#DeLaVacasDesk – Category Archive – North Metro Diversions

From De La Vaca’s Desk: A Very Merry Local Holiday to You

SUPPORT LOCAL MEDIA – DONATE NOW Happy Holidays, Boulder County! You might have noticed all the recent snowfall and realized, as we did, that winter is here. And, with winter comes the Festivus season, a time of giving and receiving. However you celebrate, there's one thing I hope we can all agree on: shopping local is the best way to keep local dollars in the

Brian “Wrecking” Ball – Ourticles: 20 Years of Yellow Scene

Brian Ball is the definition of a media Swiss Army Knife. The man can - and did - do it all. Hot headed and heavy handed, and also incredibly lazy by his own admission, he is one of the few people in our 20 year history to successfully navigate more than one, more than two positions at Yellow Scene...and keep writing even after quitting in a less than great way.

Denver’s Protests: The First Few Days [Images]

These images were captured by our editor, De La Vaca, over the course of several days of #DenverProtest coverage. He had to cease coverage because, as part of the Denver Police Department's documented, unnecessary assaults on peaceful protests and targeting of journalists and media, he was shot in the groin by a well aimed rubber bullet.

Denver’s US Disctrict Court Rules Against State, Denver Police Department, in Use of Force Class Action Lawsuit

The judge in the case, Judge R. Brooke Jackson, requested language for a Temporary Restraining Order against the Denver Police Department. That language was provided and the ruling was issued this evening, dealing a severe blow - a clear reprimand - to the City of Denver, Mayor Hancock, Chief Pazen, and the entire Denver Police Department.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Denver Police Department, Alleges Police Violations

Class action lawsuit filed in response to police violence in Denver. We look forward to a world where no one is above the law. This class action lawsuit may be a great step in the right direction.

Notes on YS, #theRona, and the CO response: #DeLaVacasDesk

Coronavirus - also called COVID-19 or #theRona - has ravaged the planet and a lackluster American response (based on a failed American capacity under the Trump administration) threatens to upend the US in more ways that I can delineate here.

Fourth Generation: Catherine Long-Gates

A DiverCity conversation with a tenant farmer, a family farmer, who's been on her family's land essentially since birth. The death of the small farm in BOCO won't happen if she has any say in it. Not today. Not after more than a century of time and investment here. Photos: Paul Wedlake The history is incredible. It’s the kind of history that reminds us of the good and bad in our local

DiverCity Series: Shanna Henkel – It Takes a Village

A DiverCity conversation with the woman who runs the Village, creates community, and counts on the continuation of conversation across generations, all while keeping Boulder fed in the great greasy spoon tradition. You know it: 890 sq. ft. of reality surrounded by Boulder. By: De La Vaca Photos: Paul Wedlake Shanna Henkel is half-Japanese. She grew up in Beaverton, Oregon. Both of her

#GlobalClimateStrike BOCO: Earth v Eradication

Responding to the call of 16 year old Greta Sundberg of Sweden, an entire planet of hopeful, tired, terrified activists and protectors mobilized to call for action to avert climate catastrophe. The world showed up today, to stare down eradication and to stand up for the earth and all its diverse inhabitants.

Bernie Sanders Rallies in Denver 9/9 | Photos

Bernie Sanders came to Denver on September 9th and delivered remarks to a boisterous crowd of 10,252. The count was verified by Josh Reiter, Denver Manager for Code 4 Security Firm. Running through his greatest hits for a crowd of adoring supporers of all ages, the interested and considering, and the former Hillary supporters (we met one from Little Rock who's feeling the Bern this

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