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Caltrans has scheduled a full day closure of the San Francisco Bay Trail near Cordilleras Creek Bridge in Redwood City starting at 7 a.m. on Monday.

The one-day bike path closure will allow our contractors to do work pertaining to the Cordilleras Creek Bridge Replacement Project.

The Bay Trail Bike Path closure will be in place starting at the entrance of Blair Island Road and ending at entrance of Twin Dolphins Drive in San Carlos, during the hours of 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For 24/7 traffic updates, visit 511.org: https://twitter.com/511SFBay.

For real-time traffic, visit Caltrans QuickMap at http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/

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21-year-old Arpankumar Patel of Ottawa was killed in an accident when his northbound vehicle struck a deer on Illinois Route 71 just north of Norway. The vehicle’s roof was completely removed by the collision. There were two additional passengers in his vehicle and they both were taken to Morris Hospital. They were identified as Nitinkumar Patel and Harsh Patel. The deer was hit by the southbound vehicle moments before the fatal crash.

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A brand-new building is finally rising at the site at 200 West Main Street in Ottawa. Nestled between Perfect Moments Event Shoppe Bakery and Ottawa Office Supply, the site is already taking shape. Mayor Robert Hasty said on the Jay LeSeure show Wednesday “that the first order of business was sorting out the downtown TIF fund that helps finance construction”. The city had to agree Tuesday night on restructuring the three-year-old downtown TIF agreement and extend it another 10 years. The basement was poured on Wednesday. The Mayor said, “The second floor will be the owner’s residence and the first floor will be retail”.

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Back on November 2nd Ottawa police received multiple 911 calls reporting gunshots fired in the 1100 block of Pine Street. At about 2 am police secured the area and met with the homeowner who reported persons had forced their way into his house. Gunfire was exchanged with one of the suspects. Grundy County sheriff’s detectives then contacted Ottawa PD about a subject at the Morris Hospital being treated for gunshot wounds. Ottawa police collected evidence and came up with 22-year-old Fernando J Martinez as a suspect and reported their findings to the La Salle County State’s Attorney’s office. Martinez was arrested on November 13th after a brief foot chase by police.

A grand jury officially handed down charges of home invasion and unlawful possession of a weapon on Martinez.

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During the past few weeks, the La Salle Police Department has received several reports of vehicles being stolen/burglarized. All the vehicles were unsecured and most had the ignition key left in them.

The La Salle Police Department is encouraging all residents to secure their vehicles to deter these types of crimes. If you have seen any suspicious activity or have video surveillance footage that may assist in the ongoing investigation, you are encouraged to contact the La Salle Police Department at 815-223-2131.

Please take a minute to review these simple steps you can take to make it more difficult for suspects to take your vehicle and your belongings.

1. Lock your doors

2. Remove your keys from the vehicle

3. Do not leave a spare key in or near your vehicle

4. Roll up your windows

5. Park in well-lit areas

6. Leave a tracking device in the vehicle (Airtag)

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Emergency medical services (EMS) teams from Utica, Naplate, and Grand Ridge received an urgent call at approximately 6:15 am Wednesday to respond to an incident at the Ottawa Barge Terminal. According to dispatch reports, an individual had fallen off a barge and was found in the water near Dee Bennett Road. Unconfirmed reports say the man hit his head before falling into the water and was unable to swim. An unidentified man jumped into the river to rescue the man before emergency services arrived. We are still waiting on an official press release from the incident.

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16 large paintings of the life of Jesus Christ will be displayed in Ottawa’s Washington Square Park this Christmas season. Created in 1956 by the Ottawa Retail Merchants’ Association to keep Christ in Christmas, the 4-foot by 7-foot paintings depict Jesus’ birth, life, and ministry. Each painting is accompanied by a Scripture verse. The Ottawa Freedom Association has erected the paintings each year since 1992 after winning a lengthy court battle. On Saturday, December 2 at 6:30 a.m., The Ottawa Freedom Association, Ottawa Christian Men’s Group, and any who would like to help, will gather at the 1st Presbyterian Church for breakfast. Following breakfast, we will at meet 8:00 AM on the west side of Washington Park to erect the paintings.

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The City of Ottawa is calling on its residents to participate in a crucial survey that will pave the way for an application to the Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation Program. The initiative aims to improve housing conditions in low-to-moderate-income communities, offering eligible households a chance to receive grants for property improvements, rehabilitation, and retrofitting. These improvements could include electrical, plumbing, siding, windows, doors, gutters, roofing, HVAC, weatherization, and structural repairs. You can find more information on the 1430 WCMY website.

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The City of Ottawa Commissioner Marla Pearson announces that the Veterans Banners displayed this year may be picked up from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Thursday, November 30th in City Hall Council Chambers, 301 West Madison Street. Banners must be picked up by the applicant or the applicant’s appointee. Any questions please contact the City of Ottawa.

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The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, for the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend to minimize travel disruption. Non-emergency closures will be suspended from 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, to 12:01 a.m. Monday, Nov. 27. A full state-wide list can be found on the 1430 WCMY website.

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36-year-old John R Pierce of Streator was stopped by quick-thinking Ottawa police at 1st Avenue and Arche Street Tuesday. He was taken to La Salle County jail where he posted a 1,575 dollar bond for failure to appear on a Will County warrant for DUI.

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25-year-old Darrius April of Ottawa was charged by Ottawa Police Tuesday for running the Red Light at Joliet and LaSalle, driving on a suspended license with no insurance, and finally, obstructing a police officer. He was taken to La Salle County Jail.

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The Yesterday Once More: The Sound of Karen Carpenter concert in Ottawa featuring Joanne O’Brien has been canceled. The Ottawa Concert Association show was set to take place Sunday at Central Intermediate School but it was canceled because of an illness, concert organizers said on Wednesday. No word of if the concert is being rescheduled at a later date.

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WEATHER:

Thanksgiving Day

Sunny, with a high near 46. West southwest wind around 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low of around 27. North wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

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OBITUARIES:

Thomas G. Williams, age 67, of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, November 18th, with his loving family at his side. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday, the 25th, at Gladfelter-Roetker Funeral Home. Interment will follow in St. Hyacinth Cemetery, LaSalle. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday the 24th at the funeral home.

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Carol Ann (Twait) Cook, 83, of Ottawa, passed away on November 21st, at Pleasant View Lutheran Home. Visitation will be held Monday, November 27th, at Ottawa Funeral Home and Crematory from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. A memorial ceremony will follow at 5:00 pm at the funeral home.

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LOCAL SPORTS:

Boys basketball

Serena 52, Mendota 43: At the Seneca Turkey Tournament on Wednesday, the Huskers moved to 2-0 on the season ahead of Friday’s final pool-play game against Newark.

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Newark 41, St. Anne 31: At the Seneca Turkey Tournament, the Norsemen (1-1) picked up their first victory of the young season,

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Somonauk 43, Herscher 41: At the Seneca Turkey Tournament, Carson Bahrey (16 points, 10 rebounds) posted a double-double, while Weston Hannibal added 10 points in the victory for the Bobcats (1-1).

