“We All Hunger for Old-School Denver Restaurants”
Even as we savor the good times we had at long-gone restaurants, we report on fresh closures. This year, we finally got confirmation that Benny’s really isn’t coming back, and we said goodbye to longtime favorites like Fruition, Lao Wang Noodle House, Mercury Cafe and Pete’s University Park Cafe.
Denver police report increase in street racing arrests and citations in 2025
Street racing reports climbed in Denver this year, with police logging more citations and focusing attention on a trouble‑prone stretch of South Santa Fe Drive.
Denver homeless hotels and tiny home villages: The rules guests must follow
By now it is well documented that problems occur in Denver’s homeless hotels and tiny home villages. There have been shootings and stabbings at the former DoubleTree at 4040 Quebec, for example. So why can’t shelter officials get things under control at these places? Aren’t there any rules?
“Jugging” suspect robbed bank customers in California, Texas, before Denver arrest
One of two Houston men suspected of repeatedly flying into Denver and waiting outside banks to jump customers was recently sentenced to prison. The other man remains at large.
Denver Grand Jury Charges Seven in Metro-Area Identity Theft Scheme Totalling 131 Counts
A grand jury in Denver has charged seven individuals with a total of 131 counts in connection with a sophisticated identity theft ring that has allegedly been operating across the metro area. According to a post by the Denver Police Department, the indictment was announced by Denver District Attorney John Walsh on...
People Drive From All Over Colorado To Hunt For Rare Collectibles At This ’80s-Themed...
Dust off your Trapper Keeper and crank up the Duran Duran—there’s a magical portal in Denver where the 1980s never ended, and Colorado residents are making pilgrimages like it’s the neon-colored Mecca of nostalgia. Fifty Two 80’s, tucked into Denver’s vibrant South Broadway district, has become the...
For one Aurora single mother, the city’s Fresh Start Week offers her exactly that
In 2022, Amber Kellen-Silvestri got caught stealing from a Walmart in Aurora. She says she stole expensive meat, makeup and a few other things, all things she felt she couldn’t afford at the time. The items cost about $100. Walmart decided to press charges. The citation, which she pleaded guilty to in February 2025,...
APD: Teen ‘person of interest’ in shooting death of 16-year-old also found dead
A teen “person of interest” in a weekend Aurora shooting where a 16-year-old was found dead in a driveway, died from a “self-inflicted injury,” said Aurora police.
Snow totals along Front Range and Colorado from late-December storm
A late-December winter storm brought snow to the Denver metro area and the across the state Saturday and Saturday night. Most of metro Denver only saw between 1-3 inches of snow, but some areas like Ken Caryl, Boulder and Roxborough Park received a little bit more. However, higher snowfall totals fell in the...
Car crashes into fireplace of home in southeast Denver
The residents of a home in southeast Denver had a rude awakening Sunday morning when a car crashed through their fireplace.
