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Contreras committed to catching again soon, thrives in return to Wrigley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

CHICAGO - It's been a whirlwind for Willson Contreras lately, perhaps more than anyone else, as the St. Louis Cardinals seek answers to an early-season prolonged stretch of losing. Monday, in more ways than one, proved to be a stretch in the right direction. Contreras sparked the Cardinals to a series opening win against his former team, the rival Chicago Cubs, on Monday behind two hits and two RBIs, which included a late tiebreaking double. “It was a fun game,” Contreras told media members after the game. “It was fun to play against my ex-teammates and my ex-team.” Prosecutors rethink working in St. Louis while trial crises remain The three-time All Star returned to a mix of cheers and boos from the Wrigley Field faithful. The Cubs paid tribute to Contreras with a pregame highlight video, and the grinning catcher popped out of the dugout and waved his hat to acknowledge a crowd of 30,000-plus. Like old times, Contreras delivered a big night with his bat at the Friendly Confines. ...

Casa Bonita has the green light to open from city, county and state, but when will it?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

Casa Bonita has yet to announce an official reopening date beyond sometime in May, but it appears red tape is not holding owners Matt Stone and Trey Parker of “South Park” fame back.The restaurant, which has undergone a significant, years-long renovation, has passed all its inspections and received all necessary permits from city, county and state authorities to be able to open.Through Colorado Open Records Act requests, The Denver Post confirmed Casa Bonita passed all City of Lakewood inspections related to electrical, plumbing and HVAC — as well as updates to the diving pool — as of March 23. Contractors maintain an active permit to re-roof the building, according to city records, but “re-roofing can be done even when occupied,” said Lakewood Permit Counter Supervisor Kristi Ferree. Both the city and the state issued the restaurant liquor licenses in January.Mindi Ramig, food program manager at Jefferson County Public Health, said the restaurant and enterta...

Nathaniel Hackett on taking Jets’ OC job: “It just looked like a great staff, a great group of men”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

After being fired last December, Nathaniel Hackett could have sat at home or on a sunny beach drinking Mai Tais and collecting checks from the Broncos.But Hackett was motivated to return to coaching as the Jets’ offensive coordinator a month later for several reasons.“Being with a guy like Robert [Saleh], somebody that I’ve known and other guys that I’ve known on this staff that I knew, [Aaron] Whitecotton, Ron Middleton, to be able to have [Zach] Azzanni join us, Todd Downing, so many different guys — it just looked like a great staff, a great group of men.“But Robert, he’s the guy that I respected for so long after working with him and now what he has done in his career. I have some great memories from when my dad [Paul Hackett] was here. Back then, with Chad Pennington, Curtis Martin, Kevin Mawae and that crew winning the division, those were some great times.“I think all those things added up and I think it made it right for me and...

A “steak” dinner with vegetarians in mind

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

By David Tanis, The New York TimesAfter the long, gray winter, outside is where I want to be more and more. And somehow all I want to eat is vegetables, perhaps as a kind of tonic.If your climate allows, this light, sunny menu is really more of a daylight meal, relaxed and best eaten outdoors (though, this year, it’s anyone’s guess what surprising things the weather might do).Salad, made with ingredients of the season, is a necessity for me all year round. What I want right now is a salad of just-picked tender greens with colorful radishes, sweet raw young turnips, roasted beets, asparagus tips, shavings of fennel and fresh herbs. Fresh, fresher, freshissimo.Some salads are tossed, while others, like this one, are composed. The idea for this delicate, appealing first course is to have an assortment of complementary greens, herbs and vegetables, artfully arranged on a platter or individual plates, dribbled with a tangy vinaigrette. Feel free to improvise: A few spinach leaves, a hand...

I-225 reopens in Aurora after six-vehicle rollover crash forces closure near I-70

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

Interstate 225 has reopened after a temporary shutdown forced by a rollover crash involving six vehicles in Aurora near the intersection with Interstate 70.No injuries were reported in the crash, according to an Aurora police posting on Twitter shortly before 8 a.m.The highway was closed for about one hour, police said.UPDATE: Both directions of I-225 have reopened.— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) May 9, 2023#APDTrafficAlert: I-225 is shutdown in both directions at I-70 due to a rollover crash involving six vehicles. The highway will be shut down for at least an hour. Early information indicates there are no serious injuries. pic.twitter.com/kXjHZSBRKW— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) May 9, 2023Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.

