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What can Denver’s next mayor do about homelessness? Here’s what 5 other cities are doing.

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

For years, candidates for mayor in Denver and in other large cities have vowed to end scenes of tents and tarps lining sidewalks and parks, but Mayor Michael Hancock warns that voters should be wary of anyone who claims they can fix the problem in a set amount of time.Hancock, who has dealt with persistent criticism over his handling of homelessness, said he wishes he had understood the issue’s complexity when he was first elected as mayor in 2011.“We have not been sitting around for 10, 11 years twiddling our thumbs and playing politics with the lives of human beings on our streets. These are human beings,” Hancock said. “And we have been working diligently to try to find the secret sauce for each individual so we can not only house them but stabilize them.”The number of people experiencing homelessness in the city has grown to at least 4,794, more than 44% compared to five years earlier, according to the metro Denver Point-In-Time count in 2022. The Denver metro ranks among ...

Here’s what every Denver mayor candidate says about homelessness

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageThe Denver Post sent a questionnaire to candidates in the April 4 Denver municipal election. Answers are lightly edited and ordered alphabetically by candidate’s last name. Following are mayoral candidates’ answers to the question:Should the city’s policy of sweeping homeless encampments continue unchanged? Why or why not?Renate BehrensNever sweep and take away private belongings never, ever, (constitutional rights) from the most vulnerable population. They are just like you and me — after a catastrophic life’s experience. They have to get a chance to recover. They are not mentally ill.The working homeless have to get housing by their employers.Kelly BroughNo. It is a tremendous waste of resources to move people down the block or around the corner. We need real solutions to ending homeless encampments. I will expand and evolve our shelter capacity and build more housing. While doing that, I’ll ...

Sober seating bill for Colorado sports, concert venues would set national precedent

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

State legislators plan to vote on a bill this week that would require “substance-free seating” for Colorado sporting events and concerts at venues with more than 7,000 seats, including stadiums, arenas and amphitheaters.Senate Bill 23-171, introduced Feb. 27 by Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola and Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy, would require venues such as Ball Arena, Coors Field, Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Empower Field at Mile High to offer 4 percent of their audience capacity as “substance free seating,” where alcohol, tobacco and other substances would be banned.The bill addresses the need for families and people in addiction recovery to have substance-free spaces, Priola said Friday, and is part of a growing national movement toward such spaces.The bill would set a national precedent as the first of its type in the country, although some sports stadiums — including Coors Field — already offer small, alcohol-free sections for families.“There̵...

5 places to camp instead of Rocky Mountain National Park’s closed Moraine campground

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

Rocky Mountain National Park’s largest campground will be closed this summer for a major “modernization” project that will relocate some campsites away from wetlands, replace failing water and sewer lines that date back to the 1960s, bury three miles of power lines that currently are above ground and make the campground more accessible for people in wheelchairs.Related ArticlesOutdoors | Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park’s largest campground, will close next summer for major rehab project Park officials have said they hope that changes to the 244-site Moraine Park campground will be completed by summer 2024. Until then, campgrounds on the park’s eastern side include Aspenglen (52 sites), Glacier Basin (150), and Longs Peak (26). The Timber Creek campground on the park’s west side has 98 sites.Since the loss of Moraine Park reduces the number of available campsites on the eastern side of the park by more than half, many cam...

Dmitry Klenov sells his stake in Russia’s top children's goods retailer Detsky Mir

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

Dmitry Klenov has sold his whole investment in the company to an anonymous third party who is not tied to any other existing big stakeholders. Mr Klenov had reached a binding agreement with a third party to sell his 10% interest in October 2022. The purchase was finalized on March 10, 2023, after receiving all relevant clearances. As a consequence of the deal, Mr Klenov no longer has any direct or indirect stake in Detsky Mir, which corresponds with his previously stated objective to wind down assets in Russian enterprises.Detsky Mir is one of the top Russia’s digital retailers and the leader in children’s goods. The company owns over thousand stores in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Woman killed, another injured in Pico Rivera hit-and-run

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

Authorities in Pico Rivera are looking for a driver who allegedly fled the scene of a fatal crash late Sunday.The crash occurred around 11:20 p.m. near the intersection of Rooks and Rose Hills roads, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Two women were walking south on the curb of Rooks Road when they were struck by a vehicle traveling in the same direction.The driver fled the scene, continuing south and out of view, officials said.Los Angeles County firefighters responded to the scene and began providing life-saving measures, but one of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene.The other victim was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.No further details about the incident, including information about the suspect vehicle, have been released.Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Pico Rivera sheriff’s station at 562-949-2421.

U.S., U.K. try to halt fallout from Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

Governments in the UK and U.S. took extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, even as another major bank was shut down.The UK Treasury and the Bank of England announced early Monday that they had facilitated the sale of Silicon Valley Bank UK to HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, ensuring the security of 6.7 billion pounds ($8.1 billion) of deposits.British officials worked throughout the weekend to find a buyer for the UK subsidiary of the California-based bank. Its collapse was the second-largest bank failure in history.U.S. regulators also worked all weekend to try to find a buyer. Those efforts appeared to have failed Sunday, but U.S. officials assured all depositors that they could access all their money quickly. Silicon Valley Bank depositors will have access to all funds starting Monday: Fed agencies The announcement came amid fears that the factors that caused the Santa Clara, California-based bank to fail could spr...

BLACK MAGIC LOVE SPELL – EVERYTHING YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

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Finding Your Healthy: Tips for Personalizing Your Lifestyle Goals

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

(unsplash)Are you looking for ways to personalize your healthy lifestyle goals? Living a healthy lifestyle is key to feeling your best and achieving your goals, but it can be hard to know what steps to take. Fortunately, personalizing your healthy lifestyle goals can help you create an approach that fits your lifestyle and needs.A personalized approach to health allows you to focus on the areas of your health that are most important to you and to come up with strategies that are tailored to your individual needs and lifestyle. By focusing on what matters to you and what works for your body, you can create a plan that is both healthy and sustainable. With the right strategies, you can get the most out of your healthy lifestyle goals and take steps towards being the best version of yourself.What Defines a Healthy Lifestyle?A healthy lifestyle is a way of living that aids in improving and maintaining your physical, mental,  emotional, and even spiritual well-being. It is a lifestyle th...

Falling tree crushes roof of landmark clubhouse at San Francisco’s Stern Grove

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:09:24 GMT

The historic clubhouse at San Francisco’s Stern Grove was severely damaged over the weekend by a falling tree, the city’s parks department said. Rangers said they responded to an alarm at the Trocadero Clubhouse at 5:30 a.m. Saturday. They found that an 85-foot eucalyptus had fallen onto the building, crushing part of the roof, and that the interior had been flooded by water from the sprinkler system. The building was red-tagged because of the structural and water damage. “This is soul-crushing,” said San Francisco Recreation and Park General Manager Phil Ginsburg in a press release. “The Trocadero and Stern Grove are San Francisco treasures. It will take political leadership, resources and community resolve to put the Trocadero back together again.”Officially recognized as a city landmark last year, the Trocadero was built in 1892 as a roadhouse that offered dancing and roulette. The clubhouse was once operated by sugar magnate Adolph Spreck...