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Colorado’s best distilleries for whiskey, gin and tours, according to USA Today

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

Colorado’s craft beer scene has earned a reputation as one of the best in the U.S., but USA Today is making the case that the local distillery scene should have notoriety as well.Craft spirits makers landed on multiple lists in the publication’s recurring series, USA Today 10Best, in which experts nominate noteworthy businesses by category before the public votes on winners.Readers rated Denver’s Deviation Distilling as one of the country’s best craft gin makers (No. 7) and as one of the best spirits tasting rooms (No. 9). Breckenridge Distillery – which, at 9,600 feet in elevation, is “ known as the highest distillery in the country,” USA Today said – joined the latter list, coming in as the No. 5 best spirits tasting room in the U.S.“Here, in the elevated surroundings, you can enjoy complimentary sample tastings of any two of their foundational spirits, like Espresso Vodka or Spiced Rum,” the pub wrote of Breckenridge Distillery, “or you can opt for their private guided flight tas...

UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival makes a splash in Manchester

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

Paddlers racing to the finishing line at UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. /Murray Job/CGTNEurope's biggest dragon boat race has paddled its way back to Manchester. This year's UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival (17-18 June) involved around 40 amateur teams and a dozen professional teams taking part in the two-day event, writes Wang Qiwei in Manchester, UK.This fun-filled race saw teams of paddlers and drummers racing along the waters of Salford Quays – in the adjoining city of Salford – to the beat of the drum. It requires teamwork and staying in sync to win the race, but for the amateur paddlers – many of them first-timers – the trophy may not be the main aim.A poem to mark the Dragon Boat FestivalHow is the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated around the world?Ganzhou residents gear up for dragon boat racing"It's the first time for all of us on the boat to participate in the race. We could hear the crowds cheering and it was really brilliant," said Esme Ward, Director of Manches...

Body found 10 feet from doorway in South L.A. building fire

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

A man was found dead following a fire in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood of South Los Angeles Wednesday morning. The blaze erupted in the 60 x 80 metal-clad, commercial building around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday.More than 80 firefighters went into a defensive operation but extinguished the blaze in about 40 minutes. While conducting a search, firefighters located a man inside the building who was beyond medical help, Los Angeles Fire Department Spokesperson Margaret Stewart stated in a news alert. One person was found dead in a building fire in South Los Angeles on June 20, 2023. (OnScene.TV)At one point crews were concerned about the building collapsing. “We knew there were some homeless people living there because we’ve been here before … So, we’re always going to be thinking of search right away but we wouldn’t advance because of the type of building … because of the amount of fire, and it is not a safe building to go in,” said LAFD Capt. Ivan Carmona.The unidentified man, who was l...

Jayceeoh Reaches Twilight 9

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

Jayceeoh Reaches Twilight 9: DJ, producer and L.A. native Jayceeoh got his start DJing in n8th grade and took it seriously from day 1.“My passion for music and DJing has consumed my life ever since the day I touched my first set of turntables to be honest,” he says.The artist says that his sound has grown immensely since then.“‘Sandcastle’ and the majority of my album is very musical,” he says. “I am using a lot of live instruments and big vocals to lead the songs. All while having a touch of bass music as undertones leading the energy through the beautiful soundscapes that I have created.”The man also known as Jake Osher says that electronic music is in a good state right now.“There are so many genres and styles thriving and I think creativity is very high in  dance music,” he says. “With that being said it is a very saturated market so standing out is harder than ever. That’s why my approach on ‘Sandcastle’ an...

Why the Warriors could trade down in the 2023 NBA Draft

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

Whether the Warriors stand pat with the No. 19 pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft or trade it remains an open question. Whichever path they take, expect their guiding light to be acquiring players they think can play next to Steph Curry and keep open their title contention window.That window will be constricted under the new collective bargaining agreement, which takes effect July 1 and keeps the Warriors from signing players on the open market to anything more than a league-minimum deal. That accentuates the importance of the draft: For the Warriors, a good draft gives them back some team-building control.Rumors swirled that the Warriors might put former lottery pick Jonathan Kuminga on the trade block in order to move up in the draft order. Such a trade would be a bold move for new general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. in his first few days at the helm.If the Warriors don’t move up the board, perhaps they’ll see value in trading down. A move down would save them a little m...

