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How Colorado used COVID early childhood aid to spark innovation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

Much of the federal relief aid sent to Colorado’s child care providers during the pandemic helped keep doors open and businesses solvent.Related ArticlesEducation | Jeffco Public Schools parents allege transgender policy violates parental rights following overnight class trip Education | Colorado poll finds voters skeptical of college, more supportive of career education Education | Carrie Olson elected to second stint as president of Denver school board Education | President of Douglas County school board resigns, successor promises less drama Education | DPS parent lawsuit demands right to ask teachers to display “straight pride” flags in Denver schools But one small stream of federal COVID funding — $23 million — was used for innovation in the sector rather than its survival. That money was distributed through the CIRCLE Grant program and helped fund more than 200 projects around the...

Broomfield takes first steps toward demolition of $135 million 1stBANK Center

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

The 1stBANK Center in Broomfield. (Photo by RJ Sangosti / The Denver Post)The Broomfield City Council authorized the first steps of demolishing the 1stBANK Center as well as adopted new bicycle and off-street parking requirements and created new zoning districts for city and county-owned land.The council approved a resolution that will allow the Broomfield Urban Renewal Authority to begin searching for a contractor to demolish the defunct 1stBANK Center as well as begin finding contractors to develop a portion of land near the building.The event center land that will eventually be redeveloped is broken into two parcels; the first is a 10.2-acre lot where the event center building is located and the second is 10.6 acres that was used for overflow parking and is south of the event center.The city and county staff explained that the two lots are being developed separately because developers have little interest in the land beneath the event center building in the current market. Demoli...

Lakers' black uniforms banned for in-season tournament semifinal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

The Los Angeles Lakers won’t be allowed to wear their black “city edition” uniforms for Thursday night’s semifinal game against the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA’s first in-season tournament.According to ESPN, the NBA has barred the black unis because they create a difficult contrast with the league’s specialized court at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the site of the tournament’s final rounds.The Lakers (13-9) are 4-0 while wearing their black uniforms this season and would prefer to wear them for the semifinal game, league sources said.Instead, the Lakers will take the court in their gold "icon" jerseys.“When one Lakers player was informed the team wouldn't be allowed to wear black on Thursday, he replied, 'That's ass,'" ESPN reports.Milwaukee plays Indiana in the East semifinal.This initial in-season tournament is an opportunity for teams to hoist the league’s newest trophy, medals for each of the players on the champion team, along with bragging rights.There are also big financi...

100 pounds of cannabis stolen at gunpoint in Culver City, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

Armed robbers stole about 100 pounds of marijuana from a Culver City dispensary Wednesday evening, police said.Just after 7:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of Robertson Boulevard, a man was unloading about 120 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle when two men wearing black ski masks got out of a car armed with handguns, the Culver City Police Department said in a news release.One robber held the victim at gunpoint while the other began grabbing bags of cannabis, ultimately taking about 100 pounds of product, police said.The two men then hopped into a waiting silver Honda Accord driven by a third person and fled south on Robertson Avenue, police said.Both men are described as being in their 20s or 30s and about 6 feet tall. One had on a dark jeans and a black hoodie with white spots, while the other was wearing light-colored pants and a white hoodie with dark marks on the upper chest.Anyone with information is asked to contact Public Information Officer Jennifer Atenza at 310-253-6120 or the...

California’s budget deficit increases to $68 billion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

California’s budget deficit has skyrocketed to $68 billion mainly due to months of unexpectly low tax revenues, according to a new analysis from the Legislative Analyst’s Office released on Thursday.The latest deficit figure far exceeds the $14.3 billion estimate from June, according to Politico. The shortfall could potentially lead “Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers to make spending cuts on a scale that few term-limited elected officials in Sacramento have faced” during the next legislative year, the report said. California to spend $300 million to clear homeless encampments near highways “California Faces a Serious Deficit,” the report from the Legislative Office said. “While addressing a deficit of this scope will be challenging, the Legislature has a number of options available to do so. In particular, the Legislature has reserves to withdraw, one‑time spending to pull back, and alternative approaches for school funding to consider.”The LAO report forecasts a $4 billion drop in ...

