Every Celeb at Met Gala 2025 - See All Red Carpet Photos & Full Guest List (Updating Live All Night) Rihanna Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 3 With A$AP Rocky! Lily James & Dominic Cooper Look Elated to Run In to One Another, Share Some Sweet Exchanges Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro are enjoying a day out together and seeing John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway The 41-year-old Spider-Man actor and the 34-year-old A Complete Unknown actress were spotted walking around at the Mark Hotel before heading to see the production on Saturday (May 3) in New York City The two were seen dressed casual as they headed out for the day in the city the two appeared on the show’s Instagram account “new students at helen county high: thanks for joining us andrew garfield The couple were seen attending a Mumford & Sons concert back in March in Los Angeles. The two Oscar nominees first sparked dating rumors back in February when they were spotted together in public for the second time. 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LiveJournal using a third-party service you accept LiveJournal's User agreement It’s like being in a treasure hunt,” Andrew Garfield says early on during a recent episode of the British genealogy TV show “Who Do You Think You Are?” “It’s like being Indiana Jones with your own soul.” He would have no idea how prophetic that sentiment would turn out to be The 41-year-old British and American actor has starred in blockbusters from “The Social Network” to “The Amazing Spider-Man” to “Tick Tick… Boom!” But in the season 22 premiere of “Who Do You Think You Are?,” which came out last week Andrew Garfield connected with his Jewish roots in a way that he never has before The result is that he unfurls a family story that has all the cinematic twists and suspense tragedy and triumph of a Hollywood epic to rival his own filmography because the episode is currently only available to watch in the United Kingdom I’m going to recap it in its entirety for you “I feel a longing to connect more to my Jewish heritage on my dad’s side,” Andrew shares There are large parts of my identity that I feel quite far away from and in the pursuit of truth.” But before Andrew goes on this truth-seeking journey joins him to share family photos and the little information he already has Richard offers a photo of Andrew’s grandfather Sam as a child with his father and Andrew teases “those are the Garfinkel ears for sure.” Richard tells him that Sam’s parents Ludwig Harry Garfinkel and Sara Cooper (originally Kupcyk) heralded from Kielce in the south of Poland and emigrated to the East End of London shortly after Sam was born He then shares photos of Ludwig with two unknown women and another photo of an unknown woman with a letter written in Yiddish on the back “It would be so good if one of us could read Yiddish If one of us was a good Jew,” Andrew sighs Armed with these mysterious photographs — and a level of self-deprecation about his Jewish identity that is profoundly Jewish — Andrew heads to Kielce “It does feel like a homecoming,” he says as he walks to the museum on the cobblestone streets his family might once have walked “It feels familiar to me in some mysterious Andrew meets with Israeli Jewish genealogist Matan Shefi who provides him with a family tree of Ludwig Harry’s siblings and parents And therein lies the first revelation of the episode Ludwig Harry westernized his birth name from Aryia Lejbus but his family’s last name is technically Garfinkiel The family tree also shows that Ludwig Harry’s parents were Szmul Aron Garfinkiel and Chaja Guta Szapiro He was the eldest of five sisters: Szajndla “It’s kind of like pulling up a trap door and finding a whole family line that the image was taken between 1905 and 1909 based on the clothing and therefore the women might be two of Ludwig’s sisters Andrew then asks about the photograph with the writing on the back I’m sorry,” Andrew says after Matan corrects him that the writing is in Yiddish Matan reassures the Academy Award-nominated actor sharing that it was postmarked from Warsaw around 1929 or 1930 and that it was a letter from Ludwig’s sister Basia she wrote explicitly to Ludwig and Andrew’s grandfather sending her love and asking for news and photographs of them Andrew remarks that the writing is so loving and mushy inadvertently providing some foreshadowing for the rest of the episode Andrew mets with Polish historian Katarzyna Person who takes him both to the former synagogue in Kielce and a building where his family members once lived Though the synagogue hasn’t been used since the Nazis desecrated its interior Katarzyna shows Andrew the space as it’s more than likely that his relatives worshipped here She also uses it as an opportunity to give Andrew a brief history lesson there was a huge wave of anti-Jewish violence in this region of the Russian Empire There were approximately 700 pogroms and over 3,000 Jews were killed Because Ludwig Harry would likely have been the main breadwinner for his family (his father Szmul died in 1904) this could provide a clue as to why he emigrated with Sara and Sammy in 1910 Perhaps he left for greater and more stable economic opportunity to be able to send money back to his mother and sisters in the courtyard of the apartment building where Chaja Katarzyna gives Andrew more information about the women of his family Basia seems to have been living in Warsaw and Ruchla was living with her husband and by 1936 the couple had emigrated to Rio de Janeiro (Fun fact: Samuel is the cousin of Władysław Szpilman the musician and Holocaust survivor whose life story is told in the movie “The Pianist.”) Dworja and Estera all worked as seamstresses until Estera died in 1935 due to “a wasting of muscles.” At that point Chaja was living by herself and there’s no record of where Dworja was a death certificate showing that Ruchla Szpilman died in Rio in 1963 If Chaja and Dworja were still in Kielce by 1941 of if any other the other Garfinkiel women had returned they would have been moved quite literally across the street into the ghetto As was the case with many victims of the Holocaust Szajndla and Basia disappeared into the Nazi extermination machine that if Ludwig Harry hadn’t decided to leave Kielce with Sammy my father would have never been born,” Andrew tells Katarzyna Andrew hops on a video call with Ruchla’s living son he learns some incredible news: Chaja made it to Brazil Ruchla’s husband Samuel sold his saxophone to pay Chaja’s way to Rio in 1936 Ruchla also kept in contact with at least two of her sisters who while the other married sister could be either Szajndla or Dworja.) According to the Szpilmans her husband and her in-laws tried desperately to bring her two sisters to Brazil But likely due to an antisemitic immigration policy introduced in Brazil in 1937 Ruchla couldn’t secure visas for her sisters Ruchla stopped receiving letters from her sisters indicating to her that they been murdered by the Nazis the extermination camp where Jews who survived the Kielce and Warsaw ghetto were eventually sent to their deaths it seems likely that Basia and at least one of her other sisters could have died here this is very important,” Andrew’s dad tells him over the phone as Andrew’s car approaches the site of where Treblinka once stood and your mother’s holding your hand and your brother Treblinka was completely leveled by the Nazis in 1943 in an effort to hide their war crimes the land is home to a somber memorial for the 700,000 people who are estimated to have been murdered there In front of a rock labeled “Kielce,” honoring the victims from the Garfinkiel’s ancestral home “That their lives were deemed so valueless,” he says tearfully the Nazis attempted to erase even the memory of them he leaves small white stones on top of the Kielce memorial “This journey we’ve been on has recovered my memory of them and my family’s memory of them and I’m very grateful for that,” he says to camera the next chapter of Andrew Garfield’s Jewish story is one of resilience and triumph Andrew heads to Los Angeles to learn more about his great-grandmother Sara Kupcyzk’s side of the family Sara was Ludwig Harry’s wife and the mother of Sam Garfinkel.) At the Wilshire Boulevard Temple a historian who specializes in the history of Jews in LA Andrew already knew that the Kupcyzk family first emigrated from Poland to London and then Sara’s brother Harry was the first to move to Los Angeles having westernized his last name to “Cooper,” he opened a high-end ladies garment store in Beverly Hills What Andrew learns is that Harry Cooper arrived in the United States on May 15 and his sister Sadie’s son Bernard Taper arrived from London in 1922 Caroline imagines that Harry was drawn to Los Angeles because of the booming garment industry associated with Hollywood — perhaps even influencing Harry’s choice to worship at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple where he could rub shoulders with influential network executives Andrew has a quick meeting with Cooper relatives Cathy and Jan he learns that Harry Cooper’s clientele included Marilyn Monroe and Bernard Taper was a successful journalist that I come from this neurotic need to succeed,” he laughs Andrew shares that he feels a mysterious kinship with Bernard who would’ve been in his grandfather Sam’s generation he goes on one final stop to The Getty Museum Andrew learns that Bernard was a lieutenant in the United States army during World War II Help recover art stolen by the Nazis and search for lost cultural pieces in Bavaria Anna tells Andrew that Bernard was selected for this mission at just 28 years old because he spoke and understood German and was a trained investigative journalist Bernard interrogated high power Nazis including Albert Speer “I just love the fact that he was selected to interrogate these war criminals “And just the kind of poetic justice of that and his investment in that as a obviously as a Jew and someone who benefited from his family escaping Poland before WWII on behalf of his family and on behalf of those that were lost.” Andrew and Anna visit a painting that Bernard helped recover which now is in the Getty collection Standing in front of Giambattista Tiepolo’s “Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles,” Anna hands Andrew an excerpt of Bernard’s observations on his time as a Monuments Man that amid all the sickening evidence of men’s depravity and destructiveness I should have had the opportunity to help preserve some of the things that mankind had done that one could not only bear to contemplate but even take joy in.” Andrew overlooks Los Angeles and his journey to learn more about his family has come to an end — at least on “Who Do You Think You Are?” He recounts how he had no idea until now that his family story contained so much: immigration “I wasn’t able to feel my belonging without my knowledge of [my family],” Andrew concludes “It’s shining a light on all of the beauty and the longing and the desire for life that’s come before me That actually lives in my bones and my blood.” Evelyn Frick (she/they) is a writer and associate editor at Hey Alma She graduated from Vassar College in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature she's a comedian and contributor for Reductress and The Onion By submitting I agree to the privacy policy About Photo #5152319: Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro are enjoying a day out together and seeing John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway! The 41-year-old Spider-Man actor and the…Read More Here (WJAR) — New Hampshire Fish and Game Department announced that an “unprepared hiker” from Woonsocket was rescued from Garfield Ridge last week they received a report of a hiker in need of help just before midnight last Thursday later identified as 39-year-old Edward Pimental Pimental had taken shelter under a tent fly due to heavy winds and rain "At that point he didn't know where he was and definitely did not have the proper gear to traverse that far," Heidi Murphy with the New Hampshire Fish and Game said Officers and search and rescue team volunteers reached Pimental at 4:20 a.m and he was guided back to Skookumchuck Trail He was not injured and was taken back to his vehicle According to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Pimental had started his hike on Wednesday on Falling Waters Trail and spent the night there He then decided to hike Franconia Ridge on Thursday then took the wrong trail from the Summit of Mount Lafayette and continued towards Garfield Ridge was unable to set up his tent and had encountered cold and wet weather conditions "The weather actually had been predicted to be it might have been helpful to determine what else he should have brought for his climb He didn't do a whole lot of research from what I can tell-- from what the climb entailed and how difficult it was," Murphy said but it's still a lot of snow up at the elevations of the mountain." Pimental admitted he was unprepared for this hike He will likely be billed for the rescue effort due to his negligence "Lack of preparation is definitely a big one in the time of year that he was on as well you do have to show negligence which basically means that a reasonable person would have known to bring certain items and in this case we didn't find that to be reasonable-- what he brought," Murphy said News | May 1 joclair@postindependent.com Garfield County has dedicated $20,000 to restarting the local Women Infants and Children Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program this summer The program operates under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program. To qualify, participants must earn less than 185% of the federal poverty level — about $28,952 annually or less for one person, $39,172 for a two-person family and $49,302 for three, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Colorado families must include either a pregnant woman a mother breastfeeding a baby that’s less than a year old a new mom who had a baby or was pregnant in the past six months or children less than five years of age to be eligible Any caregiver can sign up on behalf of a child. WIC programs also do not ask for information about citizenship or visa status, according to WIC Colorado Eligible farmers’ market participants are issued coupons in addition to their regular WIC benefits They can use the coupons to buy food from state-approved farmers Congress established the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program to support farmers’ markets while providing fresh locally-grown vegetables and fruits to WIC participants Garfield County participated locally for over a decade beginning with a $1,500 pilot program in 2009 that grew to a $20,000 service by 2015 The county continued funding the program until 2021 when the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program