air conditioners to filter the air. 6821

In post-Brexit Britain, trips to the European Union will get a little more expensive for millions of Brits in search of a continental break.The European Commission confirmed on Friday that UK travelers will be required fill out an online form and cough up €7 (.90) for visa-free travel, which will be valid for three years.Natasha Bertaud, a spokeswoman for the commission's President Jean-Claude Juncker, likened the "simple form" to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) scheme used by the United States -- which requires travelers to pay to apply for permission to enter the country.She also pointed out that the EU's version, called ETIAS, will be "way cheaper."But this all comes with a major caveat. If the UK crashes out of the EU with no agreement in place, Brits will be required to get a visa to travel to the EU, a commission spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday.ETIAS, which is expected to come into force in 2021, will apply to countries outside the EU whose citizens can currently travel in Europe visa free. There are currently 61 such countries, including the United States, Israel and Singapore.It will cover the so-called Schengen group of 26 European countries that share largely open land borders.The electronic visa waiver system was conceived to "identify any security or irregular migratory risks posed by visa-exempt visitors traveling to the Schengen area while at the same time facilitate crossing frontiers for the vast majority of travelers who do not pose such risks,"?according to the commission. 1554

Isolation and loneliness are symptoms of the pandemic that could only worsen by the winter months.Experts are worried about the winter and "SILOS," which stands for single individuals left out of social circles.¡°Actually, what I saw was that family circles tightened very quickly. And they didn't. The normal friendships with people who weren't in those family pods were being excluded,¡± said Leni de Mik, a retired psychologist.¡°I was telling her about, you know, I worry about my clients being isolated anyway as cancer patients, and the COVID was really impacting them,¡± said Brenda Hartman, a psychologist.The women are both single and are encouraging others to form their own pandemic bubbles, just like they did.They've written six articles on isolation, how to form a bubble and how you can have human connections.The women worry issues like anxiety, depression and PTSD could intensify with people spending time indoors.¡°We're really trying to head off profound mental illness or very strong clinical depression, where people need to be hospitalized,¡± said Hartman.The women say to meet with your COVID bubble regularly, even if its virtual, find people with shared interests, and make sure you talk about goals and safety expectations.¡°I have another book club that don't, they're not reading the same book. They're all talking about the book that they're reading, which is different. And so, people are being very creative about what they are doing,¡± said Hartman.¡°What we do here. And now for each other or what we refuse to do or are too afraid to do, that becomes part of our legacy, it becomes who we are as human beings,¡± said de Mik.Even foreign governments have encouraged people to form support bubbles.Both women agree community support and helping each other are keys to surviving the mental impact of the pandemic. 1843

It may not be a hospital, but these essential workers are on the frontlines teaching children while schools are shut down and relieving parents who can¡¯t work from home.¡°We can be open for those parents who have nowhere else to go, who have no one else to turn to,¡± said Katie Taves, the lead teacher for remote learning at Boingo¡¯s Academy in Visalia, California.This program is making an incredible impact on parents like Lorraine Filimeno. The single mother of five is also an essential worker. She helps families sign up for unemployment benefits and financial assistance.¡°We are out in the community. We deal with people every day, but we¡¯re also parents,¡± said Filimeno.When schools closed, Filimeno needed some help herself figuring out how to balance work and her kids¡¯ remote learning.¡°My employer wasn¡¯t going to wait for me. You know, everyone is replaceable,¡± she said. The mother was worried she might end up needing help from her own office. ¡°Was I going to have to get on unemployment? I had seen people come into our office and start asking for applications and being worried, and I said, ¡®Is that going to be me?¡¯¡± recalled Filimeno.She reached out to the day care her daughters went to for after-school care and found the teachers were ready to help.¡°If it wasn¡¯t for child care like Boingo¡¯s, I don¡¯t know what I would do,¡± she said.Before COVID-19 hit, a large part of the day care was used as an after-school playground. Now, it¡¯s turned into a remote learning classroom for dozens of students in different schools and grades.The Boingo¡¯s Academy pre-school got a waiver from the state to take on extra elementary school students for all-day distance learning and spots filled up almost instantly.¡°Some of these kids can¡¯t even read yet, let alone find the link you¡¯re telling them to find. They need somebody there with the computer,¡± said Taves.This relief comes with a cost. For Filimeno, keeping the career she loves and paying for childcare meant training for a second job.¡°Without a second income, I cannot afford childcare for 40 hours a week for three kids. It¡¯s very costly," she said. "I know there¡¯s resources out there for me-- cash aid and food stamps--but as I¡¯ve worked for over 25 years. I had gotten off of those assistances."Now, the single mom is worried, like so many parents in her shoes, that COVID-19 will erase her years of financial stability.¡°When this all hit, it felt almost like I was rewinding my life. I wanted to give up as a parent and say, ¡®I¡¯m done with working. I can¡¯t afford this.¡¯ But you look at your children, and you say, ¡®I gotta get back together, I gotta get going,¡± said Filimeno.The mother even battled COVID-19 and was sick for a month, but now, she is back to work and is making sure she can provide for her kids.With the many layers of stress falling onto parents and teachers, the children have a tough time, too.¡°When I see a child not able to follow along, it¡¯s heartbreaking,¡± said Taves. ¡°Sometimes, it just becomes so overwhelming and they¡¯re just not able to do it, and there¡¯s not much I can do but encourage them. Their little spirits get broken; it¡¯s so sad."But, these teachers won¡¯t give up, and these parents can¡¯t give up, because they¡¯re working for a future only these children can dream up. 3286