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Area businesses remodel while shut down during the pandemic

While the economic shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly put a strain on small businesses around the country, some local businesses used the shutdown to their advantage and used the time to upgrade and renovate their establishments.

Harolds Bar, Glenville American Legion Post 264 and Uptown Fitness in Lake Mills are three of the area businesses that gave their buildings a new look. From small renovations on the inside to full-building overhauls, all three businesses chose to make the most out of their time without customers.

Harolds Bar revamps interior; gets fresh paint job

Harolds Bar, an Albert Lea establishment since 1960, got a new look with a new paint job to the outside of the building as well as the roadside sign. On top of the paint job, the inside of the bar got a new look as well.

The bar area will look vastly different from what customers are used to including a brand new bar top, new barstools and a new tin wall surrounding the entire bar. Three new TVs sit atop the bar where animal heads from hunting trips used to be displayed.

Todd Haroldson, owner of Harolds Bar since 1984 when he took it over from his father, said the bar was in great need of updates.

I try to fix as much as I can and do as much as I can, Haroldson said. I devote a lot of time to this place It had to be done, and Im hoping to draw more. Thats the point; Im hoping to draw a few more people that never would have come out. I hope to, and I hope they like it.

At the time of the interview, Harolds was not yet open to the public. Haroldson expected to see a rush of people coming through the doors when they did open, but was not quite sure how things would look when they did. He emphasized that the health and safety of both his workers and customers would be his top priority when they did open.

In his second phase of remodeling, Haroldson said he plans on moving the womens restrooms from their current spot in the middle of the building to the east side of the building. The moving of the restrooms would then allow him to open up the space and connect the bar area with the old restaurant portion, which would greatly expand available space.

Necessary repairs lead to added renovations

The Glenville Legion Post 264 also renovated its bar area as well as its entrance area and bathrooms.

Bob Knutson, the Legion post commander, said one of the biggest complaints they have gotten over the years is the bathrooms needed to be updated. Both the mens and womens restrooms received new ceiling tiles, lighting and fans, flooring and a fresh paint job.

The entrance to the bar used to be closed off from view to the bartenders, but now includes a window that allows workers to see who is coming in and going out. The bar received new front paneling and new decorations on the inside and outside of the building made by Black Iron Manufacturing.

Knutson said some of the projects needed to get done, but once they got started they decided they might as well keep going.

There were some things that we absolutely had to do, but when the ball got rolling, it just kept on going, Knutson said. The nice thing is that we would have been shut down anyway with the new flooring behind the bar. So we just said, Lets get this done now. Who knew it was going to last this long?

The Legion was able to reopen to the public in some capacity in June. Knutson said the reactions to the improvements have been overwhelmingly positive.

Everybody was anxious to come and see what we had done because it is a big change, Knutson said. Its brighter and its just more welcoming.

Shutdown after big move becomes blessing in disguise

For Heather Yeoman and Rachel Olson, owners of Uptown Fitness, the shutdown came the day after they closed on a new building.

The fitness center went from about 1,100 square feet in its previous space to 7,000 in its new building and many improvements had to be made.

Yeoman said, looking back, she is grateful to have the time she did to work on the building, but at the same time it was nerve-racking because they had no idea when they would be able to open again.

It ended up being a blessing in disguise, Yeoman said. The terrifying thing was we just werent sure how long we were going to be closed. During the move from our rental space to here, we had only planned to be shut down for five days.

The shutdown ended up being six weeks long and Yeoman said they used all of that time.

As a retail space before becoming Uptown Fitness, the building needed some walls installed to make new rooms and there was a lot of shelving that needed to come down and be taken out of the building.

Uptown fitness is now home to a large studio floor with a stage, a dedicated room for yoga, a cycling room in the basement and two rental spaces in the basement which are home to a massage therapist and an esthetician.

During the shutdown, Uptown Fitness continued to offer courses through online platforms and was able to keep on 100% of the clients it had before the shutdown period began.

Uptown fitness had a small open house with only a few people allowed in the building at a time. Yeoman said everyone who came through the building was blown away at what they had done to the space. While classes are still a little different than normal, Yeoman is grateful they were able to be back in some form.

