er. she writes frozen straw better ease. and next burnt chicken. >> they found that the food was not appetizing. >> with the district's support they visited 16 schools. predominantly low income and other in half more affluen schools scompare these two meals. to the left a meal served at a park hill school. on the right one erved at a school served in southwest denver. >> doesn't look appealing, doe. >> yok i don't think one side of town takes more pride in their product than the other side of . >> for now these moms don't them, but actually make a difference. >> if they do good job in other schools, they do well in other schools, we want to see the same in our schools. >> these moms spent more than a year on this study and now dps saas they are making changes thanks to what they found. they are working to brrng more training in the kitchens and perform taste tests to confirm what is being served at all schools around town and they say keep the suggestions coming. >> i'm sure families will. b offering a $10,000 award to find the man you see in this surveillance video. i know it's hard to say, but this is the man who stole 35 guns from the jumping jack cash pawn shop early tuesday morning. which continue to follow this breaking news out of aurora. ez -- riverez was arrest. >> according to those documents, police say this man brian mre bron rivera, an air man at buckley air force ca911 and told dispatchers he shot his wife in their apartment. the two were playing with a gun and he told them he thought it was unloaded. he pointed at his wife and shot her once in the head. he tried to d save her. the victim genesis rodriguez was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead. a woman who lived below the couple said on three occasions she heard thumping that sounded llke fighting. i asked the police if they had been out to this apartment before, but they said nothing in tonight he is in jail responding to charges of manslaughter. the man shot and killed shot in fort collins last night. he has just been identified as 63-year-old jerry jjckson. jackson approached officers with a weapon along highway 27. they tried to use a stun gun on him but it didn't work and that's when he was shot and killed. an aurora man will spend the for pretending to be a police officer. an toe yoe arbogast was sentenced today. he had flashing lights, and even a gun. . a colorado mom's self ls act saved her son but cost her her life. she jumped in after her two-year-old fell off a moving until a family member got to them. her toddler was alive and awake on her chest but she was unconscious. tonight chelsea russell's family and friends what her to know what an impaat she had in her short life. >> we have memories of her hiking with one child on her back and one on her stomach. she was that kind of woman. >> it seemed like she could do -?everything. >> she was way. >> co-workers describe a lawyer, an athlete, but most importantly a loving mother. >> she made other moms feel like she was the best mom we had ever seen. >> she took and passed the bar just two days after giving birth. colleagues say she did more in the five years she practiced as a natural resource attorney than this week during the family's trip to lake powell, those who knew chelsea best say her final act showed who she was. >> i'm not surprised at all that that's what she did. >> it is a horrific tragedy. every one hear is hurting. we are walking around with a dark cloud over us because we miss her so much already. >> chelsea and her son were not wearing life jackets time. the cause of her death was heart failure not dro. brighton police are making another plea for information about a hit and run crash. 51-year-old cindy was hit and killed there last friday morning. police say she was involved in a crash and was hit after she got out of her car and then died. slow down on colorado highways. the feds have pros posed trucks over 26,000 pounds to limit speed of of the trucks. the speed is a factor in nearly all of truck crashes. all trucks in the u.s. have been made with this equipment since 1992. we do have a denver 7 traffic closure banick will be fully closed starting tomorrow. it is being put in place for the nfl kick off and con ert at civic center park. tp looks really nice. the skies are clearing out in the denver area right now. a couple of storms move through. as they push by they fall apart on more sttble air in the eastern plains. these conditions will mean quieter weather overnight. very comfortable conditions for this evening. here is the cheat sheet. a few storms ending. it is going to be a mild and pleasant night, but the summer heat is going to return. it is not often you seaboard members walking out from the public comment portion of a meeting. but it happened last week. he was talking about his son being punched in the stomach by another resident tthey said he went over and woond stop and that's why they walked out joop my stand is they have an obligation to apologize. >> we do not feel that we have done anything that rises to the level that we need to give him an apology. >> board members said they concerns at a public meeting, they said they asked to meet with him privately but they won't agree to that. the larimer coonty sheriff's man needs help identifying this hh is accused of breaking into two cars. . skiers and snow boarders, now is the time pass. several resorts are offering discounted passes during the sale. the ski rec sale st october 22nd. taking the a line to dic seems all right right now. but that could be a gamble. but this morning it was experiencing operational problems at the 40 t airport stations causing delays. system. a look at the issue and what one shopping center wants done about it. a local coffee shop not just there to serve you a cup of joe but to help denver's youngest ? what if we made a paint that was so special that was such a jewel among paints that you had to seek it out. nope, even easier than that. more like taking a left on that street where you usually take a right that wasn't so hard. and if finding that paint made you and your walls beam with pride, is it still paint? benjamin moore. paint like no other. . the transit system causing a transient problem. that's what the owner of orchards shopping plaza in love land is claiming. he sent the city a notice to get rid of the bus shelters by october. . while some bus riders are disappointed about the closure, >> like physical altercations, yes. fight. drug deals. some people even smoke around here, like meth, crack joop the city has not announced where they will place these bus stoos. it is a discourage g statistic. almost 30 percent of denver's homeless are under 30 years old. one coffee shop here in denvee is trying to make a difference. shannon shows us. >> when my immediate