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CMH Auxiliary 'pink ladies' donate $40k to hospital

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Columbia Memorial Health (CMH) Hospital in Hudson got a $40,000 boost on Friday. The gift, provided by CMH's Auxiliary, will go towards the purchase of patient transport and visitor chairs, hospital officials said. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Since its inception in 1953, the all-volunteer CMH Auxiliary, known as the "Pink Ladies," has donated more than $1.6 million to the hospital. They have also provided tens of thousands of volunteer hours to aid CMH and its patients. The new patient transport chairs are designed to help provide a comfortable and welcoming transport environment for caregivers and offer easy access to different service areas within the hospital. The new visitor chairs will provide comfortable seating within patient rooms and offer a more family-centered experience, which is strongly correlated with improved patient outcomes. HRBT donates $50k for CMH Center for Breast He...

Participating restaurants for Capital Region 'Dining Out For Life' event

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Alliance for Positive Health is holding its 20th Annual "Dining Out For Life" event on Thursday, April 27. Throughout the day, 23 Capital Region restaurants will donate 20% to 100% of their sales to help people living with HIV/AIDS. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Residents are encouraged to help the cause by dining at one of these restaurants on Thursday. Diners can also be entered to win prizes including theatre tickets, restaurant gift certificates, sports tickets, and a weekend staycation in Saratoga Springs."This is a unique event that rallies the communities we serve together in support of both their members who are living with HIV and the local restaurants that participate,” said Kim Atkins, Executive Director of the Alliance for Positive Health. “Still today, there are those living with HIV, being diagnosed with HIV, and at risk for HIV throughout Northeastern New York. We encourage peop...

HAZMAT crews investigate two abandoned barrels in St. Louis

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - HAZMAT crews investigated two abandoned waste barrels Thursday in St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Fire Department, the HAZMAT team discovered old flooring or some sort of broken up material, though did not detect any hazardous liquids. As a precaution, crews sealed the barrels used ChemTape. Top Story: Missing Texas teens sold for sex in Missouri Investigators determined some potential risks with the barrels. Though the contents inside didn't pose any immediate concerns, firefighters say the barrels could contain carcinogenic materials with the potential to cause future health concerns, if inhaled.While investigating the barrels, crews placed yellow "caution" tape around them and an orange-paper note that reads: "DANGER ... THIS CONTAINER MAY CONTAIN HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ... AVOID ANY CONTACT." It appears the situation Thursday has been handled, though the note said to contact the St. Louis Health Commissioner if there are any further inquires in handling barrel...

These Coloradans haven’t had clean drinking water in 5 years. Can the state do anything about it?

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

PALMER LAKE — Donald Simmons doesn’t want cancer.He and his wife have been living in the Elephant Rock Mobile Home Park, just outside downtown Monument, for the past 13 years because it’s the cheapest option in town.And for the last five of them, their tap water has been contaminated with elevated levels of radium, a naturally occurring radioactive metal that can be carcinogenic.Simmons won’t drink it, but his wife does. And it makes him nervous.“What’s it gonna do to our bodies?” he asked Tuesday as he sat next to his neighbor’s porch, a drill in hand. “What is this going to do to us in the long term?”The state is well aware of Elephant Rock and its tainted water. But Colorado’s top water regulators say they’ve never been in a situation like this.Since early 2019, officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have cited the park owner, Kim Lucky Oliver, repeatedly for refusing to compl...

Shuttles deployed to replace several RTD trains delayed by signal problems

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

Technical problems with signals Friday forced delays of Regional Transportation District trains, and RTD officials were deploying shuttles.Update: A Ln, B Ln & G Ln experiencing up to 15 minute delays due to s.. https://t.co/RPvlfZlyb2— RTD (@RideRTD) April 21, 2023The RTD’s A Line, B Line and G Line trains were delayed up to 15 minutes, RTD officials announced in a posting on Twitter. The shuttles were replacing A, B, G and N trains.Shuttle buses replacing A Ln, B Ln, G Ln & N Ln due to signal.. https://t.co/Z3qfnaFCXd— RTD (@RideRTD) April 21, 2023  

