Months after a shooting at the
Aurora Mall left one person dea,
his family is now pleading for answers.
For someone, anyone, to come forward.
A push for cleaner air
is setting at sights on
lawn mowers. This morning,
we'll show you how to make youry
through the incentives to go electric
and record-breaking rainfall has
been great for our drought conditions,
but it's also costing many citis
millions of dollars in repairs.
Thanks so much for waking
up with us this morning.
The time is 6:00 AM on your Saturday morning.
We appreciate you joining us on
9 news mornings as we take a
live look over the sunrise over
a beautiful Colorado day.
I'm Mark Salinger.
Anusha Roy has the day off toda,
so it's just the guys
holding it down. Greg, good mor.
Good morning to you. What's going on?
Not too much. We're just here.
We're just having a conversation today.
We appreciate you joining us as well as home.
Happy Saturday, Happy Saturday.
So we have one last day of stroo
potentially severe storms and then as
we head into next week, a big f.
So it feels like I saw it's getg
warm that it is getting finally
starting to feel like I'm getting dry.
For once it feels like right tun
those sprinklers on now, yeah,
that was the time to do so because next
week's going to be very, very d.
Not only that we're returning
to temperatures.
That we normally see this time of the
year finally back in the 80s and 90s.
Not a whole lot of rain on the way either.
Let's get a look at that forecast for
us as we do have a red flag warg
in effect that starts at noon and all
across the Western slope and ino
the high country ranging from Gd
Junction to Aspen down through Gunnison,
Gus up to 40 mph are possible and that
lasts up until 9:00 o'clock tod.
But let's talk about what's goig
on right now,
upper 50s and lower 60s in Denv.
Good morning, Lyman.
We're sitting at 56 degrees.
40s and 50s into the high county
Grand Junction already at 64 degrees.
We are dealing with a few light showers
out towards the far eastern pla.
But for the metro area we are dry and
as we head into the afternoon hs
you'll start to see some showerd
storms pop up mainly after 2:00 o'clock.
I'm thinking that Denver and the
metro area is not going to be
getting hit with the brunt of i.
That's going to be reserved for Kiowa
out through Lyman as of course pushing
down off to the far southeastern plains.
Lamar and Springfield's going to
be dealing with stronger to seve
thunderstorms.
But that doesn't mean that we're going,
we're not going to be getting
heavy downpours.
That's likely going to be happening between,
say, 2:00 and 7:00,
o'clock this afternoon and into this evening.
One last push of moisture betwen
the 7:00 and 8:00 o'clock hour
and then by 9:00 o'clock.
Tonight we're dealing with
partly cloudy skies.
Otherwise high temperatures tod,
upper 70s nearing 80 degrees.
Greg, thank you.
The family
of a teen shot and killed outside the Aurora
Mall is pleading for answers about his death.
It's been several months now wih
little new in the case. On March 25th,
someone shot 13 year old Phoeniy
twice in the parking lot of the mall.
Police say Phoenix's group of friends
and another group got into an argument
inside the mall before the shoo.
Detectives say they've executed
several source search warrants,
including of persons of interes.
They say they need more
information now to make an arre.
Phoenix's family is hoping someone, anyone,
will come forward with any information.
I will never understand why
this happened to my son,
but I do know that we deserve justice.
I need to know what happened
to my son. So please,
if you seen Phoenix that day ate
mall or you know anything aboutt
happened to him or who did this.
Details are too small.
Where a police released these
photos that you're seeing right,
showing several people that they want
to talk about about what happend
the night of Phoenix's death.
The reward for any information
leading to an arrest is up to $.
Called Crime Stoppers in
Aurora if you know anything,
firefighters in Colorado are hard at work
battling several fires across the state.
Crews are still working to slow the Spring
Creek fire burning on the Western Slope.
The wildfire ignited in late Jue
in the Grand Valley near Parach.
Now the Rocky Mountain Incident
Management Team says it's goingo
about 200 acres since Thursday,
reaching 3200 acres or five
square miles overall.
Getting some growth in there recently.
Now firefighters are working to separate
the fire from drying vegetation.
They say the fire is now about 37% contained.
And near Grand Lake,
a fire most likely started by
lightning is causing problems.