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Seneca 52, Hall 32: At the Seneca Turkey Tournament, the host Fighting Irish improved to 2-0 on the season.

Seneca plays Somonauk on Friday to conclude pool play.

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Yorkville 60, Sandwich 35: At the Strombom Tournament in Sycamore, the Indians dropped their season opener despite 17 points from Chance Lange and a 10-point, six-rebound performance from Dom Rome.

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Earlville 53, Grant Park 27: At the Route 17 Classic’s Dwight Pool, the Red Raiders (3-0) wrapped up a spot in Saturday’s 6:30 championship game at Woodland against Flanagan-Cornell with a comfortable victory.

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Ridgeview 67, St. Bede 60: Mason Ross scored 20 points as the Bruins came up short at the Route 17 Classic in Streator.

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On Wednesday, the Bureau Valley Storm put their lackluster, 51-49 loss to Annawan the night before behind them, giving a much better effort with attitude and play, defeating Putnam County, 50-38.

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Boys wrestling

Coal City 49, Sandwich 15; Joliet West 39, Sandwich 32; Sandwich 48, Marquette 29: At Coal City, Sandwich picked up one team victory in three matches.

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At Streator: La Salle-Peru opened the season by going 1-1 in a triangular, beating Streator (47-27) and losing to Plano (54-24).

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At Taylor Ridge: St. Bede went 0-2 in a triangular at Rockridge, losing to the host Rockets (46-22) and Monmouth-Roseville (36-33).

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PRO & COLLEGE SPORTS:

>>NFL Week 12 Thanksgiving Day Preview

A Turkey Day tradition brings the NFL together to kick off the holiday season. Three games on Thanksgiving, followed by the first-ever NFL game on Black Friday, will get things started in Week 12. The Detroit Lions begin the day with a battle against the Green Bay Packers. The second Thanksgiving Day game features the Washington Commanders at the Dallas Cowboys. A pair of NFC West rivals will face each other to end Thanksgiving when the Seattle Seahawks host the San Francisco 49ers. Week 12 continues with the New York Jets hosting the AFC East-leading Miami Dolphins on Black Friday. The Los Angeles Chargers hope to snap a two-game skid when they host the Baltimore Ravens for Sunday Night Football. Monday night’s matchup has the Minnesota Vikings hosting the Chicago Bears.

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>>Bears Prepare For Vikings

(Lake Forest, IL) — The Bears are gearing up for a Monday Night Football game against their divisional foes from Minnesota in Week 12. The Bears take on the Vikings next Monday in Minneapolis. Chicago already lost to Minnesota 19-13 earlier in the season. The Bears are in last place in the NFC North at 3-and-8.

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>>Slow Start Dooms Bulls

(Oklahoma City, OK) — They couldn’t find their offense in the first half of a 116-102 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center. Chicago had under 40 points at halftime, scoring just 14 in the first quarter. The Bulls never led during the contest. DeMar DeRozan led the team with 25 points in the losing effort, while Coby White chipped in with 23. The Bulls are in 13th place in the Eastern Conference at 5-and-11. Chicago visits Toronto tomorrow night.

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>>Blackhawks Get Crushed By Columbus

(Columbus, OH) — They gave up four second-period goals during a 7-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Columbus ended a nine-game losing streak by getting past Chicago. Connor Beard scored in the first period as the Hawks trailed 3-1 before the onslaught began in the second. Jason Dickinson and Reese Johnson also lit the lamp in the loss. The Blackhawks are in last place in the Central Division with ten points and a 5-12-and-0 record. Chicago hosts Toronto tomorrow.

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>>Notre Dame Destroys Maryland Eastern Shore

(South Bend, IN) — The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had no trouble with Maryland Eastern Shore during a 75-55 victory at Joyce Center. Notre Dame led by 16 at the break and cruised to victory in the second half. Braeden Shrewsberry led a balanced scoring effort with 13 points in under 15 minutes off the bench. The Irish improved to 3-and-2, and they visit South Carolina next Tuesday.

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>>College Basketball Wrap-Up

In other college basketball action yesterday, Chicago State snuck past Morgan State 84-83, Illinois State was crushed by Wright State 74-49, and Loyola number-seven Creighton 88-65. 

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The full harvest moon will shine in the early morning hours of Sept. 29, also marking the fourth and final supermoon of 2023.

September’s full moon will reach peak illumination around 5:58 a.m. ET Friday, but it is expected to appear entirely illuminated through Saturday morning, according to NASA.

Definitions of a supermoon can vary, but the term generally denotes a full moon that is closer to Earth than normal and thus appears larger and brighter in the night sky. The moon will be 224,854 miles away from Earth, about 14,046 miles closer than its average distance. The closest supermoon of the year occurred on Aug. 30, when the moon was just 221,954 miles away from Earth.

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September’s full moon will appear about 5% bigger and 13% brighter than the average full moon, according to NASA.

Some astronomers say the phenomenon occurs when the moon is within 90% of perigee — its closest approach to Earth in orbit.

A family stand with the full moon known as the “Sturgeon Moon” in the background, in Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, August 1.

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The name harvest moon is a nod to the season of gathering because the event occurs close to the beginning of fall, or the autumnal equinox, which fell this year on September 23. Typically, this time of year is when many crops peak in the Northern Hemisphere, and the bright moon once helped farmers work into the evening to harvest their bounty ahead of the first frost, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Other monikers for September’s full moon across different indigenous tribes include the corn maker moon from the Abenaki tribe, the moon of the brown leaves from the Lakota people and autumn moon from the Passamaquoddy tribe.

Other harvest-celebrating traditions around this time include the Korean festival of Chuseok and the Japanese Buddhist holiday of Higan, both of which also celebrate the remembrance of ancestors, according to Royal Museums Greenwich.

Many people associate the harvest moon with being orange in color as it begins to rise, but the same could be said of all full moons. The hue is due to the thickness of Earth’s atmosphere near the horizon, which is greater than when the full moon is overhead, according to EarthSky.

Several planets are also currently visible in the night sky, according to The Planetary Society. Gold-tinged Saturn and bright Jupiter rise in the east and appear high in the later hours, while Venus (one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky) shines before dawn. Meanwhile, Mercury dances low along the eastern horizon before dawn.

Full moons and supermoons

Here are the full moons remaining in 2023, according to the Farmers’ Almanac:

● October 28: Hunter’s moon

● November 27: Beaver moon

● December 26: Cold moon

Lunar and solar eclipses

People across North, Central and South America will be able to see an annular solar eclipse on October 14. During the event, also called the “Ring of Fire,” the moon will pass between the sun and Earth at or near its farthest point from Earth. The moon will appear smaller than the sun and encircled by a glowing halo.

To avoid damage to the eyes while looking at the phenomenon, viewers should wear eclipse glasses.

A partial lunar eclipse will also take place on October 28. Only part of the moon will pass into shadow as the sun, Earth and moon will not completely align. This partial eclipse will be viewable in Europe, Asia, Australia, parts of North America and much of South Africa.

