11/28/2023: Blustery with lake effect snow
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
The latest Storm Tracker Forecast from Meteorologist Jill Szwed.Happy Tuesday! Conditions are just right for more lake effect snow. The focus of the heaviest snow will shift from western New York to the Tug Hill and western Adirondacks today. Even parts of the News10 area will get in on the action.No issues as you head out the door this morning. Parts of the Capital District did see a few light snow showers overnight. Accumulations are a skiff at best, but sidewalks might be a little slippery. Scattered lake effect snow showers will arrive after lunchtime. At the same time the wind will pick up, which will further hamper visibility. Be on the lookout for changing conditions during your ride home this evening.Snow will fade tonight with skies going partly to mostly cloudy. It will stay cold and windy with wind chills settling into the single digits and teens.Passing flurries and snow showers can't be ruled out again tomorrow. Most of the snow will be confined to the Adirondacks Park....Columbia County orchard, farm store closing after 54 years
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
GHENT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Love Apple Farm, located at 1421 Route 9H in Ghent, is permanently closing after 54 years. The farm's last day will be Thursday, November 30. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Love Apple Farm was founded in 1969 by Chris and Rande Loken. When they moved out of the area in 2012, Francis Greenburger and Isabelle Autones took over as owners of the farm."The farm is closing because it has not been profitable for over ten years," Greenburger told NEWS10. "Current costs for operating a small family apple farm and farm stand exceed revenue." Queensbury’s new German restaurant sets opening date The property includes an orchard that grows apples, cherries, blueberries, and more, a farm zoo and playground, a market, a cafe, a bakery, and a gift shop. Greenburger said the main house with be rented as a living space and the farm kitchen will support a local food packaging business. They're also looking for other lo...Making Christmas: How decorating for the holidays helped save Call to Arms Brewing
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
When Chris Bell wants to do something, he goes all out. So much so that he has spent thousands of dollars to turn his Call to Arms Brewing, in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood, into a pop-up perfect spot, not only for getting into the spirit of the season while sipping beer, but also for holiday-themed selfies, winter work parties and other festive get-togethers.“The creativity behind the pop-up is like making beer; I get a lot of joy out of it and to me, making a beer isn’t about throwing a bunch of ingredients together, it’s about evoking things from people’s senses,” said Bell, over the phone as he shopped for said pop-up at Home Depot.“While generally those senses are the nose and mouth, they are also your eyes and how that beer looks, and Christmas is the same,” he added.In 2016, the Call to Arms Brewing’s team, from left, was Jesse Brookstein, Chris Bell and Jon Cross.Bell’s wild decor inspiration hails from his hometow...“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride, and more short reviews from readers
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. Sure, you could read advertising blurbs on Amazon, but wouldn’t you be more likely to believe a neighbor with no skin in the game over a corporation being fed words by publishers? So in this series, we are sharing these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email [email protected].“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride (Riverhead Books, 2023)“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride (Riverhead Books, 2023)In this beautifully written novel, McBride explores how a sense of community and humanity can overcome differences, whether they be racial, religious or even physical. The “Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” is a neighborhood fixture and keystone, connecting the lives and fates of immigrant Jewish and African American neighbors in a smal...Here’s how to get $30 tickets to Broadway’s “Six” at the Denver Center
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
A limited number of $30 tickets for the Tony-winning British musical “Six” will be available for the first three weeks of the show’s Colorado run, according to Denver Center for the Performing Arts.The nonprofit, Denver-based theater giant on Monday announced a ticket lottery for the popular musical, whose Dec. 5-24 performances have already hit the “limited capacity” phase. That means each scheduled show has only a handful of seats left for sale, ranging from $45 to $155 per ticket.In most cases, it’s literally one or two close-to-stage seats per show, as well as a few dozen in the back three or four rows of the balcony at the Buell Theatre.Here’s how you can get a leg up, according to the show’s producers:Make sure you’re eligible: you must be 18 years or older and have a valid, non-expired photo ID that matches your name to enter.Make a Lucky Seat account if you don’t already have one; visit luckyseat.com to sign up. Pro...New Jersey native opening bagel shop in former Denver Bread Co. space