Were doing things a little bit differently right now, Yeoman said. Its just so wonderful to be able to do anything, were very blessed. We dont know any day what could change. Were just trying to be careful and take care of our people.

Tyler Julson covers sports for the Albert Lea Tribune.

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Marc A. Bovet wanted to build a house, but when it came to the actual construction, he was overwhelmed with options. He had bought an empty lot and hired an architect to design a custom home in Montreal for his wife and four kids. He had all the permits and approvals, so he began looking for builders. When quotes started coming in, he was stunned to see that the highest estimate was almost twice as expensive as the lowest.

So thats where you go, Wait a second here. This is the same set of plans,' he says. I even called back the architect to say, Did you send the same set of plans to everyone? Because theres something totally wrong.'

That experience led Bovet to develop a system that uses robotic manufacturing to wring inefficiencies out of the building process. Though about 15 years old, the system is taking on new urgency as climate emergencies like wildfires force more and more homeowners to rebuild. But the system has limitations that underscore the wildly complex nature of the construction industry. Prefab methods, like Bovets, have long been held up as a solution to a range of housing problems. But in building and construction, theres no easy fix.

An entrepreneur who had run a mens clothing line and marketing agency before becoming director at the international transportation company Bombardier, Bovet had a sense for production. The bids he was getting for his home project seemed completely arbitrary, and he wanted to understand why. So he started showing up to construction sites and asking contractors questions about the building process. Almost every question he asked got a different answer at each building site. There was no standard building approach, and the ultimate cost to build his house would depend primarily on however his builder chose to embark on the project. For Bovet, this seemed like a problem that needed solving.

He saw a solution in industrialization, but he knew that prefabrication and modular construction had been tried many different times in many ways. So he hired a researcher to look into all the different systems and patents that had been developed over the years. We got into this micro-level research, figuring out what Frank Lloyd Wright had done; even Edison, the light bulb guy, had his own prefab system. Mies van der Rohe. Le Corbusier. You name them. From engineers to architects, everybody had their own perspective, he says.

Bovet and his researcher found that developing a building system wasnt the main challenge. The bigger problem they needed to solve was labor. There have been shortages in labor and skilled tradespeople in the homebuilding industry for years, as workers have fled construction jobs tied to the volatile housing market in the years since the great recession and shifted to higher-paying jobs in other sectors. More than 80% of builders have reported shortages of framing crews and carpenters, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Availability of labor remains builders top concern.

So Bovet began looking for ways to make a process-based industrial building system that could be assembled even without skilled craftspeople. Because you spend three or four years to plan your project, you get some architects, youve bought the land, youve got your financing, and now 80% of builders cannot get carpenters to put it up, he says. You dont have the labor. And even more so now, with COVID. So what do you do? You scrap your project? Or you try to find a platform. Well, the platform is what we offer.

Bovets platform is called the Bone Structure, a steel-based construction system that is robotically manufactured, cut, and shipped to the building site where its fastened together with little more than screws and a drill. The company offers dozens of predesigned home models to choose from, and can also be used as the structural system for architect-designed projects. Made mostly with recycled steel and with foam insulation that can reduce energy costs up to 90% compared to a traditionally constructed home, the Bone Structure system can meet environmental certifications like LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), and has been used in hundreds of homes, mainly across Canada.

It can be built almost months faster than traditional construction, which is how the company began marketing itself in wildfire-damaged regions of California, especially after the fires of 2017 and 2018 that devastated towns like Paradise and claimed homes in cities like Santa Rosa.

Brendan Kelly is an architect based in Napa, and he learned about Bone Structure like many people in the regionthrough presentations given after the 2017 fires. His firm had a client who wanted to rebuild a home that was destroyed in Santa Rosa, and Kelly went to see if the system could help. I was very sensitive because Id seen things happen in the fall and winter after the fires, with a lot of companies and builders coming in, and I think kind of taking advantage of some of these victims, he says.

Builders were getting people to sign construction contracts and locking in prices on rebuilds that might not have been the best deals for people who had lost nearly everything, according to Kelly. Everybody wanted their houses back so quickly, he says. So I went [to the presentation] ready to sort of challenge them.