thought process doesn't have to be what am i going to eat, where am i going to go. how am i going to survive today. they showed me that i was important. >> purple door coffee is about more than just hot cups of coffee. it is place where you who were once living on the street get a second chance. many need it. almost 30 percent of denver's people to come in and experience what we are doing. it also teaches skills. >> i remember my first day, i was like i don't want to touch that machine. it was intimidating to me. now i can probably do it with my eyes closed. >> ricky has been working at purple door coffee for a year and now is a master. he is graduating from the program. >> this is what i've been waiting for. i learned i learned patience. i learned how to believe in my skills. >> reporter: something that was difficult to do after a tragedy turned his life upside-down. >> my mom died of hiv. before i was 17, i stayed with her. some people think it's all choice. sometimes it's not. i was on the street quite a while. most of it was because i didn't have no support. >> reporter: now ricky and >> we believe in the value of every human life. everybody who comes through our door no matter what their life looks like up to this point deserves to be treated like royal ee. >> reporter: we just heard that ricky has enrolled in college to become a sports cast er. a nearly naked man crashed a pick up. the ers, jumped a security gate, stole the truck that was on the run way and drove it into the aircraft. every one on board is okay and he could chase federal charges. just the thought of flying out of dia could cause you some anxiety, right. that's why dia is adding 27 new dogs. faces roaming the courses and what better day tontroduce them than on national dog day. >> it can be a stressful environment and these dogs offer a sense of al am ns -- to those they encounter. today's opening day the fair runs through september 5th at the fairgrounds and we have more information about all the events on the denver 7 app. storms off in the distance in the denver area right now, but we are going to have a nice quiet evening right here under partly cloudy skies. let me show you what the high temperatures were across the state today. 85 in lamar. over the last 24 hours a little bit warmer in the denver area than we were 24 hours ago. 16 degrees warmer in fort kol ikz. a little cooler in the north plains. they still have some scattered thundershowers up in that a. scattered showers in boulder county, lame at all. if you watch just after sun set you will see two little dots on the western horizon, venus and mars. 74 and 75 the current temperatures. 27% humidity and the winds out of the east southeast at five miles-an-hour. 50 was the low today. the normal is 86 and 56. at 97 degrees. we have a front that's going to drift off to the east taking the cooler more humid conditions away. hot and drier weather coming in as we head into the weekend. skies will be mostly clear overnight tonight and very comfortable conditions with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s in the front range. saturday there is going to be a afternoon when a few storms will pop up. there are not going to be many rain chances. upper 80s to the southeast. 50s and 60s expected in the mountains, a really nice start to the weeb end. crank the temperatures up about -?3 or 4 degrees on sunday. for tonight, partly cloudy, pleasant, 52 with light winds. tomorrow the temperature will be in the low 80s with a slight chance of an afternoon storm and several days. beautiful on sunday. -?mostly 75. high in the 80s to almost 90 next week. a few storms around. we are getting to that quieter pattern that you see as you get closer to labor day. up next on seven sports extra. why he thinks his back problems are now behind him. p?p?o?gv . welcome into sports extra. 24 hours from the broncos all important pre season game number 3. we boent see demarcus. what's happening is a bulging disc in his back. he will return to practice tuesday. he's done light work and individual drinks. he even told us that he feels better now than he did at the playoffs last year. he played at 70 year, which is scar ee. and when -- when troy finished 2015 on top, he said he has a lot more ball left. >> since you won the super bowl, evvrybody is going to be after you. i said no, you have to flip it been the chase.we have always%- the curve, that's why we are always chasing. that's what this team is about. trying to be the best. >> head over to our website. the we have five questions. the rockies in our nations capital visiting the nationals. jay on worth continues to welcome the rookie to the bigs. curve ball doesn't curve the game is now tide at two in the 4th. we'll check back in on this one at 10:00. checkout the names in the top right corner listed as mark sanchez, brandon mcmahon us and diks on. after taking a closer look they are all mcmanus. day. the way he's been playing he might be missing out on this team, but we shall see. >> he promises to be better. >> we shall see. tomorrow evening is going to be a nice, dry warm evening and all weekend looks great, so z23eiz zvpz right now, on "the list," get out of the heat. here is how you play winter olympic sports in the summer. >> awesome, awesome shot. from spam to bad art, a list of the whackiest museums across america and our exclusive with cory feldman about the future of the goonies, first, what is starting. so, we have got a list of stories guaranteed to put a smile on your face. transportation improvements are in the air and on the road, that is what is trending right now. >> we have in flight entertainment and power at every seat, it a modern experience. >> the friendly skies got more friendly. now there's free inflight entertainment on all of their those type of options. >> your favorite tv shows and movies at your seat and on your device too. they are not alone, delta added free entertainment to their wifi enabled flights. and if you are more of a driver than a flyer, here is a story to get you pumped. the u.s. energy department predicts that gas prices will drop below $2 a gallon and stay there through winter. theme park, buy a roller coaster. sure, you have been on roller coasters before. we bet none of them have been like this. six flags have two virtual reality coasters. rider says bored a traditional wholer coaster and put on a pair of goggles transporting them to the middle of virtual b traditional roller coaster, maybe ride this before eating. they go up and like the temperature in an office, we look at the battle between women and men when it comes to ac and it's trending right now. >> oh, yes. summer at the office means one thing. the battle of the sexes over the inside temperature. >> the freeze is upon us. >> you talking about the ac?