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Free and cheap things to do in Denver in August: History Colorado; peach and corn festivals; the Parade of Homes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

History Colorado free admissionOn Aug. 1, 1876, President Grant officially made Colorado the Centennial State. The History Colorado Center (at 1200 Broadway in Denver) is celebrating the big day with free admission on Aug. 1. All Coloradans are invited to enjoy arts and crafts, live music, snacks and a visit with alpacas at the carnival-like gathering. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance registration is recommended if you want to skip the entry lines. Plus, children (18 and under) get in for free every day. historycolorado.org/eventsBrent’s Place block partyCancer patient Alma Arzapalo, 11, left, and her sister Angelica, 13, have a pillow fight in Alma’s room at Brent’s Place on Jan. 31, 2018. Alma had just completed radiation in the morning for a brain tumor that she had surgery for in December 2017. Brent’s place provides fully furnished and equipped apartments specially designed to provide a safe and clean environment for cancer patients and families f...

New venue in RiNo Art Park will offer interactive, immersive performances

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

As the River North Art District continues to fill in with new development, Charity Von Guinness is trying to make sure there will still be space for the artists who first brought the area to life.At the heart of the neighborhood is RiNo Art Park, a collection of brick-laden buildings nestled against the new Arkins Promenade park and the South Platte River. Almost a year into her tenure as the executive director with the district, Von Guinness is celebrating a landmark opening there – an affordable, multi-use performance space dubbed the Truss House.Named for the giant trusses supporting the building, it’s an enclosed, 4,000-square-foot adaptable performance space with access to the sprawling lawns and river outside. Von Guinness said she walked through the space with several local performance groups for help with the layout. The goal is to step away from a traditional show experience and invite the widest possible variety of audiences and artists for an immersive performance, ...

Two Colorado distilleries known for whiskey open new tasting rooms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

Locals and tourists who have enjoyed a tipple from Mythology Distillery while in Steamboat Springs can now grab a drink straight from the source.This summer, Mythology relocated from its longtime home in Denver to the mountain town where it operates a new, larger production facility and a cocktail bar with additional amenities. Meanwhile, Lyons-based liquor purveyor Spirit Hound Distillers is coming down from altitude and taking over Mythology’s former home in the Mile High City.Thirsty yet? Here are the details of both new tasting rooms so you can plan your next happy hour.Mythology Distillery (Steamboat Springs)Mythology Distillery’s new bar in Steamboat Springs serves cocktails, including several riffs on the Old Fashioned and gin-and-tonic, as well as beer and wine. (Provided by Mythology Distillery)Founder and president Scott Yeates has lived in Steamboat Springs since 2017, so moving his distillery there was a natural fit. However, the new space also affords Mythology ro...

Summer showers fall in Claremont; T-storms could be next for Southern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

A light rain fell early Tuesday morning in Claremont.The summer shower began around 1 a.m. and lasted for about 30 minutes. Light summer rain falls in Claremont on Aug. 1, 2023. (KeyNews.TV)Video shows there was just enough rain to dampen the streets and prompt drivers to use their wipers. However, the brief shower may not be the only moisture Southern California sees this week.Forecasters are calling for a 20 to 30% chance of thunderstorms across Los Angeles County Tuesday. Paul Reubens completed 1st draft of memoir before his death, publicist confirms The most likely areas to see rain are the mountains, deserts and foothills. Peak rain rates could reach a half inch per hour near thunderstorm areas, according to the National Weather Service. Isolated downdrafts could gust up to 45 mph, the Weather Service said. Residents are urged to be on the lookout for slippery roads from rain and small hail, isolated power outages and blown-over objects.There is also a chance for minor flood...

Flashing X sign removed from Elon Musk company's San Francisco headquarters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

(The Hill) -- The giant, glowing "X" sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the social media company formerly known as Twitter.Multiple outlets reported on Monday that the sign, which was installed last week amid the company's rebrand, was removed by workers after city residents and officials complained.A partially completed "X" sign rests atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, on Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Over a dozen complaints were filed to the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection after the sign was put up, including criticisms that the display wasn’t permitted and was a nuisance and that its flashing lights made it hard for residents to sleep, according to CNBC. Complaints filed last Friday also said the old Twitter sign on the side of the building, which police had stopped workers from dismantling, was in an "unsafe condition" and that a city inspector had visited the headquarters ...

