🌱 Bike Theft + Union Station Crime + Park County Affordable Housing

Good morning, Boulder! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around town today.

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Friday's weather: Rain and drizzle in the a.m.. High: 55 Low: 34.

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Here are the top five stories in Boulder today:

1. Bike thieves make off with three bikes valued at $80k. Sometime between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, thieves broke into a business located at 2800 block of Wilderness Place and stole three bicycles. Two of the bikes had unique prototype technology. (KKTV)
2. Cleaner air on the horizon for Colorado? State lawmakers are working on a $124 million proposal that includes incentives that will speed the state's shift to cleaner air. The money will help offset the cost of switching to electric school buses, e-bikes and cleaner vehicles. Additionally, it will also expand monitoring and regulating air pollution sources. (CPR)
3. NCAR Fire is 90 percent contained. We can expect to see small amounts of smoke coming from the burn scar over the next week. (Patch)
4. Crime at Union Station continues to thrive, RTD bringing in more officers. Denver Mayor blames illegal drugs for the ongoing problems at the transit station in downtown. (Yahoo)
5. Building affordable housing in Fairplay. Habitat For Humanity is working to deliver workforce housing designed to help local police officers, firefighters and teachers purchase affordable homes. (CPR)

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Today in Boulder:

• Spanish Modern Literature Club/ Club de Literatura Moderna en Espanol. (3:30 p.m.)
• Friday Night Wine Tasting: Boulder Chamber (5 p.m.)
• BDT Stage: "The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes." (6 p.m.)
• Blues & Roots: By Alibi LIVE at BOCO Cider! (6 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Boulder County is ranked among the top 10 most-at-risk areas from wildfire in the USDA Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Region, which is why the Boulder County is partnering with multiple agencies and organizations. (BOCO)
• Tips for talking to students about suicide: Health & Wellness Services. (CU Today)
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second COVID-19 booster dose of either Pfizer or Moderna for older individuals and certain immunocompromised people. (FDA)

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