was adopted state-wide the farmers loved it because they were able to participate in a program that created relationships with local families,” Garfield County Public Health Nutrition Programs Manager Christine Dolan told the county commissioners in a meeting on April 21 combined with a high administrative workload were the driving factors behind the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s decision to shut down the program according to program co-leader Nourish Colorado “What we were hearing from (the state) was that they didn’t get a lot of money to administer the program they got more food dollars,” Dolan told the Post Independent on Thursday sent to people and in the hands of people and to get the vendors engaged they didn’t have the staff to make that happen real efficiently and broadly.” “There were just a lot of barriers that we don’t have locally that prohibited people from getting their vouchers in a timely manner and from getting the farmers enrolled and trained,” she later added we are able to develop those relationships,” Dolan said we were running this program and some of the vendors we dealt with were the same through all those years Community farmers’ markets in five municipalities — Glenwood Springs Rifle and Parachute — have expressed interest in participating in the program this summer families enrolled in the county’s WIC farmers’ market will begin receiving paper vouchers for a total of $30 per family The vouchers can be used to purchase eligible produce at participating markets vendors or market managers submit the vouchers for reimbursement Past voucher redemption rates in Garfield County have been as high as 75% “People love to be able to buy local produce If you think about how you might feel about a particular fruit or vegetable this summer it’s a real highlight — peach season or apples at the end of the summer or something like that,” Dolan told the Post Independent on Thursday “Not being able to include that in your budget is hard “So participating in the market to buy produce and as a night out… it’s just a good overall feeling,” she added “And the growers or the farmers are really receptive to talking to the families and engaging with the kids.” according to a Tuesday news release from the county “This falls into our goal of having a safety net for low-income families and food supply,” Commissioner Tom Jankovsky said on April 21 while deliberating restarting the program “I think that’s one of our goals is that everybody in Garfield County can have access to food Commissioners unanimously approved allocating up to $20,000 from the county’s general fund to bring back the local WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program during the board of county commissioners meeting on April 21 it’s a win-win situation — we help people who need to be helped…plus we’re helping our local farmers,” Commissioner Mike Samson said Visit coloradowic.gov for more information on women infant and children supplemental nutrition programs available throughout the state Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent’s work possible Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage Colorado has seen five known cases of measles this year View Results Garfield Park Conservatory spans 12 acres of indoor & outdoor gardens Return to events calendar More info 3rd largest garden under glass in the world Sign up Get the guide Contact us © 2025 Choose Chicago. 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Garfield Elementary celebrates Cinco de Mayo in the sunby John Franklin — If you drove by Garfield Elementary school in Toppenish on Friday you may have seen students milling around the playground with tacos in one hand “We are kicking off our Cinco de Mayo celebration for next week," said Betty Zuniga dancing and playing to kick off the Cinco de Mayo weekend “I knew it would be a little bit stressful trying to get donations for 300 plus students preached what I had been doing pretty much all year community members are always going to leave that hand out and they all agreed to be part of it," said Mrs Zuniga at Garfield elementary is a master at bringing the community together for various events such as her boo basket Halloween or blue Christmas but this is her first schoolwide event for this holiday and she always hosted something special for her dozens of students I’ve always invited guest readers to come in so I always went from helping local people come in helping make tortillas "I have a high school group of kids that actually were in my classroom last year that are back here today and it’s something that I did in the past three years for my classroom.” but she was fortunate enough to get a job working at the same school for ESD 105 and is able to host these bigger events for the school “A year ago if you would have asked me about the position I am in now it’s such a blessing to be able to help not just 24 students in a classroom she wants to make her events accessible to the students outside of Garfield Elementary “My new vision is to try and expand it district wide and try to help every elementary school here in Toppenish and maybe just grow an idea there," Mrs The Garfield G-Men softball team did not plan on their first extra innings affair of the season coming in a game when they held a five-run advantage in the seventh inning After their five-run lead turned into a one-run deficit the G-Men rallied to walk off Mineral Ridge 8-7 in nine innings last Thursday at Garrettsville but we were pretty comfortable until the sixth inning did things change and go back-and-forth,” said Coach Tina Faulhaber Thursday’s victory marked the second straight win for the G-Men (5-7 which is the first winning streak they have experienced since the start of the season when they had  a 2-0 record After a stretch of five consecutive losses against Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Grey Tier rivals Garfield got a nice boost with an offensive outburst in their last two games the G-Men were in control and took a 6-1 lead into the seventh inning Mineral Ridge’s big inning started with a fielding error by senior third baseman Juliana Genovese and the 16-year coach acknowledged that the G-Men further compounded their problems with several other fielding mistakes “We had some players run a long way just to drop a ball that we needed caught or to not communicate with each other when we needed an out or could not dig a ball out of the dirt and stuff like that,” she added you cannot compile errors on top of errors Mineral Ridge scored three runs before recording an out on a RBI-single to left field by sophomore Sullivan Sandy and a two-run double to left field by junior Laney Riley Even after freshman right-hander Olivia Bailey recorded the first out the Rams continued cutting into the lead until senior Maggie Collins delivered a go-ahead two-run single to left field the G-Men have not been a poor defensive team this year but have allowed the small mistakes to build up and eventually result in bigger errors Garfield struck back in the bottom of the seventh frame when senior catcher Kolby Fresch knocked a game-tying RBI-double with two outs to left field knotting the score at 7-7 to send it into extra innings.  “She did what a true captain does,” Faulhaber noted We talked about cutting through the middle of it and hitting hard line drives through and hard ground balls through instead of sky-high pop-ups and that enabled us to tie it up.” Bailey silenced Mineral Ridge’s bats by allowing only one hit over the next two innings Once again down to their final out in the ninth inning the G-Men prevailed when freshman shortstop Emily Knerem drove a game-winning RBI-double into left field sending Garfield home with a clutch victory and she just went up there and I told her she just has to let it travel a little bit further and let it come to her,” Faulhaber said “You just need to let the ball get to you and she did exactly that cut through the middle of it and hit a perfect scorcher down the left field line.” It was a thrilling finish to a game where Garfield assumed control at the beginning with a four-run first inning by recording three hits Faulhaber said it was a welcome sight to see her squad jump ahead early as they had been plagued by slow starts throughout most of the season Despite having a tough time against the MVAC Grey Tier this year Faulhaber said that all the makings are there for Garfield to build momentum in the final weeks of the season “They have talked about that too,” she said so what is ahead of us is what we can control so it is really important going into tournaments that we get every win that we can and we play to the level that we can.” After a home game against MVAC Grey Tier rival Crestview on Tuesday a road game against Portage County rival Ravenna on Wednesday and another road contest against Canton Central Catholic on Thursday the G-Men will return to the diamond to face MVAC Grey Tier foe Brookfield in a road duel on Monday at 5 p.m Daniel is the staff community/sports reporter for The Weekly Villager He attended the Scripps School of Journalism and had the pleasure of working as the beat writer for the Akron Rubber Ducks over several summers for an independent baseball outlet known as Indians Baseball Insider Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative News | Apr 30 ktomanek@postindependent.com The Garfield Re-2 School Board had a discussion on student wellness during its April 23 meeting and how they’re planning to try and improve it even more.  Assistant Superintendent Lisa Pierce presented districtwide data showing a 95% average attendance rate “All schools are in the 90s,” said Heather Grumley Pierce confirmed the district met its 95% attendance goal for the year adding that the target for next year is 96% “I just want to shout out the 99% (attendance rate) at Coal Ridge (High School),” said board member Chance Jenkins I don’t know if it’s statistically possible to get better you’re never going to have 100%.” saying that the next step is to look at students that are chronically absent.  “When you’re chronically absent it’s the basic skills that start to fade,” she said Students with 12 or more absences due to illness — a growing concern during the recent flu season — must have a parent meeting with school staff to develop a personalized plan “They go through and lay out a specific plan about strengths because a lot of times when kids have ongoing chronic absences it may be that they’re behind in their learning there’s a lot of things that can cause an absence.” The plans are beginning to be tailored to each student.  “I would absolutely entertain any conversations with parents who would like to see how we can change that,” Pierce said I think we’re ready for that.” Pierce also addressed how certain absences and disciplinary actions are reported to the state “What we’ve discovered is that it depends on the consequences,” Pierce said “If a student is losing learning time because they’re in an in-school suspension that’s a state reported incident.” Pierce emphasized that part of the problem is that while they don’t want students losing learning time they also must address disruptive behavior.  To help maximize instructional time several schools in the district began implementing personal device restrictions in January Students who bring their phones to school are having them collected or putting them in a pouch designated for them in a classroom to decrease the amount of time they have their personal devices but it’s different from elementary schools to high schools and from the individual schools themselves.  have embraced the policy by voluntarily leaving their phones at home “We’ll come back together one more time to solidify because they’re the one making a big change come fall,” Pierce said “They already dabbled in it this year which is why they didn’t want a full implement in January…it will be a change for Rifle High School students next year.” Jenkins noted the positive impact of the policy that he has seen during recent school visits to Riverside Elementary and Coal Ridge High School at lunchtime it’s noisy and it was amazing to hear.  Following this update came a summary of disciplinary actions in the school district.  is to own what they did and make it right,” Pierce said “That’s what we’ve defined as our restorative practice in order to help our kids to learn from the mistakes around discipline so that is an actual part of the consequences is what will we do to make it right and making sure the kids understand why it was not okay in the first place.” Pierce said this is mostly for the younger students because the older students know it was wrong but this will help them understand how to make it as right as they can.  “Sometimes you try to figure out a different way to do the same thing,” said board vice president Get important news about your town as it happens Get the top stories from across our network Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from daily updates President Donald Trump said he wants to slap a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies to support what he called a "dying" industry sparking pushback from film producers and lawmakers President Donald Trump and a movie studio production lot in Hollywood President Donald Trump at the graduation ceremony for the University of Alabama on May 1 Trump announced his plan for the movie tariffs in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday His post claimed he was authorizing the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to begin instituting the 100% tariffs on films made outside the US It's unclear how tariffs would be imposed on movie production and distribution "The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death," Trump posted "Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States This is a concerted effort by other Nations and Trump tried to clarify his latest tariff idea to reporters outside the White House shortly after his post "If they're not willing to make a movie inside the United States then we should have a tariff when movies should come in Trump's movie tariff proposal appears to go against the International Emergency Economic Powers Act which he has invoked to implement his sweeping tariffs His duties have included a 10% tariff on a vast majority of countries The IEEPA says the President's emergency tariff authority cannot regulate "the importation from any country regardless of format or medium of transmission of any information or informational materials Gavin Newsom said that provision prevents Trump from imposing movie tariffs "We believe he has no authority to impose tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, since tariffs are not listed as a remedy under that law," Gov. Newsom's senior communications advisor Bob Salladay told Deadline Top entertainment executives called the proposed tariff a threat to the global nature of film and television. One source speaking to The Hollywood Reporter warned about devastation for what's known as "Hollywood North" in Canada Movie production studios have long relied on international shoots Some major 2025 releases were shot globally including "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning," the "John Wick" spinoff "Ballerina," and "Avatar: Fire and Ash." Future releases in the "Avengers" and "Star Wars" franchises are also planning to film or are under production abroad Following the announcement, Netflix shares dropped 4% early on Monday, May 5, wiping out $20.4 billion in market value. Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, and Comcast also saw losses exceeding the broader market index, Forbes reported According to market research firm Ampere Analysis 51% of Netflix's $15 billion content budget in 2025 is going to productions outside North America and many independent producers rely on international production hubs The uncertainty around movie tariffs also threatens US film production outside Hollywood In New York, the movie and TV industry brought in $924 million to Westchester County's economy, the county said on Wednesday with more than 3,000 people working in the sector Several major TV series were filmed in Westchester including "The Equalizer," "FBI: Most Wanted," "Law & Order," "Poker Face," and "Severance." "Westchester has firmly established itself as a premier destination for production," said county executive Ken Jenkins the workforce and the commitment that keeps this industry growing — and we remain dedicated to building even greater opportunities for our residents and small businesses in the years ahead The future of film in Westchester is just getting started." Back in Los Angeles, the nonprofit FilmLA said movie and TV production has dropped nearly 40% over the past decade, CNBC reported A recent ProdPro survey ranked California sixth as a preferred filming location the US film industry still posted a $15.3 billion trade surplus in 2023 according to the Motion Picture Association showing that American-made content remains a leading export tcramer@postindependent.com Seven suspects are in custody following a sweeping law enforcement operation that dismantled a drug trafficking organization accused of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine fentanyl and other illegal drugs throughout Colorado’s Interstate 70 corridor a news release from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office states led by the Special Problems Enforcement and Response (SPEAR) team in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other federal agencies followed a 16-month investigation into a network allegedly run by Sindy Liliana Vazquez Martinez Authorities say the two operated their drug enterprise out of a Glenwood Springs residence located just 185 yards from Glenwood Springs Middle School and roughly 60 yards from school property Martinez and Ramirez-Andrade are accused of distributing methamphetamine and other narcotics across communities from Frisco to Rifle The investigation began in January 2023 and culminated in a series of coordinated arrests and search warrants carried out April 27–29 and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office took part in the operation Three suspects were arrested on outstanding felony warrants during the evening of April 27 and early morning of April 28 an additional suspect was taken into custody and simultaneous search warrants were executed at locations in Glenwood Springs and Rifle The operation led to the seizure of approximately 4 pounds of methamphetamine The following individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with the investigation: Sindy Liliana Vazquez Martinez Both Ramirez-Andrade and Benites have been repeatedly involved in the local criminal justice system with consistent appearances at the Garfield County Courthouse tied to previous legal troubles Charges in the case include conspiracy to possess distribute or possess with intent to distribute controlled substances Several suspects face charges of possession with intent to distribute more than 112 grams of methamphetamine unlawful distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl criminal possession of two or more blank financial transaction devices and criminal possession of a financial device involving more than three items and two different accounts The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office was unable to confirm whether any of the individuals arrested are in the country illegally The investigation remains active and ongoing Opinion | Apr 30 But many of us are genuinely alarmed about recent actions by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) DOGE and Department of Homeland Security officials showed up unannounced at the headquarters of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) They appointed a new Acting Director in the lobby — Keith Sonderling who is also the Secretary of the Department of Labor By March 31 all the employees were placed on 90-day administrative leave IMLS was established in 1996 by a Republican-led Congress and related organizations through grantmaking and policy development.” It was actually the merger of two previous government agencies including the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and the Institute of Museum Services The IMLS distributes thousands of grants nationwide totaling in recent years to more than $200 million annually “I am committed to steering this organization in lockstep with this Administration to enhance efficiency and foster innovation,” Sonderling said in a statement after his appointment “We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism ensuring we preserve our country’s core values promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations.” IMLS accounts for about .004% of the federal budget the shuttering of the IMLS wouldn’t move the budgetary needle much it has been an essential link in the funding of the nation’s state libraries federal funding adds up to about $3.2 million each year Most public libraries in Colorado are funded directly–about half by towns and counties and half by direct tax support to independent districts like the Garfield County Public Library District So even if IMLS were to disappear entirely But that federal money connects us to larger networks of information sharing IMLS and state libraries raise the bar for achievement and excellence the new leadership declared that funding for several state libraries (not including Colorado) was now eliminated The key targets of federal initiatives like DOGE are not waste and along the way lawsuits against newspapers and the winking out of public health information on government websites The target is knowledge and the institutions that provide access to it doesn’t belong to any one administration a number of states have banded together to challenge in federal court the legality of the IMLS takeover and denial of funding After the Constitutional Convention of 1787 Benjamin Franklin was asked just what kind of government had been established Jamie LaRue is Executive Director of the Garfield County Public Library District. His opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the Library Board of Trustees. Please email comments to jlarue@gcpld.org Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission It’s been six months since Andrew Garfield’s episode of Chicken Shop Date aired and people can’t seem to get over his chemistry with host Amelia Dimoldenberg I get it — after two years of red-carpet run-ins they flirted and bantered for 11 minutes straight while eating chicken titillating the masses and likely inspiring countless fanfics We haven’t seen much of the pair since then Dimoldenberg is finally addressing their relationship rumors “I’ve got my whole life to be settling down with someone,” she said I feel like I’m really glad to be single at this moment.” If she were to settle down and funny — but she’s not in a rush to find the one “I definitely want to create space in my life to meet someone but I don’t want it to be the focus of everything,” she said I still want Garfield to get back on Chicken Shop Date By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books but that's simply because I know there's at least one of you rapidly thumbing through the last few pages of your current book so you can share your thoughts Everyone else needs to pull their socks up This week, it's Magic: The Gathering, Vanguard Exiles I am currently reading Growth: A Reckoning and this topic in particular is one that I have thought a lot about and I think it was the only Culture novel I hadn't read and my interest was piqued by the concept of digital hells I am going to cheat and add a second book here I do enjoy history - and if it can make me laugh out loud all the better so I picked up this book and was delighted The book I would like to see someone turn into a game is Radical Markets by Glen Weyl and Eric Posner The economic ideas in this were hard enough for me to get an intuitive understanding for that I spent years designing games meant to explore them but there are still some things to iron out Whether or not it does - I would very much enjoy any game designers designs around this books concepts - there is a lot of room there for interesting games Richard neglected to answer "what quote or scene from a book sticks with you the most?" If I was feeling incredibly generous I could take this lack of answer as a clever nod toward the futility of fulfilling this column's very secret goal of naming every book ever written and I simply do not have the energy for such mental gymnastics No part of this website or its content may be reproduced without the copyright owner's permission Rock Paper Shotgun is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited Apr 21, 2025 1:54 AM EDTAs filming ramps up for a 2026 featuring the release of multiple high-profile Marvel movies it’s hard not to speculate on each film while playing the “what if” game Spider-Man: Brand New Day will hit theatres on July 31 and it comes with many question marks and constant theories After fans were treated to a Spidey trio of Tom Holland Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire in 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home many are crossing their fingers that the multiverse can set that up for an encore While it remains unlikely that Garfield and Maguire will make an appearance in Brand New Day recent comments by the former fueled the speculation Garfield spoke about playing Spider-Man during a recent fan event and admitted that he'd "love" to play the role again I would love to play the character again in some capacity but I think it would have to be very weird," Garfield said "I think I would like to do something very strange Garfield continued to explain that he enjoys the animated Spider-verse films due to the numerous ways they can maximize the character through the multiverse “Kind of like the creative freedom they have with the animated ‘Spider-verse’ movies and you can honour the character in so many ways through the multiverse,” he said and I know that I am going to be the boy who cried wolf forever.” It sounds as though Garfield is ready and willing if the right opportunity presents itself Whether that's already been discussed or is a total hypothetical and was the first ICE arrest-apprehension in the county in 2025 Garfield is listed on the NY State Sex Offender Registry he was arrested and found guilty of third-degree criminal sexual act with a victim less than 17-years-old and first-degree dissemination of indecent material to minors Garfield lawfully entered the county through JFK Airport in 2011 but never left after his temporary visa expired An ICE Spokesperson confirmed Patrick’s arrest on April 6 for violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act and remains in ICE custody pending deportation Patrick was convicted in White Plains City Court in 2019 He has listed addresses on the Sex Registry most recently in Mt The White House highlighted Patrick’s case among 20 other criminals apprehended by ICE under President Trump “These Sick Criminals Are Who Democrats and the Legacy Media Are Defending,” The White House writes “Brutal killers and rapists— all taken off our streets in just the past week thanks to the tireless work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “If Democrats and the legacy media had their way these sick criminals would still be roaming free Here are just a few of the depraved criminal illegal immigrants ICE has arrested in the past several days:“ Patrick was listed as Patrick Malston Garfield but according to the sex registry his name in Malston Patrick The American Immigration Council estimates that there are more than 600,000 undocumented illegal immigrants living in New York State ICE has arrested more than 41,000 illegal residents over the first 100 days of the Trump administration Note: ICE did not issue a release on Patrick’s arrest on April 6 Only The White House release which included Patrick was when media reports picked up the story Kaiser Permanente’s co-founding physician spread prepaid care and the idea that doctors should help keep people healthy — not just treat them when they’re sick He believed in healthier lifestyles with annual checkups and preventive measures He also promoted the early use of electronic health records They aimed to create a health care model that kept people well Garfield’s graduation portrait from the University of Iowa Medical School He got his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles He went to medical school at the University of Iowa Reflecting on the moment of deciding to study medicine Garfield was finishing up his hospital residency in Los Angeles he learned about the Colorado River Aqueduct project It aimed to bring water from the Colorado River to Los Angeles He learned that the project required a large workforce of about 5,000 people in a remote desert in Southern California The workers would need on-site medical care Garfield and nurse Elizabeth “Betty” Runyen in front of Contractors General Hospital in 1934 He borrowed money to build and open a small hospital near the jobsite The hospital was known as Contractors General Hospital Garfield initially used a fee-for-service payment model at the hospital doctors got paid for each service they provided Workers at the construction site faced many dangers and risks to health on the job Garfield and Runyen treated their injuries and prioritized workers’ wellness using preventive care methods not covered by insurance Garfield and his team also accepted sick or injured workers even when their insurance refused coverage Garfield had become friends with Harold Hatch Hatch had an idea to help fix the hospital’s financial troubles He suggested workers agree to voluntarily have a fixed amount deducted from their paycheck