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Virtual learning at Alton High School today

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

ALTON, Ill. - Kids at Alton High School are learning from home Tuesday while the staff is trained on a new security feature.Metal detectors were installed at the school this weekend. You Paid For It: How Hazelwood got out of the financial hole According to the school district superintendent, the metal detectors were ordered last spring, just came in, and were not in response to recent fights on campus.

Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair to draw dozens of booksellers to Colorado

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

Dozens of booksellers from around the country will be offering their most interesting, most memorable, and most hard-to-find books for two days in September at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock.The Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair, now in its 39th year, attracts book lovers of all ages, tastes and budgets. It’s a chance to see books from your childhood you never thought you’d see again, or rare copies of books you never thought you’d ever see, or books you’ve never even heard of that grab your attention and won’t let go.The fair also will have a large offering of ephemera: scrapbooks, photographs, posters, letters and other documentation of times gone by.“Book fairs are unique because dealers bring together books and other materials for just one time and for just one place, and that’s what makes them such an attraction for booksellers,” said fair organizer Carol Mobley.  “There’s also no greater accumulation of people who are extremely knowledgeable about books t...

CU’s Rick George: Buffs “very open” to renewing Nebraska Cornhuskers football series after 2024

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

If the Cornhuskers want another piece of Boulder after 2024, CU Buffs athletic director Rick George is game for a rematch.“I would be very open to having a home-and-home (series) with Nebraska in the future,” George told The Denver Post recently when asked about future matchups with the Cornhuskers after the current four-game contract expires next fall.CU is 2-0 over the first half of the series, winning 33-28 at Lincoln in September 2018 and rallying for a 34-31 victory in overtime at Folsom Field a year later. The Buffs host Nebraska at 10 a.m. Saturday and visit Memorial Stadium to complete the contract on Sept. 7, 2024.Assuming CU’s previously-scheduled games with future Big 12 opponents are vacated, it would give the Buffs and Huskers matching open dates several times over the next 10 seasons.Potential fits from 2025-2033 include the weekend of Sept. 17-18 2027; the weekend of Sept. 21-22, 2029; the weekend of Sept. 12-13, 2031; the second and third weekends of September 2032; ...

Top 10 games to watch on the 2023 NFL schedule

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

Mark your calendars: Here’s the Top 10 games to watch on the 2023 NFL slate, starting with a primetime showdown in Week 1.Week 1Bills at JetsSept. 11, 6:15 p.m. on Monday Night Football, ESPNAfter losing in the divisional round the past two seasons, Josh Allen and the Bills begin another year with Super Bowl-or-bust expectations against a future Hall of Fame QB, Aaron Rodgers, making his New York debut for the much-hyped Jets.Week 2Vikings at EaglesSept. 14, 6:15 p.m. on Thursday Night Football, Amazon PrimeMinnesota’s magical 2022 ended with a letdown loss to the Giants in the wild card round, but Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson remain a tantalizing tandem. It’s the home opener for Philly, whose D should still be elite with the likes of Fletcher Cox and Darius Slay.Week 4Chiefs at JetsOct. 1 at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday Night Football, NBCAaron Rodgers will have gone through the Buffalo, Dallas and New England defenses by the time the Jets host the Chiefs. New York...

1st lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID, president's results negative so far

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms, her spokeswoman said.President Joe Biden was tested for the virus following his wife's positive test, but his results were negative. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president would continue testing regularly and would be monitored for symptoms.President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are greeted by Col. Tasha Lowery as they arrive at Fort Lesley J. McNair from Camp David, Sunday, July 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Jill Biden will remain at the couple's home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, for the time being, communications director Elizabeth Alexander said. The first lady had planned to start the new school year Tuesday at Northern Virginia Community College, where she teaches English and writing. Biden to nominate longtime aide to UNESCO: report Due to her condition, she was working with school officials to arrange substitute teacher...

