South Denver residents raise issues about street sweepers as services begin

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Street sweepers are beginning to roll into neighborhoods around Denver, but some residents said they are dusting up issues.Folks in south Denver said sweepers are making problems on their blocks, leaving streets dirty or not showing up at all."We have a little bit of an issue with the City and County of Denver just simply not showing up to sweep the streets," Regan Benson said. 3 Colorado cities among 25 worst for ozone pollution Benson said she's lived on South Acoma Street for five years. When sweepers don't show up on her block, she goes to the city to make sure they do."I do think that was in response to my activism," Benson said.That was last year. This year, Benson said, the sweepers haven't been on her block."The pattern that the street sweeper leaves on the street is a very, very obvious pattern …You can tell if a street sweeper has been down your street that day," Benson said.Street sweeping has 'gone downhill' in another neighborhoodA little over a half-...

Denver weather: Breezy Thursday before more rain

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay wet and cool Wednesday night as scattered rain and snow showers push across the Front Range. Weather tonight: From rain to snowThere will be scattered rain showers across the Front Range Wednesday afternoon with gusty winds. By sunset, some of the rain showers will transition over to snow as temperatures cool into the 30s. Snow showers will be spotty so not everyone will see snowfall Wednesday night, but areas that do will likely see totals stay less than an inch with wet roadways. Snowfall will move out around midnight for the lower elevations. The mountains will see between 1 and 6 inches of snowfall by Thursday night depending on elevation and location. Weather tomorrow: Mountain snowTemperatures will hit the low 50s in Denver on Thursday with breezy afternoon winds. The Front Range and plains will stay dry.Colorado's mountains will see scattered snow showers throughout the day. Looking ahead: Rain showersDenver will see another cha...

Police seek possible sex assault victims of Denver doctor

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

Update, April 19: The Denver Police Department said "there may have been other incidents" involving Stephen Matthews and asked anyone who believes they may have been a victim to call the Denver Police Sex Crimes Unit at 720-913-6040.DENVER (KDVR) -- A cardiologist is facing sexual assault charges after a woman said she "has no memory" of a date she had with him, an arrest affidavit said. The woman told police she went on a date with Stephen Matthews, who she had met on the Hinge dating app. She said the two had chatted for a few weeks and agreed to meet in person on Jan. 29, the document said. The two had breakfast and mimosas and then she agreed to go to his house, the affidavit said. She told police they played a game, hung out in his hot tub and then she felt ill. The document said the last thing she remembered was being in the hot tub and the next thing she recalled was being checked out by paramedics at her home. Community frustrated over growing trash problem along South Pl...

Goldberg: National crime trends require local solutions

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

We live in a moment when everyone seems compelled to talk about national trends and systemic problems. There are plenty of reasons for this.Politicians in Washington, Republicans and Democrats alike, think Washington should call the shots. Presidents and presidential aspirants feel the need to talk about our vast country in homogenous and monolithic terms — or cut in half between the “red” and “blue” parts. State and local officials — sometimes with good reason — like to blame their problems and failures on national trends beyond their control, at least partly to pass the buck but also to get more bucks passed from Washington to them. Particularly as local news dries up, the national press corps is biased toward framing stories in national terms. Social media has made the whole country seem like one endlessly bickering small town.And sometimes, national trends and systemic problems are exactly that — national and systemic.Still, the tr...

Save your skin with these great SPF multitaskers

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

Now that we’re hitting 70-degree days, the sun is a pretty consistent visitor. Of course, we all want to soak up as many of its rays as possible. But, safety first.Put one of the following new and innovative SPF products on our shopping list. Then, if you’ll be in the sun directly for a while, double down and pack that sun hat and some shades before you grab a few rays. Here are some of the latest, greatest products to add to your skin protection arsenal:SPF built into moisturizer: Ever’s Daylight Radiance Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 32 ($42.75 on ever.com) is a heroic multitasker. Its formula minimizes the appearance of fine lines while hydrating and protecting the skin with a chemical-free sunscreen. Its light-reflecting pigments result in a luminous glow, while hyaluronic microspheres add moisture. Meanwhile, it protects with chemical-free broad-spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 32 protection. And lastly, it smooths with Vitamin C to lighten up lines and brighten ski...

