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🌱 Infrastructure Impacted By Climate Change + Metro Area Dog Attacks

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Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

  1. Will climate change affect Colorado's infrastructure? A CU professor has been studying the impacts of climate change on the state's infrastructure. Many of Colorado's roads and bridges were built with small tolerances for heat, cold and rain, and with climate change exceeding those tolerances, it could become a significant factor in the future. (9News)
  2. The fish are dying in many of Colorado's lakes. Toxic algae blooms along with high temperatures is depleting oxygen, and has been causing massive fish die-offs in lakes across the state. (Out There)
  3. Woman and boy injured in dog attack in Golden sparks debate. A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother were injured in a dog attack in Golden on Wednesday. Turns out that dog attacks by dangerous dogs are more common than you think in metro Denver. (CBS4)
  4. Sometimes it's about rainbows and unicorns. Well, rainbows anyway. Here's an interesting story about how rainbows form. (FOX31)

Today in Lakewood:

  • Outdoor Family Time: Lakewood Library. (9:15 a.m.)
  • Friday Open Studio: At Lakewood Arts. (Noon-3 p.m.)
  • CORE Gallery: Danid Karim & Susie Bieh. (5 p.m.)
  • Teen After Hours: Decades night at Columbine Library. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Do you recognize these suspects? If you have any information about these individuals, please call Detective Garcia at 303-987-7258 if you have information about this case. (Lakewood Police)
  • Open house with Car No. 25 at the Denver Federal Center. Go see the restored interurban Car No. 25 in-person during this free event on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (Lakewood)

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