🌱Pit Bull Owners Charged + Apples From Lakewood + CO Min. Wage Goes Up

Hi all. It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Lakewood Daily. Let's get this Tuesday started off right with a quick review of the most important things happening these days in town, including updates on:

• Local nonprofit gathering fruit from metro area backyards to feed the hungry.
• Colorado ski season is here, and we've got the list of opening dates.
• Pit bull owners in Golden are facing charges in deadly attack.

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Wednesday's weather: Milder with periods of sun. High: 60 Low: 33.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

1. Apples collected from Lakewood backyards are feeding hungry people. Grow Local Colorado volunteers have been gathering fruit from across the metro area as part of the nonprofit's goal of feeding the regions hungry masses with locally grown fruit. (Denverite)
2. Colorado's minimum wage set to increase this coming January. Colorado's minimum wage will increase by nearly a dollar per hour as part of a constitutional amendment that was passed by voters in 2017, which required the state to have minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020. After that, the minimum wage is indexed to the federal Consumer Price Index (CPI), and beginning in January, the hourly minimum will be $13.65. (North Forty News)
3. Owners of a pit bull that attacked a woman and child in Golden to face charges. Kayla Mooney, 33, and Victor Bentley, 29, the alleged owners of the pitbull that attacked Bently's mom and their son, are facing multiple counts of unlawful ownership of a dangerous dog. (7News)
4. State of Colorado has $6 million for those rebuilding after Marshall Fire. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will allow the State of Colorado to distribute $6 million to victims of the Marshall Fire, bypassing the requirement that Boulder County administer the funds. The Community Development Block Grant funds are available to those that are rebuilding after last year's Marshal Fire. (Out There)
5. Customer finds an ash-filled urn at an Aurora carwash. Matt Bergman, the owner of Happy Henry's Car Wash, was out of town when the urn was left behind but did retrieve a video of a white male in a reddish Pontiac with no front license plate leaving it behind. Aurora Police were dispatched and took the item into evidence. (Patch)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Baby Time: Lakewood Library. (9:15 a.m.)
• Using the cloud and Google Drive: Lakewood Library. (1 p.m.)
• Blooming neighbors: Collective Art — all cardboard, part 2. (3:30 p.m.)
• Intercambio: Spanish conversation table. (6:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Lakewood Police Department were attempting to serve an arrest warrant. A homicide suspect was found dead near at 3440 S. Wadsworth Blvd. when Lakewood agents were attempting to serve a warrant in another suspected homicide case. (Lakewood Police)

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You're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow morning for another update. — Brad K. Evans

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