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Denver in 5 minutes: What you need to know today, Aug. 2

Denverite

Aug. 02, 2016, 9:20 a.m.

Aug. 02, 2016, 9:20 a.m.

View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street at Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians, automobiles, and a horse-drawn carriage are in the street. Buildings include the Barth Building. Signs read: "Kendrick Bellamy" "The Ross" "Pool" Pickwick Cafe" and "The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse Broadway Theatre." Between 1910 and 1920. (Rocky Mountain Photo Company/Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-23054) — View of 16th Street at Stout Street in downtown Denver between 1910 and 1920. (Rocky Mountain Photo Company/Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-23054)

Politics

Hillary Clinton will be here on Wednesday. So will Mike Pence. That means we only need Tim Kaine to complete our collection of candidates.

Clinton has raised a lot more money than Trump in Colorado, btw. (CPR)

In our U.S. Senate race, Darryl Glenn has way less money than his Democratic opponent – but he just got a major boost.

Marijuana

The marijuana industry is not going for Trump. Only 26 percent support The Donald. (MBD)

The Oregon State Fair will give out ribbons for “best marijuana.” We assume one category will be dankest nugs. (Oregon Live)

Crime & justice

In Aurora, police are still looking for a 16-year-old girl. Police released a new video of Lashaya Nae Stine yesterday and say her disappearance is suspicious. (Fox31)

Two state Supreme Court Justices are facing questions of bias because they were photographed posing with state Rep. Rhonda Fields. The justices are deciding whether to hear an appeal by a man on death row for the murders of Fields’ son and her son’s fiancée. (DP)

Sports

A team of Colorado basketball alums will play tonight in a winner-take-all game for $2 million. It’s the championship game of The Basketball Tournament. (ESPN)

The Rockies, trailing five games back in the Wild Card race, open a crucial home stand against the Dodgers today. (DP)

Music

Prepare to have your Instagram and Snapchat feeds blown up. LCD Soundsystem is playing Red Rocks, and it’s looking like a frontrunner for concert of the year, according to our editor.

Snacks

Lastly, kids in Colorado might be allowed to drink diet soda in school again.

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Inside the Bagel Store in Washington Virginia Vale. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Zaidy’s Deli will reopen at a new Holly and Leetsdale location after closing in Cherry Creek last year

It’ll bring back old recipes, as well as the original owner to work on the staff.

Nhung Mai draws out a COVID-19 vaccine at a city-run clinic inside the Barnum Recreation Center. March 10, 2021.

Denver also stops use of vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

Six women who received the vaccine, out of 6.8 million people, are known to have had a stroke. One person has died.

Zee, 19, and her husband Chris S., 20, who are both deaf, sign to each other as they cuddle. Christmas Day at Urban Peak, a shelter for Denver's homeless youth, Dec. 25, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

As the need grows for shelters for minors experiencing homelessness, Denver chips in money for services

City Council approved two contracts worth $1.6 million for Urban Peak, which serves people ages 15 to 24.

Fireworks on July 3, or Independence Day Eve. 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Airbnb is cracking down on Fourth of July one-night stays to prevent partying in the pandemic

Guests “without a history of positive reviews” won’t be able to book one-night stays in Denver over Independence Day weekend.

Jessica Payne

After a year of furloughs and delays, Colorado Ballet is finally getting back into dancing shape

Colorado Ballet performs its first live, in-person show after a year of furloughs and postponed seasons

Ummidia paulacushingae, the trapdoor spider named for Denver Museum of Nature and Science invertebrate curator Paula Cushing.

The Museum of Nature and Science’s arachnid queen now has a trapdoor spider named after her

It's the third animal species named in honor of scientist Paula Cushing.

3435 Albion St. Northeast Park Hill. April 8, 2021.

One of the oldest homes in Northeast Park Hill could be on the chopping block

The owner has filed for a permit to consider demolishing the 132-year-old home. It's under contract to be sold.

A map of 2019 RSEI risk scores, with population weights removed, in 810-meter squares around the Denver metro.

Maps of toxic hazards show a wash of chemicals over the Denver metro’s north and west edges

From Inspiration Point to Elyria Swansea, here's a pretty intimate look at the risks related to the metro's industrial activity.

An apricot tree in bloom at the Denver Botanic Gardens, April 7, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Things to do in Denver this weekend, April 9-11

Salvado Dali, Itchy-O or dim sum, anyone?

Melanie Crumb and Angela Jackson hold hands during a vigil for George Floyd at Civic Center Park. June 9, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Black Denverites are more likely to be ticketed and arrested than white people in many categories

Like all data stories, this one is way more complicated than it appears.

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Denver has 29 public-access bodies of water. Which ones can you swim, kayak or fish in?

Not everything blue on a map is meant for swimming.

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Where Denver can — but mostly can’t — add more marijuana dispensaries

Also, did you know Denver equals roughly 56,000 football fields?

District Attorney Beth McCann announces a newly awarded grant to solve cold cases in a press conference at the Denver Police Crime Labratory, Oct. 22, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

DU study: White people and people of color are sometimes prosecuted differently by city attorneys

But District Attorney Beth McCann said that doesn't mean "pervasive issues of racism, bias or implicit bias" exist in her office.

Rainbow Militia at Denver Fringe 2020.

Denver Fringe Festival will take over part of RiNo this June

The festival is moving to a hybrid of in-person/virtual programming after last year’s inaugural festival was forced online.

dcpa

Broadway tours will return to the DCPA this year, starting with The Lion King

Broadway is back. What a wonderful phrase.

Rocky Mountain Communities interim CEO Tracy Gargaro speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Arroyo Village apartments in Denver's West Colfax neighborhood, July 18, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

How Denver is chipping away at the Inverted L: housing and trees edition

We asked the government people in charge of housing and trees to wave a magic wand that doesn't exist.

Denver's Auraria Campus, April 30, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver police investigate stabbing near Auraria Campus

A victim was taken to the hospital and a man is in custody.

DPS school board member Tay Anderson speaks to a crowd that gathered in Sept. 23, 2020, following a Kentucky grand jury's announcement in the Breonna Taylor case.

DPS: Sexual assault claims against board member Tay Anderson will be investigated

Anderson denies the allegations.

The Denver Public Library is still closed due to COVID-19. Feb. 25, 2021.

Denver Public Library is reopening even more branches

DPL is entering a new chapter of its COVID-19 recovery.

A protest demanding justice for Elijah McClain has taken over I-225. July 25, 2020.

Charges reduced against Elijah McClain protest leaders

The three had faced a long list of charges, including numerous felonies, for their roles in protests last summer.