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Metro Denver pet owners want fenced backyards and more when home shopping

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

As the number of households with children declines and pet ownership increases, more potential homebuyers seek pet-friendly homes and neighborhoods.According to Jessica Lautz, deputy chief economist and vice president of research at the National Association of Realtors, households with children under 18 decreased from 48 percent in 2002 to 40 percent in 2022. Meanwhile, families with pets increased from 56 percent in 1988 to 70 percent by 2022.Not only do more potential homebuyers have pets, but they also make purchasing decisions with their dogs and cats in mind.In a survey conducted by Realtor.com and HarrisX among 3,001 U.S. adults, 82% of Americans with pets 91% say their animals will factor in their purchase decision.Pet owners want:Fenced yards with shadeNearby amenities include dog parks, vets, and groomersPet-friendly neighborhoodsHomes that include doggy doors, sunrooms, mudrooms, large windows, and main-floor bedrooms so older pets can avoid stairs.Kendra Buck with West+Ma...

I-70 westbound closed at Golden, diverted to C-470 after oversized load hits bridge

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

Westbound Interstate 70 is closed at Golden after an oversized tractor-trailer hit a bridge, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The Colorado State Patrol reported the closure in Golden at 11:06 a.m. Traffic is being diverted to Colorado 470 and there is no estimated time of reopening, according to the state patrol.No injuries were reported and the Colorado Department of Transportation is on scene evaluating the bridge.The truck that is wedged under the bridge weighs 80,000 pounds, the state patrol posted on X.Interstate 70 is also entirely shut down in Glenwood Springs due to a crash, and westbound lanes are closed in DeBeque due to an 18-car pileup.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | I-70 closed in both directions in Glenwood Springs due to crash Crime and Public Safety | Colorado’s Cottonwood Pass from Gypsum to Roaring Fork Valley closed for winter Crime and Public Safety | Colorado weather: Winter driving conditions con...

Riverside County foster mom again faces murder charge

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

A Riverside County woman who ran a foster home for disabled children is again facing a murder charge after it was initially dismissed a year and a half ago.Michelle Louise Morris-Kerin, 82, and her husband, Edward Lawrence Kerin, 81, of Morris Small Family Home were arraigned again on Thursday in Riverside County, and both pleaded not guilty, according to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.The couple faced about two dozen combined charges, including murder, manslaughter, lewd acts on dependent adults and child endangerment, among other felonies, after their 2021 arrests. Murder, lewd acts, neglect charges filed against Riverside County foster parents According to prosecutors, the couple's now-closed foster home for disabled children in the La Cresta area near Murrieta was found to be the site of "ongoing physical abuse and neglect of dependent children and adults, along with the sexual abuse of three dependent adults who were under the care of the defendants."EdwardLa...

Moreno Valley man arrested after allegedly shooting up Yucaipa house

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

A Moreno Valley man is behind bars after he allegedly opened fire on a Yucaipa home last month.Peter Ibarra Gurrola, 22, was arrested Wednesday in connection with a Nov. 17 attack on a house in the 33000 block of Colorado Street, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.After multiple gunshots were reported last month, deputies found "numerous shell casings in the street and numerous bullet strikes to the residence," officials said.After Gurrola's arrest, deputies found multiple firearms at his home, officials said.At the time of the shooting, victims told deputies that they "believed the suspect was the ex-boyfriend of a visitor at the residence," though it's unclear if Gurrola is indeed the former partner of someone who was at the house.Gurrola faces a charge of shooting at an inhabited dwelling and is being held at the Central Detention Center in lieu of $100,000 bail. He was due to appear in court Friday afternoon.Anyone with information is urged to ...

Suspected DUI driver plows into California Christmas parade crowd; 3 hurt

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

The start of the annual Christmas Parade in Bakersfield, California Thursday night was delayed after three paradegoers were struck and seriously injured by a suspected drunk driver.The suspect, Alan Booth, of Bakersfield, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with felony charges of driving under the influence, according to police.Emergency crews were called to the area of 21st and H streets at around 5:30 p.m. In a news release late Thursday, the Bakersfield Police Department said officers who were in the area for the parade heard the suspect's vehicle, a truck, accelerating and saw the vehicle hit the paradegoers. The victims were described by police as three men, ages 21, 42 and 77. The scene of the crash at a Christmas parade in Bakersfield, California on Dec. 7, 2023. (KGET)The incident occurred in front of Bakersfield Fire Department Station 1 and firefighters quickly rendered aid to the victims, police said. The three victims were listed in stable condition on Friday...

