Update: Yesterday, we told you about the arrest of 41-year-old Timothy Baca for allegedly killing his mother and then wounding two police officers as they tried to take him into custody; see our previous coverage below. Now, more details are emerging about the crime itself, with Baca quoted in a…
Each year, our Best of Denver awards for Best Hair on a Denver TV personality — females and males alike — are among the most heavily contested of any on our annual list. Now, the top picks are out — but what about the nine finalists in each category who…
During the debate over regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, opponents frequently suggested that the presence of such shops would cause crime to rise. Numerous studies have debunked these predictions and a new University of Texas Dallas inquiry does, too — but with a twist. Researchers note that crime rates related to…
This past weekend, Mile High Stadium was filled with cheerleaders auditioning for one of the coveted spots on the Broncos’ cheerleading squad. All the applicants had to be at least 21 years of age. There were three rounds of tryouts, with preliminary and semi-final auditions taking place on Sunday. The…
Denver blog posts enjoy bag lunches — but not douchebag lunches. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares the opinion of a reader whose favorite restaurants are those at which he’s unlikely to encounter any hipsters. Coyote Gulch on the GOP’s renewed attack on the Endangered Species Act. Mile…
Following our post about a list of the best state flags, in which Colorado’s finished a mediocre twelfth, we shared a post from a commenter who objected to the design being spammed everywhere. This reader has the opposite point of view…
Those critical of marijuana legalization in general and the annual 4/20 rally at Denver’s Civic Center Park in particular may be tempted to use the cold-case bust of Joseph Baca as an example of weed’s evil. After all, Baca is accused of sexually assaulting a fourteen-year-old at a post-smoke-out party…
Today marks the beginning of what’s expected to be a two-week trial pertaining to a suit filed by Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith and more than fifty of his colleagues against gun-control laws passed last year. Included among them are a ban of all magazines that can hold more than…
We recently stumbled across a vintage list of the ten most sexually active American cities assembled by Quality Health. Turns out Denver is very high among communities experiencing a happy ending, if you know what we mean. And we’re pretty sure you do. Where did Denver finish? Look below to…
Overnight, the weather in the metro area really blew, with gusts at predicted speeds of 80 miles per hour uprooting the occasional tree and making sleeping difficult for plenty of Denverites. The best way to react? By laughing. Below, we’ve collected our picks for the fifteen funniest windy weather memes…
From the beginning, Timothy Baca, 41, was the prime suspect in the apparent murder of his mother, 65-year-old Bernice Medina. And police only had to use the most basic detective skills in order to track him down. Yet taking him into custody wasn’t easy, since he had a knife in…
In the early 1950s, a U.S. senator from Tennessee named Estes Kefauver wanted to make a name for himself. The guy had high aspirations, after all, and fancied himself presidential material. And what better way to do that than to scare the living crap out of the American public with…
Denver blogs feed your Downton Abbey addiction. On Show and Tell, Kyle Harris gets ready for the Alamo Drafthouse’s showing of Persuasion by running down ten period films everyone should see. At the Colorado Independent, Mike Littwin looks at why the fight over contraception could boost Democrats’ base. The Readheaded…
To mark Colorado Craft Beer week, Governor John Hickenlooper hosted a celebration of the $826 million craft-beer industry at the Governor’s Mansion last Friday, where he also displayed the building’s new beer taps — paid for by the Colorado Brewers Guild — while Mason Tvert, father of Amendment 64, protested…
Though Mayor Michael Hancock has come under fire for some of his Denver Department of Parks and Recreation initiatives, including the now-canceled City Loop project in City Park, the mayor’s office is celebrating an important parks-and-rec-related victory this week: More than 42,000 school-age children have enrolled in the MY Denver…
After a fatal shooting Wednesday night on West Avondale Drive, the Denver police have arrested one suspect, 29-year-old Timothy Wakefield. Witnesses told police that Wakefield was arguing with the still-unidentified victim before the shooting, which took place a little after 8 p.m. March 26 at 3233 West Avondale Drive. According…
There was a whole lot of shaking going on in northwest Denver last Sunday, when an attempt to make hash oil exploded in a rental duplex in the 2900 block of Julian Street. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey formally charged 40-year-old Jeff Garbarek, 39-year-old Steve Donnel and and 43-year-old Scott…
For the past two weeks, the area around Colorado Springs has been besieged by tumbleweeds. Piles of the dessicated, rolling shrubs have clogged streets and yards, trapping residents at home in at least one case. For farmers, the plants have choked off irrigation ditches, the piles of tinder-dry shrubs forming…
“Should I write movies or work for a production company?” a fresh-faced Miguel Ali (formerly Miguel Ali Hasan) asked his professor, John Badham, the director of Short Circuit and Saturday Night Fever. Badham replied: “Go get some life experience. It will make you a better director.” So Ali did: He…
Denver blogs: the final frontier On Show and Tell, Cory Casciato pays tribute to two of science fiction’s most enduring characters on their birthday week. Colorado Independent’s Bob Berwyn explains how pot is turning into big business in some ski towns. The Denver Egotist on a new Kickstarter clone that’s…
My high school didn’t have shop class. The only way we could learn about using power tools was through tech theater classes, in which we were used as slave labor to build sets for the plays. That also included painting faux wood finishes that looked great at twenty feet but…
This is why the Internet was invented: To post effing adorable photos of baby kitt-ehs or, in this case, two tiny clouded leopard cubs born at the Denver Zoo earlier this month. The unnamed cubs — one male and one female — were born to mom Lisu and dad Taji…