Meteor showers

Each of the remaining meteor showers expected to peak this year will be most visible from late evening until dawn in areas without light pollution. Here are the events’ peak dates:

● Orionids: October 20-21

● Southern Taurids: November 4-5

● Northern Taurids: November 11-12

● Leonids: November 17-18

● Geminids: December 13-14

● Ursids: December 21-22

Photos: Rare blue supermoon dazzles stargazers around the globe

A peacock sits on a chimney as a nearly full moon rises behind it, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 will see the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Mahesh Kumar A.

The supermoon rises near the equestrian statue of Damdin Sukhbaatar on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 sees the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Ng Han Guan

A Supermoon is seen on the sky as a woman walks on the street, in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 sees the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Themba Hadebe

The supermoon rises behind the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Thanassis Stavrakis

The supermoon rises over the Mediterranean sea as a boat passes at Konnos bay near Ayia Napa and Protaras on the eastern part of the island of Cyprus, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Petros Karadjias

The supermoon rises behind Ayioi Anargiroi Orthodox church near Ayia Napa and Protaras in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It is dubbed a supermoon because it is closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Petros Karadjias

The full moon rises behind the Galata tower in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It is dubbed a supermoon because it is closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Khalil Hamra

The supermoon rises in the sky of Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Adel Hana

The supermoon rises in the sky over the houses of Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Adel Hana

The August Super Blue Moon sets behind a historical building and the St. Basil’s Cathedral, right, as people walk in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It is dubbed a supermoon because it is closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Alexander Zemlianichenko

The moon known as blue moon rises behind the small village of Ujue, northern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Alvaro Barrientos

A supermoon rises over the Colosseum in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Gregorio Borgia

The supermoon rises behind the Chlemoutsi medival castle in Kyllini, Peloponnese, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Petros Giannakouris

The full moon rises beyond the Martyrs statue, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 will see the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hussein Malla

Akıncı unmanned aerial craft passing in front of the Supermoon during a demonstration flight on the first day of Teknofest technology and aerospace festival in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Emrah Gurel

A supermoon rises over Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, also known as a blue moon. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Matilde Campodonico

People watch a supermoon rise above Lisbon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. It’s the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Armando Franca

A rare Blue Supermoon rises over Lake Michigan as spectators watch from Chicago’s 31st Street beach Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Charles Rex Arbogast

The supermoon, blue moon, rises behind a thick layer of clouds near a statue of the angel Moroni perched atop The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Kensington, Md. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Julio Cortez

A super moon rises behind Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in New York. A rare blue supermoon — the closest full moon of the year — dazzled stargazers Wednesday night. It was the second full moon of August, thus the blue label. And it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Manu Fernandez

A man watches from the upper deck of a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates as the moon rises in the distance Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The moon was a rare blue supermoon, named so because it was the second full moon in August, thus the blue label, and it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Charlie Riedel

The full moon rises beyond a sign in the outfield during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The moon was a rare blue supermoon, named so because it was the second full moon in August, thus the blue label, and it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Charlie Riedel

A blue supermoon rises between the Salesforce Tower and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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On a conspicuous corner of Pennsylvania Avenue, in a once gaudy building that used to house the Newseum, the 10-story, $650 million Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center has just opened in Washington. I’ll say straight off: It’s not architecture for the ages, but it’s an interesting, high-end model of an urban quad and a good example of how struggling downtowns are finding a glimmer of hope as satellite campuses.

In design jargon, the term is “adaptive reuse,” which is the same story as turning empty office towers into apartment buildings. Graduate students from Hopkins’s business school and its government and international studies programs, among others, now occupy the space where an old satellite and a news helicopter belonging to KXAS-TV in Texas used to dangle from the Newseum ceiling. David Rockwell and his Rockwell Group, the theater and hospitality specialists from New York, have converted the center’s atrium into a handsome, sunlit, wide-open complex of terraced classrooms and breakout spaces.

Universities like Hopkins are not the ultimate cure-all for what now ails downtowns across America, though, especially since they don’t pay property taxes like for-profit companies. Downtowns are still struggling. WeWork, which presently rents more office space than any other company in the United States, filed for bankruptcy this month. Attendance at theaters, museums and many cultural attractions is still down, post-pandemic.

That said, residents are coming back. When the Covid-19 crisis started, pundits were quick to note how many city dwellers, especially wealthier ones, were fleeing to the countryside, and suggested the move might be permanent. It turns out the reverse may be true: According to a new study, by Paul Levy and a team from Philadelphia’s Center City District, more residents now live in downtowns across America than did before Covid.

Here in Washington, residency is up by 114 percent compared with figures from early 2020, the study finds. It’s up in downtown San Francisco, too, and in downtown Portland, Seattle, Philadelphia, even in Midtown and Lower Manhattan.

These numbers, I realize, come from just one study, by a downtown civic organization. But it shouldn’t really surprise anyone who has taken the New York City subway during midweek rush hour lately. Downtowns aren’t yet back to what they were, but their obituaries were clearly premature.

They’re morphing, as they’ve always done. I recall a conversation with a developer in the spring of 2020, just after Covid emptied the streets, which has stuck with me because developers, big ones anyway, deal in extended risk and have to take the long view. This developer’s properties had already suffered losses, and the forecasts back then were dire, but he was pretty matter-of-fact when he estimated we wouldn’t have a fair, useful picture of where cities really stood before mid-2025.

According to that timeline, we’re just more than halfway toward enlightenment.

So what seems knowable at this point?

The University of California, Los Angeles, recently bought a vacant office building in the city’s downtown. St. Francis College in New York signed a 30-year lease in an office tower above a Macy’s in Brooklyn. The University of Louisville in Kentucky was gifted an office building in downtown Louisville. And in San Francisco, there is all sorts of talk about schools possibly being the magic elixir that saves downtown from the urban doom loop.

Not that property taxes aren’t a big and contentious issue, especially when it comes to well-endowed universities, but campuses do bring other revenues to city coffers.

This move downtown by schools isn’t a new phenomenon, of course. In Hopkins’s case, the Baltimore-based research university already operated a satellite campus in D.C. Before the pandemic, the school had begun hunting for a more central location that could bring different graduate programs at Hopkins together under one roof, in the heart of the city.

An opportunity arose in 2019 when the Newseum decided to sell its building. Founded by the nonprofit Freedom Forum in 1997 in Rosslyn, Va., the Newseum moved to Pennsylvania Avenue in 2008, admirably aspiring to do for the Fourth Estate what the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space and Natural History museums, on the nearby Washington Mall, have done for Amelia Earhart, the Apollo moon missions and dinosaurs.

Designed by James Polshek (New Yorkers may know him best for the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History), the Newseum, from the street, was the architectural equivalent of a boldface newspaper headline. It featured the text of the First Amendment engraved on a four-story-high, 50-ton pink marble tablet affixed to its noisy steel-and-glass facade.

The interior, installed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, was also cacophonous: packed with galleries, theaters, interactive kiosks and artifacts. A giant wall of LED screens displayed newspaper clippings and videos.

