Valerie Bertinelli celebrates 63rd birthday after 'hardest 6 years' of her life

Valerie Bertinelli is happily celebrating her 63rd birthday overseas.

Bertinelli took to Instagram on Sunday to share a short video of her suitcase with her location tagged at the Amsterdam Airport.

"I am so over the moon grateful on my birthday this year! I have survived the hardest six years of my life and now," she began her caption. 

"I’m in Amsterdam (one of my favorite places on earth with sweet special memories) And on Thursday, I get to watch my son open for Metallica! Life is good," Bertinelli concluded.

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The actress and her late ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen, share a son, Wolfgang Van Halen, known as "Wolf" by his fans.

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Wolf received his first Grammy Award nomination in April 2022, but didn't take the gold statuette home. The award went to Foo Fighters for "Waiting on a War," but the 31-year-old musician was still "pretty damn grateful."

Bertinelli has had her fair share of hardship over the past several years.

Her legendary rocker ex-husband died in 2020 at age 65 from cancer. The couple wed in 1981 and split in 2007.

She also went through a "wicked" divorce from her second husband, Tom Vitale, in November.

After her 11-year marriage to the financial planner came to an end, Bertinelli took to social media to celebrate.

"11.22.22 second best day of my life," Bertinelli wrote in the caption of an Instagram video at the time. 

"Happily divorced. God. Finally. It's finally over," the Food Network star said in the clip before exclaiming, "Yes!"

On New Year's Day, Bertinelli was excited to kick of 2023 on a positive note.

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"From a young age, New Year’s Day has been one of my absolute favorite days, for the last 5-6 years it’s been one of the saddest," she captioned an Instagram post. 

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"No more. There is so much to look forward to now, when before it just looked endlessly sad, scary, lonely and stressful." 

She continued, "I have no idea what’s ahead for me and I’m not worried. I’m free. This new years day, 2023, is the first day of the rest of my life! I wish all of you every bit of joy and happiness and kindness that you claim. It’s all yours. Grab it!"

Florida police arrest 69 people in street racing bust, including juveniles

St. Petersburg, Florida, police shut down a street racing event Saturday night, resulting in the arrests of 69 people, many of whom were juveniles, while impounding 23 vehicles.

The St. Petersburg Police Department said a major operation, which was assisted by the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office, Pinellas Park Police and Florida Highway Patrol, was executed to shut down a street racing event at about 10:45 p.m. Saturday.

Dozens of people were gathered in a parking lot between two buildings on Roosevelt Boulevard to watch vehicles perform donuts, burnouts and other types of dangerous street racing activity.

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Investigators learned the event at the parking lot was just a warm-up, and the group planned to take over major intersections in Pinellas County.

When law enforcement officers arrived, they surrounded the parking lot with over 50 patrol cruisers, arresting 69 people.

Police said the 69 people arrested included underaged individuals and a couple who brought their 1-year-old and 3-year-old to the event.

The suspects face charges such as fleeing and eluding and child endangerment, all felonies, as well as street racing, driving with a suspended license and obstruction, all misdemeanors.

Broken down, police issued 57 misdemeanors, 12 felonies and 24 citations.

According to a press release from the St. Petersburg Police Department, the operation was part of an ongoing effort to stop illegal street racing in Pinellas County.

"The participants drive at high rates of speed and display driving stunts that are dangerous for the drivers and onlookers," the release read. "On January 29, 13-year-old Ethan Martin was killed at a street racing event he attended with his father in St. Petersburg."

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Ethan’s father, Johnny Julio Martin, was charged with child neglect after his son was killed when a motorcycle traveling 100 mph crashed as they watched illegal street racing.