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Keeler: Avs fans, could we please skip Valeri Nichushkin, Nazem Kadri revisionist history?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

There’s a fine, delicate line between hindsight and yanking theories out of one’s posterior in a pinch. In case you forgot, Nazem Kadri vanished for eight playoff games with the Avs in 2021 — critical ones, too — due to his own demons.Nasty Naz missed another five with Toronto during the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. And three more while the 2018 postseason cranked up. All suspensions. All self-inflicted wounds that helped to sink Kadri’s teams at their most critical, desperate junctures of the season.Roster construction with a salary cap is three parts research and one part roulette wheel. But to declare that because the Avs faceplanted against Seattle in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the money thrown at Valeri Nichushkin should’ve gone to Kadri instead? That’s a leap Superman wouldn’t make with a straight face.Revise history all you like. But you don’t get to rewrite it. Remember June 2022? No? Nichushkin was 27 and became a one-man wrecking crew during some of the biggest postseason gam...

Denver weather: Warm and dry day with sunny blue skies

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

Few clouds are expected Monday as warm weather settles in across Denver and Colorado’s high plains bringing sunny blue skies and night low temperatures above freezing, according to the National Weather Service.The high temperature in Denver will be 74 degrees, decreasing to a low of 46 degrees Monday night, weather service forecasters said. Light wind with gusts at speeds up to 16 miles per hour may blow across the city Monday afternoon. In the mountains, rain may fall, with thunderstorms here and there, forecasters said.Dry conditions likely will prevail in the city through Monday. At night, clouds will spread but were expected to dwindle before dawn.Warmer today, with highs 70-75 on the plains under mostly sunny skies (at least until mid afternoon). Scattered pm showers/isolated thunderstorm mountains – highest coverage around Park County. #COwx pic.twitter.com/kUCf7BFzP5— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) May 1, 2023 

More rain, mountain snow moves into Southern California

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

If you thought Los Angeles was done with the rain, think again. A late season storm is pushing its way into Southern California Monday, bringing an increased chance of rain and mountain snow Tuesday through Thursday, the National Weather service reports.  “We are looking forward to a significant cool down coming our way,” KTLA 5 weatherman Kaj Goldberg said.  A rapidly deepening marine layer moving through the coastal slopes as early as Sunday night will continue well inland, creating the possibility of drizzle or light rain through Monday in Ventura and L.A. counties.  Along with the cloudy, damp conditions, portions of Southern California will also experience gusty winds.  “Wind advisories are in effect through this evening and overnight for the Antelope Valley foothills as well as southwestern Santa Barbara County,” the weather service said. “These advisories will likely need to be extended/reissued for the same areas Monday afternoon and evening.”   Ca...

4 dead after Kern County shooting

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

Four men were killed in a shooting in Kern County Sunday night.The incident was reported around 11:20 p.m. at a home in Mojave, authorities said. Responding Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies found three victims dead at the scene.A fourth victim was taken to a hospital where he was later declared dead.The victims were only described as being men in their 20s or 30s.Lt. Daniel Perez said the victims had injuries related to a “violent assault."Another source confirmed to KGET that the victims had been fatally shot. No arrests have been made and the motive behind the shooting is unknown. No further details about the incident have been released.Mojave is a desert community about 65 miles east of downtown Bakersfield.

'Waste of time': Community college transfers derail students

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

First came the good news. After taking classes at a community college, Ricki Korba was admitted to California State University, Bakersfield, as a transfer student. But when she logged on to her student account, she got a gut punch: Most of her previous classes wouldn’t count.The university rejected most of her science classes, she was told, because they were deemed less rigorous than those at Bakersfield — even though some used the same textbooks. Several other courses were rejected because Korba exceeded a cap on how many credits can be transferred.Now Korba, a chemistry and music major, is retaking classes she already passed once. It will add a year to her studies, plus at least $20,000 in tuition and fees.“It just feels like a waste of time,” said Korba, 23, of Sonora, California. “I thought I was supposed to be going to a CSU and starting hard classes and doing a bunch of cool labs.”Every year, hundreds of thousands of students start at community colleges hoping to transfer to a...

