🌱 Help For CO River Basin + Food Bank Low On Food + Marshall Fire Loss

Hello, everybody! It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Lakewood Patch newsletter. Here's what you need to know about what's happening these days in town. In today's newsletter, you'll find these stories and more...

• Western leaders seek federal help as rivers are drying up at rapid pace.
• Metro Denver food banks struggle to keep up with demand.
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Thursday's weather: Mostly sunny and breezy. High: 48 Low: 21.

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Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

1. Arrests made in Arvada stolen vehicles investigation. Residents were evacuated from an Arvada apartment building when investigators and police SWAT team were searching for a stolen Dodge Ram truck that was associated with the suspects. (9News)
2. Senators seek support from USDA as drought continues to impact watershed. Senators from western states, including Colorado's Sen. Michael Bennet, are seeking resources to support projects for ranchers and farmers that will help improve their infrastructure and efficiency as climate change is impacting agricultural uses along the Colorado River. (Patch)
3. Metro Denver food banks struggle to keep up with demand. As inflation has increases, so have the cost of foods for Colorado's food banks. Additionally, food banks are still dealing with the impacts caused by the pandemic from 2020. (9News)
4. Nearly 100 immigrants were sent to Denver on buses. Emergency shelters were quickly set up this week in Denver to accommodate the unexpected arrival at least 100 immigrants. The city scrambled to turn a rec center into a shelter to give them somewhere to go. (Denverite)
5. No official count of homes damaged, but left standing from the Marshall Fire. Missing from many reports after last year's Marshall Fire, is the number of homes left standing, but damaged by smoke. Those that owned homes that survived the fire have had to navigate questionable science and skeptical insurance companies. (Reporting Lab)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Hard Times Writing Workshop: Belmar Library (3 p.m.)
• WestFax Trivia Night: West Fax Brewery. (7 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Only one Colorado Christmas light display made list of the best in the U.S. (9News)
• Washington Heights Arts Center holiday art market. All art and pottery have been made by local students and teachers. (Lakewood Cultural Center)
• Create holiday magic with Santa photos at Colorado Mills. (Colorado Mills)

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That's it for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early Thursday morning with another edition of the Lakewood Daily! — Brad K. Evans

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