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Teddy Bear Program helps children cope with trauma

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin firefighters got hundreds of stuffed animal donations Wednesday. The Austin Fire Department says firefighters will give the toys to children after a fire. According to AFD, the teddy bears and stuffed Dalmatians came from the Austin Junior Forum's Teddy Bear Program. According to its website, AJF raises money every year to buy the toys for the Fire Department, as well as for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Austin-Travis County EMS and the Austin Police Department. AFD said in recent years, more than 5,000 children in the community have been involved in some sort of crisis situation, and the number continues to rise.You can donate to the Teddy Bear Program here.

Schenectady’s La Gioia Italian Deli sets reopening date

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- La Gioia Italian Deli in Schenectady is officially reopening after closing for business about 10 months ago. The deli is set to reopen on Friday, April 7 at 9 a.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! In June 2022, owners Anna DiCocco and Modesta DiCarlo closed the deli after 33 years. However, in August, Laura Marino, the daughter and niece of the previous owners, announced that she would be taking over and reopening the deli.“I will take over the reigns of the hard work my mom and aunt have instilled with me," said Marino in the August Facebook post. "I’ve realized how much I love being a part of the deli and all of you. My promise to all of you is simple, the traditional styles of pasta, meatballs, bracciole, sauce, sausage will remain a staple." Delmar Bistro closing its doors after 8 years La Gioia Italian Deli originally opened in 1989 when Marino was 11 years old. The eatery is located at 2...

Cash App founder Bob Lee, raised in St. Louis, fatally stabbed in San Francisco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO - Bob Lee, a St. Louis-raised tech executive and the founder of Cash App, was stabbed to death Tuesday in San Francisco. Lee, who has also served as chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco. Trending: St. Louis-area April 4 municipal election results Lee was fatally stabbed in the densely populated Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, near Google's office and Oracle Park, home to the San Francisco Giants. The neighborhood is a mix of offices and modern condo buildings.Lee was raised in St. Louis and a graduate of Lindbergh High School in south St. Louis County. Police have not disclosed any suspect information or other information around the stabbing.

Traffic reopens after I-270 semi-trailer overturns, leads to delays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Traffic has reopened in both directions of Interstate 270 near the Missouri-Illinois state line after a semi-trailer overturned Thursday morning in north St. Louis County. Police worked nearly an hour to move the overturned semi-trailer. Officials were diverting traffic to exit ramps off the interstate around the Chain of Rocks Bridge before it reopend. Trending: St. Louis-area April 4 municipal election results The truck was overturned and blocking traffic in both lanes near the Lilac Avenue exit. Police asked drivers to consider alternate routes as crews worked to remove the semi-trailer before early rush-hour traffic. No injuries were reported from the incident. FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner is riding around the scene to show impacts. We will update as more information becomes available.

Denver weather: Sunny, warm and dry weekend with temps increasing through Easter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

The weather was shifting from freezing with light snow to sunny, warm and dry with temperatures topping 50 degrees Thursday, the start of a warming trend through Easter Sunday and into the following week, according to the National Weather Service.The high temperature in metro Denver will reach 54 degrees Thursday, increasing to 65 degrees Friday and 68 degrees on Saturday, weather service forecasters said. By Monday and Tuesday, the daytime highs will approach 80 degrees in the city, forecasters said.Still, early Thursday, snow blanketed the Colorado Front Range foothills. Interstate 25 south of  Castle Rock remained slick. And the night low temperature Thursday in Denver is expected to drop below freezing.Warming trend gets underway today, and continues through the weekend and at least the first half of next week. Still below normal readings today, but looking for 70°F for the weekend and 80°F in the lower elevations by Tuesday. #COwx pic.twitter.com/KT8X4loI1d— NWS Boulder (...