Phenom Marco Luciano’s rise to SF Giants: ‘They’ll be talking about him as they do now with Shohei Ohtani’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Those who saw Marco Luciano play at the lowest level of the minor leagues have the same observations as those watching him now as the San Francisco Giants shortstop and, at 21, one of the youngest players in the big leagues.They say he’s quiet and focused, and a once-in-a-generation talent.“I would say 10 years from now they’ll be talking about him in the same context as they do now with Shohei Ohtani,” said Dennis Pelfrey, manager of the Giants’ Double-A affiliate in Richmond, where Luciano played for three months before a promotion in mid-July. “Who will be the next to break the home run record? Luciano‘s name is gonna be in there.”Luciano was fast-tracked to the major leagues somewhat unexpectedly last week, when he earned a promotion to the Giants after just six games at Triple-A and became the sixth-youngest player to make an MLB appearance this season.He has only one goal left to accomplish.“To have a long career in baseball,” he said over the weekend via...

Historic downtown Oakland tower is returned to lender in feeble office market

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

OAKLAND — A historic downtown Oakland office tower that’s described as the East Bay city’s “original highrise” has been returned to its lender, a fresh indicator of the worsening weakness in the Bay Area office market.The Syndicate Building, an office tower at 1440 Broadway, is now in the hands of its lender, a disquieting hint that economic maladies linger for the region’s feeble office sector in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.Brightspire Capital, a real estate investment firm and lender, has taken ownership of the 10-story highrise through a special deed that shows the property’s unpaid debt was $25.5 million at the time of the transaction, according to documents filed on July 28 with the Alameda County Recorder’s Office.The Syndicate office building, a 10-story highrise at 1440 Broadway in downtown Oakland. (LoopNet)The office building, which totals about 89,500 square feet, was sold by a Tidewater Capital-led affiliate t...

Opinion: Reparations to Black Californians is now up to Newsom

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

If California Gov. Gavin Newsom is searching for a reparations agenda that has broad appeal, he will need to expand what the movement is all about and focus on policy reforms that would improve the lives of Black Californians as well as people of various races.The United States Supreme Court recently created two openings by blocking President Joe Biden’s move to waive the federal student debt of 40 million potential voters and banning affirmative action at both private and public universities. Focusing on reforms that address inequities and avoiding the third rail of financial reparations is the sweet spot if the governor seeks to do anything with a California task force’s report that was finished earlier this month.Advancing nothing would be a disservice to the nine-member California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. Its exhaustive and pioneering 40-chapter report truly represents a milestone in the movement. Those who participated, and cel...

Eshoo: Why we must bring back chip manufacturing to the U.S.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

My congressional district was named for the materials that semiconductors are made of — Silicon Valley. But although chips are now found in everything from smartwatches to fighter jets, few semiconductors are made in the valley or anywhere in the United States.Thirty years ago, the United States manufactured nearly 40% of all semiconductor chips, but today we produce only 12%. The industry’s supply chains are fragile, leaving our economy and national security vulnerable to disruption by adversarial foreign governments and supply chain shocks, and we experienced this firsthand throughout the pandemic and over the past few years with the scarcity of the products we rely on.To revitalize our domestic semiconductor industry, Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act last year, and last week, the House of Representatives built on that investment by passing my bipartisan bill, the Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act. This bill will ensure that the government develops strategies...

New DNA analysis helps solve mystery of 2 decomposed bodies found in Monterey apartment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:16 GMT

MONTEREY – More than nine years ago, Monterey police responded to the death of a local woman. Ultimately, the case was deemed non-criminal. She died from starvation – no foul play was suspected.But her death left authorities with questions that have gone unanswered for the better part of a decade. Until now.Thanks to new DNA technologies and processes, investigators have solved the baffling case, the Monterey Police Department announced Monday.On Feb. 4, 2014, Monterey Police officers found a woman dead in her apartment on the 1100 block of Fourth Street according to a press release from the police. Per her California Driver’s license, she was identified as Francesca Linda Jacobs, with a birthdate in 1955. With no suspicions of foul play, that was it.Then authorities found decomposed remains of another person inside Jacobs’ virtually empty apartment.According to police, officers from Monterey, as well as the Sheriff-Coroner, located the remains – the body of a fully clothed woman – ...