Slot houses, as they’ve been dubbed by CU Denver’s Christine Franck, are among the most controversial, and most hated, building styles currently on view in the Denver metro area. But there’s another approach that raises the hackles of Denver City Councilman Rafael Espinoza: garden court buildings, which are supposed to…
In recent weeks, three Denver Sheriff Department deputies — William Jackson, Steven Roybal and Monwell Fuller — have been fired for using excessive force against inmates at Denver County Jail. Afterward, Denver Sheriff Patrick Firman issued a tough statement in regard to these moves, saying, “The Denver Sheriff Department does…
Here’s some news that will add a delightful lift to your Monday: There’s a Tommy Chong’s meet-and-greet contest coming to Denver. Yes, you can hang with the legend himself when he comes to town for the official release of his Chong’s Choice cannabis line, selling now exclusively at these seven…
Blue Line Protection Group trains security personnel to protect your weed, and it’s hiring. The cannabis security company is hosting a career fair at its new Denver headquarters at 5765 Logan Street from noon to 7 p.m. on Monday, August 22 — which means today.. Blue Line has seen an increased…
After the Broncos’ 22-0 preseason-opening victory over the Chicago Bears on August 11, plenty of fans on Twitter were sufficiently reassured about the ongoing quarterback controversy to predict a return visit to the Super Bowl. Not anymore. On Saturday night, August 20, Denver lost 31-24 to the woeful San Francisco…
A small piece of Denver’s history is for sale. Last week the six-bedroom, three-and-a-quarter-bath home at 1790 Forest Parkway hit the market for $1,900,000. The 9,300-square-foot home was built in 1931 by architect Gilbert Charles Jaka, who two years later designed the Oxford Hotel’s Art Deco Cruise Room cocktail lounge,…
The tremendous popularity of Rocky Mountain National Park — it’s currently the third-most visited national park in the country — has brought with it a number of less positive developments, including isolated incidents of parking-lot rage and a high volume of human waste. While most of the latter is left in structures…
Alan Prendergast recently discovered that the bungalow in northwest Denver that he’d purchased for $79,000 in 1989 — and sold for double that amount ten years later — had been popped, remodeled (complete with putting green) and put on the market for $975,000. Which led him to ask: “Where the…
“Gentrification is such a big, scary word,” said Katherine Agular to a crowded gymnasium at Manual High School. “It angers me to see my friends and neighbors pack up and leave. But they have no choice, they can no longer afford to live in our neighborhood,” she continued. “It angers…
Prosecutor Frank Ruybalid isn’t going to lose his law license over the mishandling of several criminal cases — and that means the embattled district attorney for Las Animas and Huerfano counties will be able to finish his term at the end of this year despite stinging criticism of his office…
The presidential candidacy of Donald Trump has raised a lot of unexpected questions. Among the strangest: “Is there a difference between a politician saying he or she will vote for Trump and actually endorsing him?” The distinction isn’t merely academic. In recent days, New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, told CNN…
In his wheelchair, Hasan Jones rolled into the courtroom for his sentencing hearing Thursday, August 18, for the death of two-year-old Ny’ari Hines. The hearing at Arapahoe District Court finalized a plea deal that avoided a child abuse trial that neither hardened gangbangers nor hardened prosecutors seemed to have the stomach…
Among the greatest traditions of your Denver Broncos is the rookie haircut, in which veterans wreak shear havoc on the scalps of first-year players. And no one is immune — not even presumed quarterback-of-the-future Paxton Lynch, who proudly tweeted the photo of his new Munchin Land-ready look, seen above. Not…
When most of us make a mistake (especially a public one), we generally either avoid talking about it or do so in a manner that puts the best gloss on our actions. Not Jeremy Cadwell. The new Colorado resident is refreshingly candid about his rescue from Boulder’s Flatirons earlier this…
Tommy Chong’s weed is now in a pipe near you. Seven dispensaries in Colorado quietly began carrying Chong’s Choice flower this week. The modest yet carefully thought-out cannabis line consists of three strains, marketed simply as Chong’s Choice Indica, Sativa and Hybird. The genetics of the three strains: Grape Stomper…
Today the Board of Education of Denver Public Schools is slated to vote on the sale of the Emily Griffith property at 1250 Welton Street to Stonebridge Companies for $26,100,000. Legendary Denver educator Emily Griffith would probably give this deal an A — although for a long time, it looked…
As personal marijuana grows proliferate throughout the state, so do the problems that can accompany them. Entrepreneur Alison Helsley thinks she may have found a solution: Rooms to Grow, a space where individuals can grow their own plants away from their private residences. But she’s had to deal with growing…
In the late spring of 2015, a home in Greenwood Village was utterly destroyed after Robert Seacat, a suspected Walmart shoplifter, took refuge inside and refused to come out for nearly twenty hours. In the wake of this bizarre episode, the trio that had been living in the residence — John Lech,…
It’s been a rough past few months for the venerable PT’s strip clubs in Denver — and things just got rougher. Early yesterday morning, a shooting took place outside PT’s II, 8315 East Colfax, following a promotion dubbed #selfiesaturday. One man died in the incident, and no suspect information has…
If you think the property in this photo, and the larger ones below, doesn’t look like a typical ranch, you’d be right. But its owner, rock singer Joe Cocker, isn’t a typical rancher. He is, however, downsizing — and that means he’s selling his spectacular spread near Crawford, on the…
A new private-sector security plan for the 16th Street Mall, which includes the hiring of guards who’ll be on duty as soon as this afternoon, has just been unveiled by the Downtown Denver Partnership and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District. It’s the latest effort to address problems at one of the…
Dear Stoner: Why does smoking weed make you hungry? Like, does science know why? Stewie Dear Stewie: The munchies are real, man. Although no one could definitively point to a brain reaction and say “There it is” for a long time, by 2015 marijuana’s ability to increase appetite was already…
