Add a hhgh today near 90. Well be a few degrees cooler across eastern colorado, mid to upper 90s by 3 00, 4 00. Boulder 86, and some 70s for the foothills. Estes park this afternoon, high of 74. Your first alert, well see a few more thunderstorms popping up not only this afternoon but again tomorrow afternoon. We have a chance for it each day, a lot cooler by the end the week. And right now we have a pretty decent ride. We had overnight construction, i25 northbound from hamden up to evans. The right side is still blocked. The left side is open. Its a nice smooth ride for most of us. There is some lane shifting in there as they are continuing that project there. We have a lot of green here. We have a new accident reported eastbound i70 near pecos and federal. Ive been checking the cameras, dia, pretty easy driving and 10 Minute Security wait times right now. Safety measures come too late for a Railroad Crossing where a colorado family was killed. The state will add flashing lights, bells and gates at the crossing near trinidad. Steven and Christine Miller and three of their daughters died when their minivan was hit on the way to church just 12 days after the county sent an application for safety had a sign marking it. Thats actually the case in 45 of Railroad Crossings in our state. 6 32 now. A lot of kids going back to school and cdot is reminding everyone to stay safe on the way to school. Amanda del castillo is live on i70 with an example of what to watch out for today. Reporter it was a very serious monday morning. When csp troopers got a call about a wrongway driver on i 70 monday morning at 3 30 a. M. , traveling westbound near colfax. Troopers never got in touch with that wrongway driver and luckily there were no crashes reported of that call, but its one example of some of the dangers that you can find on roadways, examples that maybe you cant help and cant avoid either. But there are steps can take to ensure safety as kids are coming back to school. One of them is buckling up. Well have more on that and what the numbers are in terms of deaths related to people not wearing seat belts. Its one of the biggest causes of death for teens in colorado. Cdot is going to hold a press use here in colorado. Amanda del castillo, denver 7. One person in Larimer County is facing charges after this fire grew to more than 500 acres on sunday. You can see the damage from this. Deputies say 57yearold merrill short will face a charge for this illegal burn. A deputy is accused of slamming his wifes head during an argument. 43yearold dean come innages is on dominguez was arrested yesterday. Few details were released about the arrest. The parents of a fallen park county deputy want answers. Nate carrigans family is going park county sheriffs office. They say he didnt have to die serving a high risker eviction notice. The familys legal notice alleges the department didnt follow policy. Why kill a guy over an eviction . He knew he tried to kill deputies. What was the point . According to the undersheriff, the department could release more information from the cbi only on denver 7 this morning, we track down the person who turned in these signatures to the healthy minimum wage increase qualify for the ballot. That person says he didnt forge the signatures but one voter confirmed his name was forged, even though the secretary of state counted his signature as valid. Would be nice if the secretary of state had the authority to be able to scrub signatures that were invalid. Secretary of state to verify signatures like we did by going door to door. An investigation in may found forged signatures on a petition for a senate candidate. After our investigation, the secretary of state changed internnl policy and now they have passed this latest case on to the attorney general to investigate. This morning we know another controversial issue will be on the november ballot. Voters will be asked, should colorado legalize the right to die for patients . If passed, we would become the sixth state to allow aid in dying. The way you receive energy in colorado could be changing. Jason gruenauer is breaking it down for us this morning. Reporter good morning, mitch. Basically excel is tied up in Court Dealing with issues but ey have been resolved. It ended up with two things. Paying on the bill. The thing everybody cares about, the bill that comes in the mail each and every month. Lets start with the bill. This wants people to pay and then pay the amount of power they use. Instead, they will be testing a new Pilot Program to charge customers more for electricity during peak times and less duriig off peak times. That will homes later this year. The change in rate we were talking about, that shouldnt affect your bill unless youre a part of that Pilot Program. If it works, it would be instituted across the system for the more than 1 million customers they have, and then bill. That wont happen for at least a few years. Well continue to break it down throughout the morning. Jason gruenauer, denver 7,. People have been pushing for more oversight in denver police. And a yes vote would makk the office of the independent monitor a permanent part of the city. At any time the council or mayor could vote to get rid of last at city hall in support of the independent monitor. We talked to one supporter, in 2009 pulled over for what . Olice claimed was an illegal left turn. When officers began searching his car, he asked if they had a warrant. Their response was to beat settlement. Hes one of the loudest voices for the independent monitor to become a permanent position. 20 Hotels Across the nation including one in colorado have been hacked. If you stayed at one, your credit card number could be at risk. The westin in snow mass is one of the targets. To see the full list, download the denver 7 app. A Daring Rescue involving a squirrel plus neighbors cheer as someone is arrested for starting a wildfire that burned 175 buildings. And bad news from broncos details coming up. Beautiful start for the kids at the bus stop, upper 60s to near 70 early on. Were in the upper 80s this you only have a couple days to catch the broncos in action, their last open practice tomorrow. Its free, of course. Today marks day 20 of camp. Yesterday was a tough one. Starting defensive end vance walker tore his acl and he is hear one of your brothers go down. You know, i pray that hes okay. And as for the quarterbacks, we dont know whos going to start on saturday at mile high against the 49ers. No slowdown in the pot market in colorado. Pot businesses are set to make 1. 