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New road being named after fallen Pontoon Beach officer today

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

WOOD RIVER, Ill. - A fallen Pontoon Beach police officer is being honored Thursday by getting a road named after him.Officer Tyler Timmins was killed in the line of duty two years ago today. He was 36 years old. At 10:00 a.m., Wood River City officials will unveil Old Alton Edwardsville Road as 'Tyler Timmins Drive.' Multiple people reported dead, injured in Maine shootings The ceremony is at the intersection with Rock Hill Road.

Here’s when every Colorado ski resort plan to open the 2023-24 season

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

Opening day for Colorado ski season is drawing near. Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Loveland are making snow, hoping to open soon, and this weekend’s cold front and snowfall could help them get there.Last year, A-Basin was the first to open, on Oct. 23, followed by Keystone on Oct. 28, Winter Park on Oct. 31 and Loveland on Nov. 3. According to records kept by The Denver Post, Arapahoe Basin has been the first Front Range area to open in 10 of the last 12 years, usually with Loveland or Keystone close behind. Wolf Creek, in southern Colorado, was first to open in 2021.Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Loveland will open as soon as they have enough snow to operate, as will Wolf Creek. The following is a list of tentative opening dates set by other Colorado resorts. All are subject to change due to conditions.Nov. 11: Breckenridge, VailNov. 13: Copper MountainNov. 17: EldoraNov. 18: PurgatoryNov. 22: Steamboat, Beaver Creek, Crested ButteNov. 23: Aspen Mountain, Snowmass, TellurideNov....

Dense fog causes delays at DIA as visibility drops to a quarter mile

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

Denver is under a dense fog advisory after visibility dropped to below a quarter mile Thursday morning.At Denver International Airport, nearly 70 flights have been delayed as of 8:30 a.m. Thursday, and five flights have been canceled. Dense Fog Advisory for the Metro Cameras across the Denver metro show very limited visibility this morning. A Dense Fog Advisory has been issued until 10AM. Expect poor visibility through the morning commute! #cowx pic.twitter.com/rAXpaBC5pI— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) October 26, 2023The National Weather Service in Boulder warned morning commuters to be cautious on the road during rush hour and give themselves extra time to stay safe.The fog is expected to break up later Thursday morning, and the dense fog advisory ends at 10 a.m.Thursday’s fog also mirrors Wednesday’s fog, when over 300 flights at DIA were delayed throughout the day.Related ArticlesWeather | Colorado congressional delegation members send letter to TSA call...

Denver weather: How much snow could the city see this weekend?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

As the weekend gets closer, Denver’s chance of getting the first snow of the season looks to be more likely, and expected low temperatures continue to drop.The cold front that will blow through the state over the weekend is expected to bring low temperatures in the teens and Denver’s first day entirely below freezing. The front is also expected to bring the first snow, but how much will Denver get?Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Boulder said it’s still unclear exactly how much snow is possible this weekend, but they said most of the plains, including Denver, could get between one and three inches of snow throughout the weekend.Localized areas could see up to six inches.The chances for snow Saturday night have also increased to about an 80% likelihood.Saturday’s high temperature is expected to be just 35 degrees; there is a 60% chance of snow after 10 a.m.Into the evening when the snow chance increases, the temperature will also plummet to a low...

Beyonce's 'Renaissance' film to be released globally on Dec. 1

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

Beyoncé's movie is going global. "Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé" is set to hit movie theaters in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and the Caribbean, AMC Theaters announced in a news release.Tickets will be available starting Nov. 9. The concert film follows the "Alien Superstar" singer's journey on the Renaissance World Tour, which began in Stockholm, Sweden, and wrapped up in Kansas City, Missouri. The 56-show tour spanned 30 cities and 12 countries. The show was praised for "creating a sanctuary for freedom, acceptance, and shared joy. Its maximalist production welcomed more than 2.7 million fans from around the world, who traveled across oceans to enjoy Club Renaissance."Beyoncé appears at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)The film's premiere will take place in Los Angeles on Nov. 25 and in London on Nov. 30, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé" hits theaters around the w...

