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Denver Referred Question 2P asks voters to make the city’s preschool tax permanent

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

If Denver Referred Question 2P look familiar, that’s because Denver voters twice before have had their say on a sales tax that provides tuition support for families seeking to enroll 4-year-olds in preschool.The new measure on ballots for the Nov. 7 election is aimed at authorizing the now-17-year-old tax in perpetuity, without a need to ask voters to renew it.A narrow margin of Denverites in 2006 approved the initial 0.12% sales tax that launched the Denver Preschool Program, setting a rate that amounts to 12 cents on a $100 purchase. That tax came with an expiration date 10 years later.In 2014, two years ahead of that, the Denver City Council referred a measure to the ballot that proposed to increase the tax to 0.15% — 15 cents on a $100 purchase — and extend the expiration by another decade, to 2026. Voters approved that measure with 55% support.Now, three years ahead of time, the City Council is asking voters to vote on the tax a final time — unless there...

PHOTOS: Denver Nuggets hoist championship banner, open new season at Ball Arena

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

The Denver Nuggets raised last season’s NBA championship banner at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday night, October 24, 2023. Denver beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-107 to open the new season amid national media fanfare.Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | Nikola Jokic’s triple-double brings playoff magic back to Denver in Nuggets’ opening-night win over Lakers Denver Nuggets | See the Denver Nuggets’ 2023 NBA championship rings Denver Nuggets | Opening night notes: Nuggets ring ceremony scenes from Ball Arena, a new Denver jersey sponsor and Lakers’ offseason beef Denver Nuggets | Nuggets Podcast: 10 questions as Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray prepare to defend NBA title Denver Nuggets | Keeler: TNT’s Ernie Johnson on Nikola Jokic, Shaquille O’Neal, Deion Sanders and how Denver went from cowtown to NBA cool: “The ring validates a lot of things.”

Violent soccer brawl caught on camera in Irvine under investigation by police

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

The Irvine Police Department is investigating a brawl that broke out between two soccer teams that brought spectators, parents and family members onto the field and into the melee over the weekend.  The Saturday night, Oct. 21, fight at Great Park in Irvine reportedly came at the end of the game between Club Garrafones from South Los Angeles and Irvine Zeta FC II, both of whom are a part of the professional development United Premier Soccer League.  The nearly four minute video obtained by KTLA shows the two teams and others in a violent altercation that moved back and forth across the field, with several people taking blows to the face, as well as one person ganged up on and kicked while they were down. Bryan Wallace, head coach of Irvine Zeta, believes his lower-ranked and younger team’s upset victory over the undefeated Club Garrafones is what sparked tempers and led to a dispute between two players that turned into an out-and-out fight that cleared the bleachers.  ...

The top 10 most expensive home sales in Los Gatos, reported the week of Oct. 16

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

A house that sold for $6.8 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past two weeks.In total, 20 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $2.8 million. The average price per square foot was $1,106.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded from the week of October 9 to the week of Oct. 22 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2.9 million, single-family home in the 800 block of Cherrystone DriveThe sale of the single-family house in the 800 block of Cherrystone Drive, Los Gatos, has been finalized. The price was $2,890,000, and the new owners took over the house in October. The house was built in 1962 and has a living area of 1,840 square feet. The price per square foot was $1,571. The house features four bedrooms and three bathrooms.Cherrystone Drive9. $2.9 million, single-family residence in the 16400 block of...

Alameda: Man charged with burglarizing USS Hornet Museum

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

ALAMEDA – The Alameda City Attorney’s Office is pursuing criminal charges against a man arrested last week on suspicion of burglarizing the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space museum.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Authorities release identity of teen killed in Oakley house-party shooting Crime and Public Safety | Shock over off-duty Bay Area pilot accused of trying to shut off plane’s engines in flight Crime and Public Safety | ‘He shed very sincere and real tears’: Oakland man acquitted in hectic gas station shootout that killed bystander Crime and Public Safety | Leaked video shows Antioch cops fire dozens of shots at man as he runs away Crime and Public Safety | East Bay gun store owner fatally shoots suspected robber The incident happened Oct. 17 at the World War II-era aircraft carrier docked on the southernmost pier of former Naval Air Station Alameda, the city said in a ne...

