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Denver building permit backlog spooks homebuilders and buyers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

Denver’s years-long building permit delay is scaring off homeowners who might want to build and homebuilders who must navigate the Kafka-esque system.Chris Withers, the owner of Old Greenwich Builders, said he knows one property owner who sold her property in Southern Hills after waiting more than eight months for a permit. She’d planned to scrape the existing home and build a $3 million new one.“Knowing they can’t break ground for more than a year is untenable for many people,” Withers says. “Then you have the build time, so it could be three years before you can walk in the door. It’s easier to go buy a house that’s done and ready to move in.”Old Greenwich typically builds four homes and remodels four homes each year. Prices range from $500,000 for remodeling to $3 million to build a new home. The company has worked in every Denver neighborhood and also builds in Cherry Hills Village and Greenwood Village.Dublin Development has had the same experience with buyers deciding against ...

Morrison area under pre-evacuation notice as Hogback fire grows in Jefferson County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

A wildfire is burning in Jefferson County along the hogback south of Interstate 70.A pre-evacuation notice for the Morrison area, east of Colorado 8 and south to U.S. 285, has been issued by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for the Hogback fire.The fire, as of about 3:30 p.m. Friday, is 10 acres and growing, fueled by extremely strong winds, according to the West Metro Fire Protection District.The fire, which started on the west side of the hogback, is moving southeast. It ran upslope and over the ridge top to the east side of the hogback.The #HogbackFire is estimated at 10 acres & growing- pushed by extremely strong winds. It’s moving from near Alameda & C470 to the southeast. This video is from the west side of the hogback, on the side the fire originated. Wind pushed it upslope and over the top of the ridge. pic.twitter.com/EQF3Uewir7— WestMetroFire (@WestMetroFire) March 31, 2023 The fire sparked Friday afternoon in windy weather and during a red fl...

Suspect killed in shootout with police on 10 Freeway in East L.A.; highway still closed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

Breaking news update: A robbery suspect who fired at officers while being chased on the 10 Freeway Friday morning was fatally shot by police, authorities said.The highway remains closed hours after the shootout. Around 10:10 a.m., Monterey Park police officers spotted the vehicle allegedly involved in a robbery in Los Angeles earlier this month along 10 Freeway and Atlantic Boulevard, officials said. The officers tried to stop the driver, but he did not stop and a pursuit began. The man at some point fired at the officers while driving. He eventually stopped, got out of the vehicle and continued firing at officers while running across the freeway, officials said. The suspect was struck by gunfire and was declared dead near the Eastern Avenue off-ramp and the southbound 710 Freeway transition. A gun was found at the scene and the unidentified man matches the description of the suspect involved in the robbery, officials said. A SigAlert was ordered in the area, closing both sides of t...

MLB investigating video showing Angels' Anthony Rendon grabbing fan by the shirt

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

L.A. Angels' Anthony Rendon was captured on video exchanging words with an Oakland A's fan and grabbing the fan's shirt. March 30, 2023. (PetrosAndMoneyShow)Major League Baseball is looking into a video circulating on social media that appears to show Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon grab a fan by the shirt through the bleacher guardrails after Thursday night's game in Oakland, a league spokesperson said Friday.Rendon looks to have grabbed the fan's shirt near his chest through the bars of the railing and exchanged words with him before appearing to take a swipe at the bill of the man's ballcap and walking into the tunnel. Dodgers fan runs onto field to propose, gets pummeled by security Angels spokesman Adam Chodzko says the team has no comment. The Angels do not play Friday, but the club expects Rendon to address the video Saturday in the clubhouse before the game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland.The video shows the fan, dressed in A's colors, a...

Twitter fees come Saturday -- but not for all

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

Beginning Saturday, Twitter will start stripping status-conveying checkmarks from "legacy" accounts as part of owner Elon Musk's efforts to boost revenue.Going forward, individual users will have to pay $8 a month for the once-cool blue checkmark. Businesses and brands will have to pay up to $1,000 monthly.But not all, apparently.Variety reports that Twitter will waive the $1,000 monthly fee for its 500 largest advertisers.It will also drop the fee for the 10,000 most-followed businesses, brands and organizations.And that includes Twitter itself.Musk clearly wants it both ways. He wants more money coming in the door, and charging people for checkmark affirmation is seen as one way to do that.But he doesn't want to bite the hand that feeds, so hundreds of big advertisers are off the hook.He also wants to maintain a semblance of integrity for the platform, so Musk is giving thousands of top brands a get-out-of-jail-free card.That is, he's sucking up to the likes of YouTube, NASA, ESPN...