Make That Hollywood Art Park

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

If your new multi-service micro-village live work play lifestyle campus urban real estate development doesn’t have a mural program, is it even really happening? Well Hollywood Park wasn’t about to take that chance. Since the inception of its reimagining as a 300-acre hub that includes SoFi Stadium and the YouTube Theater along with residential, commercial, service, cultural, and hospitality enterprises, Hollywood Park has put a lot of focus on how visual art could be featured as part of its architecture, atmosphere, and perhaps most importantly, its relationship to both the community that surrounds it and the one they hope to create.As the project moves inexorably towards its full opening and the indelible transformation of Inglewood forever, the art program—which began assembling in 2022—has continued to expand, with its latest phase adding outdoor murals by Jocelyn Tsaih and Amir H. Fallah and sculptures by Alison Saar. They join large-scale works already in place by painter...

Halloween video game roundup: ‘Alan Wake II’ and ‘Dead Space’ bookend a horror-filled year

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

Although this is the year of the big role-playing games, the horror genre shouldn’t be overlooked. The “Dead Space” remake started off the year strong and as 2023 winds down, “Alan Wake II” is injecting another strong dose of scares.The two titles are fantastic bookends for a strong year in horror. Fans should have no shortage of frightening games to thrill them over the weekend and through Halloween. Here are the ones that should be at the top of your list:“Alan Wake II” — It has been 13 years since Remedy Entertainment released its cult classic, and the sequel is worth the wait. Told almost like a TV serial, the game follows Saga Anderson and the titular hero who makes his return.The familiar action returns as light becomes one of the defenses against the mysterious Dark Presence that takes over humans, animals and other parts of Bright Falls. At the same time, the developers add a heavier mystery element as Saga and Alan try to solv...

Larry Magid: Smartphone essentials for traveling abroad

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

I just returned from two weeks in Japan, a combination business trip to speak at the UN’s Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, followed by a week of touring some of Japan’s interesting smaller cities and their surroundings: Kanazawa, Matsumoto, Nakatsugawa and Osaka. The smartphone I brought was a brand-new Pixel 8 Pro review unit that was officially released while I was in Japan. And in ways that may not seem obvious, the phone was extremely useful during the trip.Related ArticlesBusiness | Magid: UN Internet Governance Forum focuses on AI Business | Magid: Pixel Watch 2 adds health features, improves performance Business | Magid: Polly Klaas tragedy changed how we look for missing children Business | Magid: EV range anxiety is real, but is it based on reality? Before I left the United States, I made sure I had an international plan. Otherwise, I might have spent more on calls and data than on airfare.I use AT&T, an...

Wildfires, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

By BRIAN MELLEY | Associated PressKYBURZ, Calif. — On a steep mountainside where walls of flames torched the forest on their way toward Lake Tahoe in 2021, blackened trees stand in silhouette against a gray sky.“If you can find a live tree, point to it,” Hugh Safford, an environmental science and policy researcher at the University of California, Davis, said touring damage from the Caldor Fire, one of the past decade’s many massive blazes.Dead pines, firs, and cedars stretch as far as the eye can see. Fire burned so hot that soil was still barren in places more than a year later. Granite boulders were charred and flaked from the inferno. Long, narrow indentations marked the graves of fallen logs that vanished in smoke.Damage in this area of Eldorado National Forest could be permanent — part of a troubling pattern that threatens a defining characteristic of the Sierra Nevada range John Muir once called a “waving sea of evergreens.”Forest like this is disappearing as increasingly inte...

‘I killed him,’ an East Bay man told police. Here’s why a jury acquitted him

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:36 GMT

OAKLAND — As far as confessions go, James Richards’ statement to police couldn’t have been crisper.“I killed that man. The one they tried to arrest me for,” Richards told a group of California Highway Patrol officers who had detained him in August 2020. “I killed him. I, James Richards, confess to the f—in’ murder they tried to arrest me for.”In murder investigations, a confession of that clarity is usually a guarantee for a guilty verdict or a no contest plea. But Richards’ case was far from it. At the end of his trial this month, an Alameda County jury acquitted him of murder, allowing Richards — who’d been in jail awaiting trial for three years — to walk away a free man.How did such a confession lead to a not guilty verdict? Richards’ lawyer, William Welch, argued to jurors that his client was hallucinating and panicking when he gave the statement, literally screaming for someone to call the polic...