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Tobacco retailers sue St. Louis County over ban on sales near schools

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A group of gas station and convenience store owners want to overturn a law that bans tobacco sales near schools in St. Louis County.The 2019 ordinance says the county will not grant new tobacco licenses to businesses within 1,000 feet of a school. Existing businesses are exempt until they're sold. Iced tea DNA unmasks alleged ‘thirsty burglar’ in O’Fallon According to FOX 2's partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, four company owners are suing the county for decreasing the value of their businesses, a violation of the state constitution. They also argue the law is not needed because stores are already required to check IDs before selling tobacco.

Aldermen debating oversight board rules today

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Aldermen are working on changes to the police 'civilian oversight board' and the board that oversees detention facilities.The bill would require board members to get training. It would also let those boards hire independent legal counsel when necessary. Results: November 7 Missouri Special Election Board members complained they have not been given access to the city jail to investigate complaints from detainees.

Did Jim Gaffigan just set an all-time record for the Paramount Theatre?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

Stand-up comic and actor Jim Gaffigan may have just broken the record for the most shows in a single run at the historic Paramount Theatre.The affably grumpy Gaffigan, 57, is a Denver favorite who typically sells out a show of any size in the metro area, from arenas to the relatively intimate 1,865-seat Paramount. And on Wednesday, promoter AEG Presents Rocky Mountains said Gaffigan is meeting demand by adding a whopping seventh show to his Jan. 10-14, 2024, run there.It’s very likely the longest run, and largest number of shows, for a touring artist’s visit to the downtown venue, according to industry sources, as well as a Denver Post review of various historical calendars for the venue. At the very least, it would appear to be a 21st century record.It’s no small achievement. The Denver icon, built as a Publix (no, really) movie house in 1930 and designed by local architect Temple Buell — he of the nearby Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre — is internationally...

GOP and Dems handed gavel to extreme speaker

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

Congress let us down by handing Mike Johnson the gavelThe House Democrats shot themselves in the foot by continuing to only vote for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. When moderate Republican non-Trumper Tom Emmer was nominated, they could have voted him in easily and had a speaker who could work both sides of the aisle as well as anyone. But no, their continued holdout resulted in Republican conservative, anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, pro-Trump Mike Johnson. Watch what you vote (or don’t) vote for; you just might get it.Jerry Witt, Commerce CityOur democracy just seemed to be further threatened by the election of Mike Johnson as U.S. House Speaker. While I was saddened to hear the death threats against Rep. Ken Buck, I am more sad that those threats actually may have influenced him to vote for Johnson, a 2020 election denier who schemed to reject electors in crucial battleground states.In voting for Johnson, Buck, along with Reps. Lauren Boebert and Doug Lamborn, Colorado’s other GOP c...

Colorado snow totals for Nov. 8-9, 2023

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Nov, 8, 2023, as of 7:45 p.m. Wednesday:Bergen Park, CO — 6.2 inches at 6:58 p.m. – 11/8/2023Black Forest, CO — 1.5 inches at 2:49 p.m. – 11/8/2023Brookvale, CO — 8.2 inches at 9:41 p.m. – 11/8/2023Crescent Village, CO — 8 inches at 9:06 p.m. – 11/8/2023Floyd Hill, CO — 2.5 inches at 1:51 p.m. – 11/8/2023Related ArticlesWeather | Colorado snow totals for Oct. 29, 2023 Weather | Colorado snow totals for Oct. 28, 2023 Weather | Colorado snow totals for Oct. 12, 2023 Genesee, CO — 9.3 inches at 9:05 p.m. – 11/8/2023Georgetown, CO — 1 inch at 4:27 p.m. – 11/8/2023Monument, CO — 1 inch at 8:04 p.m. – 11/8/2023Nederland, CO — 8 inches at 9:50 p.m. – 11/8/2023Pinecliffe, CO — 9 inches at 9:28 p.m. – 11/8/2023Sawpit, CO — 2.8 inche...