Have SF Giants come up short in Ohtani sweepstakes? Conflicting reports that a deal is in place with Blue Jays

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

The top-secret pursuit of the most coveted free agent in baseball history may — or may not — have reached its conclusion according to a series of conflicting reports Friday morning.If J.P. Hoornstra of Dodgers Nation and formerly the Southern California News Group, a partner of the Bay Area News Group, is to be believed, then the San Francisco Giants have come up short once again in their attempt to attract the game’s top talent on the open market.Shohei Ohtani's choice is in. This is not a drill.: https://t.co/7xWU2Rv6fp— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) December 8, 2023Hoornstra cited anonymous sources Friday morning saying that the two-way megastar had made his decision and will expand his global audience, eschewing the Giants and the front-runners in Los Angeles for the Toronto Blue Jays. Multiple other reports, including ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez and Ben Nicholson-Smith and Shi Davidi of SportsNet, quickly pushed back and said no decision had been mad...

New SF exhibit reveals origins of those unforgettable Botticelli paintings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

Museum director Thomas Campbell calls “Botticelli Drawings,” the new exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, “a tour de force of scholarship and connoisseurship.”That’s effusive praise for an exhibit, on view through Feb. 11, which gathers a scant two dozen images from the Renaissance master, just about all that have survived for 500 years.These drawings, whether classical and religious figures or a “head of a man in near profile looking left,” were the source of details in paintings and other large-scale works.But the exhibit’s modest title and scholarly approach serve as a window into Sandro Botticelli’s Renaissance, with a dozen paintings by him or attributed to his workshop also on view. They’re the vivid, dramatic culmination of the preparatory drawings.Of course his most famous paintings, “La Primavera” and “The Birth of Venus,” have not traveled from Italy to San Francisco. But there are discoveries to be made in the less familiar “Portrait of a Lady,” where the subj...

Mailbag: Explaining Oregon vs. Liberty, Baker’s proposal, the ‘Pac-2’ and Power Five status, the 2004 controversy and more

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

The Hotline mailbag publishes each Friday. Send questions to [email protected] and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline.Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity.I’ve seen no explanation of the College Football Playoff committee’s decision that No. 8 Oregon should get the honor of playing No. 23 Liberty. The committee started the New Year’s Six bowl lineup with No. 5 vs. No. 6. Why wasn’t No. 7 matched against No. 8 and so on, leaving No. 11 Mississippi to play Liberty? — Mike SThe Pac-12 bowl selection process unfolded exactly as expected, with one exception: Oregon’s opponent in the Fiesta Bowl.Fans are outraged by the matchup with Liberty. Why aren’t the Ducks facing another Power Five opponent? Why did the Fiesta Bowl stick them with a Group of Five foe?First of all, the Fiesta Bowl had nothing to do with it. The New Year’s Six assignments are made by the C...

Pope Francis makes first appearance since getting bronchitis

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

Associated PressROME — Pope Francis on Friday made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him to cancel a planned trip to the COP-28 climate conference in Dubai.The pope has been steadily recovering, and for the Dec. 8 holiday devoted to Mary kept a traditional appointment to pray at the Spanish Steps. He arrived in a black car, and blessed a crowd of onlookers before taking a seat in a chair facing a statue of the Madonna.The pontiff prayed for Mary’s mercy for “all the people oppressed by injustice and poverty, tried by war,” adding a special prayer for “the tormented Ukrainian people,” as well as Palestinians and Israelis “who have fallen back into a spiral of violence.”Francis also addressed violence against women, a topic that has resonated in Italy in recent weeks following the killing last month of a 22-year-old female student in northern Italy. “Mary, we need you as a...

Bighorn sheep in Colorado was single, ready to mingle … and stuck on a roof

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:33:10 GMT

A bighorn sheep became stuck on the roof and deck of a Boulder County home for more than 24 hours this week, likely while he was looking for a mate, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.A bighorn sheep became stuck on the roof and deck of a Boulder County home for more than 24 hours on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The ram eventually left after Colorado Parks and Wildlife cut a space in a deck railing. (Provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife) Wildlife officers responded to a call about a ram stuck on the roof of a house in unincorporated Boulder County on Tuesday, said spokesperson Kara Van Hoos​e. The ram likely became stuck in the morning.“We were hoping he would come down on his own because he’s on the roof and realizes this is not a great spot for him to be,” Van Hoose said.The ram made it down to the deck of the house at some point and officers hoped he might be able to make it all the way down on his own, Van Hoose said. But after a day and a half, the ram wasn’t showing si...