Fire comes too close for comfort to homes in a town north of denver. The winds here yesterday were Strong Enough to rattle and shake the ikea sign yet they dont even come close to the mountain gusts. The strongest ever recorded in colorado. Tears in court from pregnant woman and taking her unborn baby. A county in canada takes an offer to people who dont want to see donald trump win. And a night before the first ever hockey game at coors field. Penciling in yesterdays 148 mile per hour gust recorded atop monarch pass. The new Weather Service announced after review of the data, the strongest gust ever seen in our state. Heres how it happened. Winds were blowing 50 to gusts up to 98. A weather station reported a thunderstorm that spiked those gusts to 148. That is at a weather station just above 12,000 feet. Another station 700 feet below had winds of just 32 a 116 mile per hour difference. The Weather Service Still Believes that the record was for real. That was just enough to pass the
Declared unsafe. Because of all of the chemicals. Making hash oil is a dangerous process, involving marijuana materials, and ushlgly but tan usually but tan dmr a quick moving brush fire, really in the middle of the city, this afternoon. One firefighter was injured. As flames scorched about twoandahalf acres at the Common Ground golf course. She shut down a busy road they shut down a busy road. Reporter you can see alameda back open tonight, but it did have to be shut down around rush hour because of how close it was to the fire. Take a look, you can see some of that charred grass tonight. This is on the golf course that runs right adjacent to traffic, so when things really started to pick up, the flames and the smoke, they just got too much for drivers. Snapped these photos of a brush fire that scorched 3 acres in east denver. Mark thomas was at work across the street. I thought one of these so i went to the window, and just saw the field was completely engulfed with smoke. Reporter t
This is on the golf course that runs right adjacent to traffic, so when things really started to pick up, the flames and the smoke, they just got too much for drivers. Snapped these photos of a brush fire that scorched 3 acres in east denver. Mark thomas was at work across the street. I thought one of these buildings was on fire. So i went to the window, and just saw the field was completely engulfed with smoke. Reporter the first call came in at around 4 00 on the Common Ground golf course. Lieutenant shawn says the report was for fast moving flames, and heavy smoke. It was basically impeding traffic from alameda. Reporter shared these pictures show what the drivers were travelling through. It was whiteout. Reporter it took less than an hour for crews to get the fire under control, which can sometimes be difficult given the current conditions. Once they get going, because conditions, they spread very quickly. Reporter both denver and aurora fire did respond here this afternoon. We kno
Together as police learned more about the terrorists. Former cop peter liang convicted of killing an unarmed man in brooklyn facing years in prison now could be facing just probation. Good evening at 11 00. Im bill ritter. And im sade baderinwa. Tonight the brooklyn District Attorney recommending liang be sentenced to house arrest for the shooting death of akai gurley. No surprise, gurleys family is outraged over the decision. Eyewitness News Reporter carolina leid talking to the family tonight in jersey city. Akai gurleys aunt spoke here at their church, the familys church here in jersey city. Shes speak on behalf of his parents who now live out of state and says the entire family was blindsided by this recommendation. It was a slap in the face. Reporter akai gurleys family says the public knew before they did about the brooklyn District Attorneys recommendation to the court to give former officer peter liang the rookie cop was convicted last month of manslaughter for shooting and kil
Reporter police say they are doing all they can to catch these bb gun vandals. Theyve already cost 60,000 worth of Property Damage and now theyre taking aim at people. I think its very scary. Pam is reluctant to leave the house, worried she could be the next victim. I go outside, i say a prayer before i leave. I cant do it by myself. Reporter morgan shows us the pellet holes in the side of his bar on east 14th street. On march 25th the bar was sprayed with bbs from a passing car a customer was hit. Shot on his hand. Two inches not. The man went to the hospital. Self hours later another driveby, man shot in the forehead, leaving a meeting at this Methodist Church on bancroft avenue. He was not hurt but the pastor is very concerned. We want this to continue to be a safe place, not just within the walls but also when people leave. Later the same night a woman was shot in the hand at an ac transit bus stop. Police believe the same bbgun wielding vandals are to blame. Since december they da