Props to the Freedom Forum for compelling Washington politicians to pass a giant tablet featuring the First Amendment when they drove along Pennsylvania Avenue. The museum organized some excellent exhibitions and programs.

But the Newseum was not Polshek’s finest hour. In a neighborhood filled with exceptional civic architecture, the building looked all the more graceless beside Arthur Erickson’s monumental Canadian Embassy and across the street from John Russell Pope’s magisterial National Gallery of Art and I.M. Pei’s East Building.

At $477 million, the Newseum also cost far more than its initial budget and opened three years behind schedule into stiff economic headwinds. It charged visitors $25 for admission in a city where some of the world’s greatest museums are free.

After a little more than a decade, like too many of the newspapers it heralded, the Newseum had to shut its doors, and put its building up for sale, gifting the First Amendment tablet to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

With money from Michael R. Bloomberg, Hopkins’s biggest donor, the university was able to buy the building for $372 million, then poured another $275 million into its soup-to-nuts renovation.

Ennead, the firm founded by Polshek, who died last year, was hired to work with SmithGroup and redo the outside. Richard Olcott, the partner in charge, told me the other day that he had gotten marching orders from Hopkins to rebrand the building, architecturally. At the same time, he said, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which always has the last word on design in downtown Washington, told him “We needed to be a better neighbor.”

The new design partly wrapped the facade in woven bands of pink Tennessee marble — the marble matching the exterior of buildings nearby. A giant glassy indentation on the outside by Polshek that allowed views of the interior — he called it a “window on the world” — was filled in, adding thousands of new interior square feet for a library, a cafe, classrooms and terraces with views onto the Capitol.

Now, from the outside, the Hopkins center can conjure up an awkward fourth-grader in the front row of a class picture: well-behaved, anxious to fit in — still not quite at ease in its surroundings.

The building’s atrium was where more meaningful changes occurred. The Rockwell Group, teaming with Ennead, had to perform a kind of sleight of hand: turning a shoe box into an open, flexible, campuslike quad where students would hang out and want to communicate up, down and across the atrium.

Skylights were opened up, floors leveled, the wall of video screens removed. It’s useful, I think, that the Rockwell Group specializes in choreographing theatrical spaces. Bridges, now suspended from the center’s ceiling, crisscross the new atrium, where lounges spill like rice-paddy fields down from the upper floors. A tiered bleacher, like a mini amphitheater, is called “the Beach,” after a popular stretch of lawn on the university’s flagship campus in Baltimore. It provides everyone who uses it with the seating equivalent of coveted restaurant corner booths. An enormous quasi-treehouse of classrooms, its trunk a stairway, blooms at one end of the building.

Walnut paneling and loads of eclectic sofas and tables soften up some of the hard, corporate edges. A 375-seat theater, open to outsiders, will serve as a lecture and concert venue for music students at Hopkins’s Peabody Institute. A restaurant, with outdoor seating, is on the way, along with a public art gallery, both of which are also conceived to attract Washingtonians and various outsiders to the center, weaving the campus into the city.

When I visited the other day, students peered over the bridges, sunned on the terraces and filled breakout spaces, burrowing into library carrels whose new floor-to-ceiling windows look over Pope’s great dome and toward the Washington Mall.

The vibe was serious but chill. It was possible to imagine the center becoming a downtown hub when it fills out.

Pessimistic talk still clouds the future of American cities. As I said, post-Covid, cities are evolving.

Some of the changes ahead may not be so bad.

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The full harvest moon will shine in the early morning hours of Sept. 29, also marking the fourth and final supermoon of 2023.

September’s full moon will reach peak illumination around 5:58 a.m. ET Friday, but it is expected to appear entirely illuminated through Saturday morning, according to NASA.

Definitions of a supermoon can vary, but the term generally denotes a full moon that is closer to Earth than normal and thus appears larger and brighter in the night sky. The moon will be 224,854 miles away from Earth, about 14,046 miles closer than its average distance. The closest supermoon of the year occurred on Aug. 30, when the moon was just 221,954 miles away from Earth.

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September’s full moon will appear about 5% bigger and 13% brighter than the average full moon, according to NASA.

Some astronomers say the phenomenon occurs when the moon is within 90% of perigee — its closest approach to Earth in orbit.

A family stand with the full moon known as the “Sturgeon Moon” in the background, in Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, August 1.

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The name harvest moon is a nod to the season of gathering because the event occurs close to the beginning of fall, or the autumnal equinox, which fell this year on September 23. Typically, this time of year is when many crops peak in the Northern Hemisphere, and the bright moon once helped farmers work into the evening to harvest their bounty ahead of the first frost, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Other monikers for September’s full moon across different indigenous tribes include the corn maker moon from the Abenaki tribe, the moon of the brown leaves from the Lakota people and autumn moon from the Passamaquoddy tribe.

Other harvest-celebrating traditions around this time include the Korean festival of Chuseok and the Japanese Buddhist holiday of Higan, both of which also celebrate the remembrance of ancestors, according to Royal Museums Greenwich.

Many people associate the harvest moon with being orange in color as it begins to rise, but the same could be said of all full moons. The hue is due to the thickness of Earth’s atmosphere near the horizon, which is greater than when the full moon is overhead, according to EarthSky.

Several planets are also currently visible in the night sky, according to The Planetary Society. Gold-tinged Saturn and bright Jupiter rise in the east and appear high in the later hours, while Venus (one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky) shines before dawn. Meanwhile, Mercury dances low along the eastern horizon before dawn.

Full moons and supermoons

Here are the full moons remaining in 2023, according to the Farmers’ Almanac:

● October 28: Hunter’s moon

● November 27: Beaver moon

● December 26: Cold moon

Lunar and solar eclipses

People across North, Central and South America will be able to see an annular solar eclipse on October 14. During the event, also called the “Ring of Fire,” the moon will pass between the sun and Earth at or near its farthest point from Earth. The moon will appear smaller than the sun and encircled by a glowing halo.

To avoid damage to the eyes while looking at the phenomenon, viewers should wear eclipse glasses.

A partial lunar eclipse will also take place on October 28. Only part of the moon will pass into shadow as the sun, Earth and moon will not completely align. This partial eclipse will be viewable in Europe, Asia, Australia, parts of North America and much of South Africa.

