At least two men, whom police are describing as “smash-and-grab bandits,” are on a burglary spree in the west metro area.
The bandits bust through glass doors and windows of businesses and steal cash. .
“Typically, they’ll throw a rock or brick through a door or window,” Pazen said. “If they can’t get access to the cash drawer, they’ll steal the entire register.”
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People in the music business called Ralph Sharon “The Phantom.”
Whether it was Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall or the Hollywood Bowl, Sharon — who played piano with Tony Bennett for 45 years — would disappear after every gig.
“As a kid, it was kind of endearing because there were all these famous people surrounding him at all times, and dad was like, ‘Let’s get dinner, let’s go home,’ ” said Sharon’s son Bo. “He was always happy to play, and he was always aware that his role as a father and a husband was first.”
After performing nearly 300 shows a year with Bennett for more than four decades, Ralph Sharon retired to Boulder in 2002. . Only months earlier, he was still playing shows in Boulder and Denver.
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Those reports about a cool-down in the nation’s red-hot real estate market?
Home-price appreciation is slowing in most big cities in the U.S. But Denver shows no signs yet of easing away from double-digit rates of increase.
According to housing researcher RealtyTrac, metro Denver home prices are rising at an annual rate of 12 percent — up from last year’s increase of 9 percent.
That makes Denver an exception to the national trend of slowing rates of price increases. RealtyTrac said two-thirds of the nation’s 92 largest metropolitan areas are showing smaller appreciation growth this year compared with last year.
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Travelers taking red-eye flights out of Denver International Airport in April will need to plan ahead.
The trains that carry passengers between the main terminal and concourses .
The trains will be down so that hardware and software updates can be performed, according to the airport.
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