But he was won over. The initial part I liked about Bone was that it was a system of building, he says. Like many architects interested in the processes and systems involved in construction, Kelly is a self-described geek for industrialized systems and prefabrication. I drank the Kool-Aid a long time ago.

And so had his client, a retired engineer. Though Kelly had already designed the home to be constructed out of wood, he reworked the drawings to function with the Bone system. After less than a year of construction, the home had been rebuilt to be zero net energy, 100% electric, and powered by solar panels. And though the construction time was faster than a traditional wood-frame house, Kelly says the cost ended up being about the same. Theres no budget version of Bone, he says.

The system is laser-cut and shipped to the building site in a precise package. But its not always easy to fit in with the way homes are permitted and approved. Anders Lasater is an architect based in Laguna Beach, California, and one of his clients had come to him asking about new prefab systems they might be able to use on a duplex project. Lasater had seen a Bone presentation and suggested they take a look. The client was enthusiastic, and Lasater began working out how to adapt his design to the Bone Structure system.

If you went to their website and looked at any of their designs, theyre very rectangular. Theyre boxes. Theyre really simple because their system tends to work best when you have a simplified essential geometry, he says. And in our case, we had a little more complication to deal with.

The duplex he had designed was a V-shaped combination of volumes, with an angular courtyard and atrium in the middle. Adapting the off-kilter plan to the grid-centric Bone system required some long conversations with Bones engineering team. It also required a fair amount of convincing in the citys building department. Theyd never seen anything like it before, so it was like speaking a foreign language with those guys, Lasater says. That was a little challenging.

Eventually the city, the architects, and the Bone Structure team got on the same page, and the project got built. A city building official even brought his community college class to tour the construction site. In some ways I think the challenge was one that normally we would have avoided, but Im really pleased with the result, Lasater says. Once we got it all approved, it went without any problems.

He says he would be open to using the system again, but it may be better applied on a more simplified design, and may even be more economical to use on a multiunit project. It will probably take you as long to build 15 as it took us to build our one, he says.

That may be where systems like Bone Structure make the most sense, according to Caitlin Mueller, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture + Planning, where she leads a group researching architecture, structural engineering, and digital fabrication. The speed of construction of these systems, where things can be prefabricated and quickly and easily assembled is a very big advantage, for example, in developing countries, she says.

In developed countries, on the other hand, processes and building practices have been set for decades, and may be slow to change. Its been very hard to compete with timber construction at least in North America because its just so affordable and the labor market is very attuned to it, Mueller says.

That was a hurdle Kelly had to get over during his Santa Rosa project, and it required bringing in someone versed in using Bone Structures system to help the building contractor put it in place. For contractors used to framing up a wood building with a nail gun, joining steel beams together with a drill and screws can be a bit tedious, Kelly says. Its just a new system and most contractors want to build things the way they did on that last project.

Even so, Bone Structure has been used in hundreds of homes so far, and Bovet is hoping to continue to grow through selective partnerships with homebuilders. We just wont necessarily sell it to anybody and everybody, he says. We want to make sure that we offer a service, we offer a quality mindset behind the whole system, and were trying to get some larger builders to adapt it.

But change is slow in the homebuilding world, says Mathew Aitchison, an architecture professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and head of a government-funded research center exploring the development of advanced manufacturing in the building sector. He recently edited a book on prefab housing and says companies offering new building systems suffer from what he calls imminent revolution, the tendency to believe theyre leading some fundamental shift in how things get built but that fails to revolutionize the marketplace.

Im not suggesting for a minute that Bone is part of this process, but there has been historically quite a lot of smoke and mirrors in this area, he says. Companies saying they can do a lot of stuff that they cant, companies rolling out in quite grandiose ways but without being able to deliver on fairly fundamental things, VCs funding effectively pyramid schemes that are basing themselves on the fact that the construction sector is a huge global sector thats largely been untapped by technological development.

Aitchison says building and construction is just too complicated to work within any one system. It looks very simple on the outside, but its actually very, very tricky and its much more complex than most people give it credit for, he says. There isnt a best practice in construction like there is in very many other industries, in my opinion.