each week for all medical care workers could receive all the care they needed Garfield and Runyen could now focus on preventive care They taught workers about safety and hygiene They encouraged workers to keep hard hats on and to stay hydrated They also instructed workers to keep their area clear of nails and dangerous items Their efforts helped reduce injuries and costs. Dr. Garfield opened more hospitals and hired more staff. The growth reduced stress on the first hospital and helped workers receive more timely care we had built and paid for 3 small hospitals and given those workers a lot of good medical care,” Dr “We were all better off if the workers remained well and we were able to give them the services that they needed.” Ordway was a construction manager for Henry J which was involved with the aqueduct project Ordway explained that Kaiser wanted him to provide care for workers building the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state he saw a community of 15,000 workers and their families He understood the opportunity to deliver care for a community in one location He accepted the contract and hired a team of doctors and nurses The surgery department team at Mason City Hospital in 1938 Garfield and his team planned to work out of the Mason City Hospital had received the hospital as part of the dam contract Union workers in the area cited poor care and had lost trust in any health plan Garfield believed that renovating the Mason City Hospital and providing excellent care would help rebuild trust with workers The renovations were finished in the summer of 1938 The hospital featured an integrated design — putting specialty care and other care departments in a single building Learning from his experiences with the Colorado River Aqueduct project Garfield introduced a prepayment family plan Workers prepaid a small weekly fee to cover medical care for themselves and their family the 2 men spent the whole day talking about the health plan Kaiser showed a lot of interest in its potential "If your plan achieves even half of what you claim it should be available to every person in this country,” Kaiser remarked The health plan for workers and families was a success ensuring workers and their families got the right care at the right time the Grand Coulee job was also a temporary contract for Dr But he often discussed what could be possible for the health plan with colleagues “We’d get together at Coulee at nighttime and talk about what we could do in a permanent community where (the health plan continued),” Dr Garfield planned to continue practicing surgery but wanted to refresh his skills and training first He returned to the University of Southern California Medical School and taught surgery at LA County Hospital the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor prompting America’s entry into World War II Feeling a sense of duty and commitment to the cause He wanted him to create a health plan for the thousands of workers building wartime cargo ships at the Kaiser shipyards Garfield got to work creating a shipyard health plan Thousands of workers arrived at Kaiser’s shipyards to be part of America’s defense industries. Thousands of women also joined the home front Garfield brought together a group of doctors and nurses to provide care for the shipyard workers and their families They called the plan the Permanente Health Plan and made it available at all of Kaiser’s shipyards More than 200,000 people (workers and their family members) were plan members they received preventive care in addition to care for common illnesses and injuries Garfield speaks at the dedication ceremony of the Permanente Oakland Hospital on in 1942 Kaiser’s construction teams renovated the Fabiola Hospital in Oakland It became the Permanente Oakland Hospital and opened in 1942 to care for the shipyards’ health plan members Dr. Garfield and Kaiser didn’t stop at one hospital. They also built a field hospital near the shipyard and another hospital for shipyard workers in the Pacific Northwest That hospital was named Northern Permanente Hospital While many hospitals around the country at that time cared for Black and white patients separately the wards at all of Kaiser’s and Garfield’s hospitals were integrated from the moment the doors opened Garfield and Kaiser saw in their shipyard health plan a new vision for health care in America They wanted to continue delivering care in this new way — using prepayment and a focus on injury and illness prevention Garfield and Kaiser opened the Permanente Health Plan to the public on July 21 the Permanente Health Plan adopted a new name: Kaiser Permanente Garfield (left) and Kaiser review hospital plans in 1953 On the table is a model of the innovative Walnut Creek Hospital which featured bedside push-button consoles for patients and an advanced surgical suite Garfield launched a new project with strong ties to the fundamental idea that helped launch Kaiser Permanente ― the belief that health care should keep people healthy and not just treat them when they’re sick or injured His new endeavor became known as the Total Health Care Project The project addressed a mismatch in the health care system More people were becoming health-conscious but the health care system still focused primarily on illness Garfield’s project was a long-term study using information gathered by his team The team asked health plan members to volunteer for a health assessment By gathering answers to health questions over each member’s lifetime Garfield hoped to develop a balanced spectrum of health care services Garfield died in 1984 before the Total Health Care Project finished But his bold ideas would take another form at Kaiser Permanente decades later Our 2004 ad campaign focused on the term “total health,” evolving it further from Dr Total health now included care that considers all aspects of a person's state of being — body Garfield at the Kaiser Permanente Health Education and Research Center in 1981 The programs encouraged members to walk daily and be active They also asked members to take health assessments and join health education classes Garfield’s lifetime dedication to improving health care in America had lasting impacts on the total health of Kaiser Permanente members and the people in our communities His efforts continue to influence our work and support our mission today Nursing pioneers lay the foundation for the future of Kaiser Permanente … New medical offices will enhance the health care experience for members … Kaiser was a major figure in the construction chair and chief executive officer of Kaiser Permanente The Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center started as a … Kaiser Permanente opens medical offices and a new home for the Watts Counseling … Kaiser Permanente’s adoption of disruptive technology in the 1970s sparked … Early women workers at the Kaiser shipyards 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Permanente nurses have been saving lives on the front lines since … Kaiser Permanente has actively hired veterans in all capacities since World … From war-era labor-management committees to today’s unit-based teams Kaiser Broadcasting radio connected listeners “We managed to ultimately break through that barrier.” — Kaiser Permanente … Kaiser shipyards in Oregon hired the first 2 female welders at equal pay … Kaiser Permanente mobile health vehicles brought care to people Local Atlanta physicians built community relationships to start Kaiser … Celebrating the life of a pioneering pediatrician who inspired the baby … Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing students learned a new philosophy emphasizin … Environmentalism was a common practice at the Kaiser shipyards long before … The founding of Kaiser Permanente's concept of prepaid health care in the … Meet 5 outstanding doctors who advanced the practice of medical care with … Kaiser Permanente’s co-founder talks about the importance of 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in early 1970s to address health … the first Black nursing supervisor at Oakland Medical … Third in a series marking Black History Month Bledsoe became the first Black physician for Southern California Permanente … Morton was an instrumental figure at Henry J Kaiser Permanente expands to the Southeast and builds community relations … Kaiser Permanente remained and opened the Northwest Region after World … Kaiser Permanente Southern California started from its roots at the Fontana … Santa Clara Medical Center hosted a solar panel project in 1979 to demonstrate … Model neighborhoods close to jobs and laid out with meandering lanes and … and the need for care were the ingredients to opening … Cecil Cutting and nurse Millie Cutting were among the first medical … In memoriam: Remembering and reflecting on a pioneering physician from … Black women find new opportunities to elevate work status on the World … – Seven people have been arrested after being accused of being connected to an alleged drug trafficking operation in a Glenwood Springs home located near a middle school According to the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office an investigation since January of 2023 found the drug operation distributed illegal drugs including methamphetamine from Frisco to Rifle – located around 60 yards from Glenwood Springs Middle School property – was allegedly used to traffic drugs Other suspects arrested on connected charges include: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the suspects face a slew of felony drug charges and the investigation continues Denver7 is committed to making a difference in our community by standing up for what's right lending a helping hand and following through on promises A demolition crew from Butcher & Son is methodically tearing down the building at 2140 13th St Nearly half of the structure is obliterated Workers have peeled away the front of the school revealing the interior like a giant dollhouse offices and black-and-red lockers teeter near the edge Light fixtures and ductwork dangle from ceilings These were the hallowed halls of education and athletics “I feel it’s a very tragic thing that they’re tearing down Kenmore High School,” said 1969 graduate David Bersnak vice president and co-founder of the Kenmore Historical Society “It was a very big part of the Akron community.” Famous Kenmore alumni include Mayor Don Plusquellic college football coach Gary Pinkel and rock singer Tim “Ripper” Owens “A lot of good things have come out of Kenmore,” Bersnak said The original building opened in 1916 when Kenmore was a separate community from Akron the Board of Education approved construction of a $1 million addition that included a double gymnasium A 1,000-seat auditorium was dedicated in 1956 the school board expanded the 5.3-acre property into a 10.5-acre site bounded by Battles Avenue The original section was razed to make way for a $10.5 million building that was completed in 1980 the students sang: “Oh Kenmore High forever The school’s demise began in 2002 with an $800 million state-funded program to renovate or reconstruct the district’s school buildings the Akron school board voted to merge Kenmore with Garfield High School after the 2016-2017 year The combined building initially was called Kenmore-Garfield High School The last classes were held in 2022 before 800 students transferred to a new building in Firestone Park The board shortened the school’s name to Garfield Community Learning Center ending more than a century of education under the Kenmore banner “I think the Akron Public Schools have made a big mistake in closing Kenmore,” Bersnak said “A lot of people don’t want to have to travel clear to Firestone Park to go to school.” The lack of a high school will have a detrimental impact on the neighborhood as families settle elsewhere He thinks the district will eventually regret closing Kenmore High “The building they tore down actually was in pretty good shape,” he said Sad to see it goKenmore native Mary Morlan sat in her car in the old parking lot and watched the demolition crew at work thinking back on all the days and all the fun we had in here,” she said She reminisced on the phone with her lifetime friend Marty Garbinsky They grew up on Oregon Avenue and attended 13 years of school together beginning in kindergarten they transferred to the vocational program at Garfield Garbinsky recalled the pep rallies in the Kenmore gymnasium “The school spirit was really high in those years,” she said a demolition worker pulled up in a small loader to dump a load of bricks in the parking lot for people to grab “I’m giving her one and I’m going to put one in my garden Although Bersnak wishes his alma mater could have been saved he realizes that there’s no use in complaining about it Kenmore natives have been commiserating on social media about the landmark’s demolition “My parents were the class of 1925 — one hundred years ago!” Betsy Bachtel wrote on Facebook my siblings and myself all went there,” Lisa Insana noted “Losing my childhood one piece at a time.” “Our parents attended KHS in the ’40s,” Bruce C.E “My sister Debby and I had some of the same teachers in the ’60s.” “There’s so much that’s going to die with that building!” Maryann Harris wrote “Seems like when they close a school they’re just itching for the next step — demolishing it Some of the best years of my teens was spent there (1962-1966).” “Well … they can’t tear down the great memories we shared there,” Bruce Young wrote “It’s absolutely insane how many schools have been removed from Kenmore in the last 15-20 years,” Cody Williams posted “It’s a shame they couldn’t use the building for something else.” “I was born in the house across the street from there “God love Kenmore,” Elaine Friend-Robertson wrote Mark J. Price can be reached at  mprice@thebeaconjournal.com Entertainment | May 1 Note: for a complete list of calendar events from around Garfield County and the Roaring Fork Valley, go to http://www.postindependent.com/entertainment/community-calendar/ What: Head to Carbondale for the 15th Annual Family Block Party during the May First Friday family-friendly event that supports local nonprofits Each nonprofit will have a craft or activity for children a silent auction and a showcase of some Colorado Animal Rescue’s adoptable dogs which used to be held on the May First Friday will now be during the June First Friday.  What: During the fourth annual Fireball Drop 1,000 ping pong balls will be dropped from a fire truck’s ladder onto targets in downtown Carbondale Attendees can purchase tickets to adopt a ball and whoever’s ball is closest to the target wins a prize There is one $5,000 grand prize and other prize packages worth at least $250 proceeds from the event support Carbondale Rotary scholarships local grants and international relief work.  