Home

“Dead birds walking”: BLM sage-grouse plan draws skepticism, concerns

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The Bureau of Land Management’s preferred choice for Gunnison sage-grouse habitat protection falls short, environmental groups contend. Meanwhile, Montrose County’s natural resources director says the agency needs better support for success and continued collaborative efforts.Related ArticlesEnvironment | Uinta Basin Railway is on pause, but another Utah project stokes worries along Colorado River about more oil trains The Gunnison sage-grouse inhabit a small section of Montrose County, a satellite population called the Cerro Summit-Cimarron-Sims Mesa group. The bird, which also is found in several other Colorado counties — with the largest population in the Gunnison Basin — and in Southeast Utah, is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act; ongoing human development and habitat fragmentation are seen as critical drivers behind decreasing population numbers.As part of efforts to conserve the bird, the BLM recently released an updated draft Resource...

Colorado’s state-run paid leave portal goes live over a month before program begins

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance Division’s application portal for its new paid family and medical leave program is up and running, allowing employees to begin applying for benefits immediately.Additionally, the department in a news release announced three virtual town hall dates for Coloradans to learn more about the voter-approved program, which takes effect Jan. 1. The first event is on Dec. 6, the second on Jan. 10 and the third on Feb. 1. The town hall will be hosted in English from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., and then in Spanish from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on each date. Registration and streaming information can be found on the famli.gov website.Related ArticlesColorado News | Interstate 70 westbound near Glenwood Springs closed due to crash Colorado News | Dog lost in East Vail car accident found alive after 2 nights in the cold Colorado News | Director who built CU Presents to retire...

Interstate 70 westbound near Glenwood Springs reopens after crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

A portion of westbound Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs has been reopened after a crash temporarily closed it.The Colorado Department of Transportation announced on X in a message posted at 1:11 p.m. Monday that a section of the westbound lanes of the highway from Hanging Lake, exit 125, to Shoshone, exit 123, was closed. According to the department’s interactive map at cotrip.org, the crash was at mile point 122.8.Related ArticlesTransportation | Loveland Pass closed for fatal crash Transportation | Eastbound Interstate 70 reopens at Vail Pass after crash Transportation | I-70 mountain Express Lanes to open longer hours for Thanksgiving, Christmas holiday travel Transportation | Colorado road conditions: I-70 reopens near Silverthorne Transportation | Traveling for Thanksgiving? Prices at the pump might surprise you The department announced at 2:09 p.m. that section had been reopened to traffic.

Football recruiting: CU Buffs lose QB commits for 2024, 2025 classes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Cathedral (Ind.) High School quarterback Danny O’Neil is committed to Colorado and will join the Buffaloes in January of 2024. (Courtesy of Danny O’Neil)On Sunday, the Colorado football program lost its quarterback commit for the 2025 class.On Monday, the Buffaloes lost their quarterback commit for the 2024 class.Danny O’Neil, a three-star prospect from Cathedral (Ind.) High School, decommitted from the Buffs, just a few weeks before the Dec. 20 signing day.O’Neil verbally committed to the Buffs on  March 21, picking them over Kentucky, Cincinnati, Houston, Illinois, Louisville, Purdue, Syracuse, West Virginia and others. Per 247Sports.com, O’Neil has 19 scholarship offers and that site projects O’Neil will land at Kentucky.In an interview with BuffZone this fall, O’Neil said he chose CU in large part because of his relationship with offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Sean Lewis.“(Lewis and I) just started talking and calling and now I realize that he’s a really go...

Woman arrested after forcefully dragging child from front yard in San Bernardino County 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

A woman was arrested after she allegedly dragged a young girl off her front yard while she was playing with her friend. According to a press release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies from the Morongo Basin Station responded to a residence in the 6000 block of Smoke Tree Avenue in Twentynine Palms just before 2:15 p.m. on Nov. 20.  Costco purse snatching victim in critical condition after being dragged The unidentified 9-year-old girl was playing with a friend in her front yard when the suspect grabbed her by the hand and forcefully pulled her away from her house. “The father of the victim was notified of the incident and detained the suspect from leaving until responding deputies arrived,” SBSD said. Further investigation identified the suspect as Jennifer Penaflor. She was booked into the Morongo Basin Jail on one charge of kidnapping.  Man who stripped naked on Disneyland ride was on drugs, police say Her bail was set at $80...

