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Homebuyers turn to new construction in Denver metro for options, incentives

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

The fourth quarter is the best time to buy new construction homes due to builder incentives, price reductions, and rate buydowns, realtors say.With a limited supply in the existing home market, buyers are turning to new construction for more options.“This is the best time of year to buy,” said Heather Christensen with The Agency. “As builders near the end of their fiscal year, they want to get these homes off their books, so they don’t carry over the debt.”Suzi Cook with West+Main said some builders also offer help with closing costs or offer upgrades like better appliances, carpeting, or blinds.“You can get some great concessions,” Cook said.New homes offer modern finishes and energy-efficient features but may have downsides, such as longer commutes and smaller yards.In the second quarter, 30 percent of homebuilders reported using interest rate buydowns to help buyers, said Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors chief economist. The...

Dry Dock Brewing will close Aurora production brewery, partner with Great Divide

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

Dry Dock Brewing, which opened a massive, 30,000-square-foot production brewery a decade ago on Tower Road in Aurora, announced Friday that it will close the facility next year and shift the majority of its beer-making and packaging operations to Denver’s Great Divide Brewing.The brewery, known for its Apricot Blonde, will maintain its original taproom at 15120 E. Hampden Ave., however, where it runs a small-batch brewhouse next to its homebrew store.“We just celebrated Dry Dock’s 18th anniversary and look forward to many more. After all these years, we miss the daily interactions with customers and want to return to our roots and focus on The Brew Hut and our original taproom and brewery,” said Kevin DeLange, who co-founded Dry Dock in 2005 with Michelle Reding, in a statement.Great Divide owner Brian Dunn told The Denver Post that his brewery plans to make 7,500 barrels of beer for Dry Dock in 2024. Eventually, Great Divide will also take on a larger role when it comes...

New poll shows Porter leading Schiff in U.S. Senate race; Steve Garvey 3rd

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

Katie Porter and Adam Schiff are the leading candidates in the race to succeed the late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, according to a new University of California, Berkeley poll.The poll, which was released on Friday, shows that Rep. Porter has a slight edge over Rep. Schiff, 17% to 16%, among likely voters. In August, Schiff was at 20%. The poll was administered online in English and Spanish between October 24 and October 30 among 6,342 California registered voters, including a weighted subsample of 4,506 likely voters.Former Major League Baseball All-Star Steve Garvey, a Republican, who only announced his candidacy several weeks ago, is now receiving 10% support, while Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee stands at 9%. Both appear to have gained support since last August. Another Republican, businessman James Bradley, is in fifth place receiving 7% support, followed by fellow Republican Eric Early at 4%. Two other Democrats, Silicon Valley executive Lexie Reese, and television bro...

Terry Spivey Killed, Veta Spivey Hurt in Solo-Car Crash on South Westover Avenue [Tucson, AZ]

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

73-Year-Old Driver Pronounced Dead after Single-Vehicle Accident near West Vereda AzulTUCSON, AZ (November 3, 2023) – Terry Spivey lost his life Friday afternoon, and Veta Spivey sustained injuries in a single-car accident on South Westover Avenue. Emergency services were dispatched to the location at approximately 1:13 p.m. on October 27th, near West Vereda Azul.According to initial reports, the driver, 73-year-old Terry, suffered a medical episode that led to the loss of control of the vehicle. Consequently, the car veered off the road and collided with a tree.Medical responders arrived promptly and sadly declared Terry deceased at the scene. Meanwhile, 76-year-old Veta, the passenger, was transported to a nearby hospital for further medical attention.In response to the incident, authorities temporarily closed off South Westover Avenue between West Vereda Azul and West Vereda De Los Arboles, directing drivers to seek alternative routes. An ongoing investigation is in progres...

Letters: BART extension | State business | Gun control

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Funding prolongsBART extension debacleRe: “Extension gets $375M in funds” (Page B1, Oct. 27).The city of San Jose and the Mayor are determined to build an extension from the BART station in Berryessa to Diridon Station and Santa Clara.This project is a waste of money and time. It will disrupt San Jose businesses and will probably cost more than the anticipated increase in funding required.What will it do? It won’t go to the airport. Instead, the city is planning on autonomous vehicles transporting people from Diridon to the Airport. Why not have a bus bridge from Diridon to Berryessa with a stop at the airport and the other proposed stops along the way?The city has failed to inform us as to what benefits will be gained by the extension except in vague terms. It will be good for workers and put people to work, but labor shortages abound.Kathleen CannuliSan JoseGlobetrotting Newsomshould ...

