Former Blake Street Tavern building in LoDo purchased by Denver investment firm for $7.5 million

The former Blake Street Tavern building in LoDo has a new owner. Denver-based Sidford Capital bought the defaulted loan for the 53,000-square-foot building at 2301 Blake St. in Denver and then took ownership last week through a deed of foreclosure, public records show. Records show Sidford paid $7.5 million. The company took out a $6 […]

Saratoga High senior discovers connection between whale songs and human sonatas

When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing back the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior recognized musical patterns she had encountered while practicing piano sonatas. Zhang listened to these recordings as part of collaboration with John Ryan, a […]

Tom Stoppard dies; wrote mind-bending plays and films, including ‘Brazil’, ‘Coast of Utopia’, ‘The Real Thing’

By means of JILL LAWS | Associated press LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, penetrating playwright, has died. He was 88. In a statement on Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard died “peacefully” at his home in Dorset in southern England, surrounded by his family. “He will be remembered for his works, for […]

San Francisco takes former Oakland Ballers pitcher Kelsie Whitmore with the No. 1 overall pick in the WPBL draft

Kelsie Whitmore made more history Thursday night when she was selected first overall by the San Francisco franchise in the inaugural draft of the Women’s Pro Baseball League. Less than an hour later, Arwen McCullough of Livermore made her dream come true when she also became part of her new hometown team’s history-making class. Whitmore, […]