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Fines begin on I-70 mountain express lanes after 5,600 drivers receive warnings for skirting rules

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

Colorado on Friday will begin fining drivers $75 for using the Interstate 70 express lanes in the mountains when they’re closed or weaving in and out to get around traffic, among other violations.During a new safety enforcement program’s month-long grace period, more than 5,600 drivers received warnings in the mail after they were detected using an automated system of cameras and sensors, the Colorado Department of Transportation says. Now drivers who receive notices will have to pay the fine, which increases to $150 after 20 days.“The number of warnings issued during the grace period is extremely concerning,” CDOT spokesman Tim Hoover said in a news release. “We don’t want to see so many people get fines — we just want roadway users to follow the express lane rules so everybody can get to their destinations safely.”The express toll lanes occupy the narrow left shoulder on each side of I-70 along a 13-mile corridor from Empire to east of Idaho Springs. ...

Casa Bonita opens online merch store with salsas, apparel, sopaipilla-scented candles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

Looking to be decked out in festive merchandise for your first walk through the recently-reopened Black Bart’s Cave? Casa Bonita has you covered.Almost a month after the restaurant announced partial reopening dates and released a limited number of tickets to its email list, Casa Bonita is now selling merchandise online. The store features dozens of vintage-inspired apparel options to appeal to every generation of Casa Bonita lovers, as well as pet collars and bandanas.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Casa Bonita employees send list of demands to ownership Restaurants, Food and Drink | Casa Bonita taps Denver brewery to create an original “casa beer” Restaurants, Food and Drink | Opinion: Casa Bonita’s decision on tipping makes good sense in a world gone mad with tipflation Restaurants, Food and Drink | Etsy cracks down on Denver artists selling Casa Bonita merchandise Restaurants, Food and...

Colorado Springs in the running for 1,000 aerospace and manufacturing jobs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

Three companies looking at El Paso County for 1,061 jobs snagged approvals for $13.1 million in state economic development incentives, while Boulder County could see another 500 jobs from the expansion of an existing aerospace company.The Colorado Economic Development Commission approved the awards on Thursday morning.Project Bullseye, which is looking to add 620 new aerospace jobs in El Paso County, received the largest award at $7.5 million in Job Growth Incentive Tax Credits. Those credits are awarded over an eight-year period for any jobs created and can offset future state tax obligations.The jobs, heavy on software and systems engineers, would pay an average annual wage of $160,484, which is 266% of the county’s average. Huntsville, Ala., and Weber County, Utah, are also in the running.Project Bullseye is most likely Boecore, which aerospace industry veteran Kathy Boe founded in 2000. Boecore currently has 400 employees, including 240 in Colorado Springs, and is expandin...

Waiting for Denver to make good on its trash service promises? Here’s what to expect

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

In the first six months of its pay-as-you-throw trash program, Denver saw a 3% uptick in the amount of waste being diverted away from its landfill. But the biggest change to how Denver handles refuse — free citywide compost service that could redirect everything from banana peels to tree limbs to a composting facility — is only now ready to start rolling out to residents.City officials have high hopes for what the service changes will mean for landfill diversion rates and greenhouse gas emissions in the long term, but most Denverites should sit tight with the size trash bins they have now, those same officials caution. Standing up the free composting program is going to be a slow, steady process that moves zone by zone through the city’s solid waste management collection districts. At least half of solid waste customers who don’t already compost won’t get their bins until 2024. “We have about half of the compost carts in now that we’ll need ...

Search for missing hiker in Monrovia continues 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

Authorities in Monrovia are continuing their search for a hiker who went missing in Monrovia Canyon Park. Colin Walker, 53, was last seen on security video from a nearby home walking towards the park’s trailhead around 6 a.m. Sunday morning. Colin Walker as seen in an undated photo. Los Angeles man found dead at Death Valley National Park identified Police say Walker is an avid hiker known to frequent mountain ranges in the area, however they are concerned due to the extreme heatwave that has been scorching Southern California. Several search and rescue teams are handling the search on foot and by helicopter. 

