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UMSL holding forum on creation of 'heat islands' today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The University of St. Louis-Missouri is holding a forum on how urban areas create "heat islands".Researchers say having a dense concentration of buildings and paved surfaces causes cities to absorb heat, which contributes to air pollution and rising energy costs for air conditioning. The forum will look at the impact heat islands have had on St. Louis' ecology and ways to try and lower the effects. Cloned voice, fake bondsman target St. Louis woman The forum starts at 6:00 p.m. in the 'Living World' at the St. Louis Zoo.

Missouri Botanical Garden hosting EV 'Ride and Drive' event today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Ameren Missouri and the Missouri Botanical Garden are teaming up for an EV 'Ride and Drive' event.Anyone can come test drive a variety of electric vehicles. It's for National Drive Electric Week, which raises awareness of the benefits that come with driving electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. Little boy at the center of pizza coupon scam in Illinois The event is from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

RiNo hot yoga studio flames out after two years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

Allumen Yoga, an infrared hot yoga studio at the edge of RiNo, closed this weekend after two years of business.Founder Madeleine Page said the studio at 2590 Lawrence St. hosted its last class Sunday, Sept. 24.“It’s tough for small businesses always, but especially these days,” Page said.Allumen, originally named Third Space Yoga, opened in the 3,000-square-foot space within the S*Park condominium complex in 2021. But, soon after opening, Page said she was hit with trademark infringement for the Third Space name.“That left us without being able to put the word out about operations – dealing with the rebrand, and the after fact of the pandemic, it was slow growth,” Page said.Page said the studio didn’t rebrand as Allumen until last November, and in between that time her founding partner left the business.“We faced a lot of hurdles that in the end with this space we just weren’t able to overcome,” she said.She said business was good after rebranding as Allumen, but she still owed back...

Cherry Cricket owner submits plans for office building next to original restaurant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

The plans are in for an office building slated to go up next to the Cherry Cricket restaurant in Cherry Creek.The restaurant’s Denver-based parent company Breckenridge-Wynkoop LLC, along with local developer Alpine Investments, plan to construct a building that will top out at eight stories, according to a concept plan submitted to the city last week.The structure would have about 97,000 square feet of office space starting on the second floor. The first floor would feature about 4,600 square feet of retail and restaurant space. There would be three levels of underground parking, with 98 spaces. Tryba Architects drew up the plans.The building would fill the space between the Cherry Cricket, at 2641 E. 2nd Ave., and The Clayton Members Club & Hotel. Two small structures would be demolished. One houses a tailor and some other space, while the other is home to a cocktail bar.Cherry Cricket has operated at the corner of 2nd and Clayton since 1950. The restaurant was purchased in 200...

Xcel Energy’s winter forecast: Heating bills up in October, but 35% lower than last year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

Xcel Energy’s winter forecast is for higher heating bills starting in October, but about 35% lower than last winter, when high natural gas prices and cold weather led to the doubling and tripling of some Coloradans’ monthly charges.Xcel customers will see an increase in gas bills heading into October due to rising fuel prices, the company said in a statement. The average residential monthly bill will be about 15% higher October through December.The average small business will pay roughly 16.7% more per month starting in October.If the temperatures are normal October through December, Xcel said the average residential natural gas bill is expected to be $85.82 per month, compared with $130.90 for the last three months of 2022.The average small business customer’s monthly gas bill for October through December is expected to be about $356.50, compared with $564.57 for the same period in 2022, a decline of 37%.Xcel Energy said it has submitted its proposed quarterly fuel pric...

Broncos Mailbag: From too much time for Tua to Taylor Swift, airing out the grievances after a disastrous football weekend in Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.I guess we no longer have to worry about winning those one-score games.— Peter Campbell, HotchkissBam. That’s an appropriate way to get this week going, Peter. Indeed, the Broncos came up a mere six touchdowns short of getting back within a score against Miami. The thing about that game that keeps coming to my mind is just how many different ways the preposterous nature of the score and what Miami did can be sliced. And no matter how it gets sliced, it’s still incredible. At some point we’ll mostly stop talking about it, but it will never fully go away. It’s one of those games that’s on the resume of everybody involved for both Denver and Miami. The latest rendition of boggle-the-brain stats that comes to mind is that the Dolphins scored 10 touchdowns in 51 minutes, 59 seconds of gametime.That’s one touchdown every 5:12 on the clock. The Dolphi...

