🌱2021 Traffic Fatalities + Tom's Diner Comeback + Swept To Where?

Denver CO

15 January, 2022

7:27 AM

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Up and at 'em, Denver! Let's get this chilly Saturday warmed up with some news. Here's what is happening in Denver today. Saturday's weather: Plenty of sun. High: 48 Low: 32. Here are the top five stories today in Denver: Traffic fatalities in Denver reached an all-time high in 2021. According to City of Denver data, 84 people died in traffic crashes last year, which surpassed Denver's all-time high 2019 record of 71 individuals that perished on the streets of Denver. (Denverite)It's probably time for front range homeowners to re-examine their homeowner's insurance policy. As a result of the Marshall Fire, it has brought to the forefront what homeowners and renters might face, should a fire come through their neighborhood in the way that residents in Louisville and Superior experienced last December. After a devastating wildfire is the wrong time to learn you're under-insured. (CBS4) Construction kicks off to restore Tom's Diner to its former glory. Construction is underway on a reimagined concept for the 1967 Googie-style building on East Colfax. Tom's Starlight, a modern indoor/outdoor "oasis in the city," will be ready for guests in the spring of 2022. (Town News) Sweep them to where? Denver's program of sweeping the homeless is more like a game of whac-a-mole, and ultimately the policy has de-humanized the people that are being moved from one spot to the next. YS takes a deep dive into the culture and the people in the community of Denver's unhoused neighbors. (Yellow Scene)Flurona? Is that a cold, the flu or the 'rona? By now, you've heard the term "flurona," a term that's been coined to describe the co-infection of both the flu and COVID-19. According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, since October there have been 11 known cases of flurona among hospitalized cases in Colorado. (7News) Today in Denver: Doggie Tales: At Sheridan Library –Ages 6-10. (10 a.m.) Animal Planet's Dr Kevin Fitzgerlad: At Denver Comedy Underground. (8 p.m.) Aziz Ansari: Last Minute Tour. (9:30 p.m.) From my notebook: DPS School Choice Enrollment Period: The window for the 2022-23 school year is Jan. 14 through 4 p.m. Feb. 15, 2022. More information: (DPS) Free Rides In Montbello Using The Micro-Transit Pilot Program: If you're in Montbello and need a lift, let us help! Download the Montbello Connector app or call us at 720-868-0560 to request FREE rides in English and Spanish! Learn more here: (Denver) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Gritty Blues meets Elegant Cello LIVE at BOCO Cider! (Jan. 15) Singer-songwriter JW Morris is LIVE at BOCO Cider! (Jan. 16) Women's Real Estate Investment Hour (Jan. 18) Sordid Lifes - Play written by Del Shores - Presented by Wheat Ridge Theatre Co (Jan. 21) Breast Ultrasound Screening Coming Direct to You! (Jan. 22) Add your event Announcements: Online Pregnancy Research Study - UCHealth Aurora & Denver Health (Details) Add your announcement Loving the Denver Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Send me a news tip or suggestion at [email protected] You're all caught up for today. I'll be in your inbox Monday morning with your next update! — Brad K. Evans