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Gun rights advocates promise legal action after Gov. Jared Polis signs 4 gun bills into law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

Gov. Jared Polis signed into law Friday morning a bevy of new gun regulations that advocates hope will tamp down gun violence in the state and had opponents pledging to sue over as soon as his pen hit the paper.The new laws restrict gun purchases to people age 21 and older; create a three-day waiting period before a purchaser can take possession of the firearm; expand who can file so-called red flag laws to include medical care providers, mental health-care providers, educators, and district attorneys; and remove liability protections for gun manufacturers in lawsuits.All four bills passed with only Democratic support in the legislature, where the party holds a supermajority in the House and a near supermajority in the Senate. A fifth bill to ban so-called ghost guns — firearms that lack serial numbers, such as those sold in build-it-yourself-kits — is working its way through the legislature. Democratic leaders backed all five.Surrounded by advocates and survivors of gun...

Federal judge won’t block Colorado’s new abortion reversal ban since state isn’t planning to enforce it

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

A federal judge on Friday denied a Catholic health clinic’s efforts to block Colorado from enforcing its ban on a controversial abortion-reversal treatment since the state already has said it plans to suspend any enforcement of the new law.In an order in U.S. District Court, Judge Daniel D. Domenico rejected Englewood-based Bella Health and Wellness’s motion for a preliminary injunction. As a result, the temporary restraining order the judge granted earlier this month has been dissolved.“A preliminary injunction is not necessary, and therefore not appropriate, at this time because the defendants have represented to the court that they are treating SB23-190 as if it were not yet in effect and has not changed preexisting law,” the judge wrote in the 7-page ruling.The clinic sued the state immediately after Gov. Jared Polis signed the law this month banning so-called medication abortion reversal — a treatment that medical experts have said is not supported...

Could Grand Junction become a government-designated tech innovation hub?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

By NATHAN DEAL, The Grand Junction Daily SentinelCould Grand Junction’s future include serving as a rural hub for the development and manufacturing of technology such as semiconductors?Related ArticlesTechnology | Former 19th-century school, 20th-century college now a Hilton hotel in downtown Denver Technology | Coffee at the Point must pay $45K to Five Points landlord Flyfisher Group Technology | Local peer-to-peer car rental company looks to join Turo at DIA Technology | Portable campfire startup walks away from “Shark Tank” deal Technology | Two Boulder homes list above $6 million That was the topic of discussion in one of the Western Colorado Economic Summit breakout sessions Thursday. Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade Senior Business Development Manager Mike Landes, Energize Colorado Co-Founder and CEO Wendy Lea, and Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis serve...

Investigation underway after infant found dead in South El Monte area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

Homicide detectives are responding to a death investigation after an infant’s body was discovered in the South El Monte area Friday morning.The incident was reported around 8 a.m. in the 1200 block of Lerma Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.The area is near a hotel and not far from the sprawling Whittier Narrows Recreation Area.Authorities are not releasing much information, but indicated an infant was found dead at the scene. The age and gender of the infant have not been released. It is also unknown how the infant died and how long he or she had been at the location. Anyone with additional information about the incident is asked to call LASD’s homicide bureau at 323- 890-5500.

California saw a 10% increase in pedestrian traffic deaths over 3 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

As the most populated state in the nation, it should come as no surprise that California also has the highest number of pedestrian traffic fatalities.504 pedestrians were killed in crashes involving vehicles in California in 2022, according to preliminary data from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association: a nearly 10% increase over 2019. The Golden State's pedestrian fatality rate was 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022, substantially higher than the national rate of 1.04. This also means California plays an oversized role in the national data, which shows pedestrian deaths are up 70 percent since 2010 – a surge experts attribute to more large vehicles on the road. Florida was second with 443 pedestrian deaths in 2022. Texas was third with 368.California, Florida, and Texas comprise 28% of the U.S. population but accounted for 38% of all pedestrian traffic deaths in 2021 and based on 2022 preliminary data.In 2010, Americans bought and leased cars and trucks in roughly equa...

