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A few days of record heat

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A few showers showed up on radar during the 6 a.m. hour. The rain fell mainly in eastern Lampasas County south to northeast Burnet County. There were a few small showers over northwest San Saba County north of Richland Springs. Saturday's high temperature in Austin was 107°. It brings the average temperature for the first 15 days of July to 90.1°, keeping it as the second hottest start to a July 1st to 15th. The record was set last year when the first 15 days of the seventh month yielded an average temperature of 90.7°.Forecast highs today will range from 102° to 106° for many locations. The normal high today is 97°. Most highs today will be a degree lower than Saturday'sMost of the area is under a Heat Advisory until 9 p.m. Blanco and Gillespie Counties do not have this heat alert.The highest heat index Saturday was 108° at Cameron and Camp Mabry. Expect the maximum heat indices this afternoon to rise to between 104° and 108°.Sunday's top heat indicesOne thing that...

VIDEO: Foxes spotted near St. Edward's University

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, a KXAN viewer said she saw a family of foxes playing on the St. Edward's University campus.“I witnessed a treat this morning at work on campus. This family of grey foxes played in the street for 30 minutes,” Danielle Ostos, the viewer who filmed the foxes, said.According to the Texas Wildlife Association, there are three types of foxes that live in Texas: Swift or Kit Fox: Lives in the northwestern part of the stateRed Fox: Lives in the eastern and central parts of the stateGray Fox: Found statewide and is the most commonTWA said depending on the type, foxes could live anywhere from three to 10 years.According to TWA, foxes can have anywhere from one to seven babies, or kits, usually an average of three to four kits per litter in the springtime."After about three months, they will come out of the dens and learn to hunt for their own food by watching their mother," TWA said. "The kits are born in the spring and will stay together until fall when they will g...

Sunday Bulletin Board: Outdoors: Hot enough for ya? Indoors: Cold enough for ya?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

The simple displeasuresTHE LINGUIDIOT writes: “Subject: Please, enough!“Why do so many of our local merchants, restaurants, theaters and other public places hate summer?“I spend most of winter dreaming of wonderful, hot summer days that allow me to travel around town wrapped in nature’s gift of warm, soul-healing air. Over the last few years, however, it seems an alarmingly fast-growing number of public places are forcing me to take a jacket or sweatshirt with me lest I find myself trapped in eternal mid-March as I try to shop, eat or enjoy a film.“Are they at all aware of the service they can do those of us who spend eight months lusting after summer temperatures — to say nothing of the energy that can be conserved — by just being reasonable with their cooling systems? For most people, a simple difference of five or six degrees is a refreshing change.“We Minnesotans spend three-quarters of the year protecting ourselves from butt-puckering cold. W...

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock leaves behind accomplishments — and plenty of frustration — after 12 years in charge

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

Michael Hancock has been the mayor of Denver since before a train connected downtown’s Union Station with Denver International Airport.He was mayor before the first legal recreational marijuana purchase was made in the city.When he first took office, there was real concern the National Western Stock Show would pull up stakes and move to Aurora. Now the National Western Center campus in Denver is the site of one of the most significant capital improvement projects in the city’s history, even if voters in 2021 rejected Hancock’s request for bond money to build a new arena there.Hancock was mayor before older neighborhoods were widely remade with boxy apartment buildings. Before tents became much more common sights at parks and along public rights-of-way, despite his support of a camping ban more than a decade ago. Before Denver’s rents and housing prices hit the stratosphere.When one person holds power for three terms, unfolding over 12 years, his legacy and im...

A one-of-a-kind bat research facility coming to Fort Collins has CSU scientists fighting misinformation

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

A one-of-a-kind bat research facility is coming to Colorado State University with the potential for groundbreaking discoveries as scientists study how bats respond to viruses — and what that could mean for treating sickness in humans.The National Institutes of Health awarded CSU $6.7 million toward the 14,000-square-foot facility, slated for completion in 2025 at the university’s Foothills Campus on the west side of Fort Collins.The space is intended to mimic natural bat habitats, becoming one of few places in the world equipped to breed bat colonies, enabling scientists to have a baseline of knowledge about the animals’ age, health and other information needed to collect accurate data.“It’s absolutely critical work,” said Tom Monath, a virologist and chief science officer at the pharmaceutical company Crozet and former vector-borne infectious disease director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.But as scientists buzz about future pi...