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland the week of Aug. 21

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

A house in Piedmont that sold for $3.3 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, 10 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $1.8 million. The average price per square foot was $852.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Aug. 21 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $1.1 million, single-family house in the 200 block of Perkins StreetThe property in the 200 block of Perkins Street in Oakland has new owners. The price was $1,050,000. The house was built in 1924 and has a living area of 1,338 square feet. The price per square foot is $785. The house features two bedrooms and one bathrooms.Perkins Street9. $1.3 million, single-family home in the 6800 block of Saroni DriveThe sale of the single family residence in the 6800 block of Saroni Drive in Oakland has ...

Opinion: Bill allows California regulatory boards to meet out of public view

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

In 1958, the Los Angeles Times sued the California Board of Education for holding secret meetings. The Times won that case, and a new law reformed the process for public meetings and decision-making in all state boards and commissions.The 1967 Bagley-Keene Open Meetings Act states, “It is the public policy of the state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of public agencies be conducted openly so that the public may remain informed.” The act requires that these bodies publicly notice their meetings, release agendas, allow the public to attend and accept testimony.Now state Sen. John Laird, D-Monterey, seeks to restrict the public’s ability to attend these meetings in person.His bill, SB 544, would change the Bagley-Keene Act to allow these government bodies to hold half their meetings remotely. There would be a staff member in a room where the public can attend and listen to a speakerphone — no video. No way to see if me...

Should junk food be banned at supermarket checkout? One California city thinks so

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

Perris wants to put healthy eating in reach by putting junk food out of reach at the grocery store checkout.A new law passed unanimously passed by Perris’ City Council earlier this year bans junk food from being sold at supermarket checkout aisles. Instead, no later than 2024, grocers will be limited to selling healthy snacks and drinks near the register.Perris is the second city in the United States to enact rules on what’s sold at grocery checkouts, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group. Berkeley was the first.Perris officials hope the ordinance encourages healthy habits.Checkout aisle offerings at Stater Bros. in Perris on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, feature products such as gum, mints and candy. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Customers check out Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, at Stater Bros. in Perris. A new city ordinance aims to promote healthier choices near the cash register. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The...

Family thwarts attempted smash-and-grab California jewelry store robbery

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

Family members fought off a man who assaulted them with bear spray in an attempt to rob their jewelry store in El Monte on Saturday afternoon, police and the store owner said.The chaotic scene broke out around 2:20 p.m. at Joyeria Meza, a family-owned jewelry store at 10909 Main Street.The owner said her 70-year-old uncle was sitting outside the store when the suspect, armed with a hammer, sprayed bear spray directly into his eyes. The owner requested that her name not be published out of concern for her safety.The suspect smashed a display case with the hammer before he assaulted the owner’s father, sister, and her two brothers with the bear spray, she said. A customer inside the store who tried to help thwart the suspect also was sprayed.The owner said her father mistook the red bear spray on her uncle for blood and attacked the suspect.“He wasn’t thinking about the gold,” she said. “He was trying to defend his family.”Video footage of the attempted robbery shared by ABC7 shows th...

Social Security is a lifeline for many Americans — how does it work?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:55:37 GMT

It was created in 1935 and typically makes up almost one-fifth of total federal spending.Today, we look at the program 66 million Americans rely on called Social Security.Social Security was created with the goal of providing economic security to the nation’s elderly; it was expanded in the 1950s to include support for the disabled. The program is operated largely on a pay-as-you-go basis: current employers and employees contribute taxes that fund benefits to retired workers and survivors in the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program, as well as disabled workers and their families under the Disability Insurance program.Social Security is the largest program in the federal budget. The program provides benefits to about 20% of the American population. Nearly 9 out of 10 individuals over the age of 65 receive benefits, and those benefits represent about 30% of total income to older Americans.THEN AND NOWHOW IT IS FUNDED?Social Security is mainly funded through a dedicated payroll tax ...