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City Hall
Denver's drought got so bad neighbors filed 6,000 sprinkler tip offs and the city handed out $7,250 in fines
Denver's drought got so bad that neighbors filed 6,000 sprinkler tip-offs and the city handed out $7,250 in fines. Denver's top lawyer faces a second ethics complaint in two days, a Colorado rocket maker is blasting toward Wall Street, and Denver's $175 million street project received a failing grade. Plus, new restaurants Soda Club, Hearth Patisserie, and 85°C Bakery Cafe are opening, Santa Fe Drive is getting a $29 million glow up, and Denver's historic concert hall is selling naming rights to survive.
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Local News
Denver did Denver things this week: a fake plane crash, a real bear rescue, and an 800 dollar an hour lawyer.
DIA staged a fake plane crash drill with 400 actors this week, and a tranquilized bear took a rough tumble out of a Platt Park tree after wildlife officials responded to a mama bear and cub roaming Southwest Denver. Denver's $800-an-hour lawyer bill is drawing attention to the city's budget crunch, while the city is also suing Big Tobacco over cigarette butt litter and debating whether to cut its $4.7 million gunshot detector program. Plus, new restaurants including Carriage House, Wooden Spoon cafe and bakery, and Enzo's Brick Oven Pizza are opening around town.
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Denver People
Denver bears are wandering into backyards, Bow Mar hired a lawyer to gate off public streets, and the mayor is threatening to trap them inside.
Denver bears are wandering into Harvey Park backyards, and the mayor is threatening to trap them, while Bow Mar hired a lawyer and a PR firm to defend its plan to gate off public streets. The Natural History Museum just unveiled a 20 million dollar renovation, MSU Denver's first student housing tower is rising fast downtown, and Cherry Creek is getting a new five-story office tower. Plus, the Broncos revealed what tailgating looks like at their new billion-dollar stadium, and Denver Botanic Gardens is opening an 18th wedding venue.
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