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Colorado to study feasibility of an alternative to the Outdoor Retailer show

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

Denver lost the the tug-of-war over the Outdoor Retailer trade show, which moved back to Salt Lake City this year after a five-year run in the Mile High City.Emerald Expositions, the organizer of winter and summer trade shows, made the call last year, removing events that generated $40 million to $60 million a year in economic activity prior to the pandemic. But Denver isn’t going to go sulk on the couch, binge-watch Warren Miller videos and whine about what could have been.Instead, Visit Denver and Outside Inc., a Boulder-based leader in recreational media, are teaming up to study the feasibility of a festival that backers envision as a recreational industry equivalent of the tech-focused South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, which has film and musical festivals attached to a tech confab.The Outside Festival, or RecFest, or whatever catchy name sponsors finally land on, has the potential to be bigger, better and draw more people than the Outdoor Retailer trade shows, ...

Toddler finds baggie containing 20 blue fentanyl pills in Edgewater McDonald’s play area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

A baggie with about 20 pills of fentanyl were found Wednesday morning by a toddler in a play area of an Edgewater McDonald’s.A woman, the toddler’s mother, turned the disturbing find over to the Edgewater Police Department about 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release.Police went to the McDonald’s, 1701 Sheridan Blvd., to investigate — hoping to find a witness or to obtain video surveillance images on how the baggie wound up there — but were unsuccessful.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Colorado lawmakers defeat bill to add penalties for drug dealers linked to fatal overdoses Crime and Public Safety | Polis signs bill that expands immunity protections for people who report overdoses Crime and Public Safety | “El Chapo” sons charged with smuggling cheap fentanyl to US Crime and Public Safety | Drug dealers who sell lethal fentanyl doses rarely prosecuted under new Colorado l...

Football legend and civil rights activist Jim Brown dead at 87

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.A spokeswoman for Brown’s family said he passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night with his wife, Monique, by his side.One of the greatest players in football history and one of the game’s first superstars, Brown was chosen the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1965 and shattered the league’s record books in a short career spanning 1957-65.Brown led the Cleveland Browns to their last NFL title in 1964 before retiring in his prime after the ’65 season to become an actor. He appeared in more than 30 films, including “Any Given Sunday” and “The Dirty Dozen.”An unstoppable runner with power, speed and endurance, Brown’s arrival sparked the game’s burgeoning popularity on television.As Black Americans fought for equality, Brown used his platform and voice ...

Jim Brown's life and legacy in photos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown has died at the age of 87. Brown shattered records during a relatively short NFL career, leading the Cleveland Browns to their last championship in 1964 -- and retired in his prime to become an actor. (Original Caption) Nation's top Negro athletes gathered for a meeting at the Negro Industrial and Economic Union to hear Cassius Clay's view for rejecting Army induction. News conference shows (front row) Bill Russell, Boston Celtics; Cassius Clay; Jim Brown and Lew Alcindor. Back row (left to right): Carl Stokes, Democratic State Rep.; Walter Beach, Cleveland Browns; Bobby Mitchell, Washington Redskins; Sid Williams, Cleveland Browns; Curtis McClinton, Kansas City Chiefs; Willie Davis, Green Bay Packers; Jim Shorter, former Brown and John Wooten, Cleveland Browns.(Original Caption) 9/1965-: Jimmy Brown, Cleveland Browns football.(Original Caption) Jim Brown (32) has just taken hand off from Quarterback Frank Ryan (13) in game against the...

Border Patrol agents targets of two separate shootings this week in San Diego

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Border Patrol is reporting that twice this week, some of its agents in the San Diego Sector had to evade gunfire coming from south of the border as they patrolled the border with Mexico.One incident reportedly occurred just yards north of the border on Monday night less than a mile east of the San Ysidro port of entry. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents were rendering aid to an injured 4-year-old boy when they had to take cover to avoid being hit by bullets.The boy had been dropped from the primary border barrier by an unknown individual who was entering the United States, officials with Border Patrol say. Two drug tunnels — one under construction — discovered along border in Tijuana The agency reports its agents heard both the impact and ricochet of several bullets bouncing off of the secondary border barrier just north of their location.  CBP reports that agents — with the child still on scene — directed emergency me...

