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Butterfly House celebrating 25th anniversary with three events this month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The Butterfly House in Chesterfield is celebrating its 25th anniversary with three events this month.Friday night, they'll be playing Pixar's 'A Bug's Life,' which is also turning 25 years old. It'll be at the Faust Park Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. It's $6 for non-members, $4 for members, and free for infants 2 years old or younger. Police: DWI, hit-and-run suspect caught by his own Tesla cameras There will also be live music, food trucks, and fun crafts and games starting at 5:30 p.m.On Tuesday, September 19, the Butterfly House will give out free admission, and they'll have their Silver Anniversary Party on Friday, September 29. That'll cost $125 for members and $150 for non-members.

26th 'Paint Louis' event taking place this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - This weekend is the 26th 'Paint Louis' event.More than 500 graffiti artists from all over the world will be creating art on the flood wall downtown Friday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Jennings mayor warns councilman to resign or quit day job 'Sk8 Liborious' will also set up a mini skate park and there will be live music and vendors.

Bommarito Auto Gateway Cup kicks off Labor Day weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Bommarito Auto Gateway Cup starts this Labor Day weekend.Four days of cycling and racing through four St. Louis neighborhoods. Jennings mayor warns councilman to resign or quit day job Each day, there are races for amateurs, adults, kids, and pros. It begins Friday with the Tour De Lafayette in St. Louis First Historic District. It starts at 1:30 p.m.Saturday is the Tour De Francis Park. Sunday is the 'Giro Della Montagna' Race, and Monday is the Benton Park Classic.

Broncos’ Samaje Perine forms “brotherhood” in backfield with Javonte Williams: “We embraced each other”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

Samaje Perine wasn’t aware of Melvin Gordon’s remarks, but when told of them, he couldn’t disagree.Gordon recently opined that running backs, if capable, should switch positions. In his opinion, the compensation wasn’t worth the physical toll of prying through the trenches.“I don’t blame him just because you look around the league and see how the running back group as a whole is being treated,” said Perine, who left the Cincinnati Bengals for the Broncos this past offseason.“At the end of the day, being in it, (I know) how valuable we actually are,” he said.That doesn’t mean he disagreed with Gordon’s sentiment.“I just know with my son, I’m not going to push him to play sports period,” he said. “But if he wants to play football, I’ll try to (steer him away from running back).”Perine might be squeamish about the health of his position in general, but his love for his role hasn’t waned. He said the last time he played anything other than running back was in middle sc...

Elias: Basing Californians’ electricity rates on income unworkable

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

By law, federal and state tax returns are confidential. Even some presidential candidates, most notably Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020, have managed to use this fact to hide their finances from voters.Related ArticlesLocal News | Elias: Contrary to some claims, California friendly to certain businesses Local News | Simitian: Santa Clara County families should take advantage of transitional kindergarten Local News | Elias: Newsom’s gun control amendment may open Pandora’s box Local News | Saratoga’s State of the City will be family friendly Local News | Opinion: EPA funding will help Valley Water better serve community Now, however, comes the latest bailout effort for California’s three largest electric utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. The three worked together in 2022, lobbying a bill through the Legislature to partially link u...

Bay Area moms seek to block bill to decriminalize hallucinogens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

Three Marin County moms who lost children to psychedelic use are keeping a close eye on the Legislature this week.The women, who formed a coalition to block proposed legislation that would decriminalize the personal use of hallucinogens, are closely watching the fate of Senate Bill 58.Proposed by Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, the bill would decriminalize the personal use and “social sharing” without financial gain of mescaline, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, psilocybin and psilocin. The legislation would also decriminalize facilitated use of these substances after the state Health and Human Services Agency convenes a workgroup to recommend a framework to govern their therapeutic use.RELATED: Psychedelics have 3 paths to going mainstream in California. Here’s what you need to knowOn Friday, Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, will decide whether the legislation moves to the Assembly floor for a vote or gets held ove...

Scotts Valley head-on crash claims lives of San Jose couple

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

SCOTTS VALLEY — A two-vehicle Mount Hermon Drive crash left a San Jose couple dead and a juvenile in critical condition Wednesday evening.The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office identified the deceased adults as Laurie E. Bryant, 58, and Steven L. Bryant, 62.The adults, traveling in a gold sedan, collided head-on with a white commercial van shortly before 5 p.m., in the stretch of road between Skypark Drive and Lockhart Gulch Road. The van’s occupant was not injured, according to Scotts Valley Police detective Sgt. Meredith Roberts. The female child, who was in the sedan, was taken to an out-of-county trauma center for care, but was expected to survive, Robert said. Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | San Jose man killed in crash after truck driver runs red light, CHP says Crashes and Disasters | Map: Two wildfires merge in Northern California’s Smith River complex Crashes and Disasters | SUV slams into disabled Jeep in latest fata...

Sharma: Ramaswamy’s luck will run out in Trump’s GOP

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

There were two Indian Americans on the GOP debate stage in Milwaukee last week. This is not as unusual as it sounds. Three European prime ministers — of Portugal, Ireland, and the U.K. — are of Indian descent. Indians in the West set off few alarm bells among most white voters: They are not associated with religious extremism, or geopolitical rivalry, or identity politics.Indian Americans lead multiple large U.S. companies as well; notably, there are far fewer Chinese-American CEOs. We pride ourselves on being the model for all other model minorities.There’s success, though, and then there is emulating success. Should we be surprised when one of our tribe excels at the latter, too?And that brings us to the 38-year-old entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, which is what you get when you let being a model minority define who you are.Ramaswamy’s anti-woke opinions are, I suspect, genuine and deeply held. I can see how they could emerge organically from his backgr...

Leubsdorf: Vice President Harris finding her political bearings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

The campaign to rehabilitate Vice President Kamala Harris’ image is well under way, suggesting the Democrats have finally recognized the potential problem her low public standing poses for President Joe Biden’s re-election.“Why Vice President Harris Is Invaluable for 2024,” headlined a nine-page memo from Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez and Becca Siegel, the campaign’s chief data operative. They argued her stress on issues important to core Democrats outweighs any popular shortcomings.“ICYMI: Vice President Kamala Harris Takes on Gun Safety Reform and Critical 2024 Role,” headed another release, citing an array of articles about her recent appearances.Actually, the campaign to spotlight Harris coincides with signs that she has found more of her political bearings, though it’s not yet apparent in the polls. Serving as the administration’s spokesperson on abortion, gun control and racial issues suits her a lot better than her initial assignment on immigratio...

Glowing bioluminescent waves return to California coast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:50:00 GMT

The bright blue, glowing waves are back off Southern California’s coastline, lighting up dark beaches for the past week to the delight of beachgoers who scout out the unusual sight.The bioluminescent waves – caused by a dinoflagellate algae that turns the ocean red during the day but glows when agitated at night – have been documented in Oxnard and Malibu, in Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, and off San Diego’s coastline in recent days.“It’s kind of sporadic along the coast, it’s not an insane algae bloom but enough where it’s in multiple spots,” said Mark Girardeau, who runs the website Orange County Outdoors and has been documenting the bioluminescent phenomenon the past few years, including several times this week. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mark Girardeau (@markgirardeau)The latest occurrence Girardeau spotted was on Wednesday, Aug. 30, when he and fellow photographer Patrick Coyne scoured Laguna Beach’s coastline. Earlier in the week, it had been spotted off of...