🌱 Mayoral Race + Colorado Rent Prices + Starbucks Labor Practices

Hello, everybody. It's me, back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening in town. Today you'll find news about...

• The mayoral debate in Denver
• Starbuck's labor practices
• Defective airbag recall

But first, today's weather:

Increasing cloudiness. High: 49. Low: 21.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

1. Next Thursday (February 16th), 9 News is working with Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy & Research Organization (CLLARO) and Fair Elections Fund to host a debate in Denver's mayoral race. The debate will be hosted at MSU Denver and televised statewide. There are currently 13 candidates receiving matched funding from the Fair Elections Fund. Learn more at 9 News.
2. Rent in Colorado depends largely on where in the state you're located, with a studio apartment costing anywhere from $685 in Trinidad to almost $1,400 in Boulder. OutThere Colorado has compiled fair market rent data for most Colorado housing markets. Read about rising rent at OutThere Colorado.
3. Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Amita Baman Tracy has reinstated a fired employee at a Denver Starbucks and decided that Starbucks was using unfair labor practices. Tracy also ordered Starbucks to remove warning letters from two other employee's files. Find out more at 9 News.
4. A Colorado family lost a U-Haul full of their possessions in Denver. With it, they lost the urns of loved ones. Thankfully, the U-Haul has been located but it remains uncertain if the ashes are still inside the truck. Family member Gabriale Voeltner told CBS News, "My soul has been in so much pain because I just want my family back and that's all I have left of them so I'm trying to be patient." Read more at CBS Colorado.
5. 66,000 Colorado-registered vehicles have been recalled due to defective airbags. The DMV clarified,"The letters, which will be sent in mid-February, inform owners of recalled vehicles that the airbags could kill or seriously injure drivers and passengers if they deploy." This defect could be fatal. Learn more at Fox 31.

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Today in Lakewood:

• Breast Ultrasound Screening Coming Direct to You! 3234 S. Wadsworth Coulebard-Suite A. 9:00 A.M.
• Art & Self Advocacy! Lakewood Library, 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
• Let's Dance! Belmar Library, 11:15 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.
• Craft and Chat! Columbine Library, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
• BYOB(ook) Group: A book with an awful cover! WestFax Brewing, 6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

From my notebook:

• Winter Views: "Winter views are getting wild out here. 📸: @davie8thebaby" (Visit Colorado via Instagram)
• 10.1% Triple IPA: "We don't just want some of the gold. We want ALL the gold! We emptied every pot of gold we had to hop this 10.1% Triple IPA! " (Icarus Brewing Co. via Facebook)
• Lakewood Brewing Co.: "If I fits, I sits. 😅🍻 Best caption wins a beer and a gold star. . . . #sillybrewer #beerstagram #lakewoodbrewing #dfwbeer #dallas #breweryBTS" (Lakewood Brewing Co. via Instagram)
• Colorado Missing Persons Day: "Many thanks to those who joined us at the State Capitol to honor Colorado Missing Persons Day last week." (Colorado Bureau of Investigation via Facebook)

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