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🌱Arvada Shooting + AirBND Parties Blocked + Homelessness Going Up

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Lakewood news you can use! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

Thursday's weather: Intermittent snow, 1-3". High: 28 Low: 17.

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Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

  1. State lawmakers are hoping to crack down on professional shoplifters. Organized retail crime syndicates have found a modern-day pawnshop with online platforms. State lawmakers say the Amazon's of the world are making it too easy for them. (CBS4)
  2. One injured in exchange of gunfire with Arvada officers. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. on Wednesday in the 5900-block of Sheridan Boulevard. (9News)
  3. Airbnb blocked a bunch of house parties in Denver in 2021. According to Airbnb, their 2021 data indicates that the anti-party block system blocked or redirected more than 2,500 people in Denver from booking a listing for an entire home. (FOX31)
  4. Omicron immunity possible by mid-February. Colorado is still seeing extraordinarily high levels of coronavirus transmission and hospitalizations. Pandemic models indicate that the epidemic curve will likely keep dropping over the next few weeks. (CPR)
  5. Homelessness on the rise in Denver. The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) recently released a report that found homelessness is increasing in the Denver metro area.
    The report found on any given night in Denver, 40% of people experiencing homelessness are sleeping outdoors. (7News)

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Today in Lakewood:

  • Letting Go & Moving On: Jeffco Business & Workforce Center. (9 a.m.)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: Jeffco County Fairgrounds. (9 a.m.)
  • Virtual Mental Health First Aid: Golden Chamber of Commerce. (9 a.m.)
  • Baby Time: Belmar Library (10:15 a.m.)
  • Lakewood Arts: Laughing Stock. (Noon)

From my notebook:

  • Jeffco Public Schools changes to exposure notifications. While COVID-19 is currently surging, public health experts expect infections to level out and start to decline relatively quickly. The number of positive cases reported in each school are publicly available on an online dashboard. (Jeffco)
  • Here's where you can donate blood in Colorado: The Red Cross said blood donation is so diminished during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has declared its first ever national blood crisis. (9News)

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That's it for today! See you tomorrow morning for another edition of the Lakewood Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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