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• Firefighters Searching For Missing Kayaker On Carter Lake

  11-04-2021 23:44
  
  LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Larimer County Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters from Berthoud and Loveland are looking for a missing kayaker. Berthoud Fire officials say firefighters found the kayak overturned in Carter Lake at around 2 p.m.
  They say they also found a dog with a life vest on, but no owner. It’s not clear if the owner is in the lake or swam somewhere else.
  
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• Food From Newly-Planted School Garden To Be Available To Denver Students

  11-04-2021 23:33
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Juniors at Bruce Randolph planted their new school garden just in time for Earth Day on April 22. The garden help provide healthy options to students.
  It’s part of the Denver Public School district’s agriculture program. Officials say they use the garden to help include education about food into STEM education.
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  The students filled up planters with potting soil and seeds for fruits, vegetables and herbs.
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• BioBlitz Program To Help Study, Restore South Platte River

  11-04-2021 20:32
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Plants and wildlife along the South Platte River are getting an annual check up this week. A program at Colorado State University called Bio Blitz takes place April 15 and 16.
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  Researchers from CSU will join experts from the Butterfly Pavilion, Denver Zoo and Pinyon Environmental to evaluate all kinds of living organisms by the river.
  The goal is to clean up the area and document the changes in the river to create a baseline for the natura
  
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• Association Alerts Denver Teachers Of Plans To Return To Classroom

  11-04-2021 19:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Classroom Teachers Association says the Denver Public School district intends to end remote learning for some teachers before the end of April. A letter from the DCTA states teachers who live with a family member considered high risk or teachers with childcare issues are included in the group.
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  However, teachers who have high risk health issues can continue working remotely.
  The letter adds it will be up to school principals to decide whether a teach
  
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• ‘We Really Strive To Create A Family Relationship’: Mentorship Is One Way To Help A Teen Living In Foster Care

  11-04-2021 18:44
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – There are 4,035 children and youth living in foster care in Colorado. Raise the Future works to find permanency for the older ones, sibling groups, and children who face some barriers to being adopted.
  “At Raise the Future, we believe that youth need people, not just programs. And this past year has been pretty exceptionally difficult on our communities, and so the youth in our programs have lost connections that maybe they had prior,” said Katrina George, with
  
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• Take Me Out To The Ball Game: April Tickets To Rockies Games Now Available

  11-04-2021 18:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Tickets to Rockies games in April are now up for grabs. The team announced on Sunday remaining home games at Coors Field are now for sale.
  “Coors Field is better with you,” the team stated on social media. “We can’t wait to see you soon!”
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  Only games for the team’s first homestand were available prior to the announcement. The team opened gates for its home opener on April 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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• Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Welcomes Coloradans For More COVID Vaccines

  11-04-2021 18:15
  
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – The COVID-19 vaccination site at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City opened Sunday for another week of vaccinations. It comes days after 11 people suffered adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the site.
  The site normally operates Sunday-Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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  Centura Health, which operates the site at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs and Colorado State Fai
  
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• Louisville Students To Create Unique Memories With COVID-Restricted Prom

  11-04-2021 17:56
  
  LOUISVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) – After the graduating class of 2020 was robbed of the opportunity to have normal graduations and proms last year, the State of Colorado green-lit the year-ending celebrations for the class of 2021 throughout Colorado. So long as health guidelines are promoted and enforced at the events, high school seniors are allowed to go to prom.
  At Monarch High School in Louisville, students and staff have been working together to make sure a prom could be both safe, and fun,
  
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• COVID In Colorado: Centura Health Switches From Johnson & Johnson To Pfizer And Moderna Vaccines

  11-04-2021 17:37
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Three mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in Colorado have stopped using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and are now offering Pfizer or Moderna. Saturday, 3,300 people got vaccinated in Colorado Springs.
  They lined up by the thousands beneath snowcapped Pikes Peak at the Broadmoor World Arena. Signs read, “J and J vaccine canceled today, but keep your appointment and get Pfizer today.”
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  One woman in line said she was okay with that.
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• COVID In Colorado: Centura Health Switches From Johnson & Johnson To Pfizer & Moderna Vaccines

  11-04-2021 17:37
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Three mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in Colorado have stopped using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and are now offering Pfizer or Moderna. Saturday, 3,300 people got vaccinated in Colorado Springs.
  They lined up by the thousands beneath snowcapped Pikes Peak at the Broadmoor World Arena. Signs read, “J and J vaccine canceled today, but keep your appointment and get Pfizer today.”
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  One woman in line said she was okay with that.
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• Colorado Weather: Chilly Week Ahead With Several Chances For Rain And Snow

  11-04-2021 16:37
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A busy weather week is unfolding for Colorado starting today with the passage of a dry cold front. Along and behind it the wind will blow between 15-25 mph with gusts as high as 40 mph on the plains.
  We’ll see a wide variety of temperatures by this afternoon as this front passes through. Denver and the northeast plains will mostly be in the 50s, which is 10-15 degrees cooler than it was on Saturday.
  The mountains will see 40s and 50s today with 60s on the western slop
  