Desperation grows among Palestinians as Hamas, Israel battle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

By Wafaa Shurafa, Kareen Chehayeb and Lee Keath | Associated PressDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Desperation grew Thursday among Palestinians largely cut off from supplies of food and water as Israeli forces engaged in fierce urban battles with Hamas militants. Strikes in the southern Gaza town of Rafah sowed fear in one of the last places where civilians could seek refuge.United Nations officials say there are no safe places in Gaza nearly a week after Israel widened its offensive into the southern half of the territory. Heavy fighting in and around the city of Khan Younis has displaced tens of thousands of people and cut most of Gaza off from aid deliveries. More than 80% of the territory’s population has already fled their homes.Two months into the war, the grinding offensive has triggered renewed international alarm. U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used a rarely exercised power to warn the Security Council of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza ...

‘Love Has Won’ documentary drew attention to Colorado cult. But does it make light of cult dangers?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

A documentary series on the Love Has Won cult, which was based in Colorado until its leader died in 2021, is bringing increased attention to its bizarre teachings about 5D ascensions, galactic communications from Robin Williams and the dangerous use of colloidal silver to cure diseases.But a group working to expose the cult’s falsehoods and rescue those trapped in it says the documentary fell short in debunking the myths and explaining how dangerous cults truly are.Amanda Ray, whose brother escaped Love Has Won after becoming entangled in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, said there were missed opportunities to show how abusive Amy Carlson, who led Love Has Won and called herself Mother God, was toward her followers.“It really was a documentary that shared the stories of the current followers just a few weeks after Amy passed,” Ray said. “They were victims of mind control. We felt there was a big missed opportunity.”“There were a lot of people whose lives were destroyed by Amy.”...

Two dead, another critically injured, after head-on crash in San Pablo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

SAN PABLO — Two people died and a third was critically injured early Thursday after a head-on crash on a major thoroughfare, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Authorities identify driver who slammed into disabled pickup truck on I-680 Crashes and Disasters | Woman piloting speeding SUV dies after chain-reaction crash in Oakland city traffic Crashes and Disasters | One dead in East Bay crash on Interstate 680 Crashes and Disasters | Walmart employee arriving to work hits, kills woman in Mountain View store’s foggy parking lot Crashes and Disasters | Daly City woman pleads no contest to felony charges connected to fatal collision that killed her car’s passenger The crash happened about 12:40 a.m. on El Portal Drive near Glenlock Street.San Pablo police spokesperson Peggy Chou said the early investigation indicated that the man and woman were in a silver BMW that was...

Watch: Baby giraffe at Oakland Zoo struggles to drink from pond

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

We've all got to start somewhere! Kendi's learning how to position her long legs while getting a drink of water at ground level. While she wasn't successful this time, she's a quick learner pic.twitter.com/fkIyfqiI00— Oakland Zoo (@oakzoo) November 23, 2023Kendi, the first giraffe born at the Oakland Zoo in 11 years, is taking baby steps in learning how to drink water. Standing 6’5 tall on a motte, her long, shaky legs are not helping matters.The trick is to spread their front feet like a V, Amy Phelps, zoological manager, told CNN. And luckily the six-week-old is a quick learner.The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies giraffes as critically endangered, and the Oakland Zoo is hoping to bring appreciation and awareness to the species.You can check out how Kendi’s doing on the zoo’s live giraffe cam.Kendi, a female baby giraffe born on Oct. 19, hangs out with her mom Kijiji in their habitat at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif....

In which Bay Area cities do most people speak a language other than English at home?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:23 GMT

As people sit down for dinner in Milpitas, two out of three of them are speaking something other than English when they ask for seconds.No other city in the Bay Area has such a high percentage of residents who come home and share the highlights and struggles of their day in another language.That’s according to a new round of data released Thursday from the U.S Census Bureau’s American Community Survey on the country’s households.Perhaps, not surprisingly, California is the state with the largest proportion of people who speak a language other than English at home — 44% of all residents 5 and older. Texas comes in second with 35%.In the Bay Area, the percentage is 43%, twice the national rate. In eight Bay Area cities, more than half of the residents speak another language at home, according to the estimates, based on survey responses over five years from 2018 to 2022.Nowhere stood out more than the South Bay city of Milpitas, where 45% of residents 5 and olde...