“The Bum’s Rush” and “Street Dreams,” April 26 Bum Steer Councilman Albus Brooks claims that his proposal to ban unauthorized camping does not criminalize homelessness. Mayor Michael Hancock describes allowing people to sleep on the streets as “morally inhumane.” However, the wording of the proposed legislation and the logic it…
A river runs through the heart of Denver, this city’s most liquid asset. But the South Platte River wasn’t always regarded that way. “We came to the shallow, yellow, muddy South Platte, with its low banks and its scattering of flat sand-bars and pigmy islands — a melancholy stream straggling…
What is it about Westword news boxes that make people want to do strange things to and with them? Dunno — but in the last year or so, several readers have shared wacky photos of them staging their own version of Boxing Day. Here’s the first one, taken outside Bushwacker’s…
A lengthy administrative battle over a 42-unit apartment complex, to be built on the corner of a historic block of grand single-family homes on the south end of Capitol Hill, appears to be just about over. But opponents of the 777 Emerson Lofts say the review of the ever-evolving project…
The most common question state historian Bill Convery hears about the new History Colorado Center is, “Where is the Denver diorama going to be?” That huge diorama depicts the Mile High City in 1860, complete with the old Rocky Mountain News building, an Arapaho Indian camp and, Convery says, “fantastic…
Denver blog posts are capable of turning into enormous green rage monsters. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein wants to be optimistic about the Nuggets in their game versus the Lakers tonight. But it’s hard. At Colorado Education News, Shepard Nevel urges folks to celebrate teachers — and not to bash reform…
With the Colorado General Assembly’s regular session slated to end tomorrow, three marijuana related bills are still floating around with the possibility of passing. Below, we’ve put together a quick update about each piece of legislation and its status…
The conviction yesterday of Angel Montoya in the death of three-year-old Neveah Gallegos ends a long journey not only for the child’s loved ones, but also for police, prosecutors and the public. After all, Neveah died in 2007 and Montoya and Miriam Gallegos were arrested shortly thereafter. But justice was…
Denver’s proposed urban camping ban has a lot of people talking — about legality, repercussions and enforcement, the last of which Police Chief Robert White promises will be “very passive.” But what about representation? This morning, Westword spoke to Charles Nadler, president of the Colorado chapter of the National Lawyers…
Yesterday, we spotlighted a Craigslist ad in which a local man revealed that he’s selling his motorcycle to pay for his wife’s boob job. He added that he considered parting with his bike a sacrifice. One reader looked at this pitch from an economic perspective…
Update: Savannah McMillan-Christmas, the woman who walked onto the court during Sunday’s Denver-L.A. playoff game, was originally reported to be a known stalker of Nuggets players. But as we wrote in an update on view below, this account has now been discredited — and Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson expresses…
At this writing, the fate of HB 1358, a Representative Beth McCann-sponsored bill that would shift millions from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s medical marijuana registry fund to the financially strapped Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, is still unknown with just two days left in the current legislative…
We’ve all been out on bad dates — but what’s the worst? That question was asked in a funny Denver Yelp thread a while back, and participants responded with some doozies. We’ve illustrated our favorites and compiled them into a bad date top (bottom?) ten list — one with a…
Brian Xanders’ ouster as the Broncos’ general manager isn’t exactly a shock. After all, his association with the discredited Josh McDaniels regime made it surprising that he was able to hang on for as long as he did. Why did his luck finally run out?…
There were a lot of great places in Denver to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this past Saturday. But one of the best was definitely Civic Center Park. That’s where we sent photographer Chris Morgan. Look below to see a generous sampling of the shots he brought back, and click here…
Roberto Santistevan’s booking photo was prominently featured in our most memorable mug shots of 2011 post, for obvious reasons: He was injured when while being subdued by neighbors, as detailed in a document below. But the damage he inflicted while stabbing Crystal Crespin to death was infinitely worse — which…
Denver blog posts have plenty of stick-to-it-iveness and gumption. At this writing, the majority of people responding to a Colorado Pols survey predict GOP leaders like Frank McNulty will block the civil unions bill from coming to a full House vote. The Colorado Independent’s Troy Hooper on a snowless ski…
Breakfast and politics don’t always mix — but Occupy Denver waits for no muffin. After Brianna Borin, co-owner of downtown early-morning eatery Snooze, spoke in “strong favor” of the proposed (and preliminarily passed) urban camping ban at last Monday’s eight-hour City Council meeting, the local movement aimed its ire at…
A lot of us have hard drives crammed to bursting with photos and videos. But even by those standards, Jon Christopher Baker’s array of images stands out. One computer apparently stored 30,000 photos and 1,400 videos. Oh yeah: The collection allegedly consisted of child pornography…
Patricia Calhoun’s April post about street sweeping’s start in Denver including a contest for the biggest horror story. Too bad for one reader that the contest was already over when he posted his tale of woe, because it’s a doozy…
After nearly five days of testimony in a lawsuit brought by Troy Anderson, a prisoner who’s been in solitary confinement for twelve years, a Denver federal judge was strongly urging Colorado Department of Corrections officials to fix the harshest conditions at the state’s supermax prison — before he has to…
Love is strange — a fact proven each and every day on Craigslist. We recently shared our list of the ten most memorable Denver Missed Connections on the site. But here’s a different kind of connection — one involving silicone. Yep: In a recently posted ad, a local man says…
