Tag: Aurora
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Aurora Fest will bring global food, music, culture to city’s great lawn
Aurora’s annual festival celebrating the city’s cultural diversity will bring food, entertainment and music from around the world to the municipal center’s great lawn Saturday. Aurora Fest, celebrating its 13th year, is free and highlights the “melting pot of international communities and cultures” that make up the city. The event goes from 3 p.m. to…
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Aurora considers landlord license program to help protect renters
The Aurora City Council is considering creating a landlord rental registration and licensing program to protect renter rights. Supporters of a landlord license program say renters in Aurora don’t have adequate protections or an avenue to take recourse against landlords. Those in opposition say such a license is unnecessary, repeals property rights and could raise…
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Don’t sacrifice Aurora’s strides in public safety | Michael Hancock
A serious city can mourn a death without surrendering its judgment. It can examine a police shooting, review tactics, reform procedures, and still refuse to turn grief into a political blank check. It can insist on accountability without confusing accountability with the capture of public institutions. Aurora is now being asked to do the opposite. …
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Aurora voters to decide on sales tax hike to fund projects
Aurora voters will decide in November whether to raise sales taxes for the first time since 1993 to help pay for infrastructure, transportation and public safety improvements. If voters approved the tax increase, the money will go toward “Build Up Aurora” to fund projects that include construction of Gun Club Road, updates to police and…
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Aurora City Council votes to create police oversight office
Aurora’s councilmembers voted unanimously Monday to create the Office of Public Safety Accountability to oversee the police department. The council will cast a final vote on the ordinance creating the office at the next council meeting and city officials will begin hiring after final approval, a city spokesperson said. The oversight office, as outlined in…
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Aurora council votes to require periodic detention center inspections
The Aurora City Council moved forward with ordinances Monday requiring periodic inspections of and more regulated disease reporting from detention facilities in the city, including the GEO Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. Both ordinances, sponsored by Councilmember Gianina Horton, passed Monday with four “no” votes from Councilmembers Francoise Bergan, Angela Lawson, Curtis Gardner and Stephanie…
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9 Colfax area business, property owners recommended for revitalization board
The Aurora City Council cast a unanimous preliminary vote Monday night to appoint nine members to serve on the board overseeing the revitalization of Colfax Avenue. The recommended appointees, who will get an official vote at the next regular council meeting, include a variety of business and property owners within the Colfax district boundary. They…
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1 dead after 2-car, possible drunk driving crash in Aurora on Saturday, police say
One person died after a two-car crash in Aurora early Saturday morning, police say. The crash, which took place at the intersection of South Peoria Street and East Jewell Avenue, occurred around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department. Both drivers exhibited signs of alcohol consumption, and intoxication…
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Aurora breaks ground on new animal shelter, with ‘help’ from adoptable dogs
‘An exciting new chapter for animal care in Aurora’ Aurora’s new animal shelter broke ground Tuesday, marking the beginning of construction on a project that has been in the works for several years. The new shelter, which is going adjacent to the current one at 15750 E. 32nd Ave., will be almost triple the size…
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Aurora’s new council invites abuse, litigation | Jimmy Sengenberger
Kilyn Lewis was shot and killed by Aurora Police in May 2024. One month later, protesters shut down the Aurora City Council. “This meeting now becomes ours,” declared activist Auon’tai Anderson, a former Denver school board member known for theatrics, as he led chanting demonstrators toward the dais until council members ended the meeting. Far-left activists…