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No-strings cash provided to homeless people through pilot program has saved lives, participants say

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

Cash is freedom. That has been Denver Basic Income Project founder Mark Donovan’s refrain as he led a program that provided more than 800 homeless people in the Denver area with no-strings-attached cash payments every month for the last year.For recipients Dia Broncucia, 53, and Justin Searls, 45, those payments have been a manifestation of a different concept: hope.The money got them off the street, played a critical role in helping Broncucia recover from Stage 3 breast cancer and was a catalyst as the couple charts a new course for their lives after getting sober following years of drug use.“We probably wouldn’t have been able to survive. I’m dead serious. Something would have happened,” Searls said of what might have been had they not been enrolled in the program.The Denver Basic Income Project marked the anniversary of the first payments of its pilot program on Nov. 15. The program is funded through a mix of private, nonprofit and government money, ...

TikTok star downs a 7lb burrito and 7lbs of noodles in the same day in Colorado

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

The only complaint competitive eater Raina Huang had about her Colorado visit this time around was the cold weather.Raina Huang has amassed a large following on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, where followers watch her eat large quantities of food in short periods of time. (Provided by Raina Huang)The Los Angeles-based YouTuber with 435,000 Instagram and 3.6 million TikTok followers, who watch her eat large quantities of food in short periods of time, took her fifth trip to Denver this month to visit primarily Asian eateries, including Chi Lin in Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace and Now Pho on South Federal Boulevard.“I’m usually the guinea pig for a lot of these food challenges that the restaurants invite me to come try, and I decided to make a quick trip out of it,” she said.Despite low temperatures (and her previous visit to Colorado), Huang had no chilly reception from local business owners and fans.In May 2021, Huang made headlines when she was kicked out of the now-closed StevO’s P...

Six small Front Range art shows with big ambitions

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

“Aging Bodies, Myths and Heroines,” East Window Gallery, through Feb. 28.Marissa Nicole Stewart’s portraits are part of “Aging Bodies, Myths and Heroines” at Boulder’s East Window Gallery, through Feb. 28. Image provided by East Window Gallery.Boulder’s East Window Gallery has ensconced itself as a major player in the Front Range arts scene, not an easy task in a region full of established, and ambitious, gallerists and curators. But exhibitions like this are hard to ignore.As its title boldly suggests, this group photography show looks at perceptions of human aging though a series of “playful, critical and tender images” created by 11 national artists, each with their own perspective on what it means to get older.The checklist, put together by curator Todd Edward Herman, has names from near and far and includes Danielle SeeWalker, André Ramos-Woodard, Sherry Wiggins and Luís Filipe Branco, and others. There is also a list of promising coordinated events — talks, screenings, p...

The Book Club: “The Wager,” “Our Souls At Night” and more reader reviews

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. Sure, you could read advertising blurbs on Amazon, but wouldn’t you be more likely to believe a neighbor with no skin in the game over a corporation being fed words by publishers? So in this series, we are sharing these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email [email protected] ArticlesBooks | The Book Club: “Ethan Frome,” “A Chateau Under Siege” and more reviews from readers Books | “The Wind Knows My Name,” by Isabel Allende, and more short book reviews from readers Books | A review of “Coach Prime” and other recent books with a Western focus Books | “Fourth Wing” is taking the book world by storm. Here’s what you need to know about Colorado’s Rebecca Yarros and t...

10 Freeway open for Monday commute but there's still work to be done

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

Commuters were able to hop on the 10 Freeway Monday morning after it reopened ahead of schedule Sunday but officials say more work needs to be done. Experts initially believed it would take months to open the freeway after a pallet fire erupted on Nov. 11, closing the roadway from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue. That estimate was later revised to three to five weeks before it ultimately opened in just eight days. After an eight-day closure, the 10 Freeway reopened on Nov. 29, 2023. (KTLA)Officials say the rapid opening was made possible by several factors. Better structural testing results than were expected following the fireRapid debris removalGood coordination between state, local and federal government officialsCrews working around the clockLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced the freeway reopening with a post on X, formerly Twitter, just after 7:30 p.m. Sunday. "Welcome back, Los Angeles!" a portion of the tweet read.Crews are still working on permanent repairs but officia...

