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Colorado’s wild virus year wasn’t — and was — the new normal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

With sniffles as a near-constant companion this fall and winter, and previously obscure viruses becoming household names in Colorado, you’re not alone if you wondered whether this past year was normal.Some pathogens — like respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and streptococcus bacteria, or strep — did damage that children’s hospitals called “unprecedented.” But the flu season was of about average severity, and a seeming cluster of unexplained hepatitis cases turned out to nothing out of the ordinary.That doesn’t mean fall and winter weren’t miserable for some, especially after two years with minimal viral spread. A January poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found about 38% of people reported someone in their home had been sick from flu, COVID-19 or RSV in the previous month.In some ways, that’s a return to the way things were before the pandemic, said Dr. Sam Dominguez, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Children...

Gluten-free foodie fest, Herb’s Bar turns 90, Cinco de Mayo in Five Points, and more things to do in Denver this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

Gluten Free Foodie FestivalSaturday. If you have a gluten allergy or intolerance, you might think you have to skip many of the myriad local beer festivals or risk paying full price to indulge in just a few drink options. Not so at the Gluten Free Foodie Festival, coming to Holidaily Brewing Co. on Saturday, May 6.Holidaily exclusively brews gluten-free beers using grains such as millet and buckwheat instead of barley in its award-winning recipes. On Saturday, stop by the brewery in Golden (801 Brickyard Circle) to pair the drinks with bites from nine food trucks and pop-up vendors that also specialize in gluten-free food. Vendors include Dedicated Bistro & Bakery, Farmhouse 5280 and Wave the Grain, among others.The festival is free to attend; patrons simply pay for what they want to eat and drink. More information at bit.ly/44tFmxR. — Tiney RicciardiHelen H. Richardson, The Denver PostDancers with Ballet Folklorico Baile Caliente perform on the Fiesta Folklorico & Conf...

Damien Patterson beat the odds as a celebrated dancer. Now he’s hanging up his shoes.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

Pay no mind to the idea that artists must quake and fret on stage to truly feel their art: Damien Patterson’s best moments have arrived with all eyes upon him, and when he’s had the most to lose.“I felt like my own version of Beyoncé being in (‘Divisions’), which is the collaboration we first did with Flobots in 2017, “ said Patterson, who is retiring from a 24-year dance career after he finishes out Wonderbound’s run of “The Sandman” this month. “I remember looking the audience in eyes and being completely fearless.”That was just one of his best moves. Patterson, 42, has also gotten to act, write poetry, choreograph and work across all performing-arts disciplines at Wonderbound — particularly in artistic director Garrett Ammon’s “Winter,” “Ice” and “Snow” shows, where Patterson developed the same character over the course of six years.Any failures in these would reflect...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

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In Pleasanton, an ancient Japanese tradition points a way to healthier aging

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

Every week, a small group of older women gathers in a little room next to the courtyard of a senior living center in Pleasanton to practice the centuries-old Japanese craft of arranging flowers.The ikebana stylists, ranging from 75 to 95 years old, have been meeting for years. They come together for an hour on Tuesdays to work with yellow daffodils and flowering purple veronica, creating beautiful, delicate, and impermanent arrangements they will enjoy in their homes until the next week comes.Ikebana follows strict rules that dictate style and form. Flower stems must be a precise length and lean at a precise angle. The second stem should be three-quarters the length of the first stem; the third, half the length of the second. The result is a colorful tapestry of flowers that are mathematically identical to one another, but completely unique in style.“Before I retired, I was a CPA,” said Alice Huang, the group’s instructor. “But every day I wanted to look at flowers.”Huang grew...

