🌱 Health Care Strike Averted + Library Gets New Name

Up and at 'em, Denver! Let's get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on around town today. I have news about a health care strike that was averted, the renaming of a public library, a chicken recall and an important fundraiser.

First, today's weather:

A partly sunny sky and warmer temperatures are expected today, with a high of 71 and a low of 51.

Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. A health care strike was averted Saturday in Colorado and other states as Kaiser Permanente workers protest understaffing and wage cuts for new employees. The Alliance of Health Care Unions and Kaiser Permanente jointly announced the agreement, staving off a potentially crippling strike. (Denver Patch)
2. A public library in Denver, at Santa Fe Drive and West 7th Avenue, has been renamed to honor Native American community leader John "Thunderbird Man" Emhoolah. The Kiowa and Arapaho Indian served in the Korean War and improved education for our state's indigenous communities. (9News.com KUSA)
3. Trader Joe's stores recalled a chicken patty product after pieces of bone were discovered in the food, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The recall affected Trader Joe's in Colorado and across the nation. (Patch)
4. The Salvation Army is now accepting meals and gifts for Christmas assistance. The organization aims to collect food, funds and toys to help hundreds of families. (FOX 31 Denver)
5. Reminder: Mark Thursday and Friday, Nov. 18-19, on your calendar. You may want to plan a lunar eclipse party in Colorado and watch the full frost moon turn red. It's an overnight party, so get your paid time-off requests in — you may not want to drag your tired self to work. (Denver Patch)

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Denver Patch Notebook

• Denver Police Department: Most Coffee With A Cop events are held at coffee shops, but some Denver officers have been setting up their own shop outside of Castro Elementary School. (Facebook)
• Denver Botanic Gardens: Which traits make plants more vulnerable to extinction? Even if a population is likely to go extinct in the foreseeable future, that might not mean the loss of an entire species.(Facebook)
• Denver Art Museum: Monet was born on Nov. 14, 1840, in Paris. Visit the Denver Art Museum to see seven of Monet's paintings in person in "The 19th Century in European and American Art." (Facebook)
• City and County of Denver Government: Thirty-one children found their forever homes during last week’s Denver Adoption Day. Still, there are 400 other children in Colorado who need adoptive homes. Adoption provides loving, stable homes to children who need them. (Facebook)

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— Amber Fisher

About me: I'm a Patch editor covering news in Denver's metro area and Boulder. I've spent the past nine years working for various news outlets across North America, including Chicago Patch, Global News and WBEZ. I've covered high-profile court cases, civil rights abuses, mass shootings, natural disasters and major crimes — but also countless happy news stories about kindness, innovation and resilience. When I'm not writing articles, I can be found hiking, snowboarding, debating politics with my husband and attempting to be a sci-fi and astronomy geek.

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