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

Denverite

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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Initiative 300 election signs. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite and Hart Van Denberg/CPR)

Initiative 300 sets off campaign sign skirmishes and thefts across Denver

Both sides of the debate over whether to overturn Denver’s urban camping ban say their campaign signs are being taken from yards.

Volunteers help assemble Patrick Dougherty's "Stickwork" installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens' Chatfield Farms, April 18, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Local sticks star in Patrick Dougherty’s 300th “Stickwork” installation at Chatfield Farms

The Gardens' latest art infusion was a collaborative effort with Colorado land managers and local volunteers.

Three-month-old Hazen watches dad, Will Martin, watch Denver City Council hear testimony on the Blueprint Denver plan before the vote, April 22, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver City Council passes its 20-year ‘Blueprint’ for growth after after five hours (and three years)

The 300-page document will guide what gets built where and aims to cure Denver’s car addiction while curbing displacement.

Edible marijuana, in gummy form. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Cannabis entrepreneurs won’t get any extra space to operate lounges in Denver

No one knows if slightly looser regulations would have encouraged more places to vape and eat weed legally.

Traffic on Park Avenue. Nov. 17, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

The Park Avenue West Bridge is going to get messy as repairs begin this week

We're facing lane closures on and off through July. Start practicing those breathing exercises.

Construction under way Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5330 W. 11th Avenue in Denver, site of Sheridan Station Apartments apartments earmarked for people earning no more than 60 percent AMI. The RTD parking garage at the Sheridan rail station is in the background. (Donna Bryson/Denverite)

It takes a patchwork of funding to get affordable housing like Sheridan Station Apartments off the ground

A groundbreaking was held Monday along RTD'S W Line for a project of 133 rental units earmarked for households earning between 30 and 60 percent of AMI.

Groundcovers Greenhouse & Garden Center on East Iliff Avenue on Monday, April 22, 2019, in the University Hills North neighborhood in Denver. (Esteban L. Hernandez/Denverite)

Denver wants to put a new park in University Hills using a sales tax approved by voters last year

The parcel the city is interested in buying currently houses a greenhouse, which will close if the plan is approved.

A demolition project at 10th Avenue and Bannock Street, March 27, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Election

Denver’s Blueprint for the next 20 years of growth is ready for a City Council vote

Council is set to discuss and vote on the seminal city document tonight, but some candidates and locals are looking to stall the decision until after Election Day.