Detroit, MI
Van Halen’s Sammy Hagar launches Mexican-style beer in Detroit
DETROIT, Mich. (FOX 2) – Van Halen’s beloved Sammy Hagar is calling all the shots when it comes to his new beer, and he decided it should be brewed in Detroit.
“I’ve always wanted to make beer because I know my fans are beer drinkers,” Hagar told Fox 2. “I’ve been pouring tequila down their throats for like 35-40 years.”
The ex-lead singer of Van Halen, who pioneered the Cabo Wabo lifestyle and tequila, celebrated the launch of his own Mexican-style beer –Red Rocker Lager– during his current band’s show at the Fillmore in Detroit Monday night. Hagar is now the lead vocalist of The Circle.
The beer is in collaboration with Brew Detroit, a full-service contract beer maker in Corktown.
“It’s friggin Detroit! Come on. The rock and roll capital of the world in my opinion. …It’s an industrial town. It’s a blue-collar town. It’s my kind of fans’ town,” he said. “It’s the auto industry which is my first love – our cars you know! I’ve been a car collector from day 1.”
By next summer, Red Rocker Lager is expected to be produced in nine different cities.
“I like to invest in myself and my other dreams,” Hagar said.
Detroit, MI
Proposed amendment would allow Detroiters to have ducks, chickens, bees
(CBS DETROIT) — Detroit may soon have ducks, chickens, and bee hives if a proposed amendment to city codes passes through the city council.
The amendment would change city husbandry and beekeeping laws to allow residents to keep up to eight ducks, chickens, and four beehives on their property.
Residents who potentially participate in this new rule would have to keep the animals in an enclosure in the back of their property. The enclosures would also be required to provide shelter, protect the animals from predators, and provide fresh water.
“I don’t know think this would be the right environment for it at this moment in time,” said Luke Hakim. “Why would you put chickens and farmlands when we have outskirts?”
According to Keep Growing Detroit, the city already has over 2,200 farms. Supporters of the amendment believe updating the ordinance will help alleviate food insecurity.
But council member Mary Waters wonders where these birds and bees will go to gallivant.
“The chicken crosses the street, maybe it gets hit by a car,” Waters told CBS News Detroit. “Listen, the place is too compact to properly raise those.”
Before it can be adopted, the amendment still needs to pass a fiscal analysis and a majority vote in full council.
“There’s some people who already made it up in their mind that this is a way to get their own food or eggs,” Waters said. “Which may be true, but I’m going to need them to have some open space.”
Detroit, MI
Halloween-themed LGBTQ+ murder mystery by local author is set in Detroit
Halloween edition: Rivian owners can choose new futuristic dashboards
Rivian owners got treated to a special surprise for Halloween — new dashboards featuring their favorite movies and shows from the ’80’s.
Mystery lovers looking for spooky fall vibes should check in with local author Frank Anthony Polito. “Haunted to Death: A Domestic Partners in Crime Mystery,” is out now and set during the Halloween season.
“Domestic Partners in Crime” is a cozy mystery series about a queer, millennial couple who renovate old houses in metro Detroit on their hit reality TV show and continue to stumble onto dead bodies along the way.
Book three in the series finds our heroes, JP and PJ, working on a house that, legend has it, is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful heiress who fell from the third-floor balcony on Halloween night 25 years ago. Seemingly supernatural encounters, locked rooms and secret passageways tease the question of whether the house is truly haunted, or whether the long-ago death was actually a murder.
Polito, a Lambda Literary Award winner, based the lead characters on himself and his partner, Craig. Like the protagonists, the two are also an author and actor who lived in New York City before appearing on HGTV’s “House Hunters,” where they bought a 1920s Craftsman house in a historic Detroit suburb and began renovating it themselves.
Polito says “Haunted” may be the last book in his series.
“The first book, ‘Renovated to Death,’ did really well,” he said. “There was a lot of publicity and a lot of push by the publisher to get it all over Instagram and send out review copies and set up interviews. And then the second book, ‘Rehearsed to Death,’ came out a year later and … not so much of a push for it.
“When I recently got in touch with my editor to tell him that I had finished writing book four, he informed me that sales for book two were not as good as they hoped they would be, and that if the sales for book three did not increase comparatively, then they wouldn’t be able to offer me the contract. They’re not willing to take a chance.”
Polito says he’s now “in limbo” to see how “Haunted” performs.
“It’s a little disheartening,” he confessed, “because (book four) is already written and I feel like I have these characters that I’ve been developing over the course of three books and I’m finally just really getting to know them, and getting to know the town, and coming up with all these other ideas for stories.”
Still, he says there are possibilities with other outlets.
“What’s really great about this cozy mystery community is that it’s very supportive,” he said. “I see messages and emails from other writers, wishing me luck and saying, ‘If it doesn’t end up getting published through Kensington, you should try this publisher or this editor because this has happened to other authors who were able to continue their series.”
“Haunted to Death” can be purchased at amazon.com and wherever books are sold. For more on Frank Anthony Polito, visit facebook.com/frankanthonypolito.
Detroit, MI
Coast Guard, fire crews searching for person in Detroit River
(CBS DETROIT) – Fire crews and the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for a person in the Detroit River on Thursday morning.
The Detroit Fire Department confirmed that multiple agencies are searching for a reported person in the water. DFD’s fire boat is headed to the location to switch shifts and continue the search.
As of 9 a.m., the person had not been located.
This is a developing story. Stay with CBS News Detroit for the latest.
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