Crews are closing some roads as
firefighters work to put out the
Devil's Thumb fire in Grand Cou.
It's stayed about 95 acres over
the past couple of days and is
30% contained right now.
It's burning in some areas with a lot
of dead trees fueling the growth that
you see there over this time la.
It's also making firefighting ag
those roads and making containmt
even more challenging.
The Regional Air Quality Council voted
to move away from gas powered ln
equipment and push people towards electric.
The group says 9 counties alonge
Front Range have been out of compliance
with the air quality standards for years.
Pound for pound, gas powered lan
and garden tools produce a shocg
amount of pollution that contributes to
asthma and other serious health issues.
So phasing them out is 1 critical way
that we as a community can tacke
our dirty air problem.
The measures under consideration include
a ban on new on selling new gas powered
lawn mowers and tools certain in 2025,
and seasonal restrictions on
the same type of equipment for
both public and commercial use.
They still need to be approved
by the State Air Commission.
There's a Lawn Delicious list of
financial incentives encouraging
people to use electric lawn equipment.
Two months ago,
Democratic Governor Jared Polis.
Signed a bill approving a 30%
discount on electric law equipm,
lawn equipment, I should say,
through certain stores that
won't go into effect until 2024.
Well, one of Denver's most recognizable
bridges is getting some work do.
The Spear bridge connecting
I-25 to downtown sees about 20
to 30,000 drivers a day.
And if you've driven on it at all recently?
Yeah, you've noticed that construction.
It's an up and down bumpy little ride
that you're going over that bri.
It's not closed,
but the flow of traffic does look a lot
different right now during the .
The bridge with the giant green arches,
even if you haven't driven over,
you know what it looks like.
The green arches need expansion joints,
a new deck and fresh paint.
That green paint that's kind
of iconic with it,
it's a $17 million project that's being
done in both directions and in e
different places along the brid.
About half the project cost
is just the green paint alone.
The paint is really the frontli,
you know,
item that protects that steel from corrosion.
So while it does have the aesthetic benefits,
it's
also a key structural member.
So the work is over the S Platte
River and little Raven St.
as well right now that right now
that's where the work is being .
Then it'll move over the
railroad tracks next.
The entire project will take
until next spring to finish.
The City of Littleton says it'll
cost $1.2 million to repair the
collapsed culverts on * Sale Rd.
Yes, that's the real name of the road.
Happened in June after
record-breaking rainfall.
The culvert installed in 1985,
had pipes that were made of stel
which are prone to erosion.
The city is replacing those with
more durable concrete pipes,
even with all that rain.
That's what's causing these.
Massive repairs to happen.
The hope is to reopen the
road by the end of July,
but rain again could slow things down.
Moving to the city of Lakewood,
they're getting a $20 million
grant to start work on 6th Ave.
and Wadsworth interchange.
Congresswoman Brittany Patterson's office
announced that the interchange l
be upgraded to reduce congestior
drivers in that area and increase safety.
No date was given for the
start of the project there.
Starting Tuesday,
you'll have to pay to drive in
the Central 70 express lanes
between I-25 and Chambers Rd.
Toll prices will range between
$1.50 to $4.50.
You can use an express toll pass
to get an extra license plate f.
The lanes will be free to motorcyclists
and carpoolers with three or more passengers.
Well,
all this rain has resulted in
more mosquitoes.
You may have felt them out therf
you're spending any time outsid.
And health officials are finding
more cases of West Nile virus
in mosquitoes around the state.
The virus has been found in
mosquitoes in Boulder, Weld,
Larimer,
and Delta County so far Already last year,
Colorado had about 200 reported
human cases of West Nile,
and twenty of those people died,
unfortunately.
While most people do not get
sick from West Nile,
those 60 and older and people wh
certain medical conditions are t
greater risk for seriously gettg
sick if they get the disease.
Always use bud repellent when
you're outside to help protect
yourself from those mosquitoes,
and wear long sleeves and
pants when possible as well.
Well, just in time for the week,
Colorado Parks and Wildlife saye
all clear has been given for swimming
to return to Chatfield Reservoi.
The beach was closed after offis
found high levels of E coli,
but new tests showed that the
levels are safe once again.
Church Creek Reservoir Beach is still closed,
though, for that reason.