Reviewing policy, improving accountability and clarifying the transition of an individual from suspect to patient when EMS is called are among the recommendations released Monday in an independent report surrounding the Elijah McClain case. McClain, 23, died after an interaction with Aurora Police on Aug. 24, 2019. The department said officers were called to the area of Billings Street and East Colfax Avenue after receiving a report of a.
The Aurora City Council released the results of the independent investigation into the August 2019 death of Elijah McClain after interaction with officers.
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An undated historical image offers a view down East Colfax Avenue, looking east from the Satire Lounge, at 1920 E. Colfax Ave. The bar has beckoned visitors for nearly 60 years. (Provided by Save the Signs)
Pete’s Satire Lounge, one of Denver’s iconic dive bars and a landmark on East Colfax Avenue, is reopening after nearly a year of closure.
Its neon sign, which for six decades has beckoned customers of all stripes, will light back up for the public on Saturday, Feb. 20, manager Alex Barakos said this week. After that, the bar will be open from 5 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.
How Love and Acceptance Became the Foundation of Third Culture Bakery
Owners Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu share how their relationship shaped the positive messaging behind the shop’s sweet treats.Patricia Kaowthumrong •
February 12, 2021
“As cheesy as it sounds, this bakery started because we fell in love with each other. And it is our love story,” says
Wenter Shyu, co-owner of Aurora’s
Third Culture Bakery, while reminiscing about how he met husband and business partner, pastry chef
Sam Butarbutar. With that, Shyu perfectly sums up the topic at hand: how his relationship with Butarbutar shaped the powerful messaging of unconditional love and acceptance that lies behind the California-based bakery’s mochi muffins, doughnuts, and matcha tea drinks.
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Shalon Bowens with her Momentum LaFree E+ eBike outside her home in Denver s Central Park neighborhood. Bowens received the bike for free last October.
Growing up in Los Angeles, Shalon Bowens remembers looking forward to a new bicycle on Christmas morning. The gift was her ticket away from adults and out into the neighborhood, an excuse “to get outside and do something.”
Bowens, who now lives in Denver, couldn’t help but recall that moment last October when the state of Colorado gave her a brand new, ruby red electronic bike along with a pump, a helmet and a lock all for free.