Spring 2023 Dine LA Restaurant Week begins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

Dine LA Restaurant Week is back and celebrating a big milestone, its 15th anniversary. The event is a great way to experience the dining scene of Los Angeles. "We are so excited to celebrate our 15th anniversary this year for Dine LA," Stacey Sun, executive director of Dine LA, told KTLA 5 News' Lu Parker. "We have over 370 participating restaurants across 66 neighborhoods in L.A."Rossoblu, All Day Baby's Dinner concept, Spoon and Pork, and Chimmelier showed off their Restaurant Week specials for the staff at KTLA. For a full list, check out their brand new website, here. Lunches and dinners start at $15 and can go up to $65.Dine LA Restaurant Week starts on April 28 and lasts until May 12, and it includes weekends. No tickets or passes are required. Just head to one of the participating locations and ask for the Dine LA Restaurant Week prix fixe menu.

Granada Hills woman arrested in hit-and-run that killed pedestrian

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

Los Angeles Police Department detectives have arrested the woman accused of fatally hitting a man in Sylmar last Friday.  Mary Inez Mercado, 21, of Granada Hills was arrested and booked on a felony charge of hit and run causing death, according to LAPD. She was being held on $50,000 bail.  Mercado is accused of striking a pedestrian who was pushing a shopping cart while traveling westbound on Hubbard Street west of Adelphia Avenue on April 21 around 12:50 a.m.  Police release surveillance video in fatal Highland Park hit-and-run Mercado’s sedan continued westbound on Hubbard until Dronfield Avenue, where she momentarily exited the vehicle but re-entered shortly after and drove away, police said. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics transported the man to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The victim has not been identified. 

1 Hospitalized after Head-On Crash on Forbestown Road [Oroville, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

Hit-and-Run Driver At Large Following Wrong-Way Crash near Old Olive HighwayOROVILLE, CA (April 28, 2023) – Monday evening, an unidentified person sustained injuries after a head-on crash at Forbestown Road.The accident occurred shortly before 6:00 p.m. along Forbestown Road and Old Olive Highway.According to the CHP, a driver in a 2005 Saturn Ion was driving west on Forbestown Road at high speeds when it crossed the double yellow lines and collided head-on with a white 1990 Dodge truck driving east across the same road.The Dodge overturned and landed on its roof on the south shoulder as a result of the impact.Responding emergency crews then extricated the Dodge driver and transported them to a nearby hospital with major injuries. The victim’s identity is being withheld at the moment.Meanwhile, the driver of the Saturn reportedly fled the scene on foot but was able to arrest the passenger.At this time, officials ask any witnesses of the car crash at Forbestown Road to co...

One Dead after Train Crash on East Tabor Avenue [Fairfield, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

Amtrak Train Collision near Railroad Avenue Left One Dead and Several InjuredFAIRFIELD, CA (April 28, 2023) – Wednesday morning, an Amtrak train crash on East Tabor Avenue left one dead and several others injured.The incident happened near the intersection of East Tabor Avenue and Railroad Avenue.According to the report, an Amtrak train traveling eastbound hit a truck near the intersection. The impact of the collision caused the truck to careen into another vehicle.The driver of the truck sustained serious injuries and died as result of the crash.Additionally, responding emergency personnel transported several people to a hospital for treatment of minor to moderate injuries.Reports said the train had approximately 120 individuals on board, including both passengers and crew members. None of the train occupants sustained injuries.Following the collision, authorities closed several roadways in East Tabor Avenue between Clay Bank and Tolenas roads as crews investigate the scene.T...

Deny FEMA funds to immigrant-ousting cities, NYC mayor says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:26 GMT

By Mark Morales, Priscilla Alvarez and Gregory Krieg | CNNMayor Eric Adams wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency to stop allocating money to cities that are using the funding to rent buses and send migrants to New York City, according to a city official. Adams’ call comes as the Biden administration braces for a further influx of migrants when the Covid-era border restriction, known as Title 42, expires in May.Adams met with administration officials, including FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, in Washington, DC, last Friday. He told Criswell that cities that bus migrants to New York City should not be given funding but he wasn’t given a direct answer on the request, the official said.More than 50,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the city since last spring, some of them bused to New York and other more liberal northeastern towns and cities by Republican governors and local officials from southern states. But what was originally seen as a stunt or political pro...