How much: An adoption ticket is $20 or three for $50 Members of the Carbondale Rotary are selling tickets at Carbondale’s City Market Thursday through Sunday this month Tickets are also available through the rotary’s nonprofit partners: Ascendigo Autism Services and the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District.  YoutuhZone’s Second Annual Spring Gala What: Head to the YouthZone’s Spring Gala for drinks a silent auction and live music by The Confluents—all in the name of supporting YouthZone’s youth services Attendees will have the chance to win a brand new vehicle worth up to $50,000 from Bighorn Toyota submit up to five entries to the sweepstakes (entry is free but a donation is strongly encouraged) and one lucky person will get the chance to choose one key out of 50 What: This tribute to Billy Joel’s music is the last community concert  of the season for the Glenwood Springs Community Concert Association the show will also be accompanied by highlights of Joel’s career Those who purchase a membership for the 2025-2026 season can attend this performance as a bonus.  How much: $30 for a single ticket, $60 for a 2025-2026 membership. Go to gsconcertassn.org/membership/ for more information.  What: Head to Rifle for a circus adventure Classic circus performers like transformers and clowns will abound at the Circus Genoa’s new 2025 show.  All children under two years of age are free The first 100 tickets for those ages 12 and up are $9.99 Visit the POst Independent’s online event calendar for more information.  annual family festival full of delightful activities and events a youth-led community event featuring information about community resources career and internship opportunities and a host of fun activities for youths and their families Organized by Garfield County School District 16’s (G16) School-Based Family Resource Center the day of fun will begin with a 5k race benefiting the Suicide Prevention coalition of Garfield County Other activities include a pancake breakfast a dance performance by Grand Valley Recreation Center Dancers and more.  RFOV Community Project at Silt River Preserve What: This is the fourth annual project put on by Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) at the Silt River Preserve Help restore the important park used by humans and wildlife alike Things on the docket for the 2025 restoration project include maintaining trails There will be structured youth activities for parents that want to participate with children aged 4-8.  How much: Free. Visit https://www.rfov.org/calendar/5/3/2025/silt-river-preserve for more information Chapter AO Education Scholarship Fundraiser What: Enjoy a classic show at the Glenwood Vaudeville Revue while supporting women’s education The Philanthropic Education Organization (PEO) Chapter AO awards thousands of dollars in college scholarships to women graduating from high school around the Roaring Fork Valley each year All ticket proceeds from the show will benefit the PEO Chapter AO.  What: The Village Smithy Restaurant is hosting a 50 year anniversary party as a way to give back to the community that has helped them reach this milestone music from restaurant regular Electric Lemon “Collective Heart” Film screening and Panel  What: Indulge in a night of education as the Land Peace Project screens their “Collective Heart” Film at the Crystal Theater The film delves into the importance of connection and collaboration as the Land Peace Project works to connect the small Carbondale community with a small Ghanan Community There will be a panel with the Land Peace Project after the screening of the short film How much: $28.52. For tickets visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/collective-heart-film-screening-panel-talk-land-of-peace-project-tickets-1308586881589  Colorado Plateau Chamber Music Society Spring Concert What: The Colorado Plateau Chamber Music Society (CPCMS) is a new program that brings top class chamber music performances around Western Colorado They will perform at the Third Street Center during Mothers Day weekend performing music from legendary composers like Motzart and Faure.  Where: Third Street Center 520 South Third St. How much: Free—$20 suggested donation.  Garfield County — A Panguitch man who died after his vehicle crashed on state Route 12 in Garfield County on Tuesday night has been identified died when the Jeep Cherokee he was driving went off the highway and rolled about eight miles west of Escalante The Jeep was headed west at about 6:45 p.m He said the Jeep swerved several times before going off the road to the left and rolling Two bodies were recovered from a fatal fall at Inspiration Point April 30: Garfield County Sheriff’s Office detectives identified the couple recovered yesterday following a fall in Bryce Canyon National Park died “late Monday night or early Tuesday morning after climbing over the railing at Bryce Canyon’s Inspiration Point and falling approximately 380 feet down the cliff,” the press release said Detectives completed next of kin notifications late Wednesday afternoon Investigators said they are considering all possibilities but preliminary investigations have not been able to definitively determine the cause of the fall “The last known permanent residency of both individuals was Florida; however they traveled to Utah after spending a significant amount of time in Arizona,” the press release said “It appears they were living out of a U-Haul just prior to their deaths.” Anyone who may have information regarding the incident can contact Garfield County Sheriff’s Office at 435-676-1126 Garfield County Sheriff's Office responded to a fatal incident at Bryce Canyon National Park involving a man and woman who fell from Inspiration Point on Tuesday public information officer for Garfield County Sheriff's Office George News that the couple fell between 400-600 feet from the cliff’s ledge The pair had allegedly climbed over the safety railing at the scenic overlook The incident was discovered midday and recovery teams were headed to the scene at 1:50 p.m Recovery efforts involved Garfield County Search and Rescue Bryce Canyon National Park rangers and a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter The exact time the fall occurred remains unknown though authorities suspect it was during the previous day or late at night Preliminary investigations indicate the fall was accidental but the official cause is still under investigation creating a wet and slippery conditions in the clay-based soil surrounding the area be aware of weather conditions and respect all safety barriers and signage when exploring scenic areas "Always have proper gear to assist in whatever recreation you're wanting to do,” he said Garfield County Sheriff Eric Houston told St George News that French tourists spotted the two people and alerted authorities “We think either late last night or early this morning they somehow got across the railing and fell,” Houston said “The Utah DPS helicopter did a phenomenal job getting down and recovering the bodies,” Houston added “They were in a really hard to get location off Inspiration Point.” “We haven’t released anything yet,” he said “We are having a hard time locating next of kin.” Houston said he used a range finder to measure the distance from the top of the cliff to where the bodies were found Houston added that the bodies have been sent to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office and the incident is still under investigation Cedar City News reporter Jeff Richards contributed to this report This report is based on statements from law enforcement officials and other responders and may not contain the full scope of findings Email notifications are only sent once a day summary of the weather details and news of any severe weather We'll send breaking news and news alerts to you as they happen Receive Sunday Local Offers Coupons from St Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account We use cookies to improve your experience Please read our Privacy Policy or click Accept.× Please read our Privacy Policy or click Accept 2024 a special screening of The Garfield Movie (2024) will take place in Pruis Hall! Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt) After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father - scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L Jackson) - Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious Garfield creator and School of Art alum Jim Davis will engage in a Q&A with audience members Don't miss this unique opportunity to ask questions of an icon in the comic and animation industries Screening done with permission from Columbia Pictures Industries Inc MYNORTHWEST NEWS 12:31 PM | Updated: 5:34 pm BY FRANK SUMRALL A Garfield High School student was shot and killed over the weekend in Yakima He is the second student from Garfield High to die from gun violence in less than a year a candlelight vigil was held to celebrate and mourn the life of 18-year-old senior Salvador “Junior” Granillo Garfield faculty member Michelle Reese expressed the emotions felt around the incident it’s coming here and looking at the students’ faces because they want answers and they also know we don’t have any The Garfield Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) gave its condolences “Another loss of another precious person in our school community is devastating,” Garfield PTSA wrote on Facebook and everyone who knew and loved Salvador in our hearts will be collecting flowers to honor Granillo’s life Granillo was allegedly shot and killed while attending a party in Yakima in the 1500 block of South Keys Road Detectives with the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office were informed about a gunshot victim at MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital at approximately 2 a.m Detectives identified the suspect as Israel Barriga Vargas, 21, of Yakima. They allegedly fled the shooting in a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer. The vehicle had a Washington license plate that read CRH8859, according to The Seattle Times Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the sheriff’s office at (509) 574-2500 or (800) 572-0490 Follow Frank Sumrall on X. Send news tips here. The annual Easter Monday Egg Roll event will be held at James A Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor from 1 p.m.-3 p.m This family-friendly day and favorite of the general public takes place on the same day as the Easter Egg Roll at the White House in Washington Lucretia Garfield (portrayed by Debbie Weinkamer) for games which also commemorates a White House tradition in which President Garfield participated in 1881 Games and activities will be from 1-2:30 p.m An Easter egg hunt for children ages four and under will begin at 2:30 p.m.; the egg roll races for age groups 5-6 and 11-12 will begin immediately thereafter Download the NPS app to navigate the parks on the go News | Apr 25 The Garfield Board of County Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved a preliminary plan and plat for a 12-unit housing development off of Four Mile Road The Sunlight Parkway development will be on about 8.6 acres of land east of Four Mile Road around three miles south of the City of Glenwood Springs LLC will build six two-level duplexes for a total of 12 units Each duplex will have around 2,400 square feet of livable space and a 1 to 1.5 car garage.  The property is designated as a residential high area meaning each lot size must be at least ⅓ acre instead of the two acre minimum required for a rural zone The 12 units will each be on a lot that’s around .7 acres Because the development is smaller than 15 units Sunlight Parkway will not have to comply with Garfield County’s affordable housing requirements Projected pricing for the units has not yet been announced.  The approval of the preliminary plan and plat — a subdivision map that shows individual property boundaries — is yet another step forward for Sunlight Parkway and company owner Jason Neuman Two years ago, a portion of the property designated as rural was rezoned to residential planned unit development zoning after developers met with the board of county commissioners construction planning can finally begin.  “It’s a good plan and it adds housing back into our community but it seems like everything we’re getting anymore is multi-family housing at least down in Glenwood (Springs),” Commissioner Tom Jankovsky said Monday “It would be nice to see these put in place.” The Cleveland Browns hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for our 15th field project at Garfield Heights High School on March 15 The Cleveland Browns hosted a LEGENDS Clinic at Haslam Field on July 9 The Cleveland Browns hosted a LEGENDS Clinic at Lou Groza Field on July 8 The Cleveland Browns hosted a LEGENDS Clinic at Griffin Stadium on June 28 The Cleveland Browns hosted a LEGENDs Clinic at Olmsted Falls High School on June 25 The 2025 "A New Era Summit" at Huntington Bank Field on March 26 in association with Gatorade and University Hospitals at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on March 9 The Cleveland Browns hosted The Girls High School Flag Football Coaching Clinic on February 28 The Cleveland Browns hosted the 3rd Annual Girls High School Flag Football Season Kickoff Clinic presented by Gatorade and in partnership with Bridgestone on February 23 The Browns host The 2025 Greater Cleveland Football Coaches Association Coaches Clinic on February 22 2025 in the Moen Lake Club of Huntington Bank Field The Cleveland Browns hosted a USA Football Talent ID Camp on February 15 A Special Olympics Play Football Clinic at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on January 30 A HELMETS Reveal for Northcoast Youth Football at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on December 17 With ridership lagging and a fiscal reckoning looming Graham Garfield gazes pridefully from the northernmost perch of the Belmont L station in Lake View Garfield is the general manager of RPM operations and communication coordination at the Chicago Transit Authority RPM stands for Red and Purple Modernization a multistage effort to upgrade the Red and Purple Line tracks the first phase of which is estimated to cost $2.1 billion was only part of why I was so keen on speaking with Garfield He is also indisputably the L’s biggest superfan As a freshman at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1997 while his classmates were drinking beer and listening to Radiohead’s OK Computer the Evanston native built the website Chicago-L.org Even though it undeniably looks like it was made in 1997 it is somehow still the internet’s most valuable resource for information on just about everything having to do with the city’s train system — a vast repository of history Garfield interned with the CTA in college and has worked there ever since including while obtaining a master’s in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois Chicago He has more or less devoted his