California cities ranked among the 'most popular' for millennial homebuyers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

The journey to homeownership can be challenging, especially for younger generations like millennials. However, they still make up the largest share of homebuyers in the U.S., according to an analysis from Lending Tree.The study also showed where millennials are looking to buy homes and multiple cities from California were ranked within the top 10, even though it can be costly to purchase a home in the Golden State.Researchers analyzed mortgage offers across the country’s 50 largest metros from Jan.1 through Dec.1, 2022, to determine the ranking.The top 10 popular U.S. cities for millennial homebuyersThe study also showed where millennials are looking to buy homes and multiple cities from California were ranked within the top 10, even though it can be costly to purchase a home in the Golden State. (Lending Tree) Homes in San Jose, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles can be very expensive. The average prices of homes in the area are well into the six-figure and sometimes seven-fi...

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit slashing 85% of its workforce

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is letting go of almost its entire work force with the satellite launch company finding it difficult to secure funding three months after a failed mission. The company, headquartered in Long Beach, California, will cut 675 jobs, about 85% of its workforce, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Earlier this month Virgin Orbit said that it was pausing all operations amid reports of possible job cuts. At the time the company confirmed that it was putting all work on hold, but didn’t say for how long.In January, a mission by Virgin Orbit to launch the first satellites into orbit from Europe failed after a rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. It was a setback in the United Kingdom which had hoped that the launch from Cornwall in southwest England would mark the beginning of more commercial opportunities for the U.K. space industry.The company said in February that an investigation found that its rocket’s fuel ...

Reign Pads: A Family-Owned Business Improving Women’s Health Worldwide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

In a world where large corporations predominantly produce feminine hygiene products, Reign Pads stands out as a family-owned business with a mission to improve women’s health worldwide. Their commitment to creating innovative products with natural ingredients has made them a popular choice for women from all walks of life, including Amish women looking for an alternative to traditional sanitary napkins.Reign Pads is a family-owned business that produces innovative, high-quality feminine hygiene products infused with graphene technology. The company was founded by a husband and wife team who were inspired to create a better alternative to traditional menstrual pads. Today, Reign Pads is a leading provider of graphene-infused pads that offer health benefits to women around the world.One of the main benefits of Reign Pads is the use of Graphene technology. Graphene is a super-thin, strong, and flexible material that has been shown to have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory prope...

Already facing 30 felonies in alleged robbery spree targeting Latinos, Oakland man is charged with murder

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

OAKLAND — A city resident who was already facing 30 felonies in an alleged robbery spree has now been charged in connection with a 2021 homicide, court records show.Arthur Lee Jackson, 32, was charged last year with murder in connection with the Jan. 21, 2021 shooting death of 28-year-old Lucio Monzon-Funes in East Oakland. Jackson was already in jail when he was charged, facing 20 counts of robbery or attempted robbery and multiple charges of being a felon in possession of guns and ammunition.Authorities allege that Jackson was linked to Monzon-Funes’ killing through evidence tying him to the firearm that was used in the homicide. Police also say that in all the alleged crimes, Jackson appeared to be targeting Latinos.Monzon-Funes was fatally shot around midnight outside his home on the 8200 block of D Street. Police said at the time that another man approached Monzon-Funes, pulling a gun and demanding money and other valuables from him.  When Monzon-Funes tried to get ...

Jury will decide Dominion defamation case against Fox News

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:12:18 GMT

By Marshall Cohen and Oliver Darcy | CNNDominion Voting Systems‘ historic defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a high-stakes jury trial next month, a Delaware judge ruled Friday, declining to declare a pretrial winner.Both sides had asked Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis for a pretrial ruling in their favor, declaring them the winner at this stage, and averting a trial. But after thousands of pages of filings and exhibits, and a series of courtroom clashes in Wilmington, Davis decided that the case should go to trial.But In his Friday ruling, Davis said that the evidence Dominion presented shows Fox News aired falsehoods about the company.“The evidence developed in this civil proceeding demonstrates that is CRYSTAL clear that none of the Statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true,” Davis wrote.“We are gratified by the Court’s thorough ruling soundly rejecting all of Fox’s arguments and defenses, and findin...