California to receive more federal aid to combat homelessness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing under a new plan launched Thursday as part of the Biden administration's larger goal to reduce homelessness 25% by 2025.The All Inside initiative will partner the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and its 19 federal member agencies with state officials in California and local governments in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and the Phoenix metro area. The goal is for the federal government to provide “knowledge, resources and elbow grease” to population centers where nearly half the nation's unhoused residents live, said Susan Rice, President Joe Biden's domestic policy advisor. The administration will offer “tailored support” for two years to improve efforts toward housing unsheltered people in the participating communities, including embedding a federal official in each area, officials said.A homeless encampment in Woodland Hills is now part o...

Amalia Judiscak Dead after Wrong-Way Crash near 40th Street [Phoenix, AZ]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

17-Year-Old Girl Died after Two-Vehicle Crash near Osborn RoadPHOENIX, AZ (May 19, 2023) – Early Sunday morning, police responded to a wrong-way crash that claimed the life of Amalia Judiscak.The incident occurred on May 14th, at around 3:00 a.m., near 40th Street and Osborn Road involving two vehicles.Upon investigation, the officers have learned that 17-year-old Judiscak was travelling in the wrong direction on 40th street and collided with a vehicle occupied by a driver and a passenger.Emergency crews arrived shortly after and pronounced Judiscak dead at the scene.Meanwhile, the driver and passenger of the other involved vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Medics transported them to the hospital for treatment.At this time, it is unknown if impairment played a role in the collision. Further investigation is still ongoing.Meanwhile, the roadway was blocked during the length of the incident but it has reopened since.The team at Sweet James sends their sincere symp...

Heber Alexander Henriquez Arrested after Hit-and-Run Crash on Mission Drive [Cathedral City, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

34-Year-Old Man Arrested after Killing 78-Year-Old in a Pedestrian Crash near San Luis Rey DriveCATHEDRAL CITY, CA (May 19, 2023) – Sunday morning, police arrested Heber Alexander Henriquez after a fatal hit-and-run crash on Mission Drive.The incident happened on May 14th, at around 6:05 a.m., in the 6700 block of Mission Drive, just east of Palm Springs International Airport.According to reports, a 78-year-old man was walking along a sidewalk when 34-year-old Henriquez struck him. Following the crash, Henriquez fled the scene without rendering aid to the victim.First responders arrived at the scene and located the man with extreme injuries. Officials pronounced the 78-year-old man dead at the scene.At this time, officials have not released the identity of the man, but police said that he was a resident of Cathedral City.Meanwhile, police found Henriquez and they arrested him on a homicide charge and hit-and-run resulting in death.Police urge anyone with information regarding ...

Woman Fatally Struck in Hit-and-Run Accident on Interstate 880 [Fremont, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

Female Victim Pronounced Dead after Hit-and-Run Collision near State Route 62FREMONT, CA (May 19, 2023) – Early Sunday morning, a woman was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 880.Authorities responded to the scene around 2:40 a.m., on the northbound lanes of the freeway near the off-ramp to State Route 262 and Mission Boulevard.Officers say Good Samaritans of a Mitsubishi, a man and a woman, pulled over to assist another single-vehicle crash involving a Chevrolet.The woman and the driver of the Mitsubishi were able to move the Chevy to the side where they parked behind it. As the woman was standing between the two vehicles, the driver of a Ford F-150 slammed into the rear of the Mitsubishi, pushing it into the woman.Due to the extent of injuries sustained, medics pronounced her dead at the scene.Meanwhile, the driver of the Ford fled the scene on foot and authorities have no lead about the suspect.Also, police arrested the driver of the Chevy with a DUI cha...

Jim Brown dies at 87; NFL legend was prominent civil rights activist in 1960s

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:37 GMT

By Tom Withers | Associated PressPro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.A spokeswoman for Brown’s family said he passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night with his wife, Monique, by his side.One of the greatest players in football history and one of the game’s first superstars, Brown was chosen the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1965 and shattered the league’s record books in a short career spanning 1957-65.Brown led the Cleveland Browns to their last NFL title in 1964 before retiring in his prime after the ’65 season to become an actor. He appeared in more than 30 films, including “Any Given Sunday” and “The Dirty Dozen.”An unstoppable runner with power, speed and endurance, Brown’s arrival sparked the game’s burgeoning ...