🏙️ Just how ‘Denver’ are you?

🏙️ Just How ‘Denver’ Are You?

How do you know you’re a real Denverite? Maybe it was your 200th show at Red Rocks or the moment you realized you had a preferred spot to get your Denver-style green chile fix. We asked two of our favorite past guests — Lee Robinson and Kate McLachlan of Dyketopia — to share their most Mile High moments. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🧑‍⚖️ Judge (Mostly) Rejects King Soopers Restraining Order Request

On Friday, a Denver judge largely denied the request by the company for a restraining order against picketing King Soopers workers. The judge did agree to prohibit strikers from blocking delivery vehicles or erecting structures that impede customer traffic, but denied all other requests that infringed on the demonstrators’ right to peacefully protest. Picketers are in the second week of a two-week planned strike over working conditions. [Denver Gazette 🔒]

⚖️ Sweeping Gun Ban Advances With Major Caveat

A proposal to ban the sale of semiautomatic firearms with detachable magazines (aka “assault weapons”) garnered preliminary approval from the state Senate last week, but with one major concession — instead of prohibiting sales entirely, those types of guns could still be purchased by people who’ve completed mandatory training, passed an exam, and cleared a vetting process. [CO Sun]