The world’s 50 best restaurants for 2023 revealed

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

By Marnie Hunter | CNNPeru’s capital city – and undoubtedly its gastronomic capital – had a tremendous showing Tuesday at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, taking the No. 1 title and earning more slots in the top 50 than any other city.Four Lima restaurants made the 50 Best list: Central at No. 1, Maido at No. 6, Kjolle at No. 28 and Mayta at No. 47. Kjolle is new to the top 50 this year.Central, led by led by Virgilio Martinez and Pía Léon, has been delivering fine dining featuring Peruvian ingredients and techniques for 15 years. The restaurant “takes diners through 15 different Peruvian ecosystems, categorised by altitude – from 15 metres under the Pacific Ocean to 4,200 metres up in the Andes,” the 50 Best website says. Kjolle is Léon’s solo venture.Central is the first South American restaurant to earn the “World’s Best” title.The awards – an event considered the Oscars of global fine dining – were announced Tuesday evening from the City of Arts and Sciences, a collection...

Klein: What the hell happened to the California of the ’50s and ’60s?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

By the time I talked to Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, he was clearly frustrated. “This is ridiculous,” he said. “These guys write reports and they protest. But we need to build. You can’t be serious about climate and the environment without reforming permitting and procurement in this state.”It hurts to get hammered by your friends. And that’s what’s happening to Newsom. More than 100 environmental groups — including the Sierra Club of California and The Environmental Defense Center — are joining together to fight a package Newsom designed to make it easier to build infrastructure in California.For Newsom, it’s a wounding break. “I licked envelopes for these nonprofits as a kid. My father was on the board of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund for more than a decade,” he told me. “This was my life. But this rigidity and ideological purity is really going to hurt progress. I did the climate bills last year, and these same groups were celebrating that. But that means nothin...

Opinion: Delta tunnel is too risky to bend environmental rules

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plans to ease environmental rules and bypass the legislative process to get statewide infrastructure projects fast-tracked would pave the way for California ratepayers to fund a multi-billion-dollar environmentally disastrous and divisive Delta tunnel.The Delta Counties Coalition (DCC), representing the five counties that comprise millions of residents who live in and around the California Delta, strongly oppose the administration’s inclusion of the Delta Conveyance Project (Delta tunnel) in its infrastructure package and hastily considering it in the opaque state budget process.Dating back to 2009, the Legislature and administration have consistently avoided legislative provisions that facilitate highly controversial and expensive isolated new conveyance in the Delta. This was done with purpose. Changing laws for the explicit benefit of this highly controversial project would pick “winners and losers” between those living within and near the Delta (the losers) a...

UC Davis stabbings suspect isn’t competent to stand trial, psychologist tells court – but the matter isn’t settled

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

By Cheri Mossburg | CNNA former University of California, Davis, student accused of killing two people and injuring another in stabbings near campus this year is not competent to stand trial, according to the opinion of a court-appointed psychologist presented in court on Tuesday.The matter of whether Carlos Dominguez is competent to stand trial in the stabbings will now be settled in its own jury trial, because prosecutors contest the psychologist’s findings, Yolo County Judge Sam McAdam decided.The suspect, meanwhile, interrupted Tuesday’s hearing on his competency to profess his guilt – despite his previous not guilty plea in the case.RELATED: Davis stabbing suspect has Oakland ties“I want to apologize and I want to say I’m guilty, and forgive me,” Dominguez was heard saying during Tuesday’s livestreamed hearing, shortly after McAdam read the psychologist’s incompetency finding into the record.After the interruption, the judge reminded Dominguez of his Fifth Amendment rights. He ...

Happy Wanderer: San Francisco travel destinations going strong as ever

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:27 GMT

That downtown San Francisco has been struggling since the pandemic is no secret. To borrow a quote from Mark Twain, though, reports of San Francisco’s death may be “greatly exaggerated.” In fact, there are many neighborhoods that are thriving in the City by the Bay. Below are four of my favorites.North Beach: On a recent Saturday afternoon, soccer fans were spilling out of several local bars; sidewalk cafés were doing brisk business and beloved sites like Coit Tower were teaming with tourists. A vintage 1950s fire engine rumbled along the crowded streets, taking passengers on a San Francisco Fire Engine Tour (sanfranciscofireenginetours.com) of the district known as San Francisco’s version of “Little Italy.”Meanwhile, at the popular Italian eatery Convivium Enoteca, San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was telling journalists how North Beach merchants acted quickly to open parklets during the pandemic, positioning the neighborhood for a quick post-COVID-19 comeb...