Denver news in 5 minutes: What you need to know today, Aug. 30

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Hello, hello. You know the deal: I read the news, I tell you what interested me, we both go about our days. Let's keep this professional.

East Denver High School in the snow. (Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/WH1095)
Transportation:

Stanley Marketplace is pretty popular. People are having trouble finding parking, so the city might implement restrictions. (Front Porch)

Colorado plans to pour $69 million into electric vehicles, charging stations and potentially some other transportation stuff. It's all thanks to Volkswagen's cheating. (Denverite)

Wheat Ridge police suspect that a drunk driver ran a red light and struck an RTD bus on Wadsworth early this morning. The bus then struck a Jeep. The drivers of the personal vehicles were hospitalized, as Chuck Hickey reports. (KDVR)

Development & housing:

Megan checked in with a developer who's been in Denver practically forever but only recently jumped into the affordable housing market.

I took a look at the scams and creeps that prey on people looking for affordable housing in Denver.

Catholic Charities just opened the largest women-only shelter in Denver. (Denverite)

They were trying to build a public safety building in Thornton, but instead they found a triceratops skeleton and skull. Now, science will do its thing.(DP)

Culture:

Andra Zeppelin has quit as editor of Eater Denver after five years. She'll be working on some writing projects and enjoying some down time. They're looking for a new editor, as Amanda Faison reports. (5280)

Great Divide launched a new beer in collaboration with GRiZ, whom I've just learned is a reasonably popular musician. Adrian reports.

Crazy Mountain Brewing just opened in Glendale. Looks like a sweet little strip mall now, complete with a Cuba Cuba and a Native Foods. (Denverite)

Recreation & sports:

It looks like the three most recent people to die on Capitol Peak followed the same dangerous route down. They were found beneath a couloir that appears from the top to safely descend to Capitol Lake, but actually cuts off at a band of cliffs. Jason Auslander reports. (Aspen Times)

Denver will establish a temporary off-leash dog park at Speer Boulevard Park for the rest of the year.

Rockies win. : )

Go to an amusement park this weekend. The season is almost over. (Denverite)

Environment:

Xcel wants to retire two coal plants early and make renewables its majority energy source in Colorado. (Denverite)

Colorado is waging -- and winning -- a war against an infestation of mussels that could have major implications for the state's waters. Jason Blevins explains. (DP)

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