🔎 Are the Venezuelan gang rumors true?

🥡 DPD Targets Food Trucks to Combat Crime

Beginning this week, the Denver Police Department is barring food trucks from several blocks of Lower Downtown on weekend nights (Thursday-Sunday from 10 p.m.-2 a.m.) in the hopes of dispersing late-night bar crowds more quickly and in turn, curbing rising violence. [9News]

🚓 MAGA Activist Claims Credit for Racist Street Signs

Denver police are investigating a known controversial Republican activist and street artist called Sabo for possible bias-motivated crimes after he proudly claimed credit for racist signs that appeared at several RTD bus stops last week. [9News]

🎒 Denver School Closures are Coming

As Denver Public Schools continues to face a steep decline in enrollment, superintendent Alex Marrero plans to announce his recommendations for schools that should be closed or consolidated on Nov. 7. Following the announcement, impacted communities will have just two weeks to give feedback to the district before the school board holds a final deciding vote on the matter Nov. 21.

• The stakes are high: Though district leaders have not indicated which schools or how many might be on the chopping block, Marrero warns that once the decisions have been made, “we are not going to be convinced otherwise.” [Chalkbeat]