WATSONVILLE — A 41-year-old delivery truck driver reportedly kidnapped at knifepoint purposely crashed his vehicle into a downtown light pole to escape, according to police. The driver had stopped at a gas station when a man, identified by police as …
Police: Kidnap victim intentionally crashes vehicle in downtown Watsonville to escape Read MoreThere is a scene in “Screams Before Silence,” the harrowing documentary about the rape and mutilation of Israeli women on Oct. 7, that I can’t get out of my head. It’s an interview that former Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl …
Stephens: Sheryl Sandberg screams back at the silence Read More5585 Thomas Avenue – Google Street View A spacious historic three-unit house located in the 5500 block of Thomas Avenue in Oakland has new owners. The 2,786-square-foot property, built in 1900, was sold on March 21, 2024, for $1,700,000, or …
Triplex in Oakland sells for $1.7 million Read MoreActivists mark five years since the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside Belmarsh Prison in London on April 14, 2024. David Cliff/AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for five years, while Texas journalist Priscilla Villarreal …
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange published U.S. secrets as a journalist. He’s no criminal. Read MoreThe injectable drug Ozempic is shown Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Houston. Starting July 1, Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro will be covered for state employees in Illinois. David J. Phillip/AP The country’s obesity rates have …
Taxpayers need to know how heavy a toll they’ll be paying for weight-loss drug coverage Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson is being urged to ensure that city-funded affordable housing is accessible to tens of thousands of low-income Chicagoans with disabilities. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Over the past 35 years, the city of Chicago has invested billions of dollars in …
When is Chicago going to make affordable housing accessible to people with disabilities? Read MoreA white electric vehicle charges at a charging port in a parking garage owned by Millennium Garages. Provided If Illinois wants to meet Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s goal of 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, more needs to …
Coordinating transition to electric vehicles needs a jump start Read MoreFaux flowers decorate the entrance to Gino & Marty’s Italian at 844 W. Randolph St. in the West Loop. Chicago business owners hope the decor offers a warm welcome to patrons. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times They slither, curl and …
Faux flowers decorate Chicago businesses exteriors as way to attract customers Read MoreIs it safe to Buy a Bo Nix jersey, fans wanna know because of the revolving QB door we seem to have. — Maria England, Phoenix Thanks for getting us going this week, Maria. Do you have the shirt Sean …
Broncos Mailbag: Will Bo Nix win the Denver starting quarterback job right away? And what number is he going to wear? Read MoreThe Northglenn City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted to file an ethics complaint against Democratic state Sen. Faith Winter after she appeared at an April 3 community meeting in that city while apparently intoxicated. As outlined in a letter drafted …
City of Northglenn to file ethics complaint against State Sen. Winter after Democrat appeared intoxicated at meeting Read MoreSeveral thousand romance readers from across the country descended on the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center two weeks ago for Readers Take Denver, billed as a four-day conference where bibliophiles would have the chance to mingle with their favorite …
Readers Take Denver cancels 2025 conference after attendees decry “Fyre Festival of books” Read MoreStudent protests against the Israel-Hamas war spread to college campuses throughout Colorado this week as a solidarity encampment at Denver’s Auraria Higher Education Campus entered its seventh day. Demonstrations at the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Denver, Colorado State …
Pro-Palestine protests spread to more Colorado college campuses as Auraria encampment continues in Denver Read MoreIt’s been more than five years since the Larimer County commissioners said no to Thornton burying miles of pipe in the county to transport water from the Cache la Poudre River. Now the northern Denver suburb is back in the …
It’s do-or-die time for a water pipeline Thornton says it needs to keep home construction alive Read MoreCinco de Mayo at Civic Center Saturday-Sunday. As the unofficial kickoff of summer events at downtown’s sprawling Civic Center, Cinco de Mayo Denver returns May 4-5, with a festival that celebrates the historic Mexican holiday as well as Colorado’s centuries-old …
Cinco de Mayo, Blossom Party, Star Wars Day and more things to do in Denver this week Read MoreWhat is beautiful? Is it a captivating piece of art? A perfectly framed scene of nature? A building or a green space that challenges, and opens up, our aesthetic senses? No doubt, the answer is up to you, dear beholder. …
10 of the most beautiful things to see this spring and summer around Denver Read MoreThe Denver Center is a-humming. In the theater company’s largest house, Emma Woodhouse — to her own gentle comeuppance — is winking her way through Kate Hamill’s delightful adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma.” (See if before it closes Sunday.) Downstairs …
“Where Did We Sit on the Bus?” puts the audience in the Loop at the Denver Center | Theater review Read MoreA few days ago, Kim Kardashian made a dramatic hair change. She went back to “icy blonde” and cut her hair/took out her extensions. The new hair color does nothing for her, but the point is that something happened recently …
Kim Kardashian & Odell Beckham Jr. ‘fizzled out’ after seven months of quiet dating Read MoreIn March Pierce Brosnan resolved that little misunderstanding he had with Yellowstone National Park. You remember, the “recollections may vary” moment where he originally pleaded Not Guilty to trespassing on a protected thermal spring area, despite photographic evidence to the …
Drunk man arrested at Yellowstone after being treated for injuries from kicking a bison Read MoreRyan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s new movie, The Fall Guy is out in theaters on Friday, May 3. I’m really looking forward to seeing this movie! It looks like so much fun. As you know, Ryan is fresh off of …
Ryan Gosling & Mikey Day were Beavis & Butthead at ‘The Fall Guy’ premiere Read MoreLast November US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy was announced as one of the leaders of a commission to study the impact of loneliness on all aspects of our well being. This appointment came on the heels of the World …
Sharon Stone: ‘We’re all trying to confront our demons and we’re all acting out’ Read More