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Opinion: Suncor-EPA settlement is part of effort to do right thing by Commerce City, North Denver

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

EPA’s recent Clean Air Act fuels settlement with the Suncor refinery generated questions about both the settlement and EPA’s broader efforts to improve environmental conditions at the facility and in nearby communities in Commerce City and North Denver. I appreciate this opportunity to clarify and explain EPA’s commitment to these concerns.EPA’s September settlement with Suncor focused on gasoline produced and distributed by the refinery across the Front Range, not emissions from the facility itself. Some of the fuel produced by Suncor in 2021 and 2022 exceeded requirements limiting the benzene content and the volatility of the fuel. The distribution and use of this fuel led to higher emissions of pollutants in a large area that does not meet Clean Air Act standards for ozone.As part of the settlement, in addition to paying a penalty, Suncor voluntarily agreed to spend $600,000 to replace older gasoline and diesel-powered lawn equipment with less-polluting electric-powered equipment...

Things to do this weekend: Beastie Boys brunch, the history of Colorado’s 10th Mountain Division and more

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

Time to rememberAndy Cross,The Denver PostWWII Army Veteran Greg Canono, 92, left, salutes every American flag that came down the parade route during the annual Veterans Day Parade Nov. 12, 2016.Saturday. This year Veterans Day falls on a Saturday, which makes the ceremonies and events honoring our nation’s soldiers easy to get to for most nine-to-fivers. The official Denver Veterans Day Run and Denver Veterans Day Parade & Festival, hosted by Colorado Veterans Project, takes place at City Park on Nov. 11 — a charitable event whose proceeds and donations “will go directly to help build a supportive community around our veterans,” organizers wrote.This year, people have the option to participate in-person or virtually in the 5k or 10k run. The on-site parade, which runs 9 a.m.-1 p.m., and festival are free to attend and will begin after the run. The fest includes live music, activities for kids and families, military displays and vendors, and food trucks. ...

Bus rapid transit is coming to more of Denver’s arterial streets as CDOT ups its support

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

State, federal and city transportation leaders gathered in a small conference room at CDOT’s headquarters Wednesday to announce that a state-led effort to bring much more bus rapid transit service to metro Denver is in full swing.It’s a priority that gets to the heart of Senate Bill 260, the 2021 state law that tasked the Colorado Department of Transportation with focusing on projects that would seek to roll back the environmental harms car-based transportation brings to often marginalized neighborhoods in the Denver area and beyond.And Federal and Colorado boulevards — heavily traveled state highways that course through the city — are among those on the list for makeovers.But Wednesday’s event, which also brought together officials from the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and the Federal Transit Administration, held symbolic importance in the eyes of transportation advocates like Jill Locantore.She leads the Denver Streets Partne...

Lynn Nottage’s play “Clyde’s” heats up the Denver Center | Theater review

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

If you are jonesing for fresh episodes of “The Bear,” the Denver Center Theatre Company’s ace production of “Clyde’s” might feed that craving.If you haven’t ever watched Hulu’s series about a high-end chef and the family restaurant he returns to, all the better. Having premiered on Broadway in 2021, “Clyde’s” is very much its own wonder.After her Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Sweat” — about a group of Pennsylvania factory workers — Lynn Nottage pulls the curtain back on another complicated workplace (aren’t they all?). This time the workforce consists of sandwich maestro Montrellous (Sekou Laidlow), Letitia (Katherine George), Rafael (Sebastián Arroyo) and the tattoo-festooned newbie, Jason (Quinn M. Johnson). Each had been incarcerated prior to Clyde (Brianna Buckley) giving them a break.Before you get all misty-eyed, you should know that Clyde is not a tender soul — not even close — which makes the play simmer, crackle and occasionally threaten a consuming grease fire. ...

Denver gay couple alleges mold inspector sent homophobic texts in discrimination complaints

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

A Denver gay couple and their landlord have alleged in discrimination complaints that a Lakewood-based mold inspector sent homophobic text messages and treated them unfairly, including overcharging for his services.Evan VanGheem, right, and his partner, Jordan Carter, both Denver residents, are shown in an undated photo. (Photo provided by Iris Halpern)The complaints, filed with the Denver Anti-Discrimination Office, say the conduct of the owner of Walker Environmental LLC changed last month after he learned the two men who lived in a condo he was hired to inspect were a couple. Evan VanGheem and his partner, Jordan Carter, said they were treated in a hostile manner on later visits, and VanGheem showed screenshots of homophobic texts he said he received after posting a negative review of the business online.“It was very disheartening because we didn’t expect that here, especially in Denver,” VanGheem said. He added that it was an unsettling experience to be treated...