Cobra Man Digs Dandelion Gum

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

Black Moth Super RainbowDandelion Gum (Graveface)Cobra Man Digs Dandelion Gum: Andy Harry of L.A. disco-rock duo Cobra Man told us about his love for a Black Moth Super Rainbow gem.(Graveface)Andy Harry: I don’t have one favorite album of all time, but I do have favorite albums from different time periods of my life. My family moved around the country a lot when I was a kid, and different places we lived as I was growing up have different albums tied to them for me.I remember listening to the album Dandelion Gum by Black Moth Super Rainbow for the first time while driving at night along the beach in Massachusetts with a friend. It was around the same time I had began an obsession of teaching myself to produce music. When I heard the soaring synth leads in the opening track “Forever Heavy” it felt like I had finally found something that I’d been searching for but didn’t realize it yet. The synth work on the album is incredible in the most hazy way, and the combination of vocoder with...

The dad whose wife and child were among 5 killed by a neighbor in Texas describes how the massacre unfolded

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

Authorities are pleading for the public’s help as they search for a shooter suspected of killing five people — including a 9-year-old boy — after the child’s father asked the gunman to stop firing his rifle near the family’s home.More than 250 law enforcement officers and $80,000 in reward money have been devoted to capturing Francisco Oropesa, 38, who police say gunned down his neighbors Friday night at their home northeast of Houston. He’s considered armed and dangerous, an FBI official said.Moments before the massacre, Wilson Garcia and two other men had walked over to Oropesa’s yard to ask him to stop shooting so close to their home because their baby was sleeping, Garcia told CNN. They’d asked Oropesa to shoot on the other side of his property, he said.The gunman later came to Garcia’s home, shooting his wife, Sonia Argentina Guzman, in the doorway before killing three other adults and Garcia’s son, Daniel Enrique Laso-Guzman, the grieving father said.“One of the people who die...

San Jose hotel project site is seized in real estate loan foreclosure

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

SAN JOSE — A foreclosure auction has cleared the way for a South Korea-based group to take ownership of a San Jose site where a hotel with hundreds of rooms has been approved — yet never built.The hotel development property was bought for $27.6 million by the owner of the foreclosed loan, a group operating out of South Korea, after a brief public auction that was held in downtown San Jose on April 26.A 200-room hotel has been proposed for an empty site at 7 Topgolf Drive in north San Jose’s Alviso district. City officials approved the hotel but the project was never built.Pine Tree Specialized Private Investment Trust and KEB Hana Bank, which provided the original financing for the vacant land, filed a default notice against the loan and began a foreclosure process a few months ago.Pine Tree Specialized and KEB Hana Bank found an investment group willing to assume control of the loan.Sol San Jose Owner, a real estate entity based in Seoul, South Korea, was assigned...

Do stagnant California credit scores suggest consumer struggles?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.Buzz: The average credit score was stable last year in California – as well as across the nation – after a string of previous improvements.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at “FICO” credit scores by state as compiled by Experian, reviewing data for September 2022, September 2021, and 2019’s second quarter. These are estimates of bill-paying ability, scored on a scale from 300 to 850.ToplineCalifornia’s 721 average credit score in 2022 ranked 25th among the states. The same score in 2021 ranked 24th best. The U.S. averaged 714 for both years.Back in pre-pandemic 2019, California’s average score was 208 (No. 27). That 13-point improvement over three tumultuous years tied for eighth-best in the nation. In the same timeframe, the national score was up 11 points from 703.DetailsThere’...

TasteFood: A wholesome grain salad topped with shrimp

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:24:55 GMT

There is something intrinsically gratifying about a hearty grain salad. Fresh and chewy, brimming with greens and chopped vegetables, it’s nutritious, versatile and satisfying. This bulgur salad is tumbled with lemon, spices and fresh herbs, along with chopped peppers and grated carrot for juicy sweetness and crunch. It’s spread over a bed of greens and topped with shrimp for a light and healthy complete meal.There are myriad iterations of a grain salad. For instance, quinoa or couscous can be substituted for the bulgur. The shrimp may be omitted or switched out for crumbled feta for a vegetarian option. The salad can be arranged on a platter or stuffed into pita pockets. The consistent key is to generously season the grains. Don’t be shy with citrus, spices, garlic and, of course, salt to drive flavor into the dish. Add a combination of crunchy chopped vegetables and greens for texture, nutrients and additional flavor.Don’t be intimidated by the lengthy list...