Was traffic a little sluggish this morning? Did it seem as if minivans were lurching across lanes a little more than normal and that SUVs were stopping at yellow lights rather than blowing right through them? Yes it did, and I’ll tell you why. The Denver Public Schools year ended…
View Larger Map The Denver Coroner’s Office has identified Ivory Mefford, 28, as the victim of a homicide at the 3100 block of North Franklin, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing in the image, click “View Larger Map”). The brief release can be found…
View Larger Map The march of death continues. During the wee hours of May 29, Lillian Verdonkschot, 49, was struck by a vehicle reportedly driven by 23-year-old Adams County resident Dawn Marie Gonzales near the Burger King at 6th Avenue and Broadway captured in the graphic above (if you have…
Outdoor movie nights? They’re the best! Everyone lolls about, enjoying picnic fare in the fresh air under a starry sky, watching a popular movie that not only has something for everyone, but that also somehow transcends its second-run status thanks to the lovely atmosphere. And weather notwithstanding, one of the…
As noted in a blog published earlier today, Martino TV, the pay-for-play show hosted by Tom Martino, debuted this morning on both Channel 31 and Channel 2 — and another new program, Everyday, bows this afternoon at 4 p.m., with Natalie Tysdal and Fox 31 anchor Libby Weaver as co-hosts…
And the killings continue. An arson investigation looking into a suspicious May 28 fire at 2301 N. Emporia Street no longer includes an attempted-homicide component. Instead, it features a pair of murder charges due to the death yesterday of a still-unidentified victim at an area hospital. The arrestees are Coy…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 22. Valverde: Daisy, Donald, Black Beauty and Rudolph. The eastern portion of the Valverde neighborhood is a pack rat’s paradise. It is located in one of those hard-to-find areas that is zoned for both residential and light industry. It’s not uncommon…
Those of you hoping that Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall might get a slap on the wrist for his various legal troubles need a reality check. The case laid out against him in “Brandon Marshall’s Past,” a report for ESPN’s Outside the Lines, is so damning, so shocking, that…
Today’s debut of Martino TV, which airs at 9 a.m. on Channel 31 and again at 11 a.m. on Channel 2, sported its share of glitches — but in comparison with the laughably catastrophic launch of the 7 p.m. Channel 2 news hour, known as News on the Deuce, it…
See Aaron Thackeray’s photos from a downtown pool party — which was apparently pretty fun, at least according to these florescent tank tops — at westword.com/slideshow…
View Larger Map What a lethal four-day stretch in Denver. Friday brought word of a fatal shooting at the El Chapparal night club. With Saturday came news of a homicide on the 3100 block of North Franklin. On Sunday, we learned about a body found in a field at Arizona…
It may be overcast and rainy in Denver today, but there’s at least one sure sign of summer on view: Gas prices are climbing like Clint Eastwood in The Eiger Sanction. According to the American Automobile Association, the price of unleaded has risen 38 cents per gallon in a month,…
Maybe Los Angeles Lakers players should keep it zipped when they visit Denver. Earlier this decade, Kobe Bryant spent month after month in legal hell after a woman said he’d sexually assaulted her, precipitating a media free-for-all in Eagle County that only ended after his accuser stopped participating in the…
Did you feel a chill in the air this morning? Maybe that’s because nationally syndicated radio personality/unctuous Fox News oozer Glenn Beck is in town for a live show at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House tonight. Even though the gig has been sold out for quite some time, Beck spent…
National Public Radio has told a couple of prominent national stories through a Colorado prism in recent days. Last week, the service offered “News For Sale?,” a report about the growing movement to charge for online information products that had previously been available for free — and among those interviewed…
Last week, Broomfield Police officers killed Blair Kepler, 58, after he fatally shot his wife, Leigh Landskroner in their presence. The memorial service for Landskroner, whose family spoke about her love of animals and kin in a Daily Camera profile, took place on Friday. The Broomfield Enterprise also published a…
The latest contract extension between King Soopers and workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local #7 expired at midnight on May 30. But as of this writing, at least, nothing much has happened. It’s been clear for weeks that neither management nor labor really want a…
View Larger Map It’s turning out to be an unfortunately lethal weekend in the Mile High City. Early yesterday, a dead man with gunshot wounds was found at the 3100 block of North Franklin. Then, just after 3 a.m. this morning, the Denver Police Department responded to a report of…
View Larger Map The 3100 block of North Franklin, captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”), looks pleasant, bucolic even. However, something bad, very bad, has happened there. The Denver Police Department responded to a call at 5:30 a.m. today, and…
As I write this blog, the Nuggets are down by 24 points to the Los Angeles Lakers with 1:36 to go in game six of the Western Conference finals — playing out the string in the kind of loss we’d come to expect in previous years, but had thought the…
Hello, we must be going. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Punk Rocks at Red Rocks. • Catch the Buzz 3 Mixtape features Spoke-In-Wordz, Playalitical, DJ Chonz. • MP3 Freeloader: Saturday, the Rouge CD release party at Larimer Lounge. • Flier of the Week: Inactivists at the D-Note. •…
This morning, we published a blog asking the musical question, “Clint Hurdle: How Many Times Has He Not Been Fired?” Don’t have to ask that anymore: Believe it or don’t, the Rockies pulled the trigger a few hours later. Bench coach Jim Tracy will serve as interim manager — and…
