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The blaze was 70% contained Sunday morning. Firefighting crews took advantage of calmer weather Sunday to increase containment of a small wildfire in Oakland, California, that burned two homes and forced more than 500 people to evacuate. Most residents were allowed to return home Saturday, but a handful of evacuation orders remained in effect for a hillside neighborhood where firefighters were still dousing hot spots.“We don’t want to assume that it’s out and come back and it’s sparked again,” Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington said during a Saturday evening briefing.

If you’re a cocktail drinker in Denver, you’ve likely tried a libation with a dash of creativity from Alex Jump and Stuart Jensen. Jump spent four years as the bar manager for Death & Co. in Denver before starting a consulting business and emerging as a leader in the low- and non-alcoholic beverage movement.

By KAVISH HARJAI Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she’s going to make on a daily basis is a constant source of stress. “For every good day, there’s three bad days,” said Nichols, who has been in the service industry since she was a teenager.

Most of the power to replace the last of Xcel Energy’s coal plants in Colorado, including a chronically troubled facility, would come from renewable energy sources — but not all. Xcel filed the first phase of a proposal to replace the power currently generated by the Comanche 3 coal plant in Pueblo and the Hayden coal plant in Routt County.

Peering over the edge of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from one of its numerous overlooks, it’s natural to feel weak in the knees. The dark canyon walls streaked with once-molten magma fall sharply down the river below, as if someone used a knife to slice a 48-mile slit in the earth’s crust.

Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she’s going to make on a daily basis is a constant source of stress. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “For every good day, there’s three bad days,” said Nichols, who has been in the service industry since she was a teenager.