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California

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    One Direction sues One Direction over the name "One Direction" ...confused yet?

    See Also: • One Direction at the Pepsi Center 7/24/13 • One Direction proves skeptics wrong on SNL • Boy-band resurgence: One Direction trys to fill the void Justin Timberlake left Some say you haven't tasted success until you are sued. If that's true, then it's official: One Direction is qu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Reader: California brought Colorado a sh*t ton of money and jobs

    Life's a beach if you live in California, not Colorado.​On Monday, Westword posted its own version of "Shit people say" in Denver....and the shit quickly hit the fan. People from Texas and California, in particular, didn't appreciate the joke. Here's the response from Surfnskidude:

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Reader: Park Meadows could use some new food spots

    It's all about suburbia today. After reviewing Street Kitchen Asian Bistro, Laura Shunk went on a hunt for the "Five best places for lunch near the Tech Center," which inspired a number of suggestions -- some of them ethnic joints, which she'd said were in short supply in the southern 'burbs. The n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    California Cafe closes in Park Meadows

    Scott Burau​Last year saw nearly 300 restaurant openings on the books -- but 2012 is already kicking off with several closures, including the long-lived Pearl Street Grill, next-door neighbor India's Pearl and nearby Ototo. And now, from the southern suburbs, comes word of another shuttered re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Reader: Fifty Fifty beer isn't worth thirty bucks

    ​California or bust! This week Fifty Fifty Brewing, which is based in Truckee, California, will send Colorado some of its most sought-after, most expensive product: Eclipse, an oak-aged imperial stout. And it's selling for close to $30 a bottle.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Top five pitches for John Hickenlooper and Michael Hancock to use on California businesses

    Eat this, In-N-Out.​In a repeat of a trip he made with then-governor Bill Owens back in 2003, Governor John Hickenlooper is now winging his way to California. He and new Denver mayor Michael Hancock are officially trying to encourage businesses there to expand to Colorado -- and, unofficially, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    HempCon 2011: What do fake orgasms have to do with medical marijuana?

    www.hempcon.com​What does a skeezy beauty pageant, and "hot ass" and "best orgasm" contests have to do with medical marijuana? Nothing. But for some reason all three are events were listed as contests as recently as Tuesday afternoon for the upcoming HempCon convention.

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Denver is eighth most promiscuous city in the U.S.? Aren't we easier than that?

    "We're not promiscuous. We're just posed that way."​Hooray! Another city list in which Denver scores high! And we do mean "scores" -- because Mile High has placed eighth in OKCupid.com's list of the ten most promiscuous cities in the U.S.

  • News

    May 26, 2011

    Why not promote the use of proper Spanish?

    "We're not promiscuous. We're just posed that way."​Hooray! Another city list in which Denver scores high! And we do mean "scores" -- because Mile High has placed eighth in OKCupid.com's list of the ten most promiscuous cities in the U.S.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Wild horse roundups: Judge okays lawsuit as accounts of abuse pile up (VIDEO)

    ​Amid mounting evidence of wild horses being mistreated during government roundups and suffering in poorly tended holding facilities, a federal judge in California is allowing a key legal challenge by horse advocates to move forward -- one that could end up ordering captured horses released ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Mike Corona, "America's Sheriff," headed for Littleton federal prison

    FCI Englewood​Disgraced ex-lawman Michael Corona, a former hot property in California Republican circles and once dubbed "America's Sheriff" by an admiring Larry King, has lost his appeal on corruption charges and may soon be one of the more celebrated inmates at Federal Correctional Instituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    California Zephyr heading into Union Station

    ​The sun just started to edge up over the horizon after we passed Fort Morgan: The California Zephyr is running an hour or so late, but the miracle is that it's going at all, after the mess the snowstorm made of the East Coast.

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Stupid ad of the week (from the archives): Overturn Prop 8

    ​In the modern world, advertising is one of the most powerful tools available to get one's message out to the public. Urgent issues are spread wide through our wonderful super technology. But just because you can send a message out to millions of people simultaneously doesn't mean it's going t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Pot versus beer: Are CO's two iconic industries destined to clash over weed legalization?