entire adult life to the L and you could reasonably argue he is the foremost expert on it at various points in our conversation Garfield goes out of his way to say he doesn’t speak for the CTA he’s wearing all-black workwear and heavy work boots But this gruff outfit couldn’t be further from his personality I met Garfield at the Howard station to ride south along the RPM’s first phase We got off at Belmont and walked to the edge of the platform It’s from here where he now peers over a short yellow fence at massive snaking concrete railways and points ahead are eight construction workers in neon yellow vests and white hardhats emerging from the shadows of a tunnel or precariously sidestepping along an elevated railway Garfield explains that the CTA can’t modernize the Red and Purple Lines all at once because trains still need to run during construction If you’ve been to the Belmont station in recent years enormous gray pillars gradually growing out of the ground as you look north On this Wednesday afternoon in late January Garfield describes various tracks that are about to reopen the following Monday all the things we’ve been working toward are slowly My trip with Garfield from Howard to Belmont was pleasant He spoke at length and with a half smile about L lines that never came to be and mused about misconceptions of rail transportation “It’s an oversimplification to suggest that the L is still a 19th-century technology,” he said “It is no more so than airplanes are still a Wright brothers technology.” He also likened his job to an act of service: “I was raised in a household that believed in doing your part.” But my journey to meet him was much less enjoyable Though the CTA’s tracker had said my bus would show up in 10 minutes I ended up waiting in the cold for half an hour the CTA display had the next northbound train arriving in eight minutes; it was five minutes late someone was openly smoking weed in the car which smelled like urine and stale cigarettes Commuters complain about “ghost trains,” which appear on the tracker but never arrive There’s also been a sharp increase in slow zones where trains move at a crawl because of deteriorating tracks those that do arrive are often late: Last year the CTA recorded 2,775 delays of 10 minutes or more And according to an analysis by the grassroots transit advocacy group Commuters Take Action only 52% of trains arrived at their stations on time (“On time” here means the train showed up within a 25 percent window based on the scheduled interval between trains Social media accounts like CTA Fails document seats covered in trash and food and floors littered with cigarette butts WBEZ reported that the violent crime rate on CTA trains and buses had tripled since 2015 And while incidents such as the killing of four passengers on a Blue Line train last year get the most attention plenty of riders also have been scared away by pervasive antisocial behavior on the trains a friend recently wrote: “I’m on the redline and everyone is nodding off or in some kind of fent stance Of all the people I interviewed for this story — including CTA officials and transit experts and advocates — roughly half admitted they no longer ride the L a senior director at the nonprofit Center for Neighborhood Technology told me she opts for the Metra and bus over the Green Line to get to the Loop these days mostly because of convenience but also out of safety concerns “I was getting nothing but horror stories,” she says I can see Brown Line trains rumbling along the ground-level tracks; at night the entire eight-car convoy is often empty the means by which Chicagoans of all types went to their job or school or party frustration with its unreliable service and fears about safety are leading those who can to abandon it nearly 768,000 people boarded the L on an average weekday that number was just 389,000 — a drop of almost 50 percent in less than a decade frustration with its unreliable service and fears about safety are leading those who can to abandon it.  The L’s struggles come at a moment of fiscal reckoning After ridership took a nosedive during the pandemic the region’s mass transit agencies — the CTA all under the oversight of the Regional Transportation Authority — received a combined $3.5 billion in federal funding to maintain their systems until people returned to trains and buses in full force again (The CTA’s $2.16 billion 2025 budget includes $579 million in federal relief funds.) By the end of this year the CTA will have only $48 million remaining of the $2.2 billion it received far less than the projected 2026 budget deficit of $605 million The “fiscal cliff,” as it’s ominously known facing regional transit as a whole has been cited as $770 million one of the leading legislators working on a solution believes the actual budget gap legislators need to fill if they truly want to fix the system is much higher: “That number is a grave miscalculation it’s between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.” It may also mean a reduction of routes across the region and the end of 24/7 service for the CTA’s bus and rail networks If you think wait times on the L are bad now they will get way worse: The RTA has said trains could run 10 to 25 percent less frequently and that more than 50 stations could be closed or see significantly reduced service It’s part of the fabric of our civic identity you don’t say “downtown.” You say “the Loop,” because the buildings that form our skyline couldn’t have grown so tall without the circle of elevated railways beneath them A great city doesn’t just deserve a great transit system — it needs one But getting the L back to being a source of pride will mean tapping into the same ingenuity that made it a triumph of civic engineering in the first place It’s the last day of January and of Dorval Carter’s tenure as president of the CTA and a group of about two dozen people are celebrating at Emporium Arcade Bar in Logan Square On top of wooden tables lie farewell cards and a cake with “Dynamic & Optimized Retirement” in red frosting — a nod to the kind of oblique jargon that Carter liked to use A yellow piece of construction paper reads “Happy Retirement Dorval,” with notes written all around “Doors open on the right at unemployment!” one says This isn’t Carter’s official retirement party — it’s way too low budget for a guy with an annual salary of $391,000 this is a celebration hosted by Commuters Take Action which formed in 2022 to pressure the CTA to perform better It has put much of the blame for the L’s woes on Carter and relentlessly called for him to be replaced a software engineer who’s one of the group’s founders he is wearing a Southwestern-print hoodie and a yellow paper birthday hat as concerns mounted about inconsistent service he wrote a program to assess the L’s performance and found that only 55 to 60 percent of scheduled trains were running — an astonishing drop in service even accounting for the decline in demand during the pandemic That discovery spurred him to become more of a transit activist It was just a few years earlier that Chicagoans could actually boast about the L then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel gushed about the city’s transit system in a New York Times op-ed headlined “In Chicago the Trains Actually Run on Time.” He cited a survey that found that 85 percent of Chicagoans were satisfied with local public transportation While other cities were preoccupied with costly projects to expand their systems the CTA was focused on modernizing its existing capabilities to ensure reliability Carter was appointed by Emanuel in 2015 in large part because of his ability to secure funding for expensive infrastructure projects Having worked for the Federal Transit Administration and briefly as the U.S Department of Transportation chief of staff Carter had the savvy to navigate the Beltway and drum up money including the $3 billion in federal funding he secured for the RPM and for the extension of the Red Line south to 130th Street But for all of Carter’s success in securing precious federal dollars there’s little doubt that the system decayed under his watch The thrust of the criticism heaped on Carter is that he prioritized those pricey splashy projects over day-to-day maintenance dealt the CTA a blow no one could have seen coming Yet transit advocates believe issues arising from it — staffing shortages (before the pandemic there were 880 rail operators; as of February and higher rates of homelessness on the L — could have been better addressed who infamously rarely took public transportation went from a relatively anonymous agency head to a frequent subject of critical news stories and social media attacks.  had begun to slip even before COVID torpedoed it the numbers are still well below prepandemic levels some of Carter’s decisions were hard to explain Cook County initiated a pilot program to provide money to all three local transit agencies to alleviate burdens on Far South Side and south suburban commuters Metra accepted a proposal to reduce fares in those areas; Pace amped up service on its 352 Halsted route But according to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Carter was doing the delicate dance of trying to lock down the remaining federal money and when it came to helping the far southern part of the city the agency wanted to focus its energy on that project as then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot publicly stated that if the county increased ridership on Metra and Pace on the Far South Side and in the south suburbs Preckwinkle is mystified at the logic of turning down immediate relief because of a solution a decade away “I never got to talk to Dorval,” she tells me When people are prepared to give you money and you won’t talk to them With the decline of the L under Carter came a surge of activism As people like Göttlicher began to use data to document the train system’s unreliability they formed Commuters Take Action to organize their efforts members demonstrated outside CTA headquarters before a Chicago Transit Board meeting the first of several protests they’ve staged They’ve written op-eds in local publications and relentlessly posted daily reports on their social media accounts of how many L trains run on schedule Members are getting involved in other ways is director of transportation policy and planning on the City Council’s Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety while Caroline Pavlecic sits on the CTA’s Citizens Advisory Board Despite the festive atmosphere at Emporium Göttlicher remains apprehensive about the future of the L He argues that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s appointment of Michael Eaddy a pastor with no prior experience in public transit to the CTA board isn’t reflective of a person with a serious commitment to public transit “Considering that the mayor defended Carter for so long and was on Carter’s side I hope we don’t end up with another Carter-like person at the helm,” Göttlicher says.  Leerhsen has pledged to address smoking on the L trains and the cleanliness of them Pavlecic is hoping for a leader who is more involved — who actually rides the trains and buses who talks with frontline workers to understand their experiences and who interacts with the public to hear their concerns and suggestions “I would like to believe that CTA is going to look for somebody who embodies those qualities,” she says the issues facing the L are much larger than any one person “The biggest problem is just lack of willpower to change anything,” Pavlecic says “We famously had Lori Lightfoot say that Chicago is a car city while she was in office a couple of years ago And that’s just ridiculous because so many Chicagoans especially in more densely populated neighborhoods get around primarily by walking or biking or taking transit.” Dani is dressed in khaki coveralls with a CTA logo pasted onto her arm and has a mock jet pack and raygun — a “ghost BUSter,” like a Peter Venkman tasked with eliminating delinquent buses Emily sports a slapdash pageant queen outfit with a tiara and a sash reading “Miss the Bus.”  Dani and Emily both follow Commuters Take Action on Instagram They explain that their frustration with the CTA primarily has to do with infrequent service Emily tells me that she waited an hour and a half for a train on New Year’s Eve and regularly experiences 25-to-30-minute lags if she just misses the L or a bus so the CTA is critical to their ability to traverse the city.  amid the hubbub of the growing crowd at Emporium and Pavlecic is momentarily at a loss for words “To Dorval Carter’s retirement!” No one really seems sure what to say Carter argued that the central issue facing the CTA was a lack of funding This is a complaint the agency has lodged for decades when the Illinois legislature established the Regional Transportation Authority to address the financial troubles of the CTA and various declining suburban rail systems But their huge deficits proved too much of a problem for the RTA to address so in 1983 the state restructured things: It stripped the RTA of some powers — including setting fares and overseeing operations — and created two new agencies in the suburbs one for buses (Pace) and one for rail (Metra) The state legislature devised a formula to funnel funding to the (now four) agencies How funds are disbursed gets a little complicated but it ends up being disproportionate to the realities of local transportation the CTA accounted for 84 percent of all trips in the region but received only 46 percent of state funding whereas Pace accounted for only 5 percent but received 21 percent The upshot: The CTA is one of the most poorly financed transit organizations in the country ranking second to last among comparable agencies in funding per trip in 2022 she came prepared with more figures to illustrate local transit’s underfunding The state contributes 17 percent of northeastern Illinois’s public transit budget For comparison: New York City gets 28 percent from its state; the Boston metro area Look no further than how two previous financial crises affected the CTA with a drastic reduction in federal funding the agency had difficulty meeting its operating costs; a private consulting firm was brought in and proposed a slew of cuts to the city’s bus service the Great Recession’s effect on the state budget led to additional service reductions and layoffs of nearly 1,100 workers the president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 told me these cuts have had a lasting impact which meant there were always people in the middle and back of the train monitoring passengers a driver is often the only CTA employee on a train sometimes that one person has to come all the way from their head car and see if you’re going to get some type of help or assistance.” To do this Former RTA head Stephen Schlickman can’t make sense of how the CTA spent its COVID relief money: “I’m