New North Beach jazz club Keys Bistro looking for solid footing

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

Last November, news that a bona fide jazz club was opening in North Beach contributed to surging optimism around San Francisco’s recovery from the lingering pandemic malaise.Located partly in a Broadway building that was once home to the storied 1950s nightclub El Matador, Keys Jazz Bistro celebrates its first anniversary throughout the month with a talent-laden program of Bay Area masters. But rather than marking the city’s resurgence, the milestone highlights a moment when San Francisco’s rebound seems to have caromed off the rails.By just about any measure, Keys is doing everything right. Owned and run by Australian-born pianist and organist Simon Rowe, the club is a throwback to North Beach nightlife’s glory days, with a welcoming staff, enticing menu, and enviable acoustics.Committed to building the local scene, Rowe has focused on creating a homebase for leading Bay Area artists. There have been nights when the club is packed, but the underwhelming summer season has continued ...

Authorities ID teens killed in Bay Point shooting, fatal crash on Cummings Skyway after pursuit

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

Contra Costa County authorities on Friday released publicly the identification of a person shot to death in Bay Point and a driver who died in a crash after being pursued briefly by Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Police release video of fatal September shooting at Toyota service center in Albany Crime and Public Safety | San Francisco homicide: Stabbing in Tenderloin neighborhood Crime and Public Safety | California man, 87, possibly beaten to death by random attacker, police say Crime and Public Safety | Oakland police announce arrest in August killing, but prosecutors charged suspect with gun possession, not murder Crime and Public Safety | Oakland man convicted of murder in shooting allegedly fueled by jealousy Both of them were under 18 years old.The coroner’s office identified 17-year-old Bryan Tapia Valencia as the victim of the shooting...

Walnut Creek sixth-grader performing in Broadway show touring China

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

It all began when Walnut Creek’s Keenan Moran started performing in musicals choreographed by his mother, Renee DeWeese Moran, until he reached the second grade … that’s when he knew he wanted to be a performer.Now in the sixth grade at Lafayette’s St. Perpetua School, Keenan was recently rehearsing in New York City, where he auditioned for and landed the role of Friedrich Von Trapp in the new Broadway global tour in China of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 classic “The Sound of Music” (broadwayasia.com/tsom-new). Not only was he excited to get the call to pack his suitcase, his friends were excited too.“My friends think it’s cool, they had a lot of questions. They have been really supportive, but they’re sad that I won’t see them for six months,” said Keenan. “I’m sad to miss a really fun camp that all sixth-graders do at St. Perpetua every year and my school play, but I think this experience was too special to pass up, and I’ll learn and experience so much traveli...

Section of Oakland's MacArthur Blvd renamed 'Tupac Shakur Way'

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- A section of MacArthur Boulevard was officially named after hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur on Friday. Between Van Buren Avenue and Grand Avenue, MacArthur Boulevard is now "Tupac Shakur Way."Tupac lived in Marin City and Oakland before moving to Los Angeles, where he made his name as one of the most famous rappers of all time. According to the Mercury News, Tupac lived in an apartment on 275 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, just north of where Tupac Shakur Way now lies. Oakland city councilmember Carroll Fire, radio host Sway Calloway and Bay Area rap icon E-40 were all present Friday at the ceremony. Gaza peace activists chain themselves to U.S. ship at Oakland port "We love him," Fife said. "People try to say he wasn't from here. He wasn't born here. It ain't about where you're from, it's about where you at, and he claimed Oakland. He said Oakland gave him his game, right? And it's done that for a lot of us." Tupac lived in New York and Baltimore before arrivi...

Killer on the loose: Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive search, autopsy suggests

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:08:53 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Army reservist who fatally shot 18 people at two locations in Lewiston before disappearing into the night was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge search that led to community-wide shelter-in-place orders, according to the Maine medical examiner’s office.Robert Card died from a self-inflicted gunshot that “likely” happened eight to 12 hours before the discovery of his body, based on a time-of-death analysis. That conclusion was announced Friday, a week after his body was discovered in the back of a tractor-trailer on property of his former employer, a recycling center.In the wake of the Oct. 25 shootings, thousands of area residents sheltered at home behind locked doors as hundreds of law enforcement officers scoured the area looking for Card. He fled in a vehicle that was later found abandoned on a waterfront in a nearby town.Law enforcement agencies came under scrutiny for not finding Card’s body earlier under the assumpt...