Letters: Denver voters send a clear message with “no” on Park Hill development

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

Voters made land-use opinions clearRe: “Foes of Park Hill redevelopment declare victory,” April 5 news storyDenver voters did not buy into Mayor Michael Hancock’s hope to merge tall buildings into the Park Hill neighborhood’s landscape. Gov. Jared Polis’ “path forward” to reform land use throughout our state now knows public sentiment favors municipal voters deciding important land-use decisions.The governor recently told us, “It’s clear that the actions of one jurisdiction impact others.” Denver voters just informed our state leadership and municipal government private developer coalition there is strong public sentiment to leave what is in place alone.Forrest Monroe, AuroraBeer sales need to keep pace with faster baseball gamesRe: “You’ll never guess who has the cheapest beer in the Major Leagues,” March 30 online storyThe bigger question is how concession stands can make any money with shorter games – considering the Rockies’ opening weekend games cl...

Colorado utilities consider regional market to buy, sell wholesale power

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

Xcel Energy, Blacks Hills Energy and Tri-State Generation and Transmission are among the utilities in Colorado participating in the initial phase of building a regional marketplace for wholesale electricity.The Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission organization, said Tuesday that 31 utilities and organizations have signed agreements supporting the development of the marketplace in the West. Companies could buy or sell power a day before it’s used.Antoine Lucas, SPP’s vice president of markets, said in a statement that the diverse group of participants will benefit the process as utilities look to improve reliability and to cut energy costs.A so-called “day-ahead” energy market is considered a step toward a regional transmission organization, or RTO, whose goal is to make electricity available where and when it’s needed at the cheapest cost possible. About 60% of the nation’s electric power supply is managed by RTOs, according to the U.S. E...

Pickleball fans in this Colorado city give officials the smackdown over limits placed on popular sport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

Centennial’s half-year ban on new outdoor pickleball courts hasn’t been in effect for even a month and already there’s pushback from folks crazy about a sport that’s been growing like mad in Colorado.Jane Robbins, who serves as the pickleball manager at the Homestead in the Willows neighborhood in Centennial, said she is “disappointed and frustrated” by the city’s decision to temporarily halt the establishment of new outdoor courts within 500 feet of homes so that it can study noise impacts associated with the game.The city’s emergency moratorium, passed during a well-attended March 21 city council meeting and scheduled to expire at the end of September, scuttled plans this spring that Robbins and her pickleball-playing compatriots had to paint permanent lines for two courts on the hardtop of an existing tennis court in their neighborhood.A contractor had been lined up to do the work.They’ve been using painter’s tape to tem...

Chubby’s heir accused of skimming $324K from Northside restaurant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

The majority owner of Chubby’s, a restaurant and cultural institution in north Denver, is being sued for allegedly pilfering hundreds of thousands of dollars in company funds.The lawsuit, filed by minority owners Friday in Denver District Court, suggests the 56-year-old Mexican-American restaurant could be in financial trouble as a result of the alleged skimming. It is the most recent of several public family feuds to emerge from Chubby’s.In the 1960s, a 59-year-old mother of 10 named Stella Cordova took an 85-cents-per-hour job at a burger joint in Sunnyside. When the owner sold the failing business in 1967, Cordova bought it, kept the name Chubby’s and changed the menu to Mexican-American.Cordova worked at Chubby’s until shortly before her death in 2009 at age 100. By then, the massive Cordova family — Westword estimates it had grown to at least 170 people — included factions who were benefiting from, and at odds over, the Chubby’s name.Because Stella Cordova did not t...

Colorado’s TikTok creators worry about losing income, online communities with a potential U.S. ban

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:24 GMT

TikTok creators living and working in Colorado fear their incomes – and online communities – are at risk if a potential U.S. ban on the social media app moves forward.The popular Chinese-owned app, which features a seemingly never-ending stream of short videos, means more to creators than captured moments with adorable pets or trending dances for Generation Z, also known as zoomers. Owner ByteDance Ltd. committed to pouring around $285 million over three years to pay high-performing influencers through its Creator Fund – but the real money for content creators comes from partnerships with brands.“This is a serious source of income for me, which sounds silly,” said 32-year-old Amanda Bittner. “But, when I look at my bank account at the end of the month, that is real money that I earned.”“I consider it a job.”The Denver resident posts her adventures around Colorado’s capital city and beyond to her account, @theamandabittner, cultivating a foll...