    ​Has the war between intoxicants formally begun? The California Beer and Beverage Distributors (CBBD), a trade association, recently made headlines for donating $10,000 to oppose Proposition 19, the California marijuana-legalization measure to be voted on in November.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Get ready, Southern California: Great Divide beers are on their way

    Great Divide BrewingGreat Divide has added a lot of capacity.​Great Divide Brewing will challenge some of the big boys of bold brewing this week as it takes its Yeti Imperial Stout, Titan IPA, Hercules Double IPA, Smoked Baltic Porter and other beers to Southern California bars and stores for ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2010

    Strung Out

    Sunday, September 26, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Maui Brewing's CoConut Porter and fifteen other Great American Beer Festival stars

    Cigar City's beers were smokin'.​Maui Brewing Company was one of the first breweries I wanted to hit at this year's Great American Beer Festival. The Lahaina-based brewer was named Grand National Champion at the United States Open Beer Championships earlier this year and has been getting natio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Overrated breweries: A six-pack of hype for the Great American Beer Festival

    ​I've tasted hundreds and hundreds of beers over the past twenty years, from Keystone Ice to Sam Adams to Odell to Dogfish Head, and I've loved almost every one. I love the craft brews especially, and thank god they are around - in force. But sometimes the hype about a certain beer or brewery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Mobile vendors make Wednesdays at 15th and California streets a regular stop

    The Steamin' Demon leads a fleet of mobile vendors to 15th and California streets​Just two weeks ago, several of the city's food trucks added a new weekly stop to their rosters: Wednesday appearances at 15th and California, the site of the Tiri's Garden farmers' market. That crowd was led by ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Ex marks the spat: Dump the pendejo, already

    The Steamin' Demon leads a fleet of mobile vendors to 15th and California streets​Just two weeks ago, several of the city's food trucks added a new weekly stop to their rosters: Wednesday appearances at 15th and California, the site of the Tiri's Garden farmers' market. That crowd was led by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    What would the industry do without Glee?

    For the second week in a row, album sales reached their lowest point in the history of the SoundScan era. "Indie" bands, meanwhile, continue to chart unexpectedly high: This week, The Black Keys are number three, Band of Horses is number seven and LCD Soundsystem is number ten. But these are fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Album Sales Are In The Crapper, But The National Is Doing Just Fine

    This week's signs of the music industry's apocalypse: 1. The National had the highest selling debut album in the country this week, good for number three overall (behind Justin Beiber and Lady Antebellum). 2. This was the worst week for album sales since SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2010

    Mexican slurs add insult to injury

    This week's signs of the music industry's apocalypse: 1. The National had the highest selling debut album in the country this week, good for number three overall (behind Justin Beiber and Lady Antebellum). 2. This was the worst week for album sales since SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Bad Weather California's next album being produced by Akron/Family

    ​ Splendid news coming out of the Bad Weather California camp this morning: In addition to joining Akron/Family (and Woodsman, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Widowers and the Dead Phish Orchestra) for its upcoming three-day residency at Quixotes on May 14-16, Bad Weather California is planning to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Marijuana legalization: Could it hurt Colorado's booming medical-pot business?

    Could legalization hurt Colorado's medical marijuana growers?​While lawmakers hammer out regulations on Colorado's nascent yet booming medical marijuana industry, an even bigger political showdown is looming in California, where voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana altogether in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Yelp Lawsuit Widens: From Washington to Chicago to L.A., Plaintiffs Charge Extortion

    Nine companies have joined the proposed class action lawsuit against Yelp, the San Francisco-based Internet giant, attorneys in Miami and California announced this morning. ​ The new plaintiffs are located everywhere from Tujunga, California, to Washington, D.C. They include businesses rangin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Medical marijuana dispensaries aren't the only California businesses Colorado loves

    A Flickr photoYou can get it all on the Venice boardwalk -- even your medicine.​ Did you know that today is officially Colorado Loves California Day? No joke. Well, actually, it sorta is one. This is the second year that Colorado has proclaimed its lust for the Golden State -- the idea being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Mile-high chihuahua caregivers

    If it happens in Colorado, it came from California. First it was the medical marijuana dispensary, and now it is the adoptable chihuahua dispensary... ​ Keep reading about adoptable chihuahua dispensaries below!

