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Polis: I just signed a law to reduce property taxes. Ask your local elected officials to do the same.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

The United States, including Colorado, is suffering from an affordability crisis. Our local districts across Colorado including fire, library, sanitation, school, and counties now have a huge opportunity and responsibility to act in the upcoming weeks to help reduce the cost of living for Coloradans.Reducing property taxes is part of our overall effort to save people money. That’s why you’ve been hearing recently about the vigorous debate around how to reduce property taxes. I’m pleased that a successful special session of the legislature last week passed historic property tax relief that, combined with previously passed property tax relief, will subtract $55,000 per home from state property tax valuation and reduce the residential assessment rate to 6.7%.Coloradans living in a $500,000 home will save an average of about $505 on their 2023 property tax bill. But while these savings will certainly help, property tax bills will still go up for most Colorado families, which is why I am...

Sports Illustrated names CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders Sportsperson of the Year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has been named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday morning.Sanders is credited with breathing new life into a program that went 1-11 just a year ago. The Prime Effect at CU started with the first sold-out spring game in school history. From a dramatic season-opening win at TCU to a disastrous loss to Stanford, all eyes have been on the Buffs.Related ArticlesCollege Sports | Kickin’ It with Kiz Podcast: How Deion Sanders’ CU Buffs can win 10 games in 2024? College Sports | Keeler: CU Buffs, Sean Lewis should’ve been perfect football marriage. So why did Deion Sanders speed up the divorce? College Sports | Keeler: Deion Sanders’ recruiting doublespeak has CU Buffs looking more like CU Bluffs College Sports | Football recruiting: CU Buffs lose QB commits for 2024, 2025 classes College Sports | How can Deion ...

Denver weather: Expected below-freezing temps prompt warming shelters to open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

Denver is preparing for a couple nights of below-freezing temperatures as lows Thursday and Friday will likely drop to the low 20s.Forecasters at the National Weather Service expect Thursday and Friday’s lows to be 22 degrees. Friday’s forecast also includes a 20% chance of snow.Two severe weather shelters will open overnight Thursday in Denver to get unsheltered people inside. The former Best Western Hotel, now called New Directions, 4595 Quebec St., and the former Doubletree Hotel, 4040 Quebec St., will open at 7 p.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. the next morning, city officials announced in a news release.People needing shelter should go to the city’s “front door” shelter access points: Lawrence Street Community Center, Samaritan House and Urban Peak, which are all expanding their capacity for the cold overnight.Buses will transfer people from the St. Francis Center at 2323 Curtis Street to the former hotels between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.Families needing shelter...

Phish to play at the Las Vegas Sphere in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

The next act at the groundbreaking Las Vegas Sphere has been announced. Phish announced they'll be taking the stage at the eye-popping venue for a limited engagement in April of 2024."Announcing four unique shows at @SphereVegas," the band posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday morning. The shows will take place on April 18, 19, 20 and 21. These will be the only shows the band will perform at the venue in 2024.The many looks of the Sphere in Las Vegas which opens Sept. 29, 2023. (KLAS)"Each of Phish’s shows will feature completely unique setlists and visuals, making every show a truly once-in-a-lifetime audio-visual experience," the X account for the Sphere posted.“From the moment we first heard about Sphere and its potential, we’ve been dreaming up ways to bring our show to this breathtaking canvas,” Trey Anastasio, Phish guitarist and vocalist, said in a statement obtained by Billboard. “We’re thrilled to present this completely unique experience to Phish fans.”Phish follows U...

Holiday horror stalks Christmas in films ‘Silent Night’ and ‘It’s a Wonderful Knife’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

In “Silent Night,” the new holiday movie from action auteur John Woo, a grief-stricken, revenge-minded father hunts down the gang members who shot his child on Christmas Eve.In ‘It’s a Wonderful Knife,” the teen heroine wishes at Christmas that she’d never been born, and discovers that a serial killer she’d killed in her real life is still very much alive in her alternative timeline.Yep, it’s time for a new slate of Christmas-themed horror films and action movies in theaters or streaming at home.Joel Kinnaman as Godlock in “Silent Night,” a new holiday action movie from director John Woo. (Photo by Carlos Latapi/Lionsgate)Jess McLeod as Bernie Simon and Jane Widdop as Winnie Carruthers in “It’s a Wonderful Knife,” a new holiday horror comedy. (Photo courtesy of RLJE Films and Shudder)The new holiday horror comedy “It’s a Wonderful Knife” takes its inspiration from the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Here, whe...

