🌱Fracking Causes Air Quality Issues + City Bakery Closes + Space Trash

Good morning, everybody. It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Denver Daily — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in the community. Including updates on:

• Ozone pollution from fracking is causing more air quality issues than previously believed.
• Another luxury apartment building is going up and taking out a small bakery.
• CU scientists are developing technologies to clean up space garbage that's orbiting earth.

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Friday's weather: Mainly cloudy. High: 40 Low: 23.

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Here are the top stories in Denver today:

1. City Cafe Bakery on Broadway shutters to make way for luxury apartments. City Cafe baked its last cookie on Thursday, Jan. 5. The building that the bakery has called home for many years is set to be demolished and replaced by an 18-story apartment building. (9News)
2. Fracking is making the front range's air quality worse than believed. A new study shows that production of fossil fuels in Colorado is contributing more ozone pollution in the Front Range region than all auto emissions combined. (CPR)
3. University of Colorado scientists are helping keep space clean. Scientists and engineers at the University of Colorado are working on ways to mitigate risks of damage to space craft that are circling the earth and developing technologies that can track and remove space debris. (9News)
4. A new batch of COVID-19 variants have already arrived in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said that two COVID-19 variants are rapidly growing in strength and expected to take over soon. (Westword)

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Today in Denver:

• Opening Reception at NEXT Gallery: Missing, Murdered, Remembered by R. Matthew Bollinger. (5-10 p.m.)
• Opening Reception at Memento Mori Gallery: "Once Upon A Time in the West" group art show. (6-10 p.m.)
• Ryan Kelly: At Comedy Works. (8 p.m.)
• Psychedelic art galleries in Denver: Check them out. (Westword)

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From my notebook:

• Residential rental property licenses are now required. In hopes of improving housing standards and track available rental housing stock in Denver. Landlords with more than one unit offered for rent for more than 30 days must apply for a license. (Denver)
• The cows have come home. It's January in Denver and that means the National Western Stock Show kicks off on Saturday, Jan. 7 and runs through Jan. 22 (NWSS)
• Free Day at the DAM: Engage with art, experience onsite activities, and explore the exhibitions on view all while enjoying free general admission! Tuesday, Jan. 10. (DAM)

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You're all caught up for today. See you all Saturday morning for another edition of the Denver Daily! — Brad K. Evans

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