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Colorado looks to re-establish passenger rail line into the mountains

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin exploring the possibility of re-establishing passenger rail from Denver to Craig utilizing funds from a federal transportation package, the agency announced Monday.The $5 million study will provide data and suggest service options for this corridor, CDOT said in a news release.The 191-mile rail line would operate along the existing Union Pacific route and would pass through the towns of Steamboat Springs and Hayden, among others. Union Pacific lines already serve Winter Park ski trains from January through March and Amtrak’s California Zephyr, but implementation of a line from Denver to Craig would mark the first time since 1968 that the route would include passenger rail.“We’ve always looked at that corridor as one that would be a potential for passenger rail,” said Timothy Hoover, CDOT communications manager for Front Range passenger rail and innovative mobility. “But it’s only been in the las...

Colorado voter guide: Stories, explainers and endorsements for the 2023 election

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

The Denver Post’s voter guide rounds up our explainers, stories, candidate Q&As and endorsements for the 2023 election, along with coverage by our partner Chalkbeat Colorado. The guide will be updated with new stories up to Election Day, Nov. 7.Proposition HHExplainer What is Colorado’s Proposition HH, and how will it affect you as a homeowner or renter?Story Proposition HH debate features property taxes, TABOR refunds and dueling predictions of the futureStory Proposition HH supporters have cash to compete, but opposition hopes to fight off property tax measureStory Coloradans will have choice to cap property tax growth in 2024Municipal RacesSuburbsStory Voters in Denver’s suburbs face full ballots, will replace longtime elected leadersAuroraStory In Aurora, Mayor Mike Coffman faces a forceful challenge from the left by City Councilman Juan MarcanoSchool Board RacesDenver Public SchoolsStory Candidates, parents looking for Denver school board shake-up this fall in wake of infig...

Model's death in DTLA was accidental, not murder, medical examiner says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner has released the results of the autopsy of model Nichole Coats, and it appears to back up claims made by police that her death was unrelated to that of another model.Coats, 32, was found dead on Sept. 10 in her South Grand Avenue apartment, two days before 31-year-old model Maleesa Mooney was found in her South Figueroa Street apartment. Deaths of 2 models not related, LAPD says Mooney's death was deemed a possible homicide by the LAPD, but despite reports that Coats, who went by Nikki, was found amid a bloody scene at her home, authorities have determined her death was the result of an accidental overdose of cocaine and alcohol.About a week after the two deaths, police publicly stated that the incidents were not related, despite the women's similarities in profession and location.No arrest has been made in the killing of Mooney, who was two months pregnant at the time of her death.

Santa Barbara woman recorded harassing street vendor, again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

Last month, a Santa Barbara woman went viral after a video showed her making racist statements towards a Latino construction worker. Now, more video has surfaced of the same woman going on a second racist rant to another Latino man. The footage from the first video – taken on Sept. 16 – sparked a local protest, the Los Angeles Times said, with hundreds of people flooding the streets of Santa Barbara in protest of what they deemed to be a “racist encounter.” In that incident, the woman – identified by the Times as Jeanne Umana – enters a home down the street from hers despite the construction worker who was recording telling her that it was a private construction site. “I live here. I’m American, you’re a Tijuanan,” Umana, 74, can be heard saying. “Thank you for being racist,” said the construction worker, identified by the Times as Luis Cervantes. Umana “apologized repeatedly” in an interview with the publication last month, saying that the ordeal began...

L.A. County residents robbed 10 pharmacies at gunpoint in 6-week span, DOJ says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

Three Los Angeles County residents are facing decades in prison after the U.S. Department of Justice charged them in connection with 10 pharmacy robberies this summer.Makai Yusef Sanders and Kenyatta Kamar Jones of Hawthorne and Diavion Deshawna Mouton of Carson, all 22 years old, were charged earlier this month with Hobbs Act robbery (indicating it affected interstate or foreign commerce) and using a firearm during a violent crime, the DOJ said in a news release.Federal authorities allege the trio targeted Rite Aid and Walgreens stores between Aug. 9 and Sept. 19, striking in Long Beach, Bellflower, South Los Angeles, Pasadena, Whittier, Lakewood, Monterey Park, Burbank and Glendale."Mouton allegedly served as the driver while Sanders and Jones allegedly robbed the stores," the release said.The robberies typically occurred about an hour before closing, and the robbers used guns while stealing cellphones and money from the stores' offices, authorities said, adding that in some cases...

