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Making a pleasant experience for kids in the kitchen during the holidays

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

CHICAGO — As the kids are home for the holidays, you may be looking for ways to make a pleasant and fun experience with them in the kitchen. MORE STORIES: Weekend Break Amanda Marijanovic with Taste Buds Kitchen in Bannockburn joined WGN Weekend Morning News to talk about ways to get the kids involved in some holiday fun.You can watch this story in the player above.

City Colleges of Chicago to host Kwanzaa celebrations

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

CHICAGO — After Christmas, Kwanzaa begins, which is a seven-day holiday celebrating African American heritage.Roy Walker, the senior vice president of Malcolm X College joined WGN Weekend Morning News to talk more about the holiday. Read more: Latest Chicago news headlines You can watch this full story in the player above.

Delicious Tamales sees bustle of activity ahead of Christmas

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Tamale shops in Austin saw a flurry of activity this weekend ahead of Christmas.Delicious Tamales is a family and Latina-owned business that originated in San Antonio more than 40 years ago. Its north Austin location experienced a steady stream of customers Saturday who stopped in for some last-minute pickups ahead of the holiday festivities. Jeanette Hernandez, a manager at Delicious Tamales, told KXAN that so many families' memories and traditions from Christmases past include tamales as a cornerstone."It goes down all the way from ancestors to the youngest ones," she said. "So yep, abuelitas and tías and tíos and all of his now. Extended family."Delicious Tamales is a family and Latina-owned business that originated in San Antonio more than 40 years ago. (KXAN Photo/Lauren Ryan)Delicious Tamales is a family and Latina-owned business that originated in San Antonio more than 40 years ago. (KXAN Photo/Lauren Ryan)Delicious Tamales is a family and Latina-owned busine...

Real World Economics: St. Paul’s medical debt plan makes sense, despite the tradeoffs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

Edward LottermanAt times issues that are minor and short-term in themselves can illuminate broader tradeoffs or principles.That is true for the mayor and city council of St. Paul choosing to spend $1.1 million to wipe out city residents’ unpaid debt to medical providers worth a nominal value of over $100 million.This will benefit some 43,000 city residents, improving their credit and thus their access to modern payment systems and to needed services.It is proposed as a one-time deal that is purported to not burden city taxpayers. The funds come from the American Rescue Plan, the huge federal spending play passed in the COVID-era first weeks of the Biden administration. This was intended to minimize recessionary drops in national output and household incomes as the epidemic throttled the U.S. market economy.St Paul got $166 million and has to spend the small fraction not yet used.To put things in context, $1.1 million is 0.6% of the funds St Paul received via this legislation. ...

Santa makes Christmas Eve visit to NEWS10 ABC

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Santa Claus made a stop at NEWS10 ABC in Albany on his busiest day of the year to update the Capital Region on his Christmas Eve journey. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Mr. Claus told NEWS10 ABC's Giuliana Bruno and Matt Mackie that there is still time for local kids to make sure they stay on the "nice list." He encourages children of the Capital Region to share their toys with their siblings and get to bed early. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas turns 200 You can watch the full interview with Mr. Claus in the video player above.

TAKE 5 top-prize winning ticket sold in Cohoes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

COHOES, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A TAKE 5 top-prize winning ticket has been sold in Cohoes. The New York Lottery said the winning ticket was sold for the December 23 TAKE 5 evening drawing. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! The winning was worth $18,790. It was sold at the Stewart's Shops #350 at 480 Columbia Street. The winning numbers were 1, 3, 21, 28, 38.TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39 and the drawing is televised daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The prize may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing.The New York Lottery contributed $3.7 billion in fiscal year 2022-23 to support education in the state. If you are struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, you can find help by calling the HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or by texting HOPENY.

Police make arrest in North Lake Ave homicide case

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A 40-year-old woman from Albany was arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing on Saturday. Police identified Vanesia Brundage as the suspect in the homicide and arrested her for second-degree murder. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Brundage is accused of stabbing Charles Gaddy, 74, multiple times. Gaddy was treated on scene and pronounced dead. The incident occurred on North Lake Ave.Brundage was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court. She was remanded to the Albany County Jail.

St. Louis has a cinematic connection to a Christmas classic, "It's a Wonderful Life"

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 20: George Bailey and Frank Faylen as Taxi Driver Ernie Bishop. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)ST. LOUIS – The 1946 Christmas classic "It’s a Wonderful Life" has two St. Louis connections. Two people in the movie were from St. Louis: Frank Faylen, who played Ernie Bishop, a taxi driver, and Mary Treen, who played Cousin Tilly at the bank. Both originally hail from the St. Louis area.The St. Louis ConnectionFrank Faylen was born on December 8, 1905, in St. Louis, and he was raised in the theatrical world because his family included him in their shows. Faylen initially attended St. Joseph's Preparatory College in Kirkwood, Missouri, but later felt drawn back to the theater.Faylen's role in the film is that of George Bailey's close friend, named Ernie Bishop, who serves as his chauffeur and taxi driver. He is often seen driving George around Bedford Falls.LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 20: Seen here, Mary Treen as Cousin Tilly. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)Mary Treen ...

Ring in the New Year with local sparkling wines

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

Winemaker Denis Hoey of Odonata Wines South in Salinas landed in the right place at the right time when he began apprenticing for renowned Jeff Emery of Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard after graduating from UC Santa Cruz in 2004. Odonata is the Sacramento native’s personal label, begun in 2005: it’s the Japanese word for dragonfly, as the name Dragonfly Cellars was already taken.Through Emery’s complex grapevine of connections, Hoey began making sparkling Riesling from Monterey for a client and his world opened up to bubbles. He now makes several, including a 2020 Blanc de Noir of Grenache from Hook Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands, as well as a 2019 sparkling Riesling from Tondre Grapefield in the Santa Lucia Highlands. His Bubbles Club gets you two bottles quarterly.Another Santa Lucia Highlands superstar that’s made the closest thing to Champagne since 2006, Caraccioli Cellars employs techniques learned from a French master who worked for Roederer. The 2017 Caraccioli Brut is fine-bu...

From stories to action: Share the Spirit readers respond

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:52:21 GMT

The spirit of giving is shining brightly in the East Bay. Share the Spirit readers are stepping up to help their neighbors in need. As of Dec. 18, your generous donations have reached a heartwarming $367,543!We’d like to express our deepest gratitude to our amazing donors. Your contributions will fuel essential programs that support countless families struggling in our local communities. Every dollar you give goes directly to work in the East Bay and will make a difference for so many.  It is readers like you that make Share the Spirit a success year after year.We are continuing to count contributions, and there is still time to bring joy to families featured in our news sections and online this holiday season. To learn more about these families and discover how you can donate, visit Sharethespiriteastbay.org.Below is a partial list of generous contributors; we will publish a full list in January.  We are also grateful to the many anonymous donors who choose to quietly share t...