Thats probably why, when Bovet went out looking for a company to build his family home, there were so many different, and differently priced, options. With the Bone Structure system, hes successfully created one more.

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Each homeowner will possess a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the most exciting equestrian center-based community of custom homes ever arrayed on the outskirts of Colorado Springs. Youve always dreamed of wide open spaces or finally having horse property of your ownnow is the time to make sure those dreams dont ride into the sunset.Even if you are not an equestrian, you will revel in the western ambiance of the silver prairie grasses at dawn; the rugged mountains in the distance, and your 5-acre density lot, where you will have room to roam and your family, room to grow.

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Now up for sale in Des Moines, Iowa, this midcentury dwelling is fresh off a dramatic, whole-house renovation. Originally built in 1955, the home was updated in 2019 to replace a gutted interior with all-new finishes and create a large, open living area along the front of the home.

The home's biggest changes were in the living area and kitchen, which is now a single open space after removing several walls and relocating the basement stairwell. Other changes to the existing 1,000-square-foot floor plan included transforming a hall closet into an en suite bathroom.

A large kitchen island now opens to the living area where a stairwell once divided the two spaces. In other parts of the home, chic new finishes give the interior a decidedly modern look, while beamed ceilings and exposed brick walls retain elements of the home's midcentury past. All-new windows and doors also match the original midcentury aesthetic.

While much of the renovation took place inside, the original redwood-clad facadeonce hidden behind an overgrown landscapewas treated to an update as well.

After: Exterior

The structure's midcentury style now looks handsome in Regent Green by Benjamin Moore, which contrasts with an original brick wall that extends from the front facade.

Nearly early every inch of the home was updated during the renovationwhich received a "Most Dramatic Change" and "Peoples Choice Award" from the Home Builders Association's annual Tour of Remodeled Homes.

Just over a year later, the home's owner, local builder Nicholas Donlin, is ready to part ways. Offering three bedrooms and two full bathrooms, the home also comes with a partially finished basement and a new rear deck outfitted with an outdoor movie projector. Keep scrolling to see more of the finished property, currently listed for $330,000.

A small closet was once located near the front entry, while the kitchen and basement staircase were positioned to the left.

After: Entry Area

With the closet removed, the exposed brick wall now visually connects the interior and exterior. A new glass front door illuminates the entryway with natural light.

Before: Living Room

Previously, the living room was largely closed off from the kitchen and entryway.

An opposite view of the living area before the renovation.

After: Living Room

A view from the entryway shows the relocated stairwell along one side, with the remaining space filled by an open kitchen and living area. The backyard and deck are now accessible via a new sliding glass door from Marvin Windows and Doors.

Other windows throughout the home were replaced with designs that replicate the original slanted clerestory windows.

The renovation also retained the home's original wood-clad and beamed ceilings, which run throughout the interior.

Before: Kitchen

The former galley-style kitchen was cut off from the rest of the home.

After: Kitchen

The updated kitchen features all-new cabinetry and appliances from GE's Cafe line.

A new central island grounds the kitchen and provides seating on the opposite side.

The relocated stairwell leads down to a partially finished basement, which is currently used as a home gym.

Before: Principal Bedroom

At the end of the hallway, the principal bedroom was in a similar condition as the rest of the home.

After: Principal Bedroom and Bathroom

A fresh wall of cabinetry replaces the previous built-in closets, while a new en suite bathroom takes the place of a hall closet.

Before: Secondary Bathroom

The original hallway bathroom was also overhauled from its original condition.

After: Secondary Bathroom

Now basking in natural light, the renovated bathroom offers all-new finishes, including brightly colored tiles that contrast with the exposed brick wall.

Another view of the facade shows the new front porch along the front, created by extending the roofline during the renovation.

Perfect for a cozy outdoor movie night, the pergola-topped rear deck comes with a built-in projector and screen that can be lowered over the steps.

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Submitted by Susanne Bacon.

