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SLPS officials in meeting today surrounding students' reading skill improvement

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Public School parents plan to meet with district leaders to talk about ways to improve students' reading skills.The group 'Coalition With St. Louis Kids' is asking SLPS to create a personalized reading plan for each child. They also want free tutoring for struggling students; they say academic discussions should be the priority at every board meeting. City taking steps to keep squatters out of Famous Barr building The group will meet with SLPS officials at 6:30 p.m. at their central district office downtown.

33rd annual Law Enforcement Luncheon today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Chapter of Asis International, an organization for security professionals, is hosting its 33rd annual law enforcement and private security appreciation luncheon on Tuesday.It's to recognize the service and sacrifice of law enforcement. The event is open to the community at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, starting at noon. Mizzou alumni group produces video to prevent hazing at fraternities The organization will honor the school security officers working at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School on the day of a school shooting last October.

Here’s how to plant a tulip garden — and keep the squirrels away

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

Seeing spring flowering bulbs nudge through the snow means that winter’s hold is on its way out. It also signals that the new outdoor gardening season has arrived.But that’s next year — several months away. How do you make sure that the bulbs you plant now, this fall, are going to do a superb job of ushering spring into your garden?Once the tulips and other bulbs have bloomed and been cut for indoor vases and sharing, they will be dug out and composted. (Betty Cahill, Special to The Denver Post)Here’s a primer on planting your own personal bulb garden that can serve you in two ways: visual spring delight (of course) and as a cutting garden to bring the bulb bling indoors.Why plant a dedicated bulb gardenTulips are part of the beautiful collective group of the zillion assorted shapes, sizes, colors and fragrances of spring and summer bulbs. They have been difficult for me to grow because the darn squirrels find and eat them no matter my good intentions and planting practi...

Avalanche Journal: Five reasons why Avs will win Stanley Cup, and five reasons why they might not

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

The 2023-24 NHL season will end with either a parade or disappointment for the Colorado Avalanche.Few teams in the league can truly say the expectations are “championship or bust,” but the club in Denver is one of them. The core players are all firmly in the prime of their careers.The roster is retooled to patch up some cracks that showed last season. And nearly every key player on said roster is either a recent champion or has been close and views this opportunity to play for the Avs as their best chance to get a ring.Colorado has the joint second-best betting odds to win the 2024 Stanley Cup, per local sports book PointsBet, level with Edmonton and just behind Carolina. Both of those teams have been close in recent years, but the Avalanche has done it and is loaded for a run at a second title in three seasons.While the Avs begin the season as a no-doubt contender, there are some reasons this edition is particularly set up to succeed … and some reasons it might not work out.Why the...

Broncos Mailbag: What’s the antidote to Denver’ losing ways? And is a Russell Wilson trade impossible?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.The $100 million improvements at Mile High are highlighted by the massive scoreboard reflecting what has been the glaring reality, witnessed by this season-ticket holder, through the first three home games. The amenity upgrades such as food courts and more are nice, but they seem to keep around 30% of the crowd away from their seats instead of turning up the volume when the Broncos defense cries out for a stop after halftime. I’m doubtful this is the same at Arrowhead. Is this a sign of the times, a new fanbase, or merely grasping at straws to come up with excuses for losing?— Curt Hanlen, Bosque Farms, N.M.Hey Curt, thanks for writing in and getting us started this week. The amenities are too nice and they’re hurting crowd noise is a novel argument! Even if you’re grasping at straws, points for creativity. But you’d think if the crowd no...

The top five most expensive home sales in Saratoga, reported the week of Sep. 25

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

A house that sold for $6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Saratoga in the past week.In total, five residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $4.3 million, $1,490 per square foot.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Sep. 25 even if the property may have been sold earlier.5. $3.3 million, single-family home in the 12300 block of Obrad DriveThe property in the 12300 block of Obrad Drive in Saratoga has new owners. The price was $3,305,000. The house was built in 1960 and has a living area of 2,364 square feet. The price per square foot is $1,398. The house features four bedrooms and three bathrooms.Obrad Drive4. $3.8 million, single-family house in the 20100 block of Glasgow DriveThe 2,520 square-foot single-family residence in the 20100 block of Glasgow Drive, Saratoga, has been sold. The transfer of ownership was se...

Walters: Liberal California city fights for regressive voting system

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

Four-plus decades ago, a coterie of left-leaning political activists, led by antiwar iconoclast Tom Hayden, captured control of Santa Monica’s city government.Their issue was rent control — potent in a seaside community where renters, many of them retirees, abounded. Santa Monica’s rent control law became a model for other cities and sparked a counter-offensive by landlords in a duel that still reverberates.Although the Haydenistas’ dominance of Santa Monica eventually waned, the city remains one of the state’s most liberal — or progressive — bastions. It is, therefore, a seemingly unlikely venue for a legal conflict over the political rights of nonwhite residents.Nevertheless, that’s exactly what happened a few years ago when an organization of Latino residents sued Santa Monica to overturn its method of electing City Council members — “at-large” rather than from individual districts.A 2001 law, the California Voting Rights Act, made it easier for ethnic gro...

Listening, the key to detecting cedar waxwings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

People who pay attention to birds come to love the changing seasons, and have favorite moments in the world of birds that mark the calendar in their minds with days of celebration. Many devout birders think of fall as the time for passing migrants: today may be the day when they see a rare warbler they will not see again for years.Many backyard birdwatchers eagerly await the return of the white-crowned and golden-crowned sparrows, which are even now announcing their arrival with clear, whistled songs. At this particular moment, I think my favorite sign of fall is when I start to hear cedar waxwings again.Cedar waxwings have bright yellow tips to their tails and distinctive waxy formations on their wings. Photo by Mick ThompsonWaxwings are primarily northern birds, with few breeding in California and those birds essentially restricted to the northernmost section of the state. In Marin, we see them mostly from September until May, when they roam over the county in search of berry...

San Quentin prisoner’s widow wins key ruling in COVID lawsuit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by the widow of a San Quentin inmate who died of COVID-19 can move forward.The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Tuesday reversed a lower court’s decision that would have prevented the suit from proceeding.Jacqueline Hampton has sued the state, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), San Quentin State Prison and some prison officials for the death of her husband, Michael Hampton.In August, the 9th Circuit issued a similar ruling in an appeal arising out of virtually identical allegations. That suit was brought by the family of a San Quentin prison guard, Gilbert Polanco, who also died during the coronavirus outbreak.“Whether we’re talking about prison guards or inmates, we’re talking about human beings who were affected in the same way,” said Michael Haddad, the attorney representing both families. “The courts are now saying that when you create such a deadly environm...

Shackelford: U.S. political dysfunction harming national security

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:50:00 GMT

America’s national security depends heavily on the strength and effectiveness of our foreign policy and defense. Both are suffering self-inflicted wounds caused by our dysfunctional politics.As our political representatives can barely accomplish the most basic governing obligations, our adversaries delight, and our allies wonder if we can be counted on as reliable partners.The most blatant mess has been our government’s budget debacle. We have the world’s largest economy and yet nearly defaulted on our debt only four months ago. Congressional Republicans used that risk as leverage to force negotiations on future spending, narrowly reaching agreement with the White House just in time to avert financial disaster.The only upside of that fiasco should have been some breathing room after the two sides reached a difficult two-year deal on spending. But, alas, Congress brought us to the brink of a government shutdown in disagreement over that same budget only months later. The last-minute ...