Today the residents and visitors of Commerce City should feel very optimistic and should feel very proud reporter a department of Justice Program called cops will conduct a review of the department. Were willing to bring in some outside experts to provide some solid recommendations. Reporter Lowell Richardson is theer the chief was moved to a nonpolicing job. The police had given him a vote of no confidence. There were a lot of officers looking to go other places. If they had the opportunity, they would take a job some place else reporter this time its the police calming for help. Reporter in a few months, the department of justice will implementation. Douglas County School Board Director has resigned. He was elected to the school board twice. He represented lone tree, Highlands Ranch and castle pines. Last night a big event loosen with the rest of the school board event along with the rest of the school board hired the latest on historic flooding in louisiana where people are rescuing
Pelley it hit hard, it hit fast, it hit with an intensity we hadnt seen before. Those are the words of fire chief mark hartwig describing the wildfire in San Bernardino county, california, that has forced a mass evacuation. The runaway fire exploded overnight, torching more than 30,000 acres and an untold number of homes. Nearly 83,000 people have been evacuated, 34,000 homes are in tonight, carter evans is on the fireline, 60 miles east of los angeles. Reporter massive flames tearing through miles of dry brush, unstoppable. This is the nightmare wildfire chief mike wakoski has always feared. In my 40 years of fighting fire, ive never seen fire behavior so extreme. Reporter unprecedented, they say, the result of five years of drought. Communities, consuming local landmarks and homes. That building totally gone. Reporter after home after home. It looks like it just incinerated everything here. Correct. It was very nondiscriminate in what it chose to take in its path. Reporter eric sherw
Not as hot as yesterdays 92, but well be near normal. 73 at 9 00 a. M. And partly cloudy skies. A chance of seeing a late day thunderstorm in the city. A cool down by the end of the week. Its time to talk traffic with joel hillan watching things. Good morning, dave. Looking from our cbs4 mouse tram. This is lights lane blocked off. This morning, a joint task force is going to announce a big heroin best as they go after a drug thats more common and has addicts becoming a plague in their own in places like the cherry creek bike path. Jaime leary has a closer look at whats happening. Jaime. Reporter good morning, alan. This is a really big deal this morning. The Colorado Attorney generals office, the dea and Denver Police among other agencies are going to announce down of everybody from street level dealers to high level distributors. According to the denver coroners office, four people have died. Rick salinger has been documenting this problem for years and he visited the cherry creek bi
Christianne Klein for an update on conditions for firefighters. And whats happening here in the valley. Lets turn it to tedd. tedd florendo another hot day in the region. Yesterday we tied a record with 111 for the high and we may be on track to getting close to the 111 record high today. Temps certainly above average for this time of year as well. Conditions remain dry with single digit humidity readings, but we did see the increase of wind as forecasted. Gusts have been up to 30 in many neighborhoods today. Evening forecast shows temps in evening and hot at 11 oclock. Well start off the morning extra warm again under clear skies. Winds expecting to decrease a little and then return to some breezes again tomorrow again. Christianne Klein the other big breaking news story. An armed gunman. Leads to a scary scene at the tj maxx on north durango. We have new developments on the swat situation. And how it all unfolded. Christianne Klein our kati Dave Courvoisier she joins us live with the
Exit towards quebec. Its off to the right shoulder. C470 is shut down. That has since reopened. Breaking overnight, an attract in europe at a train left two people injured. It book place near the village of sojls. The man is a a 19year old and 17year old are injured. The assault comes 3 days after a man attacked passengers in train with a knife and burning liquid. That happened on saturday. That assault left him and one of his victims dead. A shift in the winds have fire crews awaiting a fire burning. The basin fire burned 2 acres and the fire is moving north and east and burning in a ravine and firefighters had a tough time trying to get to it. Threatened. Denver fire is investigating an early fire at the waist management facility located on frankland and 54th. Just before 1 00 this morning, crews responded to a trash or electrical fire. Several employees working at the plant were evacuated, but no one injured. This morning, crews are trying to figure out what caused it. This morning,