Fights break out between pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian supporters at Los Angeles movie screening

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

Altercations between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian supporters were captured on video outside a screening at the Museum of Tolerance in West Los Angeles Wednesday night. The screening showed images of the gruesome Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel by Hamas militants, which Israel says left more than 1,400 dead and more than 240 taken hostage.Several altercations were captured on video outside the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance on Nov. 8, 2023. (spobh90210)The 47-minute video was provided by Israeli Defence forces and shown to select audiences in Los Angeles and New York. Actress Gal Gadot, who is Israeli, had reportedly been involved in organizing the screenings."Over 240 hostages, including 30 children, are still being held captive by Hamas. This is a prayer from Broadway to bring them home," Gadot posted on her Instagram page Wednesday night. About 150 people attended the Los Angeles screening, although Gadot was not in attendance, according to the Los Angeles Times. Vid...

McManus: Biden wants a sovereign Palestinian state; it won’t be easy

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

Last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken headed for the Middle East to try to keep Israel’s war in Gaza from spinning out of control, and to begin talks on what diplomats call “the day after” — what happens after the shooting stops.Who will govern a shattered Gaza? Who will feed and house its refugees?Who will police its ravaged streets?And perhaps improbably, can the war, however brutal its toll, be turned into an opening for a wider peace?“When this crisis is over, there has to be a vision of what comes next,” President Biden said last month. “And in our view, it has to be a two-state solution” — an agreement under which a sovereign Palestinian state would live side by side with Israel, with security guarantees for both.Blinken took that message to Tel Aviv on Friday, beginning with a plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “humanitarian pauses” to get food and water to civilians trapped in Gaza.Netanyahu s...

Sale closed in Los Gatos: $2.1 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

16406 West La Chiquita Avenue – Google Street ViewA 1,056-square-foot house built in 1950 has changed hands. The property located in the 16400 block of West La Chiquita Avenue in Los Gatos was sold on Oct. 27, 2023. The $2,120,000 purchase price works out to $2,008 per square foot. The layout of this single-story home consists of three bedrooms and one bath. In addition, the house is equipped with a one-car garage, ensuring secure parking and storage.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:In April 2023, a 4,517-square-foot home on Englewood Avenue in Los Gatos sold for $5,400,000, a price per square foot of $1,195. The home has 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On West La Chiquita Avenue, Los Gatos, in January 2023, a 972-square-foot home was sold for $2,205,000, a price per square foot of $2,269. The home has 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom.A 2,892-square-foot home on the 16300 block of East La Chiquita Avenue in Los Gatos sold in May 2023, for $3,450,000, a price per square foot of $...

4 California men convicted of charges in Jan. 6 Capitol breach

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

Four Inland Empire residents who traveled together to Washington, D.C. in January 2021 to attend then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally were convicted on Tuesday, Nov. 7, of various charges related to the breach of the Capitol grounds as Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden’s electoral victory in the presidential election.Convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies, after a 17-day jury trial in Washington, the U.S. Department of Justice said, were: Erik Scott Warner, 48, of Menifee; Felipe Antonio “Tony” Martinez, 50, of Lake Elsinore; Derek Kinnison, 42, of Lake Elsinore; and Ronald Mele, 54, of Temecula.Warner and Kinnison were also convicted of tampering with documents or proceedings, a felony, after they erased social-media chats from their phone to hide them from a grand jury investigation.All four were also found guilty of misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted buil...

LA County medical examiner investigator stole valuable items from dead people, prosecutors allege

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:50:39 GMT

An investigator for the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has been charged with grand theft after he allegedly stole items off of deceased individuals during death investigations, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday afternoon.Adrian Muñoz, 34 years old, was suspended on Tuesday and charged with one felony count of grand theft of property and one misdemeanor count of petty theft of property. The exact value of what he stole was not clear.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Police: Thieves steal $70,000 of Bay Area business’s wares in a week Crime and Public Safety | Bay Area homeowner kills suspected intruder, police say Crime and Public Safety | Baby dies from fentanyl exposure; Fremont mother arrested Crime and Public Safety | Oakland’s Ale Industries shuts down, blames ‘rising rate of crime’ Crime and Public Safety | Vengeance or self-defense? Tr...