Meteor showers

Each of the remaining meteor showers expected to peak this year will be most visible from late evening until dawn in areas without light pollution. Here are the events’ peak dates:

● Orionids: October 20-21

● Southern Taurids: November 4-5

● Northern Taurids: November 11-12

● Leonids: November 17-18

● Geminids: December 13-14

● Ursids: December 21-22

Photos: Rare blue supermoon dazzles stargazers around the globe

A peacock sits on a chimney as a nearly full moon rises behind it, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 will see the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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The supermoon rises near the equestrian statue of Damdin Sukhbaatar on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 sees the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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A Supermoon is seen on the sky as a woman walks on the street, in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 sees the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Themba Hadebe

The supermoon rises behind the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Thanassis Stavrakis

The supermoon rises over the Mediterranean sea as a boat passes at Konnos bay near Ayia Napa and Protaras on the eastern part of the island of Cyprus, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Petros Karadjias

The supermoon rises behind Ayioi Anargiroi Orthodox church near Ayia Napa and Protaras in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It is dubbed a supermoon because it is closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Petros Karadjias

The full moon rises behind the Galata tower in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It is dubbed a supermoon because it is closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Khalil Hamra

The supermoon rises in the sky of Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Adel Hana

The supermoon rises in the sky over the houses of Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Adel Hana

The August Super Blue Moon sets behind a historical building and the St. Basil’s Cathedral, right, as people walk in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It is dubbed a supermoon because it is closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Alexander Zemlianichenko

The moon known as blue moon rises behind the small village of Ujue, northern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Alvaro Barrientos

A supermoon rises over the Colosseum in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Gregorio Borgia

The supermoon rises behind the Chlemoutsi medival castle in Kyllini, Peloponnese, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Petros Giannakouris

The full moon rises beyond the Martyrs statue, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. August 30 will see the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hussein Malla

Akıncı unmanned aerial craft passing in front of the Supermoon during a demonstration flight on the first day of Teknofest technology and aerospace festival in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Emrah Gurel

A supermoon rises over Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, also known as a blue moon. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Matilde Campodonico

People watch a supermoon rise above Lisbon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. It’s the month’s second supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Armando Franca

A rare Blue Supermoon rises over Lake Michigan as spectators watch from Chicago’s 31st Street beach Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Charles Rex Arbogast

The supermoon, blue moon, rises behind a thick layer of clouds near a statue of the angel Moroni perched atop The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Kensington, Md. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Julio Cortez

A super moon rises behind Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in New York. A rare blue supermoon — the closest full moon of the year — dazzled stargazers Wednesday night. It was the second full moon of August, thus the blue label. And it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Manu Fernandez

A man watches from the upper deck of a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates as the moon rises in the distance Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The moon was a rare blue supermoon, named so because it was the second full moon in August, thus the blue label, and it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Charlie Riedel

The full moon rises beyond a sign in the outfield during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The moon was a rare blue supermoon, named so because it was the second full moon in August, thus the blue label, and it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Charlie Riedel

A blue supermoon rises between the Salesforce Tower and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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House Full of Teenagers, Luxury Californian house photos, Modern US home images

21 September 2023

Architects: SUBU Design Architecture

Location: California, USA

Photos courtesy of Manolo Langis

House Full of Teenagers, USA

When the clients first came to us, they had already completed framing on a remodel project they had purchased from a local speculative builder. Rather than filling the house with standard finishes, they wanted help to elevate the space and create a home that is cool enough for their four teenagers.

They wanted to be able to entertain large parties and host school events at this house. This starts in the front yard. We transformed the prerequisite utilitarian rain garden into a stone garden vignette with a vintage fountain and composed the scene with an ornamental tree. Then the stone pathway leads you to a custom steel door with brass fixture from Rocky Mountain Hardware. A modern white crisp hallway flanked by art then leads you into the great room that is filled with art and textures.

The double island in the kitchen acts not only as a gourmet cooking and prep space with Miele appliances, one island also serves as the “homework” area with plenty of Mockett pop up outlet ready for quick study sessions. The large Driade Anapo dining table sits under the brass Brenta Grade Chandelier by Aerin in the dining area, flanked by Poltrona Frau leather dining chairs, always accommodating a minimum of twelve guests. The living room area is centered by an etched stone clad fireplace.

The client’s vintage Minotti sofa is reupholstered with Perennial fabrics to withstand wear and tear from kids and dogs. We then completed the scene with new Minotti coffee table and console pieces. The calm neutral interior palette then opens you up to the lush, landscaped backyard and a plunge pool with bold azure blue water contrast with black accent and dramatic geometric patterned tiles.

The gourmet outdoor kitchen doubles as a cocktail bar for grownups. The lower outdoor seating area that we like to call the living room is centered around a built-in firepit where you can look back at the house while enjoying the trickling sound from the fountain. We also upcycled all the client’s existing teak furniture with new upholstery that is able to withstand the outdoor elements.

We purposedly chose clean line pieces for the interior to contrast with the organic nature of the landscape outdoors. Though this is a single-story ranch style house on an urban lot, we wanted to make sure that every bedroom has its own personality. Well-traveled, the clients had just returned from an African safari trip.

The client had shown me the pictures that their grandfather had taken on the trip. We featured one of his large black and white leopard photographs in one of the teen’s rooms. In another, we selected a world map reflecting another teen’s love for travel. Finally, we create a lush primary suite filled with indoor plants or botanical pieces by artist Kauro Mansour to relate to the outdoors.

House Full of Teenagers, California – Property Information

Project size: 3200 sq ft
Site size: 8584 sq ft
Completion date: 2023
Building levels: 1

Photography: Manolo Langis

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Location: Carmel Valley, California, USA

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Tuesday marked the first day of this year’s massive Dreamforce convention in San Francisco, and it’s the first time since the pandemic that the gathering does not have any restrictions on the number of attendees.

There are about 40,000 people at the event, making it the biggest convention the city has had in years. It’s also a test for a city struggling with heavy criticism over homelessness, open drug use and crime downtown.

The big conversations happening at Dreamforce this year surround artificial intelligence. But what’s also important for all of the attendees is how they perceive the city.

“One thing I was impressed with is how they definitely cleaned up prior to the conference,” Keegan Otter said. “It looks a lot cleaner than when I’ve come in the past.”

Outside the convention perimeter, the city seems to have made a concerted effort to make the area around the gathering as inviting as possible for attendees. The closest set of encampments appeared to be a couple blocks away.

Ahead of the convention, Salesforce CEO Marc Bennioff made comments hinting that he’d consider moving the event in the future if the city didn’t get a handle on its longtime street struggles.

During his keynote speech Tuesday, he only made a passing comment about safety in the city.

“We want to say aloha to all of you,” he said. “We want to welcome everyone to San Francisco, our home. And we hope that you have a great time here and a safe time.”

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Image Credits: Forerunner Ventures

Forerunner Ventures first made its name in the venture world by betting on once-nascent startups like Jet, Bonobos and Glossier when it was far easier to build a digitally native brand. Yet, as commerce evolves, so does the firm.

As part of its ongoing evolution, Forerunner brought aboard veteran VC Brian O’Malley five years ago to dig into startups at the intersection of commerce and enterprise tech; to find out what’s interesting to him right now, we recently swung by Forerunner’s office in San Francisco’s Presidio National Park (now home to a growing number of venture firms) to ask.

Our conversation was wide-ranging, but unexpectedly, O’Malley seemed the most excited about old-fashioned service businesses. Think travel agencies, therapists’ offices, even plumbing companies — all of them “sleepy but very large categories,” said O’ Malley. Indeed, seated in a modern, glass-lined conference room, he highlighted a startup he’d just met within the HVAC space. “A lot of these local businesses are doing $10 million, $20 million, with 20% to 30% profit margins,” he enthused.