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• Lawrence Livermore Researchers Testing Out Nuclear Blast Defense Against Earth-Threatening Asteroids

  11-04-2021 15:00
  
  LIVERMORE (CBS SF) — It sounds like a scene from a Hollywood sci-fi thriller, but researchers from Lawrence Livermore National lab have joined with an Air Force team of technologists to test if a nuclear blast could be used to deflect an earth-threatening asteroid.
  Whether it be Bruce Willis and his crew of oil drillers taking on an asteroid as it approaches earth in ‘Armageddon’ or Tia Leoni and her father awaiting a massive tidal wave from an asteroid strike in ‘Deep Im
  
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• ‘Absolutely Shocked’: California Teen Accepted To 5 Ivy League Schools And Stanford

  11-04-2021 14:00
  
  SYLMAR (CBSLA) — At first, it was Stanford.
  Itzel Luna, a Sylmar senior, has been accepted to five Ivy League schools and Stanford. (Photo by Itzel Luna)
  Then, on Tuesday, Itzel Luna found out she had been accepted to not one, not two, but five Ivy League Universities — Harvard, Brown, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia.
  “I was just absolutely shocked,” Luna, a senior at Daniel Pearlman Magnet High School, said. “All I could do was just keep chec
  
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• 15 Months After Buying Dream Home, California Couple Finally Kick Squatters Out

  11-04-2021 13:00
  
  RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) – A Riverside couple who were unable to move into their new home for 15 months — because the previous owner refused to leave — were finally able to get into their house last week.
  A couple remove the previous homeowner from a Riverside, Calif., home they purchased back in January 2020, but were unable to move into for 15 months. April 2021. (CBS2 News This Morning)
  Tracie and Myles Albert closed on the $650,000 home back in January of 2020, but when they arriv
  
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• Mother arrested after 3 children found slain in Los Angeles

  11-04-2021 06:18
  
  By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAMIAN DOVARGANES
  LOS ANGELES — The mother of three children — all under the age of 5 — found slain inside a Los Angeles apartment Saturday morning has been arrested, police said.
  Liliana Carrillo, 30, was arrested in Tulare County, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) north of Los Angeles. It wasn’t immediately known if she had a lawyer who could speak on her behalf.
  The children’s grandmother returned home from work and found their bodies and
  
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• More Black Americans open to COVID vaccines after outreach efforts

  11-04-2021 06:13
  
  By RUSS BYNUM and ANNIE MA
  Like others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine.
  The 57-year-old Black woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, feared that her high blood pressure and diabetes might heighten her chances of a severe reaction to the shot. The speedy development and approval of the vaccines also fed her skepticism.
  Then a member of Pringle’s church, a local NAACP leader who has led a vaccination campaign targeting Black residents, urged he
  
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• Electric vehicle battery firms settle trade spat, source says

  11-04-2021 06:01
  
  WASHINGTON — Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one of them to move ahead with plans to make batteries in Georgia, a person briefed on the matter says.
  LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation reached the settlement, ending the need for President Joe Biden to intervene in the dispute, the person said Saturday. The person asked not to be identified because the companies have not yet announced the settlement. No details
  
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• A masterpiece from Hideki Matsuyama to take Masters lead

  11-04-2021 05:57
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. — The storms that stopped play for a little more than hour Saturday at the Masters were expected. The masterpiece delivered by Hideki Matsuyama after the break was not.
  Matsuyama played the final eight holes in 6-under par, turning a two-shot deficit into a four-shot lead. With four flawless swings and three putts late on the back nine at Augusta National, he went from part of a logjam on the leaderboard to the cusp of becoming the first Japanese player to win a major.
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• USGS Reports 2.8 Magnitude Earthquake Near Aspen Saturday Night

  11-04-2021 05:53
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A 2.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded near the Eagle County and Pitkin County line at 9:02 p.m. Saturday. The quake hit about 6 miles west-southwest of Norrie, which is an unincorporated community about 40 miles from Glenwood Springs and roughly 7 miles from Aspen.As of this posting six people filed reported on the USGS website saying they felt a weak or light shaking. No damage or injuries have been reported.You can see the USGS report by clicking here.
  
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• WATCH: Bad Bunny’s highlights at WWE WrestleMania 37

  11-04-2021 05:20
  
  Grammy-award-winning rapper Bad Bunny made his WWE in-ring debut at WrestleMania 37 on Saturday in a tag-team match with Damian Priest against The Miz and John Morrison.RELATED: WWE WrestleMania 37: Predictions, preview, how to watch, resultsThe 27-year-old artist more than held his own.
  He nearly rolls up The Miz for a pin early in the match:@sanbenito almost had him! #WrestleMania @mikethemiz pic.twitter.com/fOchZFCwQp
  — WWE (@WWE) April 11, 2021Here he is doing a tandem falcon arrow wit
  
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• Police identify man suspected of pointing gun at Thornton officers