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
Miles Odell is a classically trained chef, who’s cooked around the world, including in Japan as a culinary ambassador for three years. But the New Jersey native is ready to get back to his roots: bagels and smoked fish.Chef Miles Odell won the Rebel Bread Staff Pick Award for his bagels at the inaugural Denver Bake Fest hosted by Rebel Bread in October. (Provided by Odell’s Bagel)“Bagels are one of my favorite things, and I’ve perfected my own recipe,” Odell said. “Trust me, it has nothing to do with the water.”The 33-year-old chef hopes to open Odell’s Bagel in the former Denver Bread Co. space at 3200 Irving St. by spring 2024. Owners Greg Bortz and his wife Kristy announced in August that they had decided to permanently close Denver Bread after nearly 29 years, along with their cookie business Victory Love + Cookies.Odell had originally planned to open a Japanese restaurant dubbed Keepsake when he moved to Denver last year. He started his own pop-up at the Highland Square F...Crews battle 'city-block-sized' fire in South Los Angeles
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
Firefighters responded to a massive fire burning in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday morning. The fire erupted around 3:25 a.m. and involved a "city-block-sized area" of structures in the 1500 block of East Vernon Avenue, according to an alert from the Los Angeles Fire Department. A fire burning in the Central-Alameda neighborhood is seen on Nov. 28, 2023. (Key News)Additional structures are threatened on all sides, the alert stated.Over 140 firefighters were assigned to the incident and are making good progress, the fire department stated at 4:30 a.m. Crews assisted residents who were asked to evacuate their homes during the firefight.One resident told KTLA that a neighbor woke them up as the fire was raging. “He hopped the fence, got on top of the roof and then he banged on our window,” the resident said. The neighbor told them there was a fire, so she woke up her husband and went outside and saw the flames threatening their home.“I just thank God that he s...3.5 magnitude quake wakes up residents in Big Bear City
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
Residents of the Big Bear City community in the San Bernardino Mountains were awakened in the middle of the night by a 3.5 magnitude earthquake. The temblor was reported at 11:59 p.m. Monday night and was located 2.6 miles from Big Bear City. The quake struck at a depth of nearly 5 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Big Bear City on Nov. 27, 2023. (USGS)Light shaking from the earthquake was felt as far as Palmdale to the northwest and Twentynine Palms to the southeast. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Monday night's temblor follows a 2.1 magnitude quake that hit the Big Bear area last Tuesday.Wish Book: Paralyzed veterans learn life, work skills from competitive sports
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
Marine Corps veteran Kyle Hansel of Pacifica is making a belt for his mother, using lessons, skills, and a renewed faith in himself gained from competitive sports despite hands and many muscles that don’t work.His mom Teresa loves turquoise, so he’ll paint the bottom layer of the belt that blue-green hue, to gleam through decorative gaps he will laboriously cut in the top layer.The work, like many of the tasks in his life, requires “adaptive” techniques he has honed through wheelchair rugby, archery and other sports he competes in thanks to the local chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA).Kyle Hansel, right, from Pacifica, transfers from his regular wheelchair into a rugby wheelchair with the help of Chris Child, recreation therapy assistant, at the Palo Alto Veterans Association Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Wish Book for BAWPVA, Bay Area and Western Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News ...Hey, Caltrans, you need to repaint some signs on I-680: Roadshow
Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:24:07 GMT
Q: At about 10 p.m. Thanksgiving night, I entered northbound Interstate 680 at Monument Boulevard in Concord. Luckily, I knew how to get to westbound Highway 4, because overhead signs were almost unreadable. Reflective paint on all the signs was worn off, to the point where some would have made no sense to a driver relying on them.I don’t know if the problem is more extensive than what I saw on that short stretch of 680. It was pretty alarming.— Gail Wiemann, RichmondA: I’ll forward your message to Caltrans.Q: Your column on illegal dumping reminded me that in the 1960s, illegal dumping and its consequences were made famous by a singer/songwriter, Arlo Guthrie, who documented the experience when he and a friend dumped garbage alongside a road and faced consequences. His famous song, “Alice’s Restaurant,” sold millions of copies.The incident Guthrie recounts in the song was reported in the Berkshire Eagle on Nov. 29, 1965. It describes the conviction of ...Latest news
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