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Post holidays, many of us will look for ways to reduce stress.

Thousands of Rocky Mountain Power customers living in Sandy were without power Thursday morning when officials discovered the substation had been broken into.

Community members came together Wednesday night at the Community of Grace Presbyterian Church to remember the 20 children and six adults who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Americans, broke americas heart in a way that 9/11 did as well. we -- we, of course, everybody swore never again. parkland came. uvalde came. so many others came. >> every week, every day sometimes. >> it really was -- and i want to talk about the progress that has been made, because sandy -- sandy hook was, it was a day that changed everything. i think the signage, you look at the shifts in opinion after sandy hook. >> uh-huh. >> i mean, opinion changed, and it led to what you were able to mars...

Family. the right, to be with the person you love, whether at a military graduation, a hospital bedside, or a naturalization ceremony. i also think back to june 28th, 2013, when, after we won the fight to strike down proposition 8, and i have the privilege and honor to pronounce my friends, chris perry and sandy steere, spouses for life, again, at san francisco city hall, and this time it was on the harvey milk balcony. and chris and sandy are here today, with their four sons, elliot, frank, spe...

Mckenzie and jeremy orric. >> the bell has rung >> i think that means its time. >> reporter: theyre the founders of cookies for caregivers, an organization dedicated to giving freshly baked treats to hometown heroes. >> perfect >> worked out well >> reporter: its a mission they started during the pandemic in 2020 scott was furloughed from his job at the local college, and middle schoolteacher, jeremy, was working from home. >> how did this happen >> we had a local bake off. >> this is cookie num...

Largely, as we mentioned, part of the recovery process is trying to react when eight to life as they knew it before. >> shes gonna need a minute, were not gonna hear from her soon. right? she needs to go through getter sea legs. people that come back from these, they need, it takes them admitted to be able to handle stimuli like noise, large crowds, flashbulbs. those things could be very scary at first. >> youll remember katie, were still waiting to hear the full scope of what griner went throug...

Without the support, president biden and his administration -- this is just amazing. there are other people still over there. there are still a lot more people to bring home. this is our first up. it has been a nightmare ordeal for bg, but for everyone here, it is all very sad. we are happy that she is home and hopefully she is doing okay. >> sandy, looks push this conversation forward a little bit more. we have the safe return of brittney griner back to the unit soil. yes, there are several oth...

Situation, but i like said, in the end, im just thankful that b.g. is coming home. >> >> do you think well see her on a basketball court again at some point? >> i really dont know. i think right now, b.g. needs to rest and recover and be with her wife and her family and, you know, im sure -- you know, mentally, emotionally, physically, its a long way for her to decide if she wants to play again. so, i think its in her court, yeah, id love to see her back on, but if she doesnt play again, thats n...

Terrible -- its like a nightmare. >> certainly. pulling back a little bit here, sandy, one of the reasons b.g. was in russia was in the first place was in part because of the pay disparities for women basketball players versus the mens leagues. they go in the offseason to do this. do you think that with all of this, do you anticipate americans playing basketball in russia? i mean, does this basically shut that down? >> yes. i mean, without saying, i mean, you would hope it would. look, i coached...