As Patricia Calhoun points out in this morning’s Wake-Up Call, the Colorado Board of Health is holding an “Emergency Rulemaking Hearing” at 10:30 a.m. this morning; it takes place in Building A at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment headquarters, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South. The spur: A…
It’s been at least a week since our fair state made it on any Most Livable, Charming, Fittest or Drunkest list. So thank heavens for the folks at ForbesTraveler, the “luxury travel authority from inspiration to reservation.” Its latest ingenious and largely predictable compilation of “America’s Prettiest Towns” does not…
On October 23, Chopsticks & Sushi owner Yan De Yang was arrested for investigation of first-degree murder in regard to a shooting that took place at his restaurant during the previous afternoon, causing areas near the busy 16th Street Mall to be closed to traffic for hours. Well, the investigation…
Click on a local blog. You’ll be glad you did. The folks at Rocky Mountain Right are launching the Red Dawn Project, described as “a new initiative to help promote viable, conservative challengers seeking offices currently held by Democrats in Colorado.” For the love of Swayze! Because of the Nuggets’…
We still don’t know all the particulars about the Halloween festivities on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall on Saturday; at this writing, the Boulder Police Department is still gathering information about total citations and arrests. But it’s clear that the low level of participation (and actual nudity) in the annual Naked…
Over the past few years, no one had to wonder if Boulder’s Naked Pumpkin Run had taken place — but it was a different story this Halloween. The Colorado Daily caught sight of two or three runners — a far cry from last year, when around a hundred people took…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Figure 39. East Colfax: Emperor penguin on the edge All of the exotic creatures that come to Denver eventually end up on East Colfax Avenue. So, it should be no surprise to find a penguin perched on a porch in the neighborhood…
Looks like the Boulder Police Department largely succeeded at preventing a full-scale revival of the Boulder Mall Crawl and throwing a towel over the annual Naked Pumpkin Run. BPD reps haven’t returned multiple interview requests this morning — but in the wee hours of November 1, the department issued a…
Last week, we told you about a $1,000 fine levied against the organizer of the annual Zombie Crawl — for cleaning up fake blood. At the time, chief crawler Daniel Newman said he was eager to sit down with representatives of the city and/or the Downtown Denver Partnership to make…
Another Halloween has come and gone, and Denver had a pretty decent showing costume-wise. See hundreds of photos on the slideshow page. Elsewhere: The Backbeat blog has reviews of The Siren Project at the Church on Sunday and David Bazan at the hi-dive…
CU Buffs coach Dan Hawkins certainly talks a good game. Trouble is, football is about making plays, not excuses — something Hawkins didn’t acknowledge in the wake of the team’s 36-17 loss to the Missouri Tigers on Saturday (see lowlights below). In a post-catastrophe conversation with KOA’s Mark Johnson, who…
For as long as most of us can remember, beat writers at the Denver Post have been allowed to make game predictions about teams they cover — but no more, because of a decision by the paper’s editor, Greg Moore. The dictate went public Friday afternoon, when Broncos writer Mike…
No one’s deep-throating any shotguns following the Broncos’ 30-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens yesterday. The Broncos had been lucky to be 6-0 — hell, they were fortunate to be 1-0 — and they were more than due for a reality check. But the way the game developed raises worries…
There are pros and cons to burglarizing a police officer, as someone did in Northglenn on Friday; a loaded Glock 26 handgun and a friend’s 2005 PT Cruiser were among the items swiped. On the positive side, you gain legendary status among your fellow felons: “Robbed a cop? Stole his…
Club Posh, at 4040 E. Evans, debuted on February 20, and judging by our slideshow from opening night, a good time was had by all. But the fun was less universal during the early hours of November 1, when Halloween revelry ended with three shooting victims: one found by Denver…
Spotted over at Boing Boing, this wonderful piece of art, submitted in an office pumpkin contest, almost makes the whole Balloon Boy saga worthwhile. Almost. Go Falcon, go!…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted online: Snow removal Pay: $13 to $35 an hour based on experience and…
The Colorado Supreme Court’s disciplinary judge has finally issued a ruling in the long-running saga of Mark Brennan, the pugnacious attorney who won a $1.2 million judgment against the City of Denver in 2006 — only to see it thrown out by Judge Robert Blackburn, who denounced Brennan for “boorish…
After staring at the above photograph for a little while, it becomes obvious that all of the monsters in this Mash Bash wear roughly the same size of clothing and have similar tastes in fashion. A surprise porch appearance by a man of similar size and taste then made it…
Local bloggers are easier to love — because they’re so conveniently located. 5280’s Michael de Yoanna notes Senator Mark Udall’s unstinting support for expanding nuclear energy. It’s clean, unless it spills — in which case it’s kinda messy. Nate Timmons at Denver Stiffs points out that last night’s Nuggets win…
This week, we learned that in August, home prices in the Denver area rose for the sixth straight month, and the average was down just 1.9 percent from the same month last year. Given that catastrophes in the housing sector are largely responsible for our long-running recession, do the August…
Congratulations, Patrick Moat, Ryan Spear and Brian Coshnitzke. You’ve just put your marks in the History of Stupid Criminals — marks shaped like the footprints in the snow police were able to follow to your door. Greenwood Village Police Lieutenant Randy Corbitt tells the story, which gets dumber, and funnier,…