Disneyland 'Small World' Streaker: what we know

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Disneyland guests had their cell phone cameras recording when a man who police say was high on drugs stripped naked and wandered around "It’s a small world" on Sunday, disrupting the popular ride for hundreds of parkgoers.The 26-year-old man was eventually arrested and booked by Anaheim Police on charges of indecent exposure and being under the influence of a controlled substance.Police did not release his name or provide a booking photograph on Monday.Video of the naked man disrupting It's a small world at Disneyland on Nov. 26, 2023. (@iheartdisneyland)Several Disneyland parkgoers shared video of the incident on social media. One clip shows the streaker, who was still wearing boxer shorts at the time, sitting in front of the ride's miniature Taj Mahal surrounded by singing animatronic dolls before standing up and walking away. Another clip shared by @KostHunter shows him completely nude in the water near the ride's entrance as a park employee approaches. The ride was stopped and p...

Teens apprehended after shoplifting merchandise from Macy's

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Two teenagers were apprehended after they attempted to steal merchandise from a Macy’s department store in Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday.At around 7:51 p.m. on Nov. 25, authorities with the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department responded to calls of a theft in progress at the Macy’s located on the 12500 block of South Main Street, according to a news release.The teens, a 17-year-old male and a 16-year-old female, attempted to leave the store without paying for the items. They ran out of the store once Macy’s loss prevention officers contacted them but were later located in the mall, detained and transported to the police station, authorities said. 137 arrests made, $60K in stolen merchandise recovered in California retail crime bust The teens were later issued a citation for shoplifting and released to their parents.Anyone with additional information regarding this case is urged to contact the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department at 909-477-2800. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can...

49ers add another pass rusher Monday before Eagles game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Here are the 49ers’ latest updates as they reconvene Monday after a three-day break following their Thanksgiving Night win in Seattle:MORE D-LINE DEPTHYet again, the 49ers have added to their defensive front.With rookie defensive end Robert Beal Jr.’s activation Monday off Injured Reserve, the 49ers now have 10 defensive linemen on the 53-man roster.For now, that defensive depth chart is top-heavy, as the 49ers are carrying just two safeties — Tashaun Gipson Sr. and Ji’Ayir Brown — after season-ending injuries in back-to-back games to Talanoa Hufanga (knee) and George Odum (biceps), the latter of whom went on Injured Reserve on Monday.Beal, a fifth-round draft pick from Georgia, sustained hamstring injuries during training camp. The 49ers carried him onto their initial 53-man roster so they could introduce him at some point during his rookie year.The defensive line’s depth chart:Starters: Nick Bosa, Javon Hargrave, Arik Armstea...

Woman arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run, child endangerment after deadly San Jose crash on Sunday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

SAN JOSE — A person has been arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes in connection to a deadly hit-and-run collision early Sunday morning in South San Jose, according to police.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Victim identified in Friday’s fiery crash on Highway 1 near San Gregorio Crashes and Disasters | San Jose pedestrian dies after being hit by car early Sunday Crashes and Disasters | Caltrain fatally strikes pedestrian in Brisbane. It was the second fatal collision in two days Crashes and Disasters | 86-year-old man dies in head-on crash Thanksgiving evening in Concord Crashes and Disasters | Man killed in crash along Highway 1 near San Gregorio Police said in a news release Monday afternoon that a woman driving a 2016 Range Rover SUV was traveling eastbound on Capital Expressway around 12:34 a.m. Sunday when she hit and killed a man who was on foot.The man, who died later at a hospita...

Ukraine still exporting grain through tenuous sea corridor

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

By Hannna Arhirova and Courtney Bonnell | Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine — Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers of companies turned to as they struggled to export their food to people facing hunger around the world.Now, more of the grain is getting unloaded from overcrammed silos and heading to ports on the Black Sea, set to traverse a fledgling shipping corridor launched after Russia pulled out of a U.N.-brokered agreement this summer that allowed food to flow safely from Ukraine during the war.“It was tight, but we kept working … we sought how to accept every ton of products needed for our partners,” facility general director Roman Andreikiv said about the end of the grain deal in July. Ukraine’s new corridor, protected by the military, has now allowed him to “free up warehouse space and increase activity.”Growing numbers of ships are streaming toward Ukraine’s Bla...