Xcel Energy Says Capitol Hill Power Outage Was Caused By Rare Event
http://media.denver.cbslocal.com/CBSDEN_20150426163154813AA.mp4 DENVER (CBS4) – Xcel Energy says a power outage that affected 2,000 people Saturday night in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood was...
View ArticleShooter In Capitol Hill Neighborhood Standoff Sentenced To 96 Years
http://media.denver.cbslocal.com/CBSDEN_0805201517283607229AA.mp4 DENVER (CBS4)– The shooter who shot at police for several hours in the Capitol Hill neighborhood standoff in 2013 was sentenced Friday...
View ArticlePolice Search For Hit & Run Driver Who Stopped To Argue With Victim
DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver would like to hear from anybody who witnessed a pedestrian getting struck by a car in Capitol Hill early Saturday morning. According to police, at approximately 12:30...
View ArticlePeople’s Fair Causes Street Closures In Capitol Hill
DENVER (CBS4)– Hundreds of thousands of people will attend the People’s Fair in Capitol Hill over the weekend. That event has also closed several streets around Civic Center Park. Closures are in place...
View ArticleBicyclist Hospitalized After Hit & Run In Capitol Hill
DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver are searching for a driver who injured a bicyclist and drove then drove off. The incident happened Sunday afternoon at 16th Avenue and Ogden Street. The victim was...
View ArticleSinkhole Repairs Underway In Capitol Hill Neighborhood
DENVER (CBS4)– Crews from Denver Public Works worked to repair a sinkhole that appeared in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on Saturday. The sinkhole has forced part of Ninth and Corona to be blocked off....
View ArticleOwners Reunited With Stolen Scooters, 2 Allegedly Behind Theft Ring Arrested
DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver say a spike in the number of scooter and motorcycle thefts in the city should ease off now that they have captured two people who they say are responsible for a number...
View ArticlePolice Search For Apartment Burglary Suspects
DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver searched for three burglary suspects wanted in at least one apartment break-in in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Officers say the two women and one man pried open the...
View ArticleSwitchblade Stabbing At Good Times Walk-Up Window Unsolved So Far
By Tom Mustin DENVER (CBS4) – Police are looking for the suspect after a bizarre stabbing in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. “It’s East Colfax and Cap Hill, anything can happen,” Kristopher...
View Article14 Displaced After Fire At Assisted Living Facility In Capitol Hill
DENVER (CBS4) – A fire at an assisted living facility in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has displaced 14 people and injured one. The fire department said the fire at the Mile High Guest Home, 965...
View ArticleChurch In Capitol Hill Breaks Ground On Housing For Homeless
By Kelly Werthmann DENVER (CBS4) – A parking lot in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Denver is now the site of a new beginning for the homeless. St. John’s Cathedral and the St. Francis Center broke...
View ArticleShort Term Rentals Allowed In Denver — With Rules
By Jennifer Brice DENVER (CBS4) – Homeowners who want to rent out their places on a short term basis just got the green light in Denver. It’s a growing trend around the world. John Krauklis has been...
View ArticleTraffic Delayed After Suspect Jumps From Bridge In Police Pursuit
DENVER (CBS4) – Traffic was stalled Monday morning after police stopped a suspect vehicle on Interstate 70 following a pursuit. It began when shots were fired in the Capitol Hill neighborhood before 5...
View ArticleHomeless Couple Having Sex In Public Last Straw: Denver Residents Moving Out
By Brian Maass DENVER (CBS4) – A young couple in Denver’s West City Park neighborhood have put their home up for sale saying problems with Denver’s homeless population are driving them out of the city....
View Article‘Museum On The Move’ Creates Plenty Of Interest In Capitol Hill
DENVER (CBS4) – A historic Denver museum slowly inched through Denver on its way to a new location downtown on Sunday. Crews lifted the foundation onto a set of six, heavy-duty remote controlled...
View ArticleTransgender Woman’s Car Vandalized With Hate Speech
By Karen Morfitt DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are investigating after a transgender woman found her vehicle tagged with hate messages. Amber Timmons had only one word to describe the messages left...
View ArticleHomicide Victim May Have Been Trying To Help Someone In Need
By Karen Morfitt DENVER (CBS4) – A man has died after he was found inside his car in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood bleeding from apparent stab wounds. Police rushed to the intersection of 13th...
View ArticlePolice Hand Out Free LED Bulbs To Offer Residents More Protection
DENVER (CBS4) – Police in Denver say leaving your front porch light on may be the most effective way to protect your home. “A lot of times the criminals or bad guys lurk in the darkness and keeping the...
View ArticlePolice ID Victim Of Fatal Stabbing As 21-Year-Old Woman
DENVER (CBS4) – Police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing in the Capitol Hill neighborhood early Christmas morning. (credit: CBS) The incident happened early Sunday near the intersection of...
View ArticleFinding A Place To Park For Capitol Hill Residents Continues To Be A Problem
By Shawn Chitnis DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – New residents to one of the Denver’s most popular neighborhoods, Capitol Hill, say the already-challenging parking situation has gotten even tougher, but the...