To say “I do” in Colorado (and do it up), couples should prepare to shell out around $30,000

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

Couples hoping to tie the knot in Colorado in 2023 will spend an average of almost $30,000 on their ceremonies and receptions.With its picturesque mountains and easy access to the Great Outdoors, the state encourages Coloradans to join nonresidents in hosting destination weddings to say “I do.” And last year, the American wedding industry boomed as couples postponed their nuptials during the COVID-19 pandemic and came out looking to get hitched, according to wedding marketplace The Knot.The site pinned the average cost of a wedding in the Denver area at $29,000 – a little less than the U.S. average of $30,000 spent on the ceremony and reception, and on par with event expenses in Atlanta and Detroit.It’s a cheaper price point than New York at $60,000; Chicago at $47,000; Washington, D.C., at $40,000; and Los Angeles at $37,000, according to The Knot. But Denver ranks as more expensive than Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Tampa (all at $28,000), as well as Minneapolis a...

Will CBD Vape Carts Get Users “High?” — What It’s Like To Vape CBD E-Juices

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

View the original article about Vaping CBD E-Juices at Real Tested CBD.CBD e-juices have become one of the most popular options in the global vaping industry. Since CBD doesn’t contain nicotine or delta-9 THC, many vapers feel it’s the “safest” way to enjoy their favorite pastime. Plus, many hot CBD vape carts are pre-loaded with hemp terpenes, secondary cannabinoids, and natural flavors, all of which add to the vaping experience.However, many new customers are concerned about how CBD vape carts will make them feel. Since CBD comes from cannabis strains, does it have psychoactive effects?Will CBD Vape Carts Make Users Feel “High?”If you have a lab-verified & hemp-extracted CBD vape cart, it won’t make you feel “high.” Legal CBD e-juices must contain ≤ 0.3 percent delta-9 THC, which is too little to make even a lightweight feel “stoned.” Plus, since CBD blocks THC from landing on CB1 receptors, it’s unlikely you’ll feel any psychoactive effects when vaping hemp CBD vape juices.Ju...

Tuesday tee times? How the pandemic changed when we play

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

Of golf’s many storied traditions, this one has long held true: Weekdays were a time of rest, recovery and senior discounts, the sole province of retirees whose biggest concern is a chip that stops far short of the hole.But a new Stanford University analysis shows that the work-from-home trend is scrambling the game’s weekly rhythms and routines, with busy professionals squeezing in rounds on once-sleepy Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays — further proof that the industrial-era 9-to-5 routine is vanishing.“We’re busy almost every day,” said Kevin Sprenger, general manager of Baylands Golf Links in Palo Alto, where staffers were cleaning balls and emptying trash on a recent Tuesday morning, with 147 rounds reserved for play. “Thursday’s as busy as Sunday.”Kevin Sprenger, general manager of Baylands Golf Links in Palo Alto, Calif., talks about the uptick in mid-week business since the pandemic, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Using geol...

Clendaniel: Why I won’t be joining Zuckerberg’s Threads

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

Pardon me for rolling my eyes at the notion of Mark Zuckerberg donning a white hat and rescuing Twitter users from the villainous Elon Musk.When it comes to signing up for Threads, Silicon Valley’s hottest new app, count me out.I see it as just another means for the 39-year-old gazillionaire to mine users’ data for another big payday. In Zuckerberg’s eyes, if he destroys Musk’s latest toy in the process, all the better.Never mind if Threads is used as yet another means to spew more misinformation and disinformation as we approach a critical election year.Don’t get me wrong. I see innovation as the cornerstone of sustained economic growth and prosperity. I also know that all technological breakthroughs carry the capacity to do both good and evil in the world. What I expect — and users should demand — is that tech leaders use those tools in a responsible fashion. Especially when they involve users’ private data and dispensing information...

49ers camp preview: Quarterback options, Nick Bosa’s contract top agenda

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:47:46 GMT

This is the first installment of a daily series previewing the San Francisco 49ers’ training camp.SANTA CLARA — Everyone needs a packing list when heading off to camp.That goes for the 49ers’ rookies who report Tuesday, the veterans due July 25, and the Faithful fans who are certain this team is ticketed for the Super Bowl.It all starts at a familiar campground. Twenty years ago, the 49ers relocated camp to their everyday training facility in Santa Clara, following a five-year term at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, which was preceded by the franchise’s glory (and steamy) days at Rocklin’s Sierra College (1981-97).Here is what you need to know entering camp:Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting quarterback Tom Brady (12) talks to San Francisco 49ers’ Nick Bosa (97) after the 49ers 35-7 win at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) MONEY MATTERSA year ago, the 49ers sorted ...