sorry they got billions of dollars from the federal government filthiness of the CTA became so bad is beyond me.” Even acknowledging that the CTA is underfunded it’s fair to wonder whether the agency could be doing more with the resources it has recalls that in 2007 his agency faced a $400 million shortfall so he requested that the Illinois auditor general conduct a review to ensure that the problem wasn’t mismanagement He questions why the CTA doesn’t undertake a similar probe (The CTA says it conducts its own audit annually and is subject to triennial audits from both the Federal Transit Administration and Illinois Department of Transportation.) And he can’t make sense of how the CTA spent its COVID relief money: “I’m sorry The short answer is that the money was used to keep trains and buses running even as fare revenue dropped sharply (The CTA releases an annual budget report with broad categories of costs and spending but doesn’t provide a line-by-line breakdown.) In 2020 coinciding with the height of the pandemic the L saw a 65 percent decrease in ridership at least not proportionally to the decline in ridership because essential workers needed public transportation And the agency didn’t lay off a single rail operator Yet despite the agency’s efforts to maintain its frontline personnel the executive director of the advocacy group Better Streets Chicago (he was also at Carter’s retirement party) tells me that hiring challenges are as much the CTA’s doing as the pandemic’s The requirements to become a rail operator here are far stricter than in other cities you have to work as a flagger — someone who directs and signals trains on the tracks — often for several months (The CTA says there is no minimum time requirement that someone must be a flagger before they can move to rail operator training and that this prerequisite “allows us to maintain the highest safety standards for both riders and employees.”) which puts you at risk of electrocution or a fall “It’s horrible expectations,” Lucas says of this prerequisite “And they’ve just been really resistant to actually revisiting that when other agencies and systems have even before this crisis.” Understaffing also means that drivers must put in more overtime which contributes to burnout and resignations safety is a chief concern of train operators these days McCoach says there aren’t enough Chicago Police Department officers working the CTA — fewer than 100 are assigned to the whole system told me that since the start of the pandemic the level of harassment and violence toward frontline CTA employees has escalated The agency hired more unarmed private security guards in 2022 to supplement CPD efforts but the operator says those guards have little impact spending much of their time standing around The operator described a recent meeting between CTA employees and an official from the security force The operator asked why the guards don’t have handcuffs or hold people in custody until CPD officers arrive “You don’t want one of our guards to get jumped During Dennis Mondero’s first week as the CTA’s deputy chief of staff he toured the agency’s West Loop control center a wide room with one wall covered nearly floor to ceiling with surveillance screens It looked like a scene in a Michael Bay movie a giant eye keeping watch over all of the L stations But Mondero’s attention was drawn to something else: an adjacent wall with a grid of blinking red lights resembling the L system map 1 compliment that the CTA got when I first arrived was you guys finally have a bus tracker [for riders] how come you don’t have something for the trains?’ ”  The agency’s explanation: Buses were already equipped with GPS Yet this grid on the wall was somehow tracking trains “It’s so accurate that the supervisors are talking to the operators,” Mondero remembers ‘How the heck do we know where the cars are if we don’t have GPS?’ And they’re like we have an approximation.’ ” The readings weren’t precise Mondero knew the technology could serve as the basis for a tool that could track trains for riders He called the arrival times “estimated” and the system “a beta product.” With around $100,000 his idea led to the tracker the CTA still uses today on its platforms and apps who left the agency in 2013 and is now on the RTA’s board is that the CTA has to constantly find solutions to its problems on the cheap This is primarily the purview of Molly Poppe Her department is tasked with figuring out how technology can address the challenges facing public transit Two days before Poppe and I spoke in mid-February the CTA’s board approved a pilot program to install cameras at two L stations to detect objects or people on the tracks Such obstructions result in service delays and the CTA gets 2,000 reports of them annually Poppe was also behind the visionary proposal that Dorval Carter talked about in a speech he delivered to the City Club of Chicago in September: a map showing how the agency would broaden L service with more investment the Center for Neighborhood Technology and another local nonprofit offering a proposal for what expanded rail service in Chicago might look like Unveiled at a press conference with bigwigs like Rahm Emanuel and Toni Preckwinkle Just imagine: the Brown Line connecting to the Blue Line at Jefferson Park easing North Side residents’ commutes to O’Hare; a brand-new Lime Line to bridge the 95th/Dan Ryan and Jefferson Park stations and make public transportation much more accessible to West Siders; and a high-speed connection between Midway and O’Hare.  Jacky Grimshaw of the Center for Neighborhood Technology conceived Transit Future She explains that nothing in the map was particularly bold or new; it was all based on plans that the CTA or Metra had previously pitched Daley advocated nearly 60 years ago for the Red Line extension which has yet to break ground.) The key was the timing Preckwinkle had recently repealed her predecessor Todd Stroger’s sales tax hike of an extra cent on every dollar spent and Grimshaw hoped to persuade her to reinstate it to match the federal funds for local rail projects.  So why did Transit Future never come to be Preckwinkle contends that it was more important to try to get the county’s finances (including its pension obligations) in order before committing to a big spending plan such as Transit Future — and that there was no state budget for the project anyway.  Poppe’s proposal tries to tackle a rider coverage gap that has long plagued local transit one that could be fixed with a circumferential train line that starts in the Far South Side curves westward through the Southwest Side provides a north-south route through the West Side and then extends eastward to the Far North Side There have been pushes in the past to make this arcing railway a reality first in the early 2000s with the Mid-City Transitway which would have used the rights of way intended for the canceled Crosstown Expressway and then a few years later with the Circle Line (a compressed version of that earlier plan) as the CTA and the City Council slowly tried to hash out the planning and proposals with residents the cost of heavy rail increased alongside the agency’s financial troubles The circumferential line would be especially useful in postpandemic Chicago the L has traditionally served one function extremely well: shuttling people into and out of the Loop But as more people work from home or in facilities spread across the city and suburbs And since public transportation can no longer move everyone around efficiently more and more commuters are getting around by car.  the effects of these changing patterns are plainly visible and not just on expressways but also on major arterial streets like Western and Ashland the transportation analytics firm Inrix published a widely circulated and alarming report: Chicago is tied with New York City for the second-worst traffic in the world with drivers spending an average of 102 hours a year in gridlock As someone who was involved with both the Mid-City Transitway and Circle Line proposals Schlickman thinks expansion is a pipe dream “It’s unaffordable,” the former RTA chief says “Unless we get politics to change and give mass transit equal priority as highway investment money-wise it’s just not going to happen.” And he’s not talking about local financing only The CTA’s budget is roughly split in two: half for operations which are largely covered by the city and state and half for capital projects (infrastructure and service improvements) If you’ve been keeping up with current events you know that Chicago can’t count on more money from the feds anytime soon a longtime transit expert who recently retired as a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University takes Schlickman’s reasoning a step further: Is it even prudent to keep building rail in Chicago “To intensify and extend an extraordinarily expensive technology in a point in history where everything about technology is changing it wouldn’t be a good investment if you had the money and you don’t have the money.” The other problem is that upgrading rail keeps getting pricier “I’m really fed up with reading articles where some idiot says everybody wants this.’ Does everybody know what it costs Tell me if China’s losing its shirt on running high-speed rail Spain has more high-speed rail than any place else in Europe he stresses that the L is critical to the city and it remains irreplaceable as a means of getting to the Loop But he believes that local government and the CTA should be focused on trying to maintain the system at peak performance He thinks the CTA would be smarter to shift its priorities toward bus rapid transit or BRT: dedicated lanes with roadway priority for buses and nicer Chicago already has around 15 miles of such lanes but that pales in comparison with the more than 100 miles in the much smaller city of Minneapolis the Red Line extension is money that could have been better spent but technology is on its side: Automation is coming “I’m not talking about Teslas and Elon Musk,” he says “I’m talking about a really fully automated I ought to be building that for 50 to 100 years and it’s gonna go south before I get to the end of its life.”  When I ask Poppe about this line of argument “Regardless of whether you have all the autonomous technology there’s always going to be speed limitations when you are operating on the street with pedestrians and bikes and other vulnerable road users,” she says The reason she favors the Red Line extension over BRT along the same corridor is simple: It’s all about the distance unobstructed mode of travel from 130th Street to the Loop which still has the highest concentration of jobs in the city Poppe and her department are studying how AI and automation could help the CTA mitigate issues with staffing She emphasizes that implementing new technology wouldn’t mean a loss in jobs — it would mean imagining new ways to make the trains more efficient the CTA will be rolling out more of its latest cars but automated people counters that can direct passengers to less crowded cars and aid with weight distribution The agency is in the very early stages of studying autonomous braking technology that would allow trains to stop at stations more precisely and reduce the technical requirements for operators And last year the CTA instituted a somewhat controversial pilot program with the software company ZeroEyes to scan surveillance footage for guns using AI.  But no matter what technological advances are made there’s no escaping that the L’s troubles aren’t just the province of the CTA; they’re symptomatic of the city’s long-standing issues: poverty and local politicians’ inability to deal with them in an effective manner “Chicago has a truckload of social problems that are driving people out,” he says “and building better trains isn’t going to bring them back in.” Whatever happens next with Chicago’s transit system will be decided 200 miles south of here The CTA had been counting on ridership returning to prepandemic levels by now And with the city financially unable to “meet the moment,” to borrow the CTA’s oft-derided slogan for its postpandemic revival plan the state is the agency’s last recourse for avoiding its fiscal cliff Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly saw this coming they charged the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning with drawing up a comprehensive report on the region’s transit problems and the potential solutions Its Plan of Action for Regional Transit is an astonishing document a 130-page nuts-and-bolts survey of local transit The report is filled with colorful and illuminating charts and graphs many of which helpfully illustrate the sorry state of our public transit system a labyrinth of lines and rectangles depicting the structure of regional transit oversight: 47 board members and 21 individuals with the power to appoint those board members spread out across the four agencies (CTA which looks like the hedge maze in The Shining The appointing authorities include the mayor of Chicago 13 separate suburban Cook County commissioners and board presidents and executives from the collar counties (DuPage and the interests of the city and the suburbs rarely align so initiatives that benefit one party are routinely torpedoed by others each submits its own bid to the federal government for financial support supposedly the agency coordinating the other three Schlickman says that his biggest frustration when he ran the RTA was the stipulation that it could insert itself into the planning process of the CTA or Pace only with a two-thirds supermajority vote of the relevant agency’s board the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning suggests two options for restructuring: Combine the four agencies into one unified organization or assign a regional body with greater authority to manage them thinks a single service board overseeing the CTA the three agencies form an archipelago — entities that are geographically affiliated but ultimately islands unto themselves “They put up a nice united front when they go talk to the City Council or the state legislature to make it seem like they’re all on the same page but anybody who spends any time on the system will tell you that we know they’re not.” As an example of that lack of coordination Buckner cites a complaint he hears frequently from commuters who take a Metra train from the city to the suburbs: They often see a Pace bus leaving their station just as they arrive and must then wait sometimes 40 minutes for the next one Buckner is part of a coalition of state legislators including Representative Eva-Dina Delgado and Senator Ram Villivalam behind a proposed bill that would create the Metropolitan Mobility Authority This new agency would eliminate the RTA and oversee the other three agencies While the RTA ostensibly provides oversight right now because the service boards of the individual agencies would be eliminated (An earlier MMA proposal would have merged the CTA dissolving those agencies.) Villivalam argues that a more unified structure would lead to smoother transfers between routes (including one pass and app for the entire system) and a more comprehensive perspective on the region’s transit needs It would also mean less control of urban transit a professor of public administration at DePaul University a more integrated regional network provides structural advantages He cites a recent proposal for a Metra line that would connect O’Hare none of this would require substantial new construction or land acquisition; it would involve reappropriating and combining existing Amtrak and Metra tracks Absorbing these lines into intracity rail would also reduce the need for a circumferential L line if you could more easily transfer between the L and Metra trains Villivalam also believes that unification will help tackle the biggest issue facing the L at least when it comes to public perception: safety The CPD is responsible for handling security on the L but some of the lines extend to the suburbs which are under the jurisdiction of separate departments “If there’s an incident at Jefferson Park on the Blue Line the train is at Rosemont,” Villivalam says “And the Rosemont police department might be responding So then we’re not utilizing our resources efficiently.”  