Sắp sửa debuting classic bakery just in time for the holidays

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

Pastry chef Anna Nguyen’s happy place is making baked goods, with a cup of coffee, in an empty kitchen at 5 a.m.“The feeling of rotating things in and out of the oven and everything is going perfectly puts me in autopilot mode,” she said. “It’s so fun and satisfying.”Nguyen, who opened the Vietnamese restaurant sắp sửa with her husband Anthony last summer, has missed those baking days, covered in flour, while she has been working dinner services.The Bakehouse at sắp sửa will be offering Thanksgiving desserts for pre-order online, like the five-spiced apple crisp pictured above. (Photo by Anna Nguyen)So, just in time for the holiday season (and after the installation of a new water heater, an essential bakery tool), the Nguyens will open The Bakehouse at sắp sửa — inspired by Anna’s childhood memories of baking with her mom in her hometown of Longmont.“My mom was the ultimate mom as a little kid,” Anna said. “We’d come home from school to two loaves of sandwich bread, fresh jam...

Denver voters send resounding message: Change is needed on DPS school board

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

A tumultuous year of Board of Education infighting, rising teen gun violence and two high-profile shootings at Denver Public Schools’ largest high school culminated in voters sending a resounding message to their local school board this week: they want change. Tuesday’s election saw Denverites eschew a slate of union-backed candidates for the first time in four years and unseat incumbents Scott Baldermann and Charmaine Lindsay in a school board race that drew close to $2 million in political spending and saw a group of parents rally to swing the board in a new direction. Voters elected three reform-backed candidates – John Youngquist, Kimberlee Sia and Marlene De La Rosa – over those endorsed by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association — Baldermann, Lindsay and ex-Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman — by wide margins, ranging from 10 to 34 percentage points. The trio’s wins in the DPS races were not only notable by how definitive their results were, but also b...

Fights break out between pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian supporters outside Los Angeles movie screening

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

Altercations between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian supporters were captured on video outside a screening at the Museum of Tolerance in West Los Angeles Wednesday night. The screening showed images of the gruesome Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel by Hamas militants, which Israel says left more than 1,400 dead and more than 240 taken hostage.Several altercations were captured on video outside the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance on Nov. 8, 2023. (spobh90210)The 47-minute video was provided by Israeli Defence Forces and shown to select audiences in Los Angeles and New York. Actress Gal Gadot, who is Israeli, had reportedly been involved in organizing the screenings."Over 240 hostages, including 30 children, are still being held captive by Hamas. This is a prayer from Broadway to bring them home," Gadot posted on her Instagram page Wednesday night. About 150 people attended the Los Angeles screening, although Gadot was not in attendance, according to the Los Angeles Times. Vid...

TOBi or not TOBi: L.A.-based rapper and singer offers Panic, but also hope

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

TOBi or not TOBi: It seems like everything L.A.-based rapper and singer TOBi puts his name to of late turns to gold. His Shall I Continue? and Elements Vol. 1 releases saw the Juno Awards fly in as his stock rose. His still-blossoming success is fully deserved, too; TOBi’s melodic, soulful, genre-blending hip-hop transcends trends as the artist focuses on his art.“I started writing music when I was 8 years old,” he says. “It started off as poetry in response to my environment, and then I started recording music myself at 13. And then I became a professional artist I’d say when I was 24, after I finished university and was working for a little bit. That was 2016.”TOBi majored in biology and minored in psychology at uni and he says that while he took a different career path, his studies make their way into his music.“It does, because it shapes my world view,” he says. “It shapes how I look at the world around me. I look at things from a material standpoint, as well. Because science is...

Prep roundup: Las Lomas girls water polo punches ticket to title game with quintuple-overtime victory

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

Girls water poloLas Lomas 13, San Ramon Valley 12Las Lomas advanced to the NCS Division I final after it earned a five-overtime victory over San Ramon Valley. The Knights lost the two regular season matches to the Wolves, but won when it counted to advance to its third consecutive title game.Sierra Brown scored three goals, her third being the game-winner in sudden death. Lily Palma was also spectacular for Las Lomas, putting in seven goals to go along with five exclusions drawn, one assist and a steal.Teagan Claus scored one goal and dished out four assists, and Rachel Eger and Sydney Walburg both scored a goal each. Geneva Reese saved 13 shots in goal for Las Lomas. San Ramon Valley had plenty of standouts in the loss. Morgan Hoffman had two backhand cross-cage goals out of set, and freshman Daphne Mundelius had six goals. Fellow freshman Olivia Anderson had three assists, and Natalie Buck scored two goals.Brooke Temkin scored a goal for SRV, and seniors Rachel Kral and Katie Libe...