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No more late-night food trucks in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood starting Friday, police say
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No more late-night food trucks in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood starting Friday, police say

By Jasmine Arenas | CBS Colorado Beginning Friday, food trucks will no longer be allowed to park in Denver's LoDo neighborhood on late-night weekends. Police handed out notices to food truck businesses on Friday. It's part of a Denver Police Department pilot program to try to curb violence in the area and increase safety. LoDo is known as one of the busiest parts of the city on weekend nights. The areas in which food trucks can operate will be restricted between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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What’s on the ballot? In Denver, tax increases, new debt, nearly $1 billion school bond
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What’s on the ballot? In Denver, tax increases, new debt, nearly $1 billion school bond

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice A variety of topics will confront Denver voters on the November ballot, decisions which could shape the future of Colorado's capitol city. Voters will be asked about whether to allow illegal immigrants to serve in the fire and police departments, to weigh-in on a pair of bans related to animal fur and livestock slaughter, collective bargaining, tax increases and a nearly $1 billion bond package for Denver schools. That's all before Denver voters consider statewide measures on the ballot. Following is a brief look at each ballot item with links to the full ballot measure text provided, when available. The descriptor may not end up being the ballot title: Affordable housing funding: The measure would, if passed, increase the local sales tax...
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Denver prepares for Labor Day with closings, altered schedules, traffic changes
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Denver prepares for Labor Day with closings, altered schedules, traffic changes

By Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal | Denver Gazette Most government agencies and buildings, including mail services, will be closed on Monday, in observance of Labor Day, as the summer season begins to wrap up. The national holiday comes with a plethora of closings and events. However, most businesses and restaurants will remain open, though some may operate with altered schedules. Before taking a trip, companies and government agencies ask people to check company websites for Labor Day hours and closings. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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‘It’s challenging’: Why some Denver restaurant owners are looking to expand business elsewhere
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‘It’s challenging’: Why some Denver restaurant owners are looking to expand business elsewhere

By Ashley Portillo | CBS Colorado While many Denver restaurants have closed their doors over the past year, some restaurant owners are taking their businesses elsewhere or expanding outside the city limits. Due to a multitude of concerns, the owner of Benny Blanco's Slice of the Bronx made the decision to relocate his business to Arvada. Other challenges led the owner of ten restaurants in Denver, including Guard and Grace and Tag Burger Bar, to expand his business to Houston. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Tren de Aragua Gang expands to Denver and Aurora, unleashing chaos in sanctuary cities
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Tren de Aragua Gang expands to Denver and Aurora, unleashing chaos in sanctuary cities

By Christina Coulter | Fox News Although Denver's suburbs don't share its sanctuary city policies, the influx of migrants into the Mile High City has spilled outward. Now, its neighbors are facing an unprecedented wave of activity from a notorious Venezuelan prison gang.  Officials from Aurora, about nine miles east of Denver, told Fox News Digital the Tren de Aragua gang has gained a strong foothold in their city, commandeering apartment complexes and drumming up violent crime and sex trafficking.  "We currently have entire complexes under gang control — complexes where staff have been beaten up, they've been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property," Aurora City Council Member Dani...
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Immigration evictions a growing issue in Denver as housing, food, transportation costs swell to $74M
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Immigration evictions a growing issue in Denver as housing, food, transportation costs swell to $74M

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette Denver officials identified 15 apartment complexes with a high concentration of immigrants with tenants facing eviction — the latest focal point in a city whose finances have been stretched thin to pay for the influx of people from America's southern borders. Officials said they are looking to create a process with the landlords to refer residents to resources for “those at risk of evictions,” Perla Gheiler, executive director of the Denver Human Rights and Community Partnerships, told Denver City Council members during an update on the city’s immigrant response on Tuesday. “There’s a lot of evictions happening,” Gheiler told The Denver Gazette following the meeting. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Report: The Denver homeless population grew as city set to spend $155M in Johnston term
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Report: The Denver homeless population grew as city set to spend $155M in Johnston term

By Alexander Edwards | Denver Gazette Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called his response to the city's homelessness crisis successful, even after data from an annual tally released Wednesday showed the homeless population grew. The city is on track to spend nearly $155 million on the mayor's homelessness campaign — $65 million more than anticipated — even as the total number of homeless people in the city actually ballooned from 5,818 last year to 6,539 this year.  And the city saw only 150 fewer "unsheltered" homeless people when compared to last year's count. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Large Cherry Creek West development moves ahead as neighborhood groups ask for more clarity
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Large Cherry Creek West development moves ahead as neighborhood groups ask for more clarity

By Mark Sameulson | Out There Colorado The Denver Planning Board on Wednesday approved a rezoning of the west end of Cherry Creek Shopping Center for a huge redevelopment that could bring seven office and apartment buildings — some to 13 stories high —  on a site where the old Bed Bath & Beyond store now overlooks University Boulevard. With the board’s unanimous vote on Wednesday, the Cherry Creek West project moves to the City Council for review and approval, despite worries from neighborhood groups that the planned development might grow larger still as its buildings come out of the ground over the next decade. Representing a consortium of neighborhood groups, Lou Raders of the Cherry Creek Steering Committee appealed to city planners to better define the size of t...
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In Denver, one member of City Council wants parks & rec workers to transition away from gas equipment
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In Denver, one member of City Council wants parks & rec workers to transition away from gas equipment

By Alexander Edwards | Denver Gazette Denver Councilmember Sarah Parady requested a second delay on voting for a trio of contracts worth $25.5 million that would pay for upgrades and replacements to Denver Parks and Recreation landscaping, gardening and golf course maintenance equipment. The first-term councilmember previously called the three contracts out last week asking the council to consider alternatives to gas powered landscaping tools. She repeated this request Monday and shared information about how gas powered equipment impacts health and air quality more so than something like a car. Denver, and indeed the metro area as a whole, have experienced many days of air quality alerts. Though driven primarily by fires burning in California, Oregon and locally, Denver regularly ...
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Video gone viral is of a beaver, not a bear, in downtown Denver
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Video gone viral is of a beaver, not a bear, in downtown Denver

By Hannah Metzger | Westword Don't believe everything you see on social media. A viral video claiming that a bear was spotted in downtown Denver has accumulated millions of views and thousands of comments discussing wildlife danger in the city. But the animal in the video was actually a beaver, says Miles Ifie, the man who recorded and posted the clip online. "I knew it was a beaver when I posted," Ifie admits. "I did not think it was a bear." READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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