The big question, naturally, is whether they are suddenly venture fundable businesses. O’Malley explained why he thinks that, structured the right way and aided by recent advancements AI, they are. Excerpts from that chat follow, edited lightly for length and clarity.

TC: Consumer is a tough place to invest these days. Where do you see opportunities to invest Forerunner’s current fund?

BO: I’ve been spending a fair amount of time on a concept we’ve sort of labeled the “digitally native franchise.” It stems from looking at a lot of marketplace businesses in the category of trying to empower people to be able to work for themselves. On the one hand, you can work for one of these gig companies and you have everything kind of handled for you, but at the end of the day, you don’t really have much control. You’re really beholden to the platform and they’re getting most of the cut and you’re just completely commoditized.

At the other extreme, you can buy small business [software] and run your own company, but then you’re largely on your own. There’s no playbook. You have to find your own customers. You need to teach yourself a business. So we started wondering: How can you be prescriptive with a playbook and technology platform that also enables people to [foster] what they bring to the table as a business owner?

Like a real estate franchise.

But it’s not just Coldwell Banker or Taco Bell or 1-800-GOT-JUNK; there are a million businesses that do a trillion dollars of revenue. I didn’t know much about franchises historically, but one out of 20 people in the U.S. is employed by a franchise. Say you’re going to open Taco Bell. You’re going to take advantage of the corporate brand. They’re going to give you the menu, they’re going to give you all the ingredients — you just need to get the physical real estate and hire the people and grow from there. But now there can be much more of a digital back end.

What’s a related bet?

So one of the early investments we’ve made here is in Fora, which helps people build their own travel agency businesses and helps standardize the workflow and takes care of the payment options. With these types of businesses, you can also handle digital marketing because you as a centralized entity can probably do it better than some local business. A lot of the time, you can also build community around all the people who are doing this and they can help each other out.

Why does this concept of a digitally native franchise make more sense now than, say, five years ago?

The two big things that are different today is one, this lack of capital available, so you want to be more efficient. Also, it’s early days but AI is this growing trend and you can leverage AI in a way where it’s still human first but a lot of the more tedious tasks can be automated.

I keep wondering if there will be three companies in 10 years or every person will run their own company thanks to AI, though either scenario would seem problematic for VCs.

You’ve got to be helping build the platform to enable all these folks to go do their own thing. Our belief is that the AI components can help more of these service businesses that historically were maybe lower gross margin and required a fair amount of individual expertise and can now be handled by a wider set of people for more software-level gross margins because the AI can take control of some of the more standardized components of it, while people can put their own flair on what’s unique and special about what they bring to the table.

AI is getting better all the time. Is there any concern that at some point, these operators may not need a platform partner?

[With every company we fund] there’s some level of platform advantage that keeps the company sticky so people don’t roll off and do different things. There’s a company [outside our portfolio], Alma, which is in the therapist space and fits into this model because they’ve done a lot of work behind the scenes with insurance companies to help people get their therapy covered by insurance, which for therapists is really important because people are ultimately stickier if the net cost to them is lower.

There are many of these offline service businesses that still rely on checkbooks and pen and paper and haven’t taken advantage of a lot of the tools that have been created yet still have thriving businesses. We think that this model can be a way where you’re helping them continue to do what they’ve always wanted to do, but you’re also helping new people get into the category.

A lot of these businesses are owned by boomers, and there’s an expectation that about a third of them will turn over in the next 10 years. We see an opportunity to enable the next generation of local entrepreneurs, where people want to work for themselves, and they have the grit and determination, but they don’t necessarily know what to do.

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John Stamos doesn’t have time to sing the icon Full house Spin off while in San Francisco. Best known for playing Uncle Jesse Katsopolis on the family sitcom, he reprized the role during the show’s revival on Netflix, Fuller House. Now, however, it looks like he’s bid farewell to the Full House franchise entirely.

While driving through San Francisco, Stamos had some strong words for former co-star and real-life friend Josh Peck when he started singing the Full House theme song. Watch the clip below:

While Stamos kept a straight face throughout the Full House-inspired video, it’s likely he was just joking. The fact that Peck even posted it on social media suggests it’s probably just a little bit.

Why Stamos will never do a full-house spinoff again

At Fuller House, Jesse and his wife Becky raised two adult children in Alex and Nicky when they adopted a daughter named Pamela. Unfortunately, due to Lori Loughlin’s incarceration, Fuller House never got a chance to properly wrap up the couple’s story. Given the ongoing call for another Full House spin-off, this could be the premise of one.

That said, Stamos has recently been vocal about not wanting to revisit the Full House franchise following the tragic and untimely death of Bob Saget. So, even as a Fuller House follow-up moves forward, don’t expect Uncle Jesse to be a mainstay or maybe even show up. Perhaps the universe can expand through a different narrative that doesn’t mandate an appearance from the Katsopolises.

Also Read: Another Full-House Spinoff Would Risk Injuring Bob Saget’s Legacy

For now, fans can relive Stamos’ best bits as Uncle Jesse Full house and Fuller House, both of which are available through streaming websites. Whether he will change his mind in the future is uncertain. But now the actor is ready to move away from the Tanners.

Credit: Josh Peck/Instagram

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Sweeping views of Siletz Bay. Wide decks to soak in the sun (sometimes). A beautiful, open dining hall with a seafood market and crab boil, and a merch area complete with a second bar.

Much like the previous three, Pelican Brewing has nailed its fourth location. I’m not going to say it surpasses the original spot in Pacific City, a place that, for me and years of wedding anniversary memories, is held aloft with its sand-adjacent patio, view of Haystack Rock and the towering sand dune to the north that my wife makes me climb every year (somehow inexplicably this does not diminish my memories). But you may disagree with me, because Pelican’s Siletz Bay brewpub, at the southern end of Lincoln City, is truly a “wow” kind of place.

I made my first trip out there earlier this month for a long weekend with my wife. The place had its official opening in the fall after a very soft partial opening last June, but the crew is now ramping up for a first full summer of service, so I wanted to write about it before the sun arrives (will it ever, I ask ya). Our reaction to Pelican Siletz Bay is summed up by this: We fully intended to eat at three different places on our three nights at the coast, but after our first visit to Pelican on Saturday, we found ourselves back there Sunday night (on night one, smoked tri-tip flatbread for her and 14-hour slow smoked tri-tip for me, and two brewpub cheeseburgers on the return trip).

The new kitchen is big, and from the dining room you can watch the efficient production and flow of a menu that features familiar staples from Pelican’s other locations (Cannon Beach and Tillamook are spots two and three) but also some new offerings that include locally sourced seafood and produce. An annex called Phil’s Nest (Phil, I learned, is the name of the pelican in the brewery’s logo) is open and gearing up for summer, with separate seating, a fireplace and bar, offering guests a seafood market and crab boil — perfect for taking out onto the wooden decks that front Siletz Bay. When the weather allows, those are lined with Adirondack chairs and tables, an unrivaled way to wait for a table with a beer or languish away an afternoon or evening.