Hot start to the weekend for Los Angeles area

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

It may only be April, but some parts of the Southland are getting a first look at summer this weekend.Temperatures on Friday and Saturday will be in the 80s and even 90s in some places, marking a sharp change from the chilly weather that's persisted through winter and into spring."Everything is going to be warming up over the next couple of days, and you can expect to have some temperatures above normal for this time of year," KTLA Southern California weather On Friday, the coastal areas won't see too much of a change; the high is 72 degrees. But downtown Los Angeles is expected to heat up to 86 degrees, and in the San Fernando Valley, temperatures are likely to hit 92.Inland Orange County, the Inland Empire and the high desert will see highs in the mid to upper 80s.And if you're headed to the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival? Good luck. High temperatures for the weekend in Indio are 93, 98 and 96 degrees.But don't fret too much, Southern California....

The Art of Crafting Timeless Kitchens: A Closer Look at End Grain Cabinets

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

Families and friends gather in the kitchen to create memories that last a lifetime as they share meals and moments together. That is why it is essential for homeowners to have a well-designed kitchen that not only enhances their home’s aesthetic appeal but also promotes functionality. End Grain Cabinets, driven forward by Jonathan Martin’s leadership vision, has been dedicated to creating timeless kitchens, cabinets, and wood products for over 15 years.They have achieved this feat through excellent craftsmanship, making them the preferred choice among designers and contractors. At End Grain Cabinets, their philosophy centers around crafting enduring cabinets that elevate any kitchen space.With a focus on expert craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail, they aim to create spaces where generations can come together and create memories. The journey began with founder Jonathan Martin’s deep-rooted passion for entrepreneurship, business with a purpose, woodworki...

Chase Away The Blues With These Azure Libations

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

 The color blue is said to represent both sky and sea and is associated with open spaces, freedom, intuition, imagination, inspiration and sensitivity. Blue also personifies hints of trust, loyalty, sincerity, confidence and wisdom. And when it comes to cocktails, there has been a wave of moody blues throughout the L.A. bar scene recently. Here are some of our favorite azure libations to calm the senses.“I think the draw of vibrant, blue cocktails is that they are fun and reminiscent of being beachside on a tropical vacation,” Noble 33’s Beverage Director Carla Lorenzo tells L.A. Weekly on the draw of blue-hued cocktails and Casa Madera’s approach to the Quintana Roo, made with Vida Mezcal, agave, lime and blue spirulina.Quintana Roo (Courtesy Casa Madera)“More often than not, the ingredients that make cocktails blue are full of artificial ingredients and dyes,” says Lorenzo. “For the Quintana Roo at Casa Madera, I wanted to get that beautiful color with a quality ingredient. B...

‘Excessive wealth disorder’: Should the ultra-rich pay more to help solve America’s problems?

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

Boosting taxes on America’s wealthiest people could bring in trillions of dollars to help the country solve its most pressing problems, according to Gabriela Sandoval, executive director of the non-profit Bay Area think tank Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute.Sandoval, a former sociology professor at UC Santa Cruz, was hired in January at the San Francisco-based think tank founded last year and named after a concept coined by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. She previously worked at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland and became steeped in issues around wealth inequality. “No one wanted to talk about decreasing wealth at the higher end,” says Sandoval.The think tank promotes adding special surtaxes for ultra-wealthy people, imposing a “wealth tax” on assets such as real estate, yachts and luxury vehicles, and increasing IRS enforcement on the super-rich.The institute takes aim at the richest .1% of Americans R...

Chart: Bay Area’s drought-busting year has actually been less rainy than normal, in one way

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:26:42 GMT

California’s wet and wild winter has come to a close. It certainly seemed like a way rainier than normal year in the Bay Area, but by some metrics it’s actually been just shy of average.That’s right. Rainfall totals were impressive, nearly double the annual average, but the number of rainy days is still slightly below average. Take Oakland for example. It’s just shy of its historical average of 68 days with measurable rainfall in a year, recording 62 rainy days in the rain year starting July 1, 2022, through April 20. There is no rain predicted for the near future, and just over two historically dry months before the rain year ends on June 30.Now, with wildflowers coating the bright green hills, popping up in every highway median and sidewalk crack and with mostly sunshine and warm days on the horizon it’s possible that even in this drought-busting year we will still fall short of the average number of rainy days.The cumulative rainfall might have ...