35 billion this year. And it may not surprise you, april. Dispensaries that month brought in 77 million in one month. Also developing internationally, up to a dozen people abducted by men with guns at a restaurant in puerta vallarta. The wait staff were left alone. Authorities say its probably gang violence. Police havent released any other details. 175 buildings burned by a police have a man in custody, accused of starting that fire with an illegal burn. It forced hundreds of people to evacuate and many of those cheered as the arrest was announced. It is my pleasure to announce the arrest. The fire was only 5 contained and burned more than 4,000 acres so far. And online petition to impeach the boulder judge involved in a high case is up to more than 68,000 signatures. 70,000 is the goal. Judge Patrick Butler sentenced cu student Austin Wilkerson to work release after being convicted of raping a young woman. Advocates called it a slap on the wrist. Judge butler is up for reelection in four years. This squirrel in connecticut got its head stuck they tossed a towel over him and they were able to get the cup off his head. What you have to do in a day, right . We have a nice start. Well see a few more storms this afternoon. By friday youll see its a lot cooler. A few afternoon storms possible this week but the threat for Severe Weather is low until we get to the end of this cold front. Wwll see 15 to 20 degrees cooldown in some neighborhoods. Today still warm, upper 80s to near 90 degrees, which means youre walking out the door to 60s. 83 by lunch and highs near 86 to about 88 degrees in denver. Denver in the upper 80s, fort collins 88, still some 90s in southern and eastern colorado. Down a bit. We have estes park at 74 and . Ailey oday with 73. Likely thats where a few storms will first pop up. Youll notice around 12 00, 1 00, well see more dark skies through the foothills, then a better chance a few of these will roll east. Futurecast looks active about 6 30 tonight but the threat for likely rain, lightning and by about 10 00, 10 30, we have storms near akron and a nice clearing sky over i25. Few sprinkles last night, not much. Well take any bit of rain we can get. Now, wwre in the 80s today. Well hover, mid to upper 80s, close to 90 for the next three days. Mostly sunny to start th a 3 few storms. By thursday we have a better we brought temperatures down significantly on friday, 72 expected to end the week. Cool, chance of showers, then heading into the weekend well likely see a few late day storms. We have the broncos first home game here, preseason game, with 75. So it will be a little cooler for game time. Who cares, though, right . Football is back. Its going to be great. I cant wait. We have a good drive going on. For the most conditions around the i70 drive. We have an accident reported around pecos and federal, not seeing any slowing in here. Thats the eastbound and westbound side. At least for now, well call it clear and keep an eye on that for you. The overall map, we have this project that continues. We were talking about this and sable until the end of day tomorrow. It could be 5 00, could be 3 00, anywhere in there. So expect that to be closed just like yesterday. You can use 6th avenue or mississippi to get around that. Many cyclists were shocked to see hateful messages spray painted along Black Mountain drive, cars should kill you. I dont think theres any room for threat, grafti on the highway. Thats dumb. Unfortunately its happening more often than wed li to see. The Jefferson County Sheriffs Department says this is a sign of growing tension between cyclists and some drivers. If the vandals are found they could face drive time. Jeep that rolled over him, so many drivers have been confused by the gearrshift. Another driver said she thought her jeep was in park and it was really in neutral. The suit claims her jeep hit her and she had to be hospitalized. We know more about what led to the drowning deaths of two girls and their babysitter in pueblo. The 3 into the deep end of the water with their 17yearold baby sitter. An adult at the mobile home complex noticed something was wrong. Staff and officers tried to save the girls but it was too late. Thousands of dollars in damage to a school wont delay the start of class near kipling and bowls saturday morning. Authorities think teenagers are responsible for the damage and deputies who showed up the morning of the crime. They will face charges if they are caught. The denver home for the elderly and disabled had a trash chute backed up all the way to the fifth floor. After making some calls, cries for help were heard. Were elderly and disabled in this building. People living in Courthouse Square apartments sit outside today to escape the smells like a dead body to me. Reporter the trash room, the chute backed up to the third floor. This weekend it was even worse. This shows elderly and disabled residents shoveling trash out of the room themselves because of the smell. This was filled up to the fifth floor on the weekend. Reporter people here say odor isnt their only concern. Somebody threw a cigarette environmental hazard, health hazard. Reporter on the second floor, flies are everywhere, and residents say roaches, too. Bad for your health, and poor management. How would you like your mother living in here, in this filth . Reporter management is usually out to lunch so we for i had that dream again that i was on the icelandic game show. And everyone knows me for discounts, like safe driver and paperless billing. But nobody knows the box behind the discounts. Oh, its like my father always told me put that down. Thats expensive. Of course i save people an average of nearly 600, but whos gonna save me . [ voice breaking ] and thats when i realized. Im allergic to wasabi. Well, i feel better. Talk about progress. [ chuckles ] okay. 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She was in the car with a 19 yearold man, raymond holt, last seen in a red ford mustang with the license plate qsu222