Oakland teachers officially on strike Thursday; schools are still in session

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

OAKLAND — Oakland teachers are set to go on strike Thursday for the second time in two school years after union representatives and the Oakland Unified School District failed to agree on a deal at the bargaining table on Wednesday.The Oakland Educators Association, which represents about 3,000 of the city’s teachers and school staff, said in a news release Wednesday night that the schools’ administrators promised to present a contract proposal at 5 p.m. Wednesday but failed to show up.At 9 p.m., the district announced that the teachers would strike beginning Thursday for the second time in two school years after a one-day strike on April 29, 2022.“OEA’s bargaining team of 50 educators from across Oakland Unified had planned to work through the night – if the other side showed up. Our goal was and still is to reach a contract settlement that serves our students and supports educators,” said special education teacher and Oakland Education Association Interim President Isma...

Miles-long Contra Costa trail to get safety improvements

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

The Delta De Anza Regional Trail, a popular east-west pathway in eastern Contra Costa County, is about to get some safety improvements, including flashing lights that bicyclists and pedestrians can activate at busy road crossings.The improvements will be funded in large part by a nearly $4.5-million grant from a Bay Area regional transportation agency.The Pittsburg City Council unanimously accepted the Metropolitan Transportation Commission grant that calls for a match of $507,777, which would be split among Pittsburg, Bay Point, Antioch and Contra Costa County — where a portion of the trail scheduled for improvements runs.The project has three objectives: improving safety primarily at crossings, making the trail more inviting for bicyclists and encouraging people to get out of their cars and reduce carbon emissions, noted Pittsburg Public Works Director/City Engineer John Samuelson.“This project will primarily look at the crossings,” he said at Monday’s council meeting....

Borenstein: Newsom helps fund second BART tube district will never need

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

Transit officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom should stop wasting millions of dollars of taxpayer money planning for a second transbay BART tunnel that the rail system will never need.With BART weekday ridership numbers still far less than half of pre-pandemic levels, the agency cannot afford to keep its existing service running, is begging the Legislature for a temporary bailout and plans to press for a regional ballot measure in 2026 to raise new revenue.To spend public money on planning for a second crossing of San Francisco Bay when BART lacks ridership for the existing system is financial folly. Especially when the funds are coming from the state government, which faces its own whopping budget shortfall, approaching $30 billion.Yet that’s exactly what the governor is doing. And BART is only too happy to be a part of this financial waste and even skew the facts to enable it.The governor and BART last week announced that the state has awarded $11.3 million for planning for the second t...

Opinion: Why California must invest in climate resilient schools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

As weather events, power outages, fire, smoke and excess heat occur frequently, school leaders face disruptions that affect student learning. As Santa Clara County’s Superintendent of Schools, I know these disruptions are of longer duration and are more extreme.In the 2018-19 school year alone, more than 1.2 million California students were impacted by school closures, overwhelmingly due to wildfire, smoke, heat and unhealthy air quality. These school closures not only lead to decreased learning, they also negatively impact students’ physical and mental health. Studies show these impacts are not the result of an unpredictable catastrophe but a pattern that will continue to worsen unless we can keep schools open through our increasingly complicated climate reality.That’s why a coalition of nearly 50 leading doctors, medical and environmental health researchers, educators, youth and community groups has released the Climate-Resilient California Schools: A Call to Action — a repo...

Two ways the Warriors can slow down Anthony Davis in critical Game 2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:12 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors run, the Lakers bruise.This Western Conference semifinal matchup is not just a meeting of two California rival teams, but the ultimate clash of styles. Anthony Davis is at the center of that clash, literally.If the Warriors hope to overcome a 1-0 series deficit, they’ll have to figure out how to beat Davis, the Lakers’ 6-foot-10 center, instead of working around him. Golden State was largely deferential to Davis in Game 1, letting him camp in the paint, waiting for the perimeter defenders to funnel Warriors to him there on defense. It deterred drives to the rim with any consistency and prompted the Warriors to take 53 3-pointers.Davis beat the Warriors nearly single-handedly on both ends with 30 points, 23 rebounds and four blocks.Can the Warriors get Davis out of his comfort zone? Here’s a look at a few options.Make him moveDavis played 44 minutes in Tuesday’s game — and the general sense around the Warriors’ lo...