provisions within the MMA bill would create more positions for “transit ambassadors,” who could relieve some of the burden on the CPD these ambassadors are unarmed civilians hired to monitor the trains and stations and trained to address minor infractions by riders in a de-escalatory manner The ambassadors also deal with homeless and other riders in need of attention which would further ease the burden not just on the police but on train operators The number of homeless riders on L trains has spiked since the pandemic according to the anonymous rail operator: “When I get to [the end of the line] I have to get the people off the train before I bring the train in the yard That’s the rule the CTA has and that is a nightmare pretty much every day and the police are called every other day.” The CTA has publicly opposed the creation of an agency like the MMA considering such a change would strip the CTA of some of its autonomy and likely result in the loss of top-level administrative jobs But the CTA’s Poppe maintains that centralizing control over regional transit would be worse for passengers too: “As we start to move further and further away from day-to-day operations it’s harder to make the right decisions and the right investments for the rider What I worry about from an agency consolidation perspective is you remove community-based and rider-based decision making and put it in this high-level ivory tower of policymakers.”  there are more than 30 unions representing a total of 15,000 workers Each of these unions now has its own contract but if they were to have to negotiate with a unified administration in the future their contracts might have to fall more in line with those of other employees the Chicago Federation of Labor backs another state bill which would retain the current agencies and their boards though with requirements that only people with specific work experience that the RTA should be given more oversight over the other agencies including being empowered to more freely intervene in setting fares lawmakers will convene with stakeholders to negotiate the final legislation which means that “he wants to get this done and he’s trying to bring everybody together.” Ultimately whatever is agreed upon for the future of Chicago’s public transportation When I asked Villivalam if he sensed that the governor understands the urgency of the situation and the consequences if nothing happens Yet I get the sense that these legislators won’t be rushed that they want to make sure they get this right Where that revenue and funding will come from — a new state sales tax has been floated — is still the big question But there’s a slogan Buckner and Villivalam keep invoking: “There will be no revenue without reform.” Graham Garfield and I hop on the Brown Line for a trip around the Loop Garfield shares with me some of his favorite things about the L As we approach the LaSalle/Van Buren station he calls it a “diamond in the rough.” With some renovations it could be one of the most beloved stops in the city We start talking about other cities’ transportation systems Garfield mentions that those of New York City and London both have incredible branding but thinks that Chicago’s is just as strong but I always felt the CTA had more aesthetic currency in the city than it was taking advantage of,” he says Garfield spent 12 years as the CTA’s general manager of customer information refining how the agency communicated with riders through signs The CTA’s visual language was so strong already that all he had to do was figure out how to deploy it in a way people would notice But truly revitalizing the L is going to require more than a new agency and a major infusion of capital It will demand bold thinking and unencumbered commitment the L holds great significance for Chicagoans It’s more than a means of moving people around — it’s integral to the city’s character I could feel the gentle vibrations of a Red Line train underneath our floors at home my miscreant friends and I would slide plastic L maps out of their slots above the train doors and proudly display them on our walls For years I wore a CTA button-up shirt I bought at a Salvation Army because I thought it looked cool And there are already signs it could be turning a corner: The first phase of the RPM project will reduce slow zones and delays as will future plans to upgrade tracks on the Forest Park branch of Blue Line; the pending Red Line extension will provide access to thousands of Far South Side residents poorly served by public transportation; the new train cars outfitted with GPS will make the Train Tracker more dependable Yet questions remain as to whether the CTA is managing these initiatives effectively The projected cost of the Red Line extension shot up more than $2 billion in 2024 alone largely because the agency undercounted contracting and engineering contributions And while the CTA is adding more train service on the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line there’s no date set for track repairs on that stretch or for phase 2 of the RPM It’s hard to determine which contributed more to the L’s current state: mismanagement or lack of funding Yet the people at the CTA I talked to are clearly passionate about their jobs and provide institutional knowledge that can’t be easily replaced the agents of change are mindful of history and of how the decisions they make now will affect people in five The creation of the MMA is a big swing to try to upend a structure that isn’t moving quickly enough to address what’s not working It could meaningfully reinvigorate what’s still the second-best public transit system in the nation The latter goes for everyday Chicagoans as much as it does for agency heads and politicians but everyone in the region — rich and poor city folks and suburbanites — is going to have to pony up to have the transit system this city needs Think of it as an investment: A joint study of Chicago’s transit system conducted by Argonne National Laboratory and MIT asserts that every dollar poured into public transportation generates $13 in economic activity Despite all the technological advances of the past two centuries there is still no more pleasurable mode of travel than riding a train — and it’s a lot safer than driving If we take any lesson from this city’s problematic history of rapid transit it will need safeguards in place and quick consequences for failures Because no one wants to be kept waiting for the train.  Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the number of CTA layoffs during the Great Recession and said they took place in 2008 rather than 2010 Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered News | Mar 17 Garfield County commissioners on Monday unanimously approved a plan to create a special tax district to fund early childhood development services Proposed by the Confluence Early Childhood Education Coalition the district would levy a 0.25% sales tax in Garfield Pitkin and western Eagle counties to help alleviate childcare costs for local families funds would be utilized to enhance the quality and accessibility of local early childhood development services While sales tax from Parachute to Aspen would increase by 25 cents for every $100 spent gas and feminine hygiene products would be exempt from the tax families residing within the district could be eligible for financial assistance for early childhood services from birth to kindergarten enrollment More specific eligibility criteria would be developed by the directors elected to the service district’s board The plan was presented to the BOCC for a public work session in February and underwent amendments to rectify an error later that month the BOCC unanimously approved the amended service plan for the Confluence Early Childhood Development Service District after listening to a presentation by several of the plan’s advocates “We just couldn’t be more thrilled,”  Coalition Director Maggie Tiscornia said “This is a huge milestone for us as a coalition and most importantly for the kids the businesses and all of our communities that would benefit so tremendously if this passes.” Securing approval from Garfield County is just one step toward placing the special tax district on the ballot The coalition will present the same amended plan to Eagle County commissioners on March 25 and Pitkin County commissioners on March 26.  the coalition will determine the initiative’s ballot date The timing of the special tax district’s appearance before voters will depend on factors such as a public opinion survey fundraising efforts and a potential campaign budget the coalition will initiate the court approval process by submitting a Petition for Organization with at least 200 voter signatures it will be the first special tax district devoted to early child care and education in the state “There’s not a family in this valley that doesn’t struggle with child care,” Commissioner Perry Will told the coalition on Monday “I think you’re in pretty good shape.” Keep reading to find out more…More Here! » News | Apr 10 The Garfield Re-2 School Board on Wednesday night approved a contract for Kirk Banghart who will replace current Superintendent Heather Grumley following the end of the 2024-25 school year Banghart currently serves as vice president and chief facilitator for the Generation School Network a Denver non-profit that increases access to equitable learning Banghart has been there for eight years and has previous positions as a superintendent as well as principal and dean of students in other school districts.  18 people applied for the superintendent position four finalists were chosen by the board to interview during the week of March 3 Banghart was singled out for the superintendent position Banghart will be paid $205,000 throughout the year which was raised in 2022 from roughly $159,000 to $200,000.  “I think once we get this part taken care of I think we can move forward,” said president of the Re-2 School Board Britton Fletchall He then made a motion to approve the contract to Banghart Banghart’s contract officially begins on July 1 and he will spend time in Garfield Re-2 a few days a month getting to know staff and supporting hiring decisions “Staffing is the highest priority at the moment,” Banghart said in a Garfield Re-2 news release “We need to get key positions filled and we can’t let the July 1 hire date of the superintendent get in the way of that.” Banghart said he is excited to join the Garfield Re-2 School District’s team and the direction the district is going “I’m excited to join Garfield Re-2 and be part of the community,” Banghart said in the news release “Garfield Re-2 is headed in the right direction and I’m looking forward to being a part of it.” “Making the move to Garfield Re-2 School District and the western slope of Colorado very much feels like coming home,” Banghart continued “My belief is that there are great things going on in Re-2 My joining the team is about helping to develop the incredible components that are already here It is about supporting the great people and exceptional work that’s already happening.” Banghart said he is ready to engage with the community to ensure the district’s direction reflects their hopes and values.  “I’m really open to learning what our families want to see from the system I expect to do a lot of listening and learning,” Banghart said in the release “I’m open to hearing what the community wants from their schools and how the strategic plan can continue to live Fletchall shared the board’s enthusiasm about Banghart’s appointment.  “We are thrilled to welcome Kirk Banghart as our next superintendent,” Fletchall said in the release and collaborative spirit make him a great fit for Garfield Re-2 We’re confident he will build upon the strong foundation already in place and continue moving the district forward.” Fletchall also shared the board’s appreciation for current superintendent Grumley.  “On behalf of the entire Board of Education I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Heather Grumley for her over 30 years of dedicated service to Garfield Re-2,” Fletchall said in the release and love for this community have left a lasting legacy We are incredibly grateful for her guidance and her dedication to the students For more information regarding Banghart’s contract, visit https://garfieldre2.diligent.community/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Id=172 Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro might be keeping it low-key but their recent Broadway outing was anything but low-impact The two were spotted at a performance of John Proctor Is The Villain at New York City’s Booth 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The News International, All Rights Reserved | Contact Us | Authors Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInGARFIELD HEIGHTS Ohio (WOIO) - A 16-year-old was shot over the weekend and Garfield Heights Police said they arrested the juvenile suspect involved According to a social media post from the Garfield Heights Police Department (GHPD) officers were called to Marymount Hospital at the Granger Road entrance around 5:20 p.m Officers found the 16-year-old victim on scene with a gunshot wound The Garfield Heights Fire Department took the victim to another hospital The post said GHPD got information about the suspect allegedly involved around 7:30 p.m Officers responded to the suspect’s home and arrested him The suspect is charged with attempted murder and was taken to the Juvenile Detention Center The victim is currently in stable condition