Though Ive never been really bad at most of it, I rarely developed a passion for any kind of work-out. As a kid, I was on a treck and field athletics team for about a year. Then I tried myself at gymnastics I felt awkward about the trainer. Then I had a stint at the aero wheel indeed, I was good. Though I didnt do ALL the tricks they show in this little video:

But I was that good that they wanted to train me for championships. It would have meant that my family would have spent their weekends on the road, driving me around. So that didnt happen. It didnt make me upset. Sometimes things just dont happen in life.

School swimming classes started in third grade. I couldnt swim, so my parents flash-taught me at a local swimming pool during the one-week fall vacation that year. We went every day. By the end of the week I was a swimmer. I never was fast, but I got best grades as to style. And I never had a problem with endurance.

I was second best in high jumping in our class in middle school, but a horrible gymnast. I preferred to play soccer with the boys who actually invited me along to be a goalie or an offense. In high school I excelled on the balance beam. I didnt even need a springboard to jump onto it. And I was a passionate ballroom and Latin dancer in my early twenties when I attended a dance school and was even asked to be a freelance partner at classes I hadnt booked.

I made half-hearted attempts at compensatory gymnastics at university. I tried treck. I even bought a new bike at one time. To make a long story short Im a walker. Power walking is fine with me. Long-distance walking, as in German hiking, as well. Mountain hiking not so much. I love loop hiking. So, I dont have to return by the same way.

What has me so wary about sports or working out? Maybe it is because competition has never been a way by which I wanted to express myself. Maybe all this grading in school, being voted on a team because of ones popularity (nerdy me usually was among the last), the embarrassment of failure simply put its mark on me. But I happily climbed trees. And the aero wheel is still something the memory of which I treasure. Because that was ME.

Later, in Stuttgart, Germany, I made walking a daily routine. There were beautiful meadows, lakes, and woods around where I lived, and an hour of walking passed in a jiffy. I continued doing so in Steilacoom. Whats NOT beautiful about walking through town for an hour, seeing things change as the seasons change, chatting with neighborly people over the fence?! Here in Lakewood, I always have to get into the car to start walking somewhere worthwhile. Its a bit of a pain; I have to kick my shin a little harder. Meanwhile, our fitness club membership goes unused because of Covid. So, my husband and I have developed a routine of core training that we promised to do at a specific time during the day. I fail at that more often than not. Its not ME.

I need to find back to my little walking routine again. It makes me happy. It keeps me healthy. Its ME. If you are stuck in a similar rut maybe you have also just been trying out the wrong kind of work-out. Keep trying to find out what makes YOU happy. Sometimes its just a change of scenery that works miracles.

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TROY The latest exhibition to open at the Arts Center of the Capital Region is rich in texture, color and subject matter.

Called Fence 20, the exhibition features more than 100 works from Arts Center members. The Troy gallery traditionally hosts Fence shows each year as a way to spotlight a range of local artists and this year the exhibition is juried by Ian Berry, director of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery.

The show opens with the dark and slightly grotesque sculpture of a frowning figure, its skin peeling away and muscles deteriorating. The piece, called Forgotten Pain by William Fillmore, sets a gruesome tone, though there are plenty of other works in the exhibition that strike a lighter chord.

Take Virginia Scholz vibrant landscape with its glowing sky and delicately branched tree, called Old Best Road. Or theres the lush green abstract from Natalie Boburka, and the humorous Van Gogh with iPhone 11, by Meghan Cioffi, with the Starry Night background.

Overall, the exhibition is grounded in the current moment, meaning there are plenty of works ruminating on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps the most obvious, and the largest, is Conversations in COVID, by Annette Chesser which features sculptures of the coronavirus plastered with emails and social media posts about how life has changed during the pandemic. One post says Other jobs: we r closing down due to the corona. My job: some of u may die but thats a sacrifice were willing to make.

In another nearby work, several guitar necks, stripped of their strings, are fanned out on a white canvas. Bows, with their horsehair strings cut, are displayed in between the guitar necks. Titled And We Danced All Night, by Phil Teumim, it could be read as a remembrance of an evening of celebratory music that went on for so long that the strings simply fell off. However, today, its a reminder of the absence of live music and the silence of local stages.