Inside, the elegantly appointed restaurant is topped by a mezzanine dining area and private spaces that can be rented for parties or company gatherings. All take in the views of the bay offered by windows stretching from floor to a wood ceiling high above. A large central bar serves Pelican’s familiar and new styles, from flagship Kiwanda Cream Ale to one of my favorite of their newer beers, Hoppa Don’t Preach, a danky Northwest IPA. Speaking of beer, Pelican has moved its original 15-barrel brewery from Pacific City to Siletz Bay, with the glistening tanks one of the first things you see when you pull into the parking lot, and it’s cranking out the beers you’ll find on tap there (the larger production brewery for distribution beer remains in Tillamook). Brand manager Alexandra Pallas walked me through the place and through one of Pelican’s newest endeavors — hop water, a great alternative for drivers and those abstaining from alcohol. The line is called Sparkle Hops, and they’re tasty, refreshing and subtle, with Strata + Acai and Citra + Lemon the first available.

I could go on and on about the place, but go see it for yourself. Make the call on whether your introverted self prefers sitting inside and watching rain spritz the windows (go now), or your extrovert craves the warm hustle and bustle of crowds sipping suds on a sunny deck (go this summer). See you there.

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Takeoff approaching for Crux Portland Pub

The previous tenant moves out recently at the future home of Crux Portland Pub.

The plane has left the hangar at Crux Fermentation Project’s upcoming Southeast Portland location. Formerly home to Vagabond Brewing’s Portland location, Crux took over the space after Salem-based Vagabond shut down all of its operations during the pandemic. Bend-based Crux is busy getting its second location ready for us, and part of the operation is getting rid of the Cessna plane Vagabond had perched up near the ceiling. “The plane is awesome and was a great part of the Vagabond plan … but it was their thing and not ours, so it’ll be coming out,” Crux marketing director Jason Randles told me a while back. He says they are still shooting for a June opening for the Crux Portland Pub, which will be in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood at 2715 S.E. Eighth Ave., Suite 172, formerly part of the Darigold dairy complex. Randles says lots of work is going on behind the walls, and Crux has started an Instagram page where you can track progress.

2022 was stable, Brewers Association says

The Brewers Association, the national group that represents small and independent craft breweries and homebrewers, this week released production figures that showed 2022 remained relatively unchanged from 2021. Small and independent brewers produced 24.3 million barrels of beer, on par with 2021′s numbers, and craft’s overall beer market share by volume grew to 13.2%, up from 13.1% in 2021. Overall, the beer market shrank 3% by volume in 2022.

The estimated retail dollar value was $28 billion, representing a 24.6% market share and 6% growth over 2021. The association said sales growth was stronger than volume because of pricing and a shift to smaller brewers — who are more likely to sell onsite and through distributed draft — as well as the continued shift back to on-premise sales, which has a higher retail value. Craft brewers provided 189,413 direct jobs, a 9% increase from 2021, driven both by growth in the number of breweries and a continued shift to hospitality-focused business models.

Bart Watson, the Brewers Association’s chief economist, said that “2022 presented small brewers with a number of challenges, including rising operating and material costs and increasing competition, particularly in distribution. In this maturing and competitive market, collective growth for the category is hard to come by.”

The report was numbers heavy, so here’s a look at the highlights:

• 9,552: craft breweries (an all-time high)
• 2,035: microbreweries
• 3,418: brewpubs
• 3,838: taproom breweries
• 261: regional craft breweries
• 9,709: total breweries
• 549: new breweries
• 319: closed breweries

See the association’s news release here.

Earth Day Salmon-Safe IPA Fest at Hopworks

Hopworks Brewing is hosting its Salmon-Safe IPA Fest on Earth Day, featuring 20 beers — most but not all of which are IPAs — made with Salmon-Safe hops and malts, which are those certified by the Oregon-based environmental organization Salmon-Safe. A few of the beers from the fest, which includes brewers in five states, include:

• Dam Hippie! Italian Pilsner, a collaboration between Boise’s Lost Coast Brewing and Bellingham’s Aslan Brewing.
• Expression Session Cold IPA from Ventura, California’s Topa Brewing in collaboration with Cervecería Wendlandt out of Ensenada, Baja California.
• Dam Free Imperial Hazy IPA from Falling Sky Brewing of Eugene.
• Riffle Runner Hazy Pale Ale from Bale Breaker Brewing in Yakima, Washington.
• Salmon Is My Safe Word Juicy IPA from Deschutes Brewing Public House in Portland.
• Farm Team: Volume 2 Hazy Pale Ale from Reubens Brews in Seattle.

The festival is a benefit for Oregon Wild in support of the Brewshed Alliance, which works to keep the region’s water clean and clear — which by the way makes beer better, among other things. Noon-9 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 21 and older only after 4 p.m., panel discussion 4-5 p.m. featuring Salmon-Safe growers and brewers. 2944 S.E. Powell Blvd. Presale tickets.

Help the Earth Part 2: Drink Ferment beer

Earth Day, Hood River and Ferment Brewing? I’m all in.

Ferment, which you’ll find along the Columbia River waterfront of Hood River, is celebrating Earth Day with a special event and fundraiser. Earth Day is on Saturday, April 22, but the brewery will take 10% of all food and drink sales on Friday, April 21, and send the proceeds to the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts. Known as COLT, the group works to serve and strengthen the land trust community in Oregon by advancing policies and supporting conservation organizations that help protect water, wildlife and open space for all people.

Ferment will have a number of limited releases on draft, including the latest White River Saison, El Lager Dorado, House Party Pale Ale and Lost in Fragaria Strawberry Sour Ale. Plus COLT’s staff will be at the tasting room from 5 to 8 p.m. to raise their glasses to environmental stewardship.

Loyal Legion tells us plan for PDX

A view from the tarmac shows construction continuing on Portland International Airport’s redesigned main terminal area. A new Loyal Legion location will be located behind the blue tarp seen on the third floor, to the right of the temporary metal staircase visible in the center of the photo.

Last week my colleague, The Oregonian/OregonLive restaurant critic Michael Russell, broke the news that Portland International Airport in 2024 will have 20 new shops and restaurants in the redesigned main terminal concourse debuting next year. Those will include the fourth location of Loyal Legion Beer Hall, so I followed up and spoke with Kurt Huffman, whose ChefStable restaurant group operates Loyal Legion. He gave me the skinny on the new place, and you can read all about it in my article from last Friday.

John’s Marketplace opens Beaverton location

John’s Marketplace this week opened a third location, this time in Beaverton. The taproom and bottle shop took over the former home of Chelsea Audio, at 3700 S.W. Hall Blvd., next to DeCarli restaurant.

The new location, a short walk from the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, offers thousands of cans and bottles of beer, a curated wine section, cider, non-alcoholic beverages, snacks, and more. The 16-tap bar is serving draft beers and wines by the glass, and the location also includes a full kitchen, with a menu of smash burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads. Hours are 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

John’s original location is in Southwest Portland’s Multnomah Village, 3535 S.W. Multnomah Blvd., and its second is at 3560 S.E. Powell Blvd.