Map: Speed cameras are likely to be placed on these San Jose streets

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

As part of a pilot program that’s bringing speed camera technology to the city’s most dangerous streets, San Jose is gearing up to install 33 of the devices next year at high-risk intersections, with the ultimate goal of reducing the dozens of people killed and hundreds severely injured each year in traffic collisions.This year, 45 people in San Jose have died from traffic-related incidents. Of those deaths, 24 were pedestrians. Last year saw 65 deaths, the highest number of fatalities in the city’s modern history.Signed into law in September, AB 645 is the first time speed cameras will be brought to California’s roads.When and where the cameras in San Jose will be placed is still being hammered out. Councilmember Pam Foley, who has spearheaded the city’s efforts to create safer roads, says she wants them installed by the end of 2024. In addition to the riskiest intersections, the program also calls for cameras to be placed around school zones.“It...

Kerr identifies one reason why the Warriors can’t find offensive flow

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The list of concerns surrounding the Golden State Warriors grows longer after each loss in the Warriors’ six-game streak. There is one issue that underlies the losses and wins alike.Poor transition offense.Only 12% of the Warriors’ offensive possessions this season are in transition, which ranks last in the league, according to Second Spectrum. The Warriors also rank in the middle of the pack, 15th, in pace with 100.29 possessions per game.“It’s a little perplexing, to be honest with you,” coach Steve Kerr said. “My feeling is some of it is defensively we haven’t been getting out to good starts and getting stops leads to transition. And we’ve had some games where we fouled quite a bit as well.”This is a problem because much of the Warriors’ offensive identity with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green relies on transition offense. A decade ago, the rise of the dynasty came with the trio running...

Thanksgiving travel is back: Californians to see record-breaking traffic on freeways, at airports

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

COVID isn’t spooking us. Neither, it seems, is the trauma of Southwest stranding hundreds of thousands of us at airports across the country last year. This year, dare we say, even the weather forecast seems to be in our favor.We’re traveling again this Thanksgiving — and in record numbers. Seven-and-a-half million Californians — nearly one-fifth of the state — are expected to venture a distance of over 50 miles during the holiday week.That will make it the busiest year for Thanksgiving travel in the past two decades, according to AAA.Click here to read about the best times to hit the road or head to the airport for your Thanksgiving travel in the Bay Area.“We may be far enough removed from pandemic restrictions for people to get back to the traveling they used to do,” said John Treanor, a spokesperson for the travel association. “The appetite for travel has returned.”Since last year’s frantic Christmas travel meltdown, airlines say they have been working to correct...

49ers report card: Purdy’s A+ passer rating helps key win over Buccaneers

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Here is how the 49ers (7-3) graded in Sunday’s 27-14 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6):PASS OFFENSE: A+Brock posted the first perfect passer rating by a 49ers quarterback since Joe and Steve each did so in 1989 (Disclaimer: last names no longer required for any of that trio, each of whom “threw a perfect game” with three touchdowns and no interceptions). Purdy’s 333 yards came with touchdown passes to Christian McCaffrey (4 yards), Brandon Aiyuk (76 yards) and George Kittle (3 yards). Purdy’s first pass went to Kittle for 24 yards, and he hit him again for a 21-yarder from the Niners’ own 3-yard line to set up Aiyuk’s deep shot on the next snap. Purdy’s trust in Kittle (89 yards, eight receptions on nine targets) was evident and extremely helpful on shots over the middle or perfectly executed bootlegs. Aiyuk finished with a career-high 156 yards, and the 76-yard touchdown marked a career-long for both him and Purdy. Purdy was sacked four times, so ...

Santa Cruz judge takes herself off domestic violence case after ‘personal attacks’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:39:33 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — A superior court judge has recused herself from a criminal case after a victim’s supporters criticized her handling of the matter.Syda Cogliati Doug Cole, a supporter of the victim, was among those who stood before Santa Cruz County Superior Court Syda Cogliati on Oct. 26 to spell out a litany of concerns related to how he felt she, and several judges prior, had handled a 2018 assault case involving defendant Ryan Schell. Schell had previously pleaded guilty to several charges that he attacked and detained his former girlfriend at her Scotts Valley home before shooting himself in the head as police arrived. Cogliati indicated at that earlier hearing that if Schell were to take responsibility for his crimes with a plea, her plan was to suspend a prison term and sentence him to five years of probation on Oct. 26.After the victim and several supporters spoke, however, Cogliati changed course and said she would not hand down the planned sentence. She gave Schell and hi...