🌱 Police Improves Solved Case Rate + Local Named Year's Best Comedian

Hello all. It's me, Helen Eckhard, your host of the Albuquerque Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening locally.

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Periods of sun. High: 46 Low: 33.

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Here are the top three stories today in Albuquerque:

1. The Albuquerque Police Department is ending the year with a 94 percent clearance rate of solved or closed cases for 2022. The last several years saw the department's cleared case rate at just over 50 percent. In total, the department solved or closed 119 cases, (KOAT New Mexico)
2. Local comedian Zach Abeyta was named Albuquerque's Best Comedian in 2022. Abeyta has been touring and headlining all over the county after recovering from being shot in April. His next show will be on Jan. 20 at Comedy Club Downtown. (KRQE News 13)
3. A national nonprofit ranked Albuquerque 34th out of the 100 largest U.S. cities for having the best number and quality of parks. The city did the best in the rankings with factors like the percentage of city dedicated to parks and the accessibility of park space for low-income neighborhoods. (KRQE News 13)

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Today in Albuquerque:

• Live Music At Lizard Tail Brewing (6:00 PM)
• River Of Lights (Final Night) At ABQ BioPark Zoo (5:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Are you looking to start off the new year with a new furry family member? Check out this week's roundup of local pets waiting for adoption in the Albuquerque area and meet Gideon, Libby, Toffee, and many more! (Albuquerque Patch)
• Indian Pueblo Cultural Center would like to invite the public to come vote in its annual Pueblo Gingerbread House Contest! Each of the contest's 29 gingerbread entries represent a Pueblo village, house, church, or other significant fixture of the Pueblo community. Voting for the People's Choice award runs through Jan. 3. (KRQE News 13)
• This week is the last week of Operation Silent Night at the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department! The department will continue to accept donations of supplies to help increase the comfort of homeless animals at the city's shelters through Dec. 31. (Albuquerque Animal Welfare via Facebook)

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That's it for today! I'll see you soon.

— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing associate at Lightning Media Partners. Outside of work, she enjoys constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.