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Washington Park residents still waiting for municipal building to be replaced

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. - Some Washington Park residents are wanting to know when the village will be able to replace its municipal building, which was destroyed by fire in October 2021.  The building housed Washington Park’s police, fire and public works departments. Plans to rebuild are contingent on state funding. State Rep. Kevin Schmidt (R-Cahokia Heights), said state law requires the village to submit five years of financial records before receiving a grant to rebuild. For Washington Park, that requirement is a problem. Trending: Kim Gardner supporters upset; some not surprised by her resignation “The previous mayor destroyed all the financial records,” said Schmidt. He introduced HB 2341, which would allow communities without the necessary records to appear before a commission to make their case.Schmidt said the bill has 50 co-sponsors and passed unanimously out of committee.  He predicts it would easily pass the full house, but there has yet to be a vote.“I’m just wanting an...

Limited inventory continues to hamper home buyers in Denver market

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

Low inventory continues to keep Denver home prices high and the time on market low, according to the April report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.In April, the median sale price of a single-family home was $640,000, up 3.2% from March but down 5.9% from a year earlier when the Denver metro was in the grip of a buying frenzy.“The inventory decline in an already tight market raises some concern as to what the rest of the year has in store for the Denver market,” says Libby Levinson-Katz, chair of the DMAR market trends committee.“The real question on everyone’s mind is when will more inventory hit the market?”Low inventory across all categoriesThe number of single-family homes and condos on the market rose slightly by 2.3% from March to April to 4,620 properties, lower than the historical average increase of 10.4%. It’s the smallest increase since the market decreased by .57% in 2014.New listings sell quickly and spend a median of seve...

Opinion: Students need workplace skills; schools should teach them

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic Vision, an independent journalism training program for high school students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.This June, I’ll be looking for a summer job as I head into my junior year in high school. I have two goals: improve my budgeting skills and pay for my own non-essentials. But I’m not sure where or how to start.There’s not much talk at school about how to find a job and how to successfully apply. Our college-focused high school curriculum skips over a crucial lesson: preparing us to enter the workforce.Bay Area students live in a highly competitive state for both college and careers. We also live in one of the nation’s most expensive regions. In spite of rigorous coursework, I feel unequipped to compete for sought-after entry-level jobs.What is my definition of feeling prepared? Confidence that my high school education has equipped me to track down positions, successfully apply f...

‘Yeah, it’s on’: Home run, no-hitter pulls St. Francis even with Mitty in WCAL

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

NEW: PREP SPORTS MAILBAGThe Bay Area News Group is introducing a high school sports mailbag in May. Get your questions in as soon as possible. Our debut edition is an open forum. Got questions about spring sports playoffs, coaching changes, an early peek at football season, etc.? Send them to [email protected]. Please include “mailbag” in the subject line.MOUNTAIN VIEW — In a pitchers’ duel between the West Catholic Athletic League’s best teams, all it took was one swing of Rebecca Quinn’s bat to put St. Francis ahead of Archbishop Mitty on the scoreboard and even with the Monarchs in the WCAL standings.The two-run homer over the left-field wall in the sixth inning was all the offense St. Francis needed to triumph 2-0 on Friday afternoon and tied Mitty with a 7-1 record in the league.“I was anticipating that pitch, and I knew what I had to do,” said Quinn, who batted 3 for 3. One of the first players to greet her at home plate was junior pitcher Kate...

Silicon Valley Comic Con 2023 canceled

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

(KRON) -- Silicon Valley's Comic Con conference has been canceled, it announced on its website. The event had been scheduled to happen on October 14 and 15 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway. "We regret to inform you that SiliCon, the highly anticipated science, technology, maker and pop culture Con scheduled for October 2023, has been canceled. We understand that this news may come as a disappointment to many, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause," a statement read in part. Oakland Roots Soccer Club announce venue change for rest of 2023 season The conference did not say exactly why it had been canceled but mentioned the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its website. Creators of the conference also cited "unforeseen circumstances and challenges beyond our control." Ticket buyers will receive full refunds for their tickets, SiliCon confirmed. Refunds should be processed within 14 days through the method used to buy the ticket. It is...