'Taco Tuesday' trademark available to use nationwide after lone restaurant relinquishes claim

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

The legal fight over the “Taco Tuesday” trademark has ended after a restaurant in New Jersey parted ways with the term, allowing taco restaurants nationwide to use the phrase.The months-long effort to make the phrase available for restaurants nationwide ended on Tuesday after Gregory’s Restaurant and Bar in Somers Point, New Jersey, forfeited its “Taco Tuesday” trademark.The restaurant held the “Taco Tuesday” trademark in New Jersey for over 30 years. The restaurant’s decision to relinquish the claim comes after Taco John’s, a Wyoming-based “West-Mex” restaurant chain, relinquished its claim to the trademark in July. Taco Bell brings back Taco Lover’s Pass and debuts new breakfast taco Taco John held the trademark for over 40 years in the 49 other U.S. states.“When we set out to free Taco Tuesday, we did it for all who make, sell, eat and celebrate tacos,” Sean Tresvant, Taco Bell’s chief global brand and strategy officer and incoming CEO, said in a statement.“Taco Bell wants ever...

A Private Sensory Retreat With Chef Matthew Kenney and Rainbeau Mars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

Wellness author and herbalist to the stars Rainbeau Mars opened her Feng Shui Venice home on Monday for an evening of wellness and a plant-based five-course menu from internationally acclaimed vegan chef and Mar Vista resident Matthew Kenney. And it all kicked off with dessert — frozen strawberry guava with the essence of coconut and kaffir lime.“A few small bites of dessert before you start the meal aids in digestion and absorption of vitamins and nutrients,” Mars told the intimate group after a cleansing sound bath that included Chinese medicine expert Dr. Mao Shing Ni, as well as actress and realtor Leslie Bega. “A little sweetness to start out will help digest the proteins before they start to ferment and cause digestive issues. Matthew has taken the herbs and plants gathered from my urban garden and transformed them into art for the body and mind. By combining the earth, the water, the fire and the air, we can reclaim the micronutrients from the colors out of the garden.”Matthe...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

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San Jose Sharks can again choose to use Pride tape as NHL rescinds ban

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

San Jose Sharks players and other NHLers will once again be allowed to use special stick tape to show support for certain causes.In a reversal from its previous stance that prohibited players from displaying “cause messaging” on their equipment, including rainbow-colored tape often used during LGBTQ+ Pride night celebrations, the NHL announced Tuesday that players will be now allowed to “voluntary represent social causes with their stick tape” throughout the season.The league said it made the decision in consultation with the NHL Players’ Association and the NHL Player Inclusion Coalition.The You Can Play Project, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ participation in sports and has partnered with the NHL for a decade, celebrated the reversal.“Actively welcoming communities into hockey is imperative to keep the sport strong now and into the future,” You Can Play said in a statement. “We appreciate every person, team, and organization that made their voice heard to support this c...

Kurtenbach: New SF Giants manager Bob Melvin is the right man to implement Farhan Zaidi’s vision — whatever that is

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:52 GMT

The Giants have a new manager, and he’s the perfect choice to implement president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi’s vision for the team.Whatever that vision might be these days.Now, Bob Melvin’s bonafides shouldn’t need to be listed here. Suffice it to say the longtime A’s and former Mariners, Diamondbacks, and Padres skipper is an egoless man of high character who knows the game inside and out and wants to come home to the Bay Area. (He was raised in Atherton, helped Cal to the College World Series, played for the Giants, and was a famous patron of Piedmont restaurants.)Any team would be lucky to have Melvin, who won manager of the year in both leagues. The Padres’ organizational dysfunction has worked to the Giants’ benefit here.Yes, Melvin is the man for the job. He previously worked with Zaidi in Oakland and can understand and implement advanced strategy while keeping a feel for the game and maintaining good clubhouse spirits (well, in every clubhouse that didn&#...