🌱 Bikes Stolen In Baker + Westside NPO Fights To Stay + Forests Suffer

Denver CO

18 April, 2022

7:53 AM

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Hello, people of Denver! Brad K. Evans here with a fresh edition of the Denver Daily. Monday's weather: Mostly sunny. High: 66 Low: 39. Here are the top five stories in Denver today: Drought conditions causing problems for mountain region's trees. Years of persistent drought is causing outbreaks of bark beetles in the state's forests. (7News)Westwood non-profit fights to not get gentrified out of the neighborhood. Re:Vision, a nonprofit that is focused on improving food access and food security, is collaborating with Urban Land Conservancy, in hopes that the organizations can to continue to provide services on Denver's westside. (Denverite) $8,000 in bikes stolen from locked garage. Bike thieves raided a Baker neighborhood garage and made off with five of the seven bikes in the garage, along with lots of camping gear. (KDVR) Cherry Creek Starbucks employees plan to unionize. Staff at the coffee company's store at Third and Columbine announced that they are are going to unionize. According to Ashyah Secrest, a Starbucks employee, 70 percent of the workers at the location are ready join the union efforts. (FOX31)I-70 closes near Gypsum due to wildfire. The Duck Pond fire was burning near the Eagle River near Gypsum. Neighborhoods in western Eagle County were evacuated on Saturday and Bureau of Land Management officials were searching for clues about the fire's origin. (CPR) Today in Denver: Pallet City Live Podcast Recording: At Western Sky Bar & Taproom (7:30 PM)This week a the Colorado Capitol: Week of April 18. (COPolitics) From my notebook: Denver apologizes: The City of Denver make a long-overdue apology to the city's Chinese community for riot 140 years ago. (CBS4)Spring weather means more motorcycles on the roads. Here's some safety tips from AAA (FOX31)Denver Metro Chamber Of Commerce: Legislature Hones In On Affordable Housing Efforts (Press Release Desk)Expert tips on how to be prepared for severe weather in Colorado (FOX31) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Social Security Seminar on 4/20 & 4/21 (April 20) Breast Ultrasound Screening Coming Direct to You! (April 22) Interactive Theatre Coming to Denver - 8 Sundays Only! (April 24) Real Estate Investment Hour (April 26) Add your event 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] Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll see first thing on Tuesday morning with a brand new edition of the Denver Daily! — Brad K. Evans