ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Northern Los Angeles Beaches Become a Temporary Home for Fire Debris – BCI 24 News Network
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Northern Los Angeles Beaches Become a Temporary Home for Fire Debris

1 March 2025 2:20 AM
BCI 24 News Network

As ash, burned wood, and melted plastic floated on the crashing waves of the Pacific Palisades Sunset Point Beach area of Los Angeles, one surfer paddled into a good-sized wave of the coast.
“I think that guy is a volunteer out here, so I’m sure he knows how bad the water is,” one Los Angeles Department of Water and Power worker told The Epoch Times while on his lunch break.
“There are also warning signs along the beaches from here to Malibu, but hey, hopefully, he does not get sick.”
On the beach in front of a local seafood restaurant, burned pieces of rubble made the sandy beach unrecognizable, with scattered signs that warned beachgoers of high bacteria levels in the water….