‘Beau is Afraid’ with good reason as Joaquin Phoenix carries horror tale

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW“Beau Is Afraid”Rated R. At the AMC Boston Common, AMC South Bay and suburban theaters.Grade: A-“Beau Is Afraid,” the latest effort from writer-director Ari Aster, begins as an urban horror film of great power. Beau Wassermann (Joaquin Phoenix) is a troubled single man living in a spider-infested apartment complex perhaps in New York City next door to a peep show. Outside a nearly naked young man is dancing non-stop some sort of rumba on the sidewalk. News report tells of a fully naked man who has stabbed someone to death on the street. He is also on the scene.Beau, returning from a session with his therapist (Stephen McKinley Henderson), where the talk is about Beau’s mother, must race with a tattooed maniac to get to his building’s front door first. At night, street noises keep Beau awake. Also keeping him awake is a neighbor slipping notes under his door and one who turns up the music. Someone steals Beau’s keys, making it impossible for him to catch...

Wednesday’s high school roundup/scores: King Philip rules Walpole on the diamond, 4-3

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

BASEBALLJohnny Prater and Aidan Astorino led an offensive charge that featured four different players gathering two hits, each driving in a run for King Philip in a 4-3 nonleague win over Walpole. … Cam Beltramini’s 4-for-4 day at the plate helped Whitman-Hanson (5-2) get ahead and Brandon Craven’s bases-clearing triple put the game out of reach in a 12-2 win over New Bedford. … Nick Ayres came through in the clutch once again for Duxbury (6-1), belting a walkoff grand slam to best Braintree 5-2. … Andrew Schmit drove in two runs, while James Benestad posted three hits and Chris Pompei (two hits) scored twice for St. John’s of Shrewsbury to top Algonquin, 7-1. … Senior Noah Gonzalez stepped up big for Newton South (5-0), hitting a walkoff single in the seventh inning en route to a 5-4 win over crosstown rival Newton North – the program’s first over the Tigers in 11 years. … Tyler Kropis and Connor Flynn scored twice and drove in four runs apiece as Seekonk cruised to a 15-2 wi...

Editorial: End qualified immunity to weed out bad cops

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

There are good cops. There are bad cops. And there’s legislation that could help police departments separate the wheat from the chaff.Massachusetts Democrats Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Ed Markey have reintroduced legislation to end qualified immunity, a doctrine that protects government officials from individual liability for violating personal and constitutional rights, as The Hill reported.The Ending Qualified Immunity Act would restore Americans’ ability to obtain relief when state and local officials, including police officers, violate citizens’ legal and constitutional rights by explicitly stating that the police officers that violate these rights are not protected from civil liability.The act was originally introduced in June 2020 Pressley and former Rep. Justin Amash (L-Mich.) following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.A lot of things have happened between cops and civilians since June 2020, and America has been watching.There were the dozen...

‘Chevalier’ looks grand, falls flat

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:19 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW“Chevalier”Rated PG-13. At the AMC Boston Common, Landmark Kendall Square, Coolidge Corner and suburban theaters.Grade C+A flawed costume drama, “Chevalier” is based on the true story of the 18th-century French-Caribbean musician Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George (Kelvin Harrison Jr., “Elvis”). The film is set in pre-revolutionary Paris. This is no French “Hamilton.” “Chevalier,” which was written by Stefani Robinson (TV’s “Atlanta”) and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Stephen Williams (TV’s “Watchmen”), begins in the former Palais-Royal across from the Louvre, where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Joseph Prowen) plays his violin literally hopping around the stage in joy before a packed house when a “dark stranger” approaches asking to perform with the maestro. A bewildered Mozart agrees only to have Bologne spin rings around the him in a Fifth Concerto No. 5 battle of the fiddles. The scene ends with a Mozart comically crying, “Who the (expletive) ...