View ArticleAnother Whole Foods On The Chopping Block
DENVER (CBS4) – Another Whole Foods store is set to close. This one is located at 11th Avenue and Ogden Street in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. According to BusinessDen, the store will close this...
View ArticlePolice Search For Sexual Assault Suspect After Attack
By Andrea Flores DENVER (CBS4)– Women in Capitol Hill are on high alert as Denver police search for a sexual assault suspect. Investigators say a man sexually assaulted a woman near 10th and Emerson...
View ArticleRep. DeGette Says Ex-Congressman Filner Tried To Kiss Her
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette says former California congressman Bob Filner tried to kiss her in an elevator while they were serving in Congress together. The Colorado Democrat told MSNBC’s...
View ArticleRep. Mike Coffman Talks Tax Plan At Town Hall
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman hosted a telephone town hall on Wednesday to talk with constituents about the Republican tax plan on Capitol Hill. Mike Coffman is a Republican...
View ArticleSen. Bennet Calls For Sen. Franken To Resign
DENVER (CBS4)– Sen. Michael Bennet is calling for Sen. Al Franken to resign amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Bennet, a Democrat representing Colorado on Capitol Hill, tweeted out Wednesday...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress
(CNN Money) — Mark Zuckerberg’s moment in the hot seat on Capitol Hill has arrived. The Facebook CEO formally apologized to Congress on Tuesday for mistakes that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal,...
View ArticleRyan Bows Out: ‘I Have Given This Job Everything I Have’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming he’s accomplished a “heckuva lot,” House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election and will retire next year, injecting another layer of...
View ArticleSocial Media Helps Police Track Down Suspected Peeper
By Jeff Todd DENVER (CBS4)– A suspected peeper in Capitol Hill was arrested Thursday but neighbors, who helped spread information about the man, are still vigilant. “He was just staring at me and it...
View ArticleMuslim Restauranteur Claims Landlord Refused To Lease Based On Religion
By Melissa Garcia DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) — A Boulder restaurant owner is searching for a new place to rent after he was allegedly denied a lease in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood because of his...
View ArticleOld Whole Foods Store Could Be Turned Into Mixed-Use Building
DENVER (CBS4) – The former Whole Foods store at 11th Avenue and Emerson Street could be redeveloped. The owner of the property wants to talk to neighbors about it first. (credit: CBS) The store closed...
View ArticleCapitol Hill Community To Discuss How To Transform Old Whole Foods
DENVER (CBS4) – Community members are meeting about possible redevelopment of the old Whole Foods in at 11th Avenue and Emerson Street in Capitol Hill. The owner of the property wants to turn it into a...
View ArticleFormer Hostel Could Soon Be Listed As Historic Landmark
DENVER (CBS4) – A former hostel previously shut down by the City of Denver is now on track to become a historic landmark. City councilors advanced a bill at their Monday night meeting regarding the...
View ArticleVote To Give Old Hostel Historic Designation Passes Unanimously
DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver City Council voted to designate a former hostel as a historic landmark Monday night. The vote passed 13-0. The building at 16th Avenue and Washington Street was previously...
View ArticleGov.-Elect Jared Polis To Continue To Live In Boulder
DENVER (CBS4)– Gov.-Elect Jared Polis says he plans to keep living in Boulder instead of moving into the Governor’s Mansion in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood once he’s sworn into office. Police...
View ArticleIconic Castle Marne, Capitol Hill Bed And Breakfast, For Sale
DENVER (CBS4)– One of Denver’s most iconic and historic homes is up for sale for $1.7 million. “Castle Marne,” built in 1889, has served as a bed and breakfast for the past three decades. Drone4 flew...
View ArticleLandlord Who Wouldn’t Lease To Muslim Pair Must Pay $675,000
DENVER (AP) — A Denver landlord who was recorded telling her tenant to find an “American person … good like you and me” to sublease her property instead of a Muslim father and son seeking to open their...
View Article‘I Wish It Didn’t Come To This’: Muslim Renter Reacts To Settlement From...
DENVER (CBS4)– A Denver landlord will pay a Muslim father and son more than half a million dollars after denying them a sublease because of their religion. Rashad Kahn and his father co-own a popular...
View ArticleCap Hill Residents ‘Remaining Vigilant’ Ahead Of Planned Capitol Protests
DENVER (CBS4) – Residents in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Denver say they are concerned about their safety just days before a presidential inauguration which has put state capitols on alert across...
View ArticleRenovation Of Denver’s Historic Tears-McFarlane Mansion To Include Community...
DENVER (CBS4) – A historic mansion in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is about to get a makeover. A renovation project is planned for the Tears-McFarlane property, located on the northern edge of...
View ArticleFirst The Pandemic Derailed His Career, Then A Hit-And-Run Driver ‘Stole A...
DENVER (CBS4) – A Denver man is recovering after a motorist drove into him during a scooter ride last week. The driver sped off and still hasn’t been found. Nick Meibeyer (credit: CBS) On the afternoon...
View ArticleTruck Slams Into Capitol Hill Books, Smashing Glass Cases With Rare Books
DENVER (CBS4)– It’s been a tough couple of years for Capitol Hill Books in Denver. The bookstore spent half of 2020 with their windows boarded up to prevent vandalism from protests. Now the plywood is...
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