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Former CBS4 Reporter Wendy Bergen Dies: From Scandal to Redemption
Wendy Bergen, a former reporter with KCNC, the station now known as CBS4, died on Wednesday, April 26, following a brain aneurysm. Bergen’s television career ended in scandal after she was convicted of staging a dogfight for a 1990 report called “Blood Sport.” But according to KNUS talk-show host Peter Boyles, who was a friend of Bergen’s for thirty years, she used this personal disaster to fuel a post-TV life devoted to helping others in trouble.
Class Certification Granted to Thousands of Homeless Suing Denver Over Sweeps
Today, Thursday, April 27, U.S. District Court Judge William Martinez granted class certification in a lawsuit that challenges Denver’s homeless sweeps. According to the attorney representing the plaintiffs, Jason Flores-Williams, the ruling is historic: It was made on civil-rights grounds, and the certified class covers every single person who finds themselves…
The Strange Death of Darrell Havens, Prisoner Who Battled the System
Paralyzed in a police shooting, Darrell Havens fought the system tenaciously — until he passed away, at age 29, in a Colorado Springs hospital.
The Return of Ward Churchill to CU Boulder
On Saturday, April 29, former professor Ward Churchill will return to the University of Colorado Boulder, the institution that fired him ten years earlier in what the author of a report that blasted CU’s actions calls “the most notorious academic freedom controversy in a generation.”
Mother of Four’s Deportation Story: “Don’t Look Back or We’ll Shoot”
Maria de Jesus Jimenez Sanchez, an undocumented woman with four children, one of whom is developmentally delayed, has been deported from the Denver area to Mexico, even though her only crime beyond unauthorized border crossings was driving without a license. Her attorney says she was forced to walk back into Mexico by border agents who told her she’d be shot if she dared to look back.
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Why Colorado Tokers Love StarKiller
Star Wars strains have quietly claimed a healthy niche in a galaxy that takes us far, far away. Many of them trace their roots back to OG Kush; Death Star, Darth Vader OG, Skywalker OG and Yoda OG are all either phenotypes of, or bred from, an OG strain. Colorado breeder Rare Dankness continued that powerful line of strains with StarKiller OG.
Most Expensive Denver Neighborhoods for Renting a One-Bedroom in Spring 2017
The costs in the ten most expensive Denver neighborhoods to rent a one-bedroom apartment are at a level associated with the priciest metro-area places for two-bedroom rentals less than two and a half years ago.
LivWell Receives Energy Award From Xcel
Every year Xcel Energy honors organizations with energy efficiency awards, and for the first time, a cannabis business is on the list of honorees. LivWell won the company’s Lighting Efficiency Achievement Award for its efforts to save energy and reduce itsimpact on the environment. “It’s the highest energy saving for…
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How Hard Brock Franklin and Associates Were Slapped for Violent Child Sex Ring
Brock Franklin has been found guilty on 30 of 34 charges originally pressed against him in an indictment over a violent child sex ring. In addition, five of six alleged Franklin associates accused of taking part in the scheme, which involved physical abuse, a pistol-whipping, forced sex and the use of drugs to maintain loyalty, have received punishment of their own, ranging from deferred sentences to an eighteen-year prison jolt. In the last case, charges were dismissed.
Arturo Hernandez Garcia, Former Sanctuary-Seeker, Reportedly Detained by ICE
Arturo Hernandez Garcia, a Mexican immigrant who made headlines when he spent nine months in sanctuary during 2015 at the First Unitarian Society in Denver, has reportedly been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Hernandez Garcia was the subject of a Westword cover story, “Sacred Ground.” He’s been fighting…
DPD Chief White: “We Don’t Police ICE, and ICE Doesn’t Police Us”
After Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, the American Civil Liberties Union launched a major grassroots resistance platform called People’s Power. With help from the Bernie Sanders campaign, the movement’s website, peoplepower.org, has been a hub and organizing tool for creating events across the country. On Tuesday, one of those…
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Denver City Council Extends Dispensary Hours to 10 p.m.
Starting May 1, Denver dispensaries will be allowed to stay open until 10 p.m. Denver City Council approved the three-hour extension on Monday, April 24, after studying the issue for the last few months.
Denver 420 Rally: Attempt to Ban It Would Trigger a Lawsuit, Attorney Says
An attorney who plays a key role in the annual Denver 4/20 Rally is pushing back against criticism of the event delivered by Mayor Michael Hancock and other officials at an April 24 press conference. Rob Corry insists that organizers didn’t violate their permit for Civic Center Park and rejects the possibility of fines because the location was still strewn with garbage the next morning. He also feels that Denver should accept some responsibility for problems at the gathering, including long security lines that eventually led to some attendees breaking down a fence — and he makes it clear that should city reps attempt to prohibit the rally entirely, they’d wind up in court.
Survey Finds People Consider Marijuana Less Harmful Than Sugar
A new study indicates that younger people are consuming marijuana in healthier ways — and see marijuana as healthier than other substances. The Cannabis Culture Report produced by DIGG, a market research firm, surveyed 1,105 Americans and 1,108 Canadians for their responses on several issues.
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Metro Denver Home Values Skyrocket: How Much More Your Home Is Worth Now
More evidence that the Denver area’s housing market remains red hot: Property values in the seven-county Denver metro area are skyrocketing, according to a joint announcement from the assessors in each jurisdiction. The value of residential property in the majority of locations is up by at least 20 percent over the past year, and often considerably more. In addition, the value of property in other categories has risen by as much as 68 percent.
How Tyrone Richardson Got 1,888 Years for Scream Robbery
Tyrone Richardson has been sentenced to a jaw-dropping 1,888 years in prison for Lakewood’s 2015 Scream bank robbery. Richardson is the third and final suspect in the heist and subsequent crime spree to receive punishment. Myloh Mason, who was captured after becoming the twelfth Coloradan to be placed on the FBI’s ten most-wanted list, received 1,200 years in prison, while conspirator Miguel Sanders earned a mere 371 years behind bars.
Ask a Stoner: I Need Healthier Edibles for My Post-Workout
A reader wants advice on healthy edible alternatives after a workout. Our Stoner has the answer.
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Disappearing Denver: Looking Back at Buildings We’ve Lost
Denver was barely a century old in the go-go ’60s, when eager developers began wiping this city’s past off the map, demolishing old buildings downtown and replacing them with surface parking lots, all in the name of urban renewal. But much of that stopped when Denver City Council approved the Denver Landmark Preservation Ordinance in March 1967, a year after the National Historic Preservation Act was enacted and two years after Dana Crawford began creating Larimer Square.
Historic Zang Mansion in Capitol Hill Sells for $2 Million
Forty years after her father bought the historic Zang Mansion, Janet Greiner has sold it for $2 million to a buyer who plans to upgrade the electrical and plumbing systems. It’s bittersweet for Greiner, whose father, Rodney Greiner, died last fall. Greiner says she doesn’t have the time or the…
Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Jail Suit: Prayer Service Attendees Were Pepper-Sprayed
A lawsuit claims that guards at a Colorado prison pepper-sprayed Muslim inmates gathering for a prayer service and later assaulted one of them in retaliation for his plans to pursue the matter in court. The attorney behind the suit calls the actions a hate crime and sees a connection between them and the type of rhetoric that currently emanates from the White House.
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Is Donald Trump Responsible for Record Marijuana Sales in Colorado?
Colorado’s cannabis industry continues to break records. This February’s recreational sales were the second-highest for a month, falling just shy of the $88.2 million sold in September 2016, according to data released Monday by Marijuana Business Daily. Marijuana sales of both medical and recreational marijuana in Colorado totaled more than…