Traffic left at standstill after pursuit crash on 605 freeway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

A pursuit suspect in a possibly stolen vehicle who was wanted for assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer crashed on the 605 Freeway in Irwindale Monday night and was taken into custody.  Officers with the Bell Gardens Police Department initiated the chase, which was traveling in the northbound lanes of the 605 Freeway when the suspect somehow lost control of the vehicle and the crash occurred, just north of the 210 Freeway.  Officers with the California Highway Patrol arrived on the scene to assist Bell Gardens PD.  Initially, the suspect refused to surrender to authorities. He then jumped out of the vehicle and attempted to flee police on foot before being taken into custody.  Traffic backed up on the northbound 605 Freeway in Irwindale after a pursuit suspect crashed on Sept. 25, 2023. (KTLA)A pursuit suspect crashed on the 605 Freeway in Irwindale on Sept. 25, 2023. (KTLA)CHP and first responders of the scene of a pursuit that ended in a crash on the 605...

Condominium sells for $1.7 million in Palo Alto

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

555 Byron Street – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 500 block of Byron Street in Palo Alto was sold on Sept. 6, 2023. The $1,650,000 purchase price works out to $904 per square foot. The condominium, built in 1997, has an interior space of 1,825 square feet. The layout of this condominium includes three bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the home features a four-car carport. The property’s backyard additionally features both a spa and a pool.Additional units that have recently been sold close by include:On Fulton Street, Palo Alto, in June 2023, a 1,096-square-foot unit was sold for $1,225,000, a price per square foot of $1,118. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,313-square-foot unit on the 700 block of University Avenue in Palo Alto sold in September 2022, for $1,350,000, a price per square foot of $1,028. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In July 2022, a 1,392-square-foot unit on Forest Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $1,750,000, a price per square foo...

California sheriff’s deputy under investigation after he’s filmed throwing teen girl to the ground

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the actions of a deputy who was videotaped picking up a 16-year-old, 120-pound girl and throwing her down after the department said she reached for another deputy’s pepper ball launcher during a melee outside a high school football stadium in Victorville on Friday, Sept. 22.Faith Jeffers, 16, is shown in an ambulance on Sept. 23, 2023, while being transferred between hospitals a day after she was injured when a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy picked her up and threw her down during an altercation at Victor Valley High in Victorville. The Sheriff’s Department said the deputy used force because Jeffers was reaching for another deputy’s pepper ball launcher. (Courtesy of Priscilla Jeffers)Priscilla Jeffers, center, walks down Palmdale Road during a protest in Victorville, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. The protest was in response to a viral video showing what appears to be a Southern Californi...

California School for the Deaf coach, son to appear on new season of ‘The Amazing Race’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:24 GMT

A California School for the Deaf, Riverside, coach and his son will be stars in the new season of the reality TV show, “The Amazing Race.”Rob McArthur, who is deaf and a teacher’s aide and assistant football coach at the school, is featured with his 25-year-old son, Corey McArthur, a hearing child of deaf adults, a deaf school news release states.Increasing the excitement on campus is the fact that they are the husband and son of California School for the Deaf, Riverside, Superintendent April McArthur.The show’s new season will begin Wednesday, Sept. 27, on CBS and Paramount Plus at 9:30 p.m.The school is inviting the public to The Amazing Race Kickoff Premiere Watch Party on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the campus’ Multi-Purpose Activity Center.Related ArticlesTV Streaming | David McCallum, star of ‘U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS,’ dead at 90 TV Streaming | Oscar-winning short becomes an animated series on Max TV Streaming | ...