Mayorkas: US border ‘very challenging’ as asylum limits end

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that authorities faced “extremely challenging” circumstances along the border with Mexico days before pandemic-related asylum restrictions end.A surge of Venezuelan migrants through South Texas, particularly in and around Brownsville, has occurred over the last two weeks for reasons that Mayorkas said were unclear. On Thursday, 4,000 of about 6,000 migrants in Border Patrol custody in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley were Venezuelan.Mayorkas noted that Mexico agreed this week to continue taking back Venezuelans who enter the U.S. illegally after asylum restrictions end Thursday, along with Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans. Migrants have been expelled from the U.S. more than 2.8 million times since March 2020 under what is known as Title 42 authority.The secretary reaffirmed plans to finalize a new policy by Thursday that will make it extremely difficult for migrants to seek asylum if they pass through ...

Senga goes 6 innings, Nimmo homers as Mets top Rockies 1-0

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Kodai Senga pitched six innings of two-hit ball after a long layoff and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 on Friday night to avoid falling under .500 for the second time this year.Brandon Nimmo homered and made a diving catch in center field after committing a costly baserunning blunder Thursday in Detroit.Drew Smith worked the seventh and David Robertson caught a break to strand two in the eighth when Ryan McMahon’s line-drive single hit pinch-runner Brenton Doyle on the leg between first and second for the final out of the inning.Colorado put a runner on third with one out in the ninth, but Adam Ottavino struck out pinch-hitter Mike Moustakas and retired Charlie Blackmon on a liner to right field for his fourth save.Colorado had its four-game winning streak snapped and was blanked for the second time this season in a game that took just 2 hours, 10 minutes.Pitching for the first time in nine days, Senga (4-1) worked around four walks and struck out fo...

Military: Contractor error caused Hawaii toxic foam spill

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — An investigation found that a spill of about 1,300 gallons of fire suppressant at a fuel facility in Hawaii was caused by a maintenance contractor improperly installing an air vacuum valve, U.S. military officials said Friday.Aqueous Film Forming Foam, which is used to suppress fires caused by flammable liquids, contain PFAS, a class of chemicals that are slow to degrade in the environment. The firefighting foam liquid concentrate was spilled in November at the Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor. The concentrate pooled on the floor inside the facility and then seeped under a door and onto a paved access road and soil, the military said. The contractor improperly installed an air vacuum valve to the foam system in April 2022, the military said in a statement. The individual also failed to disable the foam concentrate pumps from automatically starting prior to conducting fire suppression system testing on Nov. 29, 2022, which cause the uncontrolled discha...

¿Qué hacer cuando cientos de kilos de pasta se arrojan un pueblo de Nueva Jersey? Fotos y bromas

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

(CNN) — Para muchas personas, la pasta es un alimento sagrado. Y los habitantes de Nueva Jersey la veneran especialmente, ya que, según los datos del censo, más de un millón de residentes tienen raíces italianas (incluido el ficticio Tony Soprano).Entonces, ¿por qué alguien arrojaría cientos de kilos de pasta en los bosques de los jardines del estado, negando la oportunidad de que estuvieran en todo su esplendor en un plato lleno de salsa y queso parmesano?Los habitantes de Old Bridge, Nueva Jersey, se han hecho esta pregunta en los últimos días, aunque puede que parte del misterio se haya resuelto.El incidente cobró fuerza cuando Ali Allocco, residente en Filadelfia que vivía en Nueva Jersey, publicó el martes en su cuenta de Twitter una captura de pantalla de una página de Reddit de Nueva Jersey sobre el incidente de la pasta. El tema adquirió interés rápidamente y acumuló más de 5 millones de visitas y más de 4.500 retuits hasta la tarde del viernes.someone very mysteriousl...

Alcalde de Nueva York anuncia plan para transportar inmigrantes fuera de la ciudad ante el aumento de llegadas que se espera

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:07 GMT

(CNN) —  La ciudad de Nueva York anunció este viernes que transportará a los inmigrantes que así lo deseen a hoteles fuera de la ciudad, ante el aumento de llegadas que se espera tras el fin del Título 42 la próxima semana, según el alcalde Eric Adams.En un comunicado publicado este viernes, Adams dijo que el nuevo programa “proporcionará hasta cuatro meses de alojamiento temporal en condados cercanos de Nueva York, fuera de la ciudad de Nueva York, a hombres solteros adultos solicitantes de asilo que ya están bajo el cuidado de la ciudad”.¿Qué es Título 42 y cómo funciona esta política fronteriza de EE.UU. que llega a su fin el 11 de mayo?Adams pidió ayuda a Washington en repetidas ocasiones, afirmando que la llegada de inmigrantes a Nueva York y a otras grandes ciudades del noreste equivale a una crisis humanitaria de la que debería ocuparse el gobierno federal. Según un memorándum de información interna obtenido y divulgado por primera vez por CNN este viernes, ...