First major snowstorm of the season hitting the northern Rockies after a warm fall

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season is expected to hit the northern Cascades, Rockies and North Dakota this week, sending residents searching for their winter coats, gloves and boots and facing much different driving conditions after a warm fall in many places.The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous travel on snowy mountain passes and ice on some highways when snow initially melts and then freezes as road temperatures drop. The storm was forecast to come in waves, beginning with rain that fell Tuesday at lower elevations in Washington and snow in the mountains and spreading snow across northern Idaho, Montana, northwestern Wyoming and North Dakota into Friday morning.Cold air moving down from northwestern Canada has combined with a moist Pacific weather system, leading to freezing temperatures and snowfall amounts up to 18 inches (46 centimeters) in the mountains of Montana, the National Weather Service forecasts. Some higher elevations in the n...

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer’s withdrawal, desperate to end chaos

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hardline GOP lawmakers.Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee after Emmer and the others fell short in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as GOP factions jockey for power. Refusing to unify, far-right members won’t accept a more traditional speaker and moderate conservatives don’t want a hardliner. During private balloting, Johnson won a majority, but ahead of an expected House floor vote Wednesday the nominee will need almost all Republicans to win the gavel. “Mike! Mike! Mike!” lawmakers chanted at a press conference afterward, surrounding Johnson and posing for selfies in a show of support.Three weeks on, the Republicans hav...

Britney Spears dice que está “recuperando la vida” en su nuevo libro de memorias

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

(CNN) — Britney Spears está redefiniendo lo que la libertad significa para ella después de más de una década de sentir que no tenía el control de su propia vida.“La libertad de hacer lo que quiero me ha devuelto mi feminidad”, escribe en sus nuevo libro de memorias, “The Woman In Me”, publicado este martes. “A mis cuarenta años, intento hacer algunas cosas por primera vez. Siento que la mujer que hay en mí ha estado relegada durante mucho tiempo”.El libro es un relato desgarrador de la experiencia de la estrella del pop bajo el escrutinio público y las tensas relaciones familiares y sentimentales. También detalla lo que vivió durante una tutela judicial, de la que consiguió salir.Britney Spears relata en su libro que abortó cuando ella y Justin Timberlake eran pareja“Ahora, por fin, estoy recuperando la vida”, escribe.En 2021, un juez puso fin a una tutela de 13 años en virtud de la cual su padre, Jamie Spears, supervisaba sus fi...

Off-duty pilot said ‘I’m not OK’ before trying to cut engines midflight, charging documents say

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An off-duty airline pilot riding in an extra cockpit seat on a Horizon Air flight said “I’m not OK” just before trying to cut the engines midflight and later told police he had been struggling with depression, according to charging documents made public Tuesday.State prosecutors in Oregon filed 83 counts of attempted murder against Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph David Emerson, 44, on Tuesday just before he appeared in court, with his attorney, Noah Horst, entering not guilty pleas on his behalf. Federal prosecutors meanwhile charged Emerson with interfering with a flight crew, which can carry up to 20 years in prison.According to a probable cause statement filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Emerson told Port of Portland police following his arrest that he had been struggling with depression, that a friend had recently died and that he had taken psychedelic mushrooms about 48 hours before he attempted to cut the engines. He also said he had not slept in more...

Are you a Va. taxpayer? Be on the lookout for a rebate check

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:22:49 GMT

If you live in Virginia, you may be eligible to get a little cash back in the form of a tax rebate.Starting Wednesday, taxpayers can go online to check their eligibility for a one-time tax rebate.Nine hundred million dollars in tax rebates will go out to eligible Virginia taxpayers over the next few weeks, according to a news release from the office of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The government expects most rebates to be issued by Nov. 7.Individual filers will receive a one-time payment of up to $200, while taxpayers filing jointly can expect to get $400.To receive their rebates, taxpayers must file by Wednesday, Nov. 1, and have had a 2022 tax liability.“As Virginians continue to face inflation and high prices as a direct result of policies out of Washington, D.C., these rebates are an important step going into the holiday season to help Virginians keep more of their hard-earned money for gas, groceries, and essentials,” Youngkin said in the news release.If you receiv...