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🌱 Patch AM: How Golden scrambled after hearing Pearl Harbor over shortwave

Also, don't miss Jingle and Jazz supporting Food Security on the Golden Patch calendar

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Good morning Golden! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Golden scrambled after hearing Pearl Harbor over shortwave
  • How could Jefferson County’s new wildfire rules affect your Golden-area home?
  • How a fugitive dodged justice on a train bound for Golden

Also on today's calendar: Jingle and Jazz supporting Food Security and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Sun and areas of high clouds, with a high of 60 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Saturday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 60, low: 31.
  • Sunday: Sun and some clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Rapid Transition After Pearl Harbor (goldentoday.com) — Golden residents once listened in real time as radio reports of Pearl Harbor reached their shortwave set, prompting swift local action. A 1941 Colorado Transcript account recalls Governor Ralph Carr’s orders to Golden’s civil defense coordinator to protect area infrastructure while the rest of the paper still carried pre-planned Christmas ads.
   

• Jefferson County considers widening fire-safe building standards to new areas (denver7.com) — Jefferson County is considering stricter wildfire-resilient building rules for high-risk unincorporated areas, and residents can weigh in at a Dec. 16 meeting in Golden. The county may expand Wildland-Urban Interface zones into the plains and tighten defensible-space and construction standards for new builds. Homeowners near Arvada and Ken Caryl are watching closely as wildfire anxiety grows after recent destructive fires.
   

• Wild West Escape: Colorado Horse Thief Jumps from Moving Train in 1916 (k99.com) — A quirky 1916 crime tale ties Golden into a true Wild West-style escape, when an accused horse thief jumped from a moving train en route to face charges there. The story follows his daring leap in Oklahoma, survival in a swamp, and audacious request to have his luggage forwarded to Canada.
   

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    ALSO, MANY tabbies at Foothills Animal Shelter right now along with a black and white tuxedo that looks familiar to me. (Nextdoor Genesee)
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    I have a small amount I've invested in and have so many questions. Who do you know!? Thank you in advance, my fine neighbors!! (Nextdoor Genesee)
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🗞 Nearby News

Lakewood

  • Police: Man arrested in Lakewood burglary that left 83-year-old woman dead (kktv.com)
  • Teen honors angler grandfather, rallies others on Colorado Gives Day (cbsnews.com)
  • Esports: Mountain Vista Repeats as Splatoon State Champions (chsaanow.com)

Wheat Ridge

  • ‘Intersection of the future': Continuous flow intersections open in Wheat Ridge (kdvr.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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