Sawtelle apartment complex to evict hundreds of units for sprinkler retrofit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

Hundreds of Angelenos will soon have to find a new place to live after a Sawtelle complex announced the eviction of all residents due to a costly renovation project.Barrington Plaza, located at 11740 Wilshire Blvd., suffered dramatic and destructive fires in 2013 and 2020, partly because it does not have fire sprinklers. One person died and 13 people were hurt in the second blaze.Because it was built in the early 1960s, it is exempt from laws requiring fire sprinklers, though as part of approving repairs after the 2020 fire, city officials demanded safety upgrades, according to the Los Angeles Times. Man Injured in Brentwood High-Rise Apartment Building Fire Dies The $300 million project will take years, and under a state law known as the Ellis Act, the owners of the Barrington Plaza are providing residents relocation fees and financial assistance — up to as much as $22,000, according to the Times — so they can take units, including those that are rent stabilized, off the rental m...

Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested, sparking violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases, a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his angry supporters in almost all of the country's major cities.The arrest of Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains the leading opposition figure, represented the latest confrontation to roil Pakistan, which has seen former prime ministers arrested over the years and interventions by its powerful military.He was removed from the Islamabad High Court by security agents from the National Accountability Bureau, said Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, and then shoved into an armored car and whisked away.Chaudhry denounced the arrest of the 71-year-old former cricket star as “an abduction.” Pakistan’s independent GEO TV broadcast video of Khan being hauled away.A scuffle brok...

Anton Jackson Jr. Involved in Pedestrian Crash on 23rd Avenue [Oakland, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

32-Year-Old Oakland Pedestrian Hurt after Pursuit Ends in Crash near East 11th StreetOAKLAND, CA (May 9, 2023) – Thursday evening, Anton Jackson Jr. was involved in a pedestrian crash on 23rd Avenue that left one injured.The incident happened on May 4th, shortly after 5:30 p.m., near 23rd Avenue, East 11th Street, and Interstate 880.Initially, a Homeland Security Officer was pursuing an Acura TL that failed to stop a red light. The Acura, driven by 22-year-old Anton Jackson Jr. of Oakland, then hit a Nissan Altima and a 32-year-old Oakland resident, who was walking in the area.Following the collision, Jackson Jr. immediately fled the scene but was soon captured.Responding emergency personnel arrived at the site of the collision shortly after. From there, medics transported the pedestrian to Highland Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Jackson Jr. was transported to Santa Rita Jail and arrested after he was treated.Meanwhile, the Nissan driver managed to escape without ...

The Highest High: 7 of the Strongest Marijuana Strains of 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

Cannabis provides different kinds of buzz. Depending on what you seek — whether you need to relax or you seek to uplift your mood — there’s probably already a strain that’s out there for you. But if you’ve been consuming cannabis for a while now, you might have built a tolerance. Thus, here are the strongest marijuana strains that can give you the high that you’re looking for.Strongest Marijuana Strains of 20231. Godfather OGGodfather OG aka OG Godfather, “The Don of All Gs,” or simply the “Godfather” — when a strain has nicknames like those, you can just tell how well-loved the Godfather OG is. The Godfather OG is one of the strongest marijuana strains that are mostly Indica; it’s a cross between XXX OG and Alpha OG — two other beloved marijuana strains!The Godfather OG has a hint of grape flavor. But the high it provides is the relaxing kind — which is perfect if you suffer from insomnia or you just want to relax! But this Cannabis Cup 2013 1st placer is extremely potent. Its THC ...

Prince Harry’s big concern with memoir: Being seen as smart, ghostwriter says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:23 GMT

In a fascinating new essay for the New Yorker, Prince Harry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ghostwriter J.R. Moehringer opens up about a particularly combative scene between the two during the mostly friendly, but often intense two-year process of writing and editing the Duke of Sussex’s best-selling memoir, “Spare.”The scene revealed something essential about Harry’s insecurities and motivations for writing the book, according to Moehringer’s essay: Harry wants to be taking seriously, he wants to be seen as “smart.”Harry thought he could do this by proving he had his “wits” about him during a particularly grueling moment in his life — in January 2012, when he, a British army captain, underwent a brutal military exercise before his second deployment to Afghanistan. As described in “Spare” and Moehringer’s essay, Harry was “captured” by pretend terrorists in a simulation to find out if he had the...