Nearby, theres an eerie painting, blue-hued with a blurry figure looking just past the viewer and wearing a mask. The edges of the David Austin work are dark, blue-black and the background features a slitted light that puckers around the figure. In terms of size, its an unassuming piece, but its powerful in the subject matter.

There are also echoes of other national and global crises, like climate change. Katarina Spitzers sweeping hyperrealistic landscape of Glacier Bay, Alaska, is one stunning example of that. Titled, Our Vanishing Landscape: Glacier, Bay, Alaska, the work features sunlit mountains surrounded by a thinning strip of ice.

In another room, silhouetted figures walk with the heads down in a grey-cityscape. Peter Watrous Refugees is a reminder of another global crisis thats slipped out of headlines in light of the pandemic.

Fence 20 is a weighty exhibition of regional talent and artistic discourse. It runs through Nov. 7. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday-Thursday. For more information artscenteronline.org.

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Endorsements are coming in for Third District Congressional candidates Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush and Republican Lauren Boebert, including a notable break from party ranks.

Former Speaker of the Colorado House Russ George, a Rifle native who also directed two state departments under both Republican and Democratic governors, said this week he endorses Mitsch Bush over his partys nominee to represent the region in Congress.

Meanwhile, Boebert added to her list of endorsements from Garfield County Republican officials, which already included Sheriff Lou Vallario who is actively campaigning on her behalf.

In a recent interview with the Post Independent, Garfield County Commissioners John Martin and Mike Samson, who also are seeking reelection this fall, said they support Boebert, as well.

We need pragmatic, steady leaders who will meet the multiple crises we all face in this moment, and Diane Mitsch Bush is that leader, George said in a statement sent out by the Mitsch Bush campaign on Thursday.

Her proven bipartisan track record and reputation as an independent leader who was willing to stand up to Democratic leadership in the State House shows me that she will work with anyone to do whats right for Colorados Third Congressional District, George said.

George is a fourth-generation Rifle native and longtime water attorney before he entered politics.

He was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1992 to represent District 57, which at the time included not only Garfield, Rio Blanco and Moffat counties, but also Democratic-leaning Pitkin County.

He later served as Speaker of the House in 1999 and 2000, and went on to direct two state agencies the Department of Natural Resources under Republican Gov. Bill Owens and the Department of Transportation under Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter.

He also was appointed by former Gov. John Hickenlooper to the task force that worked to develop the Colorado Water Plan in 2015.

Mitsch Bush, from Steamboat Springs, served in the Colorado House from 2013-17 and is a former Routt County commissioner.

She faces Boebert, an ardent gun-rights advocate and social conservative who defeated five-term incumbent Republican Third District Congressman Scott Tipton in the June primary. Third-party candidates Critter Milton (Unity) and John Keil (Libertarian) are also on the ballot.

Boeberts endorsements from Samson and Martin come despite run-ins earlier this year with the Garfield County Public Health Department over coronavirus-related violations at her Shooters Grill restaurant in Rifle.

I look at Laurens views and her political ideology, which aligns with mine much more closely than that of Diane Mitsch Bush, Samson said.

Likewise, Martin said he supports the Republican candidate for Congress for many of the same reasons.

She is inexperienced in government, but long on life, Martin said. I have worked with and know Diane Mitsch Bush when she was a county commissioner. She has certain views, some I agree and some I disagree. But [Boebert] is the Republican candidate, which I support.

jstroud@postindependent.com

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Photo: David Carrasco

Originally appeared on the Lincoln Police Department Facebook page

On October 1st a Lincoln resident reported that an acquaintance of hers forcefully removed car keys from her hands and fled in her vehicle. The suspect was identified as 28-year-old David Carrasco.

On October 2nd at about 3:30 p.m. a Lincoln Police Officer saw Carrasco on the porch of a residence in the 1500 block of 5th Street.

Carrasco immediately ran into the residence. He fled out the back of the residence, jumping fences in an attempt to evade arrest. Ultimately he was captured in a back yard. He was found to be in possession of methamphetamine, syringes, and a meth pipe.

Carrasco was arrested for carjacking, auto theft, resisting arrest, and possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. He was booked at the South Placer Jail where his bail was set at $265,000.

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