Second Profession oyster pop-up and new beers

Second Profession Brewing has taken over the former home of Labrewatory in North Portland.

Second Profession Brewing may be a bit hard to find, but it’s a hidden gem, having taken over the former home of Labrewatory in North Portland. There, founder, owner and brewer Charlie Goman operates out of an exquisitely appointed taproom and brewery, offering a range of creative and classic styles as well as a continuing series of fun events for the community. The next is tonight’s second of his monthly Oyster Bar Pop Ups. Second Profession has partnered with Pop Oysters PDX to do the shucking, sourcing the oysters from Hama Hama Oyster Farms in Washington. Goman tells me the quantity is limited, so get there early. It’s $20 per dozen of your choice of Blue Pool Oysters or Hama Hama Oysters, plus beer, wine and cocktails. 5-9 p.m., Thursday, April 20, 668 N. Russell St.

Try these new releases when you’re there:

• Citra Saison (6% ABV; 35 IBU) The brewery took a classic style and “gave it the PNW IPA treatment,” Goman said. This unfiltered Belgian-Style saison is single hopped with Citra. Brewery notes: “A melon, citrus and stone fruit aroma and flavor profile that works perfectly with this ester rich Belgian-Style ale.”
• Gone Walkabout Tropical Lager (5% ABV; 30 IBU). A crisp, dry lager using the new BSG hop Zamba. Brewery notes: “Lemon, lime, citrus and stone fruit.”

Beer of the Week

West Coast Pilsner

West Coast Pilsner, Steeplejack Brewing (5.2% ABV). This new beer is a part of Steeplejack’s Founders Series, and six-packs will be going into distribution this week and available at retail outlets next week. West Coast Pilsner features LINC malt, Michigan Chinook and Mosaic hops. Brewery notes: “All the hoppy love of an IPA in a crisp lager package. The main tasting notes you’ll pick up are pineapple, dank and strawberry.”

What to do, what to do?

Lupulin Ecstasy Festival: Tickets went on sale at 4:20 p.m. Thursday for the Saturday, May 20, festival that features more than 40 IPAs at Fort George Brewery in Astoria. Live music all day, amusements and activities, food, idyllic gardens, giant inflatable animals, three historic museums and the first ever taste of this years’ 3-Way IPA. The Astoria brewery’s annual summer seasonal collaboration this year features Anchorage Brewing of Anchorage and Cellarmaker Brewing of San Francisco. Get tickets here.

Block 15 Brewing has announced part of its vintage beer list and details for its distribution tour for its “15th Anniversary Fest: The Past, Present, and Future,” to be held Saturday, April 22, at the Corvallis brewery. The festivities begin today, when Block 15 holds a 2008 Throwback Party from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Original Block 15 Brewing and Restaurant, 300 S.W. Jefferson Ave., Corvallis. Offered will be throwback food specials such as the Brewben and the 185 Mile Salad, throwback beer prices, and a special brew of the original Sticky Hands recipe (while supplies last). At Saturday’s anniversary party, specialty bottles of the original recipe Sticky Hands: the Past, Present, and Future will be available in 750ml bottles, and Revolve will be available for purchase in limited supply on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the day. Tickets available here. Also, see the website for a partial list of bottles that will be available in limited supply and for details about a distribution tour at these locations, which will be the first to receive the collaboration beers: Wildwood Taphouse, Hillsboro; PublicHouse, Springfield; Bridge & Tunnel, Astoria; Common Fields, Corvallis; and Mayfly Taproom & Bottle Shop, North Portland.

Chetco Brewing’s 10 years on the coast: The Brookings brewery is throwing a 10th anniversary bash this month at its brewpub, 830 Railroad St., Brookings. Anniversary events include live music by Second Bridge on Friday night, April 21; cornhole tournament on Saturday, April 22; live Music by Vince Bigos & Giveaways on Sunday, April 23.

Von Ebert Brewing anniversary: The Portland brewery is turning five and is celebrating this week through Sunday, April 23. Von Ebert is offering food specials that include house smoked ribs at pubs and Mercury pizza week pie special at taprooms; drink specials that include $5 Volatile Substance draft and $12 four-packs and a new cocktail menu at Pearl District; beer releases that include Alma 2023 and Lavender Latte Ale “Romance Isn’t Dead”; and upgraded Stein Society loyalty program, with 50% off Stein Society memberships all week. Stop by one of the locations to partake and get more details on the society membership.

Great Notion Brewing’s Get on the Bus Week: Brewery co-founders Paul Reiter, James Dugan and Andy Miller are wrapping up the brewery’s second annual Get on the Bus Week, dubbed GOTBW, that started Wednesday, April 19, or “Bicycle Day,” the first recorded LSD “trip” by the inventor of the drug, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, in 1943. The week will include new beers and merchandise at Great Notion’s locations.

Saisons on the Lawn fest, Crux Fermentation Project: The Bend brewery, to “celebrate the pastoral nuance of this spring style of beer,” has invited some of its brewery friends to share their saisons. Nine saisons will be poured, including from Crux, Alesong Brewing & Blending, Wolf Tree Brewery, Ferment Brewing, Monkless Belgian Ales, Ale Apothecary, Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery, Little Beast Brewing and Deschutes Brewery. Entry is free. Taster package is $20 and includes a 9-ounce Belgian-style glass and five tokens. Additional tokens can be purchased for $2. Each token gets you a 4-ounce sample, or fill the glass for two tokens. All proceeds benefit the Oregon Brewers Guild. Crux will also kick off its weekend brunch menu the same day — the return of its brunch since it was stopped during the pandemic. Get more details here. Noon-8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 50 S.W. Division St., Bend.

Hood River Hard-Pressed Cider Fest: Returning for the eighth year on Saturday, April 29, Cider Fest offers a chance to sample cider from Columbia River Gorge hard cidermakers plus other noteworthy Northwest cideries. With nearly 30 cideries and more than 50 ciders on tap, Cider Fest will be held at the Port of Hood River Event Site, along the Columbia River waterfront with views of the Columbia River Gorge. The daylong event also features music and a play area for kids, guaranteeing a great time for the whole family. Find tickets and package details here. Those younger than 21 are free.

“Bottle Conditioned” screening at Wildwood: The Hillsboro taphouse on Sunday, May 21, will be an official screening partner for the Lambic documentary “Bottle Conditioned,” in which Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Jerry Franck explores the small Belgian community of lambic beer, looking at how brewers and blenders of different generations wrestle with tradition and the increased demand for their rare beers. Wildwood is holding screenings at 3 and 6 p.m., with presale tickets being sold at the taphouse’s April 15 Funks Not Dead event, with online tickets available. The April 15 Funks Not Dead event has kegs tapping at 11 a.m., with a party at 5 p.m. including brewery representation from The Ale Apothecary, de Garde and Funky Fauna, plus some special bottle pours available. 9345 N.E. Windsor St., Hillsboro.

— Andre Meunier; sign up for my weekly newsletter Oregon Brews and News, and follow me on Instagram, where I’m @oregonianbeerguy.

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