Public Safety

Catch Of The Week: Backdoor Nearly Hits Linux

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

For the Los Alamos Daily Post

What is “open source software”? Basically it is software with a source code anyone can inspect, modify and enhance. Open source is a great way to make your code available to everyone, and a good way to enhance and improve the services it provides. 

Linux is one of the most well-known kinds of open source software, used by about 42% of the world. There are many distributions, or “distros” of Linux, such as Red Hat, Debian, Kali, and many more.

In addition to the source code for the actual Linux OS, the source code for many utilities used by Linux Read More

Encino Vista Landscape Restoration Project Public Comment Period Is Open

Treated area in the northwest part of the Encino Vista Project area, which is planned to be burned again during the project. Photo by Jonathan Glass

By SARA HYDEN
The Forest Advocate

The Forest Service is analyzing the largest cutting and burning project ever proposed for the Santa Fe National Forest, the Encino Vista Landscape Restoration Project. The Preliminary Environmental Assessment was released March 15.

The project has been little publicized by the Forest Service. Only nine members of the public attended two recent meetings about the project environmental assessment.

The Encino Read More

New Mexico State Police Arrest Wanted Fugitive In Taos

NMSP News:

TAOS – The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) along with Taos County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) and Taos Police Department (TPD) arrested a wanted fugitive who had absconded.

At approximately 7 p.m. March 19, 2024, NMSP officers received a tip that Alfredo Sanchez, 39, was seen at Peet’s Coffee Shop/Taos Valley Lodge in Taos. Officers learned that Sanchez was absconding from Adult Probation and Parole (APPO) on original charges of homicide.

Officers responded to Peet’s Coffee Shop and located Sanchez’s mother’s vehicle parked in front of one of the rooms of the lodge.

Officers checked Read More

Loma Linda Road Improvements Project Restarts April 8

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Public Works Division is under contract with Albuquerque Asphalt, Inc. to resume work on the Loma Linda Roadway Improvements project on La Mirada Circle, La Tierra Road and Loma Linda Drive in the Loma Linda neighborhood.

The contractor will return from the winter suspension to complete the project, which is scheduled for June 2024.

Work will include removal of existing roadway material and the replacement of a new asphalt surface. This work will start Monday April 8, on Loma Linda Drive then proceed to La Tierra Road and La Mirada Circle.

Additional concrete work Read More

‘The Little Holocaust Video That Could’ … 24 Years Later

‘The little Holocaust video that could’ is being released worldwide. Courtesy/Jim Terr

Holocaust News:

Twenty four years after it was produced in the year 2000 with a small budget from several foundation and private grants, a one-hour video of interviews of New Mexico survivors of the Holocaust is being released worldwide, with a new introduction and with the benefit of internet viewing and download.

View the video here.

“We Were There: Seven Survivors of the Holocaust” was produced by Las Vegas, N.M. producer Jim Terr, then living in Santa Fe. Under a grant from World Voices Media of Santa Monica, Read More

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