  • News

    December 24, 2009

    Mexican poetry and social analysis — seriously!

    If it happens in Colorado, it came from California. First it was the medical marijuana dispensary, and now it is the adoptable chihuahua dispensary... ​ Keep reading about adoptable chihuahua dispensaries below!

  • News

    October 15, 2009

    This gabacho's on a collision course with the facts about uninsured drivers

    If it happens in Colorado, it came from California. First it was the medical marijuana dispensary, and now it is the adoptable chihuahua dispensary... ​ Keep reading about adoptable chihuahua dispensaries below!

  • Music

    October 1, 2009

    The Intelligence

    Tuesday, October 6, Meadowlark, 303-293-0251.

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    A Rosita by any other name...

    Tuesday, October 6, Meadowlark, 303-293-0251.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Deca finds "Movement" in a wind farm

    Even though L.I.F.E. Crew member Deca has been spending the last year or so living in California, we can't deny his Colorado roots.The gruff-voiced rapper has filmed a video for a song called "Movement," in California in the midst of a wind farm. We're not sure where the song is from or if he's work ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    Who says Mexicans have to eat Mexican food?

    Even though L.I.F.E. Crew member Deca has been spending the last year or so living in California, we can't deny his Colorado roots.The gruff-voiced rapper has filmed a video for a song called "Movement," in California in the midst of a wind farm. We're not sure where the song is from or if he's work ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    The Knew lands song on AMC's Breaking Bad

    The second season of Breaking Bad makes its premier on Sunday, March 8. As part of AMC's effort to tout its original series, which chronicles a terminally ill chemistry teacher named Walter White's (Bryan Cranston, Malcom in the Middle) foray into the drug trade, the network is currently running a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

    Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Frontside Five signs with DC-Jam Records

    Skate punk kingpins, Frontside Five, recently profiled in Thasher magazine, has joined the roster of DC-Jam Records. The Missouri-based imprint, which is also home to legendary skate punks JFA and McRad, will release the band's upcoming full-length, Resurrection Cemetary, in early March, and to co ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 18, 2008

    Leaving France for America

    Skate punk kingpins, Frontside Five, recently profiled in Thasher magazine, has joined the roster of DC-Jam Records. The Missouri-based imprint, which is also home to legendary skate punks JFA and McRad, will release the band's upcoming full-length, Resurrection Cemetary, in early March, and to co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Another sexy deal from Dan Savage

    Skate punk kingpins, Frontside Five, recently profiled in Thasher magazine, has joined the roster of DC-Jam Records. The Missouri-based imprint, which is also home to legendary skate punks JFA and McRad, will release the band's upcoming full-length, Resurrection Cemetary, in early March, and to co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    The California Experiment

    Skate punk kingpins, Frontside Five, recently profiled in Thasher magazine, has joined the roster of DC-Jam Records. The Missouri-based imprint, which is also home to legendary skate punks JFA and McRad, will release the band's upcoming full-length, Resurrection Cemetary, in early March, and to co ... More >>

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    Evan Almighty

    It took a master plan — and a mastermind — to end the stalemate on downtown's worst block.

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Some Velvet Morning

    Brightblack Morning Light gets acclimated to city living.

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2006

    Felling Giants

    A new play documents the giant-redwood controversy.

  • Dining

    July 29, 2004

    Simple Pleasures

    Kassai Sushi raises street food to the level of art.

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Power Outage

    Xcel Energy faces tough financial scrutiny as power companies nationwide feel the heat.

  • Calendar

    May 20, 1999

    Wagons Ho!

    Xcel Energy faces tough financial scrutiny as power companies nationwide feel the heat.

  • Dining

    April 16, 1998

    Beauty and the Feast

    Xcel Energy faces tough financial scrutiny as power companies nationwide feel the heat.

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Socket to Me

    If Colorado deregulates electricity, Californians will be first in line for the state's cheap power--and Coloradans may get fried.

  • Dining

    May 29, 1997

    Coasting

    If Colorado deregulates electricity, Californians will be first in line for the state's cheap power--and Coloradans may get fried.

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Hive Anxiety

    To bee or not to bee? Denver's zoning department just answered that question.

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