All lanes closed after semi-truck collides with metal pipe on 134 freeway, spills fuel 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

A semi-truck smashed into a metal pipe in the roadway on the 134 Freeway on Monday morning. The incident occurred on the eastbound span of the 134 Freeway at the interchange with the 2 Freeway near Eagle Rock.  The collision caused a fuel spill and left large chunks of debris in the roadway, and a SigAlert was issued after the fuel tank was ruptured by the debris.  Caltrans workers were seen clearing the debris around 5 a.m. on Friday, July 21, 2023. (KTLA)Caltrans workers were seen clearing the debris around 5 a.m. on Friday, July 21, 2023. (KTLA)Caltrans workers were seen clearing the debris around 5 a.m. on Friday, July 21, 2023. (KTLA) Burbank residents frustrated after city announces plans to cut 120 trees CalTrans workers were seen clearing the debris around 5 a.m. Friday morning. The crash caused a small traffic jam on the westbound side of the 134, according to KTLA 5’s Ginger Chan. “For the eastbound side [of the 134 Freeway], you want to exit before a...

Side Eyes are Glued Open

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

Side Eyes are Glued Open: Astrid McDonald, singer with L.A. punks the Side Eyes, told us about her Glue experience.Astrid McDonald: The best show we ever went to was seeing Glue (a hardcore punk band from Austin, Texas) play at a small Mexican restaurant in Santa Ana in 2017.It was one of those shows where the address couldn’t officially be posted because it was beyond DIY, so you had to ask around for it. Everyone from our little music community ended up being there, and it was absolute mayhem in the best way — people were jumping off tables and standing on booths in the packed restaurant.Glue is one of our biggest inspirations as a band – Kevin and I always loved watching their live sets on Youtube, and seeing them in that setting was the coolest ever since they don’t come to California too often.I would also like to throw in seeing Turnstile at the Constellation Room in Santa Ana in 2016 as an honorary mention. That room has a 300 person capacity and I remember feelin...

Tony Bennett, timeless American singer loved by generations, dies at 96

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

NEW YORK — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Bennett’s death to The Associated Press, saying he died in his hometown of New York. There was no specific cause, but Bennett had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create “a hit catalog rather than hit records.” He released more than 70 albums, bringing him 19 competitive Grammys — all but two after he reached his 60s — and enjoyed deep and lasting affection from fans and fellow artists.Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARASTony Bennett and Lady Gaga perform in 2015.Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images archivesTony B...

Mike Dunleavy Jr. was booed as a Warriors player. Now is his shot as redemption.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

LAS VEGAS — Mike Dunleavy Jr. emerges from the workout room at the Warriors’ Summer League facility and slides into a tall bar chair, a sweat towel draped over his shoulders as the temperature outside pushes 110 degrees.He hasn’t stopped moving since taking over as general manager just a month ago, and he’s moving with purpose: His trade of Jordan Poole for Chris Paul sparked an offseason that has turned the Warriors’ roster from young and green to old and wise.Dunleavy took over the GM role from Bob Myers, succeeding the man who brought him on as a scout in 2018.The pressure is on Dunleavy to preside over a dynasty in its final stages. Of course he hasn’t stopped.“There should be urgency. I think there is urgency,” he said. “But I don’t see an end in sight for Steph Curry, which is exciting for us.”To understand Dunleavy as the Warriors’ general manager is to know him as a Warriors player. He knows better than most how bad it wa...

How a rare dementia unleashes creativity

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:58 GMT

Anne Adams was an accomplished scientist. Then, as dementia claimed her brilliant mind, she became an accomplished and resolute artist — painting increasingly beautiful and elaborate works.During the early stages of her illness, she created complex visual interpretations of classical music, such as George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. Then she shifted to painting even more abstract concepts, such as numbers.A recent UC San Francisco-led study of brain scans of Adams and other patients with the deadly “frontotemporal” variety of dementia has revealed the underlying mechanism behind this mysterious shift in creative expression.As the brain region responsible for language is dying, it activates the visual processing area that drives creativity, according to Dr. Bruce Miller, the senior author of the recent study, a collaboration of 27 scientists published in the journal JAMA Neurology.Dr Bruce Miller exams Heidi Bonnett (wife of patient) at t...