  11-04-2021 04:48
  
  A man who allegedly pointed a gun at Thornton police, drawing fire from officers, and who then disappeared into a neighborhood has been identified.
  Police on Saturday said that they are looking for 36-year-old Raymond Michael James Quintana.
  Quintana is suspected of fleeing officers Friday morning, pointing a gun at police and stealing a Jeep that was later found. A shelter-in-place order was posted for area residents during the incident and several area schools were placed on heightened securit
  
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• Police: Woman killed in LoDo crash last week was a bystander of street racing

  11-04-2021 02:59
  
  A woman killed in a T-bone crash in lower downtown Denver last week is a bystander of street racing, police said.
  Jessica Marie Allen, a mother of two, was killed on April 3 when she was broadsided at 18th and Lawrence streets while delivering food. Two people were injured, including a pedestrian who was hit with flying debris.RELEASE: #Denver Police Continues to Warn Drivers on the Dangers and Consequences of Street Racing pic.twitter.com/pRZmm5vGLC
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• 2 suspects smash living room window, threaten residents with hunting knife and steal truck, Adams County deputies say

  11-04-2021 02:23
  
  Intruders broke into an Adams County home early Saturday, throwing a large rock through the living window, threatening the residents and stealing a pickup truck.
  The frightening incident happened at about 1 a.m. in the 8700 block of Franklin Street, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.
  The residents were asleep when awakened by someone trying to steal their Ford Ranger, a news release said. A resident went outside and confronted the suspects, who threatened him and demanded the
  
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• 3-Run Homer Propels Giants Past Rockies

  11-04-2021 01:57
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Crawford delivered the decisive hit for a second straight day, connecting for a three-run homer in the sixth inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday.
  Crawford also came through with a bases-loaded, two-run double in the seventh of a 3-1 win in Friday’s home opener.
  Ben Bowden (0-2) relieved Chi Chi González and surrendered consecutive walks to Alex Dickerson and pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores before Crawford’s
  
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• ‘It’s A Team Job’: Volunteers Prepare Colorado Lands For Possible Challenging Wild Fire Year

  11-04-2021 01:54
  
  BAILEY, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado is once again headed for a historic drought. That means fire season could be challenging this year. So even though it’s only April, it’s time to start thinking about fire season in Colorado, especially the folks who live up in the mountains.
  That’s why Team Rubicon came out to the Tomahawk Ranch Saturday to do a little fire mitigation. The team of 80 veterans, first responders and all around hard-nosed citizens, volunteered to pitch in as m
  
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• Rockies, plagued by walks again, lose to Giants, 4-3

  11-04-2021 01:36
  
  You could sense the looming disaster.
  The Rockies led the San Francisco Giants 3-1 entering the bottom of the sixth when left-handed reliever Ben Bowden took the mound. He promptly walked Alex Dickerson and Brandon Belt — both lefties — before getting Evan Longoria to pop out.
  Wily, veteran shortstop Brandon Crawford, another left-handed hitter, knowing that Bowden was struggling with command, worked the count to 3-2. Then he hammered a three-run homer to right on a poorly located fa
  
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• Raise The Future Needs The Colorado Community To Come Together Around Youth Living In Foster Care

  11-04-2021 01:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4) –  For nearly 40 years, CBS4 has been raising money and awareness for youth living in foster care. It’s called A Day for Wednesday’s Child. It’s a celebration of the connections that can transform a child’s life.
  “Connections are really relationships, is what we’re talking about, aren’t built by snapping our fingers right. We make this all happen by developing relationships one step and one bit at a time,” said Lauren Arnol
  
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• Man dies in two-vehicle crash in northwest Denver on Saturday

  11-04-2021 00:47
  
  A man died and a juvenile was injured Saturday in a two-vehicle crash in northwest Denver, police said. The crash happened at about 11:50 a.m. in the area of West 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard.UPDATE: One adult male has been pronounced deceased and a juvenile has been transported to a local hospital relating to this incident. All roads have been reopened at this time.
  — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) April 10, 2021The crash temporarily shut down several blocks in the area and
  
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• Alix Jo-Ray Montoya, Brandie Price Arrested After Home Invasion & Chase

  11-04-2021 00:40
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A terrifying scene played out at a home on Franklin Street near 88th Avenue in Adams County. Sheriff’s deputies say two suspects tried breaking into the home and a vehicle early Saturday morning.
  Investigators say the victims were asleep when they heard sounds of someone trying to steal their vehicle. One of the victims then confronted the suspects who then demanded keys to the Ford Ranger.
  The sheriff’s office identified the suspects as Alix J
  
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• 1 Man Killed, 1 Child Hospitalized In Serious Crash At 32nd Avenue & Lowell Boulevard

  11-04-2021 00:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A serious crash closed part of 32nd Avenue near Lowell Boulevard in Denver on Saturday afternoon. Both police and firefighters responded to the crash near Lowell Boulevard which involved two vehicles.
  Police say a man died and a juvenile was taken to the hospital.
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  Firefighters say people were trapped, but did not specify the number or severity of any injuries.
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  Authorities have not said whether speed, alcohol or drugs are fact
  
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