WHO keeping closer watch on BA.2.86 coronavirus strain as a dearth of data makes predictions difficult

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

By Brenda Goodman | CNN(CNN) — The World Health Organization has notched up the status of the coronavirus strain BA.2.86 and its offshoots, naming it a “variant of interest,” although the organization says the current risk from this family of viruses appears to be low.Previously, the organization had been following this lineage as a “variant under monitoring.”WHO also has XBB.1.5, XBB.1.6 and EG.5 classified as variants of interest. There are no current variants of concern, the highest designation.BA.2.86 first turned up in the US in August and is now the third most common variant, causing an estimated 1 in 11 new cases of Covid-19 here, according to the latest update of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s variant tracker. The prevalence appears to have tripled in the past two weeks, although a variant’s growth is often overestimated in the first few weeks after it shows up in the CDC’s monitoring.But if BA.2.86 doesn’t appear to be such big deal, why would WHO upgra...

Caltrain: Trespasser causing service delays at 4th and King

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A person climbing in an unauthorized area cause delays to inbound and outbound trains at the 4th and King Caltrain station in San Francisco early Thursday morning.Related ArticlesTransportation | Stop signs needed at dangerous three-way intersection: Roadshow Transportation | Hey, Caltrans, you need to repaint some signs on I-680: Roadshow Transportation | Caught dumping illegally? Better clean up your mess and more: Roadshow Transportation | Blatant roadside dumping on well-traveled ramp raises question about frequency: Roadshow Transportation | ‘Are intersections overengineered?’ reader asks after four-way stop smooths traffic: Roadshow In a post to social media at 6:03 a.m., the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management told commuters to expect delays and take alternate routes as the police activity affected the station, which is the northernmost end of the train lin...

Man on power pole impacting Caltrain service at 4th & King in SF

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man who apparently climbed on top of a power pole at Caltrain's 4th & King station in San Francisco is impacting service for commuters Thursday morning.Power has been shut off to the powerlines, according to employees, and both inbound and outbound trains have been halted as police activity surrounds the station.A bus bridge provided by SamTrans has been established for commuters from San Francisco to 22nd Street as of 7:25 a.m., according to a service alert.(Photo: Michael Thomas)There is no estimated time that the situation will be resolved and power will be restored.This is a developing story.Bay City News contributed to this report.

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts but remains on track for big gains in November

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday but remain on track for their best monthly gain in more than a year.The S&P 500 fell 0.1% in morning trading, but remains up more than 8% in November. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 244 points, or 0.7%, to 35,676 as of 10:11 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq fell 0.4%.Treasury yields gained ground. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, rose to 4.34% from 4.26% late Wednesday.The market has been marching steadily higher in recent weeks as investors hope the Federal Reserve is finally done raising interest rates, which fight inflation by slowing the economy. Those hopes got more support with a report that the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation cooled last month.Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department said prices were unchanged from September to October, down from a 0.4% rise the previous month. Compared with a year ago, consumer prices rose 3% in October, below the 3...

Struggling French club Lyon fires coach Fabio Grosso after less than 3 months in charge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — Italian coach Fabio Grosso was fired by Lyon on Thursday after less than three months in charge of the struggling seven-time French champion.Grosso was fired after just eight league games in charge, having being hired in September as a replacement for Laurent Blanc with the mission to put the team back on track. Blanc left following a bad start to the season, with Lyon in last place with only one point from four games. The club remains bottom of the league after Grosso’s departure, with seven points from 12 matches and just one win. The 46-year-old Grosso, who played 75 games for Lyon from 2007-09, had a contract until the end of the season. He was injured in October when the Lyon team bus was attacked by fans throwing stones after a game at Marseille, which left him bleeding from a cut to his face. The club, which is owned by American businessman John Textor, said Pierre Sage would be in charge of preparations for Lyon’s match at Lens on Saturday. Th...