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Extra water will ensure good rafting on Colorado’s busiest river through Labor Day weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

An already excellent year for rafting conditions on the Arkansas River is receiving a boost to its flow levels through Labor Day, ensuring outfitters on Colorado’s leading whitewater river will have sufficient flows to operate through the holiday weekend.Because the water level must be drawn down at the Twin Lakes Reservoir to enable repairs on a power plant there, flows downstream through the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area will be augmented, according to Bob Hamel, executive director of the Arkansas River Outfitters Association. The Arkansas is far and away the rafting river in Colorado, accounting for nearly 248,000 user days in 2022, more than 45% of the state’s total number.It has been a good year for rafting already thanks to an above-average Colorado snowpack, a cool wet spring that kept runoff gradual and steady, frequent rain in early summer and now the monsoon. The added flow from the drawdown at Twin Lakes will be a boon for rafters.“We have some sup...

Woman suspected in downtown Los Angeles rampage flees from officers with fire extinguisher in hand

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

A woman who allegedly went on a violent rampage in downtown Los Angeles was taken into custody Thursday night.The incident occurred around 10:15 p.m. in the 200 block of South Broadway. A woman runs from police in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 17, 2023. (OnScene.TV)Witnesses said the woman pried open the backdoor of an apartment building and started setting paper on fire in the lobby. The woman allegedly grabbed a fire extinguisher and attacked an apartment manager, sprayed tenants and broke a glass front door. One person was apparently injured in the incident.Police have not yet confirmed the witness accounts but video showed officers chasing a woman still carrying a fire extinguisher down the street.The unidentified woman was eventually taken into custody. No further information about the suspect or what prompted the incident were immediately available.

The Best Of LA’s Burgers – Beyond The Bun

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

Whether griddled, barbecued, smashed or vegan, L.A.’s burger diversity arguably offers an assortment of patties nestled between some crazy mixed-up buns to rival any other city in the U.S.  Whether it’s crazy hot burgers in Thai Town, a French-inspired Burger Americaine in Venice or a smashed burger in North Hollywood, here are 15 of our favorites.Yellow Paper Burger (Ben Shmikler)The Smash BurgerWhile the smash burger has been around for years and is nothing new, its crusty beef patty with a caramelized texture and lacy burnt-end edges is currently L.A.’s burger du jour, and a pop-up favorite. Yellow Paper Burger was born out of the pandemic as a side gig for Colin Fahrner and Katie Burnett. Backyard pop-ups grew into multiple residencies at bars and breweries around town. You can catch the red jumpsuit-clad team every week, mostly on the east side of town by checking on Instagram for their schedule and updates. Based in Monterey Park, they log about 36 miles a day round-trip...

Pleasanton eyes local tax measure — how did it get here?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

How did Pleasanton get here?That was one question posed by a resident during a City Council meeting Tuesday when the panel gave city staff the green light to explore placing a possible tax measure on a ballot next year.City officials will next take the temperature of the community through public opinion polls and other informational campaigns to determine what type of measure — local sales tax, hotel tax or bond, among possible revenue options — may be successful with voters.The city is studying a tax or bond measure as it stares down projections that show the city in coming years spending more money than it takes in.“Why are we in this situation?” Mayor Karla Brown said at the meeting. “One of them is COVID.”Pleasanton lost $11 million in hotel tax revenue during the last three years of the coronavirus pandemic, Brown said, and the industry has been slow to recover to pre-pandemic levels.Sales tax revenue has not been high enough to meet the city...

Opinion: The two big questions answered by Trump’s Georgia indictment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

The best way to think about Georgia’s sprawling indictment against Donald Trump and his allies is that it is a case about lies. It’s about lying, conspiring to lie and attempting to coax, coerce and cajole others into lying. Whereas the attorney general of Michigan just brought a case narrowly focused on the alleged fake electors in her state (Trump is not a defendant in that one), and special counsel Jack Smith brought an indictment narrowly focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has brought a case about the entire conspiracy, from start to finish, and targeted each person subject to her jurisdiction for each crime committed in her jurisdiction.In other words, this indictment is ambitious. But it also answers two related questions: Why bring yet another case against Trump in yet another jurisdiction? Isn’t he going to face a federal trial in Washington, D.C., for the same acts outlined in the Georgia indictment?The answ...

Stake in big San Jose apartment complex is bought by L.A. investors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

SAN JOSE — A big San Jose apartment complex has drawn investment interest from a Southern California investment group in a sign of ongoing strength for Silicon Valley housing.   

As Michelin expands, Black chefs continue to miss out on stars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

By Kwaku Gyasi | BloombergEarning just one Michelin star has the potential to elevate just another dining spot to the highest ranks of culinary attention.But even though Michelin Guides have been published for a century and have recently gone on an expansion tear, the number of current Michelin-starred restaurants run by Black chefs is still in the single digits.The issue was thrust into the limelight after British actor Will Poulter, a star of the hit TV show The Bear, said in a July interview that food of African origin is “massively underrepresented at the fine dining level.”Just six Michelin-starred restaurants around the world have Black executive chefs, according to Bloomberg analysis. (The chefs are Michael Caines, Charlie Mitchell, Marcel Ravin, Mory Sacko, Gerald Sombright and Georgiana Viou.) Poulter’s viral clip has amplified an ongoing question: Why are some food cultures overlooked by the standard bearers of restaurant guides—and who sets that standard?Culinary Gold Med...

Court documents allege ‘elder financial abuse’ of Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

By Clare Foran | CNNA petition filed in San Francisco Superior Court alleges that California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been the victim of “elder financial abuse” with regard to the management of a trust.The petition states that when Feinstein’s husband Richard Blum died in February 2022, a trust that had been set up by him required its trustees to establish a marital trust funded with $5 million to benefit the senator. But, the petition alleges the trustees “have still neither funded the Marital Trust nor made any of the required income distributions to Senator Feinstein.”The legal document accuses the trustees of committing “financial abuse” of Feinstein by “wrongfully withholding distributions,” and of “elder financial abuse” by “wrongfully and in bad faith depriving her of property rights.”The San Francisco Chronicle was first to report on the petition.The petition has been brought by Katherine Feinstein, who it says has been appointed by the senator “as her attorney-i...

Elias: Newsom’s gun control amendment may open Pandora’s box

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

The weaknesses in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do not lie with the gun controls he seeks to win via this long, convoluted route.Related ArticlesLocal News | Saratoga’s State of the City will be family friendly Local News | Opinion: EPA funding will help Valley Water better serve community Local News | Elias: California’s rebellion against housing density mandates has begun Local News | Walters: Newsom intervened on banned textbooks. Why not school closures? Local News | Elias: Forcing appliance electrification may cause California backlash Rather, it’s the rest of the process that’s a potential killer — not of people, but of the basic civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights contained in that Constitution. Newsom, realizing it is unlikely almost to the point of impossibility, has pretty much abandoned the route by which every constitutional amen...

Emergency vehicle collides with Cruise car in SF, rider hospitalized

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:06 GMT

(KRON) -- A collision between a Cruise car and an emergency vehicle occurred Thursday night at the intersection of Polk and Turk Streets, according to Cruise. Just after 10 p.m., a Cruise car entered the intersection on a green light when it was struck by an emergency vehicle that appeared to be on its way to an emergency scene. The Cruise car contained one passenger at the time of the crash and they were transported to a hospital with non-severe injuries, Cruise said."Our primary concern is the rider and their welfare, and we have reached out to offer support. We are also deeply mindful of the well-being of the first responders and any individuals affected by this incident," Cruise said.This collision comes amid the recent approved expansion of